The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Eliot Spizzirri
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Greenwich, Conn.
- High School:
- Laurel Springs School
- Major:
- Business
• 2023 ITA National Player of the Year
• 2023 ITA National Senior Player of the Year
• 2023 ITA Texas Region Senior Player of the Year
• 2023 ITA All-American (singles and doubles/Cleeve Harper)
• Qualified as 2023 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Finished 2023 ranked No. 1 in singles and No. 2 in doubles by the ITA
• Became the second player in UT history to finish No. 1 since the rankings began in 1981 (Steve Bryan, 1990)
• 2023 NCAA Doubles Championship runner up (with Cleeve Harper)
• 2023 NCAA Singles Championship quarterfinalist
• Selected to the 2023 NCAA Championships draw for singles as the 1 seed
• Selected to the 2023 NCAA Championships draw for doubles as the 3 seed (with Cleeve Harper)
• 2023 CSC Academic All-America First Team and All-District
• 2023 Big 12 Player of the Year
• 2023 First-Team All-Big 12 (singles)
• 2023 First-Team All-Big 12 (doubles/Cleeve Harper)
• 2023 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (No. 1 singles)
• 2023 Big 12 Individual Champion at No. 1 singles
• 2023 Big 12 Individual Champion at No. 1 doubles (with Cleeve Harper)
• Set a Big 12 career record with 10 Player of the Week Awards
• Tied his own Big 12 single-season record with five Player of the Week Awards in 2023 (Jan. 24, Feb. 14, Feb. 28, March 28 and April 11)
• 2023 ITA National Indoors Most Outstanding Player
• 2023 ITA National Indoors All-Tournament Team (No. 1 singles)
• Became the first Texas player to be ranked No. 1 in singles by the ITA since 2015
• Advanced to the singles final and doubles round of 16 (with Cleeve Harper) at the 2022 ITA National Fall Championships
• Reached the semifinals in both singles and doubles (with Cleeve Harper) of the 2022 ITA All-American Championship
• 2022 ITA All-American (doubles with Siem Woldeab)
• Selected to the 2022 NCAA Championships draw for doubles as a 5-8 seed (with Siem Woldeab)
• Designated as an alternate for the 2022 NCAA Championships draw for singles
• 2022 Second-Team All-Big 12 (singles)
• 2022 Second-Team All-Big 12 (doubles/Siem Woldeab)
• 2022 Big 12 All-Tournament Team (No. 2 doubles)
• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2022 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• One of nine players to receive a qualifying wild card for the singles draw at the 2021 U.S. Open and defeated ATP No. 163 Alejandro Tabilo
• Selected for a wild card to the doubles main draw at the 2021 U.S. Open with Tyler Zink
• Won the singles title of the 2021 ITF Futures in Decatur, Ill.
• Captured the doubles title at the 2021 ITF Futures in Champaign, Ill., with Ben Shelton
• 2021 ITA All-American (singles and doubles with Siem Woldeab)
• Selected to the 2021 NCAA Championships draws for singles and doubles (with Siem Woldeab)
• Unanimous 2021 First-Team All-Big 12 (singles)
• Unanimous 2021 First-Team All-Big 12 (doubles/Siem Woldeab)
• 2021 Big 12 Individual Co-Champion at No. 1 singles
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2021 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Big 12 record five Player of the Week Awards in 2021 (Jan. 24, Feb. 28, March 28, April 11 and April 18)
• Flight 1 Singles Co-Champion and Flight 1 Doubles Champion of the 2021 Alabama Spring Shootout
• Singles Co-Champion at the 2020 Big 6 Fall Invite
• Doubles Champion at the 2020 Big 6 Fall Invite (Siem Woldeab)
• 2020 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Selected to the 2020 ITA National Indoors All-Tournament Team at No. 2 doubles with Jacob Bullard
• Enrolled at Texas in January 2020
• Signed his commitment to compete for The University of Texas Men's Tennis program in November 2019
FALL (2022)
• Accumulated a 10-3 singles record and 5-4 doubles mark
• Began ranked No. 35 in singles and finished No. 3
• Began ranked No. 16 in doubles with Cleeve Harper and finished No. 7
• His only singles losses came to Ethan Quinn of Georgia, twice, who was later ranked No. 1, and Nishesh Basavareddy of Stanford, who was later ranked No. 2
