University of Illinois Graduate

Career-High Rankings
Singles: N/A
Doubles: No. 52 (March 7, 2023 + April 11, 2023; with Oliver Okonkwo)

2024-25: Senior

• CSC Academic All-District
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Finished the season with a 17-11 singles record, including an 14-8 mark in dual action
• Had 14 dual singles wins, the second-most such victories on the team
• Totaled 14 doubles victories, including nine in dual matches
• Secured the doubles point against No. 6 Ohio State with a 7-6(5) triumph with Tyler Bowers on Court 1 against the Buckeyes' Aidan Kim/Will Jansen in the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals (April 25)
• Claimed a 6-2, 6-2 win over Oregon's Matthew Burton, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 5 singles in the Big Ten Tournament First Round (April 24)
• Registered a 6-3 doubles victory with Tyler Bowers on Court 1 against Oregon's Lenn Luemkemann/Matthew Burton in the Big Ten Tournament First Round (April 24)
• Cruised to a 6-2 doubles triumph with Tyler Bowers against Washington's Cesar Bouchelaghem/Dzianis Zharyn at No. 1 doubles (April 20)
• Defeated Oregon's Cooper Errey in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 6 singles (April 18)
• Recorded a dominant 6-1, 6-1 victory against Penn State's Nolan Ranger at No. 5 singles on Senior Night (April 12)
• Posted a commanding 6-1 doubles win with Kenta Miyoshi against Penn State's Charl Morgan/Marcus Schoeman at No. 1 doubles (April 12)
• Battled to a 7-6(4) win over Vincent Yang / Max Bengtsson to seal the doubles point at No. 3 doubles while playing with Max Mroz in the Illini's sweep of Northwestern (March 29)
• Extended his singles winning streak to five matches with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over UCLA's Gianluca Ballotta at No. 6 singles (March 21)
• Clinched Illinois' 4-1 road win over Indiana with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph over the Hoosiers' Nikola Kolyachev at No. 6 singles (March 16)
• Picked up a 6-2, 6-2 singles victory against Purdue's Mujtaba Ali-Khan at No. 6 singles (March 14)
• Cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 triumph over Wisconsin's Sachiv Kumar at No. 6 singles in the Illini's sweep of the Badgers (March 9)
• Clinched Illinois' 4-1 win over Nebraska with a 7-6(3), 6-3 victory against Leo Linquet at No. 5 singles (March 7)
• Took both of his doubles matches on Court 3 against Wisconsin and Nebraska while playing with Jeremy Zhang (March 7 and 9)
• Teamed up with Jeremy Zhang to defeat No. 3 Ohio State's Bryce Nakashima/Jack Anthrop at No. 3 doubles (March 5)
• Clinched the No. 20 Illini's 5-2 win over No. 12 Michigan with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 comeback triumph at No. 5 singles over the Wolverines' Nicholas Steiglehner (Feb. 22)
• Registered his first dual doubles victory of the spring with Max Mroz at No. 3 doubles with a 6-2 decision against No. 12 Michigan's Mert Oral/Bjorn Swenson (Feb. 22)
• Secured the Illini's first singles win against Notre Dame, a straight-set decision over Luis Llorens Saracho at No. 6 singles, in the team's 4-3 home victory over the Fighting Irish (Feb. 15)
• Posted a three-set victory over Clemson's Max Smith at No. 6 singles, which helped the Illini come back to defeat the Tigers (Feb. 15) 
• Defeated North Carolina's Nick Mangiapane in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 5 singles (Feb. 1)
• Earned his first dual singles win of the campaign with a 6-4, 6-0 victory against No. 14 Tennessee's Ian Cruz at the No. 6 spot (Jan. 25)
• With Kenta Miyoshi, went 2-0 in doubles play at the Fighting Illini Invite with wins over Columbia's Nicolas Kotzen/Michael Zheng and Max Westphal/Sachin Palta (Jan. 17)
• Finished the fall season with a 3-3 singles record and a 3-2 doubles mark
• SAAC representative

2023-24: Junior

• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• ITA Scholar Athlete
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree
• SAAC representative
• Went 10-10 in singles and 21-9 in doubles during the 2023-24 season
• Played in nine matches in the fall, recording a 5-4 singles record
• Played in 29 matches in the spring, mostly in doubles with teammate Kenta Miyoshi
• Posted a 5-1 doubles record during Big Ten regular-season play
• Closed the season on a nine-match doubles winning streak
• Served as the clinching point in the Illini's 7-0 win over Saint Louis on April 13

2022-23: Sophomore

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in five tournaments in the fall
• Competed in 31 matches in the spring, primarily in doubles
• Went 7-3 in the No. 2 doubles spot
• Played doubles primarily with fellow transfer Oliver Okonkwo

2021-22: Freshman at Georgia

• Won back-to-back matches to earn a spot in the main draw of the 2021 ITA Southeast Regional
• Defeated Clemson’s Daniel Labrador, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, at the Clemson Invitational

High School 

• Two-time singles champion on the International Tennis Federation Junior Circuit
• Won the Grade 4 in Doorn, Netherlands, without dropping a set
• Won the Grade 4 in Oberentfelden, Switzerland
• Started playing national tournaments at the age of 13 and played in European junior tournaments in the U14 age group
• Career-high ITF Junior ranking of 186 in Oct. 2020

Personal 

• Born on Nov. 1, 2002
• Parents are Thomas and Celine Debru
• Has one brother, Gabriel, and one sister, Zoe
• Chose Illinois because of "the strong academic and tennis levels."