University of Tennessee Athletics
2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster

Shion Itsusaki
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Osaka, Japan
SINGLES SUPERLATIVES
Overall Record: 9-5 (4-4 SEC)
- 2025-26: 9-5
Record vs. Ranked Opponents (0-0)
- vs. top 10: 0-0
- vs. top 25: 0-0
- vs. top 50: 0-0
DOUBLES SUPERLATIVES
Overall Record: 5-12 (1-10 SEC)
- 2025-26: 5-12
Record vs. Ranked Opponents (0-2)
- vs. top 10: 0-0
- vs. top 25: 0-0
RECORD & HONORS
Career Singles Record: 9-5Highest Singles Ranking:
Career Doubles Record: 5-12
Highest Doubles Ranking:
2025-26 - FRESHMAN
Singles Record: 9-5Doubles Record: 5-12
SPRING SEASON
- Showed incredible singles performances in his freshman year, tallying two four match win streaks in which he only dropped one set across the 17 he played over the separate runs.
- Had an incredible start to his collegiate career, totaling a 7-0 record in singles and doubles (4-0 singles, 3-0 doubles).
- Earned the Vols sole point against No. 10 Texas A&M by outscoring Kriish Tyagi, 6-3, 6-3, on court five.
- Defeated Alexander Adamec (TSU), 6-3, 6-2, in singles and joined Alejandro Moreno for a 7-5 doubles win against Adamec/Mutetwa (TSU) to go perfect against the Tigers.
- Picked up a crucial singles victory win versus Alabama's Carlos Gimenez Perez, 6-2, 6-2 to help the Vols secure their first conference win of the campaign.
- Went undefeated against Arkansas by defeating Brendan Boland, 6-1, 6-4, in singles and joining Ethan Muza to take down Simillie/Vrba, 6-4, in doubles.
- Won in singles against Belmont's Eli Mizerski, 6-1, 6-1.
- Continued a four-match win streak by defeating Matt Rankin, for Kentucky, 6-2, 2-6, 10-8.
- Recorded his third singles win against Chattanooga's TJ Ryerson, 7-6 (7-1), 7-5.
- Pushed his win streak to five matches at Michigan with a doubles win alongside Ethan Muza, defeating Nicholas Steiglehner/Arnav Bhandari, 6-1.
- First career match day went undefeated with two wins in singles against Bellamine's Colby Berson, 6-2, 6-1, and Eastern Kentucky's Kartik Parhar, 6-2, 6-1. Took both doubles wins alongside Jose Garcia, defeating Sebastian Baumann/Alex English, 6-2, for Bellamine, and Fernando Bulnes/Pepe Miralles, 6-1, for Eastern Kentucky.
PREP/PERSONAL
- Itsusaki Signing Release
- Owns a career-high No. 53 rating in the ITF Junior Rankings.
- Holds career-best 1559 ATP ranking in singles.
- Competed in the main draw of the junior boys' singles at the Australian Open in January 2025.
- Appeared in the qualifying draw of the Roland Garros Junior Championships in June 2025.
- Has a 79-41 career juniors record, including 36-4 in 2024.
- In 2024, he claimed junior titles at the J200 Hong Kong, J100 Hong Kong, J100 Kawaguchi, J60 Miki City, J30 Osaka and J30 Kurume tournaments.
- Racked up four juniors doubles titles from 2023-25, including the J300 Kuching in 2025, J200 Hong Kong in 2024 and the J200 Nagoya and J60 Miki City in 2023.
- Born Jan. 13, 2007.
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