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No. 3 Men’s Tennis preview: vs. No. 14 Texas A&M
02.13.2025 | Men's Tennis
The Longhorns travel to Dallas to face the Aggies in the ITA National Indoor Championships round of 16 on Friday.
No. 3 (3 seed SMU) Texas vs. No. 14 (6 seed SMU) Texas A&M
Team Records: Texas (7-1, 0-0 SEC), Texas A&M (3-2, 0-0 SEC)
When: Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, 12 p.m. CT
Where: Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex, Dallas, Texas
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Updated Statistics
Tournament Central
-Tournament Schedule
Friday, February 14 (Round of 16)
SMU site
Virginia (2) vs Michigan (7) 9 a.m. CT
Texas (3) vs Texas A&M (6) 12 p.m. CT
Wake Forest (1) vs SMU (8) 3:30 p.m. CT
Kentucky (4) vs NC State (5) 6:30 p.m. CT
Baylor site
Ohio State (2) vs UCF (7) 9 a.m. CT
Columbia (3) vs Stanford (6) 12 p.m. CT
Duke (4) vs San Diego (5) 3:30 p.m. CT
TCU (1) vs Baylor (8) 6:30 p.m. CT
Saturday, February 15 (Quarterfinals and Consolation)
Sunday, February 16 (Consolation)
Monday, February 17 (Semifinals and Consolation)
Tuesday, February 18 (Finals)
Notes
-Seven-straight trips to the ITA National Indoor Championships
In winning the 2025 ITA Kickoff Weekend Texas Regional, the Longhorns advanced to the ITA National Indoor Championships for the seventh-straight year. Last season, they lost a tight opening round match to No. 14 Arizona before going on to sweeps of No. 13 Michigan and No. 4 South Carolina in consolation matches in New York. The year before, they achieved a program first by reaching the final with wins over No. 9 Wake Forest, No. 1 Ohio State and No. 4 Michigan, before falling to No. 3 TCU in the title match. Texas has reached the quarterfinals in all six of the previous years, which includes 2021 when the national site hosted only eight teams and started in the quarters. The Longhorns won their opening round match in four other of those years against Illinois in 2019, UCLA in 2020, Florida in 2022 and Wake Forest in 2023.
-Texas A&M Series: Texas leads, 97-17-3
Texas leads the all-time series with Texas A&M, 97-17-3, having won the last five and seven of the last 10, including a 4-0 sweep in last year's NCAA Super Regional in Austin. The teams also faced each other the previous in Austin, a match the Longhorns won, 5-2, although it had been clinched at 4-1. Texas won in College Station in 2022 in a similar scenario, 4-3, with being clinched at 4-1, and by the same score in the previous match played in Austin four years ago, which was clinched at 4-0. The teams have met three times in the NCAA Tournament in recent history with the first two of those being 4-3 decisions in the second round played in College Station, as Texas won in 2016 and Texas A&M won in 2013. Despite a lopsided overall series history in favor of the Longhorns, since 2010 the teams have met 14 times with Texas holding an 9-5 edge in those matches.
Last 10 Meetings
2024: May 10 – NCAA Super Regional (Austin) W, 4-0
2023: Feb. 26 – at Texas (Austin) W, 5-2
2022: March 9 – at Texas A&M (College Station) W, 4-3
2021: March 31 – at Texas (Austin) W, 4-3
2016: May 15 – NCAA Second Round (College Station) W, 4-3
2013: May 11 – NCAA Second Round (College Station) L, 4-3
2012: April 27 – Big 12 Championships First Round (College Station) L, 4-2
2012: April 14 – at Texas (Austin) W, 4-3
2012: Feb. 18 – ITA National Indoor Championships (Charlottesville, Va.) W, 4-1
2012: Feb. 10 – Texas Cup (in Corpus Christi) L, 4-3
Last Two Meetings
#3 Texas 4, #17 Texas A&M 0
Friday, May 10, 2024
Austin, Texas • Texas Tennis Center (NCAA Round of 16)
Singles – Order of Finish (6,2,3)
1. #2 Eliot Spizzirri (UT) vs. #42 JC Roddick (TAMU) 7-5, 5-4, unf.
2. #5 Micah Braswell (UT) def. Giulio Perego (TAMU) 6-3, 6-3
3. #40 Gilles-Arnaud Bailly (UT) def. Togan Tokac (TAMU) 6-3, 6-4
4. Siem Woldeab (UT) vs. Tiago Pires (TAMU) 6-3, 4-6, 2-2, unf.
5. #56 Jonah Braswell (UT) vs. Luke Casper (TAMU) 6-0, 5-5, unf.
6. Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Lathan Skrobareck (TAMU) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles – Order of Finish (1,2,3)
1. #26 Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab (UT) def. #14 Giulio Perego/Togan Tokac (TAMU) 7-5
2. Lathan Skrobareck/JC Roddick (TAMU) def. Pierre-Yves Bailly/Eshan Talluri (UT) 7-6 (3)
3. Micah Braswell/Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Tiago Pires/Luke Casper (TAMU) 7-5
#2 Texas 5, #40 Texas A&M 2
Sunday, February 26, 2023
Austin, Texas • Texas Tennis Center
Singles – Order of Finish (3,1,2,6,4,5)
1. #1 Eliot Spizzirri (UT) def. #63 Noah Schachter (TAM) 6-3, 7-5
2. #57 Raphael Perot (TAM) def. #33 Pierre-Yves Bailly (UT) 6-2, 7-5
3. #54 Micah Braswell (UT) def. Giulio Perego (TAM) 6-3, 6-3
4. #22 Siem Woldeab (UT) def. Guido Marson (TAM) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
5. Luke Casper (TAM) def. Chih Chi Huang (UT) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
6. Evin McDonald (UT) def. Matthis Ross (TAM) 6-4, 7-6 (6)
Doubles – Order of Finish (1,2)
1. #6 Eliot Spizzirri/Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Trey Hilderbrand/Noah Schachter (TAM) 6-2
2. Siem Woldeab/Pierre-Yves Bailly (UT) def. JC Roddick/Giulio Perego (TAM) 6-2
3. Micah Braswell/Chih Chi Huang (UT) vs. Pierce Rollins/Kenner Taylor (TAM) 4-3, unf.
-Texas vs. Texas A&M in 2024-25 tournament play
ITA Texas Regional Championships
3 seed #29 Jonah Braswell (UT) def. 1 seed #17 JC Roddick (TAMU), 6-1, 6-4 (Semifinals)
Ritesh Patil (TAMU) def. Evan Burnett (UT), 6-4, 6-3
8 seed #116 Togan Tokac (TAMU) def. Evan Burnett (UT), 6-4, 6-4
1 seed #17 JC Roddick (TAMU) def. Rahul Sachdev (UT), 6-1, 6-0
Waco Fall Kickoff Classic
Ethan Silva (TAM) def Evan Burnett (UT), 7-5, 6-4
-ITA Team Rankings
Texas was tabbed No. 1 in the preseason coaches poll released January 6 by the ITA, held that through the first two weeks, and are currently No. 3, which is the 97th-straight week in the top 15 dating back to April 2018. Meanwhile, TCU moved up to No. 1.
-ITA Individual National Rankings
Texas had five listings in the ITA individual in the most recent rankings that were released February 5 with four in singles and one doubles pair. Texas claimed both the No. 10 and No. 11 players in Sebastian Gorzny and Timo Legout, while Jonah Braswell was also in the top-25 at No. 21, and Pierre-Yves Bailly was No. 121. In doubles, Legout and Brown were in the top-five at No. 5.
Texas
Singles
No. 10 Sebastian Gorzny
No. 11 Timo Legout
No. 21 Jonah Braswell
No. 121 Pierre-Yves Bailly
Doubles
No. 5 Timo Legout/Lucas Brown
Texas A&M
Singles
No. 60 Theo Papamalamis
No. 71 JC Roddick
Doubles
No. 31 Luke Casper/Togan Tokac
No. 43 Togan Tokac/Giulio Perego
-Sweeping the SEC weekly awards
Texas swept the two SEC weekly awards for the week ending Feb. 11. Pierre-Yves Bailly was named the Athlete of the Week, while Timo Legout was Freshman of the Week after both helped the Longhorns to a 4-1 win over No. 1 TCU. For Bailly, it marked his first career conference weekly award, while for Legout it was his second after being Co-Freshman of the Week two weeks earlier. Bailly won both his singles and doubles matches, registering a decisive 6-3, 6-3 top-10 win over No. 9 Lui Maxted at No. 3, and partnering with Sebastian Gorzny for a 7-6 (3) victory over Jack Pinnington and Cooper Woestendick at No. 2. Legout posted an impressive 6-1, 6-1 win over No. 18 Jack Pinnington at No. 1 and paired with Lucas Brown in coming up just short in doubles against the No. 2 pair of Maxted and Pedro Vives, 7-5, at No. 1 after TCU broke in the last game to win.
