31
LSU SITS SECOND IN THE SEC WITH 31 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES
2
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
CONTENTS
CREDITS
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
2 3
18 Athlete Honors 19 Coaching Records 20 SEC and NCAA History 22 LSU Record Book 23 Record vs. Opponents 24 National Rankings 25 Year-by-Year Finishes 27 Year-by-Year Results 33 Letterwinners 34 LSU Tennis Complex 36 College Grand Slams 38 Tigers in the Pros
2018 Schedule/Roster Quick Facts
COACHES 4 6 7
Co-Head Coaches Andy and Chris Brandi Director of Ops Kasen Dudley Support Staff
TIGERS 8
Player Profiles
REVIEW 13 14 15
2017 Records and Rankings 2017 Final Stats 2017 Match-by-Match Results
EDITORS: Alissa Cavaretta LAYOUT & DESIGN: Braden Naquin PHOTOGRAPHY: Steve Franz, Chris Parent © Copyright Louisiana State University
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
1
2018 Schedule
INTRO
JANUARY 19 20 23 27 28
Arkansas-Pine Bluff Arkansas-Pine Bluff UL-Lafayette Texas A&M^ Georgia State or Cal Poly^
FEBRUARY
4 Rice 9 North Florida 23 Nicholls
MARCH
2 4 9 11 18 21 23 25 30
Arkansas Ole Miss Alabama Tennessee Texas A&M Tulane Georgia Memphis Kentucky
Baton Rouge, La. 11 a.m. & 4 p.m. Baton Rouge, La. 11 a.m. & 4 p.m. Baton Rouge, La. 5:30 p.m. College Station, Texas 2 p.m. College Station, Texas 11 a.m. or 2 p.m.
Houston, Texas Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La.
12 p.m. 5 p.m. 11 a.m. & 4 pm.
Fayetteville, Ark. Oxford, Miss. Baton Rouge, La. Knoxville, Tenn. College Station, Texas New Orleans, La. Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. Lexington, Ky.
6 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 12 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 12 p.m. 4 p.m.
APRIL
1 Vanderbilt 6 South Carolina 8 Florida 13 Auburn 15 Mississippi State 20 New Orleans 25-29 SEC Tournament
Nashville, Tenn. Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. Tuscaloosa, Ala.
MAY
11-13 NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds Campus Sites TBD 18-22 NCAA Team Championships Winston-Salem, N.C. 23-28 NCAA Singles/Doubles Winston-Salem, N.C. Bold - Denotes home matches; Admission to all home events are free ^ - Denotes ITA Kickoff Weekend * - Denotes SEC Match Matches are central and subject to change
MEN’S TENNIS
2018 ROSTER NAME
HT.
CL
HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL)
Stewart Block Gabor Csonka Shane Monroe Agie Moreno Julian Saborio Nikola Samardzic Rafael Wagner
6-4 5-10 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-4
Fr.-HS Sr.-2L Jr.-RS So.-1L So.-1L Jr.-2L So.-1L
Bradenton, Fla. (Laurel Springs HS) Nyiregyhaza, Hungary (Ohio Dominican/Zrinyi Ilona) Ventnor City, N.J. (BYU/Laurel Springs HS) Wesley Chapel, Fla. (Laurel Springs HS) San Jose, Costa Rica (Educational Prep and Learning) New York City, N.Y. (Edison Academics) Basilia, Brazil (Anglo-Americano Unbarra)
2
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
12 p.m. 5 p.m. 12 p.m. 4 p.m. 12 p.m. 5 p.m. TBA
TBA TBA TBA
Quick Facts LSU MEN’S TENNIS COACHING STAFF
COMMUNICATIONS
NAME
POSITION
ALMA MATER YEAR AT LSU
Andy Brandi Chris Brandi Kasen Dudley
Co-Head Coach Co-Head Coach Director of Operations
Trinity University, ‘75 Florida, ‘05 LSU, ‘13
1st 1st 1st
TENNIS FACTS
Co-Head Coach Andy Brandi Career Record 460-43 (Women’s Tennis), 0-0 (Men’s Tennis) Co-Head Coach Chris Brandi Career Record 0-0 LSU’s 2017 Record 10-17 2017 SEC Record: 3-9 2017 NCAA Tournament Finish N/A 2017 National Ranking NR 2017 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 5/3 2018 Newcomers 2
UNIVERSITY FACTS
Location Baton Rouge Founded 1860 Enrollment 31,527 Team Name: Tigers or Fighting Tigers University President F. King Alexander Colors Purple and Gold Conference Southeastern Facility LSU Tennis Complex Year Opened 2015 Tennis Facility LSU Tennis Complex, est. 2015 All-Time Record in Tennis Complex 18-13 (2 years)
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION President/Chancellor Faculty Representative
Dr. F. King Alexander (St. Lawrence, ‘87) Dr. Bill DeMastes (Georgia, ‘79)
ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT
Vice Chancellor and Athletics Director Joe Alleva, Lehigh, ‘75 Deputy Director of Athletics Verge Ausberry, LSU, ‘90 Sr. Associate AD/Business Operations Mark Ewing, LSU, ‘78 Sr. Associate AD/ Senior Woman Administrator Miriam Segar, LSU, ‘94 Sr. Associate AD/External Affairs Robert Munson, Louisiana Tech ‘00 Sr. Associate AD/ Compliance & Planning Bo Bahnsen, LSU, ‘82 Sr. Associate AD/Athletic Facility Management Ronnie Halliburton, LSU, ‘90 Associate AD/Communications Michael Bonnette, LSU, ‘93 Associate AD/Ticket Manager Brian Broussard, LSU, ‘93 Associate AD/Facilities & Project Development Emmett David, LSU, ‘82 Assistant AD/Compliance Blair Napolitano, LSU, ‘05 Assistant AD/Fiscal Operations Neal Lamonica, LSU, ‘98 Assistant AD Game/Event Management David Taylor, UTEP, ‘99 Assistant AD/Marketing Mathew Shanklin, UNC-W, ‘88 Assistant AD/Television Operations Kevin Wagner, LSU, ‘80 Assistant AD/Human Resources Wendy Nall, Southeastern, ‘00
Sr. Assoc. Communications Director Sr. Assoc. Communications Director Assistant Communications Director Assistant Communications Director Associate Communications Director Communications Graduate Assistant Administrative Specialist
INTRO
Bill Franques, LSU, ‘85 C. Kent Lowe, LSU-S, ‘79 Brandon Berrio, LSU, ‘15’ Chelsey Chamberlain, Pacific University, ‘12 Judy Willson, Geneva, ‘88 Alissa Cavaretta, LSU, ‘17 Pam LeBlanc
CREATIVE SERVICES Executive Director Creative Services Manager Creative Services Coordinator Creative Services Designer Staff Photographer Staff Photographer
Jason Feirman, LSU, ‘00 PJ Odom, Miss. State, 05 Lindsey Thompson, Bowling Green, ‘15 Stephanie Lyles, LSU, ‘10 Steve Franz, LSU, ‘93 Chris Parent, LSU, ‘15
MEDIA INFORMATION
Men’s Tennis Communications Director SID Email SID Office Phone
Alissa Cavaretta acavar3@lsu.edu 225-578-8226
LSU Men’s Tennis Address
Athletics Administration Building Baton Rouge, LA 70803 LSU Men’s Tennis Overnight Address
Athletics Administration Building Nicholson Drive at North Stadium Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Credentials
Credentials for LSU home matches are issued to working media only. Individual game credentials must be requested two (2) weeks prior to the date of the game. Match Notes
Media and fans can access the current media guide, updated statistics and game notes all in one location at www.LSUsports.net/media. Each category is updated daily throughout the season.
SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTORY TWITTER
LSU Men’s Tennis Andy Brandi Chris Brandi LSU Tigers
@LSUtennis @brandi_andy @Chris_Brandi @LSUsports
@lsutennis FACEBOOK
Facebook.com/lsutennis
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
3
CO-HEAD COACH
ANDY BRANDI YEAR AT LSU: 1ST BIRTHDATE: AUG. 17, 1952 BIRTHPLACE: SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO @brandi_andy
One of the most successful coaches in the history of college tennis, Andy Brandi joins the LSU men’s tennis program in 2017 as co-head coach along with his son Chris. Andy Brandi comes to LSU after serving on the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Player Development staff as a national coach since 2010. Prior to his stint with the USTA, Andy Brandi worked at the IMG Bollettieri Acadmey, the Everett Academy and the Harold Hopman Tennis Institute before joining the USTA in 2010. As the head women’s tennis coach at Florida from 1985-2001, Andy Brandi led the Gators to three NCAA National Titles (1992, 1996, 1998) and to six National Team Indoor Championships (1989, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999). He also guided the Florida women to 14 Southeastern Conference titles in his 17 seasons. In addition to his three NCAA national titles, his teams finished as national runners-up at the NCAA Tournament five times and never finished lower than second in the SEC regular season standings. Andy Brandi was inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame in 2006. In 1996 and 1998, he earned Coach of the Year honors from the United States Professional Tennis Registry, recognizing teaching excellence in the sport of tennis. In 1989 and 1996, he was voted the Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year. While at Florida, Andy Brandi coached four NCAA women’s singles champions and four NCAA doubles champions. Under Andy Brandi, the Gators posted a 460-43 overall record, which included three undefeated seasons and three other years in which they lost only one match. Andy Brandi’s Florida teams had a 114-match regular season winning streak and overall winning streaks of 62 and 53 matches. His overall winning percentage of 91.5 percent ranks as the highest for any coach in the history of women’s collegiate tennis with at least five years of experience. During his time as the Gators’ head coach, Andy Brandi propelled Florida into a national
4
powerhouse. The Gator women never lost a home match, dropped only five SEC dual matches and claimed nine SEC Tournament titles in Andy Brandi’s 17 years. Thirteen student-athletes at Florida won 24 Grand Slam titles under Andy Brandi, and he coached 25 student-athletes to 68 All-America honors and 38 student-athletes to 108 All-SEC honors. Every freshman who played four seasons under Andy Brandi earned All-SEC honors, competed for the national title and was part of at least three SEC Championship teams during their careers. Andy Brandi played collegiate tennis at Trinity University in San Antonio and afterward trained with the legendary Harry Hoffman, working to establish himself on the pro circuit. After finding his calling to become a coach, he went on tour for top 10 WTA players Kathy Rinaldi and Carling Bassett. Throughout his career, he has coached professionals such as Olympic Gold medalist Elena Dementievea, Shahar Peer, Maria Kirilenko, Lisa Raymond, Ryan Sweeting and Jesse Levine. Andy Brandi earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1975 from Trinity University.
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
ANDY BRANDI’S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Director and Touring Pro for Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy – 1983 – 1984 • National Indoor Tennis Championship – 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1999 • NCAA Tournament Championship – 1992, 1996, 1998 • NCAA Tournament Runners-up – 1988, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999 • NCAA Singles Championship – 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996 • NCAA Doubles Championship – 1991, 1996, 1997, 2001 • Southeastern Conference Championship – 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 • Southeastern Conference Tournament Championship – 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 • Undefeated regular seasons – 1987, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998 • Ranked #1 in regular season play 27 times • SEC Academic Honor Roll for 32 student-athletes on 56 occasions • 38 student-athletes to 108 All-SEC Honors • 25 student-athletes to 68 All-American Honors • CoSIDA/GTE Academic All-American Honors for seven student-athletes • Coached 13 student-athletes to 24 Grand Slam championship titles • Three student-athletes for four Honda Awards for Tennis • Career record: 460 – 43 • Highest winning percentage (91.5%) in NCAA Division I tennis history • Home record vs. SEC opponents: 103 – 0 • Coached Wimbledon and U.S. Open junior women’s teams – 1987 • Coached Junior Whitman Cup and Siosbault Cup teams 1987 • Coached the Wellington Aces in Domino’s Pizza Team Tennis 1989 • Coached U.S. Team against Australia in Maureen Connolly Brinker Cup – 1998 • ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year – 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998 • ITA National Coach of the Year – 1989, 1996 • USPTA Florida Coach of the Year – 1988, 1990 • USPTA National Coach of the Year – 1988, 1998 • SEC Coach of the Year – 1988, 1993, 1996 • USPTR Coach of the Year – 1996 • USPTR Touring Coach of the Year – 2004 • Inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame – 2006 • FTA Junior Competitive Coach of the Year – 2006 • USOC Coach of the Year – 2008
COACHES
CO-HEAD COACH
CHRIS BRANDI YEAR AT LSU: 1ST BIRTHDATE: NOV. 6, 1982 BIRTHPLACE: STUART, FLA. @Chris_Brandi
Chris Brandi joins his father Andy Brandi, one of the most successful coaches in the history of collegiate tennis, at the helm of the LSU men’s tennis program as co-head coach. Chris Brandi comes to LSU after privately coaching in Florida from 2011-2017. He has coached in both the junior and professional ranks and has worked with players including Elena Dementieva, ranked No. 4 in the WTA, and 2005 U.S. Open Junior Champion Ryan Sweeting. He has also worked with Vera Dushevina and Laura Granville who were ranked in the WTA’s Top 35. The Boca Raton, Florida, native has also served as a coach for players who have won junior championships in elite events such as the Orange Bowl as well as collegiate All-Americas and Top 100 professionals. From 2009-2011, Chris Brandi served as the assistant director of tennis and assistant tennis coach at Baylor. He went to Waco, Texas, after a year as the assistant men’s tennis coach at Wake Forest. Prior to his time at Wake Forest, Chris Brandi worked at the Harold Solomon Tennis Institute in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where he was a hitting partner for the USA Federation Cup. Chris Brandi played in the 2011 Davis Cup and won two singles matches to help Puerto Rico clinch its first Group 2 win in more than 15 years. Before transferring to Florida, where he was an All-American in doubles in 2004 and AllSEC singles in 2005, Chris Brandi started his collegiate career at TCU. In his four seasons with the Gators, Chris Brandi was coached by Andy Jackson and helped Florida claim the SEC regular season and tournament titles in 2005. Florida went on to reach the NCAA National Semifinals in 2005. During his college career, Chris Brandi finished ranked No. 83 in the ITA national singles rankings, recorded an 80-39 overall record, notched a 5217 dual singles record and won 22 SEC matches. He was also named to the All-SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2004 and 2005.
Chris Brandi graduated cum laude from the University of Florida in 2005 with a degree in business administration.
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
5
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
KASEN DUDLEY YEAR AT LSU: 1ST BIRTHDATE: NOV. 9, 1990 BIRTHPLACE: MAUI, HAWAII @KasenDudley
Kasen Dudley is in his first season as Director of Tennis Operations for both the men’s and women’s tennis programs at LSU. In his position, he oversees all day-to-day aspects of the tennis programs, including practices, team travel, equipment, facilities management and preparation and coordination for home matches and tournaments. Dudley has already handled the facilitation of the men’s ITA Southern Regional tournament and the women’s Tiger Fall Classic in the fall of 2017. Originally from Maui, Hawaii, Dudley graduated from LSU in 2013 with a degree in
6
sports administration and has served in various capacities at several sports venues across the country, including right here in Louisiana. Dudley served as the Operations Intern at Baton Rouge’s Marucci Elite and performed marketing research and development at the Dudley-DeBosier law firm before working as a box office assistant with the New Orleans Pelicans. From there, Dudley worked in promotions and client services for the Omaha Storm Chasers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals, in 2014 and as the marketing and promotions
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
manager for the Albuquerque Isotopes, the Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies from 2015-2017 before making his way back to Baton Rouge.
Support Staff
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH
ACADEMIC COUNSELOR
ATHLETIC TRAINER
Kirstin Defusco
Mike Houk
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Hartenstein
Gregory Suhor
COMMUNICATIONS GRADUATE ASSISTANT
Melissa Moore-Seal
Alissa Cavaretta
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
7
TIGERS
Player Profiles
GABOR CSONKA
5-10 • SENIOR-2L • NYIREGYHAZA, HUNGARY (ZRINYI ILONA/OHIO DOMINICAN) • 2016 LSWA All-Louisiana Second Team
JUNIOR SEASON (2016-17) Compiled 11 singles victories, including three singles wins against SEC foes … Appeared on courts two through five during his junior campaign, spending the majority of his time on court four … Won three consecutive matches from March 31-April 2 with wins against Arkansas’ Adam Sanjurjo, Ole Miss’ Tim Sandkaulen and Jackson State’s Joan Sanson … Clinched the first match against Jackson State with a 6-1, 6-1 win against Sanson … Partnered mostly with Julian Saborio on court two in doubles … Combined to earn 16 wins overall and 10 in the dual season, including four against SEC competition … Finished the season ranked 80th in ITA Doubles.
to collect his first win over a ranked opponent … Entered the ITA singles rankings in the middle of the season at No. 106 … Competed with four partners on the doubles courts to compile a 21-13 overall record … Partnered with Andrew Korinek in all but one match during the dual season to round up the LSU lineup on the third court with a 13-8 record.
PERSONAL Born August 18, 1993 … Son of Zsolt Risko and Laszlowe Csonka … Has one brother, Roland and one sister, Tamara … Majoring in sports administration.
PRIOR TO LSU Attended USTA National Training Center in Boca Raton, Florida ... International Tennis Federation Copa del Café Quarterfinalist ... Boy’s National Open Winner in the 14s and 16s divisions ... Attended Kaplan College Prep Online
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2015-16) Notched a 22-11 overall singles record and a 11-9 dual season record during his first season with the Tigers ... Made appearances on all six courts throughout the season but mainly stayed at court three where he amassed a 7-2 singles record … Collected the second point for the Tigers in the first round of the NCAA tournament when he posted a 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over Rice’s Adam Gustafsson … Had a three-match win streak over SEC opponents where he defeated Georgia’s Walker Duncan, Kentucky’s Nils Ellefsen and Tennessee’s Srdjan Jakovljevis … Defeated No. 30 Chase Perez-Blanco of Florida with a 6-4, 7-5 win on court three CAREER STATISTICS Singles Record 2015-16 22-11 2016-17 10-18 TOTALS 32-29
1 0-1 -- 0-1
2 3 0-4 7-2 2-0 2-4 2-4 9-6
Doubles Record 2015-16 21-13 2016-17 17-16 TOTALS 38-29
1 -- 2-0 2-0
2 3 Fall -- 14-8 2-2 8-10 -- 7-6 8-10 14-8 9-8
8
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
4 2-0 0-9 2-9
5 6 0-1 2-1 1-2 -- 1-3 2-1
Fall 11-9 5-3 16-12
Player Profiles
TIGERS
NIKOLA SAMARDZIC 6-1 • JUNIOR-2L • NEW YORK CITY, NY (EDISON ACADEMICS)
SOPHOMORE (2016-17) Accumulated a team-best 25 singles victories, spending time across the top five courts … Had two separate fourmatch win streaks during the season, one spanning from March 12-19 and the other from March 31-April 2 … Recorded five wins against SEC opponents … Competed in doubles with Justin Butsch, Jordan Daigle, Agie Moreno and Rafael Wagner to compile four wins overall and one dual season win … Built upon a successful freshman campaign to become a mainstay in LSU’s singles lineup.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2015-16) Joined the Tigers in January to compete in the dual season where he collected an 8-7 overall singles record … Played most of his matches on courts four, five and six … Had two conference wins as he defeated Florida’s Gordon Watson in a 4-6, 7-5, 7-5(1) match and Auburn’s Joseph Van Dooren in a 6-3, 6-3 match … Secured the match for the Tigers with a 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2 court six victory against Lamar’s Juuso Laitinen … Competed twice in doubles and won both contests with partners Simon Freund and Justin Butsch.