• Advanced to the singles final of the ITA National Fall Championships with wins over No. 39 Harris Walker of Harvard, 6-3, 6-3; Kristof Minarik of Wichita State, 6-2, 6-1; No. 65 Jake Fearnley of TCU, 6-2, 7-6 (2); and No. 28 Garrett Johns of Duke, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3; before falling to Basavareddy
• Made the doubles Round of 16 at the ITA National Fall Championships with a victory over No. 34 Mark Keki and Mate Voros of Sacramento State, 6-3, 6-3, before falling in a tiebreaker and superbreaker to No. 20 Edoardo Graziani and Kevin Zhu of Penn, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 1-0 (11)
• Reached the singles semifinals of the ITA All-American Championships, downing Connor DiMarco of Tulsa, 6-1, 6-4; No. 9 Tyler Stice of Auburn, 6-0, 6-2; No. 17 Ondrej Styler of Michigan, 7-5, 7-5; and No. 28 Garrett Johns of Duke, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; before falling to Quinn
• Advanced to the doubles semifinals of the ITA All-American Championships with Eliot Spizzirri with wins over the No. 57 pair of Patrick Zahraj and Alex Hoogmartens of UCLA, 7-5, 6-4; the No. 2 pair of Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frye of USC, 6-3, 6-3; and Ethan Quinn and Trent Bryde of Georgia, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8)
• Earned two top-50 singles wins at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships over No. 4 Inaki Montes De La Torre, 6-3, 6-2, and No. 44 Bradley Frye of USC, 6-4, 6-0
• Partnered with Cleeve Harper and topped the No. 2 pair of Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frye of USC, 8-6, at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships
AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)
• Missed all of the fall in singles due to injury, while playing three matches in doubles
• Returned in the spring and registered an 11-6 dual match record in singles and 15-5 in doubles
• Was unranked in the preseason ITA singles rankings due to not playing in the fall, but rose to a high of No. 56 in the final rankings
• Reached as high as No. 8 with Siem Woldeab in the ITA doubles rankings on May 4 and finished No. 9
• Won seven straight singles decisions from March 1 to April 3
• Won eight of his last 10 and 10 of his last 13 doubles decisions with Siem Woldeab
• Played his last five dual match singles contests at No. 1 against four ranked opponents, going 1-0 with four unfinished of which he was leading or tied in three
• Clinched the NCAA Tournament match against No. 34 LSU with a 7-6 (8), 6-4 win over No. 29 Ronald Hohmann
• Partnered with Siem Woldeab to go 3-0 at No. 1 in the NCAA Tournament with wins over Francisco Bascon and Bruno Casino of Idaho (6-3), Ronald Hohmann and Vlad Lobak of No. 34 LSU (6-4), and No. 24 Nino Ehrenschneider and Andrew Fenty of No. 5 Michigan (6-4), clinching the doubles point against both Idaho and LSU in 4-0 sweeps
• Paired with Siem Woldeab to go 2-0 at No. 2 in the Big 12 Championship, topping No. 15 Matias Soto and Juampi Mazzuchi of No. 4 Baylor, 6-3, in the semifinals, and No. 85 Alex Garcia and Max Verboven of No. 54 Oklahoma State in the quarterfinals
• Contributed a 6-4, 6-3 singles victory over Mark Mandlik at No. 3, and a 7-6 (6) doubles clinch with Siem Woldeab against Mandlik and Baptiste Anselmo at No. 2 in a 7-0 sweep at No. 38 Oklahoma
• Clinched doubles with Siem Woldeab at No. 1 TCU with a 7-6 (3) victory over No. 11 Sander Jong and Lui Maxted at No. 2
• Collected a 6-2, 6-2 singles win over Olle Wallin at No. 3 and a 6-3 doubles victory with Siem Woldeab against Ilgiz Valiev and Dimitrios Azoidis at No. 2 in a 7-0 sweep over No. 40 Texas Tech
• Clinched both doubles and the overall match against No. 30 Oklahoma with a 7-6 (5) win over Mark Mandlik and Baptiste Anselmo at No. 2, and a 7-6 (5), 6-2 victory over Anselmo at No. 3
• Partnered with Siem Woldeab for a 6-0 shutout of Daniel De Jonge and Eric Hadigian at No. 2, and followed with a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 win over Eero Vasa at No. 3 in a 5-2 win at No. 21 Pepperdine
