Paul Haarhuis
Paul Haarhuis
Full Name:  Paul VincentNicholas Haarhuis
   School:  Augustinianum High School in Eindhoven, Netherlands
            Armstrong State in Savannah, Georgia

Olympics:  
   1992 - at Barcelona, Spain representing Netherlands in Tennis

   1996 - at Atlanta, Georgia representing Netherlands in Tennis

Legacy Bricks:  Legacy Walk Map Link
   1993 Tennis HOF - Loc 43


FSU Career
Tennis
Year  Hgt  Wgt  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
1987  6-3  170  Jr   *   Eindhoven, Netherlands                  
1988  6-3  170  Sr   *   Eindhoven, Netherlands                  


Conference Awards
Tennis
Year  Award
1987  Metro Conference - No. 1 Singles Flight Champion
      Metro Conference - No. 1 Doubles Flight Champion
      Metro Conference - Tournament MVP
1988  Metro Conference - No. 1 Singles Flight Champion
      Metro Conference - Tournament MVP


Member of the FSU Hall of Fame
Elected into the FSU Hall of Fame in 1993
The Dutchman from Eindhoven, the Netherlands came to Florida State University in the Fall of 1986. With no intercollegiate tennis in his native homeland, Haarhuis began his career at tiny Armstrong State in Savannah, Georgia.

He breezed through two years of competition at the school (64-2) before transferring to Florida State. His last season at Armstrong State, Haarhuis posted an unblemished 35-0 record. His addition to the Florida State roster elevated the Seminoles to a higher level of competitiveness.

His inaugural season with the Seminoles, Haarhuis went 35-5 in singles competition and 25-5 in doubles play. His winning the first ever Men's Intercollegiate Invitational Tennis Championships in Panama City, Florida was a tennis shot heard round the nation.

At one point, Haarhuis had 24 consecutive wins. He concluded his junior season by winning MVP honors in the Metro Conference Tournament. He took both the number one singles crown and, with teammate Henner Lenhardt, the doubles title. Haarhuis and Lenhardt were rewarded with an invitation to the NCAA Tennis Championships doubles play.

Victories over several pros during the Summer of 1987 in Holland proved a successful glimpse into Haarhuis' tennis future.

He became the fist men's tennis player from Florida State to earn a trip to the NCAA Championships since Joey Rive.

When Haarhuis' Florida State career ended, he had built a 72-9 record over two years. Each year saw him named the Metro Conference Tournament MVP and make it to the NCAA Tennis Championships.

Since turning pro in 1988, Haaruis has defeated some of the world's best tennis players such as Boris Becker and four-time U.S. Open Champion, John McEnroe.



FSU Statistics
Tennis
Singles Results
      Highest   vs          3    Fall/Spring
Year    Rank   Rank  ACC   Sets  Tournaments   1     2     3     4     5     6    NCAA Total
---- -------- ----- ----- -----  ----------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
1987                       12-2      10-3     25-2                                      35-5
1988                        2-4      13-4     24-0                                 0-1  37-5
Tot                        14-6      23-7     49-2                                 0-1  72-10

