Zach Viiala

URBANA, IL - February 22, 2025 - Photos taken during the match between the Michigan Wolverines and the Illinois Fighting Illini at Atkins Tennis Center in Urbana, IL. (Photo By Dwayne Banks Jr/Illinois Athletics)

Photo by: Illinois Fighting Illini

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Height:
6-2
Hometown:
Perth, Australia
High School:
School of Isolated and Distance Education

	Singles			Doubles
Season	Overall	Dual Record	Big Ten	Overall	Dual Record	Big Ten
2023-24	DNP	--	--	--	--	--
2024-25	18-13	9-9	5-5	16-21	9-13	6-4
2025-26	13-2	11-2	7-1	14-11	14-9	9-3
Total	31-15	20-11	12-6	30-32	23-22	15-7

Career-High Rankings
Singles: N/A
Doubles: No. 52 (Dec. 3, 2024; with Tyler Bowers)

2024-25: Redshirt Freshman

CSC Academic All-District
Academic All-Big Ten
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
ITA Scholar-Athlete
Finished the season with an 18-13 singles record, including a 9-9 mark in dual play
Totaled 16 doubles victories, including nine in dual matches
Notched a dominant 6-3, 6-1 win against No. 6 Ohio State's Chris Li at No. 4 singles in the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals (April 25)
Secured the doubles point against Oregon with a 7-5 triumph with Jeremy Zhang on Court 3 against the Ducks' Vlad Breazu/Clement Lemire in the Big Ten Tournament First Round (April 24)
Posted a 6-3, 6-4 triumph against Northwestern's Max Bengtsson at No. 4 singles in Illinois' road sweep of the Wildcats (March 29)
With Will Mroz, registered a 6-2 victory against Northwestern's Saiprakash Goli / Greyson Casey at No. 2 doubles in the Illini's 4-0 win against the Wildcats (March 29)
Cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win over USC's Matteo Morazzi in his first-ever appearance at No. 4 singles (March 23)
Teamed up with Will Mroz to seal the doubles point against USC with a 7-5 win over Volodymyr Iakubenko/Oscar Weightman (March 23)
Tallied a dominant 6-2, 6-1 decision over Indiana's Karan Raghavendra at No. 5 singles (March 16)
Went undefeated in doubles play against Purdue and Indiana while playing with William Mroz (March 14 and 16)
Recorded 6-3, 6-4 wins against Nebraska's Colson Wells at No. 6 singles and Wisconsin's Edouard Aubert at No. 5 singles (March 7 and 9)
Won back-to-back doubles matches against Nebraska and Wisconsin while playing with Will Mroz (March 7 and 9)
With Tyler Bowers, logged a 6-2 victory over UTRGV's Santiago Serrano / Loic Young Kriegel at No. 1 doubles in the Illini's sweep of the Vaqueros (March 1)
Rallied back to defeat No. 12 Michigan's Alex Cairo at No. 6 singles in three sets, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, in the No. 20 Illini's 5-2 win over No. 12 Michigan (Feb. 22)
Registered a dominant 6-2, 6-2 win over Notre Dame's Kyran Magimay at No. 5 singles in the Illini's 4-3 victory over the Fighting Irish (Feb. 15)
Clinched the Illini's first dual victory of the season with a 6-4, 7-6(3) triumph against Auburn's Hamza Nasridinov at No. 5 singles (Jan. 26)
Helped Illinois win the doubles point against No. 14 Tennessee with a 6-4 win at No. 1 with Tyler Bowers against Shunsuke Mitsui/Alex Kotzen (Jan. 25)
Earned his second ranked singles win of the season with a 7-5, 6-3 victory against Boise State's No. 111 Jett Middleton on Day 3 of the Fighting Illini Invite (Jan. 19)
Entered the ITA rankings for the first time, coming in at No. 52 in doubles with Tyler Bowers in the end-of-fall rankings (Dec. 3)
Finished the fall season with an 7-3 singles record and a 6-4 doubles mark
With Tyler Bowers, advanced to the doubles main draw final at the ITA Midwest Regional (Oct. 14)
Recorded two ranked doubles wins at the ITA Midwest Regional (Oct. 11-14)
- Defeated No. 22 Aristotelis Thanos/Ozan Baris (Michigan State), 8-6, in the Round of 16 on Oct. 12
- Defeated No. 89 Will Cooksey/Patorn Hanchaikul (Michigan), 8-6, in the quarterfinals on Oct. 12
Secured the singles title at the Harvard Chowderfest (Sept. 22)
Picked up the first ranked win of his collegiate career with a 6-0, 1-6, 14-12 victory over Yale's No. 50 Vignesh Gogineni (Sept. 20)
Won the singles consolation bracket at the Louisville Invitational (Sept. 15)
Earned his first collegiate singles win with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Bellarmine's Vineet Ramesh (Sept. 14)

2024: Freshman

ITA Scholar Athlete
Joined the team in January
Did not play

Prior to Illinois

Career-high ITF junior rank of No. 154
Career-high ATP rank is 1397
Has won four singles and doubles titles
His goal is "to play all the Grand Slams and to maximize my potential."

Personal

Parents are Charlie Viiala and Sharan Dogra
Has an older sister, Maya, and a younger brother, Lucas
Looking to major in business in the future
Chose Illinois because "Illinois is a great tennis program with a very professional yet welcoming team and a strong academic school."