Stefan Fortmann

2014-15 Men's Tennis Roster

Class:

Senior
Hometown:

Wartburg, South Africa
Highschool:

Wartburg Kirchdorf School
Ht./Wt.:

5-6 /

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Fall 2014: Fortmann finished his singles season with a 6-4 record defeating North Carolina University’s Conner Daly (6-4, 6-0)… Fortmann went 3-5 in his doubles season going 3-3 with Brian Kowalski defeating Duke’s Josh Levine and TJ Pura.

Spring 2014: Fortmann finished 15-7 overall in his singles season…He ended with a 14 match-winning streak going 8-0 in SoCon matches… Fortmann went 13-2 with Juan Madrid in his doubles season the pair defeated The Citadel’s Connor Grady and Oliver Dedding (8-0)… Fortmann won Player of the Month for both March and April, also winning Player of the Week twice… He finished with a First Team all Conference in singles and a Second Team all Conference in doubles with Juan Madrid.

Fall 2013: Started the fall ranked No. 16 in doubles with Cameron Silverman the ITA rankings … Went 1-1 at UVA Ranked+1 Invitational, beating Virginia Tech's Amerigo Contini and Andreas Monteiro, the No. 17 pairing in the country … Dropped a heartbreaker at ITA All-American Championships with Silverman, losing 8-7 (2) to No. 22 Diego Galeano and Mate Zsiga of Baylor … Won B2 doubles draw at Elon Invitational Oct. 27 with Christopher Geaslen.

Spring 2013: Helped Elon to the SoCon regular season title… Earned first-team All-SoCon honors in doubles with Cameron Silverman… Named SoCon Player of the Month in March… Ended the season with a 16-8 record in singles action… Finished the year 16-4 in doubles… Went 9-1 in doubles against SoCon competition… Finished 7-3 against league competition in singles play… Nationally ranked throughout the year in doubles with Cameron Silverman, ranked as high as 22nd… Began the year ranked 117th in the nation in singles… Went 1-1 against nationally-ranked competition in doubles… Captured a 9-7 win at Samford against the 52nd-ranked team of Zac Dunkle and Garrison Laduca on March 24… Recorded an 8-2 win at 34th-ranked NC State on Feb. 8, topping the Wolfpack’s tandem of Robbie Mudge and Sean Weber.
Fall 2012: Had an outstanding fall campaign… Finished the fall with a 7-3 record in singles play… Defeated opponents from four nationally ranked teams… Defeated ODU’s 114th-ranked Carlos Lopez Villa and ECU’s 124th-ranked Joran Vliegen… Went 10-3 in doubles play… Advanced to the semifinals of the USTA/ITA Carolina Regional in doubles with Cameron Silverman… Defeated three nationally-ranked doubles teams in the fall.

Spring 2012: Named the 2013 SoCon Freshman of the Year… Named to the SoCon All-Freshman Team… Ended the year with a 17-8 record in singles play, including an 8-2 mark against league competition… Finished with 11 wins against SoCon competition in doubles.

Fall 2011: Advanced to the finals of the A1 Singles draw at the Elon Fall Invitational with wins over opponents from Wake Forest, NC State and Old Dominion.

Prep: Selected to represent South Africa in the Zone XI Games • claimed the title at the Dunlop Master Series as well as multiple Super 7 tournaments • participated in the SATA Junior Masters • was a team captain in tennis, hockey and cricket.

Personal: Stefan is the son of Ludwig and Heidi Fortmann • major is undeclared.