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Christopher Frantzen
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Augsburg, Germany
- High School:
- Kurpfalz Gymnasium Mannheim
Career
Singles Record: 35-22 // 16-1 Duals
Doubles Record: 52-29 // 31-19 Duals
Awards/Honors
• 2024 ITA Texas Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award
• 2024 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2024 CSC Academic All-District
• 2023 DI Texas Region Arthur Ashe Award Recipient
• 2023 ITA Scholar Athlete
• 2023 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2022 ITA Scholar Athlete
• 2022 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection (spring)
• 2021 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection (fall)
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2021 ITA Scholar Athlete
• 2020 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2019 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection (fall)
2023-24 (Fifth-Year Senior)
Singles Record: 7-7 // 2-0 Duals (0-0 Big 12)
Doubles Record: 21-9 // 13-6 Duals (1-3 Big 12)
A team captain … Opened 2024 with a 10-0 doubles record … Went 8-5 when paired with Oskar Brostrom Poulsen … Posted his best doubles record at 21-9 in his career … Was undefeated on court five in singles play … Put Baylor on the board against No. 1 Ohio State, winning doubles match 6-1 paired with Brostrom … Defeated No. 3 TCU doubles pair in the Big 12 Tournament, 6-3, paired with Louis Bowden.
2022-23 (Fourth-Year Junior)
Singles Record: 12-9 // 6-1 Duals
Doubles Record: 18-14 // 10-10 Duals
Earned the 2023 DI Arthur Ashe Award for outstanding leadership and sportsmanship ... Opened the season with 6-8 singles and 8-4 doubles records in fall play ... Only dropped one match when paired with Justin Braverman in tournaments ... Spent spring non-conference season on Court Three with Braverman and went 13-7 on the year ... Played with Luc Koenig in conference doubles with a 1-3 record ... Ended the season with two-straight singles wins and won as many as four-straight in dual match play ... First-team selection for Academic All-Big 12 ... ITA Scholar Athlete.
2021-22 (Third-Year Sophomore):
Singles Record: 2-0 // 2-0 Duals
Doubles Record: 1-2 // 1-2 Duals
Won on court two in doubles with Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi against ACU, 6-2 (1/24) ... On court three against Incarnate Word, he and Cole Gromley fell in a tiebreaker to the Cardinals (2/6) ... Played doubles with Tadeas Paroulek on court three against No. 20 Oklahoma, falling 6-1 to Beiler/Han (2/27) ... Played in only two matches in the season at court six ... Defeated Stefan Andrei (Midwestern State) and Jonas Dixon (UT Tyler) 6-4, 7-5 and 6-3, 6-4, respectively ... Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection both fall and spring semesters ... ITA Scholar Athlete.
2020-21 (Second-Year Freshman):
Singles Record: 7-0 // 6-0 Duals
Doubles Record: 7-0 // 6-0 Duals
Went 7-0 in singles and 7-0 in doubles before suffering season-ending injury … 2021 Big 12 Regular Season Champion, Big 12 Tournament Champion and member of 2021 NCAA Finalist Baylor team … Helped the Bears earn their first No. 1 overall ranking since 2005 … Saw time at Nos. 4, 5 and 6 singles lines … Paired with Sebastian Nothhaft for 5-0 mark in doubles … Won two doubles matches alongside his older brother, Constantin … All six of his dual doubles match wins came at No. 3 position … Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection … ITA Scholar Athlete.
2019-20 (Freshman):
Singles Record: 7-6
Doubles Record: 4-3
Did not compete in matches due to injury in spring season…Went 7-6 in singles play and 4-3 in doubles play during first fall season with the Bears…Ended fall play on a three-match singles win streak…Went 2-0 to open the season at the Audi Napa Valley Tennis Classic, defeating players from California and Michigan…Went 1-3 at the Cajun Tennis Classic, recording lone victory against Rice’s Conrad Russell in straight sets…Finished season with 3-1 showing at the Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge…Defeated opponents from Tyler Junior College, Mississippi State and Princeton…Paired with brother Constantin Frantzen for 2-1 doubles record at the Cajun Tennis Classic…Defeated tandems from Arizona State and Louisiana…Went a combined 2-2 with Ryan Dickerson and Rahul Dhokia…Advanced to the round of 32 at the ITA Texas Regionals with Dhokia, securing an 8-3 win in the round of 64 over Abilene Christian’s Taine Bernhard and Sebastian Langdon…Advanced to the round of 16 at the Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge with Dickerson after an 8-1 win against UT Arlington’s Eduard Simo and Ricardo Alban...Earned fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll recognition...SACE Academic Champion...ITA Scholar-Athlete honoree.
Prep/Juniors:
German doubles champion…U18 German National Cup Participant…Earned No. 1 ranking, the best ranking in Germany.
Personal:
Parents are Hubertas and Gabriele Frantzen ... Two older brothers, Maximilian and Constantin … Brother, Constantin, played tennis at Baylor ... Pre-business major.
