Jake Krug

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Jake Krug poses for a photo during men's tennis media day

Photo by: Nat LeDonne / Duke Athletics

Jake Krug clinches the match for Duke against VCU

Jake Krug celebrates after scoring a point against Memphis

Height:
6-5
Weight:
185
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lakewood Ranch, Fla.
High School:
Laurel Springs School [Calif.]

Honors:
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
All-ACC Academic Team (2023, 2024)
ACC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)

2024-25: Compiled a 10-13 overall singles record and a 3-5 overall doubles mark … posted a 6-4 dual match singles record, including a 3-2 mark in conference play … earned three doubles wins during the tour season with partner Connor Krug… clinched the win for Duke against Notre Dame in conference play with a straight-set victory over Kyran Maglmay (6-4, 7-6(5))... secured the final point in the second round of the ACC Championships against Notre Dame with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Maglmay.

2023-24: All-ACC Academic team and ITA Scholar-Athlete recipient ... compiled a 14-16 overall record in singles action, including a 9-8 dual-match mark … registered a 2-4 ledger in ACC play … competed on court three (1-0), five (3-4) and six (5-4) … went 1-2 against nationally ranked opponents, with lone win coming against No. 52 Joseph Wayand of No. 23 NC State 6-3, 6-4 … secured two match-clinching wins against VCU and Boston College … defeated German Samofalov of VCU 0-6, 7-5, 7-5 and Will Kasten of Boston College 6-3, 6-4 … strung together a seven-match winning streak from January 20 to February 9 … in doubles play, posted a 6-3 overall record with three different teammates in Andrew Dale, Garrett Johns and Connor Krug … went 1-0 in dual matches following 6-1 victory with Johns over North Carolina Central’s Oliver Saarinen and Leo Fortier … won four of opening five doubles matches with twin brother Connor Krug.

2022-23: All-ACC Academic team and ITA Scholar-Athlete recipient ... compiled a 15-14 overall record in singles action, including a 10-6 dual match mark … went 3-3 in ACC matches … played on courts five (5-1) and six (5-5) throughout the year … secured one match-clinching victory with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Alex de Gabriele of UNC Wilmington in the NCAA Tournament First Round … won two of final three matches, including a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Juan Lopez de Azcona of No. 20 Wake Forest to help lift Duke to the ACC Championship match … started the dual season winning eight of opening 10 matches … in doubles play, posted a 4-6 overall record with three different teammates in Andrew Dale, Faris Khan, and Connor Krug … went 1-0 in dual matches following 6-2 victory with twin brother Connor against North Carolina Central’s Shaka Cristellotti and Liam Murtaugh.

2021-22: ITA Scholar-Athlete recipient ... compiled a 6-6 overall record in singles action, with a 5-4 and 1-2 mark in tournament and dual play respectively … finished 0-1 in lone ACC match … compiled a 4-6 ledger over final 10 matches … defeated Connor Enslin of Gardner-Webb 6-1, 6-2 in first collegiate match … competed with three different teammates in doubles action and finished the year with an overall record of 7-5 … registered a 3-2 dual mark and a 1-1 ledger in ACC action … lone ACC win came with teammate Arturo Kam over Oliver Worth and Bennett Turner of Boston College 6-3 … the duo went 3-0 on the year playing on court three … registered first doubles win with teammate and twin brother Connor after the pair defeated Juan Sebastian Zabal and Thiago Pernas of East Tennessee State, 6-4 … the duo also secured a third-place finish in the B Draw of the Duke James Bonk Invitational.

Prior to Duke: Attended Out-of-Door Academy for one year before transferring to online-based schooling through Laurel Springs School … Blue-Chip prospect ranked No. 19 in the 2021 class by TennisRecruiting.com ... led Out-of-Door Academy to a 2018 Class 1A Florida High School State Championship … teamed up with twin brother Connor to become the 2017 USTA Gold Ball Boys Doubles Champions … was also a member of 2017 USTA National Spring Team Championship squad … was named the Out-of-Door Academy’s MVP of varsity team in 2017 and co-captained the squad with brother during the 2018 season ... reached multiple semifinals at Grade 3 level for singles, while appearing in a handful of quarterfinals at the Grade 1 level in doubles ... reached as high as No. 175 in the ITF rankings and held a UTR rating of 12.17.

Personal: Born Nov. 9, 2002 … son of Thomas Krug and Sherri Vitale ... father played football at the University of Notre Dame (1993-97) … mother played tennis at the University of Notre Dame (1992-96) … maternal grandfather, Dick Vitale, is longtime ESPN broadcaster … twin brother, Connor, also a member of the Duke team.