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Zsombor Velcz
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Budapest, Hungary
- High School:
- Pasaréti Gimnázium
Career
Singles Record: 73-48 // 54-29 Duals (12-5 Big 12)
Doubles Record: 84-44 // 66-31 Duals (15-10 Big 12)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 3 (2023)
Highest Singles Ranking: 54 (2024)
Awards/Honors
• 2026 All-Big 12 First Team (Singles)
• 2026 All-Big 12 First Team (Doubles)
• 2025 All-Big 12 First Team (Singles)
• 2024 All-Big 12 Second Team (Doubles)
• 2023 All-Big 12 First Team (Doubles)
• 2023 All-Big 12 Second Team (Singles)
2025-2026 (Senior)
Singles Record: 19-12 // 16-6 Duals
Doubles Record: 22-14 // 16-11 Duals
Earned All-Big 12 First Team in Singles and Doubles … Was named Big 12 Player of the week on February 17th after a 5-0 week … Reached as high as No. 35 in the ITA singles rankings while holding down Court Two for the Bears … Compiled a 16-6 completed singles record in dual-match … Defeated four nationally ranked opponents, including No. 60 Patrik Meszaros of Wisconsin, No. 38 Cosmo Rolland De Ravel of TCU, No. 107 Alex Finkelstein of SMU and No. 108 Wissam Abderrahman of UCF … Added key singles victories over No. 1 Wake Forest, No. 15 UCF, No. 39 Rice, and No. 70 Texas Tech … Held a nine-match winning streak in the spring … Posted a 16-11 dual doubles record while primarily competing with Alexandru Chirita on Courts One and Two … Helped Baylor secure doubles-point victories over No. 15 UCF, No. 1 Wake Forest, No. 28 Pepperdine, and No. 44 Utah in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinals … Ended his senior season winning five of his last doubles matches … Capped off the year with a final singles ranking of No. 54 and doubles ranking of No. 41.
2024-2025 (Junior)
Singles: 24-13 // 14-7 Duals
Doubles: 21-11 // 14-8 Duals
Went 14-7 in singles play with a perfect 6-0 conference record with one ranked win in a 6-3, 6-1 victory against 89th ranked Zoran Ludoski of 15th ranked Arizona … Went 14-8 in doubles with one ranked win against 118th ranked Eduardo Morais and Josuah Mandelbaum of Rice in a 6-0 win ... Was a staple for the Bears on Court Three with a dominant 11-4 record ... In the final swing of the regular season, the Hungarian went on a tear with an 11-match win streak to carry the Bears into the postseason.
2023-2024 Sophomore
Singles Record: 14-14 // 9-10 Duals
Doubles Record: 14-13 // 13-9 Duals
Earned All-Big 12 selection for the second year in a row ... Went 6-1 in singles to open the season … Earned career highest-ranked singles win against No. 38 Peter Makk of No. 5 Southern California, defeating his opponent in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2 … Went 4-11 against ranked singles opponents for the 23-24 season … Gained a career high singles ranking of 74 in 2024 … Doubles season was highlighted by defeating No. 1 ranked duo DK Suresh Ekambaram / Holden Koons of No. 4 Wake Forest, 6-3, paired with Tadeas Paroulek … Earned a career-high doubles ranking at No. 3 in 2023 … Went 13-11 when paired with Paroulek.
2022-23 (Freshman)
Singles Record: 16-10 // 15-6 Dual
Doubles Record: 27-6 // 23-3 Dual
Two-time All-Big 12 selection in his true-freshman season with the Bears ... First team doubles selection after a 27-6 season and 4-0 (Big 12) doubles performance ... Second team singles selection with 16-10 and 2-1 (Big 12) records ... Opened his collegiate career with a win in the ITA Texas Regional over ACU’s Savan Chhabra, 6-1, 7-5 ... Went 4-3 in fall doubles with Tadeas Paroulek ... Made it to the quarterfinals of the ITA Texas Regional Championships at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, dropping the match in another three-set battle ... Played doubles with Paroulek all but three matches with Luc Koenig ... Dominant between courts one and two with Paroulek ... Defeated six ranked duos, highlighted by a win over No. 11 Jong/Maxted in Feb. ... Earned a career-high doubles ranking of 10 after they went 2-1 at Court Two doubles in the ITA Team Championships ... Won nine-straight from March 29th to May 5th ... Earned a spot in the NCAA Doubles Championships, but dropped the first-round match against No. 16 Trotter/Lutschaunig.
PREP/JUNIORS: Joins the squad in the fall with a universal tennis rating of 13.44, an ATP singles ranking of 835 and doubles ranking of 862 ... He has tallied four points to his name in ITF play ... His first and most recent tournament title comes from the 2021 Gurugram 15k, where he defeated three-time All-Big 10 honoree Dusty Boyer from Nebraska, 6-3, 6-2, in the final round ... In doubles play, Velcz took the title at the Bratislava ITF 15k in August of 2021 with partner Mate Valkusz ... In 2018, Velcz won the U16 Hungarian Outdoor National Championship with an impressive 6-0, 6-1 performance in the finals over Ivan Noel Hornung. Earlier in the season, he also won the indoor Hungarian championship in both singles and doubles.
PERSONAL: Son of Eszter Szabadíts and Zsolt Velcz ... Has two siblings- Luca and Lili.
