Nickolai Nielsen Class: Senior Hometown: Farum, Denmark High School: Marie Kruses Skole Experience: 3V

On Nielsen: An extremely hard worker ... will be counted on to have a major impact on singles lineup this season ... very mature individual ... well-respected by teammates.

Fall 2007: Won first two singles matches of the season against St. Joe's and Navy ... captured two doubles matches at ITA Mideast Regional Championships.

Spring 2007: Won six matches in singles play and five in doubles play, including two each against ACC opponents ... posted victories in both singles and doubles in the Terps' upset of No. 55 Virginia Tech.

Fall 2006: Ranked 81st in singles in preseason ... competed in the Orange flight at the UVA Invitational ... selected to Polo All-American Invitational ... competed at the ITA Mideast Regionals in top half seed.

Spring 2006: Won his first six singles matches en route to a 12-9 mark ... had four ACC singles wins including one over No. 8 Virginia ... had 10 victories in doubles ... won in doubles vs. No. 6 Duke with Andreas Vaage-Nilsen.

Fall 2005: Posted a 2-1 record at the Navy Invitational ... combined with Vaage-Nielsen to win three doubles matches at the Penn Classic.

Before Maryland: Won the ITF tournament in Oslo, Norway, over Vaage-Nielsen in the finals ... won the doubles titles with Vaage-Nielsen in the same tournament ... ranked as high as 100 in the ITF Junior World Rankings.

Personal: Born on Oct. 31, 1985 ... parents are Vibeke and Palle Nielsen ... has one brother, Daniel ... admired his parents for all their support they have given him through the years ... chose Maryland because of the team's good coaching staff, excellent academic reputation and beautiful surroundings.

Nielsen's Career Statistics

Singles
Year	Overall	Dual	Tour.	Conf.	1	2	3	4	5	6
05-06	18-12	12-9	6-3	4-7	3-7	3-1	6-1	--	--	--
06-07	6-17	6-12	0-5	2-6	--	2-4	1-3	3-4	0-1	--
Totals	24-19	18-21	6-8	6-13	3-7	5-5	7-4	3-4	0-1	--
Doubles
Year	Overall	Dual	Tour.	Conf.	1	2	3
05-06	14-11	10-9	4-2	3-8	0-2	2-4	8-3
06-07	6-6	5-5	1-1	2-4	--	1-0	4-5
Totals	20-17	15-14	5-3	5-12	0-2	3-4	12-8

 

 









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