Patrick Mayer

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Patrick Mayer, Ryan Peniston, 2014-15 MTennis

Photo by: Grant Shorin

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Viernheim, Germany
Prev School:
Utah

Fall 2014
Went 7-6 in singles during his first fall at Memphis ... Advanced to the consolation finals at the Purdue Fall Invitational, bouncing back from a 6-3, 6-4 loss in the opening round to win 6-4, 6-2 in the consolation quarters and 6-4, 6-2 in the consolation semis ... Lost to Chicago's Leung in the consolation finals, 6-3, 6-1 ... Advanced to the Round of 128 at the ITA prequalifier, downing Nebraska's Marc Hermann, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1 ... Lost to Illinois' Jacob Wilson, 7-6 (8), 6-4 ... Made it to the consolation Round of 16 at the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals ... Lost his opener to Kentucky's William Bushamuka, 6-3, 6-2, but won versus Belmont's Cedric Dujacquie (6-0, 6-1) to make the Round of 16 in the consolation draw ... Lost to East Tennessee's Connor Huertas, 2-6, 6-4, 13-11 ... At the fall-ending Vanderbilt tournament, went 2-2 in singles ... After a 6-1, 6-2 loss to Ole Miss' Zvonimir Babic, downed Belmont's Mauricio Antun, 6-3, 0-6, 7-6 and Alabama's Andrew Goodwin, 6-1, 7-6, before falling to Vanderbilt's Danny Valent, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 to close the fall singles slate ... Was 3-5 in doubles play with four different partners during the fall ... Was 0-3 with Louis Asser at the Purdue Invitational ... Was 1-1 with Andrew Watson at the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals, picking up a 8-3 win over Lipscomb's Mitchell/Hernandez ... Was 2-1 with Ryan Peniston at the Vanderbilt tournament in doubles ... The duo picked up wins over Middle Tennessee's Issa and Fernandez, 8-7, and Belmont's Dujacquier and Demasse to close the fall ... Named to the 3.0 Club for having a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the fall.

Freshman Year (At Utah): Was 5-1 at No. 6 singles for Utah as a freshman...Did not play doubles at Utah.

Prep: Was ranked 168 in German singles in 2013 ... Has ranked as high as No. 21 in German juniors rankings ... Reached the quarterfinals in singles and doubles at the Zetes Open in Brussels, Belgium ... Also reached the round of 16 in singles of an ITF event in the Netherlands ... Former coaches include Jova Petkovic, Jose Antonia Fernandez and Gerald Marzenell in Valencia, Spain.

Personal: Son of Uwe and Birgit Mayer ... Born in Viernheim, Germany.