University of Tennessee Athletics
2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Apltauer, Filip

Filip Apltauer
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Prague, Czech Republic
Bio
SINGLES SUPERLATIVES
Overall Record: 16-10 (1-2 SEC)
- 2023-24: 16-10 (1-2 SEC)
Record vs. Ranked Opponents (2-1)
- vs. top 10: ---
- vs. top 25: ---
- vs. top 50: ---
DOUBLES SUPERLATIVES
Overall Record: 15-15 (3-3 SEC)
- 2023-24: 15-15
Record vs. Ranked Opponents (0-1)
- vs. top 10: ---
- vs. top 25: ---
RECORD & HONORS
Singles Record: 16-10Highest Singles Ranking: ---
Doubles Record: 15-15
Highest Doubles Ranking: ---
Awards & Honors
2023-24 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023-24 - FRESHMAN
Singles Record: 16-10Doubles Record: 15-15
SPRING SEASON
- Defeated Texas' 56th-ranked Jonah Braswell, 7-6(5), 6-1, in the NCAA Championships quarterfinals.
- Opened his first NCAA Championships with two doubles victories alongside Newton at the No. 3 court against ETSU's Pedro Cressoni and Alberto Garcia, 6-3, and Pau Fanla and Juan Zabala of Memphis, 7-5.
- Posted a 6-1, 6-4 win over South Carolina's Carter Morgan at the No. 6 spot in the SEC Tournament semifinals.
- Secured a 7-5 doubles victory alongside Newton against Florida's Kevin Edengren and Jeremy Jin at the No. 3 spot in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals.
- Cranked out a 7-5 doubles win alongside Lalami against the Ole Miss duo of Isac Stromberg and Noah Schlagenhauf.
- Notched a dominant 6-1 victory with Lalami over Auburn's Will Nolan and Tyler Stice.
- Took down Arkansas' Connor Smilie and Gerard Planelles alongside Lalami, 6-2, at the No. 3 spot.
- Beat Georgia's Cyrus Mahjoob at the No. 6 spot, 6-4, 6-0, in the SEC opener.
- Tallied wins against The Citadel's Will Bush, 6-0, 6-0, and Ted Bagwell, 6-2, 6-0.
- Clinched the doubles point alongside Lalami in a 6-4 effort over USC's Volodymyr Iakubenko and Samuel Rubell at the No. 3 spot en route to a Big Orange sweep in the R16 of ITA National Indoors.
- Defeated Oklahoma's Jordan Hasson and Luis Alvarez alongside Lalami in an intense battle, 7-5, to clinch the doubles point in a win over the Sooners.
- Clinched the doubles point in a win against No. 15 Wake Forest alongside Lalami with a 6-4 decision over Filippo Moroni and Matthew Thomson.
- Posted his first doubles win vs. Michigan alongside Lalami at the No. 3 spot, defeating Jacob Bickersteth and Bjorn Swenson, 6-2.
- Recorded decisive wins over Penn's Matthew Rutter, 6-3, 6-3, and Tennessee Tech's Davids Spaks 6-1, 6-1.
- Earned his first collegiate singles victory in the season opener vs. Furman, taking down Walker Allen, 6-3, 6-0 at the No. 6 spot.
- Went 2-1 in singles competition at the Hagedorn Hidden Dual, notching an impressive win over #72 Oskar Brostom Poulsen of Baylor, 6-3, 6-4.
- Recorded a 4-1 singles record at ITA Regionals in Chattanooga.
- Earned his first collegiate singles victory at the Wake Forest Invitational, defeating Muhammad Dossani (Cornel), 7-5, 6-3.
- Collected his first collegiate doubles win with Filip Pieczonka at the Wake Forest Invitational, taking down Suresh/Nathan of Wake Forest, 6-4.
PREP/PERSONAL
- Born on March 21, 2004, in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Apltauer Signing Release
- Name pronounced: APPLE-tower
- Owns a career-high ITF singles ranking of No. 86.
- Throughout his junior career, won seven doubles titles — five in 2022 — along with one singles title.
- Before arriving in Knoxville, made his first pro singles quarterfinal, defeating Vladislav Ivanov (ATP 990), 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, at the M15 Kish Island.
- Holds ATP rankings of No. 1578 in singles and No. 1284 in doubles entering his collegiate career.
- Made two pro doubles finals, one in Monastir, Tunisia, and one in Melilla, Spain, prior to joining the Vols.
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