-Not so fast, No. 1
After being ranked No. 1 themselves the week before, No. 3 Texas hosted No. 1 TCU in the Weller Indoor Tennis Center and came away with a 4-1 win over the Horned Frogs. It marked the fifth win for the Longhorns over a No. 1-ranked team in the last five years. That includes victories over Ohio State in 2024, Ohio State and TCU in 2023, and USC in 2021. Texas captured a dramatic doubles point with two tiebreaker wins at Nos. 2 and 3, and followed with singles victories by Timo Legout at No. 1, Pierre-Yves Bailly at No. 3, and Jonah Braswell at No. 4.
-Just short in Charlottesville
Texas came up just short on the road at No. 5 Virginia, 4-3, at the Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Va., on Jan. 2. The Longhorns had match points that would have secured the overall win before the Cavaliers rallied. Texas took the doubles point with wins at Nos. 2 and 1, and after Virginia won at No. 5 singles, the Longhorns reclaimed the lead with wins by Jonah Braswell at No. 4, and Pierre-Yves Bailly at No. 3. However, the Cavaliers responded with three-straight three-set wins in matches at Nos. 2, 1 and 6 after Texas had won the first set in each of them. The Longhorns also had three match points in a second-set tiebreaker at No. 1.
-Ojakaar representing Estonia in Davis Cup
Freshman Oliver Ojakaar is representing his home country of Estonia in Davis Cup play and will miss the match against Virginia. Ojakaar won his singles match against Ignacio Parisca, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4.
-Legout named SEC Co-Freshman of the Week
Timo Legout was named the SEC Co-Freshman of the Week on Jan. 29. It was his first career conference award and also the first SEC award ever for the program. Legout went a combined 4-0, all at No. 1 singles and doubles, including three ranked wins, and only dropped a total of nine games in leading Texas to wins over Rice and Georgia Tech to claim the ITA Kickoff Weekend regional title. It also advanced the Longhorns to the ITA National Indoor Championships for the seventh-straight year.
-Texas sweeps its way to the ITA Indoors and regional title
Texas won the championship of the ITA Kickoff Weekend Austin Regional with a 4-0 sweep of Georgia Tech at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center on Jan. 26. With the win, the Longhorns advanced to the ITA National Indoor Championships for the seventh-straight year with this year's tournament taking place from February 14-17 in Dallas and Waco, Texas. Texas took the doubles point with wins at Nos. 3 and 1 and continued with singles victories from Timo Legout at No. 1, Sebastian Gorzny at No. 2, and Sebastian Eriksson at No. 5, who clinched the sweep of the overall match. The day before, the Longhorns had swept Rice, 4-0, with double point wins at Nos. 1 and 2 and victories by the same players at the same positions in the same order.
-Horns cool the Sun Devils
Texas topped No. 18 Arizona State, 6-1, at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center on January 19. Although the Sun Devils took the doubles point with wins at Nos. 2 and 1, the Longhorns responded with victories from Timo Legout at No. 1, Lucas Brown at No. 6, Pierre-Yves Bailly at No. 3, Jonah Braswell at No. 4 for the clinch, Oliver Ojakaar at No. 5, and Sebastian Gorzny at No. 2.
-UT system win
The Longhorns produced their second-straight 7-0 sweep with win over UTRGV on January 15 at the Texas Tennis Center. After sweeping the doubles point, the Longhorns received victories from Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, Oliver Ojakaar at No. 4, Jonah Braswell at No. 3 for the clinch, Sebastian Eriksson at No. 5, Rahul Sachdev at No. 6, and Pierre-Yves Bailly at No. 2.
-Two for two on opening weekend
Texas opened the 2025 dual match season with a pair of home wins at the TTC on Jan. 11 and 12 over Lamar (6-1) and ACU (7-0). The wins marked the dual match debuts of several player, including freshmen Sebastian Gorzny, Oliver Ojakaar and Rahul Sachdev, and junior transfer Sebastian Gorzny. Against Lamar, the Longhorns swept the doubles matches and earned singles victories from Eriksson at No. 5, Lucas Brown at No. 3, Gorzny at No. 1 for the clinch, Jonah Braswell at No. 2, and Ojakaar at No. 4. UT again swept three doubles matches against ACU and earned singles victories from Brown at No. 4, Gorzny at No. 1, Eriksson at No. 6, Braswell at No. 3, Ojakaar at No. 5, and Pierre-Yves Bailly at No. 2.