Singles Record: 73-48 // 54-29 Duals (12-5 Big 12)
Doubles Record: 84-44 // 66-31 Duals (15-10 Big 12)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 3 (2023)
Highest Singles Ranking: 54 (2024)
Awards/Honors
• 2026 All-Big 12 First Team (Singles)
• 2026 All-Big 12 First Team (Doubles)
• 2025 All-Big 12 First Team (Singles)
• 2024 All-Big 12 Second Team (Doubles)
• 2023 All-Big 12 First Team (Doubles)
• 2023 All-Big 12 Second Team (Singles)
2025-2026 (Senior)
Singles Record: 19-12 // 16-6 Duals
Doubles Record: 22-14 // 16-11 Duals
Earned All-Big 12 First Team in Singles and Doubles … Was named Big 12 Player of the week on February 17th after a 5-0 week … Reached as high as No. 35 in the ITA singles rankings while holding down Court Two for the Bears … Compiled a 16-6 completed singles record in dual-match … Defeated four nationally ranked opponents, including No. 60 Patrik Meszaros of Wisconsin, No. 38 Cosmo Rolland De Ravel of TCU, No. 107 Alex Finkelstein of SMU and No. 108 Wissam Abderrahman of UCF … Added key singles victories over No. 1 Wake Forest, No. 15 UCF, No. 39 Rice, and No. 70 Texas Tech … Held a nine-match winning streak in the spring … Posted a 16-11 dual doubles record while primarily competing with Alexandru Chirita on Courts One and Two … Helped Baylor secure doubles-point victories over No. 15 UCF, No. 1 Wake Forest, No. 28 Pepperdine, and No. 44 Utah in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinals … Ended his senior season winning five of his last doubles matches … Capped off the year with a final singles ranking of No. 54 and doubles ranking of No. 41.
2024-2025 (Junior)
Singles: 24-13 // 14-7 Duals
Doubles: 21-11 // 14-8 Duals
Went 14-7 in singles play with a perfect 6-0 conference record with one ranked win in a 6-3, 6-1 victory against 89th ranked Zoran Ludoski of 15th ranked Arizona … Went 14-8 in doubles with one ranked win against 118th ranked Eduardo Morais and Josuah Mandelbaum of Rice in a 6-0 win ... Was a staple for the Bears on Court Three with a dominant 11-4 record ... In the final swing of the regular season, the Hungarian went on a tear with an 11-match win streak to carry the Bears into the postseason.
2023-2024 Sophomore
Singles Record: 14-14 // 9-10 Duals
Doubles Record: 14-13 // 13-9 Duals
Earned All-Big 12 selection for the second year in a row ... Went 6-1 in singles to open the season … Earned career highest-ranked singles win against No. 38 Peter Makk of No. 5 Southern California, defeating his opponent in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2 … Went 4-11 against ranked singles opponents for the 23-24 season … Gained a career high singles ranking of 74 in 2024 … Doubles season was highlighted by defeating No. 1 ranked duo DK Suresh Ekambaram / Holden Koons of No. 4 Wake Forest, 6-3, paired with Tadeas Paroulek … Earned a career-high doubles ranking at No. 3 in 2023 … Went 13-11 when paired with Paroulek.
2022-23 (Freshman)
Singles Record: 16-10 // 15-6 Dual
Doubles Record: 27-6 // 23-3 Dual
Two-time All-Big 12 selection in his true-freshman season with the Bears ... First team doubles selection after a 27-6 season and 4-0 (Big 12) doubles performance ... Second team singles selection with 16-10 and 2-1 (Big 12) records ... Opened his collegiate career with a win in the ITA Texas Regional over ACU’s Savan Chhabra, 6-1, 7-5 ... Went 4-3 in fall doubles with Tadeas Paroulek ... Made it to the quarterfinals of the ITA Texas Regional Championships at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, dropping the match in another three-set battle ... Played doubles with Paroulek all but three matches with Luc Koenig ... Dominant between courts one and two with Paroulek ... Defeated six ranked duos, highlighted by a win over No. 11 Jong/Maxted in Feb. ... Earned a career-high doubles ranking of 10 after they went 2-1 at Court Two doubles in the ITA Team Championships ... Won nine-straight from March 29th to May 5th ... Earned a spot in the NCAA Doubles Championships, but dropped the first-round match against No. 16 Trotter/Lutschaunig.
PREP/JUNIORS: Joins the squad in the fall with a universal tennis rating of 13.44, an ATP singles ranking of 835 and doubles ranking of 862 ... He has tallied four points to his name in ITF play ... His first and most recent tournament title comes from the 2021 Gurugram 15k, where he defeated three-time All-Big 10 honoree Dusty Boyer from Nebraska, 6-3, 6-2, in the final round ... In doubles play, Velcz took the title at the Bratislava ITF 15k in August of 2021 with partner Mate Valkusz ... In 2018, Velcz won the U16 Hungarian Outdoor National Championship with an impressive 6-0, 6-1 performance in the finals over Ivan Noel Hornung. Earlier in the season, he also won the indoor Hungarian championship in both singles and doubles.
PERSONAL: Son of Eszter Szabadíts and Zsolt Velcz ... Has two siblings- Luca and Lili.
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