Marko Goles-Babic Season 2016-17

Height6-5
ClassSenior
HometownZagreb, Croatia
Previous SchoolOhio State

2016:
10-7 overall in singles play, going 5-2 against Mountain West opponents … Was nearly perfect in the No. 5 spot, yielding an 8-1 mark … Finished the year on a five-match win streak and went 6-3 in his final nine appearances of 2016 … Singles wins against opponents from No. 42 UC Santa Barbara, No. 70 Penn, No. 64 New Mexico and No. 59 Boise State … In doubles play, was 12-7 overall with Freddy Gelbrich, producing an 8-4 mark and a flawless 5-0 record in Mountain West play … Duo won their final seven matches of the year, and was 7-1 on court No. 3 … Went 4-1 when paired with Milen Ianakiev, including a win over Guillermo Nunez and Jerry Lopez from No. 3 TCU, and lost in his lone appearance with Sander Gjoels-Andersen.

2015:
Posted a 23-7 record in singles action, recording a 14-2 mark in the fourth spot and going 5-1 against Mountain West opponents ... Two-time Mountain West Player of the Week ... First Player of the Week award came on Jan 21 after wins going 4-0 over UC Riverside and UC San Diego and earning a victory in doubles action with Santiago Cevallos ... Second Player of the Week honor on March 25 earned after going 5-0 in three dual matches at the Hilton San Diego Mission Valley Spring Tennis Classic.

As a freshman at Ohio State in 2014:

Posted a 4-1 overall record in singles play in 2014, including a 2-1 mark during the dual season ... Finished the dual season on a two-match singles winning streak ... Was 6-2 overall in doubles play (6-1 in dual matches), playing in each the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 doubles slots ... Helped lift the Buckeyes to a 33-4 overall record, an undefeated 11-0 conference mark and a Big Ten championship, an appearance in the NCAA quarterfinals and as high as a No. 1 national team ranking.

High School:
Posted 34 singles wins and 40 doubles victories as a junior player ... began playing tennis at age 5 ... has played in more than 10 Croatia Futures events in the past two years ... ranked career high 221 in juniors in 2012 ... competed at the 2012 European Junior Championships ... advanced to the final round of the 5th Europe Tennis Centre Cup in Budapest, Hungary in 2012 ... won the Wilson ITF Junior Classic in Jan. 2012 in Austria.

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Sophomore
2014-15

6-5 / -
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Junior
2015-16

6-5 / -