2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster
Samofalov, German

German Samofalov
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Odessa, Ukraine
- High School:
- 72nd Odessa School
Bio
2022-23
- Led team in doubles wins (17)
- Won 12 singles matches throughout the season, highlighted by a six-game win streak to start regular season
- Upset multiple ranked doubles duos, including No. 23 Taha Baadi/Alafia Aydeni (Kentucky), No. 44 Nemanja Malesevic/Carles Hernandez (Mississippi State)Â and No. 48 Stefan Latinovic/Nick Watson (LSU)
- Defeated No. 67 Blake Croyder (Georgia) in a singles victory
- Topped No. 79 Jonah Braswell to help the Crimson Tide upset the 16th nationally ranked Florida Gators
- Landed a spot on ITA Scholar-Athlete Team for the second consecutive season
- Earned first career appearance on CSC Academic All-District while leading the team in GPA (3.96)
- Competed at Bobby Bayliss Invitational, All-American Championships, ITA Southern Regional Championships and SEC-Big 12 Challenge
- Entered the season with pre-season national doubles ranking of No. 33Â with teammate Filip Planinsek
- Earned top-10 doubles victory at All-American Championships with win over No. 10 Eleftherios Neos and Sema Pankin (Portland) with teammate Filip Planinsek
2021-22
- Competed at No. 3 singles for the majority of the yearÂ
- Recorded a season-high ranking of 28 with doubles partner Filip PlaninsekÂ
- Finished the season ranked No. 53 in doublesÂ
- Recorded a 15-13 doubles record, going 6-6 while playing No. 1 doublesÂ
- Posted 12 singles wins, six while competing at the No. 3 singles spotÂ
Prep Highlights
- Coached by his father Yurii Samofalov and Oleksandr Bielinskyi, training out of Odessa Tennis Club Prestige
- Currently ranked No. 2 in the Ukraine in U18 and No. 60 in ITF U18
- Ukrainian Championship U18 in singles and doubles champion
- In 2020, won ITF Singles titles in Bistrita (J4), Istanbul (J3) and Chernomorsk (J5), ITF Doubles titles in Istanbul (J3) and Bistrita (J4) and was a finalist in Oradea (J2) and Szczecin (J4)
- 2019 Tennis Europe U16 finalist in the first category singles tournament in Irpin, while winning doubles tournaments in Irpin, Warszawa and Lviv
- Won the 2019 ITF J5 Singles Tournament in Chernomorsk
- Member of the Ukrainian National Team U16, playing in the 2018 European Summer Cup
- Ranked as high as No. 25 in Tennis Europe U16
- Won the Ukrainian Championship U14 singles title in 2017
Personal
- Son of Oksana and Yurii Samofalov
NCAA Singles National Championship: Filip Planinsek & George Husack
Saturday, May 25
NCAA Singles Championships Semifinals: Filip Planinsek & George Husack
Friday, May 24
NCAA Singles Championships Quarterfinals: Filip Planinsek
Thursday, May 23
NCAA Singles Championships Round of 16: Filip Planinsek
Wednesday, May 22