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2024-25 Men's Tennis Roster

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Michael Zheng

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Montville, N.J.
  • Previous School Delbarton School/Dwight School
  • College Columbia College

Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS 
NCAA Individual Tennis Champion - 2024
NCAA Individual Tennis Championship Runner-Up - 2023
ITA National Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award - 2025
ITA Northeast Region Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award - 2025
ITA All-American - 2023, 2024, 2025
Ivy League Player of the Year - 2023, 2025
College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-American - 2025
First Team All-Ivy League Singles - 2023, 2024, 2025
First Team All-Ivy League Doubles - 2023, 2024, 2025
 

JUNIOR (2024-25)
Became Columbia's first NCAA singles champion of the modern era and the first Lion to win the singles title since Rober LeRoy won the title in both 1904 and 1906 ... Posted a 37-5 overall singles record, including a 19-4 mark in dual matches playing at the No. 1 position ... won his 100th career match 6-2, 6-4 against Martin Borisiouk of NC State in the NCAA Super Regionals ... went 6-0 in Ivy League Singles ...  became the first Columbia player to earn ITA All-American honors three times ... He is just the fourth tennis player from the Ivy League to earn this honor, joining Yale's Donald Dell (1958, '59, '60), Princeton's Jay Lapidus (1978, '79, '80), and Harvard's Howard Sands (1981, '82, '83) ... was named the ITA National Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award ... ranked as high as No. 1 in the ITA rankings for singles play - finished the year ranked No. 2 - which is the highest season-ending ranking every for a Lion - surpassing his previous high of No. 10 in 2024. 

SOPHOMORE (2023-24)
Continued the success after a record-breaking rookie season to make a run to the 2024 NCAA Singles Championship, finishing as the runner-up … Posted a 31-10 overall singles record, including a 16-5 dual record playing the No. 1 position … Became the first player in program history to reach an NCAA final … The first player in program history to be named an All-American as a first-year and sophomore … Finished with an 18-8 overall doubles record, including a 15-4 mark in dual action playing the top spot with partner, Theo Winegar … Participated in the 2024 NCAA Doubles Championship … Named First Team All-Ivy League in singles and doubles … Recognized as the ITA National Player to Watch … Named the ITA Northeast Region Player to Watch … Secured the No. 1 ranking in singles and doubles in the final ITA Northeast Rankings … Finished the season ranked No. 10 in the final ITA singles rankings, which is the highest season-ending ranking ever for a Lion … Achieved a final ITA doubles ranking of No. 24 with partner, Theo Winegar.
 
FIRST-YEAR (2022-23)
Recorded one of the most successful individual seasons in program history as he posted a 32-9 overall record in singles play … Notched a 16-5 mark in dual singles as he played the No. 1 spot for the Lions … Went 5-2 in Ivy League singles … Became the first men’s tennis player in Ivy League history to be named Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Ivy in singles and doubles in the same season … Made a run to the Round of 16 in the NCAA Singles Championships to earn ITA All-American honors … Named the 2023 ITA Northeast Region Rookie of the Year … Achieved a season-high ranking of No. 8 in the ITA singles rankings … Finished the season ranked No. 2 in ITA Northeast Region singles … Finished the season ranked No. 4 in ITA Northeast Region doubles with partner, Theo Winegar.
 
PRIOR TO COLUMBIA
Blue-chip recruit out of New Jersey...Advanced to 2022 Wimbledon Boys Singles Finals...Competed at the 2022 Boys U.S. Open...New Jersey State Champion.
 
CAREER RECORDS
2024-25: 37-5 Overall, 19-4 Dual (Singles), 23-13 Overall (Doubles)
2023-24: 31-10 Overall, 16-5 Dual (Singles), 18-8 Overall (Doubles)
2022-23: 32-9 Overall, 16-5 Dual (Singles), 13-9 Overall (Doubles)
Overall: 100-24 Overall, 51-14 Dual (Singles), 31-17 Overall (Doubles)

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    6'2"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    6'2"
  • 2024-25Junior

    6'2"