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Santa Clara University

2003-04 Men's Tennis

Gernot Fischer

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Freising, Germany
  • Highschool Gymnasium Oberhaching

Biography

A senior transfer from Tennessee Tech University...anAll-West Coast Conference honoree in singles anddoubles...nationally ranked as high as No. 54 in singles by theIntercollegiate Tennis Association...earned a national doublesranking of No. 49 and West regional ranking of No. 9 with juniorEric Kochanski...while at Tennessee Tech, was a three-time All-OhioValley Conference player including the 2003 Player of theYear.

AS A SENIOR IN 2003-04: Earned All-WCC honorsin singles anchoring the No. 1 position...set a new program recordfor national singles rankings when peaking at No. 54 on March 23...entered the listing at No. 81 on March 9...recorded six singlesvictories over ranked opposition...among them include No. 39Guillaume Bouvier of Boise State, No. 55 Henner Nehles of UNLV, No.98 Alex Anselme of UC Santa Barbara and three wins over No. 51 GregShearer of Fresno State... led team with 23 total singlesvictories, the fourth best mark in program history... registered an11-3 singles record during fall tournament play... won the Flight'A' singles title at the Pacific Tiger Fall Classic in Broncodebut... advanced to the semifinals of the Fresno State BulldogClassic... avenged a defeat to Thomas Bieri of Oregon at the ITARegional Championship with a 6-2, 6-2 victory during the dual matchseason... participated at the ITA All-American Championship inChattanooga, Tenn... clinched three team victories during theseason, including back-to-back efforts against Loyola Marymount andSaint Mary's in February... defeated Andre Sion of Saint Mary's6-0, 6-1 in the first round of the West Coast ConferenceChampionship... injured ankle during second-round action againstNo. 27 San Diego and was forced to miss the final match of theseason... recorded 20 doubles victories during the season, tyingfor second in the school recordbooks, just one win shy of the topmark... earned All-WCC honors with partner Erich Chen at the No.1doubles position...established program records in doubles whenpartnered with junior Eric Kochanski during fall tournament play...tandem earned an ITA preseason national ranking of No. 49 and No. 9ranking in the West Region on January 13... defeated 37th-rankedDavid Kowalski and Ryan Stotland of New Mexico... made programhistory by advancing to ITA Regional doubles final with Kochanskiin Eugene, Ore... upset teams from Washington and Oregon to reachthe championship match...named Bronco Scholar-Athlete of the Weekafter recording a 3.60 fall quarter GPA.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2002-03: Earned All- Ohio ValleyConference honors for third straight season... also named theconference's Player of the Year... finished the season with a 17-12singles record and a 15-13 doubles record... earned honor roll anddean's list honors... led the Golden Eagles to a conferencechampionship and berth in the NCAA Tournament.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2001-02: Earned All- OhioValley Conference honors... tallied 29 wins, with victories overSEC powerhouses Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Vanderbilt...listed 91st on the ITA national singles ranking list, which earnedhim Tech's highest individual national ranking... completed theseason with a team-leading 29-11 singles record... won 16 of hisfinal 21 matches, including winning streaks of six and sevenmatches... played No. 1 doubles, winning 16 matches... earned honorroll and dean's list honors.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2000-01: Played at TennesseeTech in Cookville, Tenn... earned All- Ohio Valley Conferencehonors... played No. 1 singles and doubles... finished the seasonwith a 14-8 record in singles and a 10-4 ledger in doubles...opened the season with a 2-2 record and followed that withconsecutive wins over nationally-ranked Jarrod Owen of FloridaState and Lenin Mongerie of Florida A&M... won three of hisfinal four matches to close the season... earned honor roll anddean's list honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Gymnasium Oberhaching HSin Munich, Germany... Ranked as high as No. 2 in juniors for theGerman Tennis Federation and 13th in Europe... was the German Teamand Baverian Champion... a finalist for the 1997 German JuniorChampionship in singles and doubles... was a member of the GermanTennis Federation's adidas Tennis Base... participated in the 1997Orange Bowl, one of the top junior events in the world...registered top junior win over Russian Smalensk Ivanov, who wasranked second on the ITF junior world ranking list... also defeatedJurgen Melzer, currently ranked No. 87 on the ATP world rankinglist... in 1997, played No. 1 singles for Weisbeau Landshut in thethird division of the German Club Tennis League.

PERSONAL: Full name is Gernot MarcusFischer...born June 13, 1981 in Freising, Germany...parents areBrigiette and Helmut Fischer... majoring in businessmanagement.

 

 

Fischer's Career Statistics

 

YearSinglesDualSinglesOverallDoublesDualDoublesOverall
200112-514-86-1210-14
200216-529-1111-1116-13
200311-817-126-1115-13
200412-1223-1513-1020-14
Career51-3083-4636-4461-54

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