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2019-20 Men's Tennis Roster

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Lev Kazakov

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Moscow, Russia

Biography

All-Ivy League Second Team, singles (2017, 2019)
ITA Northeast Region Player To Watch (2017)

 

As a senior (2019-20)

Dual season
• Went 5-2 for the Big Red in singles, with a 5-1 record at No. 3.
• Earned a 4-2 mark in doubles play at No. 2 doubles, playing alongside both Alafia Ayeni and Daniel Soyfer.
 

As a junior (2018-19)

Dual season
• Secured 13 singles wins with a 13-5 record to tie for the team lead in victories.
• Spent most of the season at No. 2 singles, but also played at No. 1 and No. 3.
• Was 9-5 in doubles playing at No. 2 and No. 3 alongside Alafia Ayeni, Joseph McAllister and David Volfson.
Fall tournaments
• Went 2-1 at the Ivy-Plus, losing in the quarterfinals.
• Was 3-1 at the ITA Northeast Regional, falling in the quarterfinal round.
• Recorded two singles and two doubles victories at the Tribe Invitational.

As a sophomore (2017-18)

Dual season
• Tied for the team lead in singles victories with a 10-6 record, with all but one of those matches coming at the No. 3 position.
• 3-2 in Ivy League play with wins against opponents from Harvard, Yale and Brown.
• 6-11 in doubles and the only member of the squad to compete exclusively at the No. 1 spot.
• All Ivy League doubles matches came alongside Alafia Ayeni, resulting in three victories against opponents from Penn, Harvard and a nationally ranked duo from Columbia.
Fall tournaments
• 5-5 in singles, including a trip to the Round of 16 at the ITA Northeast Regional Championships and a fourth-place finish in the Tiger Bracket at the Ivy Plus Invitational.
• Won one match in the qualifying rounds of the ITF Canada F7 Futures event.
• In doubles, was 2-3 with Jake Hansen for a seventh-place finish in the Orange Bracket at the Ivy Plus Invitational and advancement as far as the Round of 32 at the ITA Northeast Regional Championships.
 

As a freshman (2016-17)

Dual season
• All-Ivy League second team in singles.
• ITA Northeast Region Player to Watch.
• Finished season ranked 98th nationally, posting a 14-7 record from the top half of the singles lineup.
• Two victories came against nationally-ranked opponents — none bigger than a three-set victory March 12 at Oklahoma to clinch the Big Red's hallmark victory over a Sooners team that was ranked seventh in the country at the time.
• In doubles, was 10-7 to rank tied for second on the team in victories.
Fall tournaments
• 7-3 in singles, including five straight victories to advance through qualifying and all the way into the quarterfinals of the main draw at the ITF Canada F9 Futures.
• Advanced to the Round of 16 at the ITA Northeast Regional Championships.
• In doubles, was 1-1 with Pietro Rimondini at the same regional event.
 

Prior to Cornell

• Joined the Big Red as one of the highest-ranked recruits entering the NCAA.
• Top-ranked recruit out of Russia and tabbed as high as 30th in the world among juniors by the International Tennis Federation.
• Competed in three junior grand slam events in 2016, capped with an appearance at the US Open Junior Championships after advancing to the Round of 32 at junior events at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
• Won two ITF Grade 2 tournaments in Switzerland and Italy.
• Finished in second place at the Grade 1 Yeltsin Cup in Kazan, Russia.
 

Personal

• Enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the SC Johnson College of Business.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

  • 2017-18Sophomore

    6'3"
  • 2018-19Junior

    6'3"
  • 2019-20Senior

    6'3"