Gianni Ross
5'11''
Height
Senior
Class
Chicago, Ill.
Hometown
USTA Player Development
High School
Gianni Ross pronunciation
(2020) Hoos Life: 5 Quick Questions
2019-20 Season
- VaSID First Team All-State in singles
- Went 15-6 at singles
- Was 6-4 in dual matches, including a 1-1 record on court one
- Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Atlantic Regional (10/22)
- Ranked as high as No. 68 in singles (11/13)
- Made his ATP Challenger debut at the Charlottesville Challenger, earning a bye into the second round where he fell 7-6 (4), 6-1 to Liam Caruana (10/31)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
2018-19 Season
- All-ACC Academic Team
- Clinched the victory for the Cavaliers in both their first and second round NCAA matches
- Had a team-best 21 singles victories, posting a 21-11 record, including a 14-7 mark in dual matches. Went 7-1 in conference play
- Also tallies 20 wins in doubles, going 20-10 with a 14-9 record in dual matches
- Was ranked No. 111 in singles in the preseason rankings, finishing the fall ranked No. 38; was ranked as high as No. 68 in the spring
- Won the A1 doubles flight at the Wake Forest Fall Invitational, partnering with William Woodall, to cap off the fall season (Nov. 11)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
- ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
2017-18 Season
- 2018 ITA Atlantic Region Rookie of the Year
- 2018 VaSID State Rookie of the Year
- VaSID All-State First Team in doubles
- Joined the team in the Spring of 2018 after signing an NLI in the fall of 2017, enrolling the University for the spring semester
- Finished the year with a 14-9 record in singles, with winning records at one (2-1), two (7-5) and three (5-3) singles
- Spent two weeks ranked No. 120 in singles
- Ranked as high as No. 20 in doubles when partnering with Aswin Lizen
- Joined the team in the Spring of 2018 after signing an NLI in the fall of 2017, enrolling the University for the spring semester
- Named the ACC Doubles Team of the Week alongside Aswin Lizen after picking up a pair of wins over ranked opponents, topping No. 11 Carlos Divar and Michael Kay of Georgia Tech, 6-1, and the No. 22 duo of Simon Baudry and Alex Favrot from Clemson, 6-2 (3/27)
BACKGROUND
- Ranked as the No. 2 recruit in the 2017 class and reached a career-high junior world ranking of 13 in March of this year
- Played at the 2017 Junior French Open, Junior Wimbledon and Junior US Open, advancing to the quarterfinals in singles and semifinals in doubles at Roland Garros
- Competed at the US Open Junior Championships in 2014-16 and played doubles in the finals of the 2014 Junior Davis Cup for Team USA in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
- Advanced through qualifying to earn a spot in the singles main draw of five Futures tournaments, including advancing to the semifinals at the Eagle Landing Tennis Classic Futures tournament in Orange Park, Fla.
PERSONAL
- 2020-21 Cameron M. Corse Endowed Tennis Scholarship recipient
- Psychology major
CAREER STATS
Singles | Doubles | ||||||
Year | Overall | Dual | ACC | – | Overall | Dual | ACC |
2017-18 | 14-9 | 14-9 | 4-7 | 12-11 | 12-11 | 5-6 | |
2018-19 | 21-11 | 14-7 | 7-1 | 20-10 | 14-9 | 5-5 | |
2019-20 | 15-6 | 6-4 | 1-1 | 10-8 | 7-5 | 2-0 | |
Career | 50-26 | 34-20 | 12-9 | 42-29 | 33-25 | 12-11 |