Nikolay Sysoev Season 2024-25

Honors & Awards

• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2024)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2024, 2025)

2024-25: Junior
Nikolay Sysoev stepped up for the Big Red in his junior season, competing in the No. 3 singles slot, and across the doubles lineup to garner 36 combined wins. The Husker kicked off his second year at NU with 11 singles victories in the fall. In the spring, his singles campaign was highlighted by Big Ten wins over Northwestern, Michigan, Penn State and Purdue. On the doubles side, the junior finished 7-5 in conference play, partnering with Calvin Mueller and Colson Wells.

His 20-14 singles season led the team in wins, and earned Sysoev a spot on Nebraska’s single-season victories leaderboard.

Off the court, Sysoev was named to his second Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.

2023-24: Sophomore
In his first season with the Huskers, Nikolay Sysoev competed in singles and doubles in both the fall and spring seasons. The New Mexico transfer had his most successful season, tallying 12 of his 18 career singles wins, and all 10 of his career doubles wins. The business administration major most frequently paired with senior Shunya Maruyama on the doubles court, and the duo went 7-3 on the season. 

Off the court, Sysoev was named to the 2024 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.

Before Nebraska

Nikolay Sysoev was born in Moscow, Russia but calls Sarasota, Fla., home. Sysoev completed his rookie season with the New Mexico Lobos, tallying seven singles wins and claiming a team conference championship. 

Personal

Sysoev is the son of Andrey Cherkasov and Ekaterina Cherkasova. Sysoev’s parents both played tennis with his dad reaching a top 15 ATP singles ranking, and his mom reaching top 170 in WTA singles rankings. Sysoev has two siblings, Anastasia and Igor.