2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Nemanja Malesevic
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- High School/Previous School:
- Srednjoskolski Centar Apeiron
Singles Record:ย 72-51 // 60-34 dual // 26-21 SEC
Doubles Record:ย 65-52 // 46-41 dual // 15-25 SEC
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Highest Singles Ranking:ย 36th (9/7/21)
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Highest Doubles Ranking:ย 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:ย 4-1ย // 0-0ย dual // 0-0ย SEC
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Highest Singles Ranking:ย 43rdย (5/29/24)
ย ย ย ย ย ย Highest Doubles Ranking: 14th (9/5/23)
Awards/Honors
All-SEC Second Teamย
CSC Academic All-District VIย
Academic All-SECย
ITA Scholar Athleteย
SPRING:
Started the spring being unranked, but climbed as high as No. 43ย by the end of the season โฆ 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 โฆ Notched two more wins over Chattanoogaโs Gabriel Castillo and Florida Stateโs Loris Pourroy, 7-6(5), 6-0 and 7-5, 6-3 respectively โฆ Tallied his first ranked win as he defeated No. 47 Marcel Kamrowski of Middle Tennessee State in Murfreesboro 6-4. 4-6, 6-2 โฆ 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 โฆ Jumped into the ITA rankings after that win at No. 95, and also clinched the match over Tulaneโs Billy Suarez, 6-2, 7-6(5) โฆ Clinched another match for the Maroon and White against Stefan Latinovic of LSU, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 โฆ Recorded another ranked win when he ousted No. 57 Danil Panarin of Vanderbilt, 6-3, 6-3โฆ Defeated two ranked SEC opponents in a row in Floridaโs Jeremy Lin (66) and Ole Missโย Nikola Slavic(62)ย 7-5, 6-3 and 6-2, 6-4 respectively โฆ Notched his sixth ranked win of the season as he defeated the No. 45 Tyler Stice of Auburnย 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4, and clinched the match for MSU on the roadย โฆ Climbed to No. 70ย 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. 47ย โฆ His last win of the season came against Middle Tennesseeโs No. 44 Leo Raquinย 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the NCAA Team Championships in Starkville โฆย Earned a spot to play in the NCAA Singles Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma ...ย In doubles, he mostly played with partner Michal Norvansky during SEC play and went 8-6 โฆ Malesevic and Novansky clinched doubles point for Mississippi State with a 6-3 victory over Vanderbiltโs duo of Hugo Coquelin and Danil Panarin โฆ Defeated the Kentucky pair of Jack Loutit and Matt Rankin 7-5, and clinched doubles point for the Bulldogs in the process โฆ Recorded a 7-5 victory over Floridaโs duo of Kevin Edengren and Tanapatt Nirundorm and also clinched their third match of the season โฆ Won and clinched the doubles point against the Alabama duo of Enzo Aguiard and Zach Foster, 6-3 โฆ Went 2-0 in the NCAA Starkvilel Regional where they defeated the duo of Matteo Lataste and Lun Obrul 6-2 from Alabama Stateย and Middle Tennesseeโs duo of Jakub Kroslak and Shu Matsuoka, 7-5.
FALL:ย
Entered the fall ranked 46thย in singles and 14th in doubles alongside partner Michal Novanskyย โฆ Won four of five doubles matches played during the fall alongside partner Marshall Landry โฆ Defeated Vanja Dobrnjac and Lucius Soller of Jacksonville State 6-4 during ITA Southern Regionals โฆ Claimed the GT Fall Invite Doubles Championship with Landry, going 3-0 at the event โฆ 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 Libertyโs Thando Longwe-Smit and Rafael Marques Da Silva 8-4 to take the tournament title.