• Downed No. 30 Peter Maak, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3 in a 4-3 comeback win at No. 9 USC
• Combined with Chih Chih Huang at No. 3 for a 6-1 victory over the No. 3 duo of James Trotter and Justin Boulais of No. 2 Ohio State, along with a 6-3, 6-4 win against Jake Van Emburgh at No. 3
• Defeated Matthis Ross, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 at No. 3 in a 4-3 win at No. 28 Texas A&M
• Recorded a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 4 over No. 44 Trent Bryde at No. 15 Georgia
• Cliched doubles with Richard Ciamarra over No. 19 Ben Draper and Robert Maciag of No. 6 Wake Forest at ITA Indoors
• Paired with Richard Ciamarra for a 6-1 win against JC Roddick and Kento Yamada against UCF at No. 3 in a 4-0 sweep
• Registered a 5-7, 7-6 (5), 1-0 (5) win over Haoyuan Huang at No. 2 in a 7-0 sweep of Rice
• Partnered with Siem Woldeab for a 6-2 victory over Ben Shelton and Sam Riffice at No. 1, along with a 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (6) win at No. 1 against Riffice of No. 1 Florida
• Opened dual match play with a 6-3 win with Siem Woldeab at No. 1 against Joao Ceolin and Tiago Torres of UTSA
FALL (2021)
• Did not compete in singles in fall play due to injury
• Paired with Siem Woldeab to reach the quarterfinals of the ITA All-American Championships with wins over Eban Straker-Meads and Facundo Tumosa of Norther Arizona, 7-6 (4), 6-3, and Daniel Milavsky and Brian Shi of Harvard, 6-2, 7-6 (6)
AS A FRESHMAN/ADDITIONAL (2021)
• Finished at season highs in the final ITA rankings of No. 15 in singles and No. 7 in doubles with Siem Woldeab
• Posted a 17-9 singles record, including 11-7 at No. 1 and 5-2 at No. 2, and a 17-11 doubles record in dual match play
• Compiled a 25-11 overall singles record and 24-15 overall doubles record in 2020-21
• Advanced to the round of 32 in the NCAA Singles Championship with a 6-4, 7-5 win over No. 8 Johannus Monday of Tennessee
• Came up just short with Siem Woldeab in a third-set superbreaker in the opening round of the NCAA Doubles Championship, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8) against No. 24 Rithvik Bollipalli and Jakub Wojcik of South Florida, who they had defeated earlier in the year
• Was one game shy of flipping his singles match against No. 4 Duarte Vale, 4-6, 6-5, when play stopped versus No. 2 Florida in the NCAA Semifinals, along with a 5-5 unfinished doubles match with Siem Woldeab against No. 16 Vale and Johannes Ingildsen
• Paired with Siem Woldeab to clinch the doubles point in a 4-3 win over No. 12 USC in the NCAA Quarterfinals by topping No. 10 Daniel Cukierman and Riley Smith, 7-6 (4)
• Earned his highest-ranked singles win of the year over No. 2 Daniel Rodrigues, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, in a 4-3 comeback win over No. 13 South Carolina where Texas trailed 3-0
• The win over Rodrigues gave him wins during the year over both eventual NCAA Singles Championship finalists along with champion Sam Riffice of Florida
• Clinched a 4-0 sweep of Northern Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Eban Straker-Meads at No. 1, while pairing with Siem Woldeab for a 6-3 win at No. 1 over Straker-Meads and Facundo Tumosa
• Claimed the record for Big 12 Player of the Week honors by leading Texas to road wins at No. 2 Baylor and No. 21 Texas Tech to end the regular season and earned Texas a share of the Big 12 title
• Topped Parker Wynn, 6-4, 6-2, at No. 1 as part of a 4-1 win at No. 21 Texas Tech
• Part of a 5-2 win at No. 2 Baylor with a 6-3, 6-4 win over No. 53 Adrian Boitan at No. 1 and a third win with Siem Woldeab over No. 19 Sven Lah and Constantin, 6-3, at No. 1
• Earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors (April 11) for the fourth time this season by leading Texas to wins over No. 21 Oklahoma and No. 18 Oklahoma State
• Against No. 18 Oklahoma State, helped lead the Longhorns to a 4-3 victory by defeating No. 38 Matej Vocel in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 1, and partnering with Siem Woldeab for a 6-2 win over Vocel and Emile Hudd for the second time in the season
