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Huempfner, Kevin
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Kevin Huempfner
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Neckartailfingen, Germany
- Prev School:
- Kentucky
- High School:
- Gymnasium Neckartenzlingen
- Major:
- Pre-Business
- Birthday:
- 10/15/1999
Bio
Career Record
| Year | Overall Singles | Dual Singles | Overall Doubles | Dual Doubles |
| 2020-21 | 11-9 | 11-9 | 10-8 | 10-8 |
| 2021-22 | 20-7 | 14-4 | 22-6 | 15-5 |
| 2022-23 | 11-10 | 8-7 | 18-8 | 13-7 |
| Total | 42-26 | 33-20 | 50-22 | 38-20 |
Senior (2023)
- Opened up senior campaign by teaming with Hunter Robbins at the ITA Fall Regional Tournament, hosted by FSU, to pull off wins over Mercer and UNF, before falling to Georgia Southern and in singles play he fell in the main draw first round to Georgia then defeated UNF in consolation before falling to FGCU in three
- Bedford Cup play saw him earn a straight-set win over Stetson and a three-set win over USF before falling to FSU in two, while he and Robbins pick up three wins defeating FGCU, FSU and USF - 8-3, 8-7 and 8-7, respectively
- Ended the fall ranked No. 112 in singles play and a No. 51 national ranking in doubles play
- Began the dual match season with his tried and true doubles partner Hunter Robbins
- duo defeated UC Santa Barbara 6-2, but the Owls dropped the doubles point and he then came from behind but his three-set singles contest on court two was unfinished
- Proved victorious in singles play with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Rice and was up 5-3 in doubles before the match fell unfinished
- Captured court one doubles to help the Owls secure their first doubles point of 2023, but saw his court one singles match halted before it was finished
- Fell to the nation's No. 12 player 6-2, 6-4, but he and Hunter Robbins captured court one play at FSU
- At the 2023 ITA Kickoff Weekend event, host by Texas, Huempfner worked with Hunter Robbins in doubles play versus Arizona; however their match fell unfinished and he faced the nation's No. 85 ranked player in singles, falling in straight sets
- Versus Cal, at the 2023 ITA Kickoff Weekend event, host by Texas, he and Robbins fell in doubles and he pushed his match versus Cal to three holding a 6-2, 3-6, 5-1 lead when called due to the match being clinched
- Grabbed a court one singles win versus Mercer and followed that up on the same day with doubles win versus Stetson and he was up 6-3, 5-3 when FAU clinched the match ending his efforts
- At Miami, he fell in doubles while his singles play did not finish
- At Clemson, he teamed with Nicolas Acevedo to capture doubles court one and pushed his match to three sets before falling
- Versus Vanderbilt, he and former partner Hunter Robbins captured court one 7-6 (7-3) and he was victorious on court one singles with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) victory
- Worked with Hunter Robbins versus UTSA picking up a loss and then saw his court one match called before it was finished
- He and Robbins fell on court one versus Wichita State and he then fel in singles play
- Began working with Nicolas Acevedo versus UCF and the duo captured court one prior to his loss on court one in singles play
- Captured court one doubles play was not finished and he won in court two singles 6-4, 6-1 over UNC Wilmington
- Was a 6-2 doubles court one winner and his singles match versus Kennesaw State was unfinished
- Versus South Alabama he worked to win court one doubles and won his singles match, on court two, 7-5, 2-6, 10-8
- Court one winner in doubles play and a court two winner in singles play versus Georgia State
- Worked with Nicolas Acevedo to capture court one versus USF, but fell in court one singles
- In the last home match, he and Nicolas Acevedo captured court one doubles
- Fell in doubles in the quarterfinals and his singles court two match he held a 6-2, 5-5 lead when the Owls clinched the match over Charlotte
- In the semifinals round of the C-USA Championship, he and Acevedo fell 6-3 and he then captured his court two match 6-4, 7-5
- Concluded his three-year FAU career playing No. 1 or 2 as as one of the most consistent players in both singles and doubles
Junior (2022)
- Worked with Filip Krolo to down Illinois State in his first doubles match of 2022 at the Army Arthur Ashe Invite and then beat his court 2 opponent 6-0, 6-3
- The duo of Huempfner and Krolo dispensed their Army court two opponent 6-0 before he captured his court one singles match 6-2, 7-6
- Dropped his doubles match while working on court No. 1 with Krolo, in the team's dual match season opener 6-4, but captured his singles match win, on court two versus DePaul 6-4, 6-0
- Teamed with Krolo in a hard-fought doubles match versus FGCU, ultimately decided in a tiebreak and on an overruled call, that ultimately decided the doubles point, but he remained focused and captured his singles match 6-4, 7-5, providing a pivotal point in the Owls' 4-3 win
- Improved to 5-0 on the year with a win over USF's No. 1 player who is ranked No. 96, nationally. The 6-4,6-3 win was critical in FAU securing the win and remaining undefeated on the season. He fel 7-5 in doubles
