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No. 2 Men’s Tennis preview: No. 6 LSU/No. 7 TCU
03.05.2026 | Men's Tennis
The Longhorns host back-to-back top-seven matches against the Tigers on Friday and the Horned Frogs on Saturday.
No. 2 Texas vs. No. 6 LSU/No. 7 TCU
Team Records: Texas (13-3, 4-0 SEC), LSU (14-2, 2-1 SEC), TCU (8-4, 0-0 Big 12)
When: LSU - Friday, March 6, 2026, 6 p.m. CT; TCU – Saturday, March 7, 2026, 6 p.m.
Where: Texas Tennis Center, Austin, Texas
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-LSU Series: LSU leads, 9-7
LSU leads the all-time series, 9-7, with Texas taking the first match as SEC opponents in Baton Rouge last year, 4-3. Prior to that, the teams last played in 2022 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Austin, a match Texas swept, 4-0. They had not played since 2004 before that, and the Tigers had won five straight and nine of the previous 10. Texas won the first four all-time meetings from 1976, '77, '83, and '84.
Last Box Score
#4 Texas 4, LSU 3
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Baton Rouge, La. • LSU Tennis Complex
Singles – Order of Finish (2,5,1,3,6,4)
1. #3 Timo Legout (TEX) def. Julien Penzlin (LSU) 6-2, 7-5
2. Alessio Vasquez (LSU) def. #19 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) 6-4, 6-4
3. #46 Pierre-Yves Bailly (TEX) def. Sasa Markovic (LSU) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
4. Andrej Loncarevic (LSU) def. #53 Jonah Braswell (TEX) 6-4, 7-6 (4)
5. Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) def. Rudy Ceccon (LSU) 7-5, 6-1
6. Enzo Kohlmann (LSU) def. Lucas Brown (TEX) 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (4)
Doubles – Order of Finish (1,3)
1. #8 Lucas Brown/Timo Legout (TEX) def. #68 Julien Penzlin/Aleksi Lofman (LSU) 6-2
2. Sasa Markovic/Andrej Loncarevic (LSU) vs. Jonah Braswell/Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) 3-5, unf.
3. Pierre-Yves Bailly/Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) def. Brock Anderson/Alessio Vasquez (LSU) 6-4
-TCU Series: Texas leads, 71-30-4
Texas leads the all-time series with TCU, 71-30-4, including a 4-3 win for the Longhorns on February 14 in the quarterfinals of the ITA National Indoor Championship in Waco. The teams played three times last season and each taking a 4-1 regular season decision at home, which for the Longhorns was on February 7 in Austin at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center, and for TCU on March 11 in Fort Worth. They went on to face off in the NCAA Semifinals on May 17 in Waco in a match won by the Horned Frogs, 4-2.
They met four times in 2024, and the first was a 4-3 non-conference win for the Horned Frogs in Fort Worth on March 2, where the Longhorns had a match point in the deciding singles contest that TCU eventually won. The second was a 5-0 sweep for Texas in Austin on March 24, while the third was a 4-0 sweep for the Longhorns in the Big 12 Championship Final in Stillwater on April 21. The fourth was in the NCAA Championship Final where TCU led 2-0 before the Longhorns rallied for three-straight singles wins and held a 6-2, 4-2 lead by Eliot Spizzirri at No. 1, but the Horned Frogs came back to win that match and the remaining one with a clinch by current Longhorn Sebastian Gorzny over Jonah Braswell.
They also faced each other four times in 2023, resulting in a 2-2 split. The last of those four was a 4-1 win by TCU in the final of the Big 12 tournament in Lawrence, Kansas. Just prior to that, a 5-2 Texas victory had earned the Longhorns the Big 12 regular season crown in Austin. Like this season, the teams played a non-conference match in Fort Worth on March 22, which the Longhorns won, 4-1. Those UT wins would be the only two defeats of the year for the Horned Frogs until the NCAA Tournament. TCU won the other match on February 20 of that year, 4-0, in the finals of the ITA Indoors in Chicago for the tournament championship.
