2016-17 Men's Tennis Roster

Strong Kirchheimer
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cary, N.C.
- High School:
- University of Texas High School
2016-17: Unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten selection ... Second straight First-Team selection ... Third straight All-Big Ten selection ... Selected to the NCAA Singles Tournament for the second straight year ... Fifth player in program history to reach 100 career singles wins ... Holds the all-time program record with 72 career doubles wins ... Posted a 17-7 record as Northwestern's No. 1 singles player ... Ranks second in NU history with a .754 career singles winning percentage ... Ranks fourth all-time at Northwestern in career singles wins with 105 ... Career doubles winning percentage of .654 is good for fourth-best in program history ... Currently No. 37 in the country with a 26-11 overall record ... Ranked No. 53 in doubles, has partnered with freshman Dominik Stary for an 18-4 record between the No. 1 and 2 spots ... Good for the tenth-most doubles wins in a single season in NU history ... Compiled eight wins over ranked opponents on the season ... Won the ITA Midwest Regional in the fall ... Earned an automatic berth in the National Indoor Championships ... Invited to the ITA All-American Championships ... Played at the USTA Championships ... Represented the United States at the Master'U in France.
2015-16: First-Team All-Big Ten ... Qualified for the NCAA singles tournament ... Closed the regular season on a 14-match winning streak ... .882 winning percentage (30-4) ranks second all-time at Northwestern for a single season ... One of just 14 Northwestern players to win 30 matches in a single season ... Also holds the second highest career winning percentage at Northwestern (.767, 79-24) ... Was a dominant 24-1 record in dual play ... 17 of 24 wins came in straight sets ... Ranked sixth in program history with 19 doubles wins ... Named the Big Ten Athlete of the Week on March 29 after an 8-0 week combined between singles and doubles ... Avenged his only dual loss of the season in the Big Ten Tournament with a three-set win over No. 71 Aron Hiltzik of Illinois (4/30) ... Notched the clinching point versus Penn State that gave Northwestern a program-record 24 wins (4/24) ... Scored a pair of ranked wins in doubles with partner Fedor Baev at TCU (3/22) and vs. Indiana (3/27) ... Won the deciding point against Vanderbilt in three sets (2/21) ... Began the 2016 dual season ranked No. 55 in singles and No. 52 in doubles ... Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Midwest Regionals at Notre Dame (10/25) ... Received an invite to play at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla., where he won two matches in the qualifying draw (10/3).
2014-15: Second-Team All-Big Ten selection ... Co-led the team in singles wins (25-12) and finished 15-12 in doubles ... Anchored the No. 2 position in singles and split between No. 1 and 2 in doubles ... Captured six straight doubles wins with Fedor Baev 3/29-4/17 ... Ranked No. 116 in singles and No. 85 in doubles with Fedor Baev 4/7-14 ... Won five singles matches in a row 3/29-4/11 ... Ranked No. 124 in singles from 3/24-4/7 ... Achieved six straight singles victories 2/22-3/14 ... Ranked No. 107 in singles 3/10-3/24 ... Ranked No. 116 in singles 2/24-3/10 ... Ranked No. 64 in singles 2/10-2/24 ... Won all three singles matches the weekend of 2/6-8 playing at No. 2 ... Beat Notre Dame's No. 82 Josh Hagar 6-2, 6-7 (7-9), 7-5 (1/30) ... Tabbed Big Ten Player of the Week, the first such award of his career (1/20) ... Defeated No. 39 Nick Horton of NC State 7-5, 6-4 (1/16) ... Ranked No. 108 in singles 1/6-2/10 ... Went 5-2 in singles in the fall.
2013-14: Posted season records of 24-8 in singles and 19-9 in doubles ... Co-led the team with 24 singles wins ... Anchored the No. 5 spot in singles and No. 3 in doubles with Fedor Baev ... Won twelve straight singles contests amidst a fourteen-match unbeaten streak 3/7 to 4/25 ... Achieved six consecutive doubles victories with Baev 4/6 to 4/25 ... Claimed first career victory over a ranked opponent in beating No. 97 Hunter Callahan of Ohio State 6-3, 6-3 (3/28) ... Clinched Wildcat win over No. 57 Indiana, defeating Daniel Bednarczyk 7-5, 6-3 (3/9) ... Beat Seab Weber 7-6, 6-2 in victory over No. 27 N.C. State (2/23) ... Achieved first dual match collegiate win over Boise State's Toby Mitchell 6-0, 6-2 (1/17) ... Reached the semi-finals of the Big Ten Singles Championships in the fall ... Went 5-2 in the fall.
High School: Rated as a blue chip recruit and No. 18 ranked U.S. player according to TennisRecruiting.net ... Played in ATP Winston Salem Open 250 event ... No. 4 ranked player in the southern region and No. 1 player in N.C. ... Round of 32 at 2012 U.S. National Clay Court Championships ... Round of 16 at U.S. National Hardcourt Championships consolation bracket ... Third place at 2012 US National Open ... Won 2012 N.C. State Qualifier.
Kirchheimer's Stats
SINGLES RESULTS
Season | Overall W-L | Dual Match |
Fall |
Conference | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
2013-14 | 24-8 | 19-6 | 5-2 | 10-1 | --- | --- | 3-0 | 4-3 | 11-3 | 1-0 |
2014-15 | 25-12 | 20-10 | 5-2 | 7-4 | --- | 17-9 | 3-1 | --- | --- | --- |
2015-16 | 30-4 | 24-1 | 6-2 | 7-1 | --- | 2-0 | 22-1 | --- | --- | --- |
2016-17 | 28-11 | 17-7 | 9-4 | 7-3 | 17-7 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Career | 107-35 | 80-24 | 25-10 | 31-9 | 17-7 | 19-9 | 28-2 | 4-3 | 11-3 | 1-0 |
DOUBLES RESULTS
Season | Overall W-L | Dual Match |
Fall |
Conference | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2013-14 | 19-9 | 15-7 | 4-2 | 6-1 | --- | 2-0 | 13-7 |
2014-15 | 15-12 | 14-11 | 1-1 | 5-4 | 3-7 | 11-4 | --- |
2015-16 | 19-11 | 15-9 | 4-2 | 4-6 | 15-9 | --- | --- |
2016-17 | 19-5 | 18-4 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 3-0 | 15-4 | --- |
Career | 72-37 | 62-31 | 10-6 | 20-12 | 21-16 | 28-8 | 13-7 |