Blaz Rola
| School: |
Ohio State University |
| Year: |
Sophomore |
| Home Town: |
Ptuj |
| Home State: |
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| Home Country: |
Slovenia |
| High School: |
Gimnazija Ptuj |
| Height: |
6-4 |
| Weight: |
175 lbs. |
| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
9-0 |
| Doubles Record: |
10-0 |
Ohio State Career Honors 2011 Ohio State Scholar-Athlete ... unanimous 2011 First Team All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... ITA All-American ... 2011 ITA National Player to Watch ... First Team All-Tournament Team ... earned Big Ten Athlete of the Week honors (March 22). 2010-11 (Freshman Season) First Team All-Big Ten ... became only second Buckeye to ever earn ITA All-American honors as a freshman ... ITA National Player to Watch ... Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... Big Ten Player of the Week (March 22) ... competed in first-career national college tournament at 2010 D'Novo All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla. (Oct. 10) with 4-1 record in singles ... won singles championship at 2010 Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championship in Notre Dame, Ind. (Oct. 25) ... defeated teammate Matt Allare to finish with perfect 6-0 record at tournament ... defeated No. 8 Eric Quigley of Kentucky 6-7, 7-6, 6-2 and No. 12 Austin Krajicek 6-4, 7-6 to advance to semifinals of 2010 National Indoor Championships in Flushing, N.Y. (Nov. 7) ... earned a team-high in wins by posting a 41-7 overall record including a 25-4 mark in dual play ... competed mostly at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions going 10-3 at No. 1 and 15-1 at No. 2 ... ranked as high as No. 3 in ITA singles rankings ... earned first career dual singles win vs. Butler (Jan. 26) ... won first nine matches in straight sets ... amassed a 17-7 record against ranked competition ... defeated ITA Top 20 opponents No. 18 Gonzalo Escobar of Texas Tech 6-3, 6-3 (Feb. 18) and No. 17 Sebastian Fanselow of Pepperdine 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2) (March 21) ... went 8-1 in Big Ten, winning last eight regular season contests ... in doubles, teamed with Chase Buchanan and Balazs Novak for majority of season ... went 34-8 in doubles including 27-5 during dual season ... perfect 10-0 in Big Ten play ... with Novak, went 17-1 at No. 3 position ... ranked as high as No. 6 doubles team with Buchanan ... defeated No. 14 Javier Garrapiz and Hernus Pieters of Georgia, 8-6 (Feb. 6) and No. 2 Ed Corrie and Jean Andersen of Texas, 8-5 (Feb. 19) to propel team to victory ... won final 14 matches with Novak as partner ... in NCAA tournament team action went 2-1 in singles 5-0 in doubles helping team to semifinal finish ... one of four Buckeyes to compete in NCAA singles championship ... downed No. 46 Ryan Thatcher of Stanford 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, No. 43 Finn Tearney of Pepperdine 7-5, 6-2 and No. 21 Evan King 6-3, 6-0 to advance to semifinals before falling to top-seeded Steve Johnson of USC 6-3, 6-3 ... advanced to Round of 16 in NCAA doubles championship with Buchanan. Prior to Ohio State Captured two doubles titles and one singles title on professional circuit ... in 2010, won both singles and doubles titles at Futures event in home country of Slovenia ... had an impressive juniors career, qualifying for the Boys 18 bracket at the Australian and U.S. Opens in 2008 ... competed in the prestigious Dunlop Orange Bowl International Tennis Championship in Key Biscayne, Fla., where he advanced to the Round of 16 ... in May of 2008, became La Vie Sport Junior Cup Villach Champion ... in 2010 compiled a record of 35-13 in singles ... career singles record on tour is 47-30 ... ranked as high as No. 388 in the world. Personal Son of Majda and Marijan ... has one sister, Eva.