That had been the fourth-straight win in the series for TCU, which won twice in 2022, first 4-0 in the quarterfinals of the ITA Indoors in Seattle, and then 4-1 in their regular season conference match in Fort Worth. They also took a 4-3 decision in Austin in 2021. Prior to that, they faced off in the quarterfinals of the 2019 NCAA Championships when the Longhorns captured a 4-1 win at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla. Texas also won the regular season match-up that year, 6-1, in Fort Worth. The teams did not face each other in 2020 due to the pandemic shortened season.
Last 17 Meetings
2026: #7 Texas 4, #5 TCU 3 – Waco, Texas (ITA National Indoors Quarterfinals)
2025: #2 TCU 4, #3 Texas 2 – Waco, Texas (NCAA Championship Semifinals)
2025: #2 TCU 4, #3 Texas 1 – Fort Worth, Texas
2025: #3 Texas 4, #1 TCU 1 – Austin, Texas
2024: #4 TCU 4, #3 Texas 3 – Stillwater, Okla. (NCAA Championship Final)
2024: #5 Texas 4, #3 TCU 0 – Stillwater, Okla. (Big 12 Championship Final)
2024: #8 Texas 5, #2 TCU 0 – Austin, Texas
2024: #2 TCU 4, #10 Texas 3 – Fort Worth, Texas (non-conference)
2023: #3 TCU 4, #1 Texas 1 – Lawrence, Kansas (Big 12 Championship Final)
2023: #1 Texas 5, #3 TCU 2 – Austin, Texas
2023: #3 Texas 4, #1 TCU 1 – Fort Worth, Texas (non-conference)
2023: #3 TCU 4, #7 Texas 0 – Chicago, Ill. (ITA National Indoors Finals)
2022: #1 TCU 4, #11 Texas 1 – Fort Worth, Texas
2022: #4 TCU 4, #14 Texas 0 – Seattle, Wash. (ITA National Indoors Quarterfinals)
2021: #8 TCU 4, #7 Texas 3 – Austin, Texas
2019: #2 Texas 4, #9 TCU 1 – Orlando, Fla. (NCAA Quarterfinals)
2019: #4 Texas 6, #10 TCU 1 – Fort Worth, Texas
Last Four Box Scores
#7 Texas 4, #5 TCU 3
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Waco, Texas • Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center (ITA National Indoors Quarterfinals)
Singles – Order of Finish (5,1,2,3,4,6)
1. #10 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) def. #5 Duncan Chan (TCU) 7-6 (2), 6-4
2. Kalin Ivanovski (TEX) def. #49 Co Rolland De Ravel (TCU) 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-2
3. Cooper Woestendick (TCU) def. Abel Forger (TEX) 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-5
4. #51 Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) def. Oliver Bonding (TCU) 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4
5. Albert Pedrico (TCU) def. Jonah Braswell (TEX) 6-2, 6-2
6. Oliver Ojakaar (TEX) def. Roger Pascual (TCU) 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Doubles – Order of Finish (2,1)
1. Cooper Woestendick/Oliver Bonding (TCU) def. Abel Forger/Kalin Ivanovski (TEX) 6-3
2. #22 Co Rolland De Ravel/Duncan Chan (TCU) def. Sebastian Gorzny/Lucas Marionneau (TEX) 6-3
3. Filip Apltauer/Albert Pedrico (TCU) vs. #27 Sebastian Eriksson/Oliver Ojakaar (TEX) 5-4, unf.
#2 TCU 4, #3 Texas 2
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Waco, Texas • Hurd Tennis Center (NCAA Championship Semifinals)
Singles – Order of Finish (3,4,5,2,6)
1. #8 Jack Pinnington (TCU) vs. #1 Timo Legout (TEX) 4-6, 6-3, 4-3, unf.
