Josip Krstanovic

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Zagreb, Croatia
High School:
XV. Gimnazija Zagreb

PRONUNCIATION

2019 SPRING SEASON:
Finished his spring tournament season and Gopher career with a 13-13 singles record and 11-11 doubles record • Defeated 31st-ranked in the nation Gabriel Decamps of Central Florida 6-3, 6-4 • Also upset No. 24 singles player in the nation Mazen Osama of Alabama 7-6, 2-6, 6-3 • Knocked off the No. 38 ranked doubles pairing of Charles Roberts and Armando Soemarno of Oregon 6-2 with his partner Justyn Levin • Played the entire season in the No. 1 singles position for the Gophers • Named to the All Big-Ten 1st Team for the 2018-19 season • Awarded with Academic All-Big Ten honors • Named the ITA Most Improved Senior for the 2018-19 season.

2018 FALL SEASON:
Closed out his fall tournament season with a record of 6-3 in singles play as well as a 1-5 record in doubles play • Came away from the Milwaukee Tennis Classic with his first singles win of the season, taking down DePaul 6-1, 6-2 • Advanced to the ITA Central Regional Tournament’s Round of 16 for his second straight season.

2018 SPRING SEASON:
Finished the spring with a 14-8 record in singles and 12-9 mark in doubles • defeated Dom Miller of Sacramento State at the #2 singles position for his first victory of the spring • defeated Will Davies of No. 44 Iowa at #6 singles on March 20 • defeated Ben Lieb of No. 44 Penn State at #5 singles on April 1 • earned a ranked doubles victory alongside Justyn Levin over Piotr Smietana and Will Davies of No. 44 Iowa on March 20 • Defeated No. 70 Emil Reinberg of Georgia on May 11 • Defeated the No. 44 ranked pairing of Alex Bakshi and Jake Van Emburgh of No. 14 Oklahoma wih partner Felix Corwin on May 12.

2017 FALL SEASON:
Finished 6-4 in singles play and 4-3 in doubles play during the tournament season • competed at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic Sept 21-24 • claimed his first victory of the fall over Marcella Moreira of Oral Roberts at the ITA Central Regional on Oct. 19-23 • advanced to the round of 16 at the Regional, falling to Toby Boyer of Nebraska • claimed two victories at the Gopher Invitational on Nov. 3-5.

2017 SPRING SEASON:
Finished 14-8 in singles play and 5-5 overall in doubles • was named Minnesota's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient • won first two singles matches of spring with a pair of victories in the No. 4 slot inclduing a thrilling 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) victory over Miles McDowall of Green Bay • Finished with a 12-5 record in the No. 5 spot • Collected a thrilling 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0 (10-4) victory over Carter Lin of No. 15 Michigan • went 3-2 with partner Justyn Levin in the No. 2 doubles position with victories coming against Mich. St., Penn St. and Indiana • Came back to defeat Alexander Kim of Mich. St. 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3).

2016 FALL SEASON:
Went 7-2 in singles play and 2-4 in doubles • picked up two victories at the ITA Central Region Championships • was 5-0 at the Gopher Invitational • won the Maroon Doubles Draw at the Gopher Invitational with George Lovitt.

2016 SPRING SEASON:
Joined the team for dual season going 5-12 in singles and 8-6 in doubles • went undefeated in his first dual matches at Minnesota, winning two close singles matches 6-0, 7-6 (7) and 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (6). Also won first doubles match of career with teammate Justyn Levin (6-1), second doubles match went unfinished but was up 3-2 with partner Matic Spec • with teammate Levin, won 7-6 (5) at the ITA Kickoff against Columbia's Miguel Alda/Eric Rubin • at the No. 4 spot, defeated Green Bay's Florian Kraenzler 6-0, 7-6 (7-5) • earned two doubles wins at the No. 3 spot with Justyn Levin, beating Army 6-4 and Illinois State 6-1 • established his second win at the No. 3 spot in singles, defeating Illinois State 7-5, 6-2 • had a strong 6-0 win with Levin at No. 3 doubles over Hawaii, also earned a close 6-4, 7-5 win at No. 5 singles • earned a 7-5 win at No. 3 doubles with Corwin over Iowa • had his last match of the season go unfinished at the No. 6 spot against Purdue, he was down 4-3 in the third set when it was abandoned.

PRIOR TO MINNESOTA:
Played on the first, second and third league levels in the Croatian league • In the first league he was part of a fourth place finish with his club • won two ITF doubles tournaments • was a three time national champion • ranked top 10 in all age groups for Croatia • a ranking of 592 in the ITF • took third place on the masters U15 in Croatia

PERSONAL:
Plans to major in business finance and psychology • loves to watch the NBA and ATP tour • lists most memorable sports thrills as winning a close ITF doubles match that went back and forth, playing in a doubles national finals match where nobody expected him and his partner to win but they went on to win and beating a top 200 ITF player at a U15 Croatia tournament and ending finishing third place • has a brother Mislav (21) • son of Smiljan and Marina Krstanovic • born on March 4, 1997.

SINGLES	OVERALL	B1G
2015-16	5-12	-
2016-17	21-10	7-3
2017-18	20-13	6-4
2018-19	19-16	5-8
Career	65-51	18-15
DOUBLES	OVERALL	B1G
2015-16	8-6	-
2016-17	7-9	5-4
2017-18	16-12	5-2
2018-19	12-16	4-6
Career	43-43	14-12