Patrick has stayed on to help the program as a graduate assistant as he finishes up his Masters in Sports Administration. Kristensen is originally from Aarhus, Denmark and played the last three season with the Bengals after transferring from Middle Tennessee State. He was the top ranked junior player from Denmark, achieving a career high ITF world ranking of 187 and a Tennis Europe Ranking of 46. Patrick won the Danish Singles National Championship four times and was selected to represent Denmark in the European Tennis Championships.Â
College Highlights:
Idaho State (2023-24): Overall record in singles during the season was 6-6 with two matches being unfinished... with four wins at the No.4 spot... and undefeated at the No.3 spot... during the season he went 4-7 in doubles play mostly with his partner Andreas Kramer... they were undefeated at the No. 1 winning two matches... also undefeated at the No. 3 spot winning both matches they played there... named to the Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team.Â
Idaho State (2022-23): 8-11 in singles play... 7-10 in the No. 1 singles position and 1-1 in the No. 2 singles position... 12-6 in doubles play... 10-6 with Wikus Robbertse in the No. 2 doubles position... 2-0 in the No. 3 doubles spot... named to the Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team.Â
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Idaho State (2021-22): 15-5 in singles play... 2-1 at No. 2... 4-2 at No. 3... 5-0 at No. 4... 4-2 at No. 5 singles... 0-1 at No. 1 doubles with Patrik Trhac... 10-8 in doubles with Andreas Kramer... named to the Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team... Big Sky All-Conference Second Team in Singles Play.Â
Middle Tennessee State (2019-20): Overall record during the season in singles was 6-2 (4-2 in fall, 2-0 in spring)... overall record during the season in doubles was 6-2 (4-2 in fall, 2-0 in spring)... tallied two singles wins and two doubles wins against Austin Peay and Tennessee State in spring... collected two wins at the Dale Short Shootout and Buck Bouldin Battle of the Boro in the fall... played in two of the four fall tournaments... partnered with four different Raiders and earned two wins with Pavel Motl during the fall season... a part of the 2021 MTSU squad that won the Conference USA Championship Tournament... named an ITA Scholar-Athlete in 2020.Â
Middle Tennessee State (2019-20): Spring season singles record was 6-1... spring season doubles record was 4-0... season was cut short due to the health concerns of the COVID-19 (03/12/20)... LaLance Invite record in singles was 1-0 and doubles was 1-0... won three-straight dual singles matches to start his career as a Blue Raider (01/20/20 - 02/02/20)... had an unblemished dual doubles record, with two wins at No. 2 and one at No. 1 and No. 3... at the No. 4, he posted a 2-1 record.
