Eli Ogilvy

Photo by: Christopher Mitchell

Photo by: Ben Ludeman

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Mississauga, Ont.
High School:
Silverthorn Collegiate

PRONUNCIATION

2020 SPRING SEASON:
Wrapped up his career with the Maroon & Gold by having a spring singles record of 6-3 and a spring doubles record of 7-3 • Earned both his 50th career singles victory with the team in a 6-3, 6-0 victory over UCSB’s Luka Vukmanovic • Also captured his 50th career doubles victory with the Gophers by defeating Enrique Luque Rico and Robert Shelton of Pepperdine University by a score of 6-1 alongside teammate Sebastian Vile • Capped off his season by earning singles and doubles conference wins in the team’s 5-2 victory over the University of Wisconsin • Academic All-Big Ten selection • Season ended on March 12, 2020, when the Big Ten and NCAA announced they were ceasing competitions and championships because of COVID-19 public health concerns.

2019 FALL SEASON:
Started his senior season off with the Maroon & Gold by posting a singles record of 6-2 and a doubles record of 6-4 over the course of the fall tournament season • Advanced all the way to the Quarterfinals of the ITA Central Regional Doubles Tournament alongside longtime doubles partner Jackson Allen • During their tournament run, were able to defeat the No. 3 ranked doubles pairing in the Central Region, Max Stewart and Mason Beiler of the University of Oklahoma, by a score of 8-6 • Went undefeated on the third day of competition at the FGCU Invite, winning his singles and doubles matches against Louisville • Finished his Gopher Invitational weekend with an overall doubles record of 3-1, as well as a singles record of 3-1.

SPRING 2019 SEASON:
Finished his spring tournament season logging a record of 10-9 in singles play and 12-7 in doubles play • Alongside his doubles partner Jackson Allen, defeated the 69th-ranked doubles pairing of Lenard Soha and Jesper Freimuth of Wisconsin by a score of 6-4 • Awarded with Academic All-Big Ten honors • Named an ITA Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete for the 2018-19 season.

2018 FALL SEASON:
Finished the 2018 fall tournament season with a singles record of 4-4 overall and with a near perfect doubles record of 6-1 • Took home the Maroon Team Draw Championship at the Gopher Invitational with his doubles partner, Justyn Levin • Recorded his first singles win of the year at the Gopher Invitational by defeating Nuzhny of Wisconsin 6-4, 6-1.

2018 SPRING SEASON:
Finished spring season with a 7-11 record in singles and a 5-8 record in doubles • Led the team to a win over No. 49 Drake with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Ben Clark • Helped the team earn a win in the Big Ten Tournament Semifinals with a 7-6, 6-1 win over Jack Winkler of Michigan State.

2017 FALL SEASON:
Finished 3-5 in singles play and 4-2 in doubles play • Earned his first win in singles play over Aiden DeBour of South Dakota State, winning 6-1, 6-2.

2017 SPRING SEASON:
Went 13-10 in singles play and 10-15 in doubles • finished 10-10 in the No. 4 spot while also going 2-0 in the No. 3 spot • held a 5-3 record with Alpeza and finished with a 3-3 record in the doubles No. 2 spot • in the first three matches of the spring season, won in the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 2 spot • came back to win a match against Western Michigan 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 • contributed to the Gophers win over No. 28 Illinois with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 thrilling victory in the No. 4 slot • defeated the pair of Zordani/O'Hoisin of Wisconsin 6-5 with the help of Milicevic.

2016 FALL SEASON:
Went 3-6 in singles play and 2-3 in doubles • picked up his first three collegiate victories at the ITA Central Region Championships • won two doubles matches with partner Marino Alpeza at the Gopher Invitational.

PRIOR TO MINNESOTA:
Graduated from Silverthorn Collegiate • has qualified and competed in Canadian Nationals both indoor and outdoor since he competed at the under-14 level • has competed in over 20 international Tennis Federation (ITF) tournaments • was ranked 280 in the ITF junior circuit and 13 in Canadian juniors • won his first ITF tournament in Bermuda June of 2014 • earned academic honors throughout his high school career.

PERSONAL:
Son of David Ogilvy and Suzanne Laffoley • Lists winning an ITF tournament in Bermuda as his most memorable sports accomplishment • Has three siblings: Noa, Isaac and Orly • Born Aug. 2, 1998.

SINGLES	OVERALL	B1G
2016-17	16-16	4-8
2017-18	10-16	1-5
2018-19	14-13	2-9
2019-20	12-5	1-0
Career	52-50	8-22
DOUBLES	OVERALL	B1G
2016-17	12-18	3-9
2017-18	9-10	3-3
2018-19	18-8	6-5
2019-20	13-7	1-0
Career	52-43	13-17