The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Payton Holden
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- High School:
- Austin Tennis Academy
- Major:
- Master's in accounting
• Graduated from Texas in May 2021 with a master’s degree in professional accounting
• Joined the Texas program in the summer of 2020 as a graduate transfer from Princeton
• Participated at Princeton for four years but comes to Texas with a returned year of eligibility from the shortened 2019-20 season
• Earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Princeton and will pursue a master's degree in accounting in the McCombs School of Business at Texas
• 2019 First-team All-Ivy League in doubles
AS A SUPER SENIOR (2021)
• Notched a 8-7 doubles record in dual match play, including a 7-2 mark with Micah Braswell, while posting an 19-12 overall doubles record and 6-3 overall singles mark in 2020-21
• Won seven of his last nine doubles decisions after being partnered with Micah Braswell at No. 3 on April 9
• Paired with Micah Braswell for a 6-4 win over Jake Sands and Ryder Jackson of No. 12 USC, while going unfinished with a 5-1 lead versus No. 80 Phillip Jordan and Raphael Lambling of No. 13 South Carolina, in the NCAA Quarterfinals and Round of 16, respectively
• Clinched both doubles points with Micah Braswell in the NCAA Tournament first and second rounds in 4-0 sweeps of Northern Arizona and Northwestern, including a 6-2 win over Chris Steel and Maciej Ziomber (NAU) and a 7-5 win over Steven Forman and Natan Spear (NU)
• Defeated Luke Hammond and Mathieu Scaglia, 6-4, with Micah Braswell in a 4-1 win over No. 18 Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Championship semifinals
• Helped Texas to a 5-2 win at No. 2 Baylor by clinching a dramatic doubles point with Micah Braswell in a 7-6 (0) tiebreaker over Charlie Broom and Finn Bass at No. 3
• Clinched the doubles point with Micah Braswell in a 4-3 victory over No. 18 Oklahoma State with a 6-4 win over Etienne Donnet and Mathieu Scaglia at No. 3
• Paired with Micah Braswell for a 6-1 win over Matt Rodriguez and Jake Van Emburgh at No. 3 in a 5-2 victory over No. 21 Oklahoma
• Combined with Chih Chi Huang for a 6-3 win over Adrian Boitan and Nick Stachowiak at No. 2 in helping win the doubles point against No. 6 Baylor
• Went 3-1 in doubles with three different partners, including Chih Chi Huang, Eshan Talluri and Micah Braswell at the Alabama Spring Shootout
FALL (2020)
• Posted a 6-1 singles record, including winning his first five matches, and 8-4 doubles mark in fall play
• Advanced to the Flight 2 doubles final with Micah Braswell at the Big 6 Fall Invite with 8-4 wins over Baylor and Texas Tech
• Registered a 5-1 combined record at the ITA Texas Regionals, including reaching the singles semifinals with wins against Rahul Dhokia of Baylor (6-2, 6-2), Daichi Akiyoshi of UT Arlington, and Kacper Dworak (6-2, 6-4) before play was halted due to weather
• Advanced to the ITA Texas Regional doubles semifinals with Siem Woldeab with an 8-6 win over Luc Fomba and Max Kurzban of TCU before winning another compass draw match against Louisiana
• Recorded a 4-0 combined record at the TCU Invite with a 3-0 mark in doubles that included wins over Oklahoma (8-5) and TCU (8-3) with Siem Woldeab and another over Oklahoma (8-7 [5]) with Chih Chi Huang, along with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 singles win over Sebastian Nothhaft of Baylor
• Paired with Chih Chi Huang for a 6-2 win over Connor Johnson and Francisco Vittar, while earning a 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (6) superbreaker win over Welsh Hotard of Oklahoma at the Lakes Tennis Invite
BEFORE TEXAS
AS A SENIOR (2019-20)
• Ranked by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) in doubles with partner Ryan Seggerman throughout this past season, spending six weeks in the top 10, peaking at No. 6 in February and finishing at No. 16
• Led Princeton in doubles wins, finishing with a 26-8 overall record, including 15-3 in dual matches, as he and Seggerman defeated six ranked doubles teams
• Went 4-4 in singles with a 4-0 record in dual matches
• Due to the shortened season, the Ivy League did not issue its annual conference awards, however Princeton was on pace for one of its better finishes in school history
• Tigers began the season with a 14-4 record that included wins over No. 31 Middle Tennessee State, No. 44 Auburn and No. 46 Arizona with two of their losses coming to top-20 opponents in No. 14 NC State and No. 19 Ole Miss
AS A JUNIOR (2018-19)
• Registered a 17-14 doubles record, including a 15-9 mark in dual matches, and a 6-7 singles record, including 4-3 in dual match play
• Helped Princeton tie a school record with 20 team wins
• Named a first-team All-Ivy League doubles honoree with Seggerman, reaching as high as No. 17 in the ITA rankings in mid-April
• Qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championships and defeated No. 4 Oli Nolan and Henry Patten of UNC-Asheville in the first round, which was Princeton's first win in the event since 2001
• With Seggerman, faced five top-40 doubles opponents in Ivy play and defeated four of them, highlighted by a win over No. 7 Charlie Broom and David Horneffer of Dartmouth
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017-18)
• Helped Princeton to 18 team wins, going 12-10 overall in singles with a 10-8 record in dual matches, and 17-11 overall in doubles with a 16-9 dual match mark
AS A FRESHMAN (2016-17)
• Led the team with 20 overall singles wins, including eight in dual match play, and ranked No. 101 in February of that year
• Led the team with 25 doubles wins, going 13-10 in dual matches
BEFORE PRINCETON
Native of Austin who attended the Austin Tennis Academy and ranked as the No. 1 player in Texas in U12s, U14s, U16s, U18s. He was a Junior Team Tennis National Champion and five-star recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net