2. #26 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) def. #10 Pedro Vives (TCU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-0
3. #37 Lui Maxted (TCU) def. #54 Pierre-Yves Bailly (TEX) 6-3, 6-0
4. Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) def. #95 Cooper Woestendick (TCU) 6-4, 6-0
5. Al Pedrico Kravtsov (TCU) def. #72 Jonah Braswell (TEX) 7-5, 6-2
6. Roger Pascual (TCU) def. Lucas Brown (TEX) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
Doubles – Order of Finish (3,1)
1. #2 Pedro Vives/Lui Maxted (TCU) def. #10 Lucas Brown/Timo Legout (TEX) 6-3
2. #32 Jack Pinnington/Cooper Woestendick (TCU) vs. #66 Jonah Braswell/Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) 5-4, unf.
3. Al Pedrico Kravtsov/Duncan Chan (TCU) def. #81 Pierre-Yves Bailly/Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) 6-3
#2 TCU 4, #3 Texas 1
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Fort Worth, Texas • Friedman Tennis Center
Singles – Order of Finish (3,1,4,5)
1. #20 Jack Pinnington (TCU) def. #7 Timo Legout (TEX) 6-4, 6-2
2. #2 Pedro Vives (TCU) vs. #13 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) 6-1, 6-7 (2), 0-1, unf.
3. #64 Pierre-Yves Bailly (TEX) def. #15 Lui Maxted (TCU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Cooper Woestendick (TCU) def. #39 Jonah Braswell (TEX) 6-3, 6-4
5. Al Pedrico Kravtsov (TCU) def. Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) 7-6 (2), 6-3
6. Roger Pascual (TCU) vs. Lucas Brown (TEX) 7-6 (4), 3-4, unf.
Doubles – Order of Finish (1,2)
1. #1 Pedro Vives/Lui Maxted (TCU) def. #10 Lucas Brown/Timo Legout (TEX) 6-2
2. Cooper Woestendick/Jack Pinnington (TCU) def. Jonah Braswell/Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) 6-3
3. Duncan Chan/Al Pedrico Kravtsov (TCU) vs. Pierre-Yves Bailly/Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) 5-5, unf.
#3 Texas 4, #1 TCU 1
Friday, February 7, 2025
Austin, Texas • Weller Indoor Tennis Center
Singles – Order of Finish (1,2,3,4)
1. #11 Timo Legout (TEX) def. #18 Jack Pinnington (TCU) 6-1, 6-1
2. #6 Pedro Vives (TCU) def. #10 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) 6-4, 6-3
3. #121 Pierre-Yves Bailly (TEX) def. #9 Lui Maxted (TCU) 6-3, 6-3
4. #21 Jonah Braswell (TEX) def. Cooper Woestendick (TCU) 6-4, 6-3
5. Oliver Ojakaar (TEX) vs. #92 Duncan Chan (TCU) 5-7, 6-2, 2-1, unf.
6. Lucas Brown (TEX) vs. Albert Pedrico (TCU) 5-0, unf.
Doubles – Order of Finish (1,2,3)
1. #2 Pedro Vives/Lui Maxted (TCU) def. #5 Timo Legout/Lucas Brown (TEX) 7-5
2. Sebastian Gorzny/Pierre-Yves Bailly (TEX) def. Jack Pinnington/Cooper Woestendick (TCU) 7-6 (3)
3. Jonah Braswell/Oliver Ojakaar (TEX) def. Duncan Chan/Albert Pedrico (TCU) 7-6 (3)
-ITA Team Rankings
Texas was tabbed No. 2 in the preseason poll released January 7 by the ITA and has ended up cycling back to that position in the latest rankings on March 3. In between, the Longhorns were No. 4 on January 21, No. 5 on January 28, No. 7 on February 4, No. 3 on February 19 and back to No. 4 on February 24. It's the 116th-straight rankings week in the top 15 dating back to April 2018.
