2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster
Planinsek, Filip

Filip Planinsek
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Hoce, Slovenia
- High School:
- Secondary Construction School and Gymnasium Maribor
Bio
Career AccoladesÂ
- 2024 NCAA Singles Champion
- 2024 All-AmericanÂ
- 2024, 2025 First Team All-SEC
- 2022, 2023 Second Team All-SECÂ
- 2022 SEC Freshman of the YearÂ
- 2022 SEC All-Freshman TeamÂ
- 2022, 2024Â NCAA Singles Championships qualifierÂ
- 2021, 2023Â ITA Southern Regional Doubles ChampionÂ
2024-25
- Concluded the season ranked 22nd in singles and 36th in doublesÂ
- Named to First Team All-SECÂ
- Took the fall off to compete professionally as part of the ATP Next Gen Accelerator Program after winning the 2024 NCAA singles title
- Has been nearly perfect in singles this year, recording a 17-3 run at the No. 1 spot
- Went into the SEC Tournament with the second-highest singles ranking in the conference
- Defeated 10 ranked singles opponents at the No. 1 position for the Tide
- Aided UA in downing then-No. 15 Florida State with a win over the then-No. 4 doubles paring of Youcef Rihane and Alex Bulte and then-No. 15 Corey Craig at the No. 1 singles spot
- Clinched the Tide's 4-3 win over Kentucky with a 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-2 victory against then-No. 63 Antoine Ghibaudo
- Captured UA's first singles point in wins against Alabama State, then-No. 15 FSU and Vandy
- Defeated ranked singles opponents No. 15 Corey Craig (FSU), No. 21 Edward Winter (Pepperdine), No. 24 Shunsuke Mitsui (Tennessee), No. 38 Miguel Perez Pena (Georgia), No. 57 Dylan Dietrich (Virginia), No. 61 Jeremy Jin (Florida), No. 63 Antoine Ghibaudo (Kentucky), No. 90 Nate Bonetto (Georgia Tech), No. 94 Oscar Lacides (Oklahoma) and No. 98 Nathan Cox (Vanderbilt)
- Defeated four nationally ranked doubles teams in No. 4 Youcef Rihane and Alex Bulte (Florida State), No. 19 Krish Arora and Christophe Clements (Georgia Tech), No. 63 Niccolo Baroni/Mario Serrano (Mississippi State)Â and No. 87 Nathan Cox and Michael Ross (Vanderbilt)
- Represented Slovenia in this year's Davis Cup and captured a win to help the team advance over Indonesia
2023-24
- NCAA Singles ChampionÂ
- Recorded the Crimson Tide's first-ever NCAA title in addition to claiming the school's first-ever singles crown between the men's and women's tennis programs
- Posted a thrilling 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-2 come-from-behind win against No. 23 Michael Zheng (Columbia) in the Singles Championships MatchÂ
- Historic run to the national crown included wins over five consecutive top-25 ranked singles players
- In addition to downing No. 23 Zheng in the finals, he defeated No. 17 Cannon Kingsley (Ohio State) in the Round of 32, No. 5 Micah Braswell (Texas) in the Round of 16, No. 15 Cooper Williams (Harvard) in the quarterfinals and No. 9 Ozan Baris (Michigan State) in the semifinals in addition to topping No. 118 Jonas Hartenstein (North Florida) in the opening match
- Eighth player in program history to earn All-America honors as he picked up the Tide's 10th overall accolade for advance to the quarterfinals at the NCAA ChampionshipsÂ
- First player in program history to reach the semifinals at the NCAA Singles Championships and only the second to reach the quarterfinalsÂ
- Concluded the season with a 27-13 overall singles record, concluding the season ranked No. 29Â
- Won second ITA Southern Regional Doubles Title alongside freshman partner Andrii ZimnokhÂ
- Defeated Harvard's Cooper Williams earlier in the year in the opening match at the ITA All-America Championships
- Went undefeated at the ITA National Indoor Championships
- Recorded wins in singles and doubles play contributing to the win against then No. 10 Kentucky
- Ranked singles wins: No. 5 Micah Braswell (Texas), No. 9 Ozan Baris (Michigan State). No. 15 Cooper Williams (Harvard), No. 17 Cannon Kingsley (Ohio State),  No. 22 Raphael Perot (Texas A&M, currently ranked 20th), No. 23 Michael Zheng (Columbia), No. 38 Peter Makk (Southern California), No. 50 Nikola Slavic (Ole Miss, currently ranked 39th ), No. 67 Cannon Kingsley (Ohio State, currently ranked 17th), No. 83 Mihailo Popovic (Wisconsin), No. 118 Jonas Hartenstein (North Florida) and No. 118 Nemanja Malesevic (Mississippi State, currently ranked 47th), while also battling to a third-set, unfinished match against No. 15 Michael Zheng (Columbia) and No. 44 Tyler Stice (Auburn-Blue Gray National Classic, currently ranked 31st).
