Kyle Seelig

Player profile

Ohio State Career Honors

2020-21 (Graduate)

Ranked as high as No. 25 in singles at the beginning of the season
Finished the year with a 19-9 singles record and a 6-6 mark in doubles
Had three wins over ranked opponents
The highlight of his season came in the NCAA Tournament second round match at Wake Forest as he clinched the team victory with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Melios Efstathiou
Had a dominant win over Michigan’s Graydon Lair to get the Buckeyes’ comeback started in a 4-3 win in the season finale that clinched a share of the Big Ten East Division title
Beat No. 15 Alex Brown and No. 14 Andrew Fenty at the OSU Invitational

2019-20 (Redshirt-Senior)

Was 19-6 in singles and 12-2 in doubles
Was ranked in the top-35 all year in singles including a career-high 27 in the fall
Advanced all the way to the singles final at the ITA Midwest Regional Championship, falling to teammate John McNally in the final match
Then made a run to the semifinals of the consolation bracket at the ITA Fall Championship, knocking-off a pair of ranked players along the way
Was 12-1 in dual singles matches in the spring with the only loss coming in a tough three-set match with No. 33 Riley Smith of Southern Cal
Dominated Texas’ No. 50 Siem Woldeab 6-0, 6-2 in the Buckeyes’ win over the No. 1 Longhorns
Rolled No. 69 Sangeet Sridhar 6-4, 6-2 of Stanford in Palo Alto
Was undefeated in dual doubles matches, going 10-0
Had a nice run with partner Cannon Kingsley, winning four consecutive doubles matches in the Buckeyes’ wins over No. 1 Texas, Arizona State, No. 1 USC and No. 7 Texas A&M

2018-19 (Redshirt-Junior)

Was 27-8 in singles and 25-10 in doubles
Ranked all season in singles including a career-high 12^th in early February
Combined 18-0 in singles and doubles matches in Big Ten play
Earned a spot in the NCAA Singles Championship for the first time in his career
Reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Midwest Regional singles championship
Also made a run to the finals of the ITA Midwest Regional Doubles Championship, finishing runner-up with Alex Kobelt
Received an invitation to the ITA Fall Championships where he reached the round of 16 of the singles draw
Had six ranked wins on the year including a win over No. 22 Jan Zielinski of Georgia and No. 28 Alastair Gray of TCU
Had just three combined doubles wins his first two seasons and finished with 25 this year

2017-18 (Redshirt-Sophomore)

Earned a singles record of 32-10 in the 2017-18 season
32 singles wins was tied for most on the Ohio State roster last season Seelig posted a record of 6-4 versus nationally ranked opponents including a win against then No. 31 Aron of Illinois
Kyle ended the campaign on an 11-match singles win streak, including wins against Logan Staggs of No. 2 UCLA and Alan of No. 1 Wake Forrest to finish out the season
Finished the season with the most tournament wins in singles for Ohio State, posting a record of 10-4

2016-17 (Redshirt-Freshman)

Had a great first season on the court, finishing with a singles record of 30-7
Was 2-3 in his five doubles matches
Went 24-5 in dual matches during the spring, including 6-0 at the No. 5 spot and 10-3 at the No. 6 spot
Started the year with his first collegiate victory en route to advancing to the round of 16 at the ITA Midwest Regional
Then made a run to the finals of the Big Ten Singles Championship, finishing runner-up to Northwestern’s Dominik Stary
Started the spring by going undefeated in his first 11 matches, winning eight of those matches
Defeated Jochen Bertsch of No. 4 Oklahoma in the Buckeyes’ home match against the Sooners in March and then knocked-off Runhao Hua of Michigan 7-6, 6-1
After losing back-to-back matches in the middle of the Big Ten season, he rallied to go undefeated in his next eight matches to help the Buckeyes clinch their 12th straight Big Ten regular season crown, win the Big Ten Tournament and make a run to the semifinals of the NCAA Championship
That run included a critical comeback 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory over TCU’s Trevor Johnson in the NCAA Quarterfinals

2015-16 (Freshman)

Prior to Ohio State

Blue Chip recruit and five star recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net
Ranked No. 17 in the class of 2015 by Tennis RPI
Two-time PIAA State singles champion
Was a High School Tennis All-American as a senior
Never lost a high school match
Letterwinner in both tennis and baseball at Plumstead
Advanced to the consolation semifinals at the USTA Boys’ 18 National Clay Court Championship
Finished runner-up in the consolation draw at the USTA Boys’ 16 National Championship in July
Won USTA National Opens in the Boys’ 16 draw
Lost in the finals of the The Kinetix Kup Philadelphia Championships
Received the Wes Richards Sportsmanship Award in 2014 by the USTA
Won a Gold Ballin doubles at the USTA National Boys’ 12s Championship in 2010
Won the Boys’ 18 Singles L3 Sectional Tournament
Lost in the round of 16 at the USTA National Selection Tournament but rebounded to win the consolation bracket
Biggest tennis thrill was earning the opportunity to compete on court in the Arthur Ashe Kids at the 2013 US Open against Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams in a target hitting competition and winning to the event to raise $15,000 for his training facility, Legacy Youth Tennis and Education.

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