The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Timo Legout
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Paris, France
- High School:
- Van Dongen
- Major:
- Interested in Communication
Pronunciation: tee-MOH leh-GOO
• 2025 ITA National Player of the Year
• 2025 ITA All-American (Singles and Doubles)
• 2025 ITA Texas Region Rookie of the Year
• 2025 SEC Player of the Year
• 2025 SEC Freshman of the Year
• 2025 First Team All-SEC
• 2025 SEC Championship MVP
• 2025 SEC Championship All-Tournament Team
• 2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Reached No. 1 in the ITA Singles Rankings on April 22, 2025
• SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (March 19, 2025)
• SEC Athlete of the Week (February 19, 2025)
• SEC Freshman of the Week (February 12, 2025)
• SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (January 29, 2025)
• 2024-25 NCAA Singles Championships semifinalist (played fall 2024)
• 2024-25 NCAA Doubles Championships doubles semifinalist (played fall 2024)
• 2024 ITA Texas Regional Championships champion
• 2024 ITA Texas Regional Championships doubles champion (with Lucas Brown)
• 2024 Big 12/SEC Challenge MVP
• Joined the program in January 2024
• Signed his commitment to compete for The University of Texas Men's Tennis program in October 2023
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2024-25)
Fall
• Compiled a 16-1 singles record and a 13-2 doubles mark in the fall
• Opened the fall unranked in singles and doubles, and finished No. 3 in singles and No. 7 in doubles with Lucas Brown
• Began his UT career on a combined 24-match winning streak with 13 in singles and 11 in doubles
• His 13-match singles streak only ended after he was forced to retire from the NCAA Singles Championships semifinals due to illness
• His 11-match doubles streak also ended after playing with an illness in the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championships
• In NCAA Singles, he defeated No. 4 Cooper Williams of Duke in the round of 32 (6-7 [8], 6-4, 6-1), No. 5 Colton Smith of Arizona in the round of 16 (6-3, 7-6 [4]), and No. 55 Spencer Johnson of UCLA in the quarterfinals (6-3, 6-2)
• In NCAA Doubles, he and Brown topped No. 11 Wally Thayne and Zach Fuchs in a superbreaker in the round of 32 (3-6, 6-4, 1-0 [8])
• Captured six-straight matches for the ITA Texas Regionals singles title, including No. 19 Trevor Svajda of SMU in the round of 16 (6-4, 6-1), No. 49 Zsombor Velcz of Baylor in the semifinals (6-2, 3-6, 6-0), and teammate No. 29 Jonah Braswell in the final (6-4, 6-2)
• Produced five-straight wins for the ITA Texas Regionals doubles title with Lucas Brown, capped by a 6-3, 7-5 decision over Luc Koenig and Daniel Hazli of Baylor in the final
• Named the Big 12/SEC Challenge MVP after going a combined 6-0 in singles and doubles
• Began his UT career with three ranked singles wins over No. 109 Casper Christensen of Arizona, No. 100 Derek Pham of Oklahoma State, and No. 49 Zsombor Velcz at the Big 12/SEC Challenge
• Also won three doubles matches with Pierre-Yves Bailly, starting with an 8-3 victory over No. 7 Sebastian Abboud and Piotr Pawlak of Texas Tech
AS A FRESHMAN (2024)
• Redshirted
BEFORE TEXAS
• Rated as high as No. 12 in the ITF World Junior Rankings
• Ranked by the ATP as high as No. 406 in singles and No. 647 in doubles
• Had a Universal Tennis Rating of 13.87 at the time of his signing
• Won two ITF singles titles in his career, including the M25 Montauban in France in 2022, and the M15 Sibenik in Croatia in 2021
• Also had runner-up finishes in four tournaments in 2023 at the M25 Koksijde in Belgium, the M25 Santa Margherita di Pula in Italy, the M25 Faro in Portugal, and the M15 Grenoble in France. Additionally
• Made the singles final of the M15 Sharm ElSheikh in Egypt in 2022 and the doubles final of the M15 Monastir in Tunisia that year.
• Reached the singles semifinals of the Australian Open Junior Championships in 2020, falling in three sets to eventual champion No. 1 Harold Mayot, who has a career high ranking of 154 by the ATP
• Made the singles final of six other juniors tournaments.
• Legout's father, Christophe, has been one of France's most prominent table tennis players, competing in three Olympics in 1996, 2000 and 2008, along with being a multi-time French champion in both singles and doubles and winning 10 medals on the ITTF Pro Tour.
