DePaul University Athletics
2011-12 Men's Tennis Roster
Kasper, Sven
Sven Kasper
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Talin, Estonia
- High School:
- Audenter Private
- Prev School:
- Wichita State
Bio
Demon Notes:
- First men[apos]s tennis player to earn BIG EAST Player of the Week honors while he is the first Blue Demon since Jevgenij Cariov to be named the Conference[apos]s Player of the Week. Cariov was named the Conference USA Player of the Week on Jan. 15, 2002; Kasper earned the award on March 2, 2011
- Named to the 2011 BIG EAST All-Academic Team... spent freshman season at Wichita State.
2011-12 Junior Season (Singles: 14-20 | Doubles: 15-14):
- Posted 14 singles victories including a 10-12 mark in the No. 3 position
- Posted a 11-12 mark in doubles when playing with Mathias Hambach
- The pair went 8-9 in the No. 2 doubles position
- Kasper and Hambach won the Wildcat Invitational B Doubles flight
- Won two of his last five singles matches including his opening round match in the Main Draw at the ITA Midwest Regional.
2010-11 Sophomore Season (Singles: 17-18 | Doubles: 26-11):
- In doubles play with Bartosz Jozwiak, topped the No. 33 pair from Illinois, Connor Roth and Stephen Hoh, 9-8 (4) in the opening round of the ITA Midwest Regional
- Closed out the tournament portion of the schedule one a four-match winning streak with Jozwiak
- Tallied a team-best 10-3 mark with Jozwiak
- Went 5-6 in singles action
- Reached the semifinals of the A-singles bracket at the Northwestern Invitational
- Played in the No. 1 position all season and posted a 12-12 record
- Went 1-1 against ranked opponents
- Posted a 26-11 record with doubles partner Sven Kasper
- Went 15-8 in the top position including a 2-0 record against ranked tandems
- Duo went 3-2 against conference pairs.
2009-10 (Freshman at Wichita State):
- Went 19-15 in singles play with a 6-9 mark in the No. 1 position
- Posted a 12-10 record in fall tournament play
- Boasted an 18-12 record in doubles play with 12 of his wins coming in the No. 1 spot
- Earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors with doubles partner Valentin Mahai
- Rached as high as No. 86 in the ITA Doubles Rankings with Valentin.
- Helped Wichita State to it first MVC Championship title since 2004 and a NCAA Team Championship berth.
2008-09 (at Wichita State):
- Redshirt season at Wichita State.
Personal:
- Son of Prit and Monika Kasper
- Enrolled in the College of Commerce and intends to major in economics.
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