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No. 8 Men’s Tennis preview: ITA Kickoff Weekend
01.24.2019 | Men's Tennis
The Longhorns will open with Washington at 2 p.m. on Friday at the Texas Tennis Center.
No. 8 Men's Tennis preview: ITA Kickoff Weekend
When: Fri.-Sat., Jan. 25-26, 2019
Where: Texas Tennis Center, Austin, Texas
South Courts Live Stats: hookem.at/TTCSouthStats
North Courts Live Stats: hookem.at/TTCNorthStats
Live Video: hookem.at/Watch-Tennis
Tournament Schedule
Friday, Jan. 25, 2 p.m.
No. 8 Texas vs. Washington, 2 p.m., South Courts
Miami (Fla.) vs. Utah State, 2 p.m., North Courts
Saturday, Jan. 26, 2 p.m. (First 50 fans on Saturday will receive a Texas winter hat)
Texas-Washington winner vs. Miami (Fla.)-Utah State winner, 2 p.m., South Courts
Texas-Washington loser vs. Miami (Fla.)-Utah State loser, 2 p.m., North Courts
Notes
-Texas All-Time Series Records
Washington Series: Texas leads, 3-1
Miami (Fla.) Series: Texas leads, 9-5
Utah State Series: Texas leads, 1-0
-Washington Series: Texas leads, 3-1
Jan. 17, 2016, L, 4-3, in Seattle
Feb. 6, 2015, W, 6-1, in Austin (Indoor)
Jan. 19, 2013, W, 6-1, in Tulsa, Okla.
May 9, 2009, W, 4-0, NCAA Second Round (in Austin)
Last Meeting
Washington 4, No. 12 Texas 3
Singles – Order of Finish: 1, 5, 2, 6, 4, 3
1 No. 84 Mitch Stewart (UW) def. George Goldhoff (UT), 6-3, 6-2
2 No. 122 Gal Hakak (UW) def. No. 94 Harrison Scott (UT), 6-3, 6-3
3 Adrian Ortiz (UT) def. No. 121 Jake Douglas (UW), 7-6, 7-5
4 Enzo Sommer (UW) def. No. 114 Michael Riechmann (UT), 7-5, 6-4
5 Sebastian Hawken (UW) def. John Mee (UT), 6-3, 6-2
6 Julian Zlobinsky (UT) def. Piers Foley (UW), 7-5, 6-4
Doubles – Order of Finish: 2, 1
1 Adrian Ortiz/Michael Riechmann (UT) def. Piers Foley/Enzo Sommer (UW), 6-4
2 George Goldhoff/Julian Zlobinsky (UT) def. Jake Douglas/Wendell Watanabe (UW), 6-2
3 Colin Markes/Harrison Scott (UT) vs. Kawika Lam/Mitch Stewart (UW), 5-4, unfinished
-Miami (Fla.) Series: Texas leads, 9-5
March 7, 1999, W, 5-2 in Miami
March 7, 1998, W, 4-3 in Austin
March 25, 1995, W, 4-3 in Austin
May 17, 1986, W, 5-3 (NCAA First Round in Athens, Ga.)
March 15, 1984, W, 6-3
March 22, 1983, L, 8-1
March 14, 1983, L, 6-3
March 7, 1983, L, 6-0
March 8, 1982, L, 6-3
Feb. 3, 1982, W, 7-2
March 14, 1981, L, 6-3
April 16, 1979, W, 6-3
March 13, 1976, W, 5-4
Texas and Miami met two weeks ago in individual play at the University of Miami Invitational on Jan. 12-13. It was the Longhorns' first action of the spring season and they faced the Hurricanes in singles on Jan. 12 and in doubles on Jan. 13. Texas posted a 6-3 advantage in singles play, while taking a 4-0 sweep in doubles.
No. 8 Texas vs. Miami (Miami Invitational)
Singles (Jan. 12, 2019)
No. 18 Yuya Ito (Texas) def. No. 35 Bojan Jankulovski (Miami), 6-1, 6-3
No. 103 Chih Chi Huang (Texas) def. Tatsuki Shimamoto (Miami), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
Harrison Scott (Texas) def. No. 97 Francisco Bastias (Miami), 7-6 (2), 6-0
Leonardo Telles (Texas) def. Dane Dunlap (Miami), 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (5)
Colin Markes (Texas) def. Kaya Gore (Miami), 6-4, 6-0
Johnny Goodwin (Texas) def. Pablo Aycart Joya (Miami), 7-5, 6-1
No. 21 A. Soriano Barrera (Miami) def. No. 4 Christian Sigsgaard (Texas) 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-6 (3)
Franco Aubone (Miami) def. Rodrigo Banzer (Texas), 6-4, 7-5
W. Grattan-Smith (Miami) def. Nevin Arimilli (Texas), 6-1, 6-0
Doubles (Jan. 13, 2019)
No. 33 Harrison Scott/Christian Sigsgaard (Texas) def. A. Soriano Barrera/Kaya Gore (Miami), 8-6
Leonardo Telles/Colin Markes (Texas) def. Dane Dunlap/Franco Aubone (Miami), 8-5
Chih Chi Huang/Yuya Ito (Texas) def. Bojan Jankulovski/Francisco Bastias (Miami), 8-3
Nevin Arimilli/Johnny Goodwin (Texas) def. Pablo Aycart Joya/Tatsuki Shimamoto (Miami), 8-1
-Utah State Series: Texas leads, 1-0
Last Meeting
No. 16 Texas 6, Utah State 1
Texas Tennis Center/relocated to Weller Indoor Center after start (Feb. 9, 2018)
