2016-17 Men's Tennis Roster

Emily Sachs
Emily Sachs

John Zordani

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lake Forest, Ill.
  • Height 6-5

Biography

Zordani's Career Singles Records

Season Overall Dual Tour. Big Ten No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6
2013-14 13-12 6-8 7-4 2-5 --- --- --- 1-1 0-1 5-6
2014-15 10-11 6-6 4-5 3-5 --- --- --- 1-3 2-2 3-1
2015-16 13-7 5-3 8-4 3-2 --- --- --- --- --- 5-3
Career 36-30 17-17 19-13 9-12 --- --- --- 2-4 2-3 13-10

Zordani's Career Doubles Records

Season Overall Dual Tour. Big Ten No. 1 No. 2 No. 3
2013-14 11-13 5-11 6-2 2-7 1-0 2-4 2-7
2014-15 12-10 7-6 5-4 4-4 --- 1-2 6-4
2015-16 9-9 3-7 6-2 3-6 --- --- 3-7
Career 32-32 15-24 17-8 9-17 1-0 3-6 11-18

Honors: Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2015, 2016, 2017) ... 2014 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award ... 2017 ITA Academic Scholar-Athlete ... 2017 Bign Ten Distinguished Scholar

2015-16 Singles: Finished with an overall record of 13-7 ... went 5-3 at the number six spot during the spring season ...  defeated Jake Jacoby of No. 56 Iowa, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, to clinch the match for UW ... clinched second consecutive match for UW after defeating Bradford Zitsch of No. 71 Nebraska, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (8-6)

2015-16 Doubles: Posted a 9-9 overall record, going 3-7 in the spring ... all three wins came against ranked conference opponents, including No. 21 Michigan, No. 39 Penn State, and No. 56 Iowa 

2014-15 Singles: Went 10-11 in singles action, including a mark of 6-6 during the spring season ... played primarily No. 4, 5 and 6 singles, knocking off Chris Essick of No. 39 Indiana, 6-2. 6-4 ... posted a win at No. 4 singles over Michigan State's Mac Roy, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2

2014-15 Doubles: Recorded a 12-10 doubles record, tying for the team lead with four Big Ten wins ... partnered with Lamar Remy for all but two matches ... topped No. 49 Penn State's Christian Lutschauni and Leonard Stakhovsky, 8-5 and knocked off No. 27 Northwestern's Alp Horoz and Mihir Kumar at No. 2 doubles, 8-7 (7-5)

2013-14 Singles: Posted a 6-8 spring record, including a mark of 2-5 in conference play ... clinched wins against Minnesota's Eric Frueh, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 (3/1) and Iowa's Michael Swank, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 (3/23) ... finished with the highest number of fall season wins for UW at 7-4 ... advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Indoor Tournament

2013-14 Doubles: Finished the spring season with a 5-11 record ... went 2-7 in Big Ten play ... defeated Denver's Henry Craig and Diogo Rocha, 8-5 at the #1 doubles position with partner Alexander Kokorev (2/23) ... paired with Elliott Sprecher to claim victory against Indiana's Elliott Yee and Michael Sellitto, 8-5 (3/28) ... went 6-2 in the fall season ... posted a mark of 3-0 at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic with partner Jakhongir Jalalov (9/15)

High School: Most recently took third place in doubles in the National Open with partner, fellow Badger Elliott Sprecher ... also reached semi-finals of the backdraw ... had 93 national ranking in tennis recruiting rankings ... ranked No. 4 in Illinois ... ranked No. 10 in Midwest ... was a member of varsity men's tennis team senior year at Lake Forest High School

Personal: Born in Oconomowoc, Wis ... parents are Jan and Don Zordani ... three sisters, Katie, Elizabeth and Christina... sister, Christina, is a freshman on the Wisconsin women's tennis team ... sister, Elizabeth, is a junior on the Yale women's tennis team ... sister, Katie, played tennis at the University of Iowa ... two younger brothers, Will and Michael ... hobbies include listening to music, playing guitar and reading ... majoring in Business Management

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Sophomore

    6'5" 190 lbs
  • 2015-16Junior

    6'5" 190 lbs
  • 2016-17Senior

    6'5" 190 lbs