-ITA Individual National Rankings
Texas had seven listings in the most recent ITA individual rankings that were released march 3 with four in singles and three doubles pairs. In singles, Sebastian Gorzny stayed in the top five at No. 4, while three other Longhorns all rose in the rankings with Kalin Ivanovski moving up from 25 to 20, Sebastian Eriksson rising from 40 to 37, and Abel Forger moving from 67 to 65. Meanwhile in doubles, Gorzny and Lucas Marionneau jumped from 25 to 13, which Eriksson and Oliver Ojakaar went down slightly from 12 to 14. Gorzny and Lucas Brown were down to No. 88 with Brown still missing a majority of this year's matched due to injury.
Texas
Singles
No. 4 Sebastian Gorzny
No. 20 Kalin Ivanovski
No. 37 Sebastian Eriksson
No. 65 Abel Forger
Doubles
No. 13 Sebastian Gorzny/Lucas Marionneau
No. 14 Sebastian Eriksson/Oliver Ojakaar
No. 88 Sebastian Gorzny/Lucas Brown
LSU
Singles
No. 54 Erik Arutiunian
No. 117 Andrej Loncarevic
Doubles
No. 59 Matias Ponce De Leon/Erik Arutiunian
No. 66 Andrej Loncarevic/Sasa Markovic
TCU
Singles
No. 9 Duncan Chan
No. 36 Cosme Rolland De Ravel
No. 41 Cooper Woestendick
No. 66 Julian Alonso
Doubles
No. 8 Cosme Rolland De Ravel/Duncan Chan
No. 16 Albert Pedrico/Cosme Rolland De Ravel
No. 76 Cooper Woestendick/Oliver Bonding
-Back at the TTC with a top-15 sweep
Texas swept No. 13 Georgia, 4-0, at the Texas Tennis Center on March 1. It was the ninth-straight win for the Longhorns, seven of which against top-25 opponents. Texas secured the doubles point with wins at Nos. 2 and 1 with Georgia taking No. 3 in between. The Longhorns then followed with singles victories by Abel Forger at No. 3, Lucas Marionneau at No. 6, and Oliver Ojakaar at No. 5 for the clinch.
-Finishing 3-0 on SEC opening road trip
Texas secured a 4-2 victory at No. 22 South Carolina on February 26 to complete their opening SEC road trip with a 3-0 record. It was the Longhorns' second-straight match to go indoors, although this time the move happened after most singles first sets were complete. Texas started out coming up just short in the doubles point after a 7-5 loss in the deciding match at No. 2. Texas had claimed an efficient 6-1 win at No. 3 to start, but South Carolina answered with a 6-4 win at No. 1. The Longhorns followed with singles victories by Abel Forger at No. 4, Oliver Ojakaar at No. 6, and No. 40 Sebastian Eriksson at No. 3 to extend to a 3-1 lead. The Gamecocks picked up another point at No. 1, but Jonah Braswell clinched the match at No. 5.
-Top-10 road victory in Starkville
Texas rallied for a 4-3 top-10 road victory at No. 10 Mississippi State in a match that was moved indoors to the Rula Tennis Pavilion on February 23 in Starkville. The Longhorns trailed, 1-0 after the doubles point and 3-2 late before completing the comeback. In its first match in Starkville since 1996, Texas started out coming up just short in the doubles point after a tiebreaker loss in the deciding match at No. 1. Mississippi State had earlier taken the match at No. 3 before the Longhorns evened it with a win at No. 2. After doubles, every singles match ended up going the distance to three sets. Texas claimed the first two of those with wins by Kalin Ivanovski at No. 2, and Oliver Ojakaar at No. 5. However, the Mississippi State tied the match a split second later at No. 3 and reclaimed the lead moments after that at No. 4. That left two courts in play with the Longhorns needing both, which they secured with victories first by Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, and then Lucas Marionneau at No. 6 for the clinch.
