Blaise Bicknell

/ Men's Tennis

Angel Diaz

/ Men's Tennis

Pat Harper

/ Men's Tennis

Emile Hudd

/ Men's Tennis

Boris Kozlov

/ Men's Tennis

Shunsuke Mitsui

/ Men's Tennis

Johannus Monday

/ Men's Tennis

Martim Prata

/ Men's Tennis

Tomas Rodriguez

/ Men's Tennis

Johannus Monday

Class:
Junior
Ht./Wt.:
6-5 / 194
Hometown:
Hull, England
High School:
Merchiston Castle School

SINGLES SUPERLATIVES

Overall Record: 105-25 (33-4 SEC)

2020-21: 32-9 (11-1 SEC)
2021-22: 26-9 (3-2 SEC)
2022-23: 19-4 (9-1 SEC)
2023-24: 28-3 (10-0 SEC)

Record vs. Ranked Opponents (57-18)

vs. top 10: 11-1
vs. top 25: 15-8
vs. top 50: 29-13

DOUBLES SUPERLATIVES

Overall Record: 90-34 (24-9 SEC)

2020-21: 27-13 (4-4 SEC)
2021-22: 21-7 (4-0 SEC)
2022-23: 20-5 (7-2 SEC)
2023-24: 22-9 (9-3 SEC)

Record vs. Ranked Opponents (25-11)

vs. top 10: 4-3
vs. top 25: 9-7

RECORD & HONORS

Career Singles Record: 105-25
Highest Singles Ranking: No. 1 (5/2/24)
Career Doubles Record: 90-34
Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 2 with Pat Harper (3/21/23)

Awards & Honors
2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2024 ITA Singles All-American
2024 ITA Doubles All-American
2024 SEC Player of the Year
2024 All-SEC First Team
2024 SEC All-Tournament Team
SEC Player of the Week (3/6/24)
SEC Player of the Week (1/31/24)
2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 ITA Singles All-American
2023 ITA Doubles All-American
2023 SEC Player of the Year
2023 All-SEC First Team
SEC Player of the Week (3/22/23)
2022 ITA Singles All-American
2022 All-SEC First Team
2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022 ITA Indoor Championship All-Tournament Team (No. 2 singles and No. 3 doubles)
SEC Player of the Week (2/23/22)
2021 ITA Singles All-American
ITA National Rookie of the Year
2021 ITA Ohio Valley Region Rookie of the Year
2021 SEC Freshman of the Year
2021 All-SEC First Team
2021 SEC All-Freshman Team
SEC Freshman of the Week (1/28/21)
SEC Freshman of the Week (2/3/21)
SEC Freshman of the Week (2/10/21)
SEC Freshman of the Week (2/17/21)
SEC Freshman of the Week (2/24/21)
SEC Freshman of the Week (3/3/21)
SEC Freshman of the Week (3/17/21)

POST TENNESSEE

ATP Bio
Highest Singles Ranking: 216 (07/21/2025)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 192 (08/28/2023)

