2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster
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Baris, Ozan
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Jersey Number 72
Ozan Baris
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Okemos, Mich.
- High School:
- Okemos
Bio
CAREER NOTES: A two-time College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic-All America, MSU’s first back-to-back CSC Academic-All American honoree in program history, earning Second-Team recognition in 2024-25 after earning First-Team honors in 2023-24 ... A three-time ITA All-American, earning the honors in 2023, 2024 and 2025 ... Is MSU’s only multiple All-American recipient, now with three of the Spartans’ seven total All-America honors, joining Mashiska Washington (singles) in 1994, current MSU head coach Harry Jadun and John Mullane (doubles) in 2015, Max Sheldon (doubles) with Baris in 2023 ... A two-time NCAA final four finisher, reaching the semifinals in 2024 and the finals in 2025, as the first MSU player to play in a national singles final ... Also the first Spartan to reach two national semifinals, as he reached the last four of the singles championships in back-to-back years, after losing to eventual national champion Filip Planinsek of Alabama in the 2024 semifinals and Columbia’s Michael Zheng in the 2025 finals ... Additionally also the first Spartan to reach NCAA Championships in both singles and doubles in back-to-back in 203 and 2024.
JUNIOR (2024-25): Earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Second-Team Academic-All America accolades, becoming MSU’s first back-to-back CSC Academic-All American honoree in program history ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Recipient of MSU Scholar-Athlete Award for having highest cumulative grade point average on team ... Named an ITA All-American, marking the third-straight season he’s earned ITA All-America accolades ... Advanced to the singles final of the NCAA Individual Championships in the fall, getting topped in a hard-fought three-set match by Columbia’s Michael Zheng, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, as the NCAA Individual Championships were making their debut as the tournament moved from the spring to the fall for the first time ... Earned First-Team All-Big Ten accolades ... Named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on October 16, with Michigan’s Gavin Young … Captured the ITA Midwest Regional Singles Championship, becoming the first player in Michigan State history to do so … Posted a 22–13 singles record and a 16–11 doubles mark ... Tallied an 8-3 fall record in singles, including six-match winning streak at ITA Midwest Regionals … Maintained a Top-20 ITA singles ranking throughout the entire season, solidifying status among the nation’s elite, and finishing season ranked No. 14 ... Posted an 11-match win streak from Oct. 14, 2024 – Nov. 24, 2024, coming to a close with the loss in the NCAA Individual Championships singles final ... Selected to play in the USTA American Collegiate Wild Card Playoff, falling to Wake Forest’s Stefan Dostanic, 6-4, 6-4, on June 16 ... Named 1 of 22 players who qualified for the 2025 ATP Next Gen Accelerator Program.
SOPHOMORE (2023-24): 2024 Big Ten Player of the Year ... All-Big Ten First Team ... All-Tournament Team ... 2024 Battle in the Bay Singles Champion ... ITA National Fall Doubles Championships ... Ranked No. 5 in singles ... Ranked No. 22 in doubles ... 12-6 record in doubles ... 26 individual wins ... 39 matches completed ... 32 individual wins ... 32-7 record ... ITA Midwest Player to Watch ... NCAA Championship Qualifier in both singles and doubles, reaching the singles national semifinals, losing to eventual national champion, Filip Planinsek of Alabama ... ITA Academic All-Americans ... ITA All-Americans Singles ... Big Ten Player of the Week on April 3rd ... Big Ten Player of the Year ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Recipient of George Alderton Co-Male Athlete of the Year award ... Posted an overall 15-3 record including going 6-0 in Big Ten matches.
FRESHMAN (2022-23): ITA Doubles All-American ... Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... First-Team All-Big Ten ... ITA All-Academic ... Ranked in the ITA Singles Rankings every week during the spring, posting a season-high at No. 26 ... Reached a season-high at No. 6 in the ITA Doubles Rankings alongside Max Sheldon on three occasions during the spring and spent four-straight weeks in the top 10 ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week on April 19 ... Played at the No. 1 position in doubles and singles in every match during the spring ... Earned at-large bids in both singles and doubles to the NCAA Championships and became first player in MSU history to win a match in both doubles and singles at the NCAA Championships ... Advanced to the Round of 32 at the NCAA Singles Championship and defeated the No. 1-seeded team to advance to the NCAA Doubles Championship Round of 16 with Sheldon ... Led the team in singles wins with 23 overall, with 12 of those wins against ranked opponents ... Posted an overall record of 17-13 in doubles, including a 6-2 record against ranked doubles teams ... Advanced to the consolation semifinals at the ITA All-American Championships during the fall season.
