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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:
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 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

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

Doubles (w Bjerrehus/Tessaro):
Overall record: 14-4
Ranked record: 4-2

Date
Event
Rnd/Pos
Opponent
Opponent School
Result
Score
11/14/2015
National Indoors 
Round of 16
#10 Dominik Koepfer 
#41 Tulane University
Loss
6-4, 6-4
11/13/2015
National Indoors
Quarterfinals
#8 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski 
#1 University of Virginia
Win
6-1, 7-6 (4)
11/13/2015
National Indoors 
Round of 16
Hugo Di Feo 
#12 Ohio State University
Win
6-2, 7-5
11/12/2015
National Indoors
Round of 32
#33 Diego Hidalgo 
#25 University of Florida
Win
7-6(6), 6-3
10/20/2015
USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional 
Final
Adam Moundir 
#57 Old Dominion University
Win
6-3, 7-6(5)
10/19/2015
USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional 
Semifinals
Aws Laaribi 
#55 Penn State University
Win
6-0, 6-1
10/19/2015
USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional 
Quarterfinals
Michael Weindl 
#57 Old Dominion University
Win
6-2, 6-1
10/18/2015
USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional 
Round of 16
Matt Barry 
#55 Penn State University
Win
7-5, 7-5
10/18/2015
USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional 
Round of 32
Aidan Talcott 
College of William and Mary
Win
6-3, 6-4
10/17/2015
USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional 
Round of 64
Santiago Canete 
Temple University
Win
6-0, 6-3
10/9/2015
ITA Men’s All-Americans
Consolation
#100 Tyler Lu 
Yale University
Loss
7-6, 7-5
10/8/2015
ITA Men’s All-Americans
Round of 64
#7 Nicolas Alvarez 
#10 Duke University
Loss
6-4, 4-6, 6-3
10/7/2015
ITA Men’s All-Americans
Round of 32
#122 Ben Donovan 
#52 Cal Poly
Win
6-3, 6-1
10/6/2015
ITA Men’s All-Americans
Round of 64
Jakob Amilon 
UNLV
Win
6-2, 6-3
10/5/2015
ITA Men’s All-Americans
Round of 128
Carlos Bautista 
#28 University of Tulsa
Win
6-2, 6-2
9/20/2015
UVA Ranked 1+1
Final
#8 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski 
#1 University of Virginia
Loss
6-3, 4-6, 6-1
9/19/2015
UVA Ranked 1+1
Semifinals
#1 University of Virginia
Win
6-2, 4-6, 6-3
9/19/2015
UVA Ranked 1+1
Quarterfinals
#123 JC Aragone 
#1 University of Virginia
Win
6-3, 0-6, 6-4
9/18/2015
UVA Ranked 1+1
Round of 16
Max Andrews 
University of Miami (Florida)
Win
7-6(3), 6-2
9/13/2015
Southern Intercollegiates
Quarterfinals
#24 Christopher Eubanks 
#44 Georgia Tech
Loss
7-6, 6-3
9/12/2015
Southern Intercollegiates
Round of 16
#7 Pablo Gor-Costales 
#3 Armstrong State University
Win
2-6, 6-1, 6-3
9/11/2015
Southern Intercollegiates
Round of 32
#8 University of Georgia
Win
4-6, 6-3, 6-4
9/11/2015
Southern Intercollegiates
Round of 64
Robert Herrera 
East Tennessee State University
Win
6-2, 6-3

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
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
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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