2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster
Casati, Christopher

Christopher Casati
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Deerfield, Ill.
- High School:
- Deerfield High School
Bio
Demon Notes
- 2021 ITA Scholar-Athlete
- 2021 ITA All-Academic Team
- 2021 ITA Community Service Award
- 2020 ITA Scholar-Athlete
- 2020 ITA All-Academic Team
- 2020 ITA Community Service Award
- 2019 ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
- 2019 ITA All-Academic Team
- 2019 BIG EAST Athlete of the Week
- 2018 All-BIG EAST Second Team
- 2018 ITA All-Academic Team
- 2018 ITA Community Service Award
- 2017 ITA All-Academic Team
- 2017 ITA Community Service Award
- BIG EAST Athlete of the Week
- Five-time BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2020-21 (Graduate Student) - Singles: 8-12 | Doubles: 13-4
- Won two doubles matches team with Boris Spanjaard at the BIG EAST Championship and clinched the doubles point in 4-3 BIG EAST title match victory over St.John's
- Went 5-0 in doubles against BIG EAST opponents
- Upset nationally ranked doubles team from Top 50-ranked Middle Tennessee State
- Was 12-4 at No. 1 doubles and clinched eight doubles points
- Scored the match-winning point in a 5-2 comeback win over Omaha on Senior Day.
2019-20 (Senior) - Singles: 17-11 | Doubles: 20-9
- Capped an amazing comeback win over Texas Rio Grande Valley at HEB Tournament of Champions in Corpus Christi, Texas after his team trailed 3-0
- Won DePaul's fourth consecutive singles match by a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 margin which turned out to be the defining moment of the dual season
- Team won four of final five matches before coronavirus ended the season prematurely
- Combined with fellow senior Boris Spanjaard to win 11 of 13 doubles matches at one point including all five at the Gopher Invitational in Minneapolis.
2018-19 (Junior) - Singles: 16-14 | Doubles: 11-13
- Finished with an 11-8 singles record in the dual season and went 4-2 against BIG EAST opponents
- Won the deciding match in a 4-3 comeback win over Green Bay and earned the BIG EAST weekly accolade
- Closed out strong winning his final three matches and seven of his last 10.
2017-18 (Sophomore) - Singles: 17-12 | Doubles: 14-15
- For singles finished dual season 12-7 competing at No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 singles
- For doubles, competed as a part of six different teams
- Most often paired with Wassenaar
- Finished the dual season with a record of 5-8.
2016-17 (Freshman) - Singles: 17-11 | Doubles: 1-2
- For singles finished dual season 13-7, finished conference season 2-1
- Played primarily as No. 4 and 5 sing
- One half of doubles team with Fran Tonejc that finished dual double season 16-4.
High School:
- Earned four varsity letters from Deerfield High School
- Took fourth at IHSA team state in 2015 and third in 2016
- Recorded a top-eight finish in 2014, was the 2015 champion and 2016 runner-up in IHSA state doubles
- Three-time first team All-State and the 2016 Central Suburban League Scholar Athlete.
Personal:
- Son of Stephen and Michelle Casati
- Stephen played tennis for Northwestern University
- Michelle was a former professional tennis player ranked as high as 18 in the world
- Has one sister, Alexis who is a current senior on the University of Illinois tennis team
- Majoring in Business.
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