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2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster
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Li, Chris
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Chris Li
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lima, Peru
Bio
SINGLES SUPERLATIVES
Overall Record: 38-20 (8-3 SEC)
- 2021-22: 5-4
- 2022-23: 7-6
- 2023-24: 26-10 (8-3 SEC)
Record vs. Ranked Opponents (2-2)
- vs. top 10: ---
- vs. top 25: ---
- vs. top 50: ---
DOUBLES SUPERLATIVES
Overall Record: 10-9 (1-1 SEC)
- 2021-22: 3-2
- 2022-23: 2-1
- 2023-24: 5-6 (--- SEC)
Record vs. Ranked Opponents (---)
- vs. top 10: ---
- vs. top 25: ---
RECORD & HONORS
Singles Record: 38-20Highest Singles Ranking: No. 107 (2/8/23)
Doubles Record: 10-9
Highest Doubles Ranking: ---
Awards & Honors
2023-24 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023-24 - JUNIOR
Singles Record: 26-10Doubles Record: 5-6
SPRING SEASON
- Continued to find his groove at the No. 3 position, triumphing over Isac Stromberg of Ole Miss, 6-1, 6-4.
- Stayed hot in singles, defeating Vanderbilt's Nathan Cox, 7-6(7), 4-6, 10-8.
- Displayed his prominence at the No. 3 spot during conference play, defeating Texas A&M's No. 118 Togan Tokac 7-6(2), 6-2, and LSU's George Stoupe 6-2, 7-5.
- Battled to take down Florida's Nate Bonetto in a 10-point tiebreaker, 7-5, 6-7(7), 10-5, on court three.
- Notched two conference wins at the No. 3 spot, defeating Arkansas' Melvin Manuel, 6-4, 6-1, and Auburn's Raul Dobai, 6-0, 6-2.
- Went 2-0 in singles in a doubleheader against The Citadel, defeating Teo Cariov, 7-5, 6-2, and Noah Van Dyke, 7-5, 6-3.
- Routed Harvard's Melchoir Delloye, 6-4, 6-1, en route to a Big Orange sweep in a consolation match at ITA National Indoors.
- Took down Paulo Ramos Martin in a decisive 6-2, 6-2 win, debuting at the No. 3 spot against Tennessee Tech.
- Notched his first doubles win of the season with Newton, defeating Tennessee Tech's Murilo Burkhardt and Darek Kuczynski, 6-4 en route to a Big Orange sweep.
- Rolled to a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Furman's Emil Westling at the No. 4 spot in the 2024 season opener.
- Went 2-1 in singles play at the Hagedorn Hidden Dual, defeating Inaki Cabrera-Bello (Arizona), 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, and Neo Niedner (San Diego), 6-2, 6-0.
- Recorded a 4-1 singles record at ITA Regionals in Chattanooga.
- Notched a perfect 3-0 in singles competition at the Big 12/SEC Challenge, taking down Marko Miladinovic (Baylor) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, Sebastian Abboud (Texas Tech) 6-2, 7-6(2), and Carl Roothman (Oklahoma State) 6-1, 6-1.
- Won three singles matches in his debut as a Vol at the Wake Forest Invitational.
BEFORE TENNESSEE
Singles Record: 12-10Doubles Record: 5-3
Played for North Carolina during his freshman and sophomore seasons. With a UTR of 12.77, was 12-10 in singles matches during two seasons with the Tar Heels, playing primarily at Nos. 4, 5 and 6 in the singles lineup.
Upon arriving at Tennessee as a transfer from North Carolina, became the Vols' fifth top-75 ITF newcomer for the class of 2023, capping the nation's No. 3 recruiting class according to tennisrecruiting.net. Holds a career-high ITA singles ranking of No. 107 (Feb. 8, 2023).
PREP/PERSONAL
- Born on July 15, 2003, in Lima, Peru.
- Li Signing Release
- Name pronounced: Lee
- Rose to as high as No. 72 in the ITF junior singles rankings.
- Won eight ITF junior titles in singles and doubles combined and holds wins over Karl Poling (North Carolina), Nathan Han (Oklahoma), Casey Hoole (South Carolina), Sebastian Dominko (Notre Dame), Ignacio Buse (Georgia), Murphy Cassone (Arizona State) and Tanapatt Nirundorn (Florida).
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