Junior (2022-23)
Singles Record:ย 16-16 // 12-11 dual // 6-5ย SEC
Doubles Record:ย 17-12ย // 11-9ย dual // 2-8 SEC
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Highest Singles Ranking:ย 52nd (9/6/22)
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Highest Doubles Ranking:ย 18th (2/8/23)
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Awards/Honors
All-SEC Second Team
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
ITA Scholar Athlete
FALL:
In singles, collected fourย victories at the ITA Southern Regional Championships in Tulsa, Oklahomaย โฆ Defeated Julien Penzlin of LSU with a score of 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-3 โฆ Beat Alabamaโs Matias Ponce De Leon (4-6, 6-2, 6-4) โฆ Overcame LSUโs 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) โฆ 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) โฆ recorded four wins with partner Carles Hernandez at the ITA Southern Regional Championships โฆ Defeated UABโs duo of Georgios Nouchakis and Athanasios Spyropoulos (8-3) โฆ Recorded an 8-2 victory over Tulaneโs duo of Rafael De Alba and Luka Petrovic โฆ Downed the Alabama tandem of Enzo Aguiard and Matias Ponce De Leon (8-4), as well as Louisianaโs duo of Karlo Kajin and Alejandro Gonzalez (8-1) โฆ Competed with Hernandez at the ITA Fall National Championship in San Diego, Californiaย 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 โฆ Carried team with the most singles clinches with six โฆ Tied with teammate Petar Jovanovic for highest number of doubles clinches (6) โฆ Secured top spot with doubles partner Carles Hernandez for most clinches by a doubles team (5) โฆ Tied with Hernandez for a team-high seven singles victories vs. ranked opponents โฆ Defeated No. 123 Sebastien Collard of South Alabama 0-6, 6-1, 6-4 โฆ Clinched home match against Middle Tennesseeโs Stijn Slump 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 โฆ Clinched back-to-back matches at home against ranked opponents against Tulaneโs No. 87 Fynn Kuenkler 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-0 and Presbyterianโs No. 63 Dusan Milanovic 6-2, 6-4 โฆ Downed No. 109 Axel Nefve of Florida 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(5) โฆ Claimed a home victory against No. 124 Tyler Stice of Auburn 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 โฆ 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 โฆ Won five doubles matches against ranked opponents โฆ 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 โฆ Paired up with Hernandez to down the No. 16 South Alabama duo of Jack Clements and Louis Delcour 6-3 โฆ Beat Presbyterianโs 22nd-ranked doubles team of Milanovic and Max Benson 6-1 โฆ Took down Floridaโs No. 31 tandem of Nefve and Will Grant 6-3 โฆ Secured win with new doubles partner Michal Novanksy against Georgiaโs fifth-ranked team of Trent Bryde and Ethan Quinn 6-2 โฆ Defeated Alabama Stateโs Sam Bajracharya and Ruan Du Preez to clinch the doubles point in the first round of the NCAA Team Championship in Starkville.
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Sophomore (2021-22)
Singles Record: 3-4 // 0-0 dual // 0-0 SEC
Doubles Record: 4-2 // 0-0 dual // 0-0 SEC
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Highest Singles Ranking: 36th (9/7/21)
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Highest Doubles Ranking:ย 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 โฆ The duo started the semester with back-to-back wins over Tulaneโs pair of Alex Bancila/ Charlie Barry (6-2) and Michiganโs tandem of Will Cooksey/ Ondrej Styler (6-4) at the MSU Bulldog Invitational โฆ 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 โฆ In singles, downed Tulaneโs Fynn Kuenkler of Tulane with a score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, as well as Alabamaโs Enzo Aguiard with a score of 6-3, 7-5 at the MSU Bulldog Invitational on home soil โฆ 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 โฆ The tandem recorded four wins over ranked opponents โฆ During the ITA Kick-off Weekend, the pair downed Arkansasโ 60th duo of Adrien Burdet and Melvin Manuel (6-4), as well as Kentuckyโs 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 โฆ In singles, accumulated a team-best 18-7 record over the duration of the season, including a 7-5 record in SEC play โฆ Defeated seven ranked opponents over the course of the season โฆ 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 โฆ The victory over Aguilar marks the highest-ranked win in his career.
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Freshman (2020-21)
Singles Record:ย 21-11 // 16-7 dual // 7-5 SEC
Doubles Record:ย 16-18 // 11-13 dual // 3-8 SEC
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Highest Singles Ranking:ย 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 โฆ Defeated Arkansasโs pair of Hunter Harrison/ Max Verboven 9-8(6) to advance to the Round of 8 โฆ Downed Arkansasโs 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 โฆ Recorded a 6-4 win over Alabamaโs duo of Jeremy Gschwendtner/ Zhe Zhou, a 7-6(5) triumph over Middle Tennessee Stateโs team of Tom Moonen/ Sean Presson and a 7-6(6) victory over South Carolinaโs tandem of Jake Beasley/ Toby Samuel โฆ In singles, amassed a 5-4 record during the semester โฆ Earned wins over Arkansasโs Hunter Harrison (6-1, 6-3 on Oct. 2) and Texas A&Mโs Valentin Vacherot (6-4, 1-6, 6-3 on Oct. 4) during the LSU Invitational โฆ Collected a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over LSUโs Malik Bhatnagar at the Bulldog Challenge โฆ Defeated Middle Tennesseeโs Tom Moonen 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4 and South Carolinaโs 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 โฆ In doubles, split playing time with Nicolas Ocana (3-6), Giovanni Oradini (0-1), Stedman Strickland (1-0), and Davide Tortora (7-6) โฆ Clinched three doubles points for the Bulldogs โฆ Beatย South Carolinaโs 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 Gerogiaโs 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 Alabamaโs Zhe Zhou, and a 7-5, 7-5 win over UCFโs Juan Pablo Mazzuchi ... Entered the NCAA Team Championshipsย with a season-best ranking of No. 53.
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Personal
Native of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovinaย ... Born on Aug. 19, 2001