-Berque at the Helm
An accomplished coaching veteran with three decades of experience with some of the nation's top tennis programs, Bruce Berque was named the fifth head coach of The University of Texas Men's Tennis program on May 23, 2019. Berque has now completed six seasons as head coach in Austin and has led the Longhorns to a 130-31 overall record (.807) that includes 7-1 this season, 27-4 last season, 26-4 in 2023, 18-11 in 2022, 24-6 in 2021, 13-3 in a 2020 season that was shortened by the pandemic, and 15-2 in 2019 en route to the guiding Texas to its first team National Championship. During Berque's six seasons at the helm, Texas is the only program in the nation to finish in the top four in five of those six seasons, and it is the only program nationally to make four NCAA Final Fours in that span. It is also one of just two programs to reach the NCAA championship match twice (2019, 2024), along with Virginia. The Longhorns are additionally one of five teams to have been ranked No. 1 at some point during the regular season or post-season in at least three of those years (Ohio State, Virginia, Florida, TCU). Adding in the recent preseason ranking of No. 1, Texas is the only program to be No. 1 in four of those years. During his career, Berque has helped produce four national team champions, seven national individual champions and 12 conference team titles. He has coached 28 All-Americans who collectively have amassed 58 All-America honors, along with two more players who have already qualified for three All-America honors in the upcoming year. Additionally, he has guided seven singles players and three doubles teams to No. 1 national ranking. Texas came within a point of its second national title before coming up just short by a 4-3 score to TCU to finish as NCAA runners-up and with a No. 2 final ranking. As part of a 27-4 overall record, it had been the fourth time the teams had met during the season, resulting in a 2-2 split that also saw the Longhorns claim the Big 12 tournament championship over the Horned Frogs. Meanwhile, UT also secured an outright Big 12 regular season title with a perfect 7-0 record. That marked the fourth time in the five years under Berque where a conference slate was played that Texas took home at least a share of the regular season championship (2019, '21, '23, '24), including three outright (2019, '23, '24). The 2020 season was halted due to the pandemic prior to conference play. The 27 wins was second-most for the program since 2010, trailing only the 29 from the 2019 National Championship season.
-Back from 2024
In the seventh season under head coach Bruce Berque, Texas will have a different look from 2024, but at the same time return a number of familiar faces. Returning with match experience will be a trio of players including senior Pierre-Yves Bailly, junior Jonah Braswell and sophomore Lucas Brown. In addition, three players were on the team last season and redshirted, including Timo Legout, who had a sensational fall season and moved all the way up to No. 3 and No. 7, respectively, in the preseason singles and doubles rankings, along with Evan Burnett and Rahul Sachdev.
-Three newcomers arrive for their first dual match season on the 40
The Longhorns add three new faces for 2025, all who are expected to be impact players, starting with Sebastian Gorzny, who transferred from TCU in the summer and is a junior. Two other players just arrived on the 40 Acres this month in Oliver Ojakaar from Estonia, and Sebastian Eriksson from Sweden.
-Fall/Summer Wrap-up
In the first year of the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships being moved to the fall, Timo Legout reached the semifinals of both this past November, combining with Lucas Brown in doubles to qualify as All-Americans. Earlier, Legout and the combination of Legout and Brown won both titles at the ITA Texas Regionals, and junior Jonah Braswell also made the singles final. Sebastian Gorzny additionally finished as the singles runner-up at the ITA All-American Championships.
-Year eight at the Texas Tennis Center
Texas is in its eighth year at the Texas Tennis Center with an 86-9 (.905) overall record in its history. Already 4-0 this season, the Longhorns were 10-1 last season, including wins over both No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 TCU with the only loss being a 4-3 decision to No. 1 Virginia. In 2023, Texas was 13-0, and additionally, set an all-time Texas Tennis attendance record of 1,332 against TCU in a match that saw them clinch the Big 12 regular season title. The season before, the Longhorns posted a 10-3 record with the only losses coming to top-five teams by 4-3 scores against No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Ohio State, and 6-0 to No. 4 Baylor. Texas posted a 14-2 mark in 2021, which included wins over No. 6 Texas A&M, No. 9 Florida and No. 15 Arizona. In a shortened season in 2020, UT recorded a 9-0 record with wins against No. 8 Stanford, No. 18 Georgia and No. 21 Florida State. The Longhorns finished 2019 at 15-1, including wins over No. 1 Ohio State, No. 6 Baylor and No. 12 Columbia, along with three NCAA Tournament victories. The lone loss that year came to No. 15 USC. During its inaugural season, Texas posted a 10-2 record, including winning the 2018 Big 12 Tournament.
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