2017-18 Men's Tennis Roster
Constantin Schmitz
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Remagen, Germany
- High School:
- Gymnasium auf der Karthause
Career: Two-time ITA All-American…Two-time American Athletic Conference Player of the Year...10-time American Athletic Conference Player of the Week (league record)...Two-time NCAA Singles Championship qualifier and one NCAA Doubles Championship bid…Three-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team selection…Two-time LSWA Player of the Year...Four-time All-Louisiana First Team choice...Posted a 102-34 career singles record and 63-32 doubles mark…102 wins rank third in program history...Led Tulane to three-straight NCAA Tournament appearances...Team captain...2017-18 Tulane Male Student-Athlete of the Year...Five-time Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club member.
2017-18: Earned ITA All-America honors for the second year in a row in singles…Named the 2018 ITA Southern Region Senior of the Year and Most Improved Senior…Chosen as the 2018 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year…Selected as Most Outstanding Player of the 2018 American Athletic Conference Championship…Named 2018 American Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year…Earned All-AAC honors in both singles and doubles…Tabbed as The American’s Player of the Week four times…Tabbed to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Singles Championship and an at-large bid to the NCAA Doubles Championship…Named LSWA Player of the Year for the second year in a row...An All-Louisiana First Team pick for the fourth straight season...Finished the season ranked No. 17 in the ITA national singles rankings and reached as high as No. 11 in the poll…Compiled a 29-9 overall singles record including an 18-4 mark in dual matches at the No. 1 position…Defeated 13 ranked singles opponents, including 12 in the top 100…Earned his 100th collegiate singles win against UCF on April 21…Playing No. 1 doubles with teammate Ewan Moore, notched an 18-8 overall record and a 13-4 mark in dual matches…Finished the season listed 20th in the ITA national doubles poll with Moore...Closed the dual match season with wins in 10 consecutive decisions…Defeated No. 4-ranked Leonardo Telles and Rodrigo Banzer to clinch the doubles point in a 4-0 road win at 15th-ranked Texas on March 29…Topped 26th-ranked Edson Ortiz and Mazen Osama of Alabama in the first round of the NCAA Tournament…Outlasted 9th-ranked Jack Jaede and Laurens Verboven in the first round of the NCAA Doubles Championship…Defeated Mississippi State’s Nuno Borges and Strahinja Rakic on Feb. 23 - the duo that later earned the top overall seed in the NCAA Doubles Championship…During the fall, reached the semifinals of the main draw at the ITA Southern Regional, the third round of the ITA All-American Championships and the round of 16 at the ITA National Fall Championships.
2016-17: ITA Singles All-American - ninth Tulane player to achieve the feat ... American Athletic All-Conference selection and the league's Co-Player of the Year ... The American's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Singles Championships - fell in first round ... LSWA All-Louisiana Player of the Year ... Five-Time AAC Player of the Week and Player of the Month for October ... Earned a 24-7 overall record in singles ... Co-led the Wave in dual victories with a 16-3 record, all at the No. 1 position ... Went 8-3 against nationally ranked players in the spring and 12-6 overall on the year ... Top ranked wins include No. 12 Florian Lakat of California & No. 25 Christian Sigsgaard of Texas ... Climbed to a career high singles ranking of No. 16 in the country ... Finished with a No. 21 national ranking in singles ... Produced a runner-up finish at ITA Southern Regionals, marking Tulane's best showing in the tournament since 2003 ... Won seven straight at the Niceville Futures tournament to emerge from qualifying all the way into the main draw final - defeated ITF Junior No. 3 ranked Felix Auger-Alliassime of Canada, No. 332 world ranked Maxime Chazal of France and No. 446 world ranked Jose Statham of New Zealand ... Earned an 11-7 record overall in doubles with a 10-4 mark in dual matches ... Went 6-2 at No. 1 doubles alongside Chi-Shan Jao...Named to the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Member of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2016 and spring 2017.
2015-16: Produced the most dual victories on the team with a 19-3 record, playing in the No. 2 position ... Captured a 28-7 record overall ... Went 6-3 against ranked opposition, with notable wins against then ranked No. 53 Jordan Angus of San Diego, No. 57 Ryan Peniston of Memphis and No. 66 Arjun Kadhe of Oklahoma State ... Was ranked in singles for 18 of the 21 weeks, reaching as high as No. 63 and finished at No. 105 ... Clinched the victory against Dartmouth that propelled the Wave into the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... In the fall, Schmitz won three straight matches at the ITA All-American Championships to qualify for the singles main draw ... Also qualified and reached the second round of the singles main draw at the Niceville Futures Tournament, knocking off then No. 354 in the world Deiton Baughman, earning his first career ATP point ... Reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Southern Regional singles main draw ... Accomplished a 17-8 overall record in doubles, including a 12-6 mark in dual matches ... Won six straight from Jan. 23-March 2, picking up wins against duos from USC, Harvard, Dartmouth, Mississippi State, Drake and LSU ... Reached the quarterfinals of the doubles main draw at ITA Southern Regionals.
2014-15: LSWA Louisiana Freshman of the Year and First Team All-Louisiana selection ... Accomplished a 21-11 overall record ... Led all true freshmen in the American Athletic Conference in dual victories, posting a 15-6 record ... Primarily played the No. 2 position, where he posted a 6-6 mark ... Started the spring with nine consecutive straight-set wins, earning AAC Tennis Athlete of the Week (Feb. 11) along the way ... In all, 14 of Schmitz's 15 wins came via straight-sets ... Achieved two ranked wins on the year, defeating No. 78 Stefan Lindmark of No. 17 Ole Miss ... No. 112 Chris Kipouras of No. 42 Dartmouth ... Went 17-9 overall in doubles and 11-6 in dual play .. Tallied a season best three match win streak in doubles and won three of his last four of the season...Named to the 2014-15 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
SCHMITZ'S CAREER SINGLES STATISTICS
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tour | Conf. | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 |
| 2014-15 | 21-11 | 15-6 | 6-5 | 0-3 | - | 6-6 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 1-0 | - |
| 2015-16 | 28-7 | 19-3 | 9-4 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 17-3 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016-17 | 24-7 | 16-3 | 8-4 | 2-2 | 16-3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017-18 | 29-9 | 18-4 | 11-5 | 1-2 | 18-4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 102-34 | 68-16 | 34-18 | 6-8 | 36-7 | 23-9 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 1-0 | - |
SCHMITZ'S CAREER DOUBLES STATISTICS
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tour | Conf. | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 |
| 2014-15 | 17-9 | 11-6 | 6-3 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 6-4 | 4-2 |
| 2015-16 | 17-8 | 12-6 | 5-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 4-5 | 6-1 |
| 2016-17 | 11-7 | 10-4 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 6-2 | 0-1 | 4-1 |
| 2017-18 | 18-8 | 13-4 | 5-4 | 2-1 | 13-4 | - | - |
| Total | 63-32 | 46-20 | 17-12 | 4-6 | 22-6 | 10-10 | 14-4 |
