2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Nemanja Malesevic
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- High School/Previous School:
- Srednjoskolski Centar Apeiron
Singles Record: 72-51 // 60-34 dual // 26-21 SEC
Doubles Record: 65-52 // 46-41 dual // 15-25 SEC
Highest Singles Ranking: 36th (9/7/21)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 14th (9/5/23)
Awards/Honors
ITA Southern Region Rookie of the Year (2021)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2021)
All-SEC Second Team (2022)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2022)
All-SEC Second Team (2023)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2023)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2024)
All-SEC Second Team (2024)
CSC Academic All-District VI (2024)
Academic All-SEC (2024)
Senior (2023-24)
Singles Record: 14-13 // 14-9 dual // 6-6 SEC
Doubles Record: 4-1 // 0-0 dual // 0-0 SEC
Highest Singles Ranking: 43rd (5/29/24)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 14th (9/5/23)
Awards/Honors
All-SEC Second Team
CSC Academic All-District VI
Academic All-SEC
ITA Scholar Athlete
SPRING:
Started the spring being unranked, but climbed as high as No. 43 by the end of the season … Got his final season of collegiate tennis underway in singles as he clinched a match for the Bulldogs with his straight-set, 6-1, 6-3 win over Mikael Vollbach of Northern Illinois … Notched two more wins over Chattanooga’s Gabriel Castillo and Florida State’s Loris Pourroy, 7-6(5), 6-0 and 7-5, 6-3 respectively … Tallied his first ranked win as he defeated No. 47 Marcel Kamrowski of Middle Tennessee State in Murfreesboro 6-4. 4-6, 6-2 … Two weeks later, he secured a victory over another ranked opponent, No. 36 Matisse Bobichon of VCU, 6-1, 7-6(6), and clinched the match for the Bulldogs in the process … Jumped into the ITA rankings after that win at No. 95, and also clinched the match over Tulane’s Billy Suarez, 6-2, 7-6(5) … Clinched another match for the Maroon and White against Stefan Latinovic of LSU, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 … Recorded another ranked win when he ousted No. 57 Danil Panarin of Vanderbilt, 6-3, 6-3… Defeated two ranked SEC opponents in a row in Florida’s Jeremy Lin (66) and Ole Miss’ Nikola Slavic(62) 7-5, 6-3 and 6-2, 6-4 respectively … Notched his sixth ranked win of the season as he defeated the No. 45 Tyler Stice of Auburn 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4, and clinched the match for MSU on the road … Climbed to No. 70 in the ITA rankings after that victory, but Malesevic did not stop there. He defeated Bozo Braun of Arkansas, 7-5, 6-3, to rise another 23 spots to No. 47 … His last win of the season came against Middle Tennessee’s No. 44 Leo Raquin 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the NCAA Team Championships in Starkville … Earned a spot to play in the NCAA Singles Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma ... In doubles, he mostly played with partner Michal Norvansky during SEC play and went 8-6 … Malesevic and Novansky clinched doubles point for Mississippi State with a 6-3 victory over Vanderbilt’s duo of Hugo Coquelin and Danil Panarin … Defeated the Kentucky pair of Jack Loutit and Matt Rankin 7-5, and clinched doubles point for the Bulldogs in the process … Recorded a 7-5 victory over Florida’s duo of Kevin Edengren and Tanapatt Nirundorm and also clinched their third match of the season … Won and clinched the doubles point against the Alabama duo of Enzo Aguiard and Zach Foster, 6-3 … Went 2-0 in the NCAA Starkvilel Regional where they defeated the duo of Matteo Lataste and Lun Obrul 6-2 from Alabama State and Middle Tennessee’s duo of Jakub Kroslak and Shu Matsuoka, 7-5.
FALL:
Entered the fall ranked 46th in singles and 14th in doubles alongside partner Michal Novansky … Won four of five doubles matches played during the fall alongside partner Marshall Landry … Defeated Vanja Dobrnjac and Lucius Soller of Jacksonville State 6-4 during ITA Southern Regionals … Claimed the GT Fall Invite Doubles Championship with Landry, going 3-0 at the event … Landry and Malesevic beat Alex Megg and Nicholas Recoura of New Mexico 8-6, Robert Bauer and Elias Shokry of Georgia Tech 8-4 and Liberty’s Thando Longwe-Smit and Rafael Marques Da Silva 8-4 to take the tournament title.
