The 2015 fall season is in the books so let’s take a look back at the guys that were a head above the rest. Of course you’ve got to start out with the guys that claimed the 3 fall majors which were the Oracle ITA Masters, the Saint Francis Health System ITA Men’s All-American, and the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. After that I look at the guys that made strong runs in majors as well as several other tournaments.
Player (School/Year/UTR as of 12/1) – records listed are just in college events.
Dominik Koepfer (Tulane Sr/14.31) – What a tremendous fall for the senior from Furtwangen, Germany with a Championship, Runner-Up, and a Semifinal appearance at the 3 fall slams. Koepfer beat 10 ranked opponents with 8 of them being ranked inside the top 50.
Fall Accomplishments:
Singles Champion at the National Indoor Intercollegiates
Singles Runner-Up at the ITA All-Americans
Doubles Quarterfinals at the ITA All-Americans w Chi-Shan Jao
Singles Semifinals at the Oracle/ITA Masters.
Singles:
Overall record: 12-2
Ranked record: 10-2
2-set record: 10-1
3-set record: 2-1
Tiebreak record: 1-0
Doubles (w Chi-Shan Jao):
Overall record: 5-1
Ranked record: 2-1
| Date | Event | Rnd/Pos | Opponent | Opponent School | Result | Score |
| 11/15/2015 | National Indoors | Final | #22 Andre Goransson | #26 California | Win | 6-1, 7-5 |
| 11/14/2015 | National Indoors | Semifinals | #70 Joao Monteiro | #18 Virginia Tech | Win | 6-4 6-4 |
| 11/13/2015 | National Indoors | Quarterfinals | #12 Jared Hiltzik | #6 University of Illinois | Win | 7-6(6), 7-5 |
| 11/13/2015 | National Indoors | Round of 16 | Skander Mansouri | #13 Wake Forest University | Win | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 11/12/2015 | National Indoors | Round of 32 | #29 Chris Diaz | #12 Ohio State University | Win | 6-1, 6-4 |
| 10/12/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Final | #8 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski | #1 University of Virginia | Loss | 6-0, 6-2 |
| 10/11/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Semifinals | #22 Andre Goransson | #26 California | Win | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 10/10/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Quarterfinals | Hugo Di Feo | #12 Ohio State University | Win | 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 |
| 10/10/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Round of 16 | #25 Benjamin Lock | #31 Florida State University | Win | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 10/9/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Round of 32 | #38 Matic Spec | #21 University of Minnesota | Win | 6-3, 6-3 |
| 10/8/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Round of 64 | #51 Brett Clark | #11 North Carolina | Win | 6-4, 6-3 |
| 9/19/2015 | Oracle/ITA Masters | Semifinals | #15 Cameron Norrie | #4 TCU | Loss | 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 9/19/2015 | Oracle/ITA Masters | Quarterfinals | #16 Wayne Montgomery | #8 University of Georgia | Win | 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 |
| 9/18/2015 | Oracle/ITA Masters | Round of 16 | #31 Maxime Tchoutakian | #3 Baylor University | Win | 6-2, 6-2 |
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia Jr/14.79) – Stout fall from the junior from Charlotte, North Carolina as Kwiatkowski won the All-Americans in both singles and doubles and also the UVA Ranked 1+1 with a win over a vastly improved Joao Monteiro in the finals. Kwiatkowski also won the UVA Ranked 1+1 last year by beating the ITA #1 Seb Stiefelmeyer. Kwiatkowski has gone 29-4 the last 2 falls after missing the fall season in his freshman year with an injury. Not bad for a guy who may only play #3 singles this season.
