2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster
Tim Sandkaulen
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-9
- Experience:
- 4L
- Hometown:
- Monchengladbach, Germany
- High School:
- Kurpfalz Gymnasium
Bio
ITA ALL-AMERICAN 2020, 2021
ALL-SEC 2018, 2019, 2021
ITA SOUTHERN SENIOR OF THE YEAR, 2021
ITA SOUTHERN ARTHUR ASHE LEADERSHIP & SPORTMANSHIP AWARD, 2021
ITA SOUTHERN RAFAEL OSUNA SPORTMANSHIP AWARD, 2021
ITA SCHOLAR ATHLETE 2019, 2020, 2021
SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
SEC FIRST YEAR PLAYER HONOR ROLL 2017
SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM, 2019, 2020, 2021
2020-21 (SENIOR):
ITA Doubles All-American ... Voted All-SEC First Team ... Earned top overall seed in NCAA Doubles Championships with Finn Reynolds ... Reached the NCAA Round of 16 in doubles after defeating Wake Forests' No. 12 Eduardo Nava and Henri Squire, 6-3. 7-5 ... Earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Singles Championships ... Reached the Round of 64 in Singles ... Ranked No. 1 in the nation in singles with Reynolds for final seven rankings of the season and peaked in singles at No. 32 in the country ... Competed at No. 1 and No. 2 Singles and at No. 1 Doubles in all matches ... Compiled a 9-12 singles record and 15-2 doubles record during the dual season ... Was 6-6 in singles and 7-1 in doubles in SEC play ... Defeated three ranked opponents in singles ... Went 7-1 versus ranked opponents in doubles (all top 50) ... Clinched the doubles point versus Belmont and the match in singles in the Rebels' 4-0 NCAA Championships Round of 64 Victory (5/8/21) ... Led the Rebels with nine victories in the fall ... Named ITA Southern Senior of the Year, ITA Southern Arthur Ashe Sportmanship & Leadership Award Winner and ITA Southen Rafael Osuna Sportmanship recipient ... Voted to the SEC Community Service Team.
2019-20 (SENIOR):
Began the fall season ranked No. 25 in singles and started the spring ranked No. 63...Entered the fall ranked No. 52 in doubles with rookie partner Lukas Engelhardt ... Won the prestigious John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic during the fall, the first individual tournament title of his collegiate career...Defeated Ohio State’s Kyle Seelig, ranked No. 27 (3-6, 6-3, 6-3) at the ITA All-American Championships ... Named an ITA All-American with doubles partner Finn Reynolds, becoming the 30thand 31stin program history ... Started spring ranked No. 37 in doubles with Reynolds and rose to as high as No. 17 ... Took down No. 20 Michigan’s Andrew Fenty (6-3, 6-4), ranked No. 78, during the finals of the ITA Kickoff at Illinois ... Defeated the No. 1 duo in the country, Kellovsky/Vocel (6-4) as the Rebels upset No. 20 Oklahoma State with Reynolds...Also took down the No. 6 pair Holden/Seggerman (7-6 (7)) of No. 28 Princeton in the Blue Gray Classic and the No. 15 pair of Bryde/Zink (7-6 (3)) at No. 10 Georgia, all in doubles ... Went 5-0 against ranked opposition in doubles with Reynolds during the spring ... Finished year at 15-12 and 4-8 during the shortened spring season due to COVID-19...Registered a 13-5 record in doubles on the season, going 8-2 during the spring and 7-2 with Reynolds ... Named to the SEC Community Service Team.
2018-19 (JUNIOR):
Helped lead the Rebels to their 26th consecutive NCAA appearance and 28th overall ... Named All-SEC Second Team and to the elite SEC Community Service Team ... Qualified for NCAA Singles, falling just one win shy of All-American status after reaching the second round …Ended season ranked No. 48 in singles after beginning the fall at No. 15, his highest ranking ever … Finished at No. 47 in doubles with senior Filip Kraljevic ... Teamed with Kraljevic to take down the 12th ranked pair of Braun/Oradini of Mississippi State ... The pair also took down the 27th-ranked duo of Seggerman/Rodriguez in a dual match with Princeton during the ITA Kickoff (2/22)...Posted four ranked wins playing first singles, including taking down Alabama’s Mazin Osama twice…Clinched Rebels’ win over LSU, his first clinch of league play and fourth of the year … Went 16-15 overall and 13-10 in dual matches… added 18 wins in doubles.
