University of Minnesota Athletics
2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster
Lobak, Vlad
Vlad Lobak
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kiev, Ukraine
- High School:
- Gymnasium 32 'USPIKH'
Bio
2021 SPRING SEASON:
Completed his sophomore season with a 10-9 singles record and a 14-8 doubles record • Gave the Gophers a pivotal win against Iowa to help Minnesota secure a ranked, road victory over Iowa on 3/16 • Formed one of the nation's premier doubles pairings alongside Siim Troost, reaching as high as No. 4 in the ITA Doubles Rankings • Held a 12-3 doubles record with Troost, including four ranked wins over opponents who all resided in the top five at some point during the season • Entered the NCAA Doubles Tournament as an at-large bid, and earned All-American status with a victory over the tournament's No. 1 overall seed Finn Reynolds/Tim Sandkaulen (Ole Miss)
2020 FALL SEASON:
*Fall Season was not played due to circumstances surrounding COVID-19*
2020 SPRING SEASON:
Wrapped up his junior season with the Maroon & Gold by posting a spring dual record of 8-3 in singles play while playing in the team’s No. 2 singles position, and a record of 5-2 in doubles play playing in the team’s No. 1 doubles spot alongside Siim Troost • Earned his first career ranked doubles win against the No. 40 ranked doubles pairing in the nation Alexey Nesterov and Riccardo Roberto, winning the match by a score of 6-1 • Before the season’s sudden end, carried a 5-match winning streak in singles play for the Gophers • 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:
Completed his fall tournament season with an overall singles record of 8-3 and an overall doubles record of 7-3 • Played his way to the ITA Central Regional Semifinals in singles play, where he eventually lost to Gopher teammate Stefan Milicevic • During his deep singles run at the ITA Central Regional, he upset the No. 1 ranked singles player in the Central Region Jake Van Emburgh of Oklahoma, defeating him 7-5, 6-4 • Also made a deep tournament run the the doubles portion of the ITA Central Regionals, where he and his doubles partner, Siim Troost, advanced all the way to the Semifinals • Went a perfect 4-0 in singles play over the course of the Gopher Invitational.
2019 SPRING SEASON:
Completed his spring tournament season holding a singles record of 15-3 and a doubles record of 2-2 • Held a conference overall record of 7-3 in Big Ten singles play • Finished his 2019 spring season with a five match winning streak in singles play, which started back against Noe Khlif of the University of Illinois on April 20 • Awarded with Academic All-Big Ten honors.
2018 FALL SEASON:
Completed the fall tournament season with a record of 8-4 in singles play and 3-4 in doubles play • Logged his first singles win of the season at the Ivy Plus Invitational by taking down Boris Kozlov of LSU 6-3, 6-3 • Went undefeated in singles play the first two days of the Gopher Invitational before finally falling in a third-set tiebreak on the final day of the tournament 1-6, 6-4, 14-12.
2018 SPRING SEASON:
Finished the dual season with a 2-3 singles record • finished with a 1-2 record in doubles play • defeated Louis Chabut of Sacramento State at the #6 position on Feb. 2 for his first win of the spring • earned his first conference win over Javier Rodriguez of Purdue on Apr 8.
2017 FALL SEASON:
Went 2-2 in singles play and 3-1 in doubles play during the fall season • Earned his first collegiate win over Slava Shainyan of Utah on Nov 3.
PRIOR TO MINNESOTA:
Attended Gymnasium 32 'USPIKH' • Was ranked first in Ukraine for the U12, U14, and U16 age groups • Represented is home nation by playing for the Ukranian National Team • Reached an ITF ranking of 150 before coming to Minnesota • has won multiple tournaments overseas.
PERSONAL:
Son of Leonid and Svitlana Lobak • Majoring in Entrepreneurship and Business Management, minoring in Finance • From Kiev, Ukraine • Enjoys fashion, social media influencing, and road trips with his teammates • speaks English, Russian, and Ukrainian fluently • born October 5, 1998.
