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Senior 2005-06
Settled into the No. 6 singles spot for the Illini, carding an 8-2 record on the year in the position...After a shaky start in singles play, rattled off 10 straight wins from Jan. 14-March 10... Opened the season ranked No. 14 with Ryler DeHeart in the ITA Preseason Doubles Rankings...Reached the doubles championship of the ITA Midwest Regional Championship with Brandon Davis...Also saw action at the No. 4 and 5 positions, carding an overall singles record of 20-7...Went 28-8 in doubles action, primarily playing with Ryler DeHeart in the No. 2 doubles position...Both men combined for an 8-1 record in the slot, a 7-0 overall record in Big Ten action...Dabir/DeHeart registered a 13-2 record overall...Completed the conference schedule undefeated (10-0), teaming with DeHeart and Davis (3-0)...Garnered Academic All-Big Ten accolades...Voted as the team Sportsmanship Award honoree...Teamed with DeHeart to finish the season ranked No. 25 in the final ITA rankings.
Junior 2004-05
Finished the season 18-14...achieved a ranking as high as No. 68 by the ITA...Played four different positions in the lineup, majority of his appearances came at No. 5 and 6... Had a six match win streak in the fall...Ended the season winning four of his last five matches.
Sophomore 2003-04
Won his first six matches of the season, extending his singles wining streak to 27, the longest in Illinois history...Finished the 2004 season 19-5 in singles play...In doubles play, wrapped up the year going 17-5...Did not play after April 18 due to injury...Enjoyed success at the Charles Fluitt Invitational in Kentucky, going 3-1 in singles play...Named Academic All-Big Ten.
Freshman 2002-03
Started his college career winning his first three matches...After hitting a slump, went on to win his last 21 matches of the year...Went undefeated (12-0) in dual-match play, including 6-0 in Big Ten singles matches...Won the consolation championship at the Big Ten Singles Tournament in November...Received the team's Scholar-Athlete Award for having the highest grade point average...Took several weeks off from competition during the summer before coming back to win the 2003 national junior doubles championship with partner John Isner...the two earned a wild card berth in the main draw of the U.S. Open with that title.
Juniors/High School
Finished fourth in the nation in Boys 16's...was ranked as high as No. 1 in Northern California...Went undefeated in Junior Davis Cup competition...Led his high school team to a Northern California championship...Took fifth place at three different major tournaments: the National Hardcourts in Kalamazoo, Mich., the National Claycourts in Louisville, Ky., and the International Hardcourts.
Personal
Son of Srinivas and Geetha Dabir, who are both engineers...Has one sister, Vidya...Chose Illinois over Michigan, Harvard and California...Favorite athlete is Pete Sampras for his class and guts out on the court...Ambition is to start his own company... Enjoys working with computers...Favorite quote: "There will always be obstacles in your way; it's how you overcome them that counts."
Dabir's Career Stats
Singles:Season Overall Big Ten 2002-03 24-4 6-0 2003-04 19-5 4-1 2004-05 18-14 4-3 2005-06 20-7 8-1 Totals 81-30 22-5
Doubles: Season Overall Big Ten 2002-03 8-2 3-1 2003-04 17-5 5-0 2004-05 14-9 9-3 2005-06 28-8 10-0 Totals 67-24 27-4
