Aleksandre Bakshi

Height:
5-11
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tbilisi, Georgia
High School:
Green School

Career
Tallied a 35-15 singles record in two seasons at OU, good for a .700 career win percentage … Went 20-21 in doubles … Made NCAA Singles Championships appearances in both of his seasons at OU, advancing to the second round twice … Earned a trip to the 2019 NCAA Doubles Championships alongside Stefano Tsorotiotis … 2019 All-Big 12 Singles and Doubles Second Teams … 2018 Big 12 Player of the Year … 2018 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year … ITA Central Region Player to Watch … 2018 All-Big 12 Singles first team and Doubles second team … Two-time Big 12 Player of the Week.

Senior (2018-19)
Finished the year with a 15-10 overall record … (Spring) Compiled an 11-7 record during dual match play, splitting time between courts one, two and three … Made his second career NCAA singles appearance, advancing to the second round … Tallied nine wins over ranked opponents … Went 4-1 on court one with three ranked wins there … Took down No. 7 Yuya Ito of Texas 6-3, 6-4 on court two in the Big 12 Championship semifinals to hand Ito just his second loss of the season … Achieved a career-high ranking of No. 41 nationally on May 1 … In doubles, went 7-5 with Stefano Tsorotiotis, peaking at No. 25 in the nation … With Tsorotiotis, downed four top-25 opponents at the top spot … Selected for the NCAA doubles tournament with Tsorotiotis. (Fall) Compiled a 3-2 record during the fall.

Junior (2017-18) Finished the year with an overall record of 21-6 in singles play. (Spring) Compiled a 16-4 record in dual matches, including an 8-4 mark against ranked opponents … Played primarily at the No. 1 line … Achieved a season-high ranking of No. 30 in the ITA release … Closed out the regular season on a seven-match winning streak … Concluded Big 12 Conference action with a perfect, 4-0 record at the No. 1 line, with all of those wins over ranked opponents … Jumped 40 spots in the ITA release from No. 85 to No. 45 after racking up three combined victories over ranked opponents in the first week of conference play … Named both Big 12 Player of the Year and Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and tabbed All-Big 12 Singles First Team … 2x Big 12 Player of the Week … Garnered ITA Central Region Player to Watch honors … Earned an NCAA singles berth and advanced to the second round … In doubles, compiled a 4-5 record with partner Jake Van Emburgh at the No. 1 spot, including a 6-0 shutout of then-No. 3 Will Little and Johannes Schretter of Baylor … Ranked as high as No. 40 nationally with Van Emburgh … With Van Emburgh, was named to the All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team. (Fall) Compiled a 5-2 singles record during the fall … Won the Napa Valley Tennis Classic in his first tournament as a Sooner … Made a run to the ITA Central Regional Championships quarterfinal.

Prior to Oklahoma (Texas A&M)
2x SEC Player of the Week as a sophomore at Texas A&M … Helped Texas A&M to the 2017 SEC Championship as well as a share of the regular season title … With the Aggies, made a Sweet 16 appearance at the 2017 NCAA Team Championships … Finished the 2015-16 season tabbed No. 86 in the ITA’s final doubles rankings with partner Jackson Withrow.

Other Competition
Won the doubles title at the 2018 Georgia Futures tournament … Advanced to the singles main draw semifinal at the 2018 Georgia Futures tournament.

Junior Career
Achieved a career-high combined ITF junior ranking of 49 … Played in the Australian Junior Open, Orange Bowl, Eddie Herr and the Linz Open.

Personal
Son of Victor and Aliona Bakshi … Father played professional tennis ... Aspires to play on the ATP Pro Tour … Enjoys reading, spending time with friends and playing guitar and video games in his spare time ... Pursuing a degree in Human Relations.