Men's Tennis | 04.13.2020

LEWISTON, Idaho – Warrior Men's Tennis added the first men's tennis player from South Africa in Andre DuPlesis, announced head coach Kai Fong on Monday. Hailing from Stellenbosch, DuPlesis trained under former Idaho Vandal Sunel Malan.

"Andre comes highly recommended by Sunel Malan, a former No. 1 for the Idaho Vandals who runs her own tennis academy in Stellenbosch, South Africa. SUnel is the same coach who brought us two Warrior standouts in Deanri Human and Jen Roux," Fong explained.

DuPlesis comes from a family of tennis players. Both his mother and uncle were the top tennis players in South Africa during their careers. He has been in the nation's top four himself for the last 10 years. He attended Paul Roos Gymnasium which has one of the top boy's tennis programs in the country, winning more than half of the tournaments he played in since 2016.

He played club tennis for Groot Uitdaag, one of the best teams in Western Cape, and earned a singles record of 21-3, and 24-0 in doubles.

"Andre comes to us with strong skill sets in singles and doubles," Fong added. "Combine those with his mental toughness and he will add depth to our lineup. He will be our first South African on the men's team."