Junior (2022-23)
Singles Record: 16-16 // 12-11 dual // 6-5 SEC
Doubles Record: 17-12 // 11-9 dual // 2-8 SEC
Highest Singles Ranking: 52nd (9/6/22)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 18th (2/8/23)
Awards/Honors
All-SEC Second Team
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
ITA Scholar Athlete
FALL:
In singles, collected four victories at the ITA Southern Regional Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma … Defeated Julien Penzlin of LSU with a score of 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-3 … Beat Alabama’s Matias Ponce De Leon (4-6, 6-2, 6-4) … Overcame LSU’s Welsh Hotard with a 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-3 win, as well as a victory over fellow Mississippi State teammate Carles Hernandez (7-5, 6-2) … In doubles, recorded a win with partner Gregor Ramskogler at the ITA All-American Championships, defeating the Utah State tandem of David Cierny and Bodin Zarkovic (6-1, 6-2) … recorded four wins with partner Carles Hernandez at the ITA Southern Regional Championships … Defeated UAB’s duo of Georgios Nouchakis and Athanasios Spyropoulos (8-3) … Recorded an 8-2 victory over Tulane’s duo of Rafael De Alba and Luka Petrovic … Downed the Alabama tandem of Enzo Aguiard and Matias Ponce De Leon (8-4), as well as Louisiana’s duo of Karlo Kajin and Alejandro Gonzalez (8-1) … Competed with Hernandez at the ITA Fall National Championship in San Diego, California and defeated the No. 18 Georgia duo of Trent Bryde and Phillip Henning (6-2,7-5).
SPRING:
All 23 singles matches came at the No. 1 position … Carried team with the most singles clinches with six … Tied with teammate Petar Jovanovic for highest number of doubles clinches (6) … Secured top spot with doubles partner Carles Hernandez for most clinches by a doubles team (5) … Tied with Hernandez for a team-high seven singles victories vs. ranked opponents … Defeated No. 123 Sebastien Collard of South Alabama 0-6, 6-1, 6-4 … Clinched home match against Middle Tennessee’s Stijn Slump 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 … Clinched back-to-back matches at home against ranked opponents against Tulane’s No. 87 Fynn Kuenkler 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-0 and Presbyterian’s No. 63 Dusan Milanovic 6-2, 6-4 … Downed No. 109 Axel Nefve of Florida 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(5) … Claimed a home victory against No. 124 Tyler Stice of Auburn 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 … Earned back-to-back ranked wins against No. 88 Filip Planinsek of Alabama 7-5, 6-4 and No. 78 Ronald Hohmann of LSU 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 … Won five doubles matches against ranked opponents … Malesevic and doubles partner Hernandez rode a six-match winning streak from Feb. 3-March 2, with five of those matches clinching the doubles point … Paired up with Hernandez to down the No. 16 South Alabama duo of Jack Clements and Louis Delcour 6-3 … Beat Presbyterian’s 22nd-ranked doubles team of Milanovic and Max Benson 6-1 … Took down Florida’s No. 31 tandem of Nefve and Will Grant 6-3 … Secured win with new doubles partner Michal Novanksy against Georgia’s fifth-ranked team of Trent Bryde and Ethan Quinn 6-2 … Defeated Alabama State’s Sam Bajracharya and Ruan Du Preez to clinch the doubles point in the first round of the NCAA Team Championship in Starkville.
Sophomore (2021-22)
Singles Record: 3-4 // 0-0 dual // 0-0 SEC
Doubles Record: 4-2 // 0-0 dual // 0-0 SEC
Highest Singles Ranking: 36th (9/7/21)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 30th (2/9/22)
Awards/Honors
Second Team All-SEC (2022)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2022)
FALL:
In doubles, amassed a 4-2 record with partner Davide Tortora … The duo started the semester with back-to-back wins over Tulane’s pair of Alex Bancila/ Charlie Barry (6-2) and Michigan’s tandem of Will Cooksey/ Ondrej Styler (6-4) at the MSU Bulldog Invitational … At the Georgia Tech Invite, went 2-1 over the weekend with a 6-3 win over Chen Dong/ Angel Guerrero Melgar of Georgia Tech and a 7-6(4) victory over John Hallquist Lithen/ Walker Stearns of Ole Miss … In singles, downed Tulane’s Fynn Kuenkler of Tulane with a score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, as well as Alabama’s Enzo Aguiard with a score of 6-3, 7-5 at the MSU Bulldog Invitational on home soil … Recorded another 7-5, 6-0 victory over Stearns of Ole Miss at the Georgia Tech Invite.
