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Preston Touliatos
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 187
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
Bio
RECORD & HONORS
Singles Record: 74-57Doubles Record: 81-47
Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 5 (with Timo Stodder; May 29, 2019)
Records and Honors
2019 All-American
2018 All-American
Singles Title
2015 49er Invite
Doubles Titles
2015 Georgia Tech Fall Invite (Flight 2) (with Igor Smelyanski)
2017 Ivy Plus Invite (with Adam Walton)
2018-19 - REDSHIRT SENIOR
Singles Record: 22-15Doubles Record: 33-10
SPRING SEASON
- Set a career-high in doubles wins with 33 with 24 of those victories coming while playing along side Timo Stodder
- With Stodder, was named a doubles All-American, the second such honor of his career
- Touliatos and Stodder reached the semifinal round at the NCAA Tournament, becoming the first doubles pair to do so since 2014
- Finished the season as the No. 5 doubles team in the nation
- Set a new career-high in SEC doubles wins with eight
- Won eight of the opening nine matches to begin the season in singles
- Posted 22 total victories across singles and doubles play at ITA-sanctioned events, the most on the team
- Finished the fall slate ranked No. 41 nationally in doubles alongside fellow senior co-captain Timo Stodder
- Opened the season with back-to-back singles victories at the Crimson Tide Four-in-the-Fall
- With Luca Wiedenmann, made a run to the Milwaukee Classic doubles final as the duo defeated pairs from Wisconsin, DePaul, BYU and Notre Dame
- Rattled off three consecutive straight-set singles victories in the pre-qualifying round of the ITA All-American Championships
- Advanced to the ITA Ohio Valley singles round of 16 for the third time in his career, topping Thibault DeNegri (Ball State), George Harwell (Vanderbilt) and Frazier Rengifo (ETSU)
- Reached the ITA Ohio Valley doubles final with Timo Stodder, notching five-consecutive wins over pairings from Memphis, Tennessee Tech, Lipscomb, Kentucky and Butler
- Captured the F29 Birmingham Futures doubles crown in his hometown, going 4-0 with Stodder through the 16-team bracket without dropping a set
2017-18 - REDSHIRT JUNIOR
Singles Record: 20-13 (4-7 SEC)Doubles Record: 23-8 (6-2 SEC)
SPRING SEASON
- Earned All-American status for the first time of his career with an invitation to the NCAA Tennis Championships in Winston-Salem, N.C., where he will play alongside Luis Valero in the doubles tournament
- Reached highest ranking of career at No. 7 in the ITA doubles rankings on May 3.
- Went 19-6 when playing at No. 1 in the doubles lineup.
- Opened 2018 with seven consecutive victories in singles, all playing at No. 2.
- Won his first doubles match while playing with Luis Valero in a 6-4 defeat of No. 20 Duke's Sean Scully and Nick Stachowiak.
- Returned from surgery to post seven singles wins — including his first over a ranked opponent — and four doubles victories
- Opened fall winning his second career doubles title, taking a flight of the Ivy Plus Invite with freshman Adam Walton
- Played into the singles quarterfinals of the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships, defeating No. 74 Morin-Kougoucheff (Louisville) in the round of 16 before losing in three sets to No. 9 Bushamuka (Kentucky)
2016-17 JUNIOR
Singles Record: 2-3Doubles Record: 4-2
SPRING SEASON
- Did not compete (injury)
- Member of the VOLeaders Academy, a leadership-through-sport training program that culminated in a service trip to Vietnam
- Reached the consolation finals of his respective draw at the Ivy Plus Invitational.
2015-16 SOPHOMORE
Singles Record: 20-17 (1-7)Doubles Record: 19-14 (3-6)
SPRING SEASON
- Primarily played No. 5 singles and No. 2 doubles in his first season with the Vols. His season was cut two weeks short after injuring his ankle against Texas A&M (4/10)
- He went a combined 7-0 during opening weekend, playing No. 3 doubles with Jack Heslin, as well as equally playing No.4 and No.5 singles.
- Clinched the doubles point against Duke by winning 6-4 at No. 3 doubles with Jack Heslin.
- Clinched the doubles point against Ole Miss by winning 6-3 at No. 2 double with Jack Heslin.
- Defeated Adam Sanjurjo from Arkansas 6-4, 7-5 during SEC opening weekend.
- Clinched the doubles point against Vanderbilt by winning 6-2 at No. 2 double with Jack Heslin.
- Won 11 singles matches (second most on the team) and eight doubles matches during his first fall at Tennessee.
- Made his UT debut at the Ivy Plus Invitational at Princeton, going 2-1 in singles.
- Won his first collegiate doubles title, teaming up with Igor Smelyanski to win the B flight at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational.
- Won a career-best seven consecutive matches through the middle of the fall season. He went 4-0 to win his flight at the Charlotte Invitational and also won three matches to reach the round of 16 at the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships.
- Went 6-1 with Smelyanski during the fall. They wrapped up the fall by reaching the finals of the SEC Fall Classic, losing to teammates Jack Schipanski and Luis Valero in the title match. Touliatos picked up his first career ranked doubles win at the tournament as he and Smelyanski beat No. 32 O'Keefe and Mayronne of South Carolina.
2014-15 - FRESHMAN (AT EASTERN ILLINOIS)
- Went 10-9 in singles primary playing the No. 3 and 4 positions in the EIU lineup.
- Played No. 1 doubles in every match, going 5-13.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Member of the tennis squad at Oak Mountain HS in Alabama for coach Michael Spradling
- Finished with an undefeted 13-0 mark at No. 1 singles
- His team won the Shelby County Tournament Championship
PERSONAL
- Son of Paul Touliatos and Rebecca Treadwell
- Born on September 18, 1995
- His mother was a former collegiate student-athlete
- No. 1 sports highlight was "making it to the finals of the B18s in the Alabama state qualifying tournament"
- Tennis great Rafael Nadal has had the biggest influence on his sports career, "because he shows that hard work and determination will pay off."
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