Doubles Results Highest vs Tie Fall/Spring Partner Year Rank Rank ACC Break Tournaments 1 2 3 NCAA Total --------------------------- ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Henner Lenhardt 1987 6-1 2-1 22-3 1-1 25-5 Scott Espenship 1987 1-1 1-1 Alex Rucker 1988 3-1 13-6 13-6 Cary Sochin 1988 0-1 0-1 0-1 Shannon Krieger 1988 1-1 1-1 Totals 9-3 4-4 35-9 1-1 40-14
Singles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Opponent School W-L Score Record ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ 10/09/1986 T Jim Lunceford Georgia State W 6-2, 6-1 1- 0 10/10/1986 T Aaron Barrick Mississippi W 6-2, 4-6, 7-6() 2- 0 10/11/1986 T Jeff Hersh Duke W 6-1, 6-1 3- 0 10/11/1986 T John Boytim Georgia L 6-4, 6-0 3- 1 10/16/1986 T Chuck Merzbacher Minnesota W 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 4- 1 10/17/1986 T Paul Reekie Southwestern La. L 6-1, 6-3 4- 2 10/17/1986 T Phillip Roberts Georgia L 6-3, 6-3 4- 3 11/07/1986 T Guy Fever Tulane W 6-1, 6-1 5- 3 11/07/1986 T Richard Benvin Trinity W 6-0, 6-1 6- 3 11/08/1986 T Robert Krestberg Columbia W 6-1, 6-4 7- 3 11/08/1986 T Marcel Van der Werwe Auburn W 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 8- 3 11/09/1986 T Edwin Wu Florida W 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 9- 3 11/09/1986 T Robbie Weiss Pepperdine W 5-7, 6-4, 7-6() 10- 3 01/17/1987 1 Sven Salumaa Indiana W 6-0, 1-6, 6-2 11- 3 01/30/1987 1 Daryl Shapiro Auburn-Montgomery W 7-6(), 7-6() 12- 3 02/12/1987 1 Marcelino Reynoso Florida JC W 6-3, 6-3 13- 3 02/14/1987 1 Ashley Rhoney Southwestern La. W 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 14- 3 02/15/1987 1 Frank Vermeer North Florida W 7-5, 6-3 15- 3 02/19/1987 1 Karl Huber Florida Atlantic W 7-5, 6-1 16- 3 02/20/1987 1 Bennie Walters South Alabama W 6-2, 7-5 17- 3 02/27/1987 1 Shawn Taylor Florida W 6-1, 6-3 18- 3 02/28/1987 1 Ned Caswell Furman W 2-6, 7-6(), 6-1 19- 3 03/01/1987 1 Cliff Retief Vanderbilt W 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 20- 3 03/03/1987 1 Ulf Borjeson Southeastern LA W 6-0, 6-0 21- 3 03/08/1987 1 Constaninos Efromoglou Alabama W 6-2, 6-1 22- 3 03/10/1987 1 Carl Van Copenhagen Belhaven College W 6-2, 6-2 23- 3 03/13/1987 1 Roselle Lightfoot Hampton W 6-1, 6-3 24- 3 03/15/1987 1 Gus Fichardt Miami W 6-3, 4-6, 7-6() 25- 3 03/16/1987 1 Lars Svensson North Carolina State W 6-2, 6-3 26- 3 03/17/1987 1 David Pollack North Carolina W 6-3, 6-4 27- 3 03/19/1987 1 Brendon Burke Louisville W 7-6(), 6-4 28- 3 03/21/1987 1 Shawn Taylor Florida L 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 28- 4 03/28/1987 1 Alex Palladino Kalamazoo College L 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 28- 5 04/08/1987 1 Johan Stradens Abraham-Baldwin Coll W 6-1, 6-2 29- 5 04/10/1987 1 Pontus Lavefack McNeese State W 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 30- 5 04/13/1987 1 Ryan Blake Georgia Southern W 6-2, 6-3 31- 5 04/23/1987 1 Antonio Rezic Southern Mississippi W 6-0, 6-1 32- 5 04/24/1987 1 Cliff Riester Cincinnati W 6-2, 6-1 33- 5 04/24/1987 1 Brendan Burke Louisville W 6-3, 6-3 34- 5 04/25/1987 1 John Karlen South Carolina W 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 35- 5 10/15/1987 T Mats Malmberg Trinity W 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 36- 5 10/16/1987 T Tony Minnis Southwestern La. W 6-2, 6-4 37- 5 10/17/1987 T Wynand van den Boom Alabama W 6-1, 6-0 38- 5 10/18/1987 T Jeff Brown Louisiana State L 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 38- 6 10/22/1987 T Scott Mager Florida W 6-4, 6-1 39- 6 10/22/1987 T Eric Hochman West Florida W 6-4, 6-4 40- 6 10/23/1987 T Bennie Walters South Alabama W 6-3, 6-1 41- 6 10/23/1987 T Tim Madden Wisconsin W 6-3, 6-1 42- 6 10/24/1987 T John Carras Southern California W 6-2, 6-1 43- 6 10/25/1987 T Scott Melville Southern California L 4-6, 6-4, 7-6() 43- 7 11/20/1987 T Sammy