Career Records
• 73-44 overall singles record
• 51-34 dual match singles record
Honors
• 3x All-American
• 2019 All-American
• 2018 All-American
• 2016 All-American to become the program’s youngest player to receive All-American honors
• 2019 Second Team All-SEC
• 2018 First Team All-SEC
• 2017 Second Team All-SEC
• 2016 Second Team All-SEC
• 2016 SEC All-Freshman Team
As a Senior (2018-19)
• Finished career ranked No. 68 in singles
• 15 singles victories
• Four wins over ranked opponents
• Round of 16 at 2018 ITA Ohio Valley Regionals
• Round of 16 at ITA All-American Championships
• Competed in the dual season as the No. 1 singles player
• Five-match win streak
• In doubles, Klinger and Billy Rowe concluded the season ranked 8th in the nation
• 17-13 season record
• Upset two top-5 ranked pairs
• 2019 NCAA Doubles Championships
As a Junior (2017-18)
• Concluded season ranked No. 20 in singles
• 15 wins in singles play
• Two over Top-5 ranked opponents
• Round of 16 at the 2018 NCAA Individual Championships
• In doubles, Klinger and his partner, Billy Rowe ranked 16th in the nation
• 15 wins, two over top-25 opponents
• Beat the No. 4 ranked doubles team, Texas A&M
• 7-2 in SEC doubles play
As a Sophomore (2016-17)
• Finished season ranked No. 33 in singles
• All-SEC honors for the second straight year despite missing the back half of the season with a torn ACL
• 24 wins and only yielded six losses on the season
• 11-2 in duals play, including a 2-0 mark in the SEC and a 6-0 mark when placed No.2 in the lineup
As a Freshman (2015-16)
• ITA All-American status with Rhys Johnson
• Youngest Vandy men’s tennis player to earn All-American honors
• Second team All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman team
• Highest ranking No. 7 in the nation with Johnson
• 18-9 (8-5) record playing in the No. 1 spot all season and appeared in 2016 NCAA Doubles tournament
• Knocked off six top-25 doubles teams
• ITA top-20 in doubles on April 5th at No. 16 in the nation
• Clinched a team-high nine doubles points
• Individually, Klinger clinched the then-49thranked Vanderbilt’s first top-10 victory since 2013 in a third set tiebreaker over No. 7 Texas A&M’s Arconada; 6-7, 6-4, 7-6(3)
• At No. 2 downed UGA’s No. 25 Wayne Montgomery, 6-4, 6-2
• Upset MSU’s No. 64 Rishab Agarwal, 6-4, 6-3
• Earned five ranked wins this year, four in the dual season
• Ranked as high as No. 89
The Klinger File
• Blue-Chip recruit from the West Coast
• Came to Vanderbilt ranked No. 10 in the country, and No. 3 in the state of California by Tennis Recruiting.com
• 2015 ITA All-American (Doubles)
• 2015 Second Team All-SEC
• SEC All-Freshman Team
• Born in Colorado Springs, Colo.
• Son of Eric and Brenda Klinger
• Has one older sister named Kallie who plays softball at West Alabama
• Began playing tennis at the age of five
• Enjoys Nashville’s music scene
• Biggest influences are his parents
• Chose Vanderbilt for the tennis team’s coaching staff and academics