The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2019-20 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Christian Sigsgaard
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Naestved, Denmark
- High School:
- Zealand Business School
- Major:
- Philosophy
Pronunciation: SIGS-guard
• 2020 ITA All-American (singles)
• Represented Denmark in the 2019 Davis Cup
• 2019 ITA All-American (singles and doubles)
• Selected to the singles and doubles draws (with Harrison Scott) at the 2019 NCAA Championships
• 2019 Big 12 Co-Player of the Year
• 2019 First-team All-Big 12 (singles)
• 2019 First-team All-Big 12 (doubles/Harrison Scott)
• 2019 Big 12 Individual Co-Champions at No. 1 Singles
• Tabbed Big 12 Player of the Week on March 5, April 2 and April 9 in 2019
• 2018 First-team All-Big 12 (singles)
• 2018 First-team All-Big 12 (doubles/Harrison Scott)
• Named Big 12 Player of the Week for the week of April 17, 2018
• 2017 Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year
• 2017 All-Big 12 Second Team (singles)
• 2017 NCAA Championships singles qualifier
AS A SENIOR (2019-20)
• Closed the shortened dual match season with a 9-3 singles record and 7-7 doubles mark
• Secured a 6-3, 6-1 singles win over Jacob Eskeland at No. 2 in a 6-1 win over Rice
• Partnered with Siem Woldeab for a 6-1 doubles win at No. 2 over Juan Pablo Cenoz and Stefan Hampe and added a 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory over Hampe as part of a 6-1 win over Tulsa in the front half of a doubleheader
• Opened doubles with Yuya Ito with a 6-3 win over Hamish Stewart and Akos Kotorman in a 5-2 victory over No. 43 Tulane
• Took a 6-1, 6-2 road singles win at No. 2 over No. 96 Tadas Babelis of No. 9 NC State
• Earned a top-5 singles win by downing No. 5 Alex Rotsaert at No. 2 as part of a 4-0 sweep of No. 8 Stanford
• Won two doubles matches and a singles match during a doubleheader, including a 6-2 win with Yuya Ito over Albert Sprlak-Puk at No. 1 in a 6-1 win over Nebraska, a 6-3 victory with Chih Chi Huang over Sebastian Rodriguez and Joao Alcantra in a 4-3 win over UTSA, and a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Rodriguez in that match
• Clinched a 4-2 win over No. 16 UCLA with a 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-2 victory over No. 10 Govind Nanda at No. 2 singles
• Clinched a 4-3 victory over No. 18 Georgia with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win over No. 17 Philip Henning at No. 2 singles after downing No. 51 Trent Bryde and Tyler Zink, 6-4, at No. 1 doubles with Yuya Ito
• Combined with Yuya Ito for a 6-1 win against Alex Knaff and Sebastian Arcila at No. 1 doubles in a 4-0 sweep of No. 21 Florida State
• Paired with Yuya Ito for a 6-1 win over Bennett Crane and Zac Brodney at No. 1 doubles in a 4-0 sweep of Indiana
• Defeated Tomas Vaise, 6-3, 6-3, at SMU at No. 2 singles as part of a 6-1 win
• Named Big 12 Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 20
• Earned a top-five win over No. 4 Sam Riffice, 6-1, 6-4, playing No. 2 singles in the team's 5-2 win at No. 1 Florida
• Posted a 4-1 record including two singles and two doubles wins partnering with Yuya Ito at the Miami Invitational, which included a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 singles win over No. 63 Adria Soriano Barrera of Miami, along with Doubles MVP honors
FALL (2019)
• Registered records of 9-2 in singles and 12-1 in doubles during the fall
• Reached the round of 16 in both singles and doubles at the ITA Fall National Championships with a 3-0 record in singles, including wins over No. 109 Ryan Goetz of Virginia and No. 11 John McNally of Ohio State, and 2-0 mark in doubles with Yuya Ito before having to withdraw due to injury
• Won the doubles title of the ITA Texas Regionals with Yuya Ito with a 5-0 record
• Partnered with Yuya Ito to down the No. 5 doubles pair of Mukerl Dellien and Marius Frosa of Wichita State at the ITA All-American Championships, while picking up one singles win
• Won the both singles and doubles titles at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships with a 4-0 singles record, including wins over Brian Berdusco of Florida, t-No. 110 Hamish Stewart of Tulane, No. 68 Josh Goodger of Florida and No. 81 Philip Henning of Georgia, while posting a 4-0 doubles record with Siem Woldeab, including wins over No. 41 Robert Loeb and Alex Diaz of Georgia, No. 21 Andy Andradeand Duarte Vale of Florida, No. 4 Johannes Ingildsenand Brian Berduscoof Florida, and Benjamin Hannestadand Franco Auboneof Miami