2023-24 - SENIOR

Singles Record: 28-3
Doubles Record: 22-9

SPRING SEASON

Recorded an impressive 6-4, 5-7 victory over Florida State's No. 4 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc in the NCAA Super Regionals.
Continued his success against ranked singles opponents with a win over No. 58 Pablo Alebamy of Memphis, 7-6(4), 6-2 in the second round of the NCAA Championships.
Earned the No. 1 overall seed in the singles draw of the 2024 Men's Tennis Championships, while securing a No. 5-8 seed in doubles play alongside his partner, Angel Diaz.
Became the fourth player in conference history to be named SEC Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons.
Posted a 6-1, 6-3 victory over South Carolina's No. 15 Toby Samuel in the SEC Tournament semifinals.
Routed the Wildcats' No. 52 Jeremy Jin, 6-2, 7-5, while defeating UK's 23rd-ranked pair of Aidan Kim and Nate Bonetto, 6-1, alongside Diaz.
Picked up the 100th singles win of his career against No. 53 Nikola Slavic of Ole Miss, 7-6(3), 6-4.
Tallied another ranked doubles triumph over Vanderbilt's No. 54 Joubert Klopper and Michael Ross alongside Diaz, 6-2, while also defeating the Commodores' No. 85 Danil Panarin, 6-4, 6-2, for the 50th ranked singles win of his career.
Captured a singles win over Texas A&M's 36th-ranked Raphael Perot 7-6(10), 6-2.
Posted his 10th ranked singles victory in 2024 over Florida's No. 97 Jeremy Jin, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, while cruising past the Gators' Nate Bonetto and Aidan Kim, 6-1, alongside Diaz in doubles play.
Tallied a decisive 6-2, 6-2 victory over Gerard Planelles of Arkansas and recording a ranked doubles win alongside Diaz, taking down the Hogs' 45th-ranked pair of Jared Horwood and Melvin Manuel, 6-3.
Notched a 6-2, 6-3 win over Georgia's 54th-ranked Thomas Paulsell, while taking down Paulsell and Freddy Blaydes, 6-4, alongside Diaz in the SEC opener.
Went 2-0 in singles in two wins against The Citadel, defeating Hayden Shoemake, 6-2, 6-2, and Sebastian Kamieniecki, 6-0, 6-2.
Defeated the fourth-ranked doubles pair in the country alongside Diaz, taking down Harvard's Daniel Milavsky and Cooper Williams en route to a Big Orange sweep in a consolation match at ITA National Indoors.
Recorded a commanding 6-1, 6-2 win over USC's 38th-ranked Peter Makk at the No. 1 spot, while posting a dominant doubles performance alongside Diaz in a 6-1 effort over the Trojans' Makk and Lodewijk Weststrate in the R16 of ITA National Indoors.
Routed Columbia's 15th-ranked Michael Zheng in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, atop the Vols' lineup.
Tallied a doubles win alongside Diaz over TCU's No. 7 pair of Sebastian Gorzny and Pedro Vives in a hard-fought battle against the Horned Frogs.
Recorded his third and fourth wins over a ranked opponent in the past four matches with wins over USF's No. 27 Alvin Tudorica, 6-2, 6-0, and Oklahoma's No. 91 Alex Martinez, 6-2, 6-0.
Earned a top-10 victory over Wake Forest's No. 7 Filippo Moroni, 6-3, 6-4, to earn a point for the Vols in their 5-2 win over the No. 15 Demon Deacons.
Posted his 40th career win over a ranked opponent after defeating Michigan's No. 9 Gavin Young, 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-4, to clinch UT's 4-3 victory over the No. 14 Wolverines.
Clinched the doubles point vs. No. 14 Michigan alongside Diaz atop the lineup in a 6-2 effort over the Wolverines' 31st-ranked duo Gavin Young and Nino Ehrenschneider.
Took down Penn's Manfredi Graziani, 6-4, 6-2, and Tennessee Tech's 6-1, 6-2, en route to a Big Orange doubleheader sweep.
Defeated Penn's Matthew Rutter and Parashar Bharadwaj, 6-1 alongside Younes Lalami at No. 3 doubles.
Kicked off the 2024 season opener with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Furman's Elijah Portizky atop the lineup, while taking down Burnam/Dal Boni, 6-1 alongside Younes Lalami at the No. 3 spot.

FALL SEASON

Went undefeated (2-0) with partner Angel Diaz at the Hagedorn Hidden Dual.
Notched a perfect 3-0 singles record at the Hagedorn Hidden Dual, including a win over #87 Jay Friend (Arizona) in 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, fashion.