CAREER STATISTICS Singles 2015-16 2016-17 TOTALS
Record 1 2 8-7 -- 1-0 24-19 1-0 1-1 32-26 1-0 2-1
Doubles 2016-17 2015-16 TOTALS
Record 1 2 3 Fall 4-9 -- 1-0 2-4 1-5 2-0 -- 1-0 1-0 0-0 6-9 -- 2-0 3-4 1-5
3 -- 4-5 4-5
PRIOR TO LSU Samardzic came to LSU as a Blue Chip Signee ... Ranked as high as No. 7 in 2015 according to tennisrecruiting.net. PERSONAL Born Sep. 15, 1997 in Manhattan, New York ... Son of Strahinja and Sanja Samardzic ... Has one older sibling, Ognjen ... Majoring in business.
4 5 2-4 3-1 4-3 2-3 6-7 5-4
6 Fall 2-2 0-0 -- 12-7 2-2 12-7
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
9
TIGERS
Player Profiles
SHANE MONROE 6-2 • JUNIOR-RS• VENTNOR, NJ (BYU/ST. AUGUSTINE PREP)
Practiced with the team during the 2017 season while redshirting due to NCAA transfer rules.
PERSONAL Born Sept. 2, 1995 ... Son of Vicki and Cary Monroe ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
PRIOR TO LSU Spent two seasons in the BYU and opened the Fall 2016 preseason ITA rankings at 90th ... Finished a stellar sophomore campaign where he earned All-West Coast Conference Second team singles honors ... Compiled an overall 37-17 singles record in his two seasons at BYU and led the team in singles victories during his sophomore season with 21 wins, 13 coming from court one. Ranked Top-10 nationally in high school by Tennis Recruiting Network.
AGIE MORENO
6-1 • SOPHOMORE-1L • WESLEY CHAPEL, FLA. (WIREGRASS RANCH HS)
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016-17) Mainly patrolled court six during his freshman campaign, compiling an 11-15 overall record … Earned a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 win on court six against Arkansas’s Juan Marino to record his first SEC victory … Notched five wins in the dual season against players from Alcorn State, Arkansas, Dartmouth, Jackson State and North Florida … Partnered with Justin Butsch, Nikola Samardzic, Eric Samuelsson and Rafael Wagner on the doubles courts, spending all of his time on court three … Compiled a 7-8 overall record.
PERSONAL Born on Oct. 9, 1997 in Guadalajara, Mexico ... Son of Beatirz and former professional tennis player, 1988 Olympian and current Loyola Marymount women’s tennis head coach Agustin Moreno ... Majoring in buisness.
PRIOR TO LSU Ranked as high as No. 266 in the ITF World Junior rankings ... Compiled 34 career singles wins and 32 career doubles wins ... Listed as a five-star recruit by tennisrecruiting.net ... Played for Dave Wilson at Wiregrass Ranch High School where he earned All-America honors and led the men’s tennis team to the 2014 and 2015 state championship and was named the 2015 national champions.
CAREER STATISTICS Singles Record 1 2016-17 11-15 --
2 3 -- --
Doubles Record 1 2016-17 7-7 --
2 3 Fall -- 3-3 4-4
10
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
4 0-1
5 6 2-1 3-7
Fall 6-6
Player Profiles
TIGERS
JULIAN SABORIO
6-3 • SOPHOMORE-1L • SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA (EDUCATIONAL PREP AND LEARNING
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016-17) Finished his freshman campaign ranked 80th in ITA Doubles with partner Gabor Csonka after recording 16 victories … Earned eight wins on court two, half coming against SEC opponents … Played on the last three singles courts and compiled an 11-16 overall record, including four wins during the dual season.
PERSONAL Hails from San José, Costa Rica … Son of Jan Carlos Saborio, an agricultural engineer and Luly Madriges … Majoring in industrial engineering.
PRIOR TO LSU Ranked as high as 230 in the ITF Rankings in 2014 … Collected 27 career singles wins and 43 doubles victories on the ITF junior circuit … Reached the semifinals of a futures event in Feb. 2015 after defeating two players ranked in the top-800 of the men’s world rankings … Won a Grade 4 ITF junior event and also took home a Grade B3 doubles championship in 2014
CAREER STATISTICS Singles Record 1 2016-17 11-15 --
2 3 -- --
4 1-1
Doubles Record 1 2016-17 17-17 3-2
2 3 8-8 --
Fall 6-7
5 6 1-1 2-2
Fall 4-4
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
11
TIGERS
Player Profiles
RAFAEL WAGNER
6-4 • SOPHOMORE-1L •BASILIA, BRAZIL (ANGLO-AMERICANO UNBARRA)
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016-17) Played on the back three courts as a freshman and was third on the team in individual singles victories with 16 … Took home wins in two SEC matches—a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory against Auburn’s Dante Saleh and a 6-2, 7-6(5) win against Tennessee’s Luca Wiedenmann … Swept three consecutive opponents prior to the opening of the dual season as he defeated Ole Miss’ Grey Hamilton, Hawaii’s Ruben Blattner and Duke’s Robert Levine … Earned four doubles victories with partner Eric Samuelsson.
PRIOR TO LSU Reached the quarterfinals in both singles and doubles in a Grade 2 ITF junior competition in Chile in 2016 … Took home a Grade 4 ITF singles championship and reached the doubles finals of a Grade 4 ITF junior event in 2015. PERSONAL Son of Ralph and Clarissa Wagner from Brazil … Has two siblings, Pedrio and Raissa … Majoring in engineering.
CAREER STATISTICS Singles Record 1 2016-17 15-18 --
2 3 4 5 6 -- 1-5 1-2 3-3 1-0
Doubles Record 1 2016-17 4-18 --
2 3 Fall -- 3-9 1-9
Fall 9-8
STEWART BLOCK 6-4 • FRESHMAN-HS BRADENTON, FLA. (LAUREL SPRINGS HS)
PRIOR TO LSU One of the top players in the state of Florida where he was coached by Heath Turpin and Julian Alonso ... A 6-4 all-court player with a huge serve and forehand, Block showed promise as he competed in the National Clay Courts and Kalamazoo Hard Court Championships.
12
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
PERSONAL Son of Ben and Jan Block … Has one sister, Zoe, who is 17 ... Father played collegiate tennis at Valdosta State …Majoring in business administration.
2017 Records and Rankings OVERALL: 10-17 Home 8-9 Away 1-7 Neutral 1-1 vs. SEC 3-9 vs. SEC West 2-4 vs. SEC East 1-5 Non-Conference 7-8 Louisiana Teams 1-1 vs. Top 25 1-7 vs. Top 10 0-1 Longest Win Streak 3 2017 DUAL-MATCH RESULTS Record: 10-17 Coach: Jeff Brown National Rank: NR at Memphis at #24 USF at #11 Florida Santa Clara North Florida Tulane Rice Lamar at #19 South Carolina at #13 Florida #18 Kentucky Vanderbilt Alcorn State Alcorn State at Alabama Dartmouth at #14 Georgia #8 Texas A&M Arkansas Ole Miss Jackson State Jackson State at Auburn at #18 Mississippi State Tennessee New Orleans SEC Tournament (Knoxville, Tenn.) Arkansas
SINGLES RANKINGS JUSTIN BUTSCH Date Rank Sept. 13 49 Feb. 8 41 Feb. 21 41 Mar. 7 43 Mar. 21 56 April 4 76 April 11 71 April 18 72 April 25 72 May 4 74 May 24/31 82 GABOR CSONKA DATE Sept. 13
L, 6-1 W, 4-3 L, 4-0 L, 4-3 L, 5-2 L, 4-2 L, 4-0 W, 5-2 L, 4-3 L, 4-3 L, 5-2 W, 4-3 W, 7-0 W, 4-0 L, 6-1 L, 4-3 L, 4-1 L, 5-2 L, 4-3 W, 4-3 W, 7-0 W, 4-0 W, 5-2 L, 5-2 L, 4-3 W, 4-0
RANK 125
JORDAN DAIGLE Date Rank Sept. 13 35 Feb. 8 94 Mar. 7 47 Mar. 21 44 April 4 44 April 11 41 April 18 33 April 25 36 May 4 35 May 24/31 37
REVIEW
DOUBLES RANKINGS DAIGLE/BUTSCH DATE Rank Sept. 13 28 April 4 39 April 11 34 April 18 30 April 25 26 May 4 26 May 24/31 27 BUTSCH/CSONKA DATE Rank April 25 88 May 4 79 SABORIO/CSONKA DATE April 4 May 4 May 24/31
Rank 90 88 80
L, 4-2
LSU IN THE ITA RANKINGS DATE RANK Jan. 4 NR Jan. 18 NR Jan. 25 NR Feb. 1 NR Feb. 8 NR Feb. 21 NR Feb. 28 NR March 7 NR March 14 NR March 21 NR March 28 NR April 4 NR April 11 NR April 18 NR April 25 NR May 4 NR May 24/31 NR
JUSTIN BUTSCH
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
13
REVIEW
2017 Final Statistics
SINGLES
Cameron Andry Justin Butsch Gabor Csonka Jordan Daigle Agie Moreno Julian Saborio Nikola Samardzic Eric Samuelsson Rafael Wagner TOTALS PERCENTAGE
OVERALL 2-2 21-10 10-18 13-9 11-15 11-15 24-19 8-7 15-18 115-113 .504
DOUBLES TEAMS
OVERALL Daigle/Butsch 15-11 Saborio/Wagner 0-1 Csonka/Daigle 1-0 Csonka/Saborio 15-14 Moreno/Samardzic 2-2 Butsch/Wagner 0-1 Butsch/Moreno 3-2 Samardzic/Wagner 0-7 Daigle/Samuelsson 0-1 Samuelsson/Wagner 4-8 Moreno/Wagner 0-1 Daigle/Saborio 1-2 Butsch/Csonka 1-2 Saborio/Samuelsson 1-0 Moreno/Samuelsson 2-2 Butsch/Samardzic 1-0 Daigle/Samardzic 1-0 TOTALS 47-54 PERCENTAGE .465
DUAL 0-0 14-5 5-15 11-5 5-9 4-4 12-12 7-5 6-10 64-65 .496
FALL 2-0 7-5 5-3 2-4 6-6 7-11 12-7 1-2 9-8 51-48 .515
SEC 1 2 3 4 5 6 VS. NAT’L 0-0- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0-0 4-4 2-1 11-4 1-0 -- -- -- 4-2 2-6 -- 2-0 2-4 0-9 1-2 -- 0-1 5-2 10-5 1-0 -- -- -- -- 6-6 1-3 -- -- -- 0-1 2-1 3-7 0-1 1-2 -- -- -- 1-1 1-1 2-2 0-0 4-4 1-0 1-1 4-5 4-3 2-3 -- 0-2 1-3 1-0 -- -- -- 1-2 5-3 0-1 1-5 -- -- 1-5 1-2 3-3 1-0 0-0 19-29 14-6 15-5 8-14 6-16 10-12 11-12 10-13 .396 .700 .750 .364 .273 .455 .478 .435
DUAL 7-7 0-0 0-0 9-8 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-4 0-0 3-4 0-1 1-2 1-2 1-0 2-2 1-0 1-0 27-30 .474
FALL 8-4 0-1 1-0 6-6 1-2 0-1 3-2 0-3 0-1 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 20-24 .455
SEC 1 2 3 NAT’L 3-3 7-7 -- -- 0-6 0-0 -- -- -- 0-0 0-0 -- -- -- 1-0 3-3 2-0 7-8 -- 1-0 0-0 -- -- 1-0 0-0 0-0 -- -- -- 0-0 0-0 -- -- -- 0-0 0-3 -- -- 0-4 0-0 0-0 -- -- -- 0-0 1-1 -- -- 3-4 0-0 0-0 -- 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-2 -- -- 0-1 1-0 -- 1-2 -- 0-0 0-0 -- 1-0 -- 0-0 1-2 -- -- 2-2 0-0 0-0 -- -- 1-0 0-0 0-0 -- 1-0 -- 0-0 10-11 10-9 10-10 7-11 2-7 .476 .526 .500 .389 .222
DOUBLES INDIVIDUALS Justin Butsch Gabor Csonka Jordan Daigle Agie Moreno Julian Saborio Nikola Samardzic Eric Samuelsson Rafael Wagner TOTALS PERCENTAGE
OVERALL DUAL FALL SEC 1 2 3 NAT’L 20-16 9-9 11-7 4-3 7-7 1-2 1-0 0-6 17-16 10-10 7-6 4-3 2-0 8-10 -- 2-0 18-14 9-9 9-5 4-3 8-9 1-0 -- 1-7 7-7 3-3 4-4 1-2 -- -- 3-3 0-0 17-17 11-10 6-7 4-3 3-2 8-8 -- 1-1 4-9 3-4 1-5 0-2 -- 1-0 2-4 0-0 7-11 6-6 1-5 2-3 -- 1-0 5-6 0-0 4-18 3-9 1-9 1-3 -- -- 3-9 0-0 47-54 27-30 20-24 10-11 10-9 10-10 7-11 2-7 .465 .474 .455 .476 .526 .500 .389 .222
CO-HEAD COACH ANDY BRANDI AND AGIE MORENO
14
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
2017 Results MEMPHIS 6, LSU 1
TULANE 4, LSU 2
Singles competition 1. Jordan Daigle (LSU) vs. #35 Ryan Peniston (Memphis), 6-2, 7-5 2. #111 Andrew Watson (MEMPHIS) def. Justin Butsch (LSU) 6-3, 6-2 3. Kai Lemke (MEMPHIS) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 4. Chris Patzanovsky (MEMPHIS) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU) 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 1-0 (10-8) 5. Jan Pallares (MEMPHIS) def. Rafael Wagner (LSU) 6-0, 7-6 (7-4) 6. Felix Rauch (MEMPHIS) def. Agie Moreno (LSU) 6-2, 6-3 Doubles competition 1. Kai Lemke/Andrew Watson (MEMPHIS) def. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) 6-3 2. Julian Saborio/Gabor Csonka (LSU) def. Ryan Peniston/Felix Rauch (MEMPHIS) 6-4 3. Matt Story/Jan Pallares (MEMPHIS) def. Rafael Wagner/Eric Samuelsson (LSU) 7-5
Singles competition 1. #30 Constantin Schmitz (TLN) def. #94 Jordan Daigle (LSU) 6-3, 6-1 2. #41 Justin Butsch (LSU) vs. Sebastian Rey (TLN) 4-6, 5-5, unfinished 3. Ewan Moore (TLN) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-3, 6-3 4. Tyler Schick (TLN) def. Rafael Wagner (LSU) 1-6, 7-5, 6-0 5. Gabor Csonka (LSU) def. Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) 6-3, 6-2 6. Tim Ruetzel (TLN) def. Agie Moreno (LSU) 6-2, 6-3 Doubles competition 1. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Sebastian Rey/Chi-Shan Jao (TLN) 6-1 2. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Ewan Moore/Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) 6-2 3. Constantin Schmitz/Tyler Schick (TLN) def. Rafael Wagner/Agie Moreno (LSU) 5-2
Jan 22, 2017 at Memphis, Tenn. (The Racquet Club of Memphis)
REVIEW
Feb. 16, 2017 at Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex)
LSU 4, #24 USF 3
RICE 4, LSU 0
Jan 28, 2017 at Gainesville, Fla. (Ring Tennis Complex)
Feb. 19, 2017 at Baton Rouge (LSU Tennis Complex)
Singles competition 1. Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. Sasha Gozun (USF) 6-3, 6-3 2. Justin Butsch (LSU) def. #77 Peter Bertran (USF) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 3. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Justin Roberts (USF) 6-4, 7-6 (0-3) 4. Alb. Barroso-Campos (USF) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU) 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 5. Rafael Wagner (LSU) def. Pierre Luquet (USF) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 6. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) def. Agie Moreno (LSU) 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 Doubles competition 1. Sasha Gozun/Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) def. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) 7-6 2. Peter Bertran/Justin Roberts (USF) def. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) 6-2 3. Rafael Wagner/Eric Samuelsson (LSU) def. Alb. Barroso-Campos/Jakub Wojcik (USF) 6-4
Singles competition 1. Jamie Malik (RICE) vs. #41 Justin Butsch (LSU) no result 2. Tommy Bennett (RICE) vs. #94 Jordan Daigle (LSU) no result 3. Jake Hansen (RICE) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-3, 6-1 4. Eric Rutledge (RICE) vs. Rafael Wagner (LSU) no result 5. David Warren (RICE) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU) 6-1 (0-6), 7-6 6. Emanuel Llamas (RICE) def. Julian Saborio (LSU) 6-1, 6Doubles competition 1. #9 David Warren/Tommy Bennett (RICE) def. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) 5-3 2. Emanuel Llamas/Oscar Janglin (RICE) def. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) 6-3 3. Eric Rutledge/Jake Hansen (RICE) def. Rafael Wagner/Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-3
#11 FLORIDA 4, LSU 0
LSU 5, LAMAR 2
Jan 29, 2017 at Gainesville, Fla. (Ring Tennis Complex)
Feb. 28, 2017 at Baton Rouge (LSU Tennis Complex)
Singles competition 1. Jordan Daigle (LSU) vs. #13 Alfredo Perez (Florida), unfinished 2. Justin Butsch (LSU) vs. Chase Perez-Blanco (Florida), 6-4, 4-3, unfinished 3. No. 64 Elliot Orkin (Florida) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU), 6-1, 6-3 4. No. 67 McClain Kessler (Florida) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU), 6-1, 7-5 5. Rafael Wagner (LSU) vs. Johannes Ingildsen (Florida), 7-5, 3-6, unfinished 6. No. 98 Maxx Lipman (Florida) def. Eric Samuelsson (LSU), 6-4, 6-1 Doubles competition 1. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) vs. No. 3 Johannes Ingildsen/Alfredo Perez (Florida), unfinished 2. Chase Perez-Blanco/Maxx Lipman (Florida) def. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU), 6-3 3. Elliot Orkin/McClain Kessler (Florida) def. Rafael Wagner/Eric Samuelsson (LSU), 6-3
Singles competition 1. Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. Michael Feucht (LAMAR) 6-3, 7-6 (0-8) 2. Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Nikita Lis (LAMAR) 6-2, 6-1 3. Rafael Wagner (LSU) def. Jeandre Hoogenboezam (LAMAR) 6-3, 6-2 4. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Sebastian Santibanez (LAMAR) 6-4, 6-4 5. Juuso Laitinen (LAMAR) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU) 2-6, 7-6 (0-5), 6-4 6. Eric Samuelsson (LSU) def. Benny Schweizer (LAMAR) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 Doubles competition 1. Jeandre Hoogenboezam/Nikita Lis (LAMAR) def. Jordan Daigle/Julian Saborio (LSU) 6-4 2. Michael Feucht/Benny Schweizer (LAMAR) def. Justin Butsch/Gabor Csonka (LSU) 6-5 3. Juuso Laitinen/Logan Powell (LAMAR) def. Rafael Wagner/Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 7-6 (0-2)
SANTA CLARA 4, LSU 3
#19 SOUTH CAROLINA 4, LSU 3
Feb. 3, 2017 at Baton Rouge, La.(LSU Tennis Complex)
March 3, 2017 at Columbia, S.C. (Carolina Tennis Center)
Singles competition 1. Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Robert Seby (SCU) 6-2, 6-4 2. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Andrew Gu (SCU) 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5) 3. Connor Garnett (SCU) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU) 7-5, 6-1 4. Jesus Barajas (SCU) def. Rafael Wagner (LSU) 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (6-2) 5. Vasileios Iliopoulos (SCU) def. Eric Samuelsson (LSU) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) 6. Kamran Khan (SCU) def. Agie Moreno (LSU) 7-5, 6-2 Doubles competition 1. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Robert Seby/Connor Garnett (SCU) 6-2 2. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Andrew Gu/Vasileios Iliopoulos (SCU) 6-0 3. Rafael Wagner/Eric Samuelsson (LSU) vs. Kamran Khan/Jesus Barajas (SCU) 5-4, unfinished
Singles competition 1. Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. #43 Gabriel Friedrich (USC) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 2. #41 Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Harrison O’Keefe (USC) 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 3. Andrew Schafer (USC) def. Rafael Wagner (LSU) 6-1, 6-2 4. Yancy Dennis (USC) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 5. Alex Fennell (USC) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 7-5, 6-4 6. #2 Thomas Mayronne (USC) def. Eric Samuelsson (LSU) 6-2, 6-2 Doubles competition 1. Jordan Daigle/Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Alex Fennell/Sam Swank (USC) 6-4 2. Justin Butsch/Gabor Csonka (LSU) def. Yancy Dennis/Harrison O’Keefe (USC) 7-6 3. Andrew Schafer/Gabriel Friedrich (USC) def. Rafael Wagner/Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-2
NORTH FLORIDA 5, LSU 2
#13 FLORIDA 4, LSU 3
Singles competition 1. #74 Jack Findel- Hawkins (UNF) def. #94 Jordan Daigle (LSU) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 2. #41 Justin Butsch (LSU) def. #62 Jefta Kecic (UNF) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 3. Yannick Zuern (UNF) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-2, 7-6 4. Lasse Muscheites (UNF) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU) 6-4, 6-2 5. Sahil Deshmukh (UNF) def. Rafael Wagner (LSU) 4-6, 7-6 (0-4), 6-5 6. Agie Moreno (LSU) def. Alberto De Meo (UNF) 6-2, 6-0 Doubles competition 1. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Yannick Zuern/Lasse Muscheites (UNF) 6-3 2. Jack Findel- Hawkins/Jefta Kecic (UNF) def. Julian Saborio/Gabor Csonka (LSU) 6-4 3. Zach Goldberg/Sahil Deshmukh (UNF) def. Rafael Wagner/Eric Samuelsson (LSU) 6-2
Singles competition 1. Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. #6 Alfredo Perez (UF) 7-5, 6-2 2. #41 Justin Butsch (LSU) def. #92 Elliott Orkin (UF) 6-4, 6-3 3. Gabor Csonka (LSU) def. Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 7-6, 6-3 4. Johannes Ingildsen (UF) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-4, 7-6 5. Maxx Lipman (UF) def. Eric Samuelsson (LSU) 6-4, 6-2 6. #120 Jordan Belga (UF) def. Agie Moreno (LSU) 6-1, 6-2 Doubles competition 1. #9 Johannes Ingildsen/Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Jordan Daigle/Julian Saborio (LSU) 6-0 2. Maxx Lipman/Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Justin Butsch/Gabor Csonka (LSU) 6-3 3. Joshua Wardell/Chase Perez-Blanco (Florida) vs. Rafael Wagner/Nikola Samardzic (LSU), 5-4 unf.