AS A JUNIOR (2018-19)
• Downed No. 11 Borna Gojo, 6-3, 6-4, at first singles in the NCAA Championship 4-1 win over No. 3 Wake Forest
• Partnered with Harrison Scott to top Johannes Ingildsen and McClain Kessler, 6-3, at first doubles in a 4-2 victory over No. 4 Florida in the NCAA Championship semifinals
• Paired with Harrison Scott at first doubles to defeat No. 15 Alastair Gray and Alex Rybakov, 6-2, in the 4-1 win over No. 9 TCU in the NCAA Championship quarterfinals
• Helped Texas to a 4-0 sweep of No. 24 Cal in the NCAA Championship Round of 16 match with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Yuta Kikuchi at first singles and clinched the doubles point with Harrison Scott defeating No. 28 Yuta Kikuchi and Jacob Brumm, 6-3
• Notched a 6-2, 6-0 win over Rafael Tosetto and paired with Harrison Scott for a 6-2 victory over Carlos Vicente and Elias Grubert at first doubles in a 4-0 victory against Tennessee Tech in the first round of the NCAA Championship
• Contributed a 6-4, 6-3 win at first singles against No. 36 Spencer Papa and a 6-3 doubles win with Harrison Scott over No. 53 Alex Bakshi and Stefano Tsorotiotis in a 4-2 win over No. 25 Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship
• Topped No. 31 Spencer Papa, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (7) in a 5-2 win at No. 21 Oklahoma
• Partnered with Harrison Scott for a 7-5 win over No. 29 Maxim Tybar and Mathieu Scaglia at first doubles in a 4-3 win at No. 26 Oklahoma State
• Downed No. 4 Alex Rybakov, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in first singles in a 6-1 victory at No. 10 TCU
• Picked up a 6-3, 6-4 victory over No. 45 Matias Soto at first singles in a 4-3 win over No. 6 Baylor
• Earned a 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (5) win over No. 99 Parker Wynn of Texas Tech at first singles as part of a 7-0 sweep
• With Harrison Scott was leading both No. 16 Brandon Holt and Riley Smith of USC and No. 9 Bjorn Thomson and Parker Wynn of Texas Tech in consecutive matches when both went unfinished
• Defeated No. 41 Victor Pham, 6-4, 6-3, at first singles and paired with Harrison to down No. 12 Jack Lin and William Matheson at first doubles in a 6-1 win over No. 12 Columbia
• Paired with Harrison Scott for a 6-3 win at first doubles over No. 40 Sumit Sarkar and Eric Rutledge in a 5-2 victory over Rice
• Topped No. 25 Alexis Galarneau, 6-3, 6-1, in first singles as part of a 6-0 sweep over No. 35 NC State
• Downed No. 5 Jan Zielinski, 6-3, 6-2, in first singles in a 4-2 win at Georgia to earn Big 12 Player of the Week honors
• Partnered with Harrison Scott to top JJ Wolf and Martin Joyce of No. 2 Ohio State, 6-3
• Paired with Harrison Scott to defeat Alex Brown and Caleb Chakravarthi, 6-3, in first doubles as part of Texas' 4-3 win over No. 14 Illinois
• Notched a 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 1-0 (6) first singles win over No. 97 Oscar Mesquida and a 6-2 doubles win against Enrique Paya and Maxim Verboven with Harrison Scott in a 6-1 victory at Arkansas
• Recorded a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 first singles win over No. 73 Majed Kilani in a 6-1 victory at Tulsa
• Collected a 6-3, 6-1 first singles win over No. 66 Kai Breitbach and a 6-2 doubles win over Juri Reckow and Joao Ceolin with Harrison Scott as part of a 6-1 victory over UTSA
• Earned a 6-3, 6-3 win over No. 21 Adria Soriano Barrera and paired with Harrison Scott for a 6-0 victory in first doubles in a 4-0 win against Miami
• Topped Enzo Sommer (6-0, 6-1) in first singles in a 4-0 win over Washington
• Helped Texas to a 7-0 win over Ole Miss by defeating Tim Sandkaulen in singles (6-4, 6-4) and pairing with Harrison Scott for a 6-1 win in doubles
• Defeated Filiip Kraljevic of Ole Miss (6-4, 6-1) at the Miami Invitational
• Paired with Harrison Scott for two doubles wins at the Miami Invitational against Wisconsin (8-5) and Miami (8-6)
FALL (2018)
• Swept the singles and doubles titles (with Harrison Scott) at the ITA Texas Regionals
• Reached the singles semifinals and mixed doubles (with Erica Oosterhout [Harvard]) quarterfinals of the Oracle ITA Masters
• Won singles consolation championship at the ITA All-American Championships, including three qualifying matches and five in the consolation bracket
• Six of his eight wins at the ITA All-American were against Top 100 opponents, including No. 6 Tim Stodder (Tennessee) and No. 32 Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (UCSB)
