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STARKVILLE, MS - January 19, 2025 - Mississippi State's Dusan Milanovic during the match between the Troy Trojans and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at the Rula Tennis Pavilion in Starkville, MS. Photo By Ivy Rose Ball

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STARKVILLE, MS - January 27, 2024 - Mississippi State's Marshall Landry during the match between the Virginia Commonwealth Rams and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at the Rula Tennis Pavilion in Starkville, MS. Photo By Jaden Powell

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STARKVILLE, MS - April 30, 2024 - Mississippi State's Dusan Milanovic, Mississippi State's Petar Jovanovic, Mississippi State's Nemanja Malesevic and Mississippi State's Radomir Tomic during 2024 Maroon and White Night at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, MS. Photo By Mike Mattina

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STARKVILLE, MS - May 03, 2024 - \mt during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Tennis Tournament match between the Alabama State Hornets and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at the Rula Tennis Pavilion in Starkville, MS. Photo By Ivy Rose Ball

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 29, 2024 - Mississippi State's Dusan Milanovic during the match between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at the AJ Pitts Tennis Centre in Starkville, MS. Photo By Ivy Rose Ball

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 03, 2024 - Mississippi State's Dusan Milanovic during the match between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at the AJ Pitts Tennis Centre in Starkville, MS. Photo By Will Porada

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STARKVILLE, MS - February 09, 2024 - Mississippi State's Dusan Milanovic during the match between the North Florida Ospreys and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at the Rula Tennis Pavilion in Starkville, MS. Photo By Will Porada

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STARKVILLE, MS - January 14, 2024 - Mississippi State's Dusan Milanovic during the match between the Chattanooga Mocs and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at the Rula Tennis Pavilion in Starkville, MS. Photo By Bailey Black

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STARKVILLE, MS - September 07, 2023 - Mississippi State's Dusan Milanovic during practice at the AJ Pitts Tennis Centre in Starkville, MS. Photo By Bailey Black

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Dusan Milanovic

Height:
6-3
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
High School/Previous School:
Presbyterian

Career Honors
2025 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024 Academic All-SEC
2023 Big South Player of the Year
2023 First Team All-Big South (singles)
2023 First Team All-Big South (doubles)
2023 Big South All-Academic Team
2022 Big South Freshman of the Year
2022 First Team All-Big South (singles)
2022 First Team All-Big South (doubles)
Big South Player of the Week (1/19/23)
5x Big South Freshman of the Week (1/19/22, 3/2/22, 3/16/22, 3/23/22, 4/6/22)
3x ITA Scholar Athlete (2024, 2023, 2022)
3x CSC Academic All-District (2025, 2024, 2023)

2024-25 (Senior Season)
Spring 2025
• CSC Academic All-District
• Posted a record of 11-11 (4-8 SEC) in singles and a doubles record of 15-5 (7-3 SEC).
• Primarily played singles on court four, earning a record of 5-4 while playing doubles on court three, earning a record of 14-5.
• Won five of his final seven singles matches at State.
• Helped Mississippi State to 25 dual match wins, tied for the most in program history with the 1979 team.
• Helped lead Mississippi State to the NCAA Elite Eight (Quarterfinals) for the first time since 2018.

Fall 2024
• Did not compete.

2023-24 (Junior Season)
Spring 2024
• Earned a record of 13-10 (5-6 SEC) in singles and a doubles record of 14-8 (7-4 SEC).
• Started the spring off hot with three-straight wins in singles.
• The pair of Milanovic and Carles Hernandez was the primary team on Court two.
• Strung together seven wins in a row from March 29 to May 11.

Fall 2023
• Entered the fall ranked 36th in singles and 22nd in doubles alongside partner Carles Hernandez.
• Advanced to the quarterfinals in both singles and doubles at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic.

2021-23 (Presbyterian College)
• Earned a two year singles record of 54-17 while at Presbyterian and a doubles record of 47-20.
• Big South Player of the Year in 2023 and Big South Freshman of the Year in 2022.
• Earned a singles spot in the ITA National Fall Championships after reaching the championship match of the ITA Carolina Regional in the Fall of 2022.
• Teamed with Max Benson to form a doubles tandem that participated in the NCAA Doubles Championships, ITA National Fall Championships and reached the semifinals of the ITA Carolina Regionals.
• Reached a program-high of No. 22 in the rankings after the Fall 2022 Tournament season with Benson.
• Became the first player in PC history to earn a spot in the NCAA Division I Singles Championship.
• Finished the 2023 season ranked No. 69 in the ITA Singles Rankings and eighth in the ITA Carolina Regional rankings.
• Posted a 19-3 record all at No. 1 singles in 2023.
• Recorded the Big South Tournament Championship clinching win rallying for a three sets victory at No. 1 singles against Gardner-Webb.
• Played a major role in helping the Blue Hose capture the 2023 Big South Tournament title and a share of the Big South regular-season title while earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Personal
• From Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Born May 10, 2002
• Son of Miroslav and Tatjana Milanovic
• Has one sister, Teodora