2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster
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Wiedenmann, Luca
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Luca Wiedenmann
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 153
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Munich, Germany
Bio
RECORD & HONORS
Career Singles Record: 117-51Career Doubles Record: 27-31
- SEC Player of the Week: 2/17/21
2020-21 - GRADUATE STUDENT
Singles Record: 34-5Doubles Record: 3-4
SPRING SEASON
- Finished his career ranked sixth in program history for singles wins with 117 career singles triumphs.
- Clinched match point in the Vols, 4-1 victory over Georgia, downing Blake Croyder, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
- Picked up a pair of singles victories in the Vols shutout victories over Alabama A&M (5/8/21) and Memphis (5/9/21).
- Ranks seventh in program history with 115 career singles victories.
- Rolled past Ole Miss' John Hallquist Lithen, 6-3, 6-1, to put UT up 3-0 in its quarterfinal victory over the Rebels (4/21/21).
- Earned a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 4 over Pierce Rollins in Tennessee's 4-0 win vs. Texas A&M
- Posted a career-long singles match win streak of 23 consecutive victories from Oct. 3 to March 5.
- Helped the Vols shut out Duke with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Samuel Rubell at the No. 5 singles spot.
- Clinched match point in the Vols 4-2 victory over #17 Ole Miss, with a 6-1, 6-1 triumph over John Hallquist Lithe at the No. 5 position.
- Riding a career-long 15-match win streak in singles through six dual matches.
- Sits in a tie for 14th in career singles wins in program history with 91 singles triumphs and is just nine singles wins away from becoming the 10th Vol to ever reach 100 singles victories.
- Riding an eight match win streak in singles play heading into the spring season, dropping just a single set during that span.
- Swept through singles play at the Bulldog Challenge (10/23-10/25), earning three victories in straight sets dropping just 10 games over six sets of play.
- Went 2-1 in singles action at the Gamecock Fall Invitational (10/2-10/4), grabbing wins over Georgia's Baptiste Anselmo (7-5, 6-4) and Kentucky's Tate Sandman (6-2, 6-0).
2019-20 - SENIOR
Singles Record: 17-6 (2-1 SEC)Doubles Record: 3-2
SPRING SEASON
- With his two-set win over Austin Peay's Julius Gold on March 8, Wiedenmann earned his 83rd career singles win, tying him with Vol great Rhyne Williams for 21st all-time in Tennessee history
- Finished the season with 13 singles wins
- Saw action at courts two, three and four during the season
- Finished the fall ranked No. 49 in doubles alongside teammate Scott Jones
- Reached the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Quarterfinals in singles and doubles
- Advanced to the Round of 16 at the Milwaukee Classic
2018-19 - JUNIOR
Singles Record: 24-11 (8-2 SEC)Doubles Record: 6-7 (0-2 SEC)
SPRING SEASON
- Set career highs in overall wins (24), dual match wins (15) and SEC wins (8)
- His eight league wins tied for the second most on the team
- Began the dual match season playing at No. 6 but quickly rose to the No. 4 spot
- Was 5-0 playing on court six and went 6-3 on court four, was 5-0 in the SEC at No. 4
- Had a career-long seven match win streak from March 22 through May 4
- Defeated No. 50 Andres Andrade in the SEC Tournament semifinal, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
- Won seven of his first 11 matches to begin the spring
- Reeled off a career-long five-match win streak from Sept. 16-22, including a run to the singles semifinal at the Milwaukee Classic
- Won four-straight matches with Preston Touliatos to advance to the Milwaukee Classic doubles final, topping pairings from Wisoncsin, DePaul, BYU and Notre Dame
- Earned a pair of straight-set wins in the pre-qualifying round of the ITA All-American Championships
2017-18 - SOPHOMORE
Singles Record: 22-9 (4-1 SEC)Doubles Record: 7-5 (0-0 SEC)
SPRING SEASON
- Put together a winning streak of at least four matches three separate times during the season.
- Went 14-3 in singles in dual match play.
- Won eight of final nine finishes.
- One of four players on the team to reach 20-win mark in singles.
- Went 4-0 in tiebreakers.
- Won first four singles matches of the calendar year, playing at both No. 4 and No. 5.
- Played best tennis at the end of the semester, winning four of his final five and playing his way into the B flight final of the CCB Invitational in Birmingham, notably beating Alabama’s Zhou 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(3) in the semifinals
2016-17 FRESHMAN
Singles Record: 17-20 (2-9 SEC)
Doubles Record: 6-13 (1-4 SEC)
- Played No. 6 singles and occasionally No. 3 doubles in first full season with the Vols
- One of his best wins of the season came in the finale when he cruised past Texas A&M's Aleksandre Bakshi 6-4, 6-1.
- Achieved his second shutout of the spring season after defeating Logan Weber of Harvard 6-0, 6-0
- Made his dual match debut in the orange and white, earning his first collegiate victories in singles and doubles
- Won 24 consecutive games. The streak ended with him leading 6-0, 3-0 against North Florida's Jonathan Deautriell
- Scored the biggest upset of the singles draw so far, ousting fourth-seeded Andrew Watson of Memphis 6-3, 7-5.
- Collected a 6-4, 2-6, [10-5] victory over Brown's Jack Haworth, picking up his first college victory.
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- National junior doubles champion in Germany and a five-time Bavarian age group singles champion
- Played a series of 2015 ITF events in Slovenia, making the semifinals of the Slovenian Junior Open and the quarterfinals of the Maribor Open.
PERSONAL
- Starts career as one of two players from Germany on the roster, joining Timo Stodder.
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