SPRING:
In doubles, amassed an 11-6 record in dual-match play with partner Davide Tortora on court No. 2 … The tandem recorded four wins over ranked opponents … During the ITA Kick-off Weekend, the pair downed Arkansas’ 60th duo of Adrien Burdet and Melvin Manuel (6-4), as well as Kentucky’s 34th-ranked pair of Joshua Lapadat and JJ Mercer (6-4), which marks the highest ranked-win for the duo during the dual-match season … In singles, accumulated a team-best 18-7 record over the duration of the season, including a 7-5 record in SEC play … Defeated seven ranked opponents over the course of the season … Went on a seven-match win streak from Feb. 3-27, which includes a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over 15th-ranked Juan Carlos Aguilar of TCU on the road … The victory over Aguilar marks the highest-ranked win in his career.
Freshman (2020-21)
Singles Record: 21-11 // 16-7 dual // 7-5 SEC
Doubles Record: 16-18 // 11-13 dual // 3-8 SEC
Highest Singles Ranking: 53rd (5/5/21)
Awards/Honors
ITA Southern Region Rookie of the Year (2021)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2021)
In doubles, paired up with Stedman Strickland to play in the doubles draw at the LSU Invitational … Defeated Arkansas’s pair of Hunter Harrison/ Max Verboven 9-8(6) to advance to the Round of 8 … Downed Arkansas’s pair of Josh Bortnick/ Foster Rogers 8-6 in the consolation draw of the event ... Teamed up with Davide Tortora to compete in the Bulldog Challenge and the Volunteer Showdown in doubles … Recorded a 6-4 win over Alabama’s duo of Jeremy Gschwendtner/ Zhe Zhou, a 7-6(5) triumph over Middle Tennessee State’s team of Tom Moonen/ Sean Presson and a 7-6(6) victory over South Carolina’s tandem of Jake Beasley/ Toby Samuel … In singles, amassed a 5-4 record during the semester … Earned wins over Arkansas’s Hunter Harrison (6-1, 6-3 on Oct. 2) and Texas A&M’s Valentin Vacherot (6-4, 1-6, 6-3 on Oct. 4) during the LSU Invitational … Collected a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over LSU’s Malik Bhatnagar at the Bulldog Challenge … Defeated Middle Tennessee’s Tom Moonen 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4 and South Carolina’s Connor Thompson 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 during the Volunteer Showdown to end the semester with back-to-back wins.
SPRING:
Played most of the season at the No. 3 position but occasionally played at the No. 2 and No. 4 positions … In doubles, split playing time with Nicolas Ocana (3-6), Giovanni Oradini (0-1), Stedman Strickland (1-0), and Davide Tortora (7-6) … Clinched three doubles points for the Bulldogs … Beat South Carolina’s tandem of Phillip Jordan/ Raphael Lambling 6-1 to secure his first SEC dual match doubles victory of his career ... Downed Josh Goodger/ Duarte Vale 6-4 to clinch the doubles point against the top-seeded team of Florida in the SEC Championship ... In singles, accomplished an overall dual match record of 16-7 ... Has a 6-6 record after losing the first set ... Clinched three dual matches for the Maroon and White ... Beat Gerogia’s Blake Croyder 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, which marks his first SEC dual-match victory ... Collected three ranked wins during the duration of the season with a 1-6, 6-0, 6-1 win over Lambling of South Carolina, a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Alabama’s Zhe Zhou, and a 7-5, 7-5 win over UCF’s Juan Pablo Mazzuchi ... Entered the NCAA Team Championships with a season-best ranking of No. 53.
Personal
Native of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina ... Born on Aug. 19, 2001
