The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2015-16 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Colin Markes
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- High School:
- Westwood
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-2
- Major:
- Corporate Communication
Pronunciation: MARK-iss
• 2019 Big 12 Individual Champion at No. 5 singles
• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 (first team)
• Named to the 2019 ITA National Indoor Championship All-Tournament Team at fifth singles
AS A SENIOR (2018-2019)
• Topped Melios Efstathiou, 6-4, 7-5, at fifth singles in the NCAA Championship 4-1 win over No. 3 Wake Forest
• Partnered with Leonardo Telles to clinch the doubles point against No. 22 Bertus Kruger and Reese Stalder, 6-3, in the NCAA Championship quarterfinals 4-1 win over No. 9 TCU
• Secured the first singles point in a 4-1 victory over South Florida with a 6-2, 6-3 win against Sergio Gomez Montesa in the second round of the NCAA Championship
• Downed Wenceslao Albin, 6-0, 6-2, at fifth singles in 4-0 sweep of Tennessee Tech in the first round of the NCAA Championship
• Helped Texas defeat No. 25 Oklahoma with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Mason Beiler at fifth singles in the Big 12 Championship
• Posted a 6-4, 6-3 win over Mason Beiler at fifth singles, while pairing with Leonard Telles for a 7-5 victory at second doubles in a 5-2 win at No. 21 Oklahoma
• Gathered a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Luke Hammond at fifth singles in a 4-3 win at No. 26 Oklahoma State
• Picked up a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 win over Luc Fomba at fifth singles a 6-1 win at No. 10 TCU
• Defeated Sven Lah, 2-6, 6-0, 6-1, in fifth singles as part of a 4-3 win over No. 6 Baylor
• Combined with Leonardo Telles for a 6-3 win over Jackson Cobb and Tommy Mylnikov at second doubles in a 7-0 sweep of No. 29 Texas Tech
• Recorded a 2-6, 6-3, 4-3 (8) win over Timothy Wang at fifth singles and paired with Leonardo Telles for a 6-2 victory over Adam Ambrozy and Austen Huang in a 6-1 win over No. 12 Columbia
• Had a 15-match singles winning streak snapped, but partnered with Leonardo Telles for a 7-6 (4) win over Alex Kobelt and James Trotter at second doubles to clinch the first doubles point won against No. 1 Ohio State all season in a 4-1 victory
• Registered a 6-3, 6-2 win over Adam Oscislawski at fourth singles, while pairing with Rodrigo Banzer for a 6-2 victory over Mohamed Abdel-Aziz and Campbell Salmon at third doubles in a 5-2 win over Rice
• Came back for a 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 win over Robert Turzak at fifth singles in a 6-0 sweep of No. 35 NC State
• Downed No. 110 Robert Loeb, 6-2, 6-4 in fifth singles in a 4-2 win at Georgia
• Played fourth singles and defeated Dennis Boisseau, 6-0, 6-2, while pairing with Leonardo Telles for a 6-1 win over Gabriel Evans and Sebastian Mortier in first doubles in a 7-0 sweep of Incarnate Word
• Had triple match point against No. 86 Alex Kobelt before the match was left unfinished against No. 2 Ohio State in the ITA Indoors semifinals
• Topped Riley Smith, 6-3, 6-4, in fifth singles and clinched the doubles point with Leonardo Telles over Laurens Verboven and Jack Jaede in Texas' 4-0 sweep of No. 5 USC
• Contributed both singles and doubles points in Texas' 4-3 win over No. 14 Illinois with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over No. 116 Caleb Chakravarthi in fifth singles, and a 6-4 defeat of Keenan Mayo and Aleks Kovacevic to clinch the doubles point with Leonardo Telles
• Moved up to fifth singles and earned a 6-4, 6-2 win over Pedro Dominguez Alonso in a 6-1 victory at Arkansas
• Took a 6-1, 6-1 sixth singles win over Daniel Siddall, while also defeating Siddall and Kody Pearson in doubles (6-3) with Leonardo Telles in a 6-1 victory at Tulsa
