University of Arizona Athletics

2019 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
2019 First Team Pac-12 All-Academic
2021 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention

Fifth Year (2021-22)
Ending his last season with the Wildcats, Malbasic finished with an overall record of 15-6 in singles and 13-10 in doubles. The Swede played a major role in the team's historic win over Texas when he won both his doubles match with Jett Middleton and his singles match in straight sets. Malbasic was named an ITA Scholar Athlete in 2022. 

Senior (2020-21)
Malbasic provided 15 singles wins in his fourth season as a Wildcat, which was the second most on the team. To go along with a 12-10 doubles record, Malbasic was awarded with an Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 after his fourth season with the Wildcats.

Junior (2019-2020)
Malbasic brought in 19 total singles wins to tie for the team lead with Nick Lagaev, with a 10-3 record in dual which was a tied team lead ... Additionally, he won four of his seven matches against ranked opponents ... Malbasic also finished the season second in dual doubles wins, going 8-2 during the spring ... He achieved a career high ITA singles rankings of No. 36 at the end of the fall season ... The 2019-2020 season was cut short due to COVID-19.

Sophomore (2018-19)
Was named All-Pac-12 honorable mention ... Was named First Team Pac-12 All-Academic ... Finished the season 16-8 overall and 10-7 during the spring season ... Had six wins at the No. 3 spot and two each at the No. 1 and No. 2 ... Had some big wins against Texas Tech and Oregon, both ranked opponents ... Won five doubles matches alongside Jonas Ziverts at the No. 1 spot in the lineup ... Three of those five wins were against California, Washington and Utah.

Freshman (2017-2018)
Joined the Wildcats in January for the start of the 2018 regular season, and had a record-breaking  freshman campaign, going 19-6 in singles competition and 7-17 in doubles play… his 19 regular season wins tie Andres Carrasco’s 2004 performance for most dual singles wins in a single season amongst all Wildcats (1988-present)…  Malbasic posted a 1-4 doubles record with Aaro Pollanen, a 4-4 record with Alejandro Reguant, a 1-4 record with Trent Botha, and a 2-5 record with Carlos Hassey… Earned ITA Scholar-Athlete status for his efforts in the classroom…

Signing Release:
Tucson, Ariz.-, Arizona head coach Clancy Shields announced that Filip Malbasic will be the fifth recruit to join the Wildcats for the 2017 season. Malbasic, a native of Stockholm Sweden, will be included in a recruiting class that has already been ranked 18th by tennisrecruiting.net.
 
"We are really excited to have Filip join our program," Shields commented. "Filip and I had a great connection when we met in Sweden. He is an outstanding kid with great character, a tremendous work ethic, and a good tennis resume to back it up. The more I got to know about Filip and his family, the sacrifices he has made to become an elite player and student, the more convinced I was that he was the right player for our program. I'm looking forward to working with Filip on his development and making him the best possible player he can be. Filip joins the youth movement that includes four new faces this year, and I believe his contribution to the team on and off the court will be felt in a big way."
 
Malbasic attended Profilgymnasiet highschool in Stockholm and is training at Good to Great Tennis Academy in Järfälla, Sweden. Amongst juniors, he is currently ranked second in Sweden and 260th in the International Tennis Federation rankings, and his highest Universal Tennis Rating is a 13.94.
 
"I choose Arizona because of the connection I got while meeting with Clancy in Stockholm," said Malbasic. "I could see his vision with me on the team and his vision about the overall tennis program. Arizona has two very young coaches and passionate ones who will make me a better tennis player, but the main reason I chose Arizona was because they believe in me. Arizona is also a great academic school in the strong Pac-12 conference, and for me, studying business at one of the best business programs in the country made my choice even easier."
 
Malbasic is a multi-sport athlete and enjoys playing soccer in his spare time. He also enjoys watching movies, reading books and hanging out with friends.
 
Being the fifth recruit in an already impressive class, Malbasic will be joining four other newcomers: Carlos Hassey, a five-star recruit and two time state champion out of Surprise Arizona, Igor Karpovets who has been ranked as high as 2 in the junior division in his home country of Ukraine, Aaro Pollanen a top 150 ITF Junior, and transfer junior Jonas Maier who put together two impressive seasons playing at Utah State.