The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Jonah Braswell
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sarasota, Fla.
- High School:
- IMG Academy
- Major:
- Economics
• 2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2025 SEC Community Service Team
• Selected to the 2024-25 NCAA Singles Championships draw (fall of 2024)
• 2024 ITA Texas Regional Championships singles runner-up
• Selected to the 2024 NCAA Singles Championships draw
• 2024 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
• 2024 Big 12 All-Tournament Team as co-No. 6
• Joined the Texas program in the fall of 2023 as a transfer from Florida
• 2023 Second Team All-SEC
• 2023 SEC All-Freshman Team
• SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 8, 2023)
• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll in 2023
AS A JUNIOR (2024-25)
Fall
• Tallied an 8-4 singles record and 3-2 doubles mark in the fall
• Opened the fall ranked No. 29 in singles and finished No. 20
• Participated in the NCAA Singles Championships
• Won five-straight singles matches at the ITA Texas Regionals to reach the final before finishing as runner-up to teammate Timo Legout
• The ITA Texas Regional run included victories over No. 61 Devin Badenhorst of Baylor in the quarterfinals (6-2, 6-2), and No. 17 JC Roddick of Texas A&M in the semifinals (6-1, 6-4)
• Reached the round of 16 at the ITA All-American Championships with a round of 64 win over No. 27 Pablo Alemany of Memphis
• Only fell in the ITA All-Americans to No. 3 Oliver Tarvet of San Diego, but followed that with a consolation round of 16 win over No. 6 Radu Papoe of Cornell, 6-1, 7-6 (8)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2023-24)
• Posted a 10-5 singles record in the spring with an 8-4 mark in dual matches, including 1-1 at No. 4, 3-2 at No. 5, and 4-1 at No. 6
• Notched a 3-2 doubles record in the spring with a 2-1 mark in dual matches, including 1-0 at No. 2 and 1-1 at No. 3
• Was 2-0 in doubles dual matches with Lucas Brown, and 0-1 with Micah Braswell
• Had a high singles ranking of No. 37 on Feb. 7 and finished No. 66
• Won six out of seven matches in a stretch from Feb. 10 to April 20
• Played No. 11 Murphy Cassone of Arizona State in the first round of the NCAA Singles Championships and was up a set and in a tiebreaker in the second before coming up just short, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Clinched overall matches against his former team Florida and at Texas Tech
Fall
• Registered a 6-3 record in singles with all three losses coming to top-30 opponents, and 3-3 mark in doubles
• Began the fall ranked No. 46 in singles and finished No. 28
• Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Texas Regional Championships, including a quarterfinals win over No. 26 Jack Pinnington, 2-7, 7-6 (2), 6-1, before falling to No. 17 Micah Braswell
• Competed in the ITA All-American Championships singles main draw
BEFORE TEXAS
AS A FRESHMAN (2022-23)
• Posted a 29-12 overall singles record, including a 14-9 mark in dual match play, primarily at No. 3 where he was 10-7, while also going 4-2 at No. 4
• His 29 overall wins and 14 dual match victories were both team highs, while his seven SEC wins were tied for the team lead
• Ranked as high as No. 48 in singles during the season and finished No. 86. E
• Eight of his wins came against ranked opponents with five of those in the top 70
• Partnered with Lukas Greif in all 24 of his matches, combining for a 16-8 overall record, including a 12-6 mark in dual matches, all of which came at No. 3 where they led the team with eight clinches.
• Earned four ranked-victories in singles, all coming in straight sets
• Notched first top-50 triumph of his career against Kentucky's No. 48 Joshua Lapadat 6-4, 6-0
• Clinched first-career match for Florida against No. 12 Florida State at USTA's College MatchDay over No. 53 Jamie Connel 7-6 (8), 6-3 on court four
Fall
• Registered a 15-3 record, the most fall singles wins by a freshman at UF in at least 30 years
• Reached the round of 32 at the ITA All-American Championships
• Ended the fall season ranked No. 93 in singles and No. 43 in doubles with Greif in the ITA Final Fall Rankings
• Tallied four victories over ranked-opponents
• Opened his collegiate career with eight victories, two of them against ranked opponents, at the ITA All-American Championships to reach the round of 32
• The eight consecutive wins to begin the fall season were the most by any Florida freshman since 2017
• Went 4-1 with two ranked wins to reach the semifinals of the ITA Southeast Regional and advanced to the semifinals in doubles after earning three victories with teammate Lukas Greif
• Won three singles matches at the Gator Fall Invite to finish the Fall with a team-best 15 victories
BEFORE FLORIDA
• 5-Star Blue Chip Prospect by TennisRecruiting.net
• No. 12 Rated Player Nationally for Class of 2022 by TennisRecruiting.net
• Career-High ITF Juniors Ranking is No. 66
• 16’s 2020 Orange Bowl Singles Champion
• Advanced to the main draw at the Wimbledon Junior Championships after picking up two top-100 wins in qualifying
• Also played in the juniors tournaments of the French Open and the U.S. Open
• 2022 Boys 18 Eddie Herr singles finalist.
• Three-time ITF Doubles Champion
• Older brother, Micah, is a teammate at Texas
• Father, Ty, played college tennis at Florida State and was later an assistant coach there from 2000-04 and has been Director of Tennis at Sarasota's Laurel Oak Country Club since 2004