- Picked up wins in both Stetson matches and pushed his singles record to 6-0 on the season
- Worked with Filip Krolo to capture court one doubles versus Mercer and then won court two 6-1, 6-2
- Doubles play versus Georgia State was not completed, but he and Krolo were up 5-4 and his singles match on court one, also did not count towards the total with the match clinched
- He and Krolo defeated Miami's Dan Martin and Juan Martin Jalif 6-4 before his doubles match was stopped with Huempfner up 4-6, 6-2, 2-0
- Versus Santa Clara, his doubles match was not completed, but he captured his singles match on court one 2-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-0
- At host Santa Barbara, he one in doubles, but dropped his singles match
- Fell in a singles battle 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 12-10 and his doubles match was not completed at San Diego
- Helped to clinch the doubles point over Cleveland State and his three-set singles match was not finished
- Won his singles match, on court one, versus UTSA but his doubles match ended at five all
- Picked up a doubles win versus UCF, but fell in singles
- Captured his three-set singles match at UNC-Wilmington, but fell in doubles on court one
- Earned a doubles win at ODU, on court two, but fell on court one in straight sets
- Closed out the road trip with a two set singles victory at Liberty after falling in doubles action
- Returned home to team with Filip for a 7-5 win over Southern Miss and a two-set win on court two
- He and Krolo won on court one to secure the doubles point for the Owls, but he fell in singles play 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 at Louisiana
- Contributed to the Owls 4-1 win at Tulane with wins in both doubles and singles and both on court one
- Despite a 4-3 team loss at South Alabama, he turned in a 6-4 doubles win on court one and a three-set 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 7-5 win on singles court two
- Quickly won his doubles match at the C-USA Championship and was up 7-5, 4-3 when the match was clinched and the team advanced
- Versus Charlotte in the C-USA Championship second round, he and Krolo won court two and for the second-straight day his singles match was unfinished
- Led the Owls in wins with a 20-7 overall record, including a 14-4 dual match record splitting equal time between courts one and two
- Was 6-3 on court one and 8-1 on court two
- Opened the season on an eight-match winning streak (Jan. 15-March 7).
- Suffered four losses in the dual season, each was from the rackets of members from ranked teams, and three of the four were on court one
- Big wins included a two-set win at West Point, and versus UTSA both playing No. 1, on court two
- Recorded three big road match wins versus UNC-Wilmington, a three-set win, a win at No. 71 Liberty in two and he closed out the regular-season with a three-set win at South Alabama
- Named Second Team All-C-USA
Second Sophomore Season (2021)
- Named Conference USA Newcomer of the Year after leading the Owls in wins in his first year with the squad
- Of his 11 singles victories, five were at No. 2, and he also held a 5-1 record at No. 3
- Had a five-match winning streak early in the season, and wrapped the year winning five of his last eight singles contests
- Also totaled the most doubles victories for the Owls, with 10
- Went 5-0 with partner Hunter Robbins, and won five matches as well with Alvaro Fernandez Horta
- Nine of those 10 wins were on the No. 2 court
- With a 6-0 mark in three matches, winning all three singles and doubles decisions against Stetson, Georgia Southern and USF, was named the March 10 C-USA Men's Tennis Player of the Week
Prior to FAU
- Comes to the Owls from Kentucky
- Totaled 25 singles wins, and 16 more in doubles, in his two seasons with the Wildcats
- Went 20-14 his freshman year in singles, and had played as high as No. 3 last spring, with five more victories
- Also had a 7-2 doubles mark in 2020
- Additionally at UK, was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
"Kevin strikes me as a very organized kid who is well balanced in life. I am excited to see how Kevin's game will continue to develop. He has great potential and has proven that he can play at the highest level while he has had many quality wins in the SEC and in Germany. I am excited to get the opportunity to work with him and I am confident that his best days are yet to come."
High School/International
- In Germany, is ranked No. 138 in the national men's tennis rankings, along with a UTR of 13.0
- Has multiple juniors and men's titles in his home country on his resume, plus back-to-back Wuerttemberg Team Club championships
Personal
- Born on Oct. 15, 1999
- Plans to major in business management
- Son of Annette Huempfner and Karoly Vukovise-Huempfner
- Grandma Judit Fule competed in the Olympics for Hungary in gymnastics in 1960; his father was a three-time Hungarian champion in racing kayak; grandpa was a canoeist as well
- Enjoys playing soccer and basketball
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