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No. 4 Men’s Tennis preview: ITA National Indoors Consolation
02.15.2020 | Men's Tennis
The third-seeded Longhorns will face 7 seed No. 8 Stanford on Sunday at 12 p.m. CT in Madison, Wis.
3 seed No. 4 Texas vs. 7 seed No. 8 Stanford
When: Sun., Feb. 16, 2020, 12 p.m. CT
Where: Nielsen Tennis Stadium, Madison, Wis.
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-Stanford Series: Stanford leads, 13-3
Texas and Stanford have met 16 times since 1975 with the Cardinal winning 13 of those, including the last meeting in Palo Alto in 2017, however the Longhorns won the previous two contests, 4-3 in 2016 in Austin, along with the most recent time in the ITA Indoors, 4-0 in 2010 in Charlottesville, Va. The teams have met twice before in Madison, Wis., both of which were Stanford wins in the ITCA Team Championships in 1977 and 1978.
Last Meeting
No. 41 Stanford 4, No. 8 Texas 1
Fri., Mar. 10, 2017 • Taube Family Tennis Stadium • Palo Alto, Calif.
Singles – Order of Finish: 4, 2, 6, 5
1. No. 13 Tom Fawcett (Stanford) vs. No. 12 Christian Sigsgaard (UT), 4-6, 6-1, 4-1, unf.
2. Sameer Kumar (Stanford) def. George Goldhoff (UT), 7-5, 6-4
3. No. 70 Harrison Scott (UT) vs. No. 92 Michael Genender (Stanford), 7-5, 3-6, unf.
4. No. 34 Yuya Ito (UT) def. No. 89 Jack Barber (Stanford), 6-3, 6-4
5. David Wilczynski (Stanford) def. No. 108 Leonardo Telles (UT), 6-4, 6-3
6. Brandon Sutter (Stanford) def. Rodrigo Banzer (UT), 6-3, 6-4
Doubles – Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1
1. Tom Fawcett/Goldberg (Stanford) def. George Goldhoff/Leonardo Telles (UT), 7-5
2. Sameer Kumar/Michael Genender (Stanford) def. Harrison Scott/Julian Zlobinsky (UT), 6-3
3. Christian Sigsgaard/Colin Markes (UT) def. David Wilczynski/Brandon Sutter (Stanford), 7-6
-Texas vs Stanford in 2019 tournament play
ITA All-American Championships
Semifinals
No. 4 Yuya Ito (UT) def. No. 33 Alex Rotsaert (STAN), 6-3, 6-4
-Ranked No. 4
Texas is ranked No. 4 in the latest Oracle/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Rankings released Feb. 5 by the ITA. It marks the 16th-straight week the Longhorns have been ranked in the top four dating back last February. Texas had been ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the last eight polls, but suffered its first loss since last season at No. 6 Ohio State on Feb. 1.
- ITA Individual National Rankings
Texas
Singles
No. 2 Yuya Ito
No. 12 Christian Sigsgaard
No. 37 Siem Woldeab
Doubles
No. 11 Christian Sigsgaard/Siem Woldeab
No. 15 Yuya Ito/Christian Sigsgaard
No. 59 Yuya Ito/Siem Woldeab
Stanford
Singles
No. 16 Axel Geller
No. 21 Alex Rotsaert
No. 57 Sangeet Sridhar
No. 98 Neel Rajesh
Doubles
N/A
-Back at the ITA Indoors
The Longhorns are back at the ITA National Indoor Championships and advanced to the quarterfinals for the second-straight year and the third time in the last four. Texas downed 14 seed No. 16 UCLA, 4-2, in the first round on the strength of four singles wins by freshmen Cleeve Harper and Eliot Spizzirri and seniors Yuya Ito and Christian Sigsgaard. However, the Longhorns then fell to 11 seed No. 13 Michigan, 4-2, winning the doubles point and a singles match by Cleeve Harper.
Last season, Texas advanced to the semifinals for the second time in program history with the other coming in 2010, both of which came after defeating USC in the quarterfinals. The Longhorns also defeated host Illinois last year in the first round before falling to eventual champion Ohio State in the semifinals.
-Climbing the charts
Seniors Yuya Ito and Christian Sigsgaard are both rising in the all-time career singles victories list at Texas. Ito is now tied for sixth with 105, while Sigsgaard is 13th with 100. Among the top 15, Ito has posted the best winning percentage (.761), while Sigsgaard's is fourth (.719).
-Ito dominant
No. 2 Yuya Ito had won 18 consecutive singles matches prior to falling to No. 28 Trent Bryde of Georgia on Feb. 8. He bounced back in his next match with a top-10 win over No. 6 Keegan Smith of UCLA on Feb. 14, but fell again to No. 48 Andrew Fenty on Feb. 15. He has still won 22 of his last 25, and 30 out of his last 34 counting tournament play and dating back to last season. Of the 30 wins, 19 have been against ranked opponents with only two of those coming against players outside of the top 50, while 10 of them have been in the top 25. Three of the four losses have been to top-50 opponents, and his only other loss has been to teammate Siem Woldeab in the championship of the Gamecock Invitational.
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