Ramstein senior Tristan Chandler jumps as he hits the ball during the boys singles final against Vicenza's Michael Gillett during the DODEA European tennis championships on Oct. 26, 2024, at T2 Sports Health Club in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

WIESBADEN, Germany – After winning his third European boys singles title in 2023, Tristan Chandler was curious about whether any boy had won four individual crowns before.

So, he and his parents Tammy and Yancy spent a couple of hours scouring the Stars and Stripes’ archives stretching back to 1970 for each article covering the European tennis championships. They found a few who had won three during their high school careers but none who went a perfect 4 for 4.

The Royal senior now can say at least one player has – himself. Chandler cruised to his fourth championship with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Vicenza’s Michael Gillett on Saturday at the T2 Sports Health Club in Wiesbaden, Germany.

“Making history, being a part of it, it feels impossible,” Chandler said. “But it’s reality now.”

Saturday’s final wasn’t the closest of his entire four-year career, which began as a freshman at Kaiserslautern before playing the last three years for the Royals.

As a sophomore, he survived a three-set thriller against then-Marymount player Leonardo Proietti.

Although the final score Saturday was lopsided, Chandler praised his opponent, saying Gillett pressed him throughout the match.

The Vicenza sophomore had faced off with Chandler in the last match of pool play, so the Ramstein ace had a scouting report. Despite blanking the Cougar in the earlier contest, Chandler expected Gillett’s serve to be a problem.

And it was. Gillett got a couple of aces because Chandler couldn’t return the ball. That led to the fourth seed winning a pair of games.

“I knew he had one of the strongest serves in the tournament – actually, probably the strongest besides me,” Chandler said of Gillet. “I knew that the returns were going to be a struggle for me.

“All credit to him. I think the only reason I won was because of his inconsistency while hitting, but if he would have gotten that down, it would have been a lot closer match.”

Marymount's Giovanni La Piana serves during the boys doubles final with teammate Riccardo Averni against Ramstein's Elliot Radosevich and Bernie Novak at the DODEA European tennis championships on Oct. 26, 2024, at T2 Sports Health Club in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

Marymount's Riccardo Averni goes to hit the ball during the boys doubles final with teammate Giovanni La Piana against Ramstein's Elliot Radosevich and Bernie Novak at the DODEA European tennis championships on Oct. 26, 2024, at T2 Sports Health Club in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

Vicenza's Michael Gillett serves during the boys singles final against Ramstein's Tristan Chandler at the DODEA European tennis championships on Oct. 26, 2024, at T2 Sports Health Club in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

Ramstein's Tristan Chandler serves during the boys singles final against Vicenza's Michael Gillett at the DODEA European tennis championships on Oct. 26, 2024, at T2 Sports Health Club in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

Ramstein's Bernie Novak reaches out for a ball during the boys doubles final with teammate Elliot Radosevich against Marymount's Riccardo Averni and Giovannia La Piana at the DODEA European tennis championships on Oct. 26, 2024, at T2 Sports Health Club in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

Ramstein's Elliot Radosevich begins his swing during the boys doubles final with teammate Bernie Novak against Marymount's Riccardo Averni and Giovanni La Piana at the DODEA European tennis championships on Oct. 26, 2024, at T2 Sports Health Club in Wiesbaden, Germany. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

Kaiserslautern's Bryan Oh jumps at the net to hit a ball during the third-place match at the DODEA European tennis championships on Oct. 26, 2024, at T2 Sports Health Club in Wiesbaden, Germany. Oh and his teammate, Leo DiPaola defeated Vicenza's Andrew Reed and Jacob McGovern. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

Kaiserslautern's Jace Martin serves during the boys singles third-place match at the DODEA European tennis championships on Oct. 26, 2024, at T2 Sports Health Club in Wiesbaden, Germany. Martin dropped the match to Marymount's Giorgio deli Falconi. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

Vicenza's Andrew Reed hits the ball during the boys doubles third-place match at the DODEA European tennis championships on Oct. 26, 2024, at T2 Sports Health Club in Wiesbaden, Germany. Reed and teammate Jacob McGovern lost to Kaiserslautern's Bryan Oh and Leo DiPaola. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

Chandler wasn’t the only Royal to reign over a boys bracket.

Fourth-seeded Riccardo Averni and Giovanni La Piana completed a perfect run in the boys doubles division with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Chandler’s Ramstein teammates Elliot Radosevich and Bernie Novak, the tournament’s second seed.

Despite defeating top seed Bryan Oh and Leo DiPaola in their last pool-play match and sweeping the fifth seed in Vicenza’s Jacob McGovern and Andrew Reed in the semifinals, the Marymount duo admitted to having some nerves about the final.

In fact, Averni woke up at one point overnight and asked La Piana and asked him what would happen if they wouldn’t beat their opponents from Ramstein.

La Piana said that moment really hit home the pressure to perform well in the final.

“We felt confident from the past games that we played, which we got very good results in,” Averni said. “I wouldn’t say worried, but we weren’t 100 confident.”

Once the match began, though, Averni and La Piana controlled the match and didn’t let up until the final point.

The Marymount duo had come a long way from the beginning of the season when the two singles players switched over to doubles. They said they didn’t play as a pair on the court at the beginning and instead played as two individuals.

By the end of the season, the two figured out their strengths – Averni was better at the net and normally worked his way toward it as La Piana dropped back during rallies, while La Piana’s serving was tough for opponents to handle.

“At the start, we didn’t really understand (how to play doubles),” La Piana said. “So, we kind of played individually on the doubles court, but we were able to find that balance.”