Bio

On Court: Played varsity high school tennis for all four years, and led Rancho Bernardo HS to two consecutive CIF Division I Championships as a captain during junior and senior year...played #1 singles and #1 doubles in high school with two finals appearances in the CIF Individual Championship and two semifinal showings...won multiple All-League honors and All-CIF honors and competed in the All-American High School Invitational Tournament in Corona Del Mar, the first ever appearance for Rancho Bernardo...ranked in the top 15 in four age divisions in Southern California, reaching a sectional ranking high of #9 at age 16 after placing 9th at the 2009 So Cal Sectionals...reached a USTA National ranking of #61 as well as a national doubles ranking of #2 in 2007...junior tennis career is highlighted by five USTA national championships, with three titles coming in 2007 (2 USTA L-2 National doubles titles and winner of the California Bowl) and two in singles and doubles at the 2010 West Coast Championships...as a freshman had a terrific debut at USTA / ITA West Regionals, winning three matches before losing an epic 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 match to teammate and eventual champ Alex Lane in the quarters...defeated two seeded players - Larsen (Santa Cruz) and Weichert (Pomona-Pitzer) - before falling to Lane...paired up with fellow freshman Nik Marino to reach the semis of the doubles as an unseeded team, losing to eventual champs Ballou and Worley of Cal Lutheran...earned fall singles rankings of #42 nationally and #11 in the west, and #8 in doubles with Marino in the west...played five other events to round out his fall competition schedule...off-season minor knee surgery delayed his return to the starting lineup, but he returned to singles action at #6 on April 6th against Gustavus Adolphus...played in six dual matches at the #5 and #6 spots, losing only one set and going 6-0...finished the year with a 9-2 singles mark and a 3-1 doubles record...as a junior returned to action in the fall after battling chronic knee injuries to play in the ITA Fall Regional...advanced to the Round of 16 in singles where he extended teammate and eventual champion Skyler Butts to three sets...partnered Lestter Yeh and the duo reached the quarterfinals before losing to Cal Lutheran's Nichols and Treacey...injuries once again forced a premature end to Bernhardt's on court career at CMS...finished with career marks of 11-3 in singles and 5-2 in doubles...he returned as a senior to manage all aspects of the Stags' home contests in their 2015 NCAA Championship season.