Feb. 10, 2017 at Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex)
March 5, 2017 at Gainesville, Fla. (Ring Tennis Complex)
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
15
REVIEW
2017 Results
#18 KENTUCKY 5, LSU 2
DARTMOUTH 4, LSU 3
Singles competition 1. #47 Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. #28 Will Bushamuka (UK) 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 2. #25 Ryotaro Matsumura (UK) def. #43 Justin Butsch (LSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 3. Beck Pennington (UK) def. Rafael Wagner (LSU) 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 4. Trey Yates (UK) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 5. Enzo Wallart (UK) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 6. Jake Stefanik (UK) def. Agie Moreno (LSU) 6-2, 6-2 Doubles competition 1. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Beck Pennington/Enzo Wallart (UK) 6-3 2. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Ryotaro Matsumura/Trey Yates (UK) 7-5 3. Will Bushamuka/Gus Benson (UK) def. Rafael Wagner/Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-1
Singles competition 1. #44 Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. Ciro Riccardi (DART) 6-0, 6-1 2. #47 Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Max Fliegner (DART) 6-1, 6-3 3. Charlie Broom (DART) def. Rafael Wagner (LSU) 7-6, 6-0 4. David Horneffer (DART) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU) 6-3, 6-2 5. George Wall (DART) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-3, 7-6 6. Agie Moreno (LSU) def. Diego Pedraza (DART) 6-4, 6-3 Doubles competition 1. Roko Glasnovic/Diego Pedraza (DART) def. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) 6-4 2. George Wall/David Horneffer (DART) def. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) 7-5 3. Charlie Broom/Max Fliegner (DART) vs. Agie Moreno/Rafael Wagner (LSU) no result
March 10, 2017 at Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex)
March 21, 2017 at Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex)
LSU 4, VANDERBILT 3
#14 GEORGIA 4, LSU 1
Singles competition 1. #47 Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. Daniel Valent (VANDY) 6-4, 6-3 2. #43 Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Baker Newman (VANDY) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 3. Lachlan McPhee (VANDY) def. Rafael Wagner (LSU) 6-2, 6-2 4. Billy Rowe (VANDY) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (2) 5. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Panu Virtanen (VANDY) 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3 6. Alex Ross (VANDY) def. Eric Samuelsson (LSU) 6-4, 7-5 Doubles competition 1. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Lachlan McPhee/Billy Rowe (VANDY) 6-3 2. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Alex Ross/Pen Binet (VANDY) 6-3 3. Baker Newman/Daniel Valent (VANDY) def. Eric Samuelsson/Rafael Wagner (LSU) 6-1
Singles competition 1. Nathan Ponwith (UGA) def. #44 Jordan Daigle (LSU) 6-2, 6-2 2. #32 Wayne Montgomery (UGA) def. #56 Justin Butsch (LSU) 6-1, 6-3 3. Gabor Csonka (LSU) vs. #65 Emil Reinberg (UGA) no result 4. Jan Zielinski (UGA) def. Rafael Wagner (LSU) 6-2, 6-2 5. Walker Duncan (UGA) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-3, 6-0 6. Agie Moreno (LSU) vs. Robert Loeb (UGA) no result Doubles competition 1. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) def. #8 Jan Zielinski/Robert Loeb (UGA) 6-3 2. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Nathan Ponwith/Emil Reinberg (UGA) 6-4 3. Wayne Montgomery/Walker Duncan (UGA) def. Rafael Wagner/Agie Moreno (LSU) 6-1
March 12, 2017 at Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex)
March 23, 2017 at Athens, Ga. (Dan Magill Tennis Complex)
LSU 7, ALCORN STATE 0
#8 TEXAS A&M 5, LSU 2
Singles competition 1. Eric Samuelsson (LSU) def. Kert Kilumets (ALCN) 6-3, 6-4 2. #43 Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Suyash Gupta (ALCN) 6-0, 7-5 3. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Nikita Kostikov (ALCN) 6-2, 6-1 4. Rafael Wagner (LSU) def. Nischay Rawal (ALCN) 6-0, 6-2 5. Agie Moreno (LSU) def. Nuno Rocha (ALCN) 6-2, 7-6 (0-3) 6. Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Ivan Matas (ALCN) 6-0, 6-1 Doubles competition 1. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) vs. Nikita Kostikov/Kert Kilumets (ALCN) 2-3, unfinished 2. Julian Saborio/Eric Samuelsson (LSU) def. Nischay Rawal/Nuno Rocha (ALCN) 6-1 3. Agie Moreno/Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Ivan Matas/Suyash Gupta (ALCN) 6-1
Singles competition 1. #44 Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. #12 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) 5-7, 1-5, retired 2. #47 Justin Butsch (LSU) def. #116 AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 3. #119 Jordi Arconada (TAMU) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU) 6-3, 6-3 4. Aleksandre Bakshi (TAMU) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-2, 6-2 5. Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) def. Agie Moreno (LSU) 6-2, 6-2 6. Hady Habib (TAMU) def. Julian Saborio (LSU) 6-3, 6-3 Doubles competition 1. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) def. AJ Catanzariti/Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) 6-3 2. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) vs. Aleksandre Bakshi/Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) 4-5, unfinished 3. Agie Moreno/Eric Samuelsson (LSU) def. Jordi Arconada/Hady Habib (TAMU) 6-4
March 13, 2017 at Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex)
LSU 4, ALCORN STATE 0
March 6, 2016 at Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) Singles competition 1. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Suyash Gupta (ALCN) 6-1, 6-1 2. Agie Moreno (LSU) vs. Nikita Kostikov (ALCN) 2-6, 1-2, unfinished 3. Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Kert Kilumets (ALCN) 6-2, 6-1 4. Eric Samuelsson (LSU) vs. Nischay Rawal (ALCN) 2-6, 3-2, unfinished 5. Rafael Wagner (LSU) def. Ivan Matas (ALCN) 6-1, 6-0 6. Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Nuno Rocha (ALCN) 6-0, 6-0
ALABAMA 6, LSU 1
March 19, 2017 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Alabama Tennis Stadium) Singles competition 1. #41 Mazen Osama (UA) def. #47 Jordan Daigle (LSU) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 2. #103 Thibault Cancel (UA) def. #43 Justin Butsch (LSU) 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 3. Edson Ortiz (UA) def. Rafael Wagner (LSU) 7-6, 6-1 4. Alexey Nesterov (UA) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 5. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Spencer Richey (UA) 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 6. Zhe Zhou (UA) def. Eric Samuelsson (LSU) 6-2, 6-4 Doubles competition 1. #66 Mazen Osama/Spencer Richey (UA) def. Justin Butsch/Jordan Daigle (LSU) 6-4 2. Thibault Cancel/Alexey Nesterov (UA) def. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) 6-3 3. Zhe Zhou/Edson Ortiz (UA) vs. Rafael Wagner/Agie Moreno (LSU) 4-5, unfinished
16
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
March 25, 2017 at Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex)
#46 ARKANSAS 4, LSU 3
March 31, 2017 at Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) Singles competition 1. #10 Mike Redlicki (ARK) def. #44 Jordan Daigle (LSU) 6-4, 6-4 2. #26 Jose Salazar (ARK) def. #56 Justin Butsch (LSU) 6-3, 6-2 3. Gabor Csonka (LSU) def. Adam Sanjurjo (ARK) 6-0, 6-2 4. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Oscar Mesquida (ARK) 6-2, 6-3 5. Johan den Toom (ARK) def. Rafael Wagner (LSU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 6. Agie Moreno (LSU) def. Juan Marino (ARK) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 Doubles competition 1. #37 Mike Redlicki/Jose Salazar (ARK) def. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) 7-6 (0-4) 2. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Adam Sanjurjo/Oscar Mesquida (ARK) 6-3 3. Johan den Toom/Juan Marino (ARK) def. Agie Moreno/Eric Samuelsson (LSU) 7-5
LSU 4, #31 OLE MISS 3
April 2, 2017 at Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex)
Singles competition 1. Gustav Hansson (OM) def. Justin Butsch (LSU) 6-1, 6-1 2. Gabor Csonka (LSU) def. Tim Sandkaulen (OM) 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0 3. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Ricardo Jorge (OM) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) 4. Fabian Fallert (OM) def. Agie Moreno (LSU) 6-3, 6-2 5. Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Filip Kraljevic (OM) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 6. Eric Samuelsson (LSU) def. Grey Hamilton (OM) 4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4 Doubles competition 1. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) vs. #13 Fabian Fallert/Gustav Hansson (OM) 6-5, unfinished 2. Zvonimir Babic/Ricardo Jorge (OM) def. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) 7-5 3. Filip Kraljevic/Tim Sandkaulen (OM) def. Agie Moreno/Eric Samuelsson (LSU) 6-3
2017 Results
REVIEW
LSU 7, JACKSON STATE 0
LSU 4, NEW ORLEANS 0
Singles competition 1. Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Alawai Andrey (JSU) 7-5, 7-5 2. Gabor Csonka (LSU) def. Joan Sanson (JSU) 6-1, 6-1 3. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Fritz Jacobs (JSU) 6-0, 6-1 4. Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Stylianos Gkontsaris (JSU) 7-5, 6-1 5. Agie Moreno (LSU) def. Federico Medeita Rui (JSU) 6-2, 6-2 6. Eric Samuelsson (LSU) def. Vishu Prasad (JSU) 6-1, 6-1 Doubles competition 1. Julian Saborio/Gabor Csonka (LSU) def. Fritz Jacobs/Ryan Swainer (JSU) 6-0 2. Justin Butsch/Nikola Samardzic (LSU) vs. Alawai Andrey/Federico Medeita Rui (JSU) 3-5, unfinished 3. Agie Moreno/Eric Samuelsson (LSU) def. Stylianos Gkontsaris/Vishu Prasad (JSU) 6-4
Singles competition 1. Jeffrey Hsu (UNO) vs. #71 Justin Butsch (LSU) no result 2. #41 Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. Federico Boscarino (UNO) 6-4, 6-3 3. Federico Staksrud (UNO) vs. Gabor Csonka (LSU) no result 4. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Nicolas Kramer (UNO) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 5. Luis Albuquerque (UNO) vs. Agie Moreno (LSU) no result 6. Eric Samuelsson (LSU) def. Giacomo Adoncecchi (UNO) 6-1, 6-1 Doubles competition 1. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Federico Boscarino/Federico Staksrud (UNO) 6-1 2. Jeffrey Hsu/Nicolas Kramer (UNO) def. Julian Saborio/Gabor Csonka (LSU) 7-6 (0-4) 3. Rafael Wagner/Eric Samuelsson (LSU) def. Luis Albuquerque/Giacomo Adoncecchi (UNO) 7-6 (0-3)
April 2, 2017 at Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex)
LSU 4, JACKSON STATE 0
April 2, 2017 at Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex)
Singles competition 1. Gabor Csonka (LSU) vs. Alawai Andrey (JSU) 3-6, 3-2, unfinished 2. Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Fritz Jacobs (JSU) 6-1, 6-1 3. Julian Saborio (LSU) vs. Federico Medeita Rui (JSU) 3-6, 3-4, unfinished 4. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Stylianos Gkontsaris (JSU) 6-2, 6-2 5. Eric Samuelsson (LSU) def. Ryan Swainer (JSU) 6-0, 6-1 6. Agie Moreno (LSU) vs. Vishu Prasad (JSU) 6-1, 5-1, unfinished Doubles competition 1. Fritz Jacobs/Ryan Swainer (JSU) vs. Agie Moreno/Eric Samuelsson (LSU) no result 2. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Alawai Andrey/Federico Medeita Rui (JSU) 6-4 3. Justin Butsch/Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Stylianos Gkontsaris/Vishu Prasad (JSU) 6-1
April 15, 2017 at Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex)
ARKANSAS 4, LSU 2
SEC Tournament | April 27, 2017 at Knoxville, Tenn. (Goodfriend Tennis Center) Singles competition 1. #10 Mike Redlicki (ARK) def. #36 Jordan Daigle (LSU) 7-5, 6-3 2. #34 Jose Salazar (ARK) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) 3. Oscar Mesquida (ARK) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU) 6-3, 6-2 4. Adam Sanjurjo (ARK) def. Julian Saborio (LSU) 6-3, 6-4 5. Rafael Wagner (LSU) def. Johan den Toom (ARK) 7-6 (7-2), 5-4 6. Eric Samuelsson (LSU) def. Juan Marino (ARK) 6-4, 6-3 Doubles competition 1. #65 Hudson Blake/Reese Stalder (TCU) def. #6 Jordan Daigle/Boris Arias (LSU), 6-0 2. Trevor Johnson/Guillermo Nunez (TCU) def. Justin Butsch/Tam Trinh (LSU), 6-1 3. Cameron Norrie/Alex Rybakov (TCU) v. Gabor Csonka/Andrew Korinek (LSU), 4-1 (unfinished)
LSU 5, #50 AUBURN 2
April 7, 2017 at Auburn, Ala. (Yarbrough Tennis Center)
Singles competition 1. #62 Max Hinnisdaels (AUBURN) def. #44 Jordan Daigle (LSU) 6-4, 6-4 2. #76 Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Carles Sarrio (AUBURN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 3. Gabor Csonka (LSU) def. Conner Huertas (AUBURN) 6-3, 6-1 4. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Olle Thestrup (AUBURN) 6-4, 6-4 5. Rafael Wagner (LSU) def. Dante Saleh (AUBURN) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 6. Brandon Laubser (AUBURN) def. Julian Saborio (LSU) 6-4, 6-4 Doubles competition 1. #39 Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) def. #15 Max Hinnisdaels/Conner Huertas (AUBURN) 6-2 2. #90 Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Olle Thestrup/Dante Saleh (AUBURN) 6-0 3. Brandon Laubser/Carles Sarrio (AUBURN) vs. Eric Samuelsson/Agie Moreno (LSU) 4-4, unfinished
#18 MISSISSIPPI STATE 5, LSU 2
April 9, 2017 at Starkville, Miss. (A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre)