- Ranked doubles wins: No. 8 Lukas Engelhardt and Nikola Slavic (Ole Miss- ITA Southern Regional Championships), No. 29 Bozo Barun and Jared Horwood (Arkansas), No. 35 Robert Cash and Bryce Nakashima (Ohio State) and No. 75 Aleksi Lofman and Stefan Latinovic (LSU), in addition to an unfinished tiebreaker (6-6 (5-5)) against No. 24 Nicolas Kotzen and Max Westphal (Columbia).
- Two-time SEC Player of the Week for his performance at the ITA National Indoor Championships (Feb. 21) and against Ole Miss and then-No. 11 Texas A&M (April 15)
2022-23
- Selected to Second Team All-SEC
- Competed primarily at the No. 1 spot for the Crimson Tide's singles and doubles lineup
- Won 19 singles matches and 14 doubles matches
- Held the No. 1 doubles duo in the nation, Toby Samuel and Connor Thomson (South Carolina), to an unfinished 5-5 match result
- Upset ranked doubles duos No. 23 Taha Baadi/Alafia Aydeni (Kentucky), No. 44 Nemanja Malesevic/Carles Hernandez (Mississippi State) and No. 48 Stefan Latinovic/Nick Watson (LSU)
- Captured wins against No. 38 Noah Schachter (Texas A&M), No. 58 Ronald Hohmann (LSU)Â and No. 60 Nikola Slavic (Ole Miss)
- Defeated No. 72 Will Grant in singles while competing at the No. 2 spot in the lineup to help Alabama upset No. 16 Florida
- Opened season on a six-game win streak in singles, highlighted by an upset win over No. 26 Ozan Baris (Michigan State)
- Earned appearance on CSC Academic All-District Team
- Entered the season with pre-season national singles ranking of No. 13 and doubles ranking of No. 33 (with teammate German Samofalov)
- Competed at the All-American Championships and defeated No. 19 Noah Schachter (Texas A&M)
- Earned Top-10 doubles victory at All-American Championships with win over No. 10 Eleftherios Neos and Sema Pankin (Portland) with teammate German Samofalov
- Reached quarterfinals at the ITA Southern Regional Championships
2021-22
- First SEC Freshman of the Year honoree in program historyÂ
- Advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA Singles ChampionshipsÂ
- Only SEC freshman to hold a national ranking in singles and one of just four to be ranked in doubles this season
- Qualified for the NCAA Singles DrawÂ
- Currently ranked 25th in singles and ranked with two doubles partners coming in at No. 60 with Patrick Kaukovalta and No. 62 with German Samofalov
- Competed as the No. 1 singles player and member for the No. 1 doubles team for the Crimson Tide all season
- Holds a team-leading 21 singles wins, capturing 14 wins while playing at the No. 1 spot
- Recorded a team-leading 21 doubles wins with 15 victories coming at the top of the lineup
- Has been ranked with three different doubles partners this year, recording a season-high No. 16 with Juan Martin, No. 28 with Samofalov and No. 53 with Kaukovalta
- Won the ITA Southern Regional Championships Doubles Draw with Martin, earning an automatic berth the ITA National Fall Championships
- Recorded ranked singles wins against then-No. 1 Ben Shelton (Florida), then-No. 44 Finn Reynolds (Ole Miss), then-No. 44 George Harwell (Vanderbilt), then-No. 50 Ronald Hohmann (LSU), then-No. 112 Oscar Cutting (Memphis), then-No. 107 Alex Reco (Arkansas) Reco during the regular season as well as then-No. 35 George Harwell (Vanderbilt) in SEC Tournament
Prep Highlights
- Coached by Luka Hazdovac at Ptuj Tennis Club
- Five-time Slovenia National Champion in doubles
- Slovenian National Singles Champion, U16 & U18
- Represented Slovenia at the 2017 European Championships U16 in Moscow, the 2018 and 2019 U18 European Championships in Klosters
- ITF Singles Champion J4 Kranj in 2019 and ITF J4 Singles Runner-up Maribor in 2019
- ITF Doubles Winner J3 Mohammedia in 2019 and ITF Doubles Runner-up J3 Trnava in 2019
- Played Portoroz Challenger qualification in 2019
- Highest ranked win over an ATP player - Kocevar Desman (ATP 717) in July 2020
Personal
- Son of Tjaša and Urban Planinsek
NCAA Singles National Championship: Filip Planinsek & George Husack
Saturday, May 25
NCAA Singles Championships Semifinals: Filip Planinsek & George Husack
Friday, May 24
NCAA Singles Championships Quarterfinals: Filip Planinsek
Thursday, May 23
NCAA Singles Championships Round of 16: Filip Planinsek
Wednesday, May 22