Pepperdine University Athletics

HONORS & AWARDS:
All-WCC Singles First Team — 2024
All-WCC Doubles Second Team — 2024 
WCC Doubles Team of the Week — 2/27/24
Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete — 2021, 2022
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Silver) – 2020
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Bronze) — 2021, 22, 23, 24
WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention – 2021, 22, 24

PEPPERDINE 2023-24: Capped off his collegiate career as an All-WCC First Team selection in singles and an All-WCC Second Team honoree in doubles ... Was ranked as high as 121st in the ITA Singles Rankings ... Had a 13-6 record in singles while playing primarily at the second position, plus a 15-5 doubles record playing mostly with Edward Winter ... Had a perfect 6-0 record in WCC singles matches ... Won nine-straight singles matches from March 8-April 21 ... Beat #67 Gabriele Brancatelli of Georgia Tech in straight-sets in the season-opener (1/28) ... Clinched Pepperdine's upset win at #32 USC with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over #50 Peter Makk (3/8) ... Beat #100 Iiro Vasa of San Diego 6-4, 6-4 (3/29) ... With Winter, won their last eight doubles matches while playing at the third position ... Beat #57 Raphael Perot and Tiago Pires of #11 Texas A&M 6-3 (2/25) ...Earned his first-career WCC Doubles Team of the Week award after going 2-0 against teams from Texas A&M and Vanderbilt (2/27) ... Clinched the doubles point in the NCAA Tournament with a 6-3 win over Auburn's Billy Blaydes and Nicholas Heng (5/4).

PEPPERDINE 2022-23: Posted a 10-8 overall record in singles and an 18-7 overall record in doubles during his junior season ... Played the 4, 5 and 6 positions in dual singles play ... Clinched for Pepperdine with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Ali Amiri of UC Irvine ... Went 2-0 in West Coast Conference dual singles play ... Won four of his last five doubles matches with Linus Carlsson Halldin ... Won the doubles point for Pepperdine with a 6-3 win over Santa Clara's Mann Shah and Santiago Hinojosa in the WCC Semifinals ... Earned a spot on the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

PEPPERDINE 2021-22: Finished the spring season ranked #80 by the ITA in singles … Went 19-10 in overall singles with a 2-0 record in WCC play … Also had a winning overall doubles record at 10-8 … Advanced to the final of the ITA Southwest Regional in the fall to receive an invite to the ITA National Fall Championships … Played singles at the No. 2, 3 and 6 positions in the dual season … Received WCC All-Academic status and was named to the WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the second consecutive season.
 
PEPPERDINE 2020-21: Went 9-5 in overall singles with a 3-0 record in conference play … Played largely at the No. 6 position achieving a 9-0 feat … Won all singles conference matches in straight sets … Went 2-0 in conference doubles with partners Robert Shelton and Daniel De Jonge … Was awarded WCC All-Academic status as well as named to the WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (bronze).
 
PEPPERDINE 2019-20: Went 3-2 in dual singles as a freshman anywhere from courts three to six … Went 2-2 in dual doubles with Corrado Summaria, Tim Zeitvogel and Enrique Luque Rico and played in all positions … Awarded WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (silver).
 
JUNIORS: Competed internationally in the U14 Tenniseurope category, reaching his highest ranking of #437 in Europe in the U14 category, with a win on #56 Tenniseurope U14 (Alexandros Dido) … In U16, reached the second round of the prestigious Grade 1 “Torneo Avvenire” in Milan, winning four matches starting from the qualifications, with wins over #240 (Jonas Greif) and #93 (Gabriele Camilli) and rose as high as #412 in the Tenniseurope Boys all category … In ITF Juniors U18, Fellin achieved a best ranking of #1115, with only 11 tournaments played from 2017 to 2019. Among the best results was a quarterfinal win in the J4 Hillegom in the Netherlands winning over Maikel de Boes (333 ITF Junior) … As a pro, Fellin played in the Ortisei Challenger, losing 7-6 6-3 against #454 Yann Marti, a match in which he had set point … His biggest win came against Toby Martin (641 ATP) in straight sets … Fellin also qualified four times for the main draw in the ITF Futures, with a total of eight wins over ranked players. He is also ranked in the top 20 of Italy’s 2001 class.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in business administration ... Son of Andreas Fellin and Paola Merighi … Has one older brother, Manfred who plays tennis at Florida Gulf Coast University … Father Andreas was on the Italian National skiing team … Inspiration is James Bond … Loves tennis because “you are alone and take full merit for wins and can decide alone what you want to do on the court.”
 
FAVORITES: Pro athlete is Zlatan Ibrahimovic … Favorite pro team is AC Milan (soccer) … Favorite TV show is The Grand Tour … Favorite movies are the James Bond series … Favorite foods are pasta and pizza … Favorite sports besides tennis are soccer, Formula 1 racing and basketball.