Singles competition 1. No. 4 Nuno Borges (MSU) def. No. 48 Jordan Daigle (LSU) 6-4, 7-6(3) 2. No. 76 Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Mate Cutura (MSU) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0(6) 3. Gabor Csonka (LSU) def. No. 122 Strahinja Rakic (MSU) 6-3, 6-1 4. Niclas Braun (MSU) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-0, 6-3 5. Giovanni Oradini (MSU) def. Agie Moreno (LSU) 6-1, 6-0 6. Simon Baudry (MSU) def. Rafael Wagner (LSU) 6-4, 6-3 Doubles competition 1. No. 21 Niclas Braun/Trevor Foshey (MSU) vs. No. 39 Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) 5-5, suspended 2. Mate Cutura/Vaughn Hunter (MSU) def. No. 90 Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) 6-4 3. Nuno Borges/Strahinja Rakic (MSU) def. Eric Samuelsson/Agie Moreno (LSU) 6-0
TENNESSEE 4, LSU 3
April 15, 2017 at Baton Rouge, La. (LSU Tennis Complex) Singles competition 1. #41 Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. #35 Timo Stodder (TENN) 6-4, 6-2 2. #71 Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Luis Valero (TENN) 6-4, 6-2 3. Srdjan Jakovljevic (TENN) def. Gabor Csonka (LSU) 6-3, 6-3 4. Scott Jones (TENN) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-2, 6-4 5. Jack Schipanski (TENN) def. Julian Saborio (LSU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 6. Rafael Wagner (LSU) def. Luca Wiedenmann (TENN) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) Doubles competition 1. Luis Valero/Timo Stodder (TENN) def. #34 Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) 6-4 2. Jack Schipanski/Scott Jones (TENN) def. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) 6-4 3. Rafael Wagner/Eric Samuelsson (LSU) def. Srdjan Jakovljevic/Sunay Bhat (TENN) 6-3
RAFAEL WAGNER
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
17
HISTORY
Athlete Honors
ALL-AMERICA HONORS - 48 (Singles - 25; Doubles - 23)
2005 Mark Growcott (Doubles) Ken Skupski (Doubles)
1970 Steve Faulk (Singles)
2006 Ken Skupski (Singles)
1984 Fernando Perez (Singles)
2007 Danny Bryan (Doubles) Colt Gaston (Doubles) Ken Skupski (Singles)
1985 Fernando Perez (Singles) 1987 Felix Barrientos (Singles) Billy Uribe (Singles) 1988 Felix Barrientos (Singles, Doubles) Jeff Brown (Doubles) Donni Leaycraft (Singles) Billy Uribe (Singles) 1989 Johan Kjellsten (Singles) Donni Leaycraft (Singles) Roland So (Singles) 1990 Tom Furukrantz (Singles, Doubles) Mario Pacheco (Singles) 1992 Tamer El Sawy (Singles, Doubles) Mario Pacheco (Singles, Doubles) 1993 Tamer El Sawy (Singles) Juha Pesola (Singles, Doubles) Michael Wesbrooks (Doubles) 1995 Pedro Braga (Singles) 1998 Michal Chmela (Singles, Doubles) Tom Hand (Doubles) 1999 Michal Chmela (Singles) 2000 Michal Chmela (Doubles) Dan Kiernan (Doubles) 2001 Ajay Ramaswami (Singles)
18
2009 Neal Skupski (Doubles) Michael Venus (Singles, Doubles) 2011 Sebastian Carlsson (Doubles) Neal Skupski (Doubles) 2012 Neal Skupski (Singles) 2015 Boris Arias (Doubles) Jordan Daigle (Doubles) 2016 Boris Arias (Doubles) Jordan Daigle (Doubles)
2008 Jan Zelezny Kevin Dessauer Sebastian Carlsson 2009 Sebatian Carlsson Cody Loup 2010 Sebastian Carlsson Stefan Szacinski 2012 James Turbervill 2013 Stefan Szacinski 2014 John Michael Busch 2015 Jordan Daigle Harrison Kennedy Andrew Korinek TOTAL SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL SELECTIONS 124
1985 Jason Noonan
ITA SCHOLAR ATHLETES Selections - 28
1986 Michael Hammett
1998 Thomas Hand Jonas Samuelsson
1987 Michael Hammett
2003 Bryan Fisher
1988 Michael Hammett
2004 Bryan Fisher Paul White
1989 Johan Kjellsten
2005 Kevin Dessauer Mark Growcott Ken Skupski Paul White 2006 Eric De Roche Kevin Dessauer Ken Skupski 2007 Jan Zelezny Kevin Dessauer Ken Skupski
1991 Michael Wesbrooks 1992 Marcelo Achondo Janne Holtari Steve Vasquez Thad Slaton Michael Wesbrooks 1993 Juha Pesola Michael Wesbrooks 1994 Janne Holtari Juha Pesola
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
1995 Gus Fernandes 1996 Chad Dudley Gus Fernandes Eduardo Villagomez 1997 Gus Fernandes Kirk Fisher Jonas Samuelsson Eduardo Villagomez 1998 Michal Chmela Pedro Escudero Kirk Fisher Tom Hand Ed Rubin Jonas Samuelsson 1999 Michal Chmela Tom Hand Jonathan Hurd Ed Rubin Jonas Samuelsson 2000 Michal Chmela Tom Hand Jonathan Hurd Anthony Mateljan Ed Rubin Samer Shamieh Jesse Smatt 2001 Jonathan Hurd Dan Kiernan Anthony Mateljan John Gray Pou Ajay Ramaswami John Sruk 2002 Jonathan Hurd Dan Kiernan Anthony Mateljan John Gray Pou Ajay Ramaswami 2003 Bryan Fisher Jason Hazley Daniel Kiernan Sebastian Rutka 2004 Bryan Fisher Jason Hazley Cory Ross Sebastian Rutka Paul White
2005 Kevin Dessauer Colt Gaston Mark Growcott Jason Hazley Peter Richman Ken Skupski Paul White 2006 Eric DeRoche Kevin Dessauer Mark Growcott Ken Skupski Paul White 2007 Danny Bryan Eric DeRoche Kevin Dessauer Colt Gaston Ken Skupski Jan Zelezny 2008 James Cluskey Kevin Dessauer Colt Gaston Jan Zelezny 2009 Sebastian Carlsson Julien Gauthier Ryan Lissner Cody Loup David Roberts Michael Venus 2010 Mark Bowtell Sebastian Carlsson Julien Gauthier Cody Loup David Roberts 2011 Olivier Borsos Sebastian Carlsson Julien Gauthier Tom Knights John Michaelis David Roberts Neal Skupski Stefan Szacinski James Turbervill 2012 Mark Bowtell Tom Knights David Roberts Stefan Szacinski James Turbervill
2013 Roger Anderson Olivier Borsos Mark Bowtell Will Suk Stefan Szacinski 2014 John Michael Busch Harrison Kennedy Andrew Korinek 2015 John Michael Busch Jordan Daigle Harrison Kennedy Andrew Korinek Tam Trinh 2016 Jordan Daigle Simon Freund Andrew Korinek 2017 Jordan Daigle
Coaching Records PAUL YOUNG
STEVE CARTER
CHARLES DIEL
STEVE STROME
MIKE DONAHUE
JERRY SIMMONS
1925-1932 (8 years) 12-12-1 (.500)
1933-1942 (10 years) 30-20-5 (.591) SEC Championships: 1 (1940)
1946-1947 (2 years) 0-7 (.000)
1975-1978 (4 years) 76-19 (.800) SEC Championships: 1 (1976) SEC Coach of the Year Honors: 1 (1978) NCAA Championships Appearances: 1 All-SEC Selections: 4
1980-1982 (3 years) 46-27 (.630) All-SEC Selections: 2
1983-1997 (15 years) 278-105 (.726) SEC Championships: 1 (1985) SEC Coach of the Year Honors: 2 (1988, 1997) NCAA Championships Appearances: 13 All-Americans: 19
W.T. “DUB” ROBINSON
W-L-T SEC FINISH POST SEASON 3-0 0-2 1-2-1 2-2 3-2 2-1 1-1 0-2 2-1 0-4 2-2-1 2-3 2-2 3-2 4-1-2 10-1 4-3-1 2ND 1-1-1 2ND 0-4 0-3 5-4 8-5-2 8-7 4-9 11-4 12-1 2ND 9-1 2ND 6-5 4TH 0-9 7TH 8-3-1 2ND 6-5 2ND 8-6 4TH 2-9 9TH 1-8-1 5TH 7-5 3RD 2-8-1 6TH 5-7-1 7TH 5-8 7TH 6-6 6TH 6-4 5TH 5-8-1 5TH 7-7-1 6TH 6-8 5TH 8-6-1 7TH 6-11 7TH
JEFF BROWN
1998-2017 (20 years) 311-206 (.602) SEC Championships: 2 (1998, 1999) SEC Tournament Championships: 2 (1998, 1999) SEC Coach of the Year Honors: 1 (1998) SEC Player of the Year Honors: 2 Michal Chmela, 1998; Michael Venus, 2009 NCAA Championships Appearances: 18 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Honors: 4 Bryan Fisher, 2004; Paul White, 2005; Kevin Dessauer, 2007; Kevin Dessauer, 2008 All-Americans: 23 All-SEC Selections: 29
ANDY BRANDI 2018 (First season) 0-0 (.000)
CHRIS BRANDI 2018 (First season) 0-0 (.000)
1948-1974, 1979 (28 years) 189-180-9 (.512) All-SEC Selections: 11 All-Americans: 1
YEAR 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
HISTORY
COACH PAUL YOUNG PAUL YOUNG PAUL YOUNG PAUL YOUNG PAUL YOUNG PAUL YOUNG PAUL YOUNG PAUL YOUNG CHARLES DIEL CHARLES DIEL CHARLES DIEL CHARLES DIEL CHARLES DIEL CHARLES DIEL CHARLES DIEL CHARLES DIEL CHARLES DIEL CHARLES DIEL MIKE DONAHUE MIKE DONAHUE DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON
YEAR 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
W-L-T 8-8 14-5 11-8 21-6 22-2 22-3 16-7 14-10 15-11 17-6 19-9 19-10 19-8 17-8 23-6 27-2 22-5 13-9 19-6 17-7 16-6 10-13 19-4 21-5 17-7 25-2 20-7 20-6 16-8 11-14 13-11 18-7 21-9 15-10 18-7 15-9 11-12 8-15 12-14 15-11 16-12 14-14 18-9 15-12 10-17
SEC FINISH POST SEASON 7TH 3RD 6TH 1ST 2ND 3RD NCAA FINAL 16 3RD 3RD 8TH 7TH 5TH 5TH NCAA FINAL 16 1ST NCAA FINAL 16 3RD NCAA FINAL 16 3RD NCAA FINAL EIGHT 3RD NCAA RUNNER-UP 3RD NCAA FINAL EIGHT 3RD NCAA FINAL 16 2ND NCAA FINAL EIGHT 2ND NCAA FINAL EIGHT 3RD NCAA FINAL EIGHT 9TH 2ND NCAA FINAL 16 4TH NCAA FINAL 16 3RD NCAA FINAL 16 1ST NCAA SEMIFINAL 1ST NCAA SEMIFINAL 4TH NCAA FINAL 16 3RD NCAA FINAL 16 11TH NCAA 2ND ROUND 5TH NCAA 1ST ROUND 5TH NCAA 2ND ROUND 7TH NCAA FINAL 16 4TH NCAA 1ST ROUND 3RD NCAA FINAL 16 6TH NCAA 2ND ROUND 8TH NCAA 2ND ROUND 9TH T-7TH NCAA 2ND ROUND T-6TH NCAA 2ND ROUND T-10TH NCAA 2ND ROUND 13TH 7TH NCAA 2ND ROUND T-8TH NCAA 2ND ROUND T-9TH
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
19
COACH DUB ROBINSON DUB ROBINSON STEVE CARTER STEVE CARTER STEVE CARTER STEVE CARTER DUB ROBINSON STEVE STROME STEVE STROME STEVE STROME JERRY SIMMONS JERRY SIMMONS JERRY SIMMONS JERRY SIMMONS JERRY SIMMONS JERRY SIMMONS JERRY SIMMONS JERRY SIMMONS JERRY SIMMONS JERRY SIMMONS JERRY SIMMONS JERRY SIMMONS JERRY SIMMONS JERRY SIMMONS JERRY SIMMONS JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN JEFF BROWN
HISTORY
SEC and NCAA History
SEC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS - 5 YEAR
HEAD COACH
RECORD
1940 1976 1985 1998 1999
Charles Diel Steve Carter Jerry Simmons Jeff Brown Jeff Brown
10-1 21-6 19-8 25-2 20-7
SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS - 2 YEAR RUNNER-UP
HOST
1998 Georgia 1999 Georgia
Auburn Florida
SEC COACH OF THE YEAR - 4 YEAR
HEAD COACH
RECORD
1978 1988 1997 1998
Steve Carter Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jeff Brown
22-3 27-2 17-7 25-2
SEC FINISH
3rd 3rd 3rd 1st
SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR - 2 YEAR PLAYER
1998 2009
Michal Chmela Michael Venus
SEC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR - 4 YEAR PLAYER
2004 2005 2007 2008
Bryan Fisher Paul White Kevin Dessauer Kevin Dessauer (Co-SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year)
INDIVIDUAL SEC CHAMPIONS (SINGLES) - 18 YEAR PLAYER
No. 1 Singles 1970 Steve Faulk 1983 Fernando Perez 1986 Fernando Perez No. 2 Singles 1940 L.C. Kirkland 1958 Tommy Robinson No. 3 Singles 1954 Dave Rosenbaum 1976 Gary Albertine 1980 Mark Shoptaugh 1985 Billy Uribe No. 4 Singles 1954 Ronnie Fenasci 1977 Drew Meyers 1985 Jeff Brown 1987 Donni Leaycraft 1988 Donni Leaycraft No. 5 Singles 1958 John Robinson 1974 Johnny Foster 1985 Carlos Homodes No. 6 Singles 1954 Benton Presslar
20
INDIVIDUAL SEC CHAMPIONS (DOUBLES) - 8 No. 1 Doubles
YEAR PLAYERS
1962 Les Nicholson - Ernest Cox No. 2 Doubles 1958 Larry Hammett - Buddy Gomez 1959 Tommy Robinson - Johnny Robinson 1968 Steve Faulk - Tommy Hudson 1977 Alan Chandronnait - Robert Rouse 1984 Steve Wood - Jason Noonan No. 3 Doubles 1957 Larry Hammett - Buddy Gomez 1986 Jeff Brown - Jason Noonan *No singles or doubles champions were recognized by the SEC following the 1989 season.
ALL-SEC SINGLES HONORS - 80 YEAR PLAYER
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1974 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1996
Robert Hubbard (Second Team) Bob Ecuyer (Second Team) Steve Faulk (First Team) Robert Hubbard (Second Team) Steve Faulk (First Team) Steve Faulk (First Team) Tommy Ducrest (Second Team) Tommy Ducrest (First Team) Gary Albertine Hal Gorman Alan Chandronnait Hal Gorman Hal Gorman Hal Gorman Mike Oransky Drew Meyers Mark Shoptaugh Fernandez Perez Teddy Viator Fernandez Perez Fernandez Perez (First Team) Carlos Homedes (Honorable Mention) Billy Uribe (Honorable Mention) Jeff Brown (Honorable Mention) Fernandez Perez Billy Uribe Felix Barrientos Donni Leaycraft Billy Uribe Felix Barrientos Jeff Brown Donni Leaycraft Billy Uribe Donni Leaycraft Johan Kjellsten Donni Leaycraft Johan Milbrink Tamer El Sawy Tamer El Sawy (First Team) Juha Pesola (Second Team) Michael Wesbrooks (Second Team) Pedro Braga (First Team) Zak Blanchard (Second Team) Gus Fernandes (First Team)
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Chad Dudley (Second Team) Ryan Ideta (Second Team) Pedro Escudero (Second Team) Michal Chmela (Second Team) Michal Chmela (First Team) Pedro Escudero (Second Team) Michal Chmela (First Team) Tom Hand (Second Team) Michal Chmela (First Team) Tom Hand (First Team) Ajay Ramaswami (First Team) Dan Kieman (Second Team) Jason Hazley (First Team) Bryan Fisher (First Team) Peter Richman (Second Team) Ken Skupski (First Team) Bryan Fisher (Second Team) Jason Hazley (Second Team) Ken Skupski (First Team) Mark Growcott (First Team) Ken Skupski (First Team) Ken Skupski (First Team) Danny Bryan (First Team) Kevin Dessauer (Second Team) Michael Venus (First Team) Kevin Dessauer (Second Team) Michael Venus (First Team) Neal Skupski (Second Team) Neal Skupski (Second Team) Neal Skupski (Second Team) Olivier Borsos (Second Team) Chris Simpson (Second Team) Stefan Szacinski (Second Team) Chris Simpson (Second Team) Jordan Daigle (First Team) Chris Simpson (Second Team) Justin Butsch (Second Team) Jordan Daigle (Second Team) Justin Butsch (Second Team) Jordan Daigle (Second Team)
ALL-SEC DOUBLES HONORS - 6 YEAR PLAYERS
1988 1995 1996 1998 2005 2006
Jeff Brown - Felix Barrientos Pedro Braga - Zak Blanchard (Second Team) Chad Dudley - Ryan Ideta (Second Team) Michal Chmela - Tom Hand (Second Team) Mark Growcott - Ken Skupski (First Team) Danny Bryan - Colt Gaston (Second Team)
NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES - 31 YEAR
HEAD COACH
FINAL RANKING
1978 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997
Steve Carter Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons
12th 12th 9th 12th 8th 2nd 8th 11th 6th 10th 8th 9th 12th 9th
SEC and NCAA History 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016
Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown
LSU AT THE NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Best Finish: 2nd (1988) NCAA REGIONALS Record: 17-6 1996 AT BATON ROUGE, LA.