• Clinched doubles with Siem Woldeab in a 5-2 victory against No. 21 Oklahoma with a 6-3 win against No. 28 Nathan Han and Alex Martinez at No. 1, while earning a ranked win in a superbreaker, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 1-0 (7), over No. 108 Jake Van Emburgh at No. 1
• Partnered with Siem Woldeab for a top-10 win to help Texas take doubles in a 4-3 win over No. 6 Texas A&M by topping No. 8 Juan Carlos Aguilar and Bjorn Thomson
• Secured a straight-sets top-50 win, 6-3, 6-2, against No. 45 Chase Ferguson of No. 29 South Florida at No. 1, while clinching doubles with Siem Woldeab with a 7-5 win over No. 14 Rithvik Bollipalli and Jakub Wojcik at No. 1 to earn Big 12 Player of the Week honors for March 28
• Clinched doubles with Siem Woldeab in a 4-3 win over No. 15 Arizona with a 7-5 victory over Jonas Ziverts and Jett Middleton at No. 1, while in singles coming up just short against No. 50 Ziverts, 6-7 (3), 6-0, 6-7 (4)
• Closed a four-match road trip with a 6-1, 7-6 (5) win over Sumit Sarkar at No. 1 against Rice, while playing his only doubles match of the season at No. 2 and earning a 6-2 win with Jacob Bullard over Jacob Eskeland and AJ Valenty
• Collected a top-five doubles win with Siem Woldeab with a 6-2 victory over Emile Hudd and Matej Vocel at No. 1 in a 4-1 win over No. 26 Oklahoma State
• Returned to No. 1 and has remained there for the rest of the season with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 win over No. 40 Hamish Stewart, while also downing Stewart and Ewan Moore with Siem Woldeab, 6-2, at No. 1 to clinch doubles in a 4-3 win at Tulane to earn Big 12 Player of the Week honors for Feb. 28
• Captured a 7-6 (2), 6-3 win over No. 19 Riley Smith at No. 2 in a 4-3 win over No. 1 USC at ITA Indoor Nationals, while also pairing with Siem Woldeab to push the No. 1 duo of Smith and Daniel Cukierman to a tiebreaker before falling just short
• With Siem Woldeab, defeated No. 10 Sven Lah and Constantin Frantzen of No. 4 Baylor for the second time in two weeks, 6-4, at No. 1 at ITA National Indoors
• Played No. 1 singles in a doubleheader and went 2-0 against Luka Stojanovic of UIW (6-0, 6-1) and Kyohei Yamanaka (6-3, 6-3) of Texas A&M-CC, while also partnering with Chih Chi Huang in doubles at No. 1 for a 6-0 win against UIW and a 6-1 win against TAMCC
• Recorded a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over Makey Rakotomala at No. 2 in a 4-3 victory over Arizona State
• Paired with Siem Woldeab to clinch doubles against No. 6 Baylor with a win over No. 10 Sven Lah and Constantin Frantzen at No. 1
• Clinched in the deciding match of a 4-3 win over No. 9 Florida by topping No. 8 Sam Riffice, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, after changing locations from outdoor to indoor for the final set, helping him to Big 12 Player of the Week honors for Jan. 24
• Moved back to No. 2 singles against Liberty for a 6-4, 6-1 win over Josh Wilson, while pairing with Siem Woldeab for a 6-4 win over Wilson and Goncalo Ferreira
• Clinched doubles versus SMU with a 6-2 win with Siem Woldeab over Tomas Vaise and Juan Jose Bianchi at No. 1, along with playing No. 3 singles for the only time during the season and taking a 6-4, 6-3 win over Liam Krall
• Opened dual match play with a 6-7 (5), 7-5, 1-0 (8) superbreaker win over Ivailo Keremedchiev of Louisiana at No. 2
• Flight 1 Singles Co-Champion with Micah Braswell and Flight 1 Doubles Champion partnered with Siem Woldeab of the Alabama Spring Shootout
• Registered a perfect 7-0 combined record in singles (3-0) and doubles while partnered with Siem Woldeab (4-0) with wins over Edson Ortiz, Patrick Kaukovalta and Riccardo Roberto in singles at the Alabama Spring Shootout
FALL (2020)
• Went 4-1 in singles and 3-3 in doubles during the fall
• Won the co-championship in singles of the Big 6 Fall Invite with Micah Braswell with a 2-0 record that included wins over Emile Hudd of Oklahoma State and Jake Fearnley of TCU
