University of Memphis Athletics
2017-18 Men's Tennis Roster
Shakeel Manji
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Burton-Latimer, Great Britain
- Prev School:
- Latimer Community Arts College
2016-17 – Junior
Fall 2016
Singles – Collected a 7-6 record in tournament play … picked up first win of the fall against Columbia’s Jack Turchetta (6-4, 6-3) at the Alabama Invitational … claimed back-to-back victories at the MTSU Shootout, downing Daniel Cardenas of Lipscomb (6-3, 6-4) and Belmont’s Stephen Goldman (6-4, 6-1) … opened the Notre Dame Invitational with a 7-5, 6-1 victory against Brandon Lancaster of Louisville … downed Notre Dame’s Drew Dawson 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 and the Notre Dame Invite … claimed a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory against Dayton’s Lorenzo Rollhauser at the Louisville Invitational … followed that win with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 victory against Tennessee Tech’s Jorge Alfonzo to reach the quarterfinals of the Louisville Invitational.
Doubles – Compiled a 6-4 mark in doubles play, including a 4-1 record alongside Turner Voges … picked up first win of the season against Tyler Schick/Jonathan Star of Tulane 8-5 at the Alabama Invitational … paired with Jan Pallares for a 8-6 win against Lipscomb’s Alejandro Manzanares/Daniel Cardenas at the MTSU Shootout … tallied a 8-7 win with Matt Story against Belmont’s Cedric Dujacquier/Stephen Goldman at the MTSU Shootout … paired up with Voges to win the final three matches of the season at the Louisville Invitational … the tandem knocked off Lipscomb’s Mitchell/Cardenas 8-7(0-7) and Michigan’s Gabe Tishman/Davis Crocker 8-7(0-5) … won the doubles title at the Louisville Invitational against APSU’s Almantas Ozelis/Aleh Drobysh 8-7(0-4).
Spring 2017
Singles – Went 3-0 in singles play with all coming as straight-set victories … swept a doubleheader, defeating UAPB’s Le’Darrien Ledbeter 6-2, 6-0 and Khusto Ledwaba 6-0, 6-0 … knocked off Ryan Swanier of Jackson State 6-0, 6-1 in his final match of the season.
Doubles – Turned in a 3-0 record in doubles play … claimed a 6-4 victory with Voges against UAPB’s Simon Lewis/Khusto Ledwaba … paired up with Jan Pallares for a 6-0 win against UAPB’s Jualon Greig/Le’Darrien Ledbeter … claimed a 6-2 win with Voges against Jackson State’s Fritz Jacobs/Vishu Prasad.
2015-16 – Sophomore
Fall 2015
Singles – Posted a 4-8 record in tournament play … won first two matches of the season at the Southern Intercollegiate, downing Lander’s Ozan Cildir (6-1, 3-6, 6-1) and Manuel Castellanos of Kennesaw State(6-3, 6-1) to advance to the Round of 16 … stopped a five-match skid with a 6-1, 6-4 victory against Cal Poly’s Corey Pang in the consolation round of the ITA All-American Prequalifier … capped his fall victories with a first-round win at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional by a score of 6-1, 6-0 against Jose Pestana of Wright State.
Doubles – Compiled a 5-4 mark in double play, primarily alongside teammate Andrew Watson (4-2 record with Watson) … dropped first two matches of the season, but jumpstarted a three-match win streak with Watson, beginning with a 6-1 decision against Kempin/Griffin of Notre Dame to close the Alabama Four-in-the-Fall invitational … opened the ITA Ohio Valley Regional with a 8-3 win against Butler duo Dragos/Gerstein … notched a 8-3 victory against Schneider/Stefani of Xavier to advance to the Round of 16 … capped tournament play winning two of their final three matches at the Florida Gulf Coast Invitational, starting with a 7-6 victory against Yates/Benson of Kentucky … capped the season with a 6-3 win against Landert/Cerrini of FGCU.
Spring 2016
Singles – Tallied a 6-7 ledger in dual match singles play … Fell in the season-opener, but ripped a three-match win streak, starting with a 6-1, 6-3 victory against Chattanooga’s Pablo Llebeili … defeated David Schrott of Murray State 7-5, 6-1 … notched a thrilling 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5) win to set a 5-2 team victory against No. 27 Vanderbilt … defeated Pepperdine’s Tom Hilll 7-5, 7-5 … downed Zach Fryer of Denver 6-2, 6-2 to close the San Diego Invitational … notched final victory of the year with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 win against VCU’s Louis Ishizaka.