Singles – Order of Finish: 2, 6, 4, 3, 1, 5
1 No. 54 Harrison Scott (UT) def. Jaime Barajas (USU), 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6)
2 Yuya Ito (UT) def. Samuel Serrano (USU), 6-1, 6-0
3 No. 37 Leonardo Telles (UT) def. Sergiu Bucur (USU), 6-1, 7-6 (7)
4 Christian Sigsgaard (UT) def. Jose Carvajal (USU), 6-2, 7-5
5 No. 85 Rodrigo Banzer (UT) def. Valdemar Holm (USU), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
6 Felipe Acosta (USU) def. No. 79 John Mee (UT), 6-4, 6-0
Doubles – Order of Finish: 3, 1
1 No. 4 Rodrigo Banzer/Leonardo Telles (UT) def. Jaime Barajas/Jose Carvajal (USU), 6-2
2 No. 59 Adrian Ortiz/Christian Sigsgaard (UT) vs. Samuel Serrano/Valdemar Holm (USU), 4-5, susp.
3 Colin Markes/Yuya Ito (UT) def. Sergiu Bucur/Felipe Acosta (USU), 6-3
-The Longhorns are in their second season at the Texas Tennis Center. During its inaugural season, Texas posted a 10-2 record, including winning the 2018 Big 12 Tournament. Texas opened its home season with a 6-1 win over SMU on January 20.
-Texas topped Ole Miss in the first dual match of the 2019 season, 7-0, on Jan. 16 at the USTA National Campus Collegiate Center in Orlando, Fla. The Longhorns took all six singles points plus the doubles point without dropping a set. Texas now holds a 4-1 all-time dual match record against Ole Miss.
It was the second time Texas and Ole Miss competed against each other in this first week of the spring season. The Longhorns posted 6-1 singles and 3-1 doubles marks against the Rebels in individual play at the Miami Invitational.
-No. 8 Texas' match versus Ole Miss was part of the United States Tennis Association Collegiate Series, which includes a total of 12 matches featuring 22 different teams throughout the season. It was the first of four matches in the series to be part of the introduction of the PlayFair Challenge System using PlaySight SmartCourt technology. The mission of PlayFair is to improve the level of sportsmanship throughout tennis with the goal of increasing participation in, enjoyment, and viewership of the sport. PlayFair is a feature of PlaySight's SmartCourt technology, enabling players to challenge line calls made by their opponents or an official's overrule using instant video replay (a concept in sports known as Video Assistant Refereeing, or VAR). Players and officials can review where the ball landed by looking at a multi-angle video replay on the PlaySight touchscreen kiosk or an iPad/tablet device. The other three contests will include the Florida State-Miami men's match on March 10, and two women's matches, Michigan-Duke on March 9 and Notre Dame-Iowa on March 12.
-Texas finished the Miami Invitational (Jan. 11-13) with an 18-5 singles record and an 11-1 doubles mark, earning more victories than its opponents (Miami, Ole Miss, Wisconsin) in each section of singles and doubles of the three-day tournament. In singles, the Longhorns finished with a 5-1 mark against Wisconsin, 7-3 against Miami, and 6-1 against Ole Miss, while in doubles they swept both Miami and Wisconsin in four matches and were 3-1 against Ole Miss.
-Texas was ranked No. 8 in the preseason Oracle Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division I Rankings released Jan. 9. It marked the second straight season the Longhorns have opened in that spot and they moved back into the Top 10 after finishing last season at No. 12. Texas was the top-rated Big 12 team in the poll, which featured five of the six conference members. Texas held that spot in the most recent rankings released Jan. 23.
-The Big 12 Conference men's tennis coaches unanimously selected Texas as the No. 1 team in the preseason conference poll, the league announced on Jan. 8. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team, so the Longhorns took all five first-place votes available to them and 25 points overall. Baylor and Oklahoma tied for second with 18 points.
-The Longhorns return a talented and experienced lineup that includes seven juniors or seniors back from its 2018 Big 12 title team, along with three newcomers. Head coach Michael Center enters his 19th season leading the team.
-Three singles players and two doubles pairs were rated in the post-fall Oracle/ITA Division I Men's Rankings. Junior Christian Sigsgaard jumped to No. 4 in singles after being rated No. 54 in the preseason rankings, while junior Yuya Ito also rose to No. 18 from No. 29. That made Texas one of four teams to have two players ranked in the Top 20, along with Georgia, Ohio State and USC. Freshman Chih Chi Huang entered the rankings for the first time in his career at No. 103.
-In doubles, senior Harrison Scott was ranked with two different partners, first with Sigsgaard at No. 33 and then with Colin Markes at No. 59.
-Prior to the fall, Scott (No. 47) and seniors Rodrigo Banzer (No. 61) and Leonardo Telles (No. 62) also appeared in the singles rankings.
-Full records of the Longhorns' fall season can be found by clicking here.
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