The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Leighton Allen
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- High School:
- Laurel Springs School
• Signed with Texas in November 2019 and enrolled in August 2020
• Flight 3 Singles Champion at the 2021 Alabama Spring Shootout
AS A FRESHMAN (2021)
• Was 4-0 in spring singles matches with a 5-11 overall record in singles and 4-4 in doubles in 2020-21
• Earned his first collegiate dual match win with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Borja Delgado of Texas A&M-CC at No. 6
• Flight 3 Singles Champion at the Alabama Spring Shootout, including a 3-0 record, all in straight sets against Sam Fischer (6-1, 6-3), Avi Shugar (6-2, 6-4) and Rudi Christiansen (6-2, 6-4), along with a 6-3 doubles win with Eshan Talluri
FALL (2020)
• Posted a 3-3 doubles record in fall play
• Reached finals of his doubles draw at the ITA Texas Regionals with Nevin Arimilli with a pair of 8-4 wins over Louisiana and Texas Tech before falling to teammates Micah Braswell and Jacob Bullard
• Paired with Eshan Talluri for an 8-7 (5) win over Finn Bass and Sebastian Nothhaft of Baylor at the TCU Invite
• Defeated Welsh Hotard of Oklahoma, 6-4, 6-2 at the Lakes Tennis Invite
BEFORE TEXAS
• Listed as a Blue Chip recruit for the last five years and has been ranked in the top 10 of his class since 2014
• Won the Gold Ball in singles at the 2019 USTA 18s National Clay Court Championships in Delray Beach, Fla., which qualified him for the U.S. Open Junior Championships
• In both 2018 and 2019, won a Bronze Ball in doubles at the USTA National Winter Championships
• In March 2019, was a singles and doubles finalist at the Irvine Grade 4 ITF
• In 2018 he won the doubles title and was a singles finalist at the Evert American Grade 4 ITF in Boca Raton, Fla.
• Has won four doubles ITF titles, including in Austin in both 2017 and 2018
• At the Eddie Herr International, was the 14s champion in 2016 and a 16s finalist in 2017
• At the USTA Easter Bowl he was a finalist in both 2015 and 2017
• Has been ranked in the top eight nationally in boys 12s, 14s, 16s and 18s and has been ranked No. 1 in Texas in every age group since 2013
• His mother, Louise, played tennis at Trinity University in San Antonio where she was a four-time All-American (1981-84) and won the 1983 NCAA Doubles Championship. The year, she received the Broderick Award as the top collegiate women's tennis player. She reached as high as No. 65 in the WTA rankings and played in all four Grand Slam tournaments, advancing to the third rounds of Wimbledon in singles and the U.S. Open in doubles in 1983
