CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
• Defeated No. 1 overall seed in second round of 2023 FISU World University Games
• 2022 AAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 2022 AAC All-Conference Singles
• American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year 2021
• The Lakes Invite 2021 Champion
2023-2024 (Sr.): Went 15-11 overall in singles, 10-6 dual...1-0 at No. 1 singles, 1-0 at No. 2 singles, 5-5 at No. 3 singles, 3-1 at No. 4 singles...Defeated Baylor's No. 75 Devin Badenhorst (6-4, 5-7, 6-4)...Clinched two matches for SMU (No. 57 Cornell, Cal)...went 5-6 overall in doubles with partners Callaway Clark and Jerry Barton, 1-2 dual. Competed at the 2023 FISU World University Games in Chengdu, China, beating the singles' tournament No. 1 overall seed in round-of-64...Advanced to World University Games singles quarterfinals.
2022-2023 (Jr.):
13-15 overall record... 11-10 dual record... 15- 9 overall doubles record... Went 7-3 with partner Antonio Muniz-Hidalgo... Earned a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Vladislav Melnic in the Mustangs win over then No. 21 Cornell... Finished out the regular season on a two-match win streak with victories over then No. 59 Rice and No. 60 Florida Atlantic... Reached the quarterfinals of men's doubles main draw in the ITA Regional Championship with partner Antonio Muniz-Hidalgo... Competed in the Dallas Open for the second straight year, fell to Radu Albot in the opening round of the singles main draw 6-2, 4-6, 2-6.
2021-2022 (So.):
Best overall (26-7) and dual (18-3) singles winning percentages. Clinched 4-2 AAC semifinal victory over USF, defeating Chase Ferguson 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Also clinched 4-2 AAC championship match over Memphis with 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Jeremy Taylor. Was awarded AAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player... Finished the season on an eight match singles winning streak. Split sets in an unfinished match with No. 14 ranked singles player Luc Fomba of No. 3 TCU on March 21... Made ATP Tour debut on February 7 at the Dallas Open, losing in the first round of qualifying 6-7, 3-6 to Jurij Rodionov... 11-8 overall doubles record, playing with four different partners. Won the Lakes Invite in Frisco, Texas with 3-0 record in singles (wins over Texas Tech, Rice, Oklahoma) and 3-0 record in doubles with partner Caleb Chakravarthi... AAC All-Academic Team.
2020-2021 (Fr.):
American Athletic Conference 2021 Freshman of the Year... Immediate impact player for Mustangs playing in the top half of starting lineup. 16-9 overall singles record including 3-4 in American Athletic Conference play. 5-0 record at No.1, 7-5 record at No.2 and 4-4 record at No.3 singles. Went 9-6 in doubles competition partnering up with Caleb Chakravarthi (3-3) and Julian Steinhausen (5-3). First career dual match victory on January 14th (def Caballero PVAMU 6-4,6-2)... def Mark Mandlik (Oklahoma) 7-6(4),2-6,6-4 in team road victory on Jan 31... doubles win over Stachowiak/Boiton (Baylor) at line two 7-5 with partner Steinhausen on Jan 18... clinched 4-3 road win against Rice defeating Campbell Salmon 3-6,6-1,7-6(5)... def Luis Erlenbusch 6-2,2-6,6-2 to contribute in SMU's upset win over Tulane in AAC tournament quarterfinals in Orlando, Florida. Finished 16th in ITA Regional singles rankings for Texas region. Did not compete in Fall '20 due to Covid restrictions.
PREP:
Committed to SMU as the 2nd ranked player from Bronxville, New York... standout letterwinner for Bronxville High School... Liam signed as Blue Chip according to TRN and 11.96 UTR in singles, 11.42 UTR in doubles... Krall has been selected All-County on three occasions and All-Section twice... Bronxville team finished third place in the state in 2018... USTA National Level 3 Championships singles and doubles champions in Fort Myers, Florida... two first-place L3 championships in 2018... Ranked 54 in the USTA National Rankings and second in USTA Eastern Section... National high ranking of 15th.
PERSONAL:
Parents are Eric and Catherine... has two siblings, Patrick and Caroline... Hobbies include golf and watching tennis... Studying Sports Management at SMU.
American Athletic Confernce Awards Press Release on May 6, 2021:
https://theamerican.org/news/2021/5/6/ucfs-decamps-wichita-states-dellien-named-mens-tennis-players-of-the-year.aspx
NLI Press Release on November 13, 2019
https://smumustangs.com/news/2019/11/13/mens-tennis-announces-singing-of-two-student-athletes.aspx