-SEC opening win in first trip to Tuscaloosa
Texas opened SEC play with a 6-1 win at Alabama on February 21 in the first-ever trip to Tuscaloosa. The Longhorns started the match with 6-3 wins on all three doubles courts, first at No. 3 and then an almost simultaneous finish at Nos. 2 and 1 with match point at No. 2 ending a split-second before No. 1 leading to all three matches counting. Jonah Braswell was first off the singles court for a 2-0 lead, and after the Crimson Tide picked up its lone match at No. 6, the Longhorns registered victories by Abel Forger at No. 3, Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, another virtually simultaneous finish by Lucas Marionneau at No. 5 just after Gorzny, and finally a superbreaker win by Sebastian Eriksson at No. 2.
-ITA Indoors All-Tournament Team filled with Horns
Longhorns claimed four of the six singles spots on the ITA All-Tournament Team released by the ITA on February 20, including the Most Outstanding Player in senior Sebastian Gorzny, who was also All-Tournament at No. 1 Singles. Additionally, Texas had freshman Kalin Ivanovski at No. 2 Singles, sophomore Sebastian Eriksson at No. 4 Singles, and freshman Lucas Marionneau at No. 6 Singles. All four players collected three singles wins over the course of the four matches at the national sites in Waco and Dallas that began in the round of 16 through the final.
-Gorzny, Ivanovski earn SEC Men's Tennis Athlete, Freshman of the Week
Texas swept the SEC weekly awards as senior Sebastian Gorzny was named Athlete of the Week, and Kalin Ivanovski was chosen Freshman of the Week, the conference announced on February 18. It marked the second weekly SEC honor for Gorzny this season and in his career, and the first for Ivanovski. The duo helped Texas to the program's first ITA Indoors National Championship with four wins over No. 8 Texas A&M, No. 5 TCU, No. 19 Baylor and No. 2 Ohio State on the way to the title. Gorzny went 3-0 in singles with two top-15 victories and another top-50 win, all at No. 1. He also went 2-2 in doubles, including a tiebreaker win over the nation's No. 1 doubles team. Ivanovski posted a 3-0 record in singles play, all against ranked opponents at No. 2. He also went 1-1 in doubles, along with an unfinished tiebreaker match against the nation's No. 7 pair, all at No. 1.
-Texas wins program's first ITA Indoors National Championship
Texas won the program's first ITA Indoors National Championship with a 4-2 win over No. 2 Ohio State on January 17 at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex in Dallas. It was the Longhorns' second appearance in the tournament final with the last being in 2023 in Chicago. The win avenged an earlier season loss on the road at Ohio State on January 29 and completed an impressive run that included a sweep of a trio of in-state foes including a 4-0 sweep of No. 19 Baylor in the semifinals in Dallas, and No. 5 TCU in the quarterfinals and No. 8 Texas A&M in the round of 16 in Waco. The Longhorns had previously beaten UNC Wilmington and South Florida in the first and second rounds in Austin on January 23 and 24, respectively. The match against the Buckeyes opened in remarkable fashion with all three doubles courts extending to a tiebreaker. Ohio State, which had all three of its teams in the top-eight of the doubles rankings held match points on all three courts at various times, but the Longhorns fought back and emerged with wins at Nos. 2 and 3 to take the point. The teams then went back and forth in singles with the Buckeyes winning at No. 3 singles to tie it, but Sebastian Gorzny regained the lead with a win at No. 1. Ohio State then took the match at No. 4, but Lucas Marionneau produced a three-set victory at No. 6 for a 3-2 advantage. That left two courts in action at Nos. 2 and 5, and Kalin Ivanovski crossed the finish line first at No. 2 to deliver the championship.