2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)
Helped lead the Rebels to their 25th consecutive NCAA appearance and the Sweet Sixteen for the 17th time ... Helped the Rebels earn a final national ranking of No. 24 ... Earned All-SEC First Team honors ... NCAA singles and doubles participant ... Ended the year ranked No. 29 in singles and No. 23 in doubles with Fabian Fallert and No. 36 with Grey Hamilton ... Went 3-1 to help the Rebels advance to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen ... Beat former world No. 1 junior Alex Geller to help the Rebels knock off No. 4 seed Stanford in the NCAA second round...Clinched the wins against Alabama and South Carolina, which helped propel the Rebels to the NCAAs ... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2016-17 (FRESHMAN)
Played in the top half of the lineup and helped lead the Rebels to their 24th consecutive NCAA appearance ... Posted a 20-17 overall singles record ... Won a big match to help the Rebels defeat then-No. 15 ranked Mississippi State for the second year in a row ... Clinched the Rebels' fifth straight win over Vanderbilt ... Teamed with Filip Kraljevic for a 10-4 record, 5-1 in the SEC ... Named to the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll ... Made the Dean's Honor Roll in the fall and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the spring.
PRIOR TO OLE MISS
Career-high ITF World Junior Ranking of No. 33 ... Participated in all four junior grand slams ... Reached doubles semifinals and the second round of singles at the 2015 French Open ... Beat then-No. 2 Orlando Luz of Brazil to reach the second round of singles at the 2015 Australian Open ... European Doubles Champion and German U-18 Singles Champion in 2015 ... Helped Germany finish third at the 2013 Junior Davis Cup ... Won two ITF junior tournaments (Grade 2 and 3) in singles ... Reached the doubles final of an ITF Futures event in Germany.
PERSONAL
Son of Theo Sandkaulen and Sabine Niemoeller (Axel Nieomoeller - Stepdad) ... Born Dec. 29, 1997 ... Majoring in integrated marketing communications ... Enjoys listening to music and hanging out with friends ... Favorite tennis player is Roger Federer.
ALL-SEC 2018, 2019, 2021
ITA SOUTHERN SENIOR OF THE YEAR, 2021
ITA SOUTHERN ARTHUR ASHE LEADERSHIP & SPORTMANSHIP AWARD, 2021
ITA SOUTHERN RAFAEL OSUNA SPORTMANSHIP AWARD, 2021
ITA SCHOLAR ATHLETE 2019, 2020, 2021
SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
SEC FIRST YEAR PLAYER HONOR ROLL 2017
SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM, 2019, 2020, 2021
2020-21 (SENIOR):
ITA Doubles All-American ... Voted All-SEC First Team ... Earned top overall seed in NCAA Doubles Championships with Finn Reynolds ... Reached the NCAA Round of 16 in doubles after defeating Wake Forests' No. 12 Eduardo Nava and Henri Squire, 6-3. 7-5 ... Earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Singles Championships ... Reached the Round of 64 in Singles ... Ranked No. 1 in the nation in singles with Reynolds for final seven rankings of the season and peaked in singles at No. 32 in the country ... Competed at No. 1 and No. 2 Singles and at No. 1 Doubles in all matches ... Compiled a 9-12 singles record and 15-2 doubles record during the dual season ... Was 6-6 in singles and 7-1 in doubles in SEC play ... Defeated three ranked opponents in singles ... Went 7-1 versus ranked opponents in doubles (all top 50) ... Clinched the doubles point versus Belmont and the match in singles in the Rebels' 4-0 NCAA Championships Round of 64 Victory (5/8/21) ... Led the Rebels with nine victories in the fall ... Named ITA Southern Senior of the Year, ITA Southern Arthur Ashe Sportmanship & Leadership Award Winner and ITA Southen Rafael Osuna Sportmanship recipient ... Voted to the SEC Community Service Team.