Doubles – Teamed up with Andrew Watson to compile a 12-7 mark in doubles action … began the season 7-1, including a season-best six-match win streak … won first decision of the year against Louisville’s Hedley/Lock 6-2 … downed the Vanderbilt duo of Newman/Valent 6-3 … knocked off Harvard duo Hu/Yeung 7-6 … defeated Ole Miss tandem Lindmark/Jorge 6-3 … picked up a league win against Kerner/Slobodchikov of SMU 6-4 … downed Baylor’s Tchoutakian/Podvinski 7-6 … defeated No. 10 Oklahoma’s team of Siegel/Brio 6-4 … stopped a three-match skid with a 6-4 victory against San Diego State’s Jebens/Gjoels-Andersen … closed the San Diego Invitational with a 6-2 win against Ruder-Hook/James of Denver … claimed a pair of wins in Murfreesboro against Morillo Diaz/Zyhmantovich of MTSU (6-3) and VCU’s Voscek/Fifea (6-0) … snapped a two-match slide and to close the year with a 6-4 win against Mississippi State’s Braun/Agarwal.
2014-15 – Freshman
Fall 2014
Singles – Played in four tournaments in the fall ... Started his season at the Olympia Fields Fall Classic in Chicago ... Went 0-3 against three different opponents from Notre Dame at that tournament ... Was 0-2 at the ITA All-American pre-qualifier in Tulsa ... Was 0-2 at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional ... Picked up his first singles win of the fall over Tennessee Tech’s Gagan Jian, 6-1, 6-2 ... Closed the fall slate at the Vanderbilt tournament ... Played four three setters in singles during the fall
Doubles – Played just four doubles matches in the fall, winning his rst match with teammate Ryan Peniston, 8-6, over the Notre Dame team of Eddy Covalschi and Brendon Kempen ... Lost a match, 8-7, in a ebreak with Peniston against Middle Tennessee’s team of Zhymantovich and Hoang … named to the Tiger 3.0 Club for having a semester GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Spring 2015
Singles – Posted a 9-8 mark in dual-match play, going 4-0 at the No. 5 spot … opened the year with a 6-3, 0-6, 6-4 match-clinching win against Daffra Sanon of No. 22 Clemson … swept a double header against Gino Delavalle of Chattanooga (6-3, 6-2) and David Hess of Murray State (6-2, 6-2) … defeated Jasper Koenen of Michigan State 7-5, 6-4 … collected a conference win against Temple’s Ian Glessing 6-2, 6-2 … snapped a three-match skid with a 6-4, 6-3 win against Jackson State’s F. Mendletta Ruiz … swept a double-header against UAPB’s Edward Butler, winning 6-0, 6-0 in both matches … collected final win of the season in 6-3, 6-4 fashion against SMU’s Charles Nettlefold in the conference tournament.
Doubles – Went 7-3 in doubles, splitting time with Patrick Mayer and Ryan Peniston … partnered with Peniston to win first match of the season 6-1 against Murray State’s Mitric/Kashyab … picked up a pair of conference wins alongside Mayer, downing Temple duo Glessing/Stipcic 6-2 and Tulane tandem A. Van Cott/I. Van Cott 6-3 … notched a league win with Peniston, downing SMU’s Butler/Russell 6-4 … knocked off Troglia/Jacobs of No. 71 South Alabama 6-4 … teamed up with Mayer to sweep a double header against UAPB, defeating Butler/Carroll (6-0) and Rahman/Gonzalez (6-0).
Prep
Was a top 10 ranked junior in Europe … Advanced to the semifinals of various ITF Junior tournaments ... Advanced to the finals of the Denmark Odense ITF event ... One week later, made it to the singles semis of the Deloitte Junior Cup in Aarhus, Denmark ... Made a third straight singles semifinal at the AEGON Junior International event in Liverpool ... A top-five ranked junior in Great Britain, Manji was the No. 1 ranked junior in the under 14s and the sixth-seeded player at the British nationals in 2013.
Personal
Son of Nayeem and Nicola Manji … Also recruited by Fresno State and LSU.
