The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Men’s Tennis signs Belgian standout Bailly
10.20.2021 | Men's Tennis
Pierre-Yves Bailly will join the Longhorns in the spring and compete in the 2022 season.
Austin – University of Texas Men's Tennis has signed Belgian standout Pierre-Yves Bailly (EEV BAY-lee) to an Athletics Scholarship Agreement (ASA), head coach Bruce Berque announced Wednesday. He will join the program in January and begin competing for the team in the spring of 2022.
"We're thrilled to welcome Pierre-Yves to our team beginning this January," Berque said. "He's an outstanding player with significant demonstrated success at the ITF junior level. We got to know him very well during the recruiting process and are confident he has the work ethic, character and passion for the game that will make him an excellent fit with our team."
"I am really excited to begin a new chapter in my life," Bailly said. "I love the team at Texas and really enjoyed getting to know both my teammates and the coaches on my visit. I can't wait to be part of it and be able to start my college career at such a great school. I'm going to give my best to help the team this season and really look forward to playing college tennis."
A native of Bilzen, Belgium, Bailly is the top junior player in Belgium and reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Juniors, along with the second round of the Roland Garros Juniors, in 2021. He earned his first ATP point two weeks ago with a win at the 15K Futures in Monastir, Tunisia.
Bailly has had a high International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior ranking of No. 7 and a great deal of success on the ITF junior circuit, winning the Grade 1 tournament in Villena, Spain, in November of 2020 and reaching the final of the Grade 1 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, just prior to that in October of that year.