• Also won the championship of the Big 6 Fall Invite in doubles with a 3-0 record with Siem Woldeab, including wins against Etienne Donnet and Emile Hudd of Oklahoma State, Luc Fomba and Max Kurzban of TCU and Dimitrios Azoidis and Reed Collier of Texas Tech
• Posted a 2-1 singles record at the Lakes Tennis Invite with straight-set wins over Jonathan Sheehy of Oklahoma and Parker Wynn of Texas Tech
AS A FRESHMAN (2020)
• Finished the shortened dual match season with an 11-1 singles record and an 8-6 doubles mark
• Partnered with Siem Woldeab for a 6-1 win at No. 2 doubles over Campbell Salmon and Karol Paluch and followed with a 6-3, 6-0 singles victory over Salmon at No. 3 in a 6-1 win over Rice
• Played No. 3 singles and recorded a 6-3, 6-3 win versus Jarod Hing in a 6-1 win over Tulsa
• Clinched the doubles point with Jacob Bullard, 6-3, over Benji Jacobson and Ewan Moore at No. 2, and then contributed a singles point with a 6-3, 7-6 (9) win at No. 4 against Dane Esses in a 5-2 victory over No. 43 Tulane
• Registered a 6-4, 6-0 singles win at No. 4 over Rafa Izquierdo Luque at No. 9 NC State
• Secured the doubles point with Jacob Bullard in a 4-0 sweep of No. 8 Stanford with a 6-4 win over Alex Rotsaert and Sangeet Sridhar at No. 2
• Partnered with Jacob Bullard to clinch the doubles point in a 4-3 win over UTSA by downing Juri Reckow and Joao Ceolin, 6-2, at No. 2
• Clinched the doubles point and then earned the first singles point in a 6-1 victory over Nebraska by pairing with Jacob Bullard for a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles over Patrick Cacciatore and William Gleason, and a 6-1, 6-1 win over Albert Sprlak-Puk
• Paired with Jacob Bullard at No. 2 to clinch back-to-back doubles points in tiebreakers against Nick Beatyand Andrew Fenty of No. 13 Michigan, 7-6 (6), and Timothy Sah and SangeetSridhar of No. 8 Stanford, 7-6 (4) at the ITA Indoors
• Topped Ben Goldberg, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 4 singles in a 4-2 win over No. 16 UCLA at the ITA Indoors
• Captured a 6-3, 7-5 win over No. 101 Erik Grevelius at No. 4 singles in a 4-3 victory over No. 18 Georgia
• Defeated Marcus Walters, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 4 singles in a 4-0 sweep of No. 21 Florida State
• Downed Patrick Fletchall, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 4 singles in a 4-0 sweep of Indiana
• Clinched the 6-1 win at SMU with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Ethan Leon at No. 4 singles after combining with Siem Woldeab for a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles over Carles Sarrio and Juan Jose Bianchi
• Made his dual match debut at No. 4 singles and No. 2 doubles in the team's 5-2 win at No. 1 Florida, including a 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 victory over No. 72 Andy Andrade, along with partnering with Jacob Bullard to earn one match point before falling, 7-5, in doubles
• Compiled a 3-3 record with one singles and two doubles wins at the Miami Invitational
BEFORE TEXAS
• Paired with Tyler Zink, who is now at Georgia, to win the doubles title at the 2019 U.S. Open Junior Championships
• Played singles and doubles in all four 2019 junior grand slam events, including Wimbledon, the French Open and the Australian Open
• Reached the doubles round of 16 in all four junior grand slams, and the singles round of 32 at the Australian Open
• Claimed the doubles title at the 2019 DropShotLLC Men's Pro Tennis Open in Austin
• Won the doubles title at the 2019 Santa Croce, Italy Grade 1 ITF
• Reached the doubles finals of the 2019 Roehampton Grade 1 ITF
• Represented the USA in the inaugural Paul Hutchins Trophy event against Great Britain in 2019
• Won the doubles title and reached the singles final of the 2019 Cricluma, Brazil Grade 1 ITF
• Captured the singles title of the 2018 Campeche, Mexico Grade 1 ITF
• Singles finalist in the 2018 Pan American ITF Championship in Charlotte, N.C.
• Won the 16s doubles title of the 2017 USTA Easter Bowl
• Secured five other ITF doubles titles and two singles titles from 2016-18
RANKINGS
High Universal Tennis Rating: 13.94
High TennisRecruiting.net Ranking: 1
Career high ITF Junior Ranking: 20
Highest Pro Ranking (ATP Singles/Doubles): 630/795
