Finn Tearney

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Wellington, New Zealand
	High School: Wellington College

	Height: 5-11
	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.

05/12/2012

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.

05/02/2012

Waves Dominate West Coast Conference Awards

In addition to conference awards, Fanselow, Tearney and Llompart to compete in the NCAA Singles & Doubles Championship.

CAREER: Through two seasons, has a singles record of 53-20 overall and 33-10 in duals, and a doubles record of 43-23 overall and 27-16 in duals.

PEPPERDINE 2010-11: Earned All-WCC first team honors in singles ... Received an at-large bid to the NCAA Singles Championship and reached the second round ... Was 27-11 in singles overall and 15-5 in duals ... Went 7-5 when playing #1 and 8-0 when playing #2 ... 10-7 versus nationally ranked opponents ... Listed on the Campbell/ITA Collegiate Singles Rankings the entire season and finished the year listed at #46 ... Regionally ranked #9 ... Defeated Reid Carlton of Duke, who was ranked #5 at the time ... Was 17-13 in doubles overall, and 10-9 in duals ... Ranked #44 on the ITA doubles poll along with Hugh Clarke, and listed at #51 with Alex Llompart as a partner ... Held down the #1 spot in the doubles lineup with both Clarke (7-7) and Llompart (2-2) ... With Llompart, defeated Austin Krajicek and Jeff Dadamo - the eventual NCAA Doubles Champions - to clinch the doubles point in a dual versus Texas A&M ... Regionally ranked #7 along with Clarke ... Tallied three singles wins in qualifying to advance to the main draw of the ITA All-American Championships in the fall ... Reached the doubles semifinals of the ITA Southwest Regional Championship with Llompart ... Named WCC Doubles Team of the Month in September along with Clarke and again in October with Llompart as a partner.

PEPPERDINE 2009-10: Had a very good freshman season, earning All-WCC second team in doubles and All-WCC honorable mention in singles ... In singles, went 26-9 overall and 18-5 in duals ... Saw his most time at #5 (10-5), but also went 5-0 at #3 and 3-0 at #4 ... Posted a win over #34 Shuhei Uzawa of Ohio State ... In doubles, went 26-10 overall and 17-7 in duals ... With Hugh Clarke, went 16-8 overall, 12-6 in duals and 12-5 at the #2 position ... With Alex Llompart, went 10-1 overall and 5-0 in duals ... Finished the season ranked #41 by the ITA in doubles with Llompart ... Earned the WCC Doubles Team of the Month award in February with Llompart and in April with Clarke ... Ended the season on a nine-match winning streak in both singles and doubles ... Won the 2009 Midland Invitational doubles title with Llompart.

NEW ZEALAND: Graduated from Wellington College in 2008 ... Ranked #1 among U-18s in New Zealand and won national titles in both singles and doubles ... Also ranked among the men's top 10 in New Zealand in 2009 ... Ranked among the top 75 juniors in the world ... Played in the Junior Australian Open ... Won both singles and doubles titles at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in India.

PERSONAL: Born in Auckland, New Zealand ... Son of Kevin and Clare Tearney ... Has one sister, Freya ... Majoring in business administration ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because "it was the perfect place to improve my tennis and I liked the coaches and my great teammates."

FAVORITES: Enjoys watching movies and the internet ... Favorite pro tennis players are David Nalbandian and former Pepperdine standout Andre Begemann ... Favorite book is Thank God You're Here ... Favorite movie is Blood Diamond ... Favorite TV show is Two and a Half Men ... Favorite musical artists are T-Pain and Lil Wayne ... Favorite type of food is steak ... Favorite sports other than tennis are boxing and rugby ... Favorite pro athlete is Hayden Cripps of the Wellington Lions Rugby team ... Favorite things about tennis are "competing hard every time on the court and the feeling of winning."