-Two top-10 wins to reach ITA Indoors semifinals
Texas defeated two top-10 opponents to reach the semifinals of ITA National Indoor Championships on February 13 and 14. The Longhorns were placed in Waco and topped No. 8 Texas A&M, 4-2, on Friday, and then No. 5 TCU, 4-3, on Saturday. It marks the second-straight year and third time in the last for Texas has advanced to the semifinals. Although Texas A&M moved out to a 2-0 lead with the doubles point that came via wins at Nos. 3 and 1, along with the first singles contest at No. 6, Texas responded with four-straight singles victories by Abel Forger at No. 2, Sebastian Eriksson at No. 3, Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, and Lucas Marionneau at No. 5 for the clinch. Then for the second-straight match, the Longhorns found themselves in a 2-0 deficit after dropping the doubles point via matches at Nos. 1 and 2, along with the first singles contest at No. 5. However, they again responded with four singles wins, starting with a top-five victory for Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, and a win by Kalin Ivanovski at No. 2 to even it, 2-2. The Horned Frogs briefly retook the lead with a win at No. 3, but Texas completed the comeback with wins by Sebastian Eriksson at No. 4 and Oliver Ojakaar at No. 6 to clinch it. The match for Ojakaar was just his second singles match in the 2025-26 year with the other coming in fall play, making it first in a dual match since March 2 of last year.
-Sweeping Corpus Christi
Texas swept Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 7-0, at the Texas Tennis Center on February 7. The Longhorns did not drop a set throughout the overall match in winning doubles contests at Nos. 2 and 3, and following with singles victories by Abel Forger at No. 2, Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, Mariano Dedura-Palomero at No. 5 for the clinch, Evan Burnett at No. 6, Lucas Marionneau at No. 4, and Jonah Braswell at No. 3.
-Facing the best
Although the Longhorns have three losses this season, the week after the third one against Ohio State on January 30, the three opponents they were defeated by were then ranked Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in the nation – Virginia, Ohio State and Wake Forest, respectively.
-Downed at Ohio State
Texas fell on the road at No. 6 Ohio State, 4-1, on January 30 at the Ty Tucker Tennis Center in Columbus. The Longhorns secured two individual top-five wins during the match but came up short in their first road match of the season. Ohio State came into the match with three top-10 doubles teams and took the doubles point with wins at Nos. 2 and 1 surrounding Texas' victory at No. 3, which was one of the Longhorns' top-five victories. The Buckeyes went up 2-0 after freshman Kalin Ivanovski was forced to retire in singles, and although Texas pulled within one when senior No. 39 Sebastian Gorzny earned the other top-five win at No. 1, the Buckeyes closed by taking Nos. 6 and 5.
-Gorzny earns first SEC Athlete of the Week honor
Sebastian Gorzny was named the SEC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week for the week of January 21-27, the conference announced January 28. It marked the first weekly SEC honor of his career. 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. 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 and No. 28 Hugo Car of South Florida, in addition to defeating Jordi Domenech of UNCW, 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. In doubles, he paired with Lucas Marionneau in all three wins, all of which came in decisive fashion.
-Back to the ITA Indoors
Texas won the championship of the ITA Kickoff Weekend Austin Regional with a pair of 4-0 sweeps over UNC-Wilmington on January 23 and South Florida on January 24 at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center. With the wins, the Longhorns advanced to the ITA National Indoor Championships for the eighth-straight year with this year's tournament taking place from February 13-17 in Dallas and Waco, Texas. Against UNCW, Texas claimed the doubles point with wins at Nos. 1 and 3, and followed with singles wins from Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, Lucas Brown at No. 3, and Mariano Dedura-Palomero at No. 5 for the clinch. Versus USF, the Longhorns earned the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and 2, followed by singles wins from Abel Forger at No. 3, Gorzny at No. 1, and Kalin Ivanovski at No. 2 for the clinch.
-Back-to-Back Top-Five Contests
Texas hosted a pair of top-five contests in Austin and had paths to victory in both, but came up short against No. 5 Virginia on January 18, 4-1, and No. 1 Wake Forest on January 21, 4-2. Against the Demon Deacons, the Longhorns claimed doubles with wins at Nos. 3 and 1, while Sebastian Gorzny provided a 2-0 lead by topping No. 12 DK Suresh at No. 1. However, Wake Forest rallied with singles wins at Nos. 2, 3, 5, and 4. Against Virginia, the Cavaliers won doubles at Nos. 2 and 1 and took a 2-0 lead with a singles win at No. 3. Although Abel Forger made it 2-1 with a win at No. 2, Virginia closed with wins at Nos. 1 and 4.
