2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster
Petro Kuzmenok
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- High School:
- Fairfield Warde
Bio
HONORS
2024-25 (Sophomore)
Named to both the AAC All-Conference Singles and Doubles teams after a breakout sophomore season ... Finished the year with a 21-11 singles and 21-6 doubles record, including marks of 13-7 and 16-3 in duals matches ... Was the clincher against LSU at the No. 1 position on Feb. 7 ... Won six-straight singles matches between Feb. 7 (LSU) and March 8 (Abilene Christian) ... Went unbeaten in seven of his final eight singles matches of the season, including a stretch of going undefeated in singles during the AAC Tournament ... Also did not lose a doubles match with partner Santiago Navarro after March 18.
2023-24 (Freshman)
Went 17-9 and 13-6 in singles and doubles, respectively, with dual match records of 13-5 and 8-4... Posted a season-best winning streak of eight consecutive matches, part of a stretch of 11 wins out of 12 matches that included a pair of wins at the fourth position against opponents from Presbyterian and Creighton... Earned the clinching point in four matches, including the 4-3 win at Charlotte plus wins over Cal Poly, Wichita State and UAB, clinching the team title at the Ralph O'Connor Invitational with his win against the Blazers... Went 6-3 in doubles at the No. 2 position playing alongside senior Trinity Grear, including a 6-3 win over Alabama's Filip Planinsek and Andrii Zimnokh, then-ranked 35th in the ITA rankings... Posted a 6-2 singles mark against AAC opponents... Went 14-4 in matches decided in straight sets.
Fairfield Warde/Juniors
Three-time state CIAC singles champion for coach John Harvey and ranked as a five-star recruit by Tennis Recruiting.net… Trained under coach Brian Barker who also trained former Harvard star and World #4 singles player James Blake… Has a pair of USTA Level 3 tournament titles to his credit as well as the 2022 & 2023 USTA New England Summer Sectionals… Reached the quarterfinals of the USTA U18 National Indoor Championship in November of 2022… Ranked 20th nationally in the U18 age group.
Personal
Born: June 14 at Kharkiv, Ukraine... Parents: Vladimir and Ekaterina Kuzmenok… Family emigrated to the US in 2011… One brother.
- 2025 AAC All-Conference Singles
- 2025 AAC All-Conference Doubles
- 2025 CSC Academic All-District
- 2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
2024-25 (Sophomore)
Named to both the AAC All-Conference Singles and Doubles teams after a breakout sophomore season ... Finished the year with a 21-11 singles and 21-6 doubles record, including marks of 13-7 and 16-3 in duals matches ... Was the clincher against LSU at the No. 1 position on Feb. 7 ... Won six-straight singles matches between Feb. 7 (LSU) and March 8 (Abilene Christian) ... Went unbeaten in seven of his final eight singles matches of the season, including a stretch of going undefeated in singles during the AAC Tournament ... Also did not lose a doubles match with partner Santiago Navarro after March 18.
2023-24 (Freshman)
Went 17-9 and 13-6 in singles and doubles, respectively, with dual match records of 13-5 and 8-4... Posted a season-best winning streak of eight consecutive matches, part of a stretch of 11 wins out of 12 matches that included a pair of wins at the fourth position against opponents from Presbyterian and Creighton... Earned the clinching point in four matches, including the 4-3 win at Charlotte plus wins over Cal Poly, Wichita State and UAB, clinching the team title at the Ralph O'Connor Invitational with his win against the Blazers... Went 6-3 in doubles at the No. 2 position playing alongside senior Trinity Grear, including a 6-3 win over Alabama's Filip Planinsek and Andrii Zimnokh, then-ranked 35th in the ITA rankings... Posted a 6-2 singles mark against AAC opponents... Went 14-4 in matches decided in straight sets.
Fairfield Warde/Juniors
Three-time state CIAC singles champion for coach John Harvey and ranked as a five-star recruit by Tennis Recruiting.net… Trained under coach Brian Barker who also trained former Harvard star and World #4 singles player James Blake… Has a pair of USTA Level 3 tournament titles to his credit as well as the 2022 & 2023 USTA New England Summer Sectionals… Reached the quarterfinals of the USTA U18 National Indoor Championship in November of 2022… Ranked 20th nationally in the U18 age group.
Personal
Born: June 14 at Kharkiv, Ukraine... Parents: Vladimir and Ekaterina Kuzmenok… Family emigrated to the US in 2011… One brother.
| Singles | Overall | Tour | Dual | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 17-9 | 4-4 | 13-5 | - | - | - | 2-0 | 10-5 | 1-0 |
| TOTAL | 17-9 | 4-4 | 13-5 | - | - | - | 2-0 | 10-5 | 1-0 |
| Doubles | Overall | Tour | Dual | #1 | #2 | #3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 13-6 | 5-2 | 8-4 | - | 7-4 | 1-0 |
| TOTAL | 13-6 | 5-2 | 8-4 | - | 7-4 | 1-0 |
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