Stinnett Kentucky W 6-1, 6-2 44- 7 11/20/1987 T Tony Wretlund Murray State W 6-1, 6-1 45- 7 11/21/1987 T Aaron Barrick Mississippi W 7-6(), 6-2 46- 7 11/22/1987 T Al Parker Georgia L 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 46- 8 12/30/1987 T Pat Crown Long Beach State W 6-4, 6-4 47- 8 01/01/1988 T Billy Uribe Louisiana State W 6-0, 6-1 48- 8 01/02/1988 T Robby Weiss Pepperdine L 6-3, 7-5 48- 9 02/10/1988 1 Johan Strandeus Abraham-Baldwin Coll W 6-3, 6-4 49- 9 02/12/1988 1 Mihnea Nastase Mississippi State W 6-3, 6-0 50- 9 02/13/1988 1 Ulf Borjesson Southeastern LA W 6-1, 6-2 51- 9 02/14/1988 1 Constantine Efremaglou Alabama W 7-6(), 6-2 52- 9 02/21/1988 1 Dan Johnson North Carolina W 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 53- 9 02/26/1988 1 Jose Campos South Florida W 6-2, 6-1 54- 9 02/27/1988 1 Don Freeman Rice W 6-2, 6-2 55- 9 02/28/1988 1 Juan Hardin Furman W 6-0, 6-2 56- 9 03/02/1988 1 Steven Jung Nebraska W 6-2, 6-2 57- 9 03/03/1988 1 Brian Page Clemson W 6-1, 6-3 58- 9 03/04/1988 1 Johan Kjellston McNeese State W 6-3, 6-4 59- 9 03/05/1988 1 Mike Brown Arkansas W 6-3, 7-6() 60- 9 03/11/1988 1 Ryan Blake Georgia Southern W 7-6(), 6-2 61- 9 03/12/1988 1 Ulf Niklasson McNeese State W 6-3, 6-4 62- 9 03/26/1988 1 Jack Hosner Kalamazoo College W 6-2, 6-2 63- 9 03/29/1988 1 Edwin Wu Florida W 6-4, 6-2 64- 9 04/04/1988 1 Julian Godfrey Georgia State W 7-5, 6-2 65- 9 04/08/1988 1 Bennie Walters South Alabama W 6-0, 6-2 66- 9 04/09/1988 1 Mikael Jonsson Southeastern LA W 6-0, 6-2 67- 9 04/10/1988 1 Adam Kework North Florida W 6-2, 7-6() 68- 9 04/13/1988 1 Edwin Wu Florida W 6-3, 7-5 69- 9 04/22/1988 1 Brian Hogge Virginia Tech W 6-2, 6-0 70- 9 04/23/1988 1 Cliff Riester Cincinnati W 6-1, 6-0 71- 9 04/24/1988 1 Steve Longley South Carolina W 6-1, 6-3 72- 9 05/23/1988 N Ed Nagel Michigan L 6-7(5), 7-5, 7-5 72-10
Doubles Opp Date Rank Rank Pos Partner Opponent School W-L Score Record ---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------ 10/09/1986 T Scott Espenship J. Escudero/P. Sindhunatha Tennessee Tech W 1- 0 10/10/1986 T Scott Espenship B. Burke/T. Brueggman Louisville L 6-4, 6-2 1- 1 10/16/1986 T Henner Lenhardt Benson/VanEmburgh Kentucky W 7-5, 6-1 2- 1 10/17/1986 T Henner Lenhardt Barrientos/Brown Louisiana State W 6-3, 3-6, 7-6() 3- 1 10/18/1986 T Henner Lenhardt Shelton/Thorne Georgia Tech L 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 3- 2 01/17/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Jeff Neuman/Sven Salumaa Indiana L 7-6(), 7-5 3- 3 01/30/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Stephen Diaz/Daryl Shapiro Auburn-Montgomery W 6-2, 6-2 4- 3 02/12/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Peter Hagger/Marcelino Reynoso Florida JC W 6-0, 6-2 5- 3 02/14/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Curtis Hollinger/Tony Minnis Southwestern La. W 6-3, 6-3 6- 3 02/15/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Lou Ballantyne/Mark Freymann North Florida W 6-3, 6-0 7- 3 02/19/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Karl Huber/Rubin Roslund Florida Atlantic W 6-3, 6-2 8- 3 02/20/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Richard D'Aubin/Bennie Walters South Alabama W 6-2, 7-5 9- 3 02/27/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Richard Holt/Shawn Taylor Florida W 6-4, 6-4 10- 3 02/28/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Ned Caswell/Brian Kelly Furman W 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 11- 3 03/01/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Jeff Barry/Muray Garrott Vanderbilt W 6-3, 6-1 12- 3 03/03/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Ulf Borjeson/Mikael Jonsson Southeastern LA L 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 12- 4 03/08/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Clinton Ferreira/John Stimpson Alabama W 7-5, 6-0 