Fall Accomplishments:
Singles Champion at ITA All-Americans
Doubles Champion at ITA All-Americans (w Mac Styslinger)
Singles Champion at the UVA Ranked 1+1
Singles Quarterfinals at the National Indoor Intercollegiates
Singles:
Overall record: 12-1
Ranked record: 8-1
2-set record: 9-1
3-set record: 3-0
Tiebreak record: 2-0
Doubles (w Mac Styslinger):
Overall record: 7-3
Ranked record: 4-2
| Date | Event | Rnd/Pos | Opponent | Opponent School | Result | Score |
| 11/13/2015 | National Indoors | Quarterfinals | #70 Joao Monteiro | #18 Virginia Tech | Loss | 6-1, 7-6 (4) |
| 11/13/2015 | National Indoors | Round of 16 | Konrad Zieba | #27 Northwestern University | Win | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 11/12/2015 | National Indoors | Round of 32 | #25 Benjamin Lock | #31 Florida State University | Win | 6-2, 6-4 |
| 10/12/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Final | #10 Dominik Koepfer | #41 Tulane University | Win | 6-0, 6-2 |
| 10/11/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Semifinals | #20 Tom Fawcett | #20 Stanford University | Win | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 10/10/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Quarterfinals | Konrad Zieba | #27 Northwestern University | Win | 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 10/10/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Round of 16 | #36 Florian Lakat | #26 California | Win | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 10/9/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Round of 32 | #53 Arthur Rinderknech | #5 Texas A&M University | Win | 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 |
| 10/8/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Round of 64 | #47 Filip Vittek | #22 University of San Diego | Win | 6-4, 6-2 |
| 9/20/2015 | UVA Ranked 1+1 | Final | #70 Joao Monteiro | #18 Virginia Tech | Win | 6-3 4-6 6-1 |
| 9/19/2015 | UVA Ranked 1+1 | Quarterfinals | Jai Corbett | #18 Virginia Tech | Win | 6-3 6-4 |
| 9/19/2015 | UVA Ranked 1+1 | #72 Jonathan Ho | #13 Wake Forest University | Win | 7-6, 6-4 | |
| 9/18/2015 | UVA Ranked 1+1 | Austin Hussey | University of Kentucky | Win | 6-2, 6-1 |
Cameron Norrie (TCU Soph/14.68) – The sophomore from Auckland, New Zealand only played in 2 collegiate events this fall but he won one of them by taking the inaugural Oracle ITA Masters with 4 wins over top 25 opponents. Norrie also won a Pro Futures singles title in Mansfield, Texas with several quality wins including a win over former Georgia #1 Wil Spencer.
Fall Accomplishments:
Singles Champion at the Oracle/ITA Masters (def. 4 top 25 players)
Singles Champion at the $15K Future in Mansfield, Texas
Singles Round of 16 at the National Indoor Intercollegiates
Singles Champion at the Oracle/ITA Masters (def. 4 top 25 players)
Singles Champion at the $15K Future in Mansfield, Texas
Singles Round of 16 at the National Indoor Intercollegiates
Singles:
Overall record: 5-1
Ranked record: 5-1
2-set record: 4-1
3-set record: 1-0
Tiebreak record: 1-1
Overall record: 5-1
Ranked record: 5-1
2-set record: 4-1
3-set record: 1-0
Tiebreak record: 1-1
Mansfield, TX Future
F: def. #775 Alexios Halebian 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
SF: def. #490 Michael Mmoh 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
QF: def. #210 Liam Broady 6-3, 6-3
R16: def. #519 Wil Spencer 6-4 6-4
R32: def. #805 Yuichi Ito 7-6(3), 6-3
QRF: def. Denis Nguyen 6-2, 6-3
QR16: def. William Little 6-3, 6-1
NIIC R32: def. #50 Alex Ghilea (Oklahoma) 6-0, 6-3
| Date | Event | Rnd/Pos | Opponent | Opponent School | Result | Score |
| 11/13/2015 | National Indoors | Round of 16 | #20 Tom Fawcett | #20 Stanford University | Loss | 6-4, 7-6(8) |
| 9/20/2015 | Oracle/ITA Masters | Final | #7 Nicolas Alvarez | #10 Duke University | Win | 6-3, 7-6 (2) |
| 9/19/2015 | Oracle/ITA Masters | Semifinals | #10 Dominik Koepfer | #41 Tulane University | Win | 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 9/19/2015 | Oracle/ITA Masters | Quarterfinals | #21 Or Ram-Harel | #28 University of Tulsa | Win | 6-4 6-1 |
| 9/18/2015 | Oracle/ITA Masters | Round of 16 | #25 Benjamin Lock | #31 Florida State University | Win | 6-3, 6-4 |
Andre Goransson (Cal Jr/14.39) – The junior from Hollviken, Sweden won every match this fall except for his two meetings with Tulane’s Dominik Koepfer. Goransson played 3 events and won one, finished as runner-up in one, and made the semis in the other. He and Florian Lakat also won a doubles title at the Battle in the Bay Classic.