PRIOR TO MSU:
TennisRecruiting.net blue-chip recruit ... Ranked No. 5 in the class of 2022 ... Won the doubles title with partner Nishesh Basavareddy at the 2022 US Open Junior Championships ... Also advanced to the Round of 32 in singles play ... Finished third at 2022 USTA Boys' 18-Under National Championships ... Reached the quarterfinals of the 2022 Australian Junior Open ... Competed in the junior tournaments at the French Open and Wimbledon ... Played one season of high school tennis at Okemos High School, winning the MHSAA Division II singles title in 2019 as a freshman.
PERSONAL: Son of Banu Basaran ... Has an older sister, Sema Melek ... Aspires to be a professional tennis player ... Enjoys playing basketball and spending time in nature ... Communications major.
JUNIOR (2024-25): Earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Second-Team Academic-All America accolades, becoming MSU’s first back-to-back CSC Academic-All American honoree in program history ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Recipient of MSU Scholar-Athlete Award for having highest cumulative grade point average on team ... Named an ITA All-American, marking the third-straight season he’s earned ITA All-America accolades ... Advanced to the singles final of the NCAA Individual Championships in the fall, getting topped in a hard-fought three-set match by Columbia’s Michael Zheng, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, as the NCAA Individual Championships were making their debut as the tournament moved from the spring to the fall for the first time ... Earned First-Team All-Big Ten accolades ... Named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on October 16, with Michigan’s Gavin Young … Captured the ITA Midwest Regional Singles Championship, becoming the first player in Michigan State history to do so … Posted a 22–13 singles record and a 16–11 doubles mark ... Tallied an 8-3 fall record in singles, including six-match winning streak at ITA Midwest Regionals … Maintained a Top-20 ITA singles ranking throughout the entire season, solidifying status among the nation’s elite, and finishing season ranked No. 14 ... Posted an 11-match win streak from Oct. 14, 2024 – Nov. 24, 2024, coming to a close with the loss in the NCAA Individual Championships singles final ... Selected to play in the USTA American Collegiate Wild Card Playoff, falling to Wake Forest’s Stefan Dostanic, 6-4, 6-4, on June 16 ... Named 1 of 22 players who qualified for the 2025 ATP Next Gen Accelerator Program.
SOPHOMORE (2023-24): 2024 Big Ten Player of the Year ... All-Big Ten First Team ... All-Tournament Team ... 2024 Battle in the Bay Singles Champion ... ITA National Fall Doubles Championships ... Ranked No. 5 in singles ... Ranked No. 22 in doubles ... 12-6 record in doubles ... 26 individual wins ... 39 matches completed ... 32 individual wins ... 32-7 record ... ITA Midwest Player to Watch ... NCAA Championship Qualifier in both singles and doubles, reaching the singles national semifinals, losing to eventual national champion, Filip Planinsek of Alabama ... ITA Academic All-Americans ... ITA All-Americans Singles ... Big Ten Player of the Week on April 3rd ... Big Ten Player of the Year ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Recipient of George Alderton Co-Male Athlete of the Year award ... Posted an overall 15-3 record including going 6-0 in Big Ten matches.
FRESHMAN (2022-23): ITA Doubles All-American ... Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... First-Team All-Big Ten ... ITA All-Academic ... Ranked in the ITA Singles Rankings every week during the spring, posting a season-high at No. 26 ... Reached a season-high at No. 6 in the ITA Doubles Rankings alongside Max Sheldon on three occasions during the spring and spent four-straight weeks in the top 10 ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week on April 19 ... Played at the No. 1 position in doubles and singles in every match during the spring ... Earned at-large bids in both singles and doubles to the NCAA Championships and became first player in MSU history to win a match in both doubles and singles at the NCAA Championships ... Advanced to the Round of 32 at the NCAA Singles Championship and defeated the No. 1-seeded team to advance to the NCAA Doubles Championship Round of 16 with Sheldon ... Led the team in singles wins with 23 overall, with 12 of those wins against ranked opponents ... Posted an overall record of 17-13 in doubles, including a 6-2 record against ranked doubles teams ... Advanced to the consolation semifinals at the ITA All-American Championships during the fall season.
PRIOR TO MSU:
TennisRecruiting.net blue-chip recruit ... Ranked No. 5 in the class of 2022 ... Won the doubles title with partner Nishesh Basavareddy at the 2022 US Open Junior Championships ... Also advanced to the Round of 32 in singles play ... Finished third at 2022 USTA Boys' 18-Under National Championships ... Reached the quarterfinals of the 2022 Australian Junior Open ... Competed in the junior tournaments at the French Open and Wimbledon ... Played one season of high school tennis at Okemos High School, winning the MHSAA Division II singles title in 2019 as a freshman.
PERSONAL: Son of Banu Basaran ... Has an older sister, Sema Melek ... Aspires to be a professional tennis player ... Enjoys playing basketball and spending time in nature ... Communications major.
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