Completed his sophomore season with a 10-9 singles record and a 14-8 doubles record • Gave the Gophers a pivotal win against Iowa to help Minnesota secure a ranked, road victory over Iowa on 3/16 • Formed one of the nation's premier doubles pairings alongside Siim Troost, reaching as high as No. 4 in the ITA Doubles Rankings • Held a 12-3 doubles record with Troost, including four ranked wins over opponents who all resided in the top five at some point during the season • Entered the NCAA Doubles Tournament as an at-large bid, and earned All-American status with a victory over the tournament's No. 1 overall seed Finn Reynolds/Tim Sandkaulen (Ole Miss)
2020 FALL SEASON:
*Fall Season was not played due to circumstances surrounding COVID-19*
Wrapped up his junior season with the Maroon & Gold by posting a spring dual record of 8-3 in singles play while playing in the team’s No. 2 singles position, and a record of 5-2 in doubles play playing in the team’s No. 1 doubles spot alongside Siim Troost • Earned his first career ranked doubles win against the No. 40 ranked doubles pairing in the nation Alexey Nesterov and Riccardo Roberto, winning the match by a score of 6-1 • Before the season’s sudden end, carried a 5-match winning streak in singles play for the Gophers • 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:
Completed his fall tournament season with an overall singles record of 8-3 and an overall doubles record of 7-3 • Played his way to the ITA Central Regional Semifinals in singles play, where he eventually lost to Gopher teammate Stefan Milicevic • During his deep singles run at the ITA Central Regional, he upset the No. 1 ranked singles player in the Central Region Jake Van Emburgh of Oklahoma, defeating him 7-5, 6-4 • Also made a deep tournament run the the doubles portion of the ITA Central Regionals, where he and his doubles partner, Siim Troost, advanced all the way to the Semifinals • Went a perfect 4-0 in singles play over the course of the Gopher Invitational.
2019 SPRING SEASON:
Completed his spring tournament season holding a singles record of 15-3 and a doubles record of 2-2 • Held a conference overall record of 7-3 in Big Ten singles play • Finished his 2019 spring season with a five match winning streak in singles play, which started back against Noe Khlif of the University of Illinois on April 20 • Awarded with Academic All-Big Ten honors.
2018 FALL SEASON:
Completed the fall tournament season with a record of 8-4 in singles play and 3-4 in doubles play • Logged his first singles win of the season at the Ivy Plus Invitational by taking down Boris Kozlov of LSU 6-3, 6-3 • Went undefeated in singles play the first two days of the Gopher Invitational before finally falling in a third-set tiebreak on the final day of the tournament 1-6, 6-4, 14-12.
2018 SPRING SEASON:
Finished the dual season with a 2-3 singles record • finished with a 1-2 record in doubles play • defeated Louis Chabut of Sacramento State at the #6 position on Feb. 2 for his first win of the spring • earned his first conference win over Javier Rodriguez of Purdue on Apr 8.
2017 FALL SEASON:
Went 2-2 in singles play and 3-1 in doubles play during the fall season • Earned his first collegiate win over Slava Shainyan of Utah on Nov 3.
PRIOR TO MINNESOTA:
Attended Gymnasium 32 'USPIKH' • Was ranked first in Ukraine for the U12, U14, and U16 age groups • Represented is home nation by playing for the Ukranian National Team • Reached an ITF ranking of 150 before coming to Minnesota • has won multiple tournaments overseas.
PERSONAL:
Son of Leonid and Svitlana Lobak • Majoring in Entrepreneurship and Business Management, minoring in Finance • From Kiev, Ukraine • Enjoys fashion, social media influencing, and road trips with his teammates • speaks English, Russian, and Ukrainian fluently • born October 5, 1998.
| SINGLES | OVERALL | B1G |
| 2017-18 | 4-5 | 1-3 |
| 2018-19 | 23-7 | 7-3 |
| 2019-20 | 16-6 | 1-0 |
| 2020-21* | 10-9 | 9-7 |
| Career | 53-27 | 18-13 |
| DOUBLES | OVERALL | B1G |
| 2017-18 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2018-19 | 5-6 | 1-2 |
| 2019-20 | 12-5 | 1-0 |
| 2020-21* | 14-8 | 10-6 |
| Career | 35-22 | 12-8 |
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