2019-20 (SENIOR):
Began the fall season ranked No. 25 in singles and started the spring ranked No. 63...Entered the fall ranked No. 52 in doubles with rookie partner Lukas Engelhardt ... Won the prestigious John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic during the fall, the first individual tournament title of his collegiate career...Defeated Ohio State’s Kyle Seelig, ranked No. 27 (3-6, 6-3, 6-3) at the ITA All-American Championships ... Named an ITA All-American with doubles partner Finn Reynolds, becoming the 30thand 31stin program history ... Started spring ranked No. 37 in doubles with Reynolds and rose to as high as No. 17 ... Took down No. 20 Michigan’s Andrew Fenty (6-3, 6-4), ranked No. 78, during the finals of the ITA Kickoff at Illinois ... Defeated the No. 1 duo in the country, Kellovsky/Vocel (6-4) as the Rebels upset No. 20 Oklahoma State with Reynolds...Also took down the No. 6 pair Holden/Seggerman (7-6 (7)) of No. 28 Princeton in the Blue Gray Classic and the No. 15 pair of Bryde/Zink (7-6 (3)) at No. 10 Georgia, all in doubles ... Went 5-0 against ranked opposition in doubles with Reynolds during the spring ... Finished year at 15-12 and 4-8 during the shortened spring season due to COVID-19...Registered a 13-5 record in doubles on the season, going 8-2 during the spring and 7-2 with Reynolds ... Named to the SEC Community Service Team.
2018-19 (JUNIOR):
Helped lead the Rebels to their 26th consecutive NCAA appearance and 28th overall ... Named All-SEC Second Team and to the elite SEC Community Service Team ... Qualified for NCAA Singles, falling just one win shy of All-American status after reaching the second round …Ended season ranked No. 48 in singles after beginning the fall at No. 15, his highest ranking ever … Finished at No. 47 in doubles with senior Filip Kraljevic ... Teamed with Kraljevic to take down the 12th ranked pair of Braun/Oradini of Mississippi State ... The pair also took down the 27th-ranked duo of Seggerman/Rodriguez in a dual match with Princeton during the ITA Kickoff (2/22)...Posted four ranked wins playing first singles, including taking down Alabama’s Mazin Osama twice…Clinched Rebels’ win over LSU, his first clinch of league play and fourth of the year … Went 16-15 overall and 13-10 in dual matches… added 18 wins in doubles.
2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)
Helped lead the Rebels to their 25th consecutive NCAA appearance and the Sweet Sixteen for the 17th time ... Helped the Rebels earn a final national ranking of No. 24 ... Earned All-SEC First Team honors ... NCAA singles and doubles participant ... Ended the year ranked No. 29 in singles and No. 23 in doubles with Fabian Fallert and No. 36 with Grey Hamilton ... Went 3-1 to help the Rebels advance to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen ... Beat former world No. 1 junior Alex Geller to help the Rebels knock off No. 4 seed Stanford in the NCAA second round...Clinched the wins against Alabama and South Carolina, which helped propel the Rebels to the NCAAs ... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2016-17 (FRESHMAN)
Played in the top half of the lineup and helped lead the Rebels to their 24th consecutive NCAA appearance ... Posted a 20-17 overall singles record ... Won a big match to help the Rebels defeat then-No. 15 ranked Mississippi State for the second year in a row ... Clinched the Rebels' fifth straight win over Vanderbilt ... Teamed with Filip Kraljevic for a 10-4 record, 5-1 in the SEC ... Named to the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll ... Made the Dean's Honor Roll in the fall and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the spring.
PRIOR TO OLE MISS
Career-high ITF World Junior Ranking of No. 33 ... Participated in all four junior grand slams ... Reached doubles semifinals and the second round of singles at the 2015 French Open ... Beat then-No. 2 Orlando Luz of Brazil to reach the second round of singles at the 2015 Australian Open ... European Doubles Champion and German U-18 Singles Champion in 2015 ... Helped Germany finish third at the 2013 Junior Davis Cup ... Won two ITF junior tournaments (Grade 2 and 3) in singles ... Reached the doubles final of an ITF Futures event in Germany.
PERSONAL
Son of Theo Sandkaulen and Sabine Niemoeller (Axel Nieomoeller - Stepdad) ... Born Dec. 29, 1997 ... Majoring in integrated marketing communications ... Enjoys listening to music and hanging out with friends ... Favorite tennis player is Roger Federer.
| CAREER STATISTICS | ||||
| Year | Overall Singles | Dual Singles | Overall Doubles | Dual Doubles |
| 2020-21 | 14-17 | 9-12 | 20-8 | 15-2 |
| 2019-20 | 15-12 | 4-8 | 13-5 | 8-2 |
| 2018-19 | 16-15 | 13-10 | 18-12 | 15-8 |
| 2017-18 | 24-13 | 15-9 | 20-11 | 15-8 |
| 2016-17 | 20-17 | 9-11 | 22-9 | 13-6 |
| TOTALS | 89-74 | 50-50 | 93-45 | 66-26 |