• Helped Texas earn the doubles point in its 5-2 win over No. 6 North Carolina with a 6-2 win with Leonardo Telles over Blaine Boyden and Simon Soendergaard
• Picked up a 6-2 doubles win with Leonardo Telles over Okkie Kellerman and Kyohei Yamanaka in a 4-0 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
• Partnered with Leonardo Telles for a 6-3 second doubles win over Ewen Lumsden and Enzo Sommer as part of a 4-0 victory against Washington
• Paired with Leonardo Telles for a 6-1 doubles win over Avery Pennywell and Tomas Vaise of SMU
• Helped Texas to a 7-0 win over Ole Miss by defeating Simon Junk in singles (7-6 [4], 6-4) and pairing with Leonardo Telles for a 6-2 win in doubles
• Won three singles matches against Jan Soren Hain of Ole Miss (6-4, 6-1), Kaya Gore of Miami (6-4, 6-0) and Jesper Freimuth of Wisconsin (6-1, 6-0) at the Miami Invitational
• Paired with Leonardo Telles for three doubles wins at the Miami Invitational against Wisconsin (8-2), Ole Miss (8-6) and Miami (8-5)
FALL (2018)
• Reached the doubles finals with Harrison Scott at the Battle of the Bay Classic
• Won two singles prequalifying matches at the ITA All-American Championships
• Paired with Yuya Ito and won two doubles qualifying matches at the ITA All-American Championships
• Posted a 2-1 mark in singles and 1-0 mark in doubles at the Longhorn Invitational
AS A JUNIOR (2017-2018)
• Defeated Biyik Akinshemoyin (6-2, 6-1) with an overall Texas win over Texas A&M Corpus Christi (4-0)
• Posted a win over Roberto Rosales (6-3, 6-3) to help lead Texas to a 4-0 victory over SMU
• Helped Texas earn the victory against Georgia Tech (5-2) with his defeat of Daniel Yun (6-4, 6-2)
• Prospered over Ashton Duke (7-6 [9-7], 6-2) in Texas’s overall victory against Rice (7-2)
• Defeated Texas Tech’s Matheus Leite (6-2, 6-1)
• Posted a win over California’s Jacob Brumm (6-1, 1-6, 6-1) and contributed to Texas 4-0 victory in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016-17)
• Went 6-0 in dual match play, primarily in the No. 6 spot (5-0)
• Paired with Yuya Ito for a 10-6 record in doubles play
• Defeated Leon Hein (6-4, 3-6, 1-0 [10-5]) and helped Texas to a 7-0 victory against UTSA
• Notched two wins in the pre-qualifying round at the ITA All-American Championship and defeated Florida’s Maxx Lipman (6-3, 6-4) and Liberty’s Vince Salas (6-2, 6-7 [3], 6-2).
• Posted two wins at the Cajun Tennis Classic where he defeated Oklahoma State’s #87 Arjun Kadhe (7-5, 6-7, 6-1) and LSU’s Pearse Dolan (3-6, 6-4, 6-4).
• Won the singles title at the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational where he went 6-0; defeated Ferran Calvo in the finals (4-6, 6-4, 6-4)
AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16)
• Posted a win over Freddy Quintero (6-1, 7-5) to help lead Texas to a 7-0 victory over Prairie View A&M
• Defeated Christian Carrillo (6-3, 6-0) in the Longhorns’ 5-2 victory over UTSA in the first of two matches against the Roadrunners
• Knocked off Ryan Hoverson (6-2, 6-4) in Texas’ 6-1 win over Incarnate Word
• Defeated Coleman Wahlborg (6-3, 6-4) to help lead the Longhorns to a 4-0 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette in the H-E-B Tournament of Champions
• Posted a win over UTSA’s Fabian Brand (6-4, 6-0) in Texas’ 5-0 win over the Roadrunners in the H-E-B Tournament of Champions
• Helped Texas to a 7-0 won over Abilene Christian after defeating Henry Adams (7-5, 6-1)
BEFORE TEXAS
• Reached the singles round of 16 at a pair of USTA Super National Championship events
• Sectional finalist at a summer grand slam event in College Station
PERSONAL
Born March 1, 1997 in Austin, Texas ... son of Peter and Dana Markes ... has one sister, Courtney, also a UT student ... major is corporate communication.
