2015-16 Men's Tennis Roster
Petros Chrysochos
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Larnaca, Cyprus
- High School:
- American Academy of Larnaca
• 2019 Singles All-American
• 2019 First Team All-ACC
• 2019 Carolina Region Senior Player of the Year
• 2019 AAU Sullivan Award Semifinalist
• 2019 ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship Award (Honorary)
• 2018 ITA National Fall Championships - singles
• 2018 NCAA Singles Champion
• 2018 NCAA Championships All-Tournament Team
• 2018 Singles All-American
• 2018 First Team All-ACC
• 2018 ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year
• 2018 Carolina Region Arthur Ashe Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award
• 2018 Academic All-ACC
• 2017 Singles All-American
• 2017 First Team All-ACC
• 2016 ITA All-American Championship - singles
• 2016 Singles All-American
• 2016 ACC Freshman of the Year
• 2016 Second Team All-ACC
• 2016 ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year
2018-19 (Senior)
Became the second four-time All-American in program history and the first to earn all four honors in singles competition … ITA Carolina Region Senior Player of the Year … First Team All-ACC, his third consecutive First Team accolade … Broke the program record career singles victories with 136 … Finished tied for seventh for career doubles victories with 88 wins … His 225 combined wins are the second-most in program history … Named a semifinalist for the AAU Sullivan Award, presented annually to the top amateur athlete in the country … 2019 ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship Award winner (honorary) … Won the ITA National Fall Singles Championship, becoming the first collegiate men’s tennis player to win the three biggest individual titles (NCAA Singles, ITA All-American Singles, ITA National Fall Singles) in a career … Named to the All-Tournament Team at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship … Began the spring season ranked No. 1 in the country and finished 10th in the country … Appeared in the doubles rankings with both Bar Botzer and Julian Zlobinsky, rising as high as No. 26 nationally with Botzer … Finished 32-4 in singles on the year, going 10-1 at the No. 1 position and posting a 13-2 mark at the No. 2 position … Ended with a 21-8 doubles record, the second most wins on the team in doubles … Had a 17-match winning streak from Nov. 7 through March 10 … Owned a 9-1 record against ACC opponents and a 12-4 mark against nationally ranked opponents.
2017-18 (Junior)
Won the NCAA Singles Championship, the first in program history, defeating teammate Borna Gojo in the finals ... NCAA Singles All-American, becming the first three-time Singles All-American in program history ... ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year ... Named to the NCAA Championships All-Tournament Team ... First Team All-ACC ... Finished the year with a record-breaking 44-4 singles record, including a 30-match unbeaten streak to end the season ... Lost only one match during the spring season ... Finished a perfect 10-0 against ACC opponents ... Ranked as high as No. 3 nationally in singles competition ... Led the team with 29 doubles wins, with 10 victories coming against ranked opponents ... Finished the season ranked No. 15 in doubles with partner Skander Mansouri and No. 28 with Bar Botzer ... Qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship with Botzer ... Chrysochos and Mansouri were ranked as high as No. 1 in the national doubles rankings.
2016-17 (Sophomore)
Became the first player in program history to win the ITA All-American Championship, defeating Hugo Di Feo of Ohio State in straight sets... Named an ITA Singles All-American for the second time in his career, becoming one of three players in program history to be named an All-American in singles twice in a career... Was ranked as high as No. 1 in the country in singles and finished the season ranked fourth nationally... Ranked first in the Carolina Region in the year-end rankings in singles... Named first team All-ACC... Helped lead the Demon Deacons to their first-ever No. 1 team ranking as well as the program's first-ever No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, where they advanced to the Quarterfinals for the first time in program history... Finished the season 34-8 in singles, playing all but one dual match at the No. 1 spot, to rank sixth all-time for singles wins in a single season... Was 26-8 against ranked opponents... Posted a 20-7 record in doubles competition, competing primarily at the No. 3 spot with Dennis Uspensky.
2015-16 (Freshman)
Joined Wake Forest in the spring as a mid-year addition ... Named the ACC Freshman of the Year and the ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year ... Was a Second Team All-ACC Selection and earned All-American status in singles ... Finished the season ranked 18th nationally in singles, the highest ranking for a freshman in the country ... Reached No. 48 in doubles alongside Jon Ho; tandem went 17-11, primarily at the No. 2 position, including 5-4 against ranked foes ... Went 26-5 in singles and 18-12 in doubles overall ... In regular-season singles, was 17-0 at No. 2, 10-0 against ACC opponents and won all eight of his matches against ranked opponents ... Ended regular season on a 12-match singles winning streak ... Had a final record of 13-2 against ranked opponents and 20-2 at No. 2 in the lineup ... Defeated No. 12 Julian Lenz of Baylor, No. 53 Alfredo Perez of Florida and No. 16 Jared Hiltzik of Illinois to become the second Deacon to ever reach the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Singles Tournament ... Was ranked second in singles and eighth in doubles with Ho in the final ITA Carolina Regional rankings of the season.
Background
Reached as high as No. 469 in the ATP World Tour Singles Rankings on Sept. 28, 2015 ... Reached No. 19 in the world on the Junior ITF Circuit and was named Tennis Europe Under 16 Player of the Year in 2012 ... Earned 10 Junior ITF Singles titles and five doubles titles to go with three ITF Pro Futures Circuit singles titles ... Participated in all four junior Grand Slam events.
Personal
Born on April 8, 1996 ... A native of Larnaca, Cyprus and attended American Academy of Larnaca ... Son of John and Irini Chrysochos ... Trained at the Herodotou Tennis Academy in Larnaca with coach Demetris Herodotou and has competed alongside Marcos Baghdatis (career-high world No. 8) for the Cypriot Davis Cup team.