First Round: LSU def. Kentucky, 4-1 Semifinal: LSU def. UAB, 4-2 Final: LSU def. Auburn, 4-3
1999 AT BATON ROUGE, LA.
Semifinal: LSU def. Alcorn State, 4-0 Final: LSU def. Tulane, 4-1
2000 AT BATON ROUGE, LA.
Semifinal: LSU def. Alcorn State, 4-0 Final: LSU def. Clemson, 4-0
2nd 4th 12th 13th 29th 24th 13th 10th 25th 15th 18th 28th 32nd 25th 22nd 30th 35th
1986 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: SMU def. LSU, 5-2
1987 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: LSU def. Texas, 5-2 Second Round: USC def. LSU, 5-3
1988 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: Bye Second Round: LSU def. California, 6-0 Quarterfinal: LSU def. Georgia, 5-3 Semifinal: LSU def. Michigan, 5-4 Final: Stanford def. LSU, 5-2
First Round: Duke def. LSU, 4-1
1998 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: LSU def. SMU, 4-0 Quarterfinal: LSU def. Ole Miss, 4-0 Semifinal: Georgia def. LSU, 4-1
1999 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: LSU def. Fresno State, 4-1 Quarterfinal: LSU def. Duke, 4-3 Semifinal: UCLA def. LSU, 4-1
2000 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: Illinois def. LSU, 4-3
1989 AT ATHENS, GA.
2001 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: Bye Second Round: LSU def. Clemson, 5-3 Quarterfinal: Stanford def. LSU, 5-3
1990 AT PALM SPRINGS, CALIF.
First Round: California def. LSU, 5-3
1991 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: Bye Second Round: LSU def. TCU, 5-2 Quarterfinal: California def. LSU, 5-2
1992 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: Bye Second Round: LSU def. Pepperdine, 5-2 Quarterfinal: Stanford def. LSU, 5-2
1993 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: Bye Second Round: Duke def. LSU, 5-2
1995 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: TCU def. LSU, 4-0
1996 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: TCU def. LSU, 4-3
First Round: Texas A&M def. LSU, 4-1
2005 AT COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
First Round: Georgia def. LSU, 4-0
2007 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: Ohio State def. LSU, 4-0
2011 AT COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
First Round: LSU def. Indiana, 4-3 Second Round: Texas A&M def. LSU, 4-0
2012 AT DURHAM, N.C.
First Round: LSU def. Northwestern, 4-0 Second Round: Duke def. LSU, 4-1
2013 AT MALIBU, CALIF.
First Round: LSU def. Stanford, 4-2 Second Round: Pepperdine def. LSU, 4-0
2015 AT WACO, TEXAS
First Round: LSU def. UTSA 4-0 Second Round: Baylor def. LSU, 4-0
2016 AT FORTH WORTH, TEXAS
First Round: LSU def. Rice, 4-3 Second Round: TCU def. LSU, 4-0
1997 AT LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
2001 AT BATON ROUGE, LA.
Semifinal: LSU def. Marist, 4-0 Final: LSU def. Texas, 4-2
2002 AT COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
Semifinal: LSU def. TCU, 4-0 Final: Texas A&M def. LSU, 4-0
2003 AT NEW ORLEANS, LA
First Round: South Alabama def. LSU, 4-2
2004 AT BATON ROUGE, LA.
First Round: LSU def. Southern, 4-0 Second Round: Rice def. LSU, 4-0
2005 AT BATON ROUGE, LA.
First Round: LSU def. Binghamton, 4-0 Second Round: LSU def. Tulane, 4-1
2006 AT CORAL GABLES, FLA.
First Round: Minnesota def. LSU, 4-2
2007 AT BATON ROUGE, LA.
First Round: LSU def. Alcorn State, 4-0 Second Round: LSU def. Vanderbilt, 4-0
2008 AT CHAMPAIGN, ILL.
First Round: LSU def. Drake, 4-1 Second Round: Illinois def. LSU, 4-2
2009 AT BATON ROUGE, LA.
First Round: LSU def. Rice, 4-0 Second Round: Ole Miss def. LSU, 4-2
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Record: 16-25 1978 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: Pepperdine def. LSU, 6-3
1984 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: UCLA def. LSU, 6-0
1985 AT ATHENS, GA.
First Round: Clemson def. LSU, 5-1
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
21
HISTORY
HISTORY
LSU Record Book
DONNI LEAYCRAFT
INDIVIDUAL
Career: Donni Leaycraft-135 (1987-90) Season (overall): Donni Leaycraft-42 (1989) Season (dual): Donni Leaycraft-25 (1988) MOST DOUBLES MATCHES WON
Career: Chad Dudley-Ryan Ideta-71 (1993-96) Season: Ken Skupski-Mark Growcott-34 (2005) BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE (SEASON)
Mike Hammett .903 (28-3, 1988)
TEAM
MOST WINS: 27 (1988) MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS: 18 (1977, 1988, 1998) HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE: .931 (27-2, 1988) MOST SHUTOUTS: 10 (1940) MOST CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS: 7 (1995)
MOST SINGLES WINS (SEASON) PLAYER
RECORD YEAR
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 8.
42-10 39-5 38-11 37-19 34-4 34-17 34-9 31-5 31-6 31-9
22
JEFF BROWN
ALL-TIME SINGLES WINS LEADERS
MOST SINGLES MATCHES WON
Donni Leaycraft Tamer El Sawy Johan Kjellsten Billy Uribe Mark Shoptaugh Johan Milbrink Tom Hand Juha Pesola Donni Leaycraft Tom Hand
TOM HAND
1989 1993 1989 1986 1980 1990 2000 1992 1988 1999
PLAYER
RECORD YEARS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10. 11. 13. 14. 19. 20.
Donni Leaycraft Billy Uribe Tom Hand Ken Skupski Jeff Brown Mario Pacheco Teddy Viator Michael Wesbrooks Mark Shoptaugh Zak Blanchard Justin Butsch Carlos Homedes Drew Meyers Ryan Ideta Dan Kiernan Gus Fernandez Jason Hazely Danny Bryan Chris Simpson Michal Chmela Jason Noonan
135-38 116-45 107-43 104-54 100-49 99-52 96-35 96-42 94-20 91-38 91-48 90-45 90-34 85-32 84-47 84-50 84-78 84-44 84-62 83-33 81-48
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
1987-90 1985-88 1997-2000 2003-07 1985-88 1988-92 1981-84 1989-93 1977-80 1995-98 2014-17 1984-87 1977-80 1993-96 1998-2002 1994-97 2001-04 2003-07 2011-2015 1997-2000 1983-86
KEN SKUPSKI
Opponent History OPPONENT RECORD LAST MEETING Alabama 42-28-1 2017 UAB 1-0 1996 Alcorn State 9-0 2017 Arkansas 27-8 2017 Arizona 1-0 1987 Arizona State 2-0 1987 Auburn 34-16 2017 Austin Peay 1-0 1981 B.R. Tennis Club 2-1 1955 Baylor 6-1-1 2015 Binghamton 1-0 2005 Birmingham Southern 1-1 1948 Brigham Young 1-0 1982 Brown 1-0 2016 Boise State 1-0 2005 Butler 1-0 1982 California 6-4 2012 UC-Irvine 0-2 1990 Centenary 20-0 2008 Central Michigan 2-0 1980 Cincinnati 1-0 1954 Clemson 7-7 2012 Colorado 3-0 2006 Cornell College 1-0 1949 Dartmouth 0-1 2017 Denver 1-0 1953 Drake 2-0 2016 Duke 3-4 2012 Eastern Michigan 1-0 1976 Emory 1-0 1940 Florida 28-31-1 2017 Florida State 8-6 2010 Fresno State 1-0 1999 Furman 2-1 1971 Georgia 18-51 2017 Georgia Tech 13-9-1 1976 Gulfport Navy 0-2 1946 Gustavus Aldolphus 1-0 1936 Harvard 2-1 1994 Houston 7-18-3 1983 Howard 0-1 1948 Illinois 5-5 2008 Illinois State 2-0 2012 Indiana 3-3 2013 Indiana State 2-0 2000 Iowa 2-0 1976 Jacksonville 3-0 1978 Jackson State 4-0 2017 Jacksonville State 1-0 1952 Kalamazoo College 0-1 1963 Kansas 5-0 1988 Kentucky 32-18 2017 Lake Charles AFB 2-0 1953 Lamar 24-9 2017 Liberty 1-0 2014 Louisiana-Lafayette 19-0 2012 Louisiana-Monroe 3-0 2002
Louisiana College 9-2 1985 Louisiana Tech 1-0 1933 Louisville 1-0 2010 Loyola (New Orleans) 12-3 1955 Marist 1-0 2001 McNeese State 1-0 1986 Memphis 5-4 2017 Miami (Fla.) 8-6 1998 Miami (Ohio) 2-0 1981 Michigan 5-3 2014 Michigan State 5-0 1999 Mid. Tenn. State 1-0 1980 Millsaps 1-0 1930 Minnesota 6-3 2012 Mississippi State 47-23-1 2017 Missouri 2-0 1977 Murray State 1-1 1965 Nebraska 1-0 2011 New Mexico 2-0 2002 New Mexico State 1-0 1982 New Orleans 29-0 2017 Nicholls 5-0 2016 North Carolina 0-2 1993 North Florida 2-1 2017 North Texas 1-0 1983 Northern Illinois 1-0 1969 Northwestern 5-4 2012 Northwestern State 7-0 1952 Notre Dame 4-1 1996 Ohio State 5-9 2013 Oklahoma 5-1 1982 Oklahoma City 1-0 1983 Oklahoma State 5-3 1991 Ole Miss 47-17 2017 Pensacola Navy 3-5 1958 Pepperdine 4-7 1992 Presbyterian 0-2 1971 Principia 1-0 1977 Purdue 3-0 2015 Rhodes College 2-0 1967 Rice 17-18-2 2017 Richmond 1-0 1983 Santa Clara 0-1 2017 St. Edward’s 2-0 1965 Sewanee 0-1 1949 South Alabama 6-1 2003 South Carolina 29-11 2017 South Florida 11-2 2017 Southern 17-0 2008 Southern California 2-7 2000 Southern Illinois 8-1 1989 Southern Methodist 5-8 2003 Southern Miss 25-0 2014 Southeastern La. 11-0 2005 Spring Hill 1-0 1938 Stanford 1-5 1998 Stetson 1-0 2016 Stephen F. Austin 1-0 1985
HISTORY
St. John’s 1-0 2012 Tennessee 33-30-1 2017 Texas 10-16-1 2004 Texas A&M 20-27 2017 Texas A&M-CC 0-1 1966 Texas-Arlington 2-0 1996 Texas Christian 6-13 2016 Texas El-Paso 1-0 1988 Texas-Pan American 4-0 1996 Texas-San Antonio 3-0 2015 Texas State 2-0 2005 Texas Tech 3-0 2009 Trinity 0-6 1983 Tulane 30-47-2 2017 Tulsa 4-2 2003 UCLA 0-6 2006 Univ. of San Diego 1-0 2015 Vanderbilt 48-20-1 2017 Virginia 0-1 2010 Wake Forest 2-1 2014 West Florida 4-0 1997 West State College 1-0 1938 West Texas A&M 1-0 1984 Wichita State 0-1 1981 William & Mary 0-1 1980 Wisconsin 3-0 1981 Wright State 1-0 2013 Others 4-4 -*Teams marked in bold denote 2018 opponents
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
23
HISTORY
TEAM
National Rankings
YEAR
HEAD COACH
FINAL RANKING
1970 1973 1976 1978 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015
W.T. Robinson W.T. Robinson Steve Carter Steve Carter Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jerry Simmons Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown Jeff Brown
16th 20th 20th 12th 12th 9th 12th 8th 2nd 8th 11th 6th 10th 8th 22nd 9th 12th 9th 2nd 4th 12th 14th 29th 24th 13th 10th 25th 15th 18th 28th 46th 32nd 25th 22nd 30th
SINGLES YEAR
PLAYER
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Fernando Perez Teddy Viator Fernando Perez Teddy Viator Steve Wood Fernando Perez Billy Uribe Steve Wood Billy Uribe Jason Noonan Billy Uribe Felix Barrientos Donni Leaycraft Jeff Brown Felix Barrientos Billy Uribe Donni Leaycraft Jeff Brown Donni Leaycraft Johan Kjellsten Roland So Tom Furukrantz Tom Furukrantz Johan Milbrink Donni Leaycraft
24
FINAL RANKING
35th 68th 18th 62nd 90th 20th 46th 81st 44th 80th 17th 31st 40th 58th 20th 28th 36th 39th 3rd 7th 40th 83rd 20th 31st 46th
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Johan Milbrink Tamer El Sawy Janne Holtari Mario Pacheco Tamer El Sawy Janne Holtari Mario Pacheco Juha Pesola Tamer El Sawy Juha Pesola Michael Wesbrooks Pedro Braga Janne Holtari Pedro Braga Gus Fernandes Ryan Ideta Gus Fernandes Pedro Braga Pedro Escudero Michal Chmela Michal Chmela Pedro Escudero Pedro Braga Michal Chmela Tom Hand Tom Hand Michal Chmela Ajay Ramaswami Ajay Ramaswami Dan Kiernan Dan Kiernan Bryan Fisher Peter Richman Ken Skupski Ken Skupski Ken Skupski Ken Skupski Danny Bryan Kevin Dessauer Michael Venus Jan Zelezny Michael Venus Neal Skupski Sebastian Carlsson Neal Skupski Neal Skupski Olivier Borsos Chris Simpson Chris Simpson Stefan Szacinski Chris Simpson Jordan Daigle Jordan Daigle Justin Butsch Jordan Daigle Justin Butsch
DOUBLES 1983 1984 1985 1987 1988 1989
Fernando Perez - Steve Wood Steve Wood - Jason Noonan Billy Uribe - Carlos Homedes Billy Uribe - Carolos Homedes Felix Barrientos - Jeff Brown Felix Barrientos - Jeff Brown Mario Pacheco - Ged Schwing
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
22nd 43rd 24th 69th 16th 24th 49th 56th 3rd 18th 82nd 32nd 58th 18th 40th 65th 28th 93rd 25th 33rd 6th 34th 76th 12th 39th 24th 30th 100th 16th 51st 53rd 113th 62nd 34th 40th 19th 20th 40th 92nd 31st 110th 7th 47th 109th 87th 37th 40th 102nd 47th 103rd 77th 82nd 56th 78th 37th 82nd
26th 18th 33rd 40th 44th 4th 17th
1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Mario Pacheco - Tom Furukrantz Mario Pacheco - Tamer El Sawy Mario Pacheco - Tamer El Sawy Janne Holtari - Steve Vasquez Juha Pesola - Michael Wesbrooks Tamer El Sawy - Alex Guevara Pedro Braga - Zak Blanchard Chad Dudley - Ryan Ideta Michal Chmela - Tom Hand Zak Blanchard-Eduardo Villagomez Tom Hand - Michal Chmela Tom Hand - Ed Rubin Michal Chmela - Dan Kiernan Dan Kiernan - Sebastian Rutka Bryan Fisher - Jason Hazley Bryan Fisher - Jason Hazley Sebastian Rutka - Cory Ross Ken Skupski - Mark Growcott Ken Skupski - Mark Growcott Colt Gaston - Danny Bryan Colt Gaston - Danny Bryan James Cluskey - Ken Skupski James Cluskey - Michael Venu Michael Venus - Neal Skupski Sebastian Carlsson - Neal Skupski Roger Anderson - Neal Skupski Sebastian Carlsson - Neal Skupski Neal Skupski - Chris Simpson Olivier Borsos - Chris Simpson Stefan Szacinski - Tam Trinh Chris Simpson - Stefan Szacinski Chris Simpson- Boris Arias Tam Trinh- Eric Perez Boris Arias-Jordan Daigle Boris Arias-Jordan Daigle Jordan Daigle- Justin Butsch Julian Saborio- Gabor Csonka
10th 23rd 12th 26th 11th 27th 18th 19th 30th 49th 8th 43rd 14th 29th 21st 15th 51st 4th 17th 43rd 6th 24th 14th 4th 38th 77th 10th 30th 83rd 59th 81st 43rd 46th 12th 13th 27th 80th
BEST FINISHES TEAM
2nd (1988, 1998) SINGLES
3rd (Donni Leaycraft - 1989, Tamer El Sawy - 1993) DOUBLES
4th (Felix Barrientos & Jeff Brown - 1988, Ken Skupski & Mark Growcott - 2005, Michael Venus & Neal Skupski 2009)
Year-By-Year Finishes 1925
3-0 Head Coach: Paul Young
1926
0-2 Head Coach: Paul Young
1927
1-2-1 Head Coach: Paul Young
1928
2-2 Head Coach: Paul Young
1929
3-2 Head Coach: Paul Young
1930
2-1 Head Coach: Paul Young
1931
1-1 Head Coach: Paul Young
1932
0-2 Head Coach: Paul Young
1933
2-1 Head Coach: Charles Diel
1934
1-4 Head Coach: Charles Diel
1935
2-2-1 Head Coach: Charles Diel
1936
2-3 Head Coach: Charles Diel
1940
1956
1968
1979
1941
1957
1969
1980
1942
1958
1970
1981
10-1 Head Coach: Charles Diel SEC Champions
4-3-1 Head Coach: Charles Diel SEC Runner-up
1-1-1 Head Coach: Charles Diel
1946
0-4 Head Coach: Mike Donahue
1947
0-3 Head Coach: Mike Donahue
1948
5-4 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson
8-6 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 4th
1960
2-9 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 9th
1961
1950
1962
8-7 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson
1951
4-9 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson
1952
11-4 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson
1953
12-1 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Runner-up
1954
1955
4-1-2 Head Coach: Charles Diel
1959
8-5-2 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson
1938
1939
6-5 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Runner-up
1-8-1 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 5th
2-2 Head Coach: Charles Diel
3-2 Head Coach: Charles Diel
8-3-1 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Runner-up
1949
9-1 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Runner-up
1937
0-9 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 7th
6-5 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 4th
7-5 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 3rd
1963
2-8-1 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 6th
1964
5-7-1 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 7th
1965
5-8 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 7th
1966
6-6 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 6th
1967
6-4 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 5th
5-8-1 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 5th
7-7-1 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 6th
6-8 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 5th Final Ranking: 16th
1971
8-6-1 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 7th
1972
6-11 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 7th
HISTORY
16-7 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 3rd
14-10 Head Coach: Steve Strome SEC Finish: 3rd
15-11 Head Coach: Steve Strome SEC Finish: 8th
1982
17-6 Head Coach: Steve Strome SEC Finish: 7th
1983
19-9 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Finish: 5th
1984
8-8 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 7th Final Ranking: 20th
19-10 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Finish: 5th Final Ranking: 12th NCAA Final 16 National Indoor Round of 16
1974
1985
1973
14-5 Head Coach: W.T. “Dub” Robinson SEC Finish: 3rd
1975
11-8 Head Coach: Steve Carter SEC Finish: 6th
1976
21-6 Head Coach: Steve Carter SEC Champions
1977
22-2 Head Coach: Steve Carter SEC Runner-up
1978
22-3 Head Coach: Steve Carter SEC Finish: 3rd Final Ranking: 12th NCAA Final 16 SEC Coach of the Year
19-8 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Champions Final Ranking: 9th NCAA Final 16
1986
17-8 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Finish: 3rd Final Ranking: 12th NCAA Final 16 National Indoor Round of 16
1987
23-6 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Finish: 3rd Final Ranking: 8th NCAA Final Eight National Indoor Quarterfinalist
1988
27-2 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Regular Season Champions SEC Finish: 3rd Final Ranking: 2nd NCAA Runner-up National Indoor Runner-up SEC Coach of the Year
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
25
Year-by-Year Finishes
HISTORY
1989
22-5 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Regular Season Champions SEC Finish: 3rd Final Ranking: 8th NCAA Final Eight National Indoor Quarterfinalist
1990
13-9 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Finish: 3rd Final Ranking: 16th NCAA Final 16 National Indoor Quarterfinalist
1991
19-6 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Runner-up Final Ranking: 6th NCAA Final Eight National Indoor Quarterfinalist
1992
17-7 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Regular Season Champions SEC Tournament Runner-up SEC Finish: 2nd Final Ranking: 10th NCAA Final Eight
1993
16-6 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Finish: 3rd Final Ranking: 8th NCAA Final Eight National Indoor Quarterfinalist
1994
10-13 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Finish: 9th National Indoor Round of 16
1995
19-4 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Runner-up Final Ranking: 8th NCAA Final 16
1996
21-5 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Finish: 4th Final Ranking: 14th NCAA Final 16 NCAA Region III Champions
1997
17-7 Head Coach: Jerry Simmons SEC Finish: 3rd Final Ranking: 9th NCAA Final 16 National Indoor Round of 16 SEC Coach of the Year
1998
25-2 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Champions Final Ranking: 2nd NCAA Runner-up NCAA Semifinal National Indoor Quarterfinalist SEC Coach of the Year SEC Tournament Champions
1999
20-7 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Champions Final Ranking: 4th NCAA Semifinal SEC Coach of the Year SEC Tournament Champions
2000
20-6 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 4th Final Ranking: 12th NCAA Final 16
2001
16-8 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 3rd Final Ranking: 13th NCAA Final 16
2005
2011
2006
2012
21-9 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 7th Final Ranking: 10th NCAA Final 16
15-10 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 4th Final Ranking: 25th NCAA 1st Round
2007
18-7 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 3rd Final Ranking: 15th NCAA Final 16
2002
2008
2003
2009
2004
2010
11-14 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 11th Final Ranking: 29th NCAA 2nd Round
13-11 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 5th Final Ranking: 24th NCAA 1st Round
18-7 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 5th Final Ranking: 13th NCAA 2nd Round
15-9 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 6th Final Ranking: 19th NCAA 2nd Round
11-12 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 8th Final Ranking: 28th NCAA 2nd Round
8-15 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 9th Final Ranking: 46th SEC Tournament Second Round
12-14 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 7th (tie) Final Ranking: 32nd SEC Tournament Second Round
15-11 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 6th (tie) Final Ranking: 25th NCAA 2nd Round
2013
16-12 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 10th (tie) Final Ranking: 22nd NCAA 2nd Round
2014
14-14 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 13th Final Ranking: 46th SEC Tournament Quarterfinals
2015
18-9 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: 7th Final Ranking: 30th NCAA 2nd Round
2016
15-12 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: T-8th Final Ranking: 35th NCAA 2nd Round
2017
10-17 Head Coach: Jeff Brown SEC Finish: T-8th NIKOLA SAMARDZIC
26
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
Year-By-Year Results HEAD COACH PAUL YOUNG OVERALL RECORD: 12-12-1 1925-32
1925 (3-0) Alabama Louisiana College Louisiana College
W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0
1926 (0-2) Tulane Tulane
L 1-5 L 1-2
1927 (1-2-1) Tulane Tulane Alabama USL 1928 (2-2) Tulane North Carolina Louisiana College USL 1929 (3-2) USL Louisiana College Loyola (New Orleans) Tulane Alabama
L 1-5 L 2-4 T 3-3 W 6-0 L 0-6 L 1-2 W 6-0 W 4-2 W 4-2 W 4-2 W 5-1 L 1-5 L 1-5
1930 (2-1) Ole Miss Millsaps Louisiana College
L 2-4 W 4-2 W 4-2
1931 (1-1) USL Alabama
W 6-0 L 1-5
1932 (0-2) Tulane Tulane
L 0-6 L 0-6
HEAD COACH CHARLES DIEL OVERALL RECORD: 30-20-5 1933-42 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP: 1940
1933 (2-1) Louisiana Tech Louisiana College Louisiana College 1934 (0-4) Rice Tulane Rice Tulane
1935 (2-2-1) Northwestern State
W 6-0 W 5-1 L 2-4 L 1-5 L 1-5 L 0-6 L 0-6 W 6-0
Rice Louisiana College Tulane Tulane
T 3-3 W 6-0 L 2-6 L 2-6
1936 (2-3) Louisiana College Mississippis State Furman Gustavus Aldolphus Tulane
L 2-4 W 7-0 L 3-4 W 6-0 L 0-6
1937 (2-2) Furman Alabama Tulane Rice
W 6-0 W 6-0 L 0-6 L 2-4
1938 (3-2) Illinois Baylor Spring Hill Tulane Alabama
W 4-2 W 4-2 W 5-1 L 0-6 L 2-4
1939 (4-1-2) West State College Alabama Illinois Rice Ole Miss Tulane Baylor
W 5-1 W 4-2 W 6-0 T 3-3 W 4-1 L 0-6 T 3-3
1941 (4-3-1) Colorado Texas Rice Florida Alabama Tulane Tulane Louisiana College
W 6-0 L 2-4 W 5-1 L 2-5 W 6-0 L 2-3 T 3-3 W 4-2
1942 (1-1-1) Rice Tulane Tulane
L 2-4 W 2-1 T 3-3
1943-45 - NO TEAM
HEAD COACH MIKE DONAHUE OVERALL RECORD: 0-7 1946-47
1946 (0-4) Tulane Gulfport Navy Tulane Gulfport Navy 1947 (0-3) Tulane Miami (Fla.)
