Biography
2014 SECOND-TEAM ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
2013 SECOND-TEAM ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
2013 SOCON ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Junior (2014-15): Finished the spring with a singles record of 7-13, including a 2-5 mark in Southern Conference play . . . went 7-12 at the No. 1 position and 0-1 at No. 2 . . . went a combined 11-8 in doubled with partners Eduardo Lourido Sanchez (6-4) and Jusin Ghavami (5-4) . . . went 4-3 in doubles in conference matches . . . earned his first win of the season over Jacksonville State’s Pedro Wagner, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 . . . defeated UAB’s Mitchell Martell, 6-2, 7-6 (8-4) . . . earned a 6-3, 6-2 win over Northern Kentucky’s Mate Virag . . . defeated Eastern Kentucky’s Alex Alvaro, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 . . . defeated Jackson State’s Carlos Martinez, 6-0, 6-1 . . . defeated Chattanooga’s Pavels Grigorjevs, 6-1, 6-3 . . . earned a 6-4, 7-5 win over The Citadel’s Artemie Amari.
Sophomore (2013-14): Named Second-Team All-Southern Conference . . . posted a singles record of 10-7, all at the No. 2 position . . . earned a 6-2 singles record in Southern Conference action . . . posted a combined record of 11-6 in doubles action, with partners Austin Akers (10-6) and Trey Carter (1-0) . . . went 5-3 in doubles in SoCon play . . . defeated Mercer’s Arnav Mohanty, 6-1, 6-3 . . . earned a 6-2, 6-2 win over Stefan Fortmann of 46th-ranked Elon . . . defeated Jacksonville State’s Jaryd Reese, 6-3, 6-1 . . . earned a 7-6, 6-0 (8-5) win over Appalachian State’s Oliver Casey . . . defeated Daridge Saidi of Eastern Kentucky, 6-7 (3-8), 6-1, 1-0 (10-5) . . . earned a 7-6 (8-5), 6-2 win over Davidson’s Connor Evins . . . defeated The Citadel’s Dillon Berabile, 6-1, 6-1 . . . earned a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 win over Wofford’s Haris Poric . . . defeated Georgia Southern’s Kyle Hoffman, 6-1, 6-1 . . . earned a road victory over Chattanooga’s Jorge Varon, 6-2, 6-3.
Freshman (2012-13):Earned Second-Team All-Southern Conference honors after finishing the regular season with a stellar 15-6 singles record, as well as an 8-2 record in league play . . . member of the 2013 SoCon All-Freshman Team . . . finished the campaign with an 18-7 overall record in singles action, including an 8-2 mark in his final 10 games of the season . . . 12 of his 18 singles victories occurred in straight sets . . . teamed with Alex Sajonz in doubles and tallied a 10-6 dual-match record . . . additionally in doubles play, the Bulldogs’ No. 3 pairing earned an 8-2 mark against conference foes . . . named the SoCon Player of the Month for his stellar performance in April . . . during the month, he garnered a pair of conference player of the week honors and posted a combined 13-2 record in both singles and doubles action . . . finished April with a perfect 8-0 record in singles play . . . earned three straight victories in the SoCon Tournament and helped lead the Bulldogs to the championship title and a berth in the NCAA Tournament . . . in doubles play, he teamed with sophomore Austin Akers to claim the Flight No. 3 championship title at the Samford Fall Invite . . . the pair defeated Troy’s tandem of Anas Rouchdi and Daniel Bustamantae, 8-5, to finish a perfect 3-0 in the tournament . . . earned his first varsity letter.
High School: As one of the top players in his home country of Tunisia, he was a member of the prestigious Tunisian Davis Cup team . . . ranked as high as No. 159 in the world by the International Tennis Federation . . . cruised to the championship title of the 2011 Carthago Cup where he rattled off five-consecutive straight-set victories . . . defeated Japan’s Ken Onishi, 6-4, 6-3, in the championship final . . . finished the 2011 campaign with a 12-7 overall record in singles play . . . concluded 2010 with an 8-9 singles mark . . . one of his best year’s occurred in 2009 when he finished 18-9 in singles play.
Personal: Born May 1, 1993 . . . son of Abderrazek and Sana Kilani . . . native of Tunis, Tunisia . . . majoring in finance.
