Jan Kirchhoff Season 2018-19

2017-18 Mountain West All-Academic Selection

2017-18 Season (As A Freshman)
Received Mountain West all-academic recognition.
   Singles – Posted an 11-15 record in his first year on The Mesa ... Finished with a 6-6 mark during the fall tournament schedule ... Registered his first victory as an Aztec with a straight-set decision over New Mexico State’s Luis Flores in the Cardinal Flight consolation bracket at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational ... Emerged triumphant in the Flight 1 consolation draw at the Aztec Fall Invitational after knocking off Liberty’s Sebastian Memersky in a super-tiebreaker, 6-3, 3-6, 10-4 ... Dispatched another Flames opponent on the final day of the tournament with a 6-2, 6-2 defeat of Chase Burton in an extra consolation match ... Recorded two wins at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships, including a 6-4, 6-3 conquest of Cal Poly’s Daly Meinert in the main draw ... Was unable to advance in the bracket, but rebounded with a 6-4, 6-2 decision over Lucas Labrunie of Hawai’i in consolation play ... Ended the fall on a high note at the LMU Invitational with a three-set victory over Pepperdine’s Nicholas Baez, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 ... Posted a 5-9 record in dual-match competition, including a 4-6 mark in the No. 4 position ... Helped the Aztecs defeat UNLV on the road with a 6-1, 6-2 thumping of the Rebels’ Jordan Sauer in the No. 5 spot for his first win of the spring ... Prevailed in both matches of a home doubleheader against Denver and Liberty, defeating the Pioneers’ Ignatius Castelino, 6-1, 6-2, before exacting a measure of revenge with a three-set nail-biter (6-4, 3-6, 7-5) over the Flames’ Vince Salas, whom he fell to earlier in the fall at the Aztec Invitational ... Provided the clinching point in SDSU’s win over Eastern Washington with a 6-1, 6-3 decision over Victor Pereira, helping the Aztecs snap an eight-match slide ... Also contributed to the Scarlet and Black’s comeback victory over Nevada after toppling Jeremy Merville by a 6-1, 6-3 count.
     Doubles – Finished with an 8-14 overall record with three playing partners ... Had the most success with Raul de la Torre, posting five victories during the spring in the No. 2 position ... The Aztec duo notched their first win with a 6-4 decision over Denver’s Pedro Fernandez Del Valle/Mattia Ros before knocking off the Eastern Washington tandem of Victor Pereira/Ricardo Almeida by a 6-2 tally ... Emerged triumphant in back-to-back road matches at No. 75 New Mexico and Air Force ... Pinned a 6-4 defeat on the Lobos’ Sean Baklini/Dominic West before toppling the Falcons’ Tadhg Collins/Luke Sanderson by a 6-3 count ... Helped the Scarlet and Black to an upset of third-seeded New Mexico in the first round of the Mountain West Championship with another 6-4 victory over Baklini/West ... Teamed with David Hough in Flight 1 of the Aztec Fall Invitational, upending UC San Diego’s Eric Tseng/Justin Zhang and Grand Canyon’s Lorenzo Fucile/Mathieu Rajaonah by 6-4 scores ... SDSU pairing was stymied in the semifinals, but regrouped with a 7-6(5) thriller over USD’s Alex Araouzos/August Holmgren in consolation play ... Also joined forces with fellow classmate Ignacio Martinez for three matches at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational and another encounter at the LMU Invitational.
 
Personal
Majoring in business management at San Diego State.