L 0-6 L 0-6 L 0-6 L 3-6 L 0-6 L 0-6
Rice
L 0-6
HEAD COACH W.T. “DUB” ROBINSON OVERALL RECORD: 189-180-9 1948-74, 1979
1948 (5-4) Northwestern State W 7-2 Baton Rouge Tennis Club L 3-9 Loyola W 4-3 Northwestern State W 6-1 Loyola W 7-1 Mississippi State W 7-2 Tulane L 0-6 Birmingham Southern L 3-4 Howard L 2-5 1949 (8-5-2) Northwestern State W 6-0 Pensacola Navy L 3-4 Florida L 1-6 Baton Rouge Tennis Club W 8-4 Loyola W 4-1 Cornell of Iowa W 3-0 Pensacola Navy W 6-1 Loyola W 5-1 Georgia Tech T 3-3 Vanderbilt L 1-7 Ole Miss W 7-0 Tulane L 1-6 Mississippi State W 7-0 Florida T 3-3 Sewanee L 1-4 1950 (8-7) Baylor Pensacola Navy Mississippi State Georgia Georgia Tech Loyola Loyola Mississippi State Houston Florida Tulane Alabama Southwestern (Tenn.) Alabama Vanderbilt
W 5-2 L 2-5 W 7-2 W 6-3 W 6-3 L 3-4 W 4-3 W 4-3 L 0-6 L 0-9 L 1-6 W 6-3 W 7-2 L 2-7 L 3-6
1951 (4-9) Northwestern State Tulane Alabama Mississippi State Vanderbilt Mississippi State Loyola Loyola Georgia Georgia Tech Houston SMU
W 7-2 L 0-9 L 0-8 W 8-1 L 2-7 W 9-0 L 3-6 L 0-5 L 4-5 W 6-3 L 0-6 L 0-6
Pensacola Navy
L
4-5
1952 (11-4) Lamar Loyola Loyola Norhtwestern State Vanderbilt Tennessee TCU Pensacola Navy Mississippi State Georgia Tech Georgia Lake Charles AFB Tulane Alabama Jacksonville State
W 6-0 W 6-3 W 4-3 W 7-0 L 3-6 L 3-6 W 5-1 L 3-6 W 6-3 W 5-4 W 9-0 W 7-0 L 0-9 W 8-1 W 9-0
1953 (12-1) Lamar Mississippi State Denver Florida State Houston Alabama Vanderbilt Loyola Tennessee Georgia Tech Lake Charles AFB Loyola Tulane
W 5-1 W 5-1 W 7-2 W 8-1 W 5-1 W 9-0 W 6-2 W 5-2 W 7-2 W 9-0 W 9-0 W 6-1 L 1-7
1954 (9-1) Lamar Texas A&M Vanderbilt Florida State Cincinnati Tennessee Mississippi State Loyola Tulane Georgia Tech
W 4-3 W 12-1 W 9-0 W 8-2 W 8-2 W 9-0 W 9-0 W 4-1 L 3-6 W 9-0
1955 (6-5) Pensacola Navy L 3-6 Baton Rouge Tennis Club W 6-3 Northwestern W 7-2 Tennessee W 5-4 Vanderbilt W 7-2 Lamar L 0-9 Houston L 0-9 Tulane L 0-9 Florida L 3-5 Loyola W 6-1 Georgia Tech W 8-1 1956 (0-9) Lamar Texas A&M Northwestern Presbyterian Vanderbilt
L 0-5 L 3-6 L 1-5 L 1-5 L 2-7
HISTORY
Georgia Tech Rice Houston Tulane
L 3-6 L 3-6 L 3-6 L 0-9
1957 (8-3-1) Pensacola Navy Lamar Houston Illinois Mississippi State Vanderbilt Miami (Fla.) Georgia Tech Georgia Tulane Tennessee Florida
W 9-0 L 1-8 T 3-3 W 9-0 W 8-0 W 9-0 L 0-6 W 8-1 W 8-1 L 2-7 W 9-0 W 7-2
1958 (6-5) Lamar Houston Northwestern Vanderbilt Florida State Pensacola Navy Miami (Fla.) Lamar Tulane Georgia Tech Georgia
L 0-9 L 2-5 W 9-0 W 9-0 W 7-2 W 6-0 L 2-7 L 3-6 L 4-5 W 7-2 W 8-1
1959 (8-6) Lamar Lamar Georgia Georgia Tech Houston Tulane Florida Florida State Texas Miami (Fla.) Ole Miss Vanderbilt Tennessee Duke
L 2-5 L 1-5 L 2-7 L 2-7 W 7-2 L 0-9 W 6-3 W 6-3 W 4-2 L 2-7 W 7-2 W 8-1 W 6-3 W 5-4
1960 (2-9) Southern Miss Vanderbilt Northwestern Florida State Florida Mississippi State Houston Texas Georgia Tech Ole Miss Tulane
W 9-0 L 3-6 L 2-7 L 0-9 L 0-9 L 0-9 L 0-6 L 0-6 L 1-6 W 6-0 L 1-8
1961 (1-8-1) Southern Illinois Northwestern Texas
W 4-2 L 3-5 L 1-5
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
27
HISTORY
Year-by-Year Results
Mississippi State Vanderbilt Rice Florida State Tulane Lamar Houston 1962 (7-5) Northwestern Vanderbilt Houston Texas Rice Mississippi State Kentucky Georgia Tech Texas A&M Ole Miss Southern Miss Tulane
L 3-6 L 4-5 L 1-5 L 1-8 L 0-8 L 0-5 T 3-3 L 1-8 L 4-5 W 6-0 L 0-6 L 0-6 W 8-1 W 9-0 W 8-1 W 5-2 W 9-0 W 7-2 L 0-9
1963 (2-8-1)
Kalamazoo College Texas Houston Texas A&M Vanderbilt Ole Miss Mississippi State Rice Alabama Southern Miss Tulane
L 3-6 L 0-6 L 0-5 L 0-9 T 4-4 W 5-4 L 0-9 L 0-6 L 1-8 W 7-2 L 0-9
1964 (5-7-1)
Texas A&M Kentucky Vanderbilt Rice Texas St. Edward’s Mississippi State Murray State Ole Miss Georgia Tech Houston Alabama Tulane
L 4-5 W 9-0 W 7-2 L 1-5 L 0-7 W 6-1 L 0-9 W 7-2 W 9-0 L 3-6 T 3-3 L 2-7 L 1-8
1965 (5-8)
Houston Texas A&M St. Edward’s Alabama Rice Georgia Tech Murray State Ole Miss Memphis State Vanderbilt Tennessee Southern Miss Tulane
L 1-5 L 0-6 W 3-2 L 4-5 L 0-7 L 0-9 W 8-1 W 9-0 W 8-1 W 7-2 L 0-3 W 6-3 L 0-9
28
1966 (6-6) Houston Vanderbilt Texas A&M Oklahoma Mississippi State Corpus Christi Tennessee Georgia Tech Ole Miss Alabama Southern Miss Tulane
W 4-2 W 9-0 L 1-8 W 4-3 L 2-7 L 1-8 L 1-8 L 3-6 W 8-1 W 7-2 W 5-0 L 0-9
1967 (6-4)
Rice Texas A&M Southwestern (Tenn.) Illinois Georgia Tech Tennessee Houston Mississippi State Ole Miss Tulane
W 4-2 W 8-1 W 9-1 W 4-3 L 4-5 L 0-9 W 4-3 L 0-8 W 8-1 L 0-9
1968 (5-8-1)
Lamar Mississippi State Georgia Michigan State Michigan State Oklahoma USL Ole Miss Florida Tennessee Georgia Tech Texas Houston Tulane
L 3-6 L 1-6 L 3-6 W 5-4 W 6-3 W 4-3 W 8-1 W 7-2 L 2-8 T 2-2 L 2-7 L 2-5 L 2-4 L 0-9 L 2-7 L 4-5 T 3-3 L 2-7 W 5-4 W 9-0 L 2-7 W 3-4 W 8-1 W 9-0 L 1-8 L 3-6 L 0-9 W 5-4 W 8-1
1970 (6-8)
Florida State Texas Houston Texas A&M Southern Illinois Vanderbilt
W 7-2 W 8-1 W 6-3 L 1-8 L 0-9 L 4-5 W 7-2 W 6-3
1971 (8-6-1)
Furman Memphis State Houston William & Mary Lamar Texas A&M Mississippi State Georgia Vanderbilt Kentucky Tennessee Presbyterian Tulane Ole Miss Alabama
W 6-3 L 3-6 W 4-3 W 9-0 W 5-4 L 2-7 T 3-3 L 0-9 W 7-2 W 6-3 W 5-4 L 3-6 L 2-6 W 9-0 L 3-6
1972 (6-11)
1969 (7-7-1)
Florida State Houston Texas Minnesota Northwestern Lamar Texas A&M Kansas USL Northern Illinois Florida Tennessee Tulane Mississippi State Ole Miss
South Florida Alabama Florida Tennessee Georgia Georgia Tech Lamar Tulane
L 3-6 L 3-6 L 0-9 W 5-4 L 2-7 L 4-5
Lamar Texas A&M Indiana Indiana Ole Miss Alabama Mississippi State Georgia Texas Houston Vanderbilt Kentucky Florida Tennessee Georgia Tech Alabama Tulane
W 5-4 L 1-8 L 2-7 L 4-5 W 9-0 L 1-8 L 4-5 L 1-8 L 1-8 L 1-8 W 8-1 L 2-7 L 1-8 L 1-8 W 7-2 W 5-4 W 6-3
1973 (8-8)
Houston Georgia Notre Dame Missouri Ole Miss Oklahoma State Alabama South Carolina Texas A&M Texas Lamar Vanderbilt Florida Tennessee Kentucky Tulane
L 2-7 L 0-9 W 7-2 W 8-1 W 9-0 W 9-0 L 3-6 W 6-3 L 3-6 L 2-7 W 6-3 W 8-1 L 3-6 L 4-5 W 7-2 L 2-7
1974 (14-5)
Lamar
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
W 8-1
Texas A&M Mississippi State Texas Michigan State Ohio State Oklahoma Northwestern Auburn Florida Kentucky Tennessee Ole Miss Memphis State Vanderbilt Alabama Georgia Georgia Tech Tulane
L 3-6 W 9-0 L 1-8 W 9-0 W 6-3 W 7-2 W 9-0 W 8-1 L 4-5 W 7-2 L 2-7 W 7-2 W 7-2 W 9-0 W 5-4 L 3-6 W 9-0 W 9-0
HEAD COACH STEVE CARTER OVERALL RECORD: 76-19 1975-78 1975 (11-8)
Rice Texas A&M Trinity Kansas Iowa Houston Clemson Florida State Miami (Fla.) Florida Auburn Tennessee Kentucky Ole Miss Vanderbilt Mississippi State Alabama Georgia Tulane
W 8-1 L 4-5 L 1-8 W 8-1 W 6-3 L 2-7 W 7-2 L 2-7 L 1-8 L 2-7 W 5-2 W 7-2 W 5-4 W 9-0 W 9-0 W 6-3 L 3-6 L 1-8 W 6-3
1977 (22-2)
Rice Vanderbilt Lamar Texas A&M Texas Memphis State Oklahoma State Missouri Clemson Principia Michigan State Southern Illinois Florida Jacksonville Tennessee South Florida New Orleans USL
W 9-0 W 7-2 W 8-1 W 9-0 L 4-5 W 5-4 W 8-1 W 8-1 W 8-1 W 9-0 W 9-0 W 8-1 W 7-2 W 9-0 W 6-3 W 7-2 W 9-0 W 9-0
Tulane Ole Miss Auburn Mississippi State Alabama Georgia
W 6-3 W 8-1 W 6-3 W 7-2 W 7-2 L 4-5
1978 (20-3)
Texas A&M Northeast Louisiana Trinity Lamar Tennessee Jacksonville Southern Illinois Wisconsin Mississippi State Auburn Illinois State Minnesota Clemson Rice Army Alabama Ole Miss Vanderbilt New Orleans USL Tulane Georgia
W 9-0 W 8-1 L 1-8 W 8-1 W 8-1 W 8-1 W 7-2 W 7-2 W 7-2 W 7-2 W 7-2 W 9-0 L 4-5 W 7-2 W 9-0 W 7-2 W 7-2 W 5-4 W 9-0 W 8-1 W 8-1 W 5-4
NCAA FIRST ROUND
Pepperdine
L 3-6
HEAD COACH W.T. “DUB” ROBINSON OVERALL RECORD: 189-180-9 1948-74, 1979 1979 (16-7)
Baylor Clemson Oklahoma State Texas Pan American Arkansas Southern Illinois Rice TCU Central Michigan Oklahoma Houston Lamar Texas A&M Wisconsin Minnesota Clemson Trinity Army Memphis Georgia Alabama Auburn Florida USL New Orleans
W 9-0 L 4-5 L 3-6 W 5-4 L 0-9 W 6-3 W 6-3 L 4-5 W 9-0 W 6-3 L 1-8 W 8-1 W 6-3 W 5-1 W 5-1 L 1-8 L 0-9 W 8-1 L 4-5 L 4-5 W 8-1 W 5-4 L 2-7 W 5-4 W 6-0
Year-By-Year Results Tulane Ole Miss Vanderbilt
W 7-2 W 9-0 W 5-4
HEAD COACH STEVE STROME OVERALL RECORD: 46-27 1980-82 1980 (14-10)
Texas A&M Lamar Mississippi State William & Mary Central Michigan Oklahoma Middle Tennessee Miami (Ohio) Centenary Georgia Tennessee Memphis Ole Miss Rice Houston Tulane Florida USL Alabama Trinity South Alabama Auburn Kentucky
L 4-5 W 7-2 L 4-5 W 9-0 W 8-1 W 7-2 W 8-1 W 8-1 W 9-0 L 1-8 L 4-5 L 3-6 W 9-0 L 4-5 L 4-5 W 8-1 W 8-1 W 9-0 L 3-6 L 1-8 W 8-1 L 4-5 W 5-4
1981 (15-11)
Rice Austin Peay Lamar New Mexico Houston Michigan Texas Pan American Wichita State Oklahoma State Indiana State Southern Illinois Kansas Miami (Ohio) Wisconsin Georgia South Carolina Centenary South Alabama Mississippi State Alabama Auburn Florida Ole Miss Tulane Tennessee Kentucky
L 4-5 W 6-3 W 7-2 W 9-0 L 1-8 W 5-4 W 6-3 L 1-5 L 2-7 W 8-1 W 7-2 W 8-1 W 7-2 W 9-0 L 2-7 L 3-6 W 7-2 W 5-4 W 6-3 L 2-7 L 2-7 L 3-6 L 4-5 W 8-1 L 2-7 W 7-2
1982 (17-6)
New Orleans Florida State
W 8-1 W 7-2
Pepperdine Oklahoma Arizona State Brigham Young Butler Pan American Texas Tech New Mexico State Florida Memphis Alabama Mississippi State Ole Miss Vanderbilt Tennessee Georgia South Alabama Auburn Lamar Tulane Kentucky
L 2-7 L 4-5 W 6-3 W 6-3 W 9-0 W 5-4 W 7-2 W 6-2 W 5-4 W 7-2 L 4-5 W 7-2 W 6-3 L 3-6 L 3-6 L 2-7 W 5-4 W 6-3 W 8-1 W 7-2 W 5-4
HEAD COACH JERRY SIMMONS OVERALL RECORD: 278-105 1983-97 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP: 1985 1983 (19-9)
Tulsa Arkansas Clemson North Texas Southwest Texas State Texas A&M Houston Oklahoma City Minnesota Texas Texas A&M Tulsa Purdue Richmond Kentucky USL Georgia Alabama Auburn Florida Tennessee Rice Vanderbilt Florida State New Orleans New Orleans Ole Miss Trinity
W 6-3 L 3-6 L 2-7 W 7-2 W 5-1 L 4-5 W 9-0 W 6-3 W 6-3 L 0-6 L 2-5 L 4-5 W 8-1 W 8-1 W 5-4 W 8-1 W 5-4 W 7-2 L 1-5 W 8-1 L 3-6 W 5-4 W 5-4 W 6-3 W 6-0 W 9-0 W 7-2 L 1-8
1984 (19-10)
Auburn Georgia Pepperdine SMU
W 5-4 L 4-5 L 4-5 L 2-6
Texas USL Texas A&M Florida State USC UCLA Tulane New Orleans New Orleans Indiana Alabama West Texas State Centenary Ohio State Vanderbilt Mississippi State Pepperdine Florida Georgia Kentucky Ohio State Auburn Tennessee Ole Miss
L 1-8 W 9-0 W 7-2 W 5-1 L 1-8 L 1-8 W 9-0 W 9-0 W 6-0 W 9-0 W 6-3 W 5-1 W 9-0 W 9-0 W 9-0 W 8-1 L 4-5 W 6-3 L 3-6 W 6-3 W 8-1 L 1-8 W 6-2 W 7-2
NCAA FIRST ROUND
UCLA
L 0-6
1985 (19-8)
Arkansas Clemson USC Harvard Pepperdine Louisiana College Centenary Stanford Lamar Pepperdine USC New Orleans Stephen F. Austin Purdue Ole Miss Tulsa SMU Mississippi State Alabama Kentucky New Orleans Georgia Auburn Vanderbilt NCAA FIRST ROUND Clemson
W 5-4 W 5-1 L 3-5 W 5-2 L 3-5 W 8-1 W 8-1 L 4-5 W 9-0 L 1-8 L 1-8 W 8-1 W 6-0 W 9-0 W 8-1 W 9-0 L 3-6 W 9-0 W 6-3 W 7-2 W 9-0 L 4-5 W 6-3 W 9-0 L 1-5
