Men's Tennis

Iliopoulos Student-Athlete Spotlight (April 17, 2020)

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2020-21 - played in the spring of 2021): Named All-WCC Second Team Doubles, WCC All-Academic and ITA Scholar-Athlete ... finished with a 4-8 record in singles play including 4-3 in West Coast Conference action and 5-5 in doubles ... three of the singles wins came at the No. 6 spot in the lineup going 3-1 ... went 0-1 at No. 3, 0-1 at No. 4, 1-5 at No. 5 ... finished the year winning four of the last six singles matches ... in doubles, played primarily atop the lineup alongside Arthur Neuhaus going 5-3 ... went 0-1 at No. 2 and 0-1 at No. 3 ... teamed up with Neuhaus for 11 doubles matches ... finished the year on a four-match winning streak including taking down the No. 77-ranked doubles team in the nation, August Holmgren and David Norfeldt of San Diego (April 18) on the road.

AS A SENIOR IN 2019-20: Named West Coast Conference All-Academic and ITA Scholar-Athlete ... finished the spring with seven-straight singles wins before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... had a team-high 11 overall singles wins and was second in overall doubles victories with 12 ... FALL: Finished the fall ranked No. 52 in the Oracle/ITA collegiate tennis Division I men's doubles rankings along with Arthur Neuhaus ... posted a 7-1 doubles record while paired with Neuhaus including capturing the Aggie Invitational doubles title, defeating Portland's Tom Hann and Kostiantyn Nesterenko, 8-6 ... along with Neuhaus, advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Northwest Regional Championships ... went 4-5 in singles play ... SPRING: Recorded a team-high seven singles victories with five of those coming on the road ... went 6-0 on court four and 1-3 on court three ... played atop the doubles lineup all season going 5-6 including 4-5 with Arthur Neuhaus and 1-1 with Mann Shah.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2018-19: Named to the West Coast Conference All-Tournament Team in both doubles and singles ... recognized as an Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete ... finished the season with a 19-9 overall singles record and 16-14 in doubles.  FALL: Posted a 7-5 singles record and a 5-4 doubles record, all while teamed up with Andrew Gu.  SPRING: Finished with a 11-5 singles record including 9-3 on court four ... had a season-high four match singles win streak (Feb. 3 - March 11) ... beat Cal Poly's Alex Stater in 3-sets to clinch the come-from-behind 4-3 win after the team trailed 3-1 ... evened the match at 3-all against Pacific's Akram El Sallaly 6-3, 7-5 (March 23) to help the Broncos to a 4-3 win ... recorded the match-clincher against Gonzaga in the WCC semifinals (April 26) to beat the Bulldogs 4-0 ... posted an 11-10 doubles record going 8-9 on court two and 3-1 on court three ... primarily paired with Arthur Neuhaus where the duo posted an 8-8 record together ... in the WCC Tournament, teamed up with Kamran Khan to win the opening round and the semifinals and was named to the All-Tournament doubles team and was also named to the All-Tournament singles team in the No. 4 spot.  

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2017-18: Recorded a team-high 17 doubles wins on the year tying him with Robert Seby.  FALL: Iliopoulos ended the fall with a 3-6 singles record and a 5-3 doubles record…Finished the fall season on a high note going two for three in singles and doubles play.  SPRING: Posted a 13-8 record going 3-0 on court four and 10-8 on court five ... finished the season 7-2 in the last 10 matches ... paired up with Jesus Tapiador Barajas to go 12-10 in doubles including 4-5 in conference play, all on court two ... finished the season named to the WCC Men's Tennis All-Tournament Team after defeating Portland's Mathieu Garcia and Pierre Garcia 6-2 in the opening round of the WCC Tournament.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2016-17: Named to the WCC All-Doubles honorable mention team and the 2017 WCC All-Tournament team. FALL: Posted a 2-4 singles record and a 3-2 doubles record with teammate Andrew Gu ... Finished the fall season strong at the Saint Mary's Invitational, winning one of two singles matches and winning both of his doubles matches. SPRING: Posted a 13-6 singles record during dual play as he played all but one match court five ... Iliopoulos and doubles partner Connor Garnett went 4-6 in doubles action, going 3-6 on court one and 1-0 on court two.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played tennis all four years at German School of Athens ... also played soccer for two years and competed in track and field ... career-high ranking of 270 in the World Junior Rankings ... advanced to the final at Wichita Falls, Texas ... competed twice in Skopje, FYR Macedonia, making it to the final both times and winning once ... represented Greece in the Davis Cup ... Greek National Junior Finalist ... Greek National men's doubles finalist ... ranked third in the Greek U-18 rankings.

PERSONAL: Born in Athens, Greece, Vasileios is the son of George and Nicole ... has one sibling ... enjoys watching TV and playing soccer in his spare time.

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