The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 5 Men’s Tennis’ Gorzny named SEC Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week
01.28.2026 | Men's Tennis
Senior Sebastian Gorzny earned his first weekly SEC honor after going a combine 6-0 in doubles and singles with two top-30 singles wins.
Austin – Texas Men's Tennis senior Sebastian Gorzny was named the SEC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week, the conference announced Wednesday. It marks the first weekly SEC honor of his career and first for the Longhorns this season.
Gorzny went a combined 6-0 in leading Texas to wins over UNC Wilmington and South Florida to earn the ITA Kickoff Weekend Austin Regional Championship, along with a close loss to top-ranked Wake Forest. In winning the Kickoff Weekend regional, the Longhorns qualified for the ITA National Indoor Championships for the eighth-straight year.
Gorzny did not drop a set during his six wins and collected two top-30 singles victories over No. 12 DK Suresh of Wake Forest (6-3, 6-4) and No. 28 Hugo Car of South Florida (6-4, 7-5), in addition to defeating Jordi Domenech of UNCW (6-1, 6-2), all of which came at No. 1 singles. He was also first off the respective doubles or singles court in five of his six matches with the only exception being his singles contest against UNCW.
In doubles, he paired with freshman Lucas Marionneau in all three wins, all of which came in decisive fashion, as they only dropped a combined four games with 6-1 victories against Wake Forest and South Florida, and a 6-2 win over UNCW. They played at No. 1 against UNCW, No. 2 versus South Florida and No. 3 against Wake Forest.
In dual match play, Gorzny is now 4-1 in singles and 5-1 in doubles with both losses coming during a match against No. 5 Virginia, including to No. 16 Dylan Dietrich in singles.
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