Singles Record: 35-22 // 16-1 Duals
Doubles Record: 52-29 // 31-19 Duals
Awards/Honors
• 2024 ITA Texas Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award
• 2024 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2024 CSC Academic All-District
• 2023 DI Texas Region Arthur Ashe Award Recipient
• 2023 ITA Scholar Athlete
• 2023 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2022 ITA Scholar Athlete
• 2022 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection (spring)
• 2021 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection (fall)
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2021 ITA Scholar Athlete
• 2020 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2019 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection (fall)
2023-24 (Fifth-Year Senior)
Singles Record: 7-7 // 2-0 Duals (0-0 Big 12)
Doubles Record: 21-9 // 13-6 Duals (1-3 Big 12)
A team captain … Opened 2024 with a 10-0 doubles record … Went 8-5 when paired with Oskar Brostrom Poulsen … Posted his best doubles record at 21-9 in his career … Was undefeated on court five in singles play … Put Baylor on the board against No. 1 Ohio State, winning doubles match 6-1 paired with Brostrom … Defeated No. 3 TCU doubles pair in the Big 12 Tournament, 6-3, paired with Louis Bowden.
2022-23 (Fourth-Year Junior)
Singles Record: 12-9 // 6-1 Duals
Doubles Record: 18-14 // 10-10 Duals
Earned the 2023 DI Arthur Ashe Award for outstanding leadership and sportsmanship ... Opened the season with 6-8 singles and 8-4 doubles records in fall play ... Only dropped one match when paired with Justin Braverman in tournaments ... Spent spring non-conference season on Court Three with Braverman and went 13-7 on the year ... Played with Luc Koenig in conference doubles with a 1-3 record ... Ended the season with two-straight singles wins and won as many as four-straight in dual match play ... First-team selection for Academic All-Big 12 ... ITA Scholar Athlete.
2021-22 (Third-Year Sophomore):
Singles Record: 2-0 // 2-0 Duals
Doubles Record: 1-2 // 1-2 Duals
Won on court two in doubles with Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi against ACU, 6-2 (1/24) ... On court three against Incarnate Word, he and Cole Gromley fell in a tiebreaker to the Cardinals (2/6) ... Played doubles with Tadeas Paroulek on court three against No. 20 Oklahoma, falling 6-1 to Beiler/Han (2/27) ... Played in only two matches in the season at court six ... Defeated Stefan Andrei (Midwestern State) and Jonas Dixon (UT Tyler) 6-4, 7-5 and 6-3, 6-4, respectively ... Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection both fall and spring semesters ... ITA Scholar Athlete.
2020-21 (Second-Year Freshman):
Singles Record: 7-0 // 6-0 Duals
Doubles Record: 7-0 // 6-0 Duals
Went 7-0 in singles and 7-0 in doubles before suffering season-ending injury … 2021 Big 12 Regular Season Champion, Big 12 Tournament Champion and member of 2021 NCAA Finalist Baylor team … Helped the Bears earn their first No. 1 overall ranking since 2005 … Saw time at Nos. 4, 5 and 6 singles lines … Paired with Sebastian Nothhaft for 5-0 mark in doubles … Won two doubles matches alongside his older brother, Constantin … All six of his dual doubles match wins came at No. 3 position … Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection … ITA Scholar Athlete.
2019-20 (Freshman):
Singles Record: 7-6
Doubles Record: 4-3
Did not compete in matches due to injury in spring season…Went 7-6 in singles play and 4-3 in doubles play during first fall season with the Bears…Ended fall play on a three-match singles win streak…Went 2-0 to open the season at the Audi Napa Valley Tennis Classic, defeating players from California and Michigan…Went 1-3 at the Cajun Tennis Classic, recording lone victory against Rice’s Conrad Russell in straight sets…Finished season with 3-1 showing at the Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge…Defeated opponents from Tyler Junior College, Mississippi State and Princeton…Paired with brother Constantin Frantzen for 2-1 doubles record at the Cajun Tennis Classic…Defeated tandems from Arizona State and Louisiana…Went a combined 2-2 with Ryan Dickerson and Rahul Dhokia…Advanced to the round of 32 at the ITA Texas Regionals with Dhokia, securing an 8-3 win in the round of 64 over Abilene Christian’s Taine Bernhard and Sebastian Langdon…Advanced to the round of 16 at the Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge with Dickerson after an 8-1 win against UT Arlington’s Eduard Simo and Ricardo Alban...Earned fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll recognition...SACE Academic Champion...ITA Scholar-Athlete honoree.
Prep/Juniors:
German doubles champion…U18 German National Cup Participant…Earned No. 1 ranking, the best ranking in Germany.
Personal:
Parents are Hubertas and Gabriele Frantzen ... Two older brothers, Maximilian and Constantin … Brother, Constantin, played tennis at Baylor ... Pre-business major.
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