Stefan Hermann

Stefan Hermann is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Biography

Hermann was a semi-finalist at the Neu-Ulm Challenger tournament in 1983, with wins over José López-Maeso, Ulrich Pinner and Balázs Taróczy. He made one main draw appearance on the Grand Prix [tennis circuit|Grand Prix circuit], at the Suisse Open Gstaad in 1984. In the first round he beat world number 30 and sixth seed Mel Purcell, then lost in second round to Brian Teacher.
It was in doubles that Hermann played most of his tennis and he won two Challenger Tour|Challenger] titles, both in 1984, at Bielefeld and Neu-Ulm. In 1985 he partnered with Tore Meinecke and made the semi-finals of a Grand Prix event in Open [de Nice Côte d'Azur|Nice], as well as making the main draw at the French Open and Wimbledon Championships.

Now based in Santa Barbara, California, Hermann is a self described social entrepreneur who is involved in youth mentoring. It was in that capacity he appeared on an episode of Oprah's Lifeclass in 2013.
He has 3 children with his ex wife, and is stepfather to 3 Children with his wife Sindhi.