Fall Accomplishments:
Singles Runner-Up at the National Indoor Intercollegiates
Singles Runner-Up at the National Indoor Intercollegiates
Singles Semifinals at the ITA All-Americans
Singles Champion at the Battle in the Bay Classic
Doubles Champion at the Battle in the Bay Classic (w Florian Lakat)
Singles:
Overall record: 13-2
Ranked record: 9-2
2-set record: 7-2
3-set record: 6-0
Tiebreak record: 1-0
Overall record: 13-2
Ranked record: 9-2
2-set record: 7-2
3-set record: 6-0
Tiebreak record: 1-0
| Date | Event | Rnd/Pos | Opponent | Opponent School | Result | Score |
| 11/15/2015 | National Indoors | Final | #10 Dominik Koepfer | #41 Tulane University | Loss | 6-1, 7-5 |
| 11/14/2015 | National Indoors | Semifinals | #24 Christopher Eubanks | #44 Georgia Tech | Win | 7-5, 1-6, 7-5 |
| 11/13/2015 | National Indoors | Quarterfinals | #53 Arthur Rinderknech | #5 Texas A&M University | Win | 6-2, 7-5 |
| 11/13/2015 | National Indoors | Round of 16 | #32 Mikael Torpegaard | #12 Ohio State University | Win | 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 11/12/2015 | National Indoors | Round of 32 | #75 Diogo Rocha | #53 University of Denver | Win | 6-1, 6-2 |
| 10/11/2015 | ITA All-American Championships | Semifinals | #10 Dominik Koepfer | #41 Tulane University | Loss | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 10/10/2015 | ITA All-American Championships | Quarterfinals | #30 Uros Petronijevic | #22 University of San Diego | Win | 6-4, 6-3 |
| 10/10/2015 | ITA All-American Championships | Round of 16 | #46 Aron Hiltzik | #6 University of Illinois | Win | 6-2, 6-1 |
| 10/9/2015 | ITA All-American Championships | Round of 32 | #61 Max de Vroome | #7 University of Southern California | Win | 7-5, 6-2 |
| 10/8/2015 | ITA All-American Championships | Round of 64 | #52 Sasha Gozun | #16 University of South Florida | Win | 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 |
| 9/20/2015 | Battle In The Bay Classic | Final | Alec Adamson | #58 UC Davis | Win | 6-4, 7-5 |
| 9/20/2015 | Battle In The Bay Classic | Semifinals | #64 Filip Bergevi | #26 California | Win | 6-1,2-6,7-6(4) |
| 9/19/2015 | Battle In The Bay Classic | Quarterfinals | Jack Jaede | #7 University of Southern California | Win | 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 |
| 9/19/2015 | Battle In The Bay Classic | Round of 16 | Garrett Auproux | #52 Cal Poly | Win | 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 |
| 9/18/2015 | Battle In The Bay Classic | Round of 32 | Stefan Menichella | #36 Pepperdine | Win | 6-2, 7-5 |
Joao Monteiro (Virginia Tech Sr/14.33) – The senior from Porto, Portugal had an outstanding fall and is the recipient of my Hard Worker Award after playing 23 singles matches and an additional 18 doubles matches. Monteiro won the USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional, made it to the quarterfinals of the NIICs, was the runner-up at the UVA Ranked 1+1. He and Andreas Bjerrehus won the doubles title at the UVA Ranked 1+1 and were runner-ups in the consolation draw at the All-Americans.
Fall Accomplishments:
Singles Champion at the USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional
Singles Quarterfinals at the National Indoor Intercollegiates
Singles Runner-Up at the UVA Ranked 1+1
Singles Quarterfinals at the Southern Intercollegiates
Doubles Semifinals at the USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional (w Andreas Bjerrehus)
Doubles Champion at the UVA Ranked 1+1 (w Andreas Bjerrehus)
Doubles Consolation Runner-Up at the ITA All-Americans (w Andreas Bjerrehus)
Singles:
Overall record: 18-5
Ranked record: 4-5 (didn’t count D2 win over Gor)
2-set record: 14-3
3-set record: 4-2
Tiebreak record: 4-2
Overall record: 18-5
Ranked record: 4-5 (didn’t count D2 win over Gor)
2-set record: 14-3
3-set record: 4-2
Tiebreak record: 4-2
Doubles (w Bjerrehus/Tessaro):
Overall record: 14-4
Ranked record: 4-2
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Date
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Event
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Rnd/Pos
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Opponent
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Opponent School
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Result
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Score
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11/14/2015
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National Indoors
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Round of 16
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#10 Dominik Koepfer
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#41 Tulane University
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Loss
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6-4, 6-4
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11/13/2015
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National Indoors
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Quarterfinals
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#8 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
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#1 University of Virginia
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Win
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6-1, 7-6 (4)
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11/13/2015
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National Indoors
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Round of 16
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#12 Ohio State University
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Win
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6-2, 7-5
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11/12/2015
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National Indoors
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Round of 32
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#33 Diego Hidalgo
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#25 University of Florida
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Win
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7-6(6), 6-3
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10/20/2015
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USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional
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Final
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#57 Old Dominion University
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Win
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6-3, 7-6(5)
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10/19/2015
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USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional
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Semifinals
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#55 Penn State University
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Win
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6-0, 6-1
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10/19/2015
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USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional
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Quarterfinals
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#57 Old Dominion University
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Win
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6-2, 6-1
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10/18/2015
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USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional
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Round of 16
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#55 Penn State University
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Win
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7-5, 7-5
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10/18/2015
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USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional
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Round of 32
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Win
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6-3, 6-4
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10/17/2015
