Men’s Tennis: Kirchheimer wins Big Ten men’s tennis Athlete of the Week

Strong Kirchheimer readies a forehand. The junior’s performance over the last week has helped Northwestern to a 17-2 start.

Benjy Apelbaum, Reporter
March 30, 2016

Men’s Tennis

Junior Strong Kirchheimer was named the Big Ten men’s tennis Athlete of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday.

In the Wildcats’ four matches over the past week, Kirchheimer went 8-0 in singles and doubles matches. The Cats’ No. 3 singles player went into the last week ranked No. 97 in the nation in singles, but that is sure to rise after he defeated three ranked players, highlighted by a 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 win over No. 54 Guillermo Nunez in NU’s 4-3 loss to TCU.

Kirchheimer and his doubles partner, senior Fedor Baev, won all four of their matches in the past week playing at the No. 1 doubles slot. Their victories included beating the No. 67 and No. 78 doubles pairs from TCU and Indiana, respectively.

Kirchheimer has compiled a successful record in singles and doubles with a 21-3 singles record (15-1 duals). He and Baev are 15-6 (11-4) in doubles play so far this year.

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