1986 (17-7)
Tulane McNeese State UCLA California Minnesota Arkansas New Orleans Vanderbilt Lamar
W 8-1 W 7-2 L 2-7 L 2-5 L 3-5 W 5-4 W 9-0 W 9-0 W 8-1
Arkansas Oklahoma State South Carolina TCU Florida Pepperdine Clemson Auburn Ole Miss Alabama New Orleans Georgia Tennessee Kentucky Mississippi State
L 2-7 W 7-2 W 8-1 W 5-4 W 6-3 L 3-6 L 3-6 W 6-3 W 8-1 W 5-4 W 6-0 L 3-6 W 5-4 W 5-4 W 9-0
NCAA FIRST ROUND
SMU
TCU California Florida Mississippi State Auburn Texas El-Paso Vanderbilt Georgia Kentucky Tennessee Ole Miss
HISTORY
W 7-2 W 7-2 W 8-1 W 7-2 W 6-3 W 5-1 W 9-0 W 5-4 W 5-4 W 7-2 W 5-1
NCAA SECOND ROUND
California
W 6-0
NCAA QUARTERFINALS
Georgia
W 5-3
NCAA SEMIFINALS
L 2-5
Michigan
W 5-4
NCAA FINAL
Stanford
1987 (23-6)
Arizona Minnesota Oklahoma State Lamar Tulane Pepperdine Georgia SMU SMU Arizona State Miami (Fla.) Wake Forest Arkansas Southern Illinois TCU Kentucky Mississippi State California Ole Miss Florida Auburn Alabama Georgia Vanderbilt Tennessee South Carolina
W 7-2 W 5-2 W 5-1 W 9-0 W 8-1 W 5-1 L 4-5 W 5-1 L 2-7 W 6-3 W 7-2 W 6-0 W 8-1 W 9-0 L 4-5 W 8-1 W 8-1 W 5-4 W 9-0 W 7-2 W 6-3 W 5-4 L 2-7 W 8-1 W 6-3 L 3-6
NCAA SECOND ROUND
Texas
W 5-2
USC
1989 (22-5)
South Alabama Texas Tulane Southern Miss USL South Carolina Miami Pepperdine Baylor Ole Miss Texas A&M Southern Illinois Vanderbilt Texas Georgia TCU Miami Alabama Kentucky South Carolina Tennessee UC-Irvine Mississippi State Auburn Florida
L 3-5
W 9-0 W 6-3 W 9-0 W 6-0 W 8-1 L 3-5 W 5-3 W 5-1 W 8-1 W 8-1 W 7-0 W 8-0 W 7-2 W 5-1 W 5-4 L 1-5 W 6-3 W 6-3 W 5-4 W 5-4 L 4-5 L 2-7 W 8-1 W 6-3 W 6-3
NCAA SECOND ROUND
Clemson
NCAA QUARTERFINALS
L 2-5
W 5-3
NCAA QUARTERFINALS
Stanford
L 3-5
1988 (27-2)
Indiana SMU Clemson Miami Texas A&M SMU California Pepperdine Georgia USC Kansas South Carolina Alabama South Florida
W 5-1 W 7-2 W 7-2 W 9-0 W 9-0 W 5-2 W 5-3 W 5-1 W 6-2 L 3-5 W 9-0 W 6-0 W 8-1 W 9-0
1990 (13-9)
South Alabama Texas Tulane Harvard UC-Irvine Miami Texas Southern Miss South Carolina TCU Mississippi State Alabama Kentucky
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
29
W 6-0 W 5-3 W 9-0 W 5-3 L 4-5 L 1-5 L 4-5 W 6-0 W 5-2 L 4-5 W 5-1 L 4-5 W 5-2
HISTORY
Year-by-Year Results
Auburn Ole Miss Vanderbilt Tennessee Georgia Florida
W 5-2 W 5-4 W 8-1 L 1-5 L 3-5 W 5-1 W 6-0 L 2-5
NCAA FIRST ROUND
California
L
3-5
1991 (19-6)
Tulane Baylor Oklahoma State Florida Southern Miss California USC Miami Texas Mississippi State Texas TCU Texas-San Antonio South Carolina Kentucky Alabama Georgia Ole Miss Tennessee Auburn Vanderbilt
W 9-0 W 9-0 W 9-0 L 2-7 W 6-0 W 5-4 L 1-5 W 5-2 W 5-3 W 5-3 W 5-4 L 2-5 W 5-1 W 5-2 L 3-5 W 5-1 W 5-3 W 5-2 W 5-2 W 5-2 W 9-0
SEC TOURNAMENT
Ole Miss Mississippi State
W 5-3 L 3-5
NCAA SECOND ROUND
TCU
W 5-3
NCAA QUARTERFINALS
California
L 2-5
1992 (17-7)
Tulane Vanderbilt Southern Miss Baylor South Alabama California Notre Dame UCLA Mississippi State South Carolina TCU Florida Arkansas Alabama Auburn Ole Miss Kentucky Georgia Tennessee
W 8-0 W 6-1 W 9-0 W 9-0 W 9-0 W 5-1 L 1-4 L 2-4 L 4-5 W 6-0 L 4-5 W 5-4 W 6-0 W 8-1 W 8-1 W 6-0 L 1-5 W 5-1 W 7-2
SEC TOURNAMENT
Florida Georgia
W 5-2 W 5-1
30
L 2-5
NCAA SECOND ROUND
Pepperdine
W 5-2
NCAA QUARTERFINALS
Stanford
L 2-5
1993 (16-6)
SEC TOURNAMENT
Florida Georgia
Kentucky
Lamar Centenary Southern Miss Colorado Stanford North Carolina Mississippi State TCU Vanderbilt Ole Miss South Carolina Auburn Georgia Notre Dame Mississippi State Alabama Kentucky Arkansas Tennessee Florida
W 7-0 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 4-3 L 3-4 W 4-3 L 3-4 W 7-0 W 5-0 W 4-2 W 5-2 L 3-4 W 5-2 L 2-5 W 6-1 W 5-1 W 4-0 W 6-1 W 6-0
SEC TOURNAMENT
Tennessee
L 3-4
NCAA SECOND ROUND
Duke
L 2-5
1994 (10-13)
Tulane West Florida Lamar Centenary Southern Miss Duke USC Harvard TCU Ole Miss Alabama Mississippi State South Carolina Notre Dame Vanderbilt Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Tennessee Kentucky
W 7-0 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 5-2 W 6-1 L 2-5 L 1-5 L 2-5 L 2-5 L 0-4 L 1-6 L 3-4 W 4-2 W 5-2 L 2-4 W 4-1 L 3-4 L 1-6 L 2-5 W 5-2 L 3-4
SEC TOURNAMENT
South Carolina Florida
W 4-2 L 3-4
1995 (19-4)
New Orleans Southern West Florida Centenary Southeastern Louisiana Texas Tech
W 7-0 W 7-0 W 6-0 W 7-0 W 6-0 W 7-0
Tulane Florida South Carolina Ole Miss Auburn Georgia Kentucky Vanderbilt Mississippi State Tennessee Arkansas Alabama
W 7-0 W 5-2 W 6-1 W 5-2 L 3-4 L 2-5 W 5-2 W 6-1 W 4-3 W 5-1 W 6-1 W 5-1
SEC CHAMPIONSHIP
Auburn Mississippi State Georgia
W 4-1 W 4-3 L 0-4
NCAA FIRST ROUND
TCU
L 4-0
1996 (21-5)
Notre Dame W 4-2 New Orleans W 7-0 West Florida W 7-0 Southern W 7-0 Southeastern Louisiana W 7-0 Southern Miss W 7-0 Ole Miss L 2-4 Alabama W 6-1 Centenary W 7-0 Texas-Pan American W 7-0 Texas-Arlington W 7-0 South Carolina W 7-0 Arkansas W 5-2 Florida L 3-4 Mississippi State W 5-2 Auburn W 5-2 Vanderbilt W 4-1 Tennessee W 5-2 Kentucky W 4-3 Georgia L 4-0 SEC TOURNAMENT
Auburn Georgia
W 4-1 L 1-4
NCAA REGION III CHAMPIONSHIPS
Kentucky UAB Auburn
W 4-1 W 4-2 W 4-3
NCAA FIRST ROUND
TCU
L 4-3
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
W 7-0 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 6-1 W 6-1 L 3-4 L 1-6 W 4-1 W 4-3 W 6-1 W 5-1 W 4-3 W 6-1
L 1-6 W 7-0 W 6-0 W 4-1 L 3-4 L 2-4
SEC TOURNAMENT
Kentucky Georgia Miami (Fla.)
W 4-0 L 2-4 W 4-2
NCAA FIRST ROUND
Duke
L 1-4
HEAD COACH JEFF BROWN OVERALL RECORD: 311-206 (.602) 1998-2017 SEC CHAMPIONS: 1998, 1999 1998 (25-2)
Southern Centenary Miami (Fla.) Southeastern Louisiana New Orleans Texas A&M USC Stanford Duke Southern Miss South Carolina Duke Southern Miss South Carolina Florida Auburn Mississippi State Vanderbilt Ole Miss Arkansas Alabama Georgia Tennessee Kentucky
W 7-0 W 7-0 W 6-1 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 4-3 W 4-1 L 7-0 W 6-1 W 6-1 W 5-2 W 6-1 W 6-1 W 5-2 W 4-3 W 5-2 W 5-2 W 7-0 W 5-2 W 4-0 W 4-0 W 5-2 W 4-3 W 6-1
SEC TOURNAMENT
Auburn Ole Miss Georgia
W 4-1 W 4-1 W 4-
NCAA FIRST ROUND
SMU
1997 (17-7)
Centenary Southern New Orleans USL West Florida Vanderbilt Pepperdine Stanford Columbia Florida Southern Miss South Carolina Alabama Ole Miss
Mississippi State Tennessee Arkansas Kentucky Auburn Georgia
W 4-0
NCAA QUARTERFINAL
Ole Miss
W 4-0
NCAA SEMIFINAL
Georgia
L
4-1
1999 (20-7)
Southeastern Louisiana Southern Centenary Mississippi State Southern Miss Texas A&M Michigan State Vanderbilt
W 7-0 W 6-0 W 6-0 W 4-3 W 7-0 L 6-1 W 5-2 L 4-3
Ole Miss Indiana South Carolina Florida Kentucky Tennessee South Florida Georgia Alabama Auburn Arkansas
L 5-2 L 4-3 W 4-3 W 4-3 L 5-2 L 4-3 W 5-2 W 4-3 W 6-1 W 5-2 W 7-0
SEC TOURNAMENT
Tennessee South Carolina Georgia
W 4-1 W 4-1 W 4-3
NCAA REGIONAL
Alcorn State Tulane
W 4-0 W 4-1
NCAA FIRST ROUND
Fresno State
W 4-1
NCAA SECOND ROUND
Duke
W 4-3
NCAA SEMIFINAL
UCLA
L 4-1
2000 (20-6)
Southern Centenary New Orleans USC Tennessee Indiana State Southern Miss Mississippi State South Alabama Florida Texas A&M Vanderbilt Alabama Tulane South Carolina Ole Miss Arkansas SMU Tennessee Auburn Kentucky Georgia
W 6-0 W 7-0 W 6-1 W 4-3 L 4-3 W 4-3 W 5-2 W 5-2 W 7-0 L 4-2 W 5-2 W 6-1 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 6-1 W 5-2 W 5-2 L 5-2 W 4-3 W 5-2 L 6-0
SEC TOURNAMENT
Georgia
L 4-1
NCAA REGIONAL
Alcorn State Clemson
W 4-0 W 4-0
NCAA FIRST ROUND
Illinois
L 4-3
2001 (16-8)
Southern Centenary Southeastern Louisiana Louisiana-Monroe Texas A&M Louisiana-Lafayette Mississippi State Southern Miss
W 7-0 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 7-0 L 4-3 W 7-0 L 5-2 W 6-1
Year-By-Year Results Vanderbilt Arkansas Kentucky Georgia Texas-Arlington Auburn Florida South Carolina SMU Alabama Mississippi
W 6-1 W 4-3 W 4-3 L 4-3 W 7-0 L 4-3 W 4-3 L 4-2 L 4-2 W 5-2 W 4-3 L 4-3
NCAA REGIONAL
Marist Texas
W 4-0 W 4-2
NCAA FIRST ROUND
Texas A&M
L
4-1
2002 (11-14)
Centenary Southern New Mexico Illinois Alabama Auburn Texas A&M South Carolina Florida Tennessee Georgia Southern Miss South Florida Vanderbilt Kentucky SMU Mississippi State Ole Miss Arkansas Louisiana-Monroe Southern
W 7-0 W 6-0 W 5-2 L 5-2 L 4-1 L 4-1 L 4-2 L 5-2 L 4-3 L 5-2 L 4-0 W 6-1 W 5-2 L 4-3 L 4-2 L 4-3 W 5-2 L 4-3 W 4-3 W 7-0 W 5-0
SEC TOURNAMENT
Alabama Auburn
W 4-2 L 4-0
NCAA REGIONAL
TCU Texas A&M
W 4-0 L 4-0
2003 (13-11)
Centenary Southern Texas-San Antonio Southern Southeastern Texas A&M Tulsa Alabama Auburn South Carolina Florida Tennessee Georgia Texas Vanderbilt Kentucky
W 4-3 L 1-5 L 1-6 W 7-0 L 3-4
SEC TOURNAMENT
Arkansas Kentucky
W 4-0 L 1-4
NCAA REGIONAL
South Alabama
W 7-0 W 7-0 W 6-1 W 6-0 W 6-1 L 2-5 W 6-1 L 1-6 W 6-1 L 3-4 L 0-7 W 4-3 L 3-4 W 4-3 L 2-5 W 4-2
Arkansas
W 4-3
SEC TOURNAMENT
Auburn Ole Miss
W 4-2 L 3-4
NCAA REGIONAL
Binghamton Tulane
W 4-0 W 4-1
NCAA FINAL 16
Georgia
L 0-4
L 4-2 2006 (15-10)
2004 (18-7)
SEC TOURNAMENT
Alabama
Mississippi State Ole Miss Illinois Arkansas SMU
Southern Miss W 7-0 Southern W 6-1 Louisiana-Lafayette W 5-2 Southeastern Louisiana W 7-0 Centenary W 6-0 Texas W 5-2 New Orleans W 6-1 Georgia L 3-4 Tennessee W 4-3 Texas A&M W 5-2 Kentucky L 6-1 Vanderbilt W 5-2 Ole Miss L 3-4 Miss. State W 6-1 Auburn W 4-3 Alabama W 6-1 Tulane L 5-2 Arkansas W 5-2 Tulsa W 6-1 Florida L 2-5 South Carolina W 4-1 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Alabama Kentucy
W 4-0 L 4-0
7-0 W 7-0 W 6-1 W 6-1 W 5-2 L 6-1 L 4-2 W 4-1 W 4-1 L 4-3 L 4-3 W 4-3 L 6-1 L 4-3 W 4-3 W 7-0 W 4-3 W 4-3 W 7-0 W 5-2 W 4-3 L 4-3 L 4-3
SEC TOURNAMENT
Mississippi State
L
2-4
NCAA REGIONAL
NCAA REGIONAL
Southern Rice
Southern Miss W Centenary Nicholls St. Southern Michigan Ohio State UCLA Colorado Arkansas Clemson TCU Tennessee Georgia Kentucky Vanderbilt South Carolina Florida Ole Miss Mississippi State UL-Lafayette Alabama Auburn Arkansas
W 4-0 L 4-0
Minnesota
L 2-4
2007 (18-7) 2005 (21-9)
Southeastern Louisiana W 6-1 Centenary W 6-0 Southern W 6-0 New Orleans W 6-1 Southern Miss W 7-0 Texas Southern W 7-0 Louisiana-Lafayette W 7-0 Duke L 2-4 Boise State W 4-2 Ohio State W 4-1 Texas A&M W 4-1 Florida L 2-4 South Carolina L 3-4 Georgia L 2-5 Tennessee L 3-4 South Florida W 6-1 Michigan W 5-2 Kentucky L 3-4 Vanderbilt W 4-0 Ole Miss L 3-4 Mississippi State W 4-3 Auburn W 6-1 Alabama W 5-2 Tulane W 6-1
Southern Centenary Southern Miss UL-Lafayette Rice Ohio St TCU Tennessee Georgia Kentucky Vanderbilt Texas A&M Illinois South Carolina Florida Ole Miss Mississippi St. Alabama Auburn Arkansas
W 6-0 W 6-0 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 4-3 L 2-4 W 6-1 W 4-3 L 1-6 W 6-1 W 6-1 W 4-3 W 4-3 W 4-0 L 3-4 L 3-4 W 6-1 W 5-2 L 3-4 W 5-2
SEC TOURNAMENT
Tennessee Georgia
W 4-2 L 1-4
NCAA REGIONAL
Alcorn St.
