Christiaan Worst

Class:
Junior
Height:
6-2
Weight:
189
Prev School:
Vanderbilt
Hometown:
Pretoria, South Africa

2021-22 (Jr.)

• Received fourth career ITA Scholar-Athlete honor

• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll for a second straight season

• Claimed the second-most singles wins on the team, 24, with 17 coming in the spring and seven in the fall

• Led the team with 17 spring singles triumphs, posting a 17-6 record

• Posted 14-6 record in the No. 4 slot and 3-0 mark in the No. 3 position in the lineup

• Held 6-1 ASUN singles mark

• Won 11 straight singles contests from March 25-April 24

• Defeated FGCU’s Juan Montes 6-2, 6-2 on court four in the ASUN final, helping the Flames best the Eagles 4-2 for their second straight conference crown

• Matched the team lead with 19 doubles victories on the year, 12 in the spring and seven in the fall

• Posted 19-11 doubles mark on the season, including a 6-1 ASUN mark

• Won doubles matches with three different partners: Deji Thomas-Smith (10), Josh Wilson (8) and Goncalo Ferreira (1)

• Finished with an 8-1 mark with Wilson as his partner in the spring, including a perfect 5-0 ASUN record

Spring 2021 (So.)

• Received third career ITA Scholar-Athlete honor

• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll

• Earned ASUN Doubles Pair of the Year honors with partner Deji Thomas-Smith

• Named to VaSID All-State doubles second team with Thomas-Smith

• Posted a 10-6 doubles record with Thomas-Smith, going 7-4 in the No. 1 slot and 3-2 in the No. 2 slot in the lineup

• Finished the year as the No. 6-ranked doubles pair in the final Oracle/ITA Division I Regional Rankings

• Won the most crucial doubles match of the year with Thomas-Smith, 7-6 (4) over FGCU’s Magnus Johnson and Max Damm in the ASUN Championship title match, giving Liberty the doubles point in a 4-0 win over the Eagles

• Won seven of the last 10 doubles matches with Thomas-Smith

• Claimed 11 singles victories on the season

• Posted perfect 5-0 mark in the No. 3 slot and also earned five wins in the No. 5 position and one victories in the No. 4 slot

• Won five straight singles matches from March 4-19

*Note: Liberty did not compete in a fall 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous School

• Played for Vanderbilt for two seasons

• Received two ITA Scholar-Athlete distinctions

• Earned doubles victories over No. 8 Texas A&M, Northwestern, Nebraska and Auburn

• Posted 12-10 overall singles record for the Commodores

• Secured eight doubles victories during his freshman campaign and held a four-match winning streak at one point

Prep

• Graduate of Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool

• Reached as high as No. 155 ITF junior singles ranking

• Earned a No. 1579 ATP singles ranking and No. 1468 ATP doubles ranking

• Won the 2019 GE Wilson Challenge tournament in Johannesburg, South Africa, defeating Lleyton Cronje (102 ITF junior and VCU No. 1 player) and Vaughn Hunter (1162 ATP and former Mississippi State player) along the way

• Won three qualifying matches and advanced to the second round of the main draw in the South Africa F3 Futures event in Dec. 2018, defeating 1146 ATP Jesse Flores and 1271 ATP Riaan Du Toi

Personal

• Son of Christo Wiid and Ane Worst

• Majoring in business administration – finance

• Birthday is March 8