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Jules Auffray Season 2021-22

Height6-4
ClassSophomore
HometownHyeres, France
Exp.1L

HONORS
2020-21 ITA Scholar-Athlete
2022 Academic All-Mountain West



2021-22 SEASON (As a Sophomore)

Doubles - Played in ten matches with Judson Blair at the third position… Picked up a 7-5 win over Portland (Feb. 5) to help the Aztecs to a 4-3 victory… Auffray and Blair were the bright spot for the Aztecs against Penn (Mar. 12) with a 6-4 win… Led 5-4 against UC San Diego and Gonzaga, but the matches went unfinished due to the doubles point being earned… Played two matches with Roni Rikkonen in the ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 22), including an 8-5 victory over Grand Canyon’s Argote and Novak… Partnered twice with San Diego Christian’s Chris Papa in the San Diego Veterans Tennis Classic, including picking up a 6-3 win against Sharma and Niranjan of San Diego (Nov. 5)… Appeared with Johannes Seeman in the dual match against Cal Poly (Feb. 11).

Singles - Started 19 matches and earned four victories… Made it to the third day of the San Diego Veterans Tennis Classic after beating UC San Diego’s Zach Ernert (6-2, 6-3) on Day Two (Nov. 6)… Claimed a solo victory in addition to his doubles win in the dual match against Portland (Feb. 5) by beating Oscar Brown in the fifth position (3-6, 6-2, 6-4) in 4-3 Aztecs win… Played an important role in consecutive SDSU victories over Air Force (Mar. 13) and Portland (Mar. 26) by beating the Falcons’ Justin Waldman (6-2, 6-2) in the five hole and the Pilots’ Nicolas Ocana (6-3, 6-2) in the fourth position.

2020-21 SEASON
Did not compete ... Earned ITA Scholar-Athlete distinction.

2019-20 SEASON (As A Freshman)
     Singles
– Complied a 6-2 record in his first year on The Mesa, playing all but one match during the fall tournament schedule … Reached the finals of the State Flight at the Aztec Invitational, where he dropped a 6-4, 6-3 decision to San Diego’s Marvin Schaber … Opened the event with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over UC San Diego’s Fraser Leslie … Captured the first set in the quarterfinals against UC Irvine’s Bruce Man-Son-Hing by a 7-5 count before his Anteater opponent retired with an injury … Advanced to the championship match after knocking off UCI’s Matthew Sah, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0, in the semifinals … Also posted a pair of victories over two Northern Arizona opponents in consolation play during his collegiate debut earlier at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational … Dispatched the Lumberjacks’ Daniel Dillon, 6-3, 6-3, before upending Chris Steele, 6-2, 6-1 … Emerged triumphant in his only dual-match appearance with a 6-0, 6-0 rout of San Diego Christian’s Paul Niederle in the No. 6 position, helping the Aztecs complete a 7-0 shutout.
     Doubles – Combined with fellow freshman Daniel Traxler to post a 5-1 record during the fall, highlighted by a flight championship at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational … SDSU tandem opened the Wilma Wildcat Flight with a convincing 6-1 decision over New Mexico State’s Sebastian Herrera and Lucas Landaluce before duplicating the feat against Northern Colorado’s Thomas Pudney and Julian Kenzler … Aztec duo then capped the weekend with a 6-4 triumph over Northern Arizona’s David Nguyen and Mikael Purne for the crown … SDSU combo also went 2-1 at the Aztec Invitational, where they took third in Flight B … The pairing outlasted UC San Diego’s Cody Duong and Fraser Leslie in the first round, 6-4, but had their progress thwarted in the semifinals against UC Irvine’s Ali Amiri and Aaron Bailey, 6-2 … However, the Scarlet and Black teammates came back to pin a 6-2 defeat on the unattached duo of Nick Nienhaus and Pawel Jankowiak for third place.
 
PRIOR TO COLLEGE
Graduated from the famed Mouratoglu Tennis Academy in Biot, France.

PERSONAL
Son of Charles and Julie Auffray ... Father played collegiate tennis at Pepperdine.