Nikola Slavic

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Class:
Junior
Height:
6-3
Experience:
2L
Hometown:
Stockholm, Sweden
High School:
Värmdö Gymnasium

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• ITA All-American (2022)
• ITA Southern Region Rookie of the Year (2020)
• First-Team All-SEC (2022, 2024)
• Second-Team All-SEC (2021, 2023)
• ITA Southern Singles Champion (2021)
• ITA Southern Doubles Finalist (2024)
• ITA Scholar Athlete (2020, 2021, 2023, 2024)
• SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2020)
• SEC Community Service Team (2024)

2023-24 (SENIOR): Finished the season with a 20-9 singles record and a 21-14 record in doubles … Earned First Team All-SEC Honors … One of only five Rebels to earn All-SEC honors four times … Only played at the No. 1 singles and doubles position … Held the team-high for most ranked singles (4) and doubles (3) victories on the team … Secured five conference singles wins … Ranked No. 8 in the ITA preseason doubles rankings … Continued two-year streak ranked in the top-100 in ITA singles rankings, earning the No. 34 slot in the preseason ranking … Won a team-high 17 singles matches in straight sets … Clinched three dual matches for the Rebels … Finished tournament play with a 10-5 doubles record … Awarded the Most Outstanding Player at the SEC/Big 10 Challenge … Dominated the 10th-ranked Alexander Bernard from Ohio State in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, at ITA All-American Championships … Named ITA Southern Region Doubles Finalist with Lukas Engelhardt … Attended the ITA National Fall Championships ... Upset Texas A&M’s No. 36 Raphael Perot … Defeated Vanderbilt’s No. 57 Danil Panarin, 6-3, 6-0 … Took down No. 36 Taha Baadi from Kentucky … Claimed the doubles point in a 4-2 win over No. 19 LSU by taking down the 51st-best doubles team … Took down Memphis’ No. 38 ranked duo of Pablo Alemany and Charlie Barry, 6-3 … Upset the 55th-ranked doubles pair in Tulsa’s Pierce Rollins and Timothy Seger … Secured three nationally ranked victories in doubles … Earned an at-large selection to the 2024 NCAA Singles Championships … Advanced to the round of 32 at the NCAA Singles Championships after taking down UT Arlington’s No. 110 Joan Torres Espinosa … Finished season ranked No. 45 in singles and No. 54 in doubles … Sits in the Top-15 in all-time singles and doubles wins in program history … Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll … Recognized as an ITA Scholar Athlete … Earned CSC Academic All-District Honors … Recipient of NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship … Named to SEC Community Service Team.

2022-23 (SENIOR*): Guided the Rebels to the second round of the NCAA Championships ... Grabbed second All-SEC Second Team Award and third All-SEC overall ... Named a NCAA Singles Championship alternate ... Advanced to the singles quarterfinals of the ITA Southern Regional ... Earned a 18-12 overall singles record and 19-11 doubles record ... Primarily played at the No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles position ... Finished year ranked No. 66 in singles and No. 46 in doubles with Engelhardt with a 15-7 record ... Defeated six ranked singles victories and four ranked doubles victories ... Secured the doubles point for the Rebels in four matches ... Claimed the doubles point in a 4-3 win over No. 18 Mississippi State (3/4) by taking down the 33rd-best doubles team ... Upset the 18th-best doubles team in Florida's Axel Nefve and Will Grant ... Took down No. 11 Michael Zheng early in the season ... Helped the Rebel advance to the second round of the NCAA Championships by securing the doubles point with Noah Schlagenhauf in sweep over VCU (5/6) ... Listed as part of the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll ... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete.

2021-22 (JUNIOR): ITA All-American in singles play ... Earned a 22-13 record in singles and 18-8 record in doubles … Went 15-9 in dual singles and 15-6 in dual doubles matches … Compiled a 6-3 doubles record in SEC matches … Led all Rebels in singles victories and ranked singles wins with nine … Competed primarily at No. 1 Singles and No. 3 Doubles … Reached the NCAA Singles Championships First Round … Voted to the All SEC First-Team … ITA Southern Regional Singles Champion … Competed in ITA National Fall Championships … Reached round of 32 at ITA All-American Championships in singles and the qualifying round of 32 in doubles ... Named to SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21 (SOPHOMORE): Voted All-SEC Second Team ... Earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Singles Championships reaching the Round of 64 ... Peaked in the Oracle/ITA singles rankings at No. 27 (4/14/21) after beginning the season unranked ... Compiled a 14-7 singles record competing primarily at No. 3 Singles ... Won one doubles dual match .. Co-led the Rebels with eight ranked singles victories and was 8-3 versus ranked opponents ... Two-time SEC Newcomer of the Week ... Won first Newcomer of the Week Award on Feb. 24 after earning a 6-2, 6-1 victory in the Rebels' 7-0 sweep at Arkansas (2/21/21) ... Earned second Newcomer of the Week award on March 10 after earning wins in the Rebels' home victories versus No. 38 LSU (3/5/21, def. Tom Pisane) and No. 11 Texas A&M (3/7/21, def. No. 33 Juan Carlos Aguilar) ... Earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors.

2019-20 (FRESHMAN): Teamed up with classmate Lukas Engelhardt to win the doubles title at the CCB Collegiate Invitational in Birmingham during the fall season ... Nearly picked up his first collegiate ranked win, taking things to three sets with No. 48 Montsi of Illinois (4-6, 6-4, 5-7) ... Awarded the MVP of the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic after clinching the championship for the Rebels with a thrilling 6-7 (6), 7-6 (1), 6-4 win over Alabama’s Alexey Nesterov ... Was named SEC Rookie of the Week for his performance during the Blue Gray, recording four wins, including his first career clinch and had won five consecutive matches ... Teamed with freshman Nikola Slavic to win critical doubles match (6-3) at No. 19 Tennessee … the pair also won during the Blue Gray Classic against No. 48 Alabama (6-2) ... Entered SEC play on a six-match win streak ... Finished shortened spring due to COVID-19 at 10-2, playing primarily at No. 4, and went 16-7 overall on the year, registering two wins in SEC play...Went 9-10 on the year in doubles, going 4-6 during the spring...Named the ITA Southern Region’s Rookie of the Year ... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete.

PRIOR TO OLE MISS: Reached finals of singles at both Under 21 National Championships and Under 18 ... claimed U21 Doubles National title... second-highest ranked junior player in Sweden, joining ATP rankings in August at No. 1698 and No. 1899 in doubles.

PERSONAL: Son of Branislav Slavic and Ulrika Nyström...Born on September 26, 2000 ... has two younger siblings, Teodora and Filip ... graduate with a bachelor's in business and currently studying for a master's in business administration ... favorite tennis player is Novak Djokovic.

CAREER STATISTICS
Year	Overall Singles	Dual Singles	Overall Doubles	Dual Doubles
2023-24	20-9	14-6	21-14	11-9
2022-23	18-12	14-8	19-11	13-7
2021-22	22-13	15-9	18-8	15-6
2020-21	14-8	14-7	1-8	1-8
2019-20	16-7	10-2	11-9	4-6
TOTALS	90-49	67-32	70-50	44-36