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USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional
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Round of 64
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Win
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6-0, 6-3
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10/9/2015
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ITA Men’s All-Americans
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Consolation
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#100 Tyler Lu
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Loss
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7-6, 7-5
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10/8/2015
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ITA Men’s All-Americans
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Round of 64
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#7 Nicolas Alvarez
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#10 Duke University
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Loss
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6-4, 4-6, 6-3
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10/7/2015
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ITA Men’s All-Americans
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Round of 32
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#122 Ben Donovan
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#52 Cal Poly
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Win
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6-3, 6-1
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10/6/2015
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ITA Men’s All-Americans
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Round of 64
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Win
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6-2, 6-3
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10/5/2015
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ITA Men’s All-Americans
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Round of 128
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#28 University of Tulsa
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Win
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6-2, 6-2
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9/20/2015
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UVA Ranked 1+1
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Final
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#8 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
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#1 University of Virginia
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Loss
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6-3, 4-6, 6-1
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9/19/2015
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UVA Ranked 1+1
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Semifinals
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#1 University of Virginia
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Win
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6-2, 4-6, 6-3
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9/19/2015
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UVA Ranked 1+1
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Quarterfinals
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#123 JC Aragone
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#1 University of Virginia
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Win
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6-3, 0-6, 6-4
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9/18/2015
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UVA Ranked 1+1
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Round of 16
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Win
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7-6(3), 6-2
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9/13/2015
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Southern Intercollegiates
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Quarterfinals
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#24 Christopher Eubanks
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#44 Georgia Tech
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Loss
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7-6, 6-3
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9/12/2015
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Southern Intercollegiates
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Round of 16
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#7 Pablo Gor-Costales
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#3 Armstrong State University
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Win
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2-6, 6-1, 6-3
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9/11/2015
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Southern Intercollegiates
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Round of 32
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#8 University of Georgia
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Win
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4-6, 6-3, 6-4
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9/11/2015
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Southern Intercollegiates
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Round of 64
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Win
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6-2, 6-3
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Tom Fawcett (Stanford Soph/14.35) – The sophomore from Winnetka, Illinois only played in two collegiate events but he made the semis in one and the quarters in the other. Every opponent Fawcett faced was ranked except for Georgia freshman Walker Duncan (freshman can’t be ranked since first poll is based on previous season). Fawcett also made it to the quarters at the Claremont Future before falling to UCLA’s Mackenzie McDonald 6-2, 6-4.
Fall Accomplishments:
Semifinals at the ITA All-Americans
Semifinals at the ITA All-Americans
Quarterfinals at the National Indoor Intercollegiates
Quarterfinals at the $10K Future in Claremont, California
Singles:
Overall record: 6-2
Ranked record: 5-2
Tiebreak record: 1-0
Overall record: 6-2
Ranked record: 5-2
Tiebreak record: 1-0
| Date | Event | Rnd/Pos | Opponent | Opponent School | Result | Score |
| 11/13/2015 | National Indoors | Quarterfinals | #24 Christopher Eubanks | #44 Georgia Tech | Loss | 6-3, 7-5 |
| 11/13/2015 | National Indoors | Round of 16 | #15 Cameron Norrie | #4 TCU | Win | 6-4, 7-6(8) |
| 11/12/2015 | National Indoors | Round of 32 | #5 Quentin Monaghan | #37 University of Notre Dame | Win | 6-2, 6-4 |
| 10/11/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Semifinals | #8 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski | #1 University of Virginia | Loss | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 10/10/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Round of 16 | #76 Marko Krickovic | #61 Auburn University | Win | 6-4, 6-0 |
| 10/10/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Quarterfinals | #14 Ronnie Schneider | #11 North Carolina | Win | 6-2, 7-5 |
| 10/9/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Round of 32 | Walker Duncan | #8 University of Georgia | Win | 6-4, 6-2 |
| 10/8/2015 | ITA All-Americans | Round of 64 | #45 Piotr Lomacki | University of Miami (Florida) | Win | 6-4, 6-4 |
Arthur Rinderknech (Texas A&M Soph/14.50) – The sophomore from Paris, France followed up a nice freshman year (17-4) by winning the USTA/ITA Texas Regional, going undefeated at the Texas A&M Conference Challenge, and making it to the quarterfinals at the NIICs. He and Shane Vinsant were also the doubles runner-ups at the Texas Regional.
Fall Accomplishments:
Singles Champion at the USTA/ITA Texas Regional
Singles Quarterfinals at the National Indoor Intercollegiates
4-0 singles and 3-0 doubles record at the Conference Challenge
Doubles Runner-Up at the USTA/ITA Texas Regional (w Shane Vinsant)
Singles:
Overall record: 12-2
Ranked record: 4-2
2-set record: 11-1
3-set record: 1-1
Tiebreak record: 2-1
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