-Starting the season 2-0
The Longhorns opened the season with a pair of home wins over ACU on January 10, 7-0, and UIW on January 14, 6-1. Texas did not drop a set against ACU in sweeping played out doubles and singles, while they did the same against UIW except for a 7-5, 7-5 loss at No. 1 singles.
-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 is in his eighth season as head coach in Austin and has led the Longhorns to a 164-38 overall record (.812) that includes 13-3 this season, 28-5 last season (missed the NCAA first round match vs. Montana due to illness), 27-4 in 2024, 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. The 2026 team under Berque has already made history by become the first in program history to be crowned ITA Indoors National Champions. In reaching the NCAA Final Four last year, Texas is the only program nationally to reach it five times in the last six full seasons. During Berque's previous seven seasons at the helm, Texas is the only program in the nation to finish in the top four in six of those. It is also one of just four programs to reach the NCAA championship match twice (2019, 2024), along with Virginia, TCU and Wake Forest in that span. The Longhorns are one of three teams to have been ranked No. 1 at some point during the season in four of the last seven years along with Ohio State and TCU.
During his career, Berque has helped produce four national team champions, seven national individual champions and 14 conference team titles. He has coached 30 All-Americans who collectively have amassed 62 All-America honors. Additionally, he has guided eight singles players and three doubles teams to a No. 1 national ranking, including Timo Legout last season. Legout went on to be the ITA National Player of the Year, giving Texas three-straight years earning that honor, along with Eliot Spizzirri in 2023 and 2024. The 2025 SEC Coach of the Year, Berque guided the Horns to both the regular season and tournament championships in their debut season in the SEC. In 2024, 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. 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. Meanwhile, UT also secured an outright Big 12 regular season title with a perfect 7-0 record. In six years under Berque where a conference slate was played, Texas has taken home at least a share of the regular season championship five times (2019, '21, '23, '24, '25), including four outright (2019, '23, '24, '25). The 2020 season was halted due to the pandemic prior to conference play. The 29 wins last season were tied with the 2019 team for the most in program history in the era since 1975 when teams began playing shorter schedules. Berque has additionally guided Texas to the semifinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships in three of the last four years (2023, 2025), including the program's first two finals appearances in 2023 and 2026 on the way to this year's title.
-Back from 2025
In the eighth season under head coach Bruce Berque, Texas will have a different look from 2025, but at the same time return a number of familiar faces. The roster will feature six returners, all of whom had match experience, including seniors Sebastian Gorzny and Jonah Braswell, junior Lucas Brown, and sophomores Sebastian Eriksson, Oliver Ojakaar, and Evan Burnett.
-Five newcomers arrive for their first dual match season on the 40
The Longhorns add five new faces for 2026, all who are expected to be impact players, starting with Mariano Dedura-Palomero from Germany and Lucas Marionneau from France who arrived in the summer and competed in fall tournament play. Three other players just arrived on the 40 Acres this month, including Jeremiah Braswell, who is the brother of current Longhorn Jonah Braswell and former All-American Micah Braswell, along with Abel Forger from The Netherlands and Kalin Ivanovski from North Macedonia.
-Summer/Fall Wrap-up
A number of players on the roster spent the summer and fall nursing injuries, leading to some of them not qualifying for fall ITA rankings. However, around those injuries, Lucas Brown started the summer off with the singles title at the ITA Summer Nationals. At the ITA All-Americans, Sebastian Gorzny reached the singles round of 16, while Gorzny and Brown combined to advance to the doubles quarterfinals. Sebastian Eriksson later made it to the ITA Texas Regionals final, however the title match was not played. Gorzny and Eriksson both closed fall play in the NCAA Singles Championship round of 32.
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