2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster

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Mihailo Popovic

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Belgrade, Serbia
  • High School Brook Hill
  • Height 6-4
  • Instagram mihailopopoviccc

Biography

Popovic's Career Singles Records

Season Overall Dual Tour. Big Ten No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6
2020-21 6-8 5-7 1-1 5-6 --- --- --- 0-1 2-5 3-1
2021-22 2-7 0-4 2-3 0-2 --- --- --- 0-1 0-1 0-2
2022-23 14-11 8-8 6-3 4-4 --- 7-4 1-4 --- --- ---
2023-24 2-8 1-2 1-6 --- 1-2 --- --- --- --- ---
Career 24-34 14-21 10-13 9-12 1-2 --- --- 0-2 2-6 3-3

Popovic's Career Doubles Records

Season Overall Dual Tour. Big Ten No. 1 No. 2 No. 3
2020-21 8-5 6-5 2-0 6-3 --- --- 6-5
2021-22 5-6 4-2 1-4 3-1 --- --- 4-2
2022-23 6-4 3-2 3-2 1-2 --- --- 3-2
2023-24 4-6 3-2 1-4 --- 2-1 --- 1-1
Career 23-21 16-11 7-10 10-6 2-1 --- 14-10

2023-24 Singles: Posted an 0-2 single record at the SEC/Big Ten Challenge ... advanced to the round of 32 at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships, posting a 1-1 record... Defeated DePaul's Laurentiu Mandocescu, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles Jan. 20

2023-24 Doubles: Posted an 0-3 doubles record at the SEC/Big Ten Challenge ... advanced to the round of 32, going 1-1 playing alongside Jason Hildebrandt... Playing with Collin Beduhn, defeated Butler's Patrick Joss/Nicholas Shirley, 6-3, on Feb. 24

2022-23 Singles: Academic All-Big Ten ... posted a 14-11 overall singles record, the most wins in a season for his career ... competed primarily at No. 2 singles, going 7-4 ... defeated #53-ranked singles player Justin Boulais (Ohio State) for his first ranked singles win of his career ...  ended the season on a three-match winning streak

2022-23 Doubles: Finished his junior season with a 6-4 overall doubles record ... partnered with Jared Pratt for all dual matches ... competed at No. 3 doubles

2021-22 Singles: Posted a 0-4 record overall in his sophomore season ... competed primarily at the No. 6 spot 

2021-22 Doubles: Posted a 4-2 record overall ... competed at the No. 3 spot alongside partner Lenard Soha ... Claimed a 6-2 dominant win over No. 13 Harvard's duo of Henry Schulenburg  and Steven Sun

2020-21 Singles: Posted a 6-8 record overall in his debut season at UW ... competed primarily at the No. 5 spot ... contributed to the Badgers dominant win over Penn State with his straight-set victory over Nittany Lion's Charl Morgan.  

2020-21 Doubles: Posted an 8-5 record overall ... competed primarily at the No. 3 spot alongside partners Lenard Soha then Tim Dzhurinskiy ... He and Dzhurinskiy helped the Badgers claim the doubles point against No. 12 Illinois with their 6-2 win over Noe Khlif and Hunter Heck. 

Personal: Son of Djorde and Natasa... has one sister, Mina ... competed in soccer in addition to tennis ... has a UTR ranking of 12.97 and was ranked 13,337 in the ITF Men's Rankings heading into his freshman year at UW ... held an ITF Junior Ranking of 207 ... won six Tennis Europe Championships and advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Singles Championship and the finals of the European National Team Championships ... started playing tennis at age five ...  favorite athlete is Conor McGregor .

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    6'4"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    6'5"
  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior

    6'4"