2022-23 - JUNIOR

Singles Record: 19-4
Doubles Record: 20-5

SPRING SEASON

Earned ITA Singles All-America status for the third time in as many seasons.
Captured ITA All-America status in doubles for the first time in his impressive career, doing so alongside Harper.
Capped his junior campaign with a 19-4 overall singles record, including a brilliant 16-3 (9-1 SEC) performance atop Tennessee's singles lineup.
Earned a bid to the NCAA Singles Championship for the third time in three years at Tennessee, holding the No. 5 overall seed in the draw.
Reached the NCAA Doubles Championship for the first time in his career, competing as a No. 5-8 overall seed with Harper.
Dominated the nation's fourth-ranked singles player and ACC Player of the Year, Melios Efstathiou of Wake Forest (5/7/23), in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, 6-1, 6-1.
Defeated Wake Forest's (5/7/23) No. 27 Moroni/Thomson alongside Harper in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to clinch the doubles point in a 4-0 Tennessee sweep.
Took down Belmont's (5/6/23) Marko Ilic, 6-4, 6-0, winning 12 of the match's final 14 games.
Cruised to an impressive, 6-1, win over the 23rd-ranked doubles pair of Ayeni/Baadi from Kentucky (4/22/23) in the SEC Tournament semifinals, alongside Harper.
Won comfortably over the 67th-ranked doubles pairing of Arkansas' (4/16/23) Burdet and Manuel, 6-1, alongside Harper atop the doubles lineup to improve to 7-2 in SEC doubles play this season.
Clinched the doubles point in Tennessee's 6-1 win over Ole Miss (4/13/23), with a 6-2 win over Hallquist Lithen/Junk alongside Harper at the No. 1 spot.
Improved to 4-0 this season against top-10 singles foes, recording a 6-4, 7-6(5), win at the No. 1 position over No. 6 Toby Samuel of South Carolina (4/9/23).
Earned his 10th ranked singles win this dual season, controlling the match from start to finish in a 6-1, 6-1, win on court one over Mississippi State's (3/31/23) #123 Nemanja Malesevic.
Collected his fifth ranked doubles win of the season, a 6-4 decision over #44 Malesevic/Hernandez of Mississippi State (3/31/23) alongside Harper.
Improved to 9-0 in ranked singles matches during the 2023 dual season, overpowering Texas A&M's (3/26/23) #38 Noah Schachter on court one, 6-4, 6-3.
Tallied his fourth ranked doubles win of the season, a 6-4 triumph over #39 Schachter/Hilderbrand of Texas A&M (3/26/23) alongside Harper.
Took down Columbia's (3/24/23) Winegar/Zheng of Columbia in doubles, 6-3, with Harper.
Named SEC Player of the Week on March 22.
Rose to career-high national ITA rankings of No. 2 in singles and No. 2 in doubles (with Harper) on March 21.
Left no doubt in an impressive 6-2, 6-2, win over Georgia's (3/18/23) second-ranked Ethan Quinn atop the singles lineup, improving to 8-0 over ranked singles opponents this spring.
Routed 2022 SEC Freshman of the Year Filip Planinsek of Alabama (3/16/23) at the No. 1 singles spot, 6-3, 7-6(3), in Tennessee's road victory.
Earned a convincing 6-3 doubles win alongside Harper over Alabama's (3/16/23) Aguiard/Planinsek on court one.
In Tennessee's 6-1 win over LSU (3/11/23), earned ranked singles and doubles wins by taking down No. 55 Ronald Hohmann at the No. 1 spot, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, and defeating the 35th-ranked duo of Latinovic/Watson alongside Harper, 6-4.
Improved to 6-0 in ranked singles competition with a 6-3, 6-2 win over #103 Tyler Stice of Auburn (3/2/23) on court one.
Won his seventh doubles match of the spring with Harper and 10th in all at Auburn (3/2/23), each coming at the No. 1 spot and the latest being a 7-5 win over Murgett/Dobai.
Defeated the Illinois (2/19/23) pairing of Okonkwo/Debru, 6-3 on court one of doubles with Harper.
Needed just 18 minutes to defeat Stanford's (2/18/23) Fery/Basavareddy at No. 1 doubles, 6-1 alongside Harper at the ITA National Indoor Championship.
Secured his second top-10 singles win of the dual season with a straight-set, 7-6(5), 6-4 victory over TCU's (2/2/23) eighth-ranked Jake Fearnley at the No. 1 singles position.
Toppled Virginia's (2/17/23) #70 Inaki Montes at No. 1 singles, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 and took down #43 Arthur Fery of Stanford (2/18/23), 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3 the following day for a pair of ranked singles wins in Chicago at the ITA National Indoor Championship.
Toppled the nation's fourth-ranked doubles pair, Maxted/Jong of TCU (2/2/23) alongside Harper on court one, 6-3.
Clinched the match point in a 4-3 Tennessee win over Oklahoma at the ITA Kickoff Weekend, ending a four-hour thriller with a third-set tiebreak victory. Briefly down a break in the third set, Monday rallied for a 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(2) win atop the singles lineup over Oklahoma's (1/28/23) 57th-ranked Alex Martinez.
Won a third consecutive doubles match at the No. 1 spot with Harper, defeating Oklahoma's (1/28/23) Martinez/Montsi, 6-4.
In his first action at No. 1 doubles since the 2021 dual season, defeated Lopez de Azcona/Moroni of Wake Forest (1/22/23) 6-2 alongside Pat Harper. It marked the duo's first-ever doubles pairing.
Captured a straight-set top-10 singles win over Michigan's (1/19/23) sixth-ranked Andrew Fenty on court two, winning 7-6(3), 6-4.
Teamed up with Blaise Bicknell on court three in doubles to earn a 6-1 over Charlotte's (1/8/23) Gloria/Prata and a 6-4 victory over Abboud/Stewart of Texas Tech (1/9/23). That doubles win over the Red Raiders marked his 50th career overall doubles victory.