13- 4 03/10/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Trey Hulsey/Carl Van Copenhagen Belhaven College W 7-6(), 6-2 14- 4 03/13/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Roselle Lightfoot/Greg Williams Hampton W 6-4, 6-2 15- 4 03/15/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Andrew Barrow/Ira Schwartz Miami W 7-5, 3-0 default 16- 4 03/17/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Jeff Chambers/Eddie Stewart North Carolina L 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 16- 5 03/19/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Tim Bruggemann/Brendon Burke Louisville W 6-2, 6-2 17- 5 03/21/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Rich Holt/Shawn Taylor Florida W 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 18- 5 03/28/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Jim Burda/Alex Palladino Kalamazoo College W 7-6(), 6-7(), 3-0 19- 5 04/08/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Rikard Allgurin/Johan Stradens Abraham-Baldwin Coll W 6-3, 6-3 20- 5 04/13/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Ryan Blake/Ed Wylie Georgia Southern W 6-4, 6-2 21- 5 04/23/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Johann Ericsson/Antonio Rezic Southern Mississippi W 6-2, 6-2 22- 5 04/24/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Cliff Riester/Rob Ziegler Cincinnati W 3-6, 7-6(), 6-2 23- 5 04/24/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Simon Edmonds/Peter Lebedevs Memphis State W 7-6(), 2-6, 6-0 24- 5 04/25/1987 1 Henner Lenhardt Ken Diller/Jan Sandberg South Carolina W 6-4, 7-6() 25- 5 05/19/1987 N Henner Lenhardt Jim Burda/Alex Palladino Kalamazoo College W 6-2, 6-4 26- 5 05/20/1987 2 N Henner Lenhardt Pat Crow/Kevin Gillette Long Beach State L 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 26- 6 10/15/1987 T Shannon Krieger Efremogolou/van den Boom Alabama W 6-3, 6-2 27- 6 10/16/1987 T Shannon Krieger Hoheisel/T. Minnis Southwestern La. L 6-2, 7-5 27- 7 11/20/1987 T Cary Sochin Laban/Skidmore Kentucky L 7-6(), 6-4 27- 8 02/10/1988 1 Alex Rucker Enrique Ruiz/Johan Strandeus Abraham-Baldwin Coll W 6-3, 6-2 28- 8 02/12/1988 1 Alex Rucker Mark Jeffrey/Mihnea Nastase Mississippi State L 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 28- 9 02/14/1988 1 Alex Rucker Clinton Ferreira/Brad McMurray Alabama L 6-2, 6-2 28-10 02/21/1988 1 Alex Rucker Don Johnson/Thomas Tanner North Carolina W 6-1, 7-6() 29-10 02/26/1988 1 Alex Rucker Jose Campos/Blake Mallick South Florida L 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 29-11 02/27/1988 1 Alex Rucker Rodney Burton/Ken Thome Rice L 6-2, 7-6() 29-12 03/02/1988 1 Alex Rucker Steven Jung/Stuart Jung Nebraska L 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 29-13 03/04/1988 1 Alex Rucker Pontus Lavefalk/Ulf Niklasson McNeese State W 6-3, 7-6() 30-13 03/05/1988 1 Alex Rucker Mike Brown/Simoni Arkansas W 6-4, 6-1 31-13 03/11/1988 1 Alex Rucker Ryan Blake/Alejandro Porcella Georgia Southern W 6-3, 6-2 32-13 03/29/1988 1 Alex Rucker Ricky Holton/Edwin Wu Florida W 7-6(), 6-0 33-13 04/04/1988 1 Alex Rucker Martin Bray/Julian Godfrey Georgia State W 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 34-13 04/08/1988 1 Alex Rucker Sammie Denecker/Bennie Walters South Alabama W 7-5, 6-2 35-13 04/09/1988 1 Alex Rucker Ulf Borjeson/Dennis Southeastern LA W 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 36-13 04/10/1988 1 Alex Rucker Mark Freyman/Adam Kework North Florida W 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 37-13 04/13/1988 1 Alex Rucker Ricky Holton/Edwin Wu Florida W 6-1, 7-5 38-13 04/22/1988 1 Alex Rucker Cayarca/Rezic Southern Mississippi W 6-1, 6-4 39-13 04/23/1988 1 Alex Rucker Hill/Rueff Virginia Tech W 6-1, 6-1 40-13 04/24/1988 1 Alex Rucker Longley/Sy South Carolina L 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 40-14