Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Stepan Holis
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 160
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Zasova, Czech Republic
- High School:
- Gymnazium Jiriho Wolkera
Career
• 75-41 record in singles
• 61-33 record in doubles
• 136 career wins
• 1-0 vs. ITA top-125 singles opponents
• 0-0 vs. ITA top-90 doubles opponents
Awards
2022
• 2022 Outstanding Doubles Team of the Championship with Chris Edge
• 2022 All-C-USA Second Team Singles
• 2022 All-C-USA Second Team Doubles
• Conference USA Player of the Week (3/2/22)
• 2022 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
2019
• All-Mountain West Singles Team
• All-Mountain West Doubles Team
2021-22 (Graduate Student)
• Singles: 26-15 (8-6 in fall, 18-9 in spring)
• Doubles: 29-10 (6-5 in fall, 23-5 in spring)
Fall
Went 5-1 in singles at the ITA DI Ohio Valley Regional Championship in Knoxville, 2-2 in doubles with Freshman John Chin … 3-1 in doubles at the Fighting Illini Invite … Defeated No. 13 Harnish Stewart at the Clemson Hidden Duals, highest ranked win of his career.
Spring
Entered the season at No. 106 in the country in singles … Paired with Graduate Student Chris Edge in doubles competition … Clinched all three singles matches at the 74th Annual Blue Grey National Champoionship to send MT home with the trophy … Defeated No. 82 Herman Hoeyeraal of No. 19 Arizona in straight sets … Ended the season winning 13 of 15 singles matches … Ended the regular season at 21-4 in doubles paired up with Edge … Clinched the win in the C-USA semifinals against 5-seed UTSA … Named Outstanding Doubles Team of the Championship with teammate Chris Edge ... Went 2-2 overall at the NCAA Tournament, going 1-1 in both singles and doubles against UNCW and #20 NC State.
2020-21 (Senior Season @ New Mexico)
Season cancelled at New Mexico due to COVID-19.
2019-20 (Junior Season @ New Mexico)
Went 11-8 singles and 9-6 in doubles, leading the team in singles wins … Played No. 2 singles for most of the year … Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Mountain Regionals, going 4-1 in the tournament … Teamed with Alex Maggs to advance to the doubles semifinals of the ITA Mountain Regionals … Advanced to the semifinals of the Gentlemen’s Intercollegiate in Los Angeles, going 3-1 … Had a key 6-4, 6-2 win over BYU’s Mateo Vereau Melende in a 4-3 win … Defeated Michigan State’s Anthony Pero 6-4, 6-1 in a 4-1 win.
2018-19 (Sophomore Season @ New Mexico)
Went 24-9 in singles and 14-10 in doubles, leading the team in singles wins … Was named All-Mountain West in both singles and doubles … Played No. 3 singles, going 13-4 in the Spring, and he finished the season on an eight-match winning streak … Won 13 of his last 14 and was leading in three others to end the season … Lost in the finals of the Midland Invitational backdraw, losing 10-7 in the third set … To get to the finals, he reeled off three straight two-set sweeps, including a win over Austin Abbrat of Texas A&M … Went 3-1 and claimed a backdraw title at the Arizona Invitational with a 6-4, 6-1 over New Mexico State’s Louis Menard … Advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Mountain Regional, going 3-1 with wins over Southern Utah, Utah and BYU … Teamed with Ricky Hernandez Tong to win the ITA Mountain Regional backdraw championship, winning 8-6 over Sam Tullis and Ben Gajardo in the finals.
2017-18 (Freshman Season @ New Mexico)
Had a strong freshman season, going 14-9 in singles and 9-7 in doubles, playing only in the Spring dual season … Ended up third on the team in singles wins despite not playing in the Fall … Opened his career with a pair of wins at No. 6 singles as he eventually went a perfect 4-0 there … Played mostly at No. 5, going 9-7 … Had a season-best three-match win streak in non-conference play with wins over Brown, Nebraska and Wichita State … Played doubles mostly with Bart Van Leijsen and Sean Baklini until conference play, when he teamed with Ricky Hernandez Tong and went 5-3.
Prior to Middle Tennessee
Attended Gymnazium Jiriho Wolkera ... On the junior circuit representing the Czech Republic, Stepan picked up 19 singles wins and 18 doubles wins.
Personal
Born March 12, 1998 in Zasova, Czech Republic... son of Marie and Alois Holis... has two brothers, Simon and Jonas... majoring in finance at Middle Tennessee.