2021-22 - SOPHOMORE

Singles Record: 26-9
Doubles Record: 21-7

SPRING SEASON

Battled past Cornell's #44 Alafia Ayeni, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in the NCAA Singles Championship Round of 64.
Clinched the doubles point in Tennessee's 4-3 win over Baylor (5/19/22) in the NCAA Quarterfinals, doing so in 6-4 fashion over Boitan/Paroulek with Wallner on court three.
In the NCAA Round of 64, overpowered Mika Berghaus of Tennessee Tech (5/6/22) on court two, 6-3, 7-5.
Secured a 6-4, 7-6(4) singles win over #27 Sam Riffice of Florida (4/23/22) in the SEC Tournament semifinals.
Collected a pair of doubles wins at the SEC Tournament with Mark Wallner, each coming in 6-4 fashion on court three.
Took down Georgia's (4/22/22) #46 Philip Henning in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals, winning in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.
Earned a pair of straight-set singles victories in Tennessee's weekend homestand to close the regular season, defeating Alabama's (4/15/22) Patrick Kaukovalta 6-3, 6-2 and Auburn's Jan Galka (4/17/22) 6-4, 6-4 at No. 2 singles.
Defeated #74 Nemanja Malesevic of Mississippi State (3/4/22), 6-2, 6-3, marking his 20th overall singles win of the season.
Was names to the ITA Indoor Championship All-Tournament Team at No. 2 singles and No. 3 doubles, with a 3-0 singles record and 4-0 doubles mark on the weekend.
Earned four doubles wins with Mark Wallner at the ITA Indoor National Championships.
Collected a trio of singles wins in Seattle at the ITA Indoor National Championships, defeating Pierce Rollins of Texas A&M (2/18/22), 6-2, 6-2, South Carolina's (2/19/22) Toby Samuel, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 and 15^th-ranked Juan Carlos Aguilar of TCU (2/21/22) in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1 to finish the tournament with a 3-0 singles record.
Handily defeated Thomas Brown of Charlotte (2/12/22), 6-3, 6-2 and Columbia's (2/13/22) #77 Hugo Hashimoto, 6-2, 6-2 in a pair of UT weekend wins.
Swept Charlotte's (2/12/22) Vannemreddy/Thomson 6-0 at No. 2 doubles alongside Conor Gannon.
Recorded a 2-0 singles record at the ITA Kickoff Weekend, with a 6-1, 6-4 win over #91 Younes Lalami (Old Dominion) and a 6-2, 6-1 decision over Memphis' David Stevenson.
Toppled Jurabek Karimov of Wake Forest, 6-1, 6-1 in the top-ten victory for the Big Orange.
In the first road match of the dual season, defeated TCU's 19th-ranked Juan Carlos Aguilar in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.

FALL SEASON

Toppled 27th-ranked Florian Broska of Mississippi State in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6(5) to advance to the round of 16 at the ITA All-American Championships
Accounted for a perfect 4-0 weekend in singles at the Fighting Illini Invitational, while also picking up three doubles wins with Martim Prata.
Went 1-1 in both singles and doubles action at the Knoxville Showdown (9/10/21-9/12/21).

2020-21 - FRESHMAN

Singles Record: 32-9
Doubles Record: 27-13

SPRING SEASON

Named a top-eight national seed in the NCAA Singles Championship. Fell to No. 23 Elliot Spizzirri from Texas in the opening round.
Earned a crucial straight-set victory over Georgia's Tyler Zink (7-6(3), 6-4) to help push Tennessee past No. 11 Georgia, 4-1 and into the NCAA Semifinals.
Helped lead UT to its first SEC Title of any kind since 2010 with two dominant straight-set victories over South Carolina's Connor Thomson (6-0, 6-1) and Florida's Sam Riffice (6-4, 6-4).
Finished the regular season with an incredible 13 victories over ranked opponents and a 31-6 singles record in his first campaign on Rocky Top.
Earned a 6-4, 7-6 win at No. 1 over Alex Reko in Tennesssee's match vs. Arkansas.
Combined with Martim Prata to collect a 6-3 doubles win over Nikola Slavic and Lukas Engelhardt in Tennessee's win over Ole Miss
Earned two tie-breaker wins at the No. 2 singles spot against Florian Broska to help carry Tennessee to a 6-1 win over Mississippi State
Five-time defending SEC Freshman of the week is 10-3 in both doubles and singles play during dual season.
Had a perfect weekend in singles and doubles against Duke and NC State, going a combined 4-0. His weekend included wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 singles spots and a win over the No. 23 ranked doubles pair against NC State.
Earned his second career victory over a ranked opponent, knocking off No. 6 Richard Ciamarra of Notre Dame, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5).

FALL SEASON

Closed the Fall on a six match win streak in singles play, dropping just two sets during that stretch.
Impressed at the Volunteer Showdown, earning three consecutive singles wins, with two coming in three-set, come-from-behind fashion.
Won all three singles matches at the Bulldog Challenge (10/23-10/25) in straight sets in his second Fall apearance for the Vols.
Made his Tennessee debut at the Gamecock Fall Invitational (10/2-10/4), finishing the weekend 2-1 in doubles and 1-2 in singles action.

PREP/PERSONAL

No. 6 overall prospect U18 in the United Kingdom (class of 2020)
Reached the singles and doubles final of the British U18 National Championships in 2019
Son of Victoria Monday
Born January 22, 2002, in Hull, England
Recipient of the Markham Athletic Scholarship Endowment