Steven Forman

Chicago State Cougars vs. Northwestern Wildcats
Men’s Tennis
Combe Tennis Center
Evanston, IL
January 14, 2022
(Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)

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Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Troy, Mich.
High School:
Troy
Prev School:
University of Michigan

2022 Big Ten Medal of Honor Recipient
2x First Team All-Big Ten (2022, 2023)
2x Second Team All-Big Ten (2020, 2021)
2022 Big Ten All-Tournament Team
Big Ten Men's Tennis Co-Athlete of the Week (4/26/23)
4x Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

2023: 11-5 (seven unfinished) in singles…11-8 (six unfinished) in doubles…First Team All-Big Ten selection…collected wins in six of his last eight finished matches (all against ranked teams)...notable victories during this stretch include back-to-back wins against no. 11 Andrew Fenty of no. 7 Michigan (4/21) and no. 41 Ozan Baris of no. 66 Michigan State (4/23) as well as a straight sets singles point against no. 35 UCLA in round one of the NCAA Tournament (5/5)...also defeated no. 4 Garrett Johns of no. 25 Duke in a two-set thriller during non-conference play (2/5)...debuted at no. 50 in the ITA national singles rankings in March…climbed to as high as no. 25 in late April…appeared in the NCAA singles championships for a second straight year…went 9-4 (four unfinished) when paired with Simen Bratholm in doubles, the highest winning percentage on the team…the pairing finished the year winning seven of their last nine finished matches, including two victories in rounds one and two of the NCAA Tournament (5/5 - ?), concluding the year ranked as the no. 54 doubles pairing according to the ITA…the duo also defeated the no. 36 doubles pairing from no. 2 Ohio State (3/24) and the no. 41 doubles pairing from no. 23 Illinois (4/8) during conference play.

2022: 21-5 (four unfinished) in singles…13-12 (five unfinished) in doubles…unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection… led the team in singles wins and win percentage…started the season 8-0 (two unfinished) in singles matches…finished the year winning five out of his last six matches, including straight sets victories against no. 71 East Tennessee State and no. 4 Liam Draxl of no. 8 Kentucky in rounds one (5/6) and two (5/7) of the NCAA Tournament…defeated two-time first team All-SEC honoree Tyler Stice of Auburn in round one of the NCAA singles championships (5/23) before falling in the round of 32…debuted in the ITA national singles rankings in March and climbed to as high as no. 30 in April…collected four victories over nationally ranked players…combined with teammate Felix Nordby to take down the no. 6 doubles pairing of Andrew Fenty and Nino Ehrenschneider from no. 6 Michigan (4/3)...the pairing also collected a doubles victory against no. 14 Harvard (4/20) and climbed to as high as no. 58 in the ITA national doubles rankings.

2021: Went 6-3 in singles play at the No. 1 position … Ranked in Top-90 of ITA singles rankings ... 13-6 in doubles (two unfinished) ... Won three in a row at No. 3 doubles, including win against Noo. 32 Iowa … Posted a six-win doubles streak, collecting ranked wins over Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois twice with Dominik Stary and Natan Spear … Won No. 1 singles matchup in the first round of the NCAA Tournament over UCLA (5/8).

2019-20: Defeated Illinois State in No.1 spot for singles and No.3 spot for doubles (1/15) ... Recorded a win in the No. 3 spot for doubles against NC State (1/17) ... Recorded wins against No. 2 spot for singles and doubles against Memphis, and No. 1 spot for singles and No. 2 spot for doubles against IUPUI in this doubleheader (1/19) ... Won in both the No. 2 singles and No. 3 doubles spots against Louisville (1/31) ... Earned a 6-3 win in the No. 3 doubles spot against Duke alongside Natan Spear (2/2) ... Won in the No. 2 singles and No. 3 doubles spots against Vanderbilt (2/21) ... Earned 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 ranked win in the No. 2 singles spot against Illinois (3/7) ... Recorded win in No. 3 doubles against Notre Dame (3/8) ... Notched victories in No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles spots against UIC (3/8)

2018-2019: Competed for the University of Michigan…

High School: Four years varsity tennis… 2x Team Captain… One year varsity golf… 2x Singles State Semifinalist… 2x No. 1 Singles State Champion… 3x All-State, 2x All-American… 2018 Mr.Tennis (Michigan)… 2018 Team State Runner-up… 14-1 against five-star recruits and won 38 consecutive matches at the national level prior to starting college... Ranked No. 2 in the United States according to tennisrecruiting.net

Personal: Born Steven Forman… Parents are Jeff and Carol Forman… Brother Brett played tennis at Michigan State… National Honor Society… Summa Cum Laude… Anticipated major is Economics…

Forman's Stats

SINGLES RESULTS

Season	Overall W-L	Dual Match	Conference	1	2	3	4	5	6
2021	6-2	6-2	5-2	6-2	---	---	---	---	---
2022	22-6	21-5	6-2	21-5	---	---	---	---	---
Career	28-8	27-7	11-4	27-7	---	---	---	---	---

DOUBLES RESULTS

Season	Overall W-L	Dual Match	Conference	1	2	3
2021	6-3	6-3	6-1	---	1-0	5-3
2022	13-12	13-12	6-3	8-10	4-2	1-0
Career	19-15	19-15	12-4	8-10	5-2	6-3