Sebastian Fanselow

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Essen, Germany
	High School: Kaplan College Prep School

	Height: 6-4
	Experience: 2V

05/16/2012

Pepperdine Men's Tennis Faces Tulsa on Friday in Round of 16

Waves open finals rounds of the NCAA Championship with a rematch against the Golden Hurricane.

05/14/2012

Waves Reap ITA Southwest Regional Honors

Pepperdine's Adam Steinberg, Jason Cook and Sebastian Fanselow all receive recognition from the ITA.

05/12/2012

Waves Top Washington to Move on to Round of 16

Pepperdine advance to the third round of the NCAA Tournament, and will face Tulsa on May 18 in Athens, Ga.

05/11/2012

Pepperdine Defeats Green Bay, Plays Washington on Saturday

Waves set a new program record, winning 21 matches in a row.

05/09/2012

Waves Host Opening Rounds of NCAA Championship this Weekend

Pepperdine welcomes Green Bay, Washington and North Carolina State to the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center this Friday and Saturday.

CAREER: In two seasons has posted an overall singles record of 55-19 and 32-14 in duals ... In doubles, has gone 38-18 overall and 28-14 in duals ... With a two-season doubles record of 18-3 (duals only), ranks second at Pepperdine along with partner Jenson Turner with a career winning percentage of .857 ... A two-time All-WCC singles first team selection.

PEPPERDINE 2010-11: Named an ITA All-American in singles after reaching the round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championship ... Upset the #2-seeded Alex Domijan in the first round, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 ... All-WCC first team selection in both singles and doubles ... Posted a 27-11 record overall and 14-8 in duals ... Went 23-3 in doubles and 19-1 in duals ... Went 18-1 (.947) in duals with Jenson Turner which ranks as the fourth-best single season winning percentage in the program's recorded history ... The pair was 3-0 when playing #1, 4-1 when playing #2 and 11-0 when playing #3 ... Was a perfect 4-0 in doubles with Turner versus ranked opponents ... The duo finished the season ranked #47 on the Campbell/ITA Doubles Rankings and #5 in the regional rankings ... In singles, reached as high as #14 in the polls and concluded the season at #22 ... Ranked #2 in the singles regional rankings ... Went 12-9 against ranking opponents ... Was 5-5 from the #1 spot in the lineup and 9-3 when playing at #2 ... 2-3 against top-10 ranked opponents ... Earned MVP honors at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic ... Won the USTA/ITA Southwest Regional Championship and advanced the National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships ... Advanced to the second round of the ITA All-American Championships after tallying three-straight wins in qualifying ... Pepperdine Male Athlete of the Year ... WCC Singles Player of the Month for October, and Doubles Team of the Month along with Turner in March.

PEPPERDINE 2009-10: Earned WCC Freshman of the Year honors and made the All-WCC first team in singles ... Ended the season ranked #72 by the ITA in singles ... Posted a 28-8 record overall and 18-6 in duals ... Began at the #4 position but worked his way up to #2, where he went 11-3 ... Had a 7-4 record against nationally ranked opponents, including a three-set win over #12 Ed Corrie of Texas ... Was victorious in his only match at the #1 position against Loyola Marymount ... Won the singles back draw competition at the Southern California Intercollegiates ... Earned the WCC Singles Player of the Month award for March ... In doubles, went 15-15 overall and 9-13 in duals ... Went 7-6 with Alejandro Moreno at the #6 spot ... Placed second in doubles with Daniel Moss at the ITA Wilson West/South Regionals.

GERMANY: Graduated from the Kaplan College Preparatory School in 2009 ... Ranked in the top 15 as an U-18 player in Germany and in the top 150 among juniors by the ITF ... Was an U-18 quarterfinalist at the 2008 Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships ... Competed in his only junior grand slam at the Australian Open in 2009.

PERSONAL: Born in Saarlouis, Germany ... Son of Torsten and Marion Fanselow ... Has one brother, Tobias, who plays tennis at Old Dominion ... Majoring in psychology ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because "it's a great place to study and play tennis."

FAVORITES: Also enjoys traveling, surfing and the internet ... Favorite pro tennis player is Rafael Nadal ... Favorite tennis venues are Melbourne Park, home of the Australian Open, and Pepperdine's Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center ... Favorite book is Winning Ugly and The Da Vinci Code ... Favorite movies are Con Air and Gladiator ... Favorite TV show is How I Met Your Mother and Scrubs ... Favorite musical artists are Bushido and Three Doors Down ... Favorite type of food is pasta ... Favorite sport other than tennis is soccer ... Favorite things about tennis are "the intensity and the emotions."