Phillip Gresk

2018-19 (Senior):

Finished his senior season with an overall singles record of 13-10 … played primarily at the No. 2 and No. 3 singles … finished the year ranked nationally at No. 120 … started the season strong, winning his first seven singles matches, including a 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory over No. 90 Noe Khlif of Illinois (Jan. 19) … helped the Jackets upset No. 7 North Carolina with a victory over No. 40 Benjamin Sigouin, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 (Mar. 15) … Gresk put the Jackets on the board against Notre Dame (Apr. 12) after defeating No. 59 Richard Ciamarra, 6-3, 6-4 … defeated Sergio Hernandez of Louisville 7-6, 6-2 in the second round of the ACC Tournament … owned a 13-8 doubles record, pairing with Carlos Divar in nearly every match … during one stretch won seven out of eight straight matches paired with Divar … Gresk and Divar topped Alex Knaff and Sebastian Arcila  6-4 to help the Jackets take down No. 21 Florida State (Mar. 1) … paired with Divar to defeat Nick Stachowiak and Jason Lapidus 6-3 to help Georgia Tech knock off No. 44 Duke (Mar. 17) … Gresk and Divar took down No. 47 Alexis Galarneau and Michael Ogden of No. 21 NC State in Georgia Tech’s 4-0 victory (Apr. 5) … defeated No. 90 C. Morin-Kougoucheff and Fabien Salle of Louisville 6-1 (Apr. 7).

2017-18 (Junior): Match-by-Match

Battled all year to a 14-18 overall record and 6-14 record in duals … played mainly at the No. 3 singles, but also moved to the No. 2 for five matches and a single appearance at No. 1 … had a strong fall campaign, highlighted by winning the White singles bracket of Georgia Tech Invitational by sweeping four-straight matches in straight sets … won eight of his first 10 singles matches to start the fall … battled back for a huge regular-season finale victory over Boston College’s (April 22) Max Palmer, winning the No. 3 singles, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 … played in one of the longest, most competitive showdowns of the season for the Yellow Jackets against Virginia Tech’s Jason Kros (March 29) at the No. 2 – Gresk fell 6-7 (9), 7-6 (5), 6-4 … captured an overall doubles record of 10-14, including 4-5 in ACC … main partner on the year was Andrew Li, who fought to a .500 record (9-9) by winning four-straight matches and six of their last 10 to finish the season … battled to two crucial ACC Tournament victories, defeating BC’s Conor Mullins/Kent Mukai, 6-1, and No. 24 Notre Dame’s Guillermo Cabrera/Alex Lebedev, 6-2.

2016-17 (Sophomore): Match-by-Match

Posted a 7-10 mark in singles play … Won the Division II doubles title with Cole Fiegel at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Finished with 7-8 record in doubles play … Only saw action in one dual match.

General Information: Big player with a big serve who has become one of the top junior players in Europe … Reached no. 84 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior rankings and is currently ranked 1722 in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour … Qualified for 12 ITF futures main draws in the last calendar year before enrolling at Tech.

Junior Tennis: Currently ranked No. 1 in Poland and No. 3 in Europe among junior players … Reached the singles semifinals of the men’s Polish Championship in 2015, and the quarterfinals of an ITF futures event in Egypt in 2014 … In doubles, won the gold medal in the 2011 European Youth Olympics in Turkey, and the championship of the 2010 European Championship in the Czech Republic.

High School: Lived in Bradenton, Fla., from 2003 to 2010 before moving back to Poland … Graduated from the Florida Virtual School … Attended the Bollettieri Tennis Academy and Eagleton Ferreira Academy.

Personal: Father is a retired business executive with two major U.S. companies, while his mother works for Procter & Gamble in Poland … Has two siblings in their 30s … Began playing tennis at age 6 … Interested in pursuing a career in communications, perhaps as a sports journalist … Enrolled in Literature, Media and Communications.