• Qualified for the doubles main draw at the ITA All-American
• Qualified for the Oracle ITA Fall National Championships by winning the singles consolation championship of the ITA All-American
• Reached the singles quarterfinals of the ITA Fall National Championships with a 3-1 record and went 1-1 in doubles (with Harrison Scott)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017-18)
• Produced a 15-3 dual-match record in singles
• Totaled a 10-2 mark at second singles before moving up to No. 1 at the Big 12 Championships
• Paired with Harrison Scott to go 5-0 in doubles and 4-0 in league play
• Named Big 12 Player of the Week for the week of April 17
• Helped Texas defeat UTSA 7-0 with his victory over Juri Reckow (6-1, 6-4)
• Defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi William Mottet (6-1, 6-0) with an overall Texas win (4-0)
• Defeated Jose Carvajal (6-2, 7-5) in the 6-1 Texas win over Utah State at the ITA Kick-off Weekend Event
• Triumphed over Oscar Mesquida (6-2, 6-2) in the 6-1 Texas victory over Arkansas
• Posted a win against Georgia Tech’s Phillip Gresk (6-3, 6-4) in the Longhorn victory of 5-2
• Clinched a win over NC State’s Tadas Babelis (6-3, 4-6, 6-3) with a Texas overall win of 5-2
• Defeated Josh Pompan (6-1, 6-2) in Texas 7-0 sweep over Pennsylvania
• Secured a win against Rice’s Eric Rutledge (7-6 [9-7], 6-1) with a Texas victory of 7-0
• Defeated USC’s Daniel Cukierman (6-3, 5-7, 5-0, retired)
• Helped UT defeat Tulsa (7-0) with his victory over Joshua Goodger (6-3, 6-2)
• Secured a win against Oklahoma State’s Tristan Meraut (6-4, 6-4) in Texas 4-0 victory
• Defeated Oklahoma’s Adrian Oetzbach (6-3, 6-2) in UT’s 4-0 win
• Posted a win against Texas Tech’s Alex Sendegeya (6-1, 6-2)
• Defeated Baylor’s Bjoern Patersen (6-4, 6-3) in a Longhorn 4-0 victory
• Clinched a win over Matt Kuhar (6-1, 6-4) in the NCAA opening round with Texas' overall 4-0 victory over Bryant
AS A FRESHMAN (2016-17)
• Defeated Virginia’s #91 Alexander Ritschard (7-5, 6-3) in UT's 4-1 loss to the Cavaliers in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships
• Knocked off Baylor's Juan Benitez (7-6 [4], 6-3) to clinch Texas' 4-1 win over the Bears in the round of 16 at the NCAA Championships
• Defeated Presbyterian’s Alexander Lykou (6-4, 6-3) in UT's 4-0 win in the first round of the NCAA Championships
• Defeated Oklahoma’s #30 Andrew Harris (6-3, 3-6, 6-4) at the Big 12 Championships
• Defeated Texas Tech’s #85 Bjorn Thomson (6-4, 6-2) in UT's 4-1 win over the Red Raiders
• Knocked off Purdue’s #93 Gergely Madarasz (6-4, 6-1) in the Horns' 4-0 win over the Boilermakers
• Upset Arkansas' third-ranked Mike Redlicki (6-3, 6-7 [4-7], 1-0 [10-6]) in the Longhorns' 5-2 road win over the Razorbacks
• Defeated SMU’s #22 Ronald Slobodchikov (6-0, 3-6, 6-3) in UT's 4-1 road win over the Mustangs
• Competed in the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships where he won matches against Memphis’ #57 Ryan Peniston (6-1, 7-5) and Florida’s #37 Alfredo Perez (7-6 [6], 6-3)
• Defeated Northwestern’s #12 Konrad Zieba (6-1, 6-4), Ohio State’s #65 Herkko Pollanen (2-6, 6-3, 6-3), Baylor’s #54 Maxime Tchoutakian (6-3, 6-2), and California’s #13 Florian Lakat (6-3, 7-5) in the main singles draw at the ITA All-American Championship
• Went undefeated in the qualifying round to advance to the main singles draw at the ITA All-American Championship as he defeated Georgia’s #109 Emil Reinburg (6-4, 7-5), Memphis’ #52 Andrew Watson (4-6, 6-2, 6-2) and Oklahoma’s #106 Florin Bragusi (7-5, 6-2)
• Defeated Tennessee’s Luca Wiedenmann (6-4, 6-3), Vanderbilt’s Baker Newman (4-6, 6-3, 6-4), UMKC’s Amaury Navette (6-2, 6-1) and Rice’s Eric Rutledge (6-3, 6-3) to advance to the qualifying round at the ITA All-American Championship
• Knocked off North Carolina’s Arturo Schmidt (6-1, 6-4), Tulsa’s Francois Kellerman (7-5, 6-2), and USC’s #28 Logan Smith (10-7) at the Porsche Napa Valley Tennis Classic.
BEFORE TEXAS
• Represented Denmark twice in the Davis Cup
• Defeated world No. 86 Nikoloz Basilashvili of the republic of Georgia to help Denmark to victory in the Davis Cup in March of 2016
• Former top-ranked player in the U-16 junior ranks in Denmark
• Three-time national singles champion and four-time national doubles champion in Denmark
• Two-time champion at ITF Grade 4 events
• Reached the second round of the 2015 Australian Open Junior Championships
PERSONAL
Born March 14, 1997 in Gentofte, Denmark ... son of Claus Petersen and Charlotte Sigsgaard ... has one sister, Caroline.