W 4-0
Vanderbilt
W 4-0
NCAA ROUND OF 16
Ohio State
L
4-0
2008 (15-9)
Louisiana-Lafayette Illinois Southern Miss Southern Texas A&M Alabama Auburn Kentucky Vanderbilt Centenary South Florida Ohio State Rice Georgia Tennessee South Carolina Florida Mississippi State Ole Miss Arkansas
W 7-0 L 1-6 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 5-2 L 2-5 L 2-5 W 4-0 W 6-1 W 7-0 W 5-2 L 2-4 W 4-2 L 2-4 L 1-6 W 6-1 W 4-3 W 5-2 L 2-5 W 5-2
SEC TOURNAMENT
Mississippi State Tennessee
W 4-0 L 2-4
NCAA REGIONAL
Drake Illinois
W 4-1 L 2-4
2009 (11-12)
Texas Tech Tulsa Rice Ohio State Louisiana Lafayette New Orleans Auburn Alabama Vanderbilt Kentucky South Florida Texas A&M Georgia Tennessee Florida South Carolina Ole Miss Mississippi State Arkansas
W 4-3 L 2-4 W 4-3 L 0-7 W 4-0 W 4-0 L 3-4 L 2-5 W 4-3 L 0-7 W 4-3 L 3-4 L 2-5 L 3-4 L 2-5 W 5-1 L 2-5 W 4-2 W 4-0
SEC TOURNAMENT
South Carolina Ole Miss
W 4-2 L 2-4
NCAA REGIONAL
Rice Ole Miss
W 4-0 L 2-4
2010 (8-15)
Louisville Florida State Rice Virginia UL-Lafayette
L 2-4 L 2-4 L 1-6 L 0-7 W 6-1
New Orleans Texas A&M South Carolina Florida Mississippi State Ole Miss Wake Forest Tennessee Ohio State Georgia Alabama Auburn Kentucky Vanderbilt South Florida Arkansas
HISTORY
W 4-0 L 2-5 W 5-2 L 0-7 W 4-3 L 3-4 W 4-2 L 0-7 L 2-4 L 2-5 L 3-4 L 2-5 L 2-5 L 3-4 W 4-3 W 5-2
SEC TOURNAMENT
Alabama Tennessee
W 4-2 L 0-4
2011 (12-14)
#15 Texas Tech Auburn Rice UL-Lafayette New Orleans #4 Ohio State Wake Forest #14 Texas A&M #11 Florida South Carolina #1 Virginia #22 Ole Miss Mississippi St. #16 Michigan #8 Georgia Nebraska #2 Tennessee #18 Auburn Alabama Vanderbilt #12 Kentucky Arkansas
L 0-4 L 1-4 W 5-2 W 6-1 W 7-0 L 0-7 L 1-4 L 1-6 L 1-6 W 5-2 L 2-5 W 4-2 L 2-5 W 5-2 L 0-7 W 4-3 L 3-4 W 5-2 W 4-2 L 0-7 L 1-6 W 6-1
SEC TOURNAMENT
Alabama #5 Georgia
W 4-0 L 1-4
2012 (15-11)
Rice #13 California #25 Minnesota Clemson Michigan Tulane #12 Texas A&M New Orleans #9 Kentucky Vanderbilt Alabama Auburn USF Illinois State St. John's #2 Ohio State #24 Tennessee
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
31
W 5-2 L 0-4 W 4-0 W 5-2 L 2-5 W 7-0 W 4-3 W 6-1 L 1-5 W 6-1 W 5-0 L 2-5 W 4-3 W 5-1 W 4-3 L 1-6 L 3-4
HISTORY
Year-by-Year Results
#4 Georgia #10 Mississippi State #14 Ole Miss South Carolina #9 Florida Arkansas
L 3-4 L 1-6 L 2-5 W 4-3 W 4-2 W 4-0
#15 Florida #20 Tennessee #8 Georgia Tulane Arkansas
NCAA FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS
Northwestern #8 Duke
2015 (18-9)
Vanderbilt
L 3-4 W 4-0 L 1-4
2013 (16-12)
Southern Miss #11 Mississippi State #23 Indiana USF Rice #4 Ohio State Wright State #25 Vanderbilt #6 Kentucky Auburn Alabama #11 Texas A&M Michigan #7 Ole Miss Nicholls #20 Florida #25 South Carolina Tulane New Orleans #4 Georgia #6 Tennessee Alcorn State #11 Mississippi State Arkansas Jackson State
W 6-1 L 0-7 W 4-3 W 5-2 W 4-3 L 0-7 W 6-1 L 3-4 L 0-4 L 2-5 L 1-6 W 4-3 L 2-5 W 4-3 W 7-0 W 4-2 L 1-4 W 7-0 W 6-0 L 0-4 W 4-3 W 7-0 L 1-4 W 4-1 W 4-0
SEC TOURNAMENT
#17 South Carolina
L
3-4
SEC TOURNAMENT
W 4-1 W 4-2 L 0-4
2017 (10-17)
Vanderbilt Rice #4 TCU
Lamar Nicholls San Diego TCU Purdue Jackson State Jackson State Alcorn State Rice Tulane Tennessee Kentucky South Carolina #4 Georgia #11 Vanderbilt New Orleans Alabama #13 Ole Miss Arkansas #16 Florida Auburn #7 Texas A&M #20 Mississippi State
W 6-1 W 7-0 W 4-2 L 1-4 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 6-1 W 4-3 W 4-0 W 4-1 L 1-4 L 2-4 W 4-1 W 7-0 W 4-3 L 3-4 W 6-1 L 2-4 W 4-3 L 0-4 L 2-4
Memphis USF Florida Santa Clara North Florida Tulane Rice Lamar #19 South Carolina #13 Florida #18 Kentucky Vanderbilt Alcorn State Alcorn State Alabama Dartmouth Georgia #8 Texas A&M Arkansas Ole Miss Jackson State Jackson State Auburn Mississippi State Tennessee New Orleans Arkansas
SEC TOURNAMENT
South Carolina #6 Texas A&M
W 4-1 L 0-4
NCAA FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS
UTSA #2 Baylor
W 4-0 L 0-4
NCAA FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS
Stanford #12 Pepperdine
W 4-2 L 0-4
2014 (14-14)
Rice #19 Wake Forest #15 Vanderbilt North Florida Liberty Southern Miss Jackson State Michigan #25 Kentucky New Orleans #14 Vanderbilt Alabama Alcorn State Auburn George Washington #9 Texas A&M Nicholls #22 Mississippi State Ole Miss South Carolina
32
W 4-3 L 1-4 L 1-4 W 4-0 W 7-0 W 6-1 W 7-0 L 2-5 L 2-5 W 7-0 L 1-4 L 3-4 W 6-0 L 1-4 W 4-3 L 0-4 W 7-0 L 2-4 W 4-1 W 4-3
L 2-4
NCAA FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS
W 4-3 L 0-4
SEC TOURNAMENT
Arkansas #17 Mississippi State #15 Florida
SEC TOURNAMENT
L 0-4 L 1-4 L 0-4 W 4-0 L 1-4
2016 (15-12)
Mississippi State #13 South Florida Drake Nicholls North Florida Stetson Lamar Tulane Florida Auburn Alcorn State #22 Ole Miss Arkansas Alabama #25 Mississippi State Vanderbilt Brown South Carolina #7 Georgia New Orleans Tennessee #20 Kentucky #11 Texas A&M
W 6-1 L 0-4 W 4-0 W 7-0 W 4-3 W 7-0 W 6-1 L 3-4 L 3-4 W 5-2 W 4-0 L 1-4 L 2-5 L 3-4 L 2-4 W 5-2 W 4-0 W 4-3 L 3-4 W 7-0 W 4-3 W 4-2 L 2-5
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
L 3-4 W 4-3 L 0-4 l 3-4 L 2-5 L 2-4 L 0-4 W 5-2 L 3-4 L 3-4 L 2-5 W 4-3 W 7-0 W 4-0 L 1-6 L 3-4 L 1-4 L 2-5 L 3-4 W 4-3 W 7-0 W 4-0 W 5-2 L 2-5 L 3-4 W 4-0 L 2-4
Letterwinners A
Sam Abramson (1929-30) Marcelo Achondo (1991-92) Mauricio Aguero (1980-81) Roger Anderson (2010-13) Nabil Al-Alawi (1962-64 Gary Albertine (1973-76) Rick Allen (1967-68) Mario Alvarez (2000) Cameron Andry (2016) Boris Arias (2013-16) Walt Ayres (1940)
B
Reese Baker (1976) Spud Baldwin (1951) Gary Barnett (1979) Felix Barrientos (1986-88) Ernest Barton (1948) Hugh Baxley (1955) Max Begue (1969-72) Dale Bennett (1952) Joe Bettison (1960, 1963) Larry Black (1967-69) Zak Blanchard (1995-98) Olivier Borsos (2010-13) Tad Bourg (1969-70) Mark Bowtell (2009-11, 2012-13) Pedro Braga (1994-98) David Broer (1982) Jeff Brown (1985-88) Danny Bryan (2004-07) Jack Burleigh (1982-83) Jack Bushman (1937-39) John Michael Busch (2014-15) Justin Butsch (2014-17)
C
Martel Campbell (2004-06) Gary Cannon (1976-77) John Cannon (1934-35) Sebastian Carlsson (2008-11) Kenny Carter (1956-58) Steve Carter (1963-65) Alan Chandronnait (1976-78) Michal Chmela (1997-2000) Frank Church (1975) Grant Clark (1941) Stevenson Clarke (1980-83) James Cluskey (2006-09) Walter Cockerham (1952-54) Eugene Cole (1937) Jim Collins (1936-38) Dudley Couvillion (1930) Beverly Covington (1948-50) Ernest Cox (1960-63) Mitch Creekmore (1971-75) Dickie Crowell (1959-60) Gabor Csonka (2016-17)
D
Jordan Daigle (2015-17) Devakul Debriddi (1936) Kevin Dessauer (2005-08)
Eric DeRoche (2006-07) Ryan Detlefs (1994) Wayne Diel (1968-71) Tommy Ducrest (1969-72) Chad Dudley (1993-96) Howard Dumont (1959-60)
E
Bob Eckstein (1948) Bobby Ecuyer (1967) Ed Eerett (1925) Tamer El Sawy (1991-93) Otto Engleman (1954) Pedro Escudero (1997-98)
Tommy Hudson (1966-68) William Hudson (1968) Dave Humphreys (1932-35) Edwin Hunter (1932) Jonathan Hurd (1998-2001)I Ryan Ideta (1993-96) H.L. Isaminger (1932-33)
L
John Hackett (1928-30) Bobby Hagerman (1972-75) Johnny Hamilton (1956) Larry Hammett (1957-59) Michael Hammett (1986-88) Tom Hand (1997-2000) Dan Hardesty (1946-47) Bob Harvey (1947-48) Jason Hazley (2002-05) Pat Hebert (1930) Frank Hennessy (1977) Joe Hill (2013) Dick Holt (1956) Janne Holtari (1991-92, 94) William Holtman (1951-52) Carlos Homedes (1985-87) Joe Hubbard (1963-65) Robert Hubbard (1966-68)
P
Mario Pacheco (1989-92) Charles Padgett (1946) Juha Pesola (1992-93) Charlie Pitts (1952-54) Eric Perez (2014-15) Fernando Perez (1983-86) Mauricio Posso (1980) John Gray Pou (2000-01) Bill Power (1967) Benton Presslar (1953-55)
K
G
H
Mike Oransky (1978-80) Hugh Obourn (1965-66) Jere Overdyke (1970-71) Billy Owens (1941-42, 46-47)
Bernard Jacoby (1940-42) Francie Johnston (1930) Chad Jones (1990)
Al Fagot (1967-68) Steve Faulk (1968-70) Ronnie Fenasci (1953-55, 57) Tracy Fenelon (1981) Gus Fernandes (1994-97) Bryan Fisher (2001-04) Kirk Fisher (1996-98) Johnny Foster (1972-75) Simon Freund (2015-16) Tom Furukrantz (1989-90)
Colt Gaston (2004-06, 08) Glen Gatenby (1974, 76) Julien Gauthier (2008-10) Jordan Girdley (2011) Gene Glanker (1947) Leo Gold (1926-28) Edgar Gomez (1957-59) Rod Gonzalez (1990) Gary Gorman (1979) Hal Gorman (1976-79) Frankie Green (2003) Jack Greene (1960-62) Mark Growcott (2005-06) Alex Guevara (1993) Salvador Gustella (1938-39)
O
J
Frank Kaplan (1938) Joe Kelly (1970) Robert Kennan (1925) Harrison Kennedy (2013-15) Ed Ketchum (1935-36) Mike Keyton (1965) Daniel Kiernan (1999-2002) L.C. Kirkland (1939-41) Johan Kjellsten (1989) Kenneth Koach (1948-49) Tom Knights (2011-12) Andrew Korinek (2014-16)
F
Tommy Nido (1979-82) Jason Noonan (1983-86)
R
Roland So (1987-89) Jonathan Sorbo (1981-82) John Sruk (1999-2001) Joe Stevens (1946-47) Stefan Szacinski (2010-13)
T
Irvin Thompson (1949) Mark Tindle (1971-72) Jonathan Tragardh (2004-05, 08-09) Clinton Trependahl (1967) Robert Tudor (1954-57) James Turbervill (2010, 2012) Tam Trinh (2013-16)
U
Billy Umstaedter (1940-42) Billy Uribe (1985-88) Kenny Uselton (1966)
V
Jack Lanier (1942) W.L. Lanier (1926) Bazile Lanneau (1948-50) Randy Lavercombe (1972-73, 75) Donni Leaycraft (1987-90) Harry Lee (1956) William LeFevre (2005-06) Jose Leon (1993-96) Charles Lewis (1929) David Longmire (1964-66) Cody Loup (2009-10) Steve Lovett (1980)
Ajay Ramaswami (2000-01) Charles Rees (1961) Roger Richardson (1949-51) Peter Richman (2002-04) Pat Rickey (1960-62) Kenneth Roach (1948-49) David Roberts (2009-12) Jim Roberts (1958) Ed Robertson (1932-33, 35) Jess Robertson (1963) Johnny Robinson (1958-59) Tommy Robinson (1957-59) W.T. (Dub) Robinson (1932, 34-36) David Romer (1953-54) David Rosenbaum (1953-54) Cory Ross (2002-04) Robert Rouse (1974-77) Ed Rubin (1997-2000) Sebastian Rutka (2001-04)
M
S
Y
Curt Maddox (2009) Cedric Martin (1971) Anthony Mateljan (1999-2001) Bill McDowell (1950) Billy McGehee (1973-76) M.J. McLaney (1937) Charles McVea (1929) Andrew Meyers (2009) Drew Meyers (1977-80) John Michaelis (2011-12) Johan Milbrink (1990-91) Willard Mixon (1938-39) David Methvin (1971) Larry Mills (1948-50) Agie Moreno (2017) Ellis Murov (1969)
N
Tommy Neck (1959-61) Brandon Nicholson (2001-03) Les Nicholson (1960-61)
Julian Saborio (2017) Sanjin Sadovich (2001) Nikola Samardzic (2016-17) Eric Samuelsson (2017) Jonas Samuelsson (1996-99) Tom Sanders (1935-37) DeWitt Sauls (1926-28) Pat Scanlon (1955-56) Geza Schay (1950) Darrell Schultz (1952-53) Brett Schwartz (1984) Ged Schwing (1986-89) Samer Shamieh (1999-2000) Mark Shoptaugh (1977-80) Aubrey Sievers (1933-36) Chris Simpson (2012-15) J.T. Sims (1973-76) Fred Simoneau (1965) Ken Skupski (2004-07) Neal Skupski (2009-12) Thad Slanton (1991-92) Jesse Smatt (1999-2002)
HISTORY
Steve Vasquez (1989-92) John Venable (1951) Michael Venus (2008-09) Teddy Viator (1981-84) Todd Viator (1987-89) Eduardo Villagomez (1995-98)
W
Rafael Wagner (2017) Milton Walker (1951, 55) Jim Walthall (1960) Cecil Webb (1951, 53) Michael Wesbrooks (1990-93) Paul White (2003-06) Earl Williamson (1946-47) Carl Winslow (1981-82) Marcello Wolff (1970) Steve Wood (1983-85)
Paul Young (1952-54)
Z
Jan Zelezny (2007-08) Current players in BOLD
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
33
Mike the Tiger statue is the focal point of the plaza in front of the LSU Tennis Complex on Gourrier Lane.
LSU TENNIS
COMPLEX
In August 2015, the tennis programs opened the state-of-the-art LSU Tennis Complex. With more than 160,000 square feet of space, the facility features championship-caliber courts with 12 outdoors and six indoors. Housed inside the indoor facility are players’ lounges, locker rooms, cardio room, satellite training room and coaches’ offices for both the men’s and women’s teams. Dual matches take place on the north side of the facility at the W.T. ‘Dub’ Robinson Championship courts. The six remaining outdoor courts are located on the south side and allow the facility to host two matches at one time. Fans may enjoy all the action with excellent sight lines from a total of 1,400 seats facing the 12 outdoor courts. The six indoor courts allow the Tigers to host different tournaments in front of more than 300 fans above the playing surface. The new facility also guarantees that both teams will never miss a practice or match due to unfavorable weather conditions. Point-by-point scoring is available through
34
Daktronics scoreboards on all 18 courts within the facility for an enhanced fan experience. Each set of courts also features a larger scoreboard with scores from all six courts. Fans off-site can track live matches online through StatBroadcast (www.LSUstats. com), which is directly linked to each judge’s controller. With the start of the 2018 season, fans will also be able to watch tennis matches live through PlaySight, which is accessible at LSUsports.net/tennisvideo. Spectators will also benefit from a permanent concession stand located on the west side of the facility between the two sets of outdoor courts. Members of the media will be able to provide coverage in the press box
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
facing the W.T. ‘Dub’ Robinson Championship courts. The LSU tennis programs are already reaping the benefits of the opening of the new facility. The men’s team hosted the ITA Southern Regional in 2017, while the women hosted the SEC Tournament in April 2016. The LSU Tennis Complex is located on Gourrier Avenue across from LSU Baseball’s Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. The LSU Tennis Complex replaces W.T. ‘Dub’ Robinson Stadium, which had served as home of both men’s and women’s tennis programs since 1976.
HISTORY
The six indoor courts at the LSU Tennis Complex.
The cardio room at the LSU Tennis Complex features weights, a StairMaster and stationary bikes.
LSU administration, along with coaches of the men’s and women’s teams, at the facility ribbon cutting.
The LSU men’s tennis locker room features the names of all Tiger men’s tennis letterwinners.
The lobby that leads to the coaches’ offices and indoor courts has a wall honoring the Tigers’ All-Americans and current team members.
The new training room features a hot tub and cold tub for after practice and matches.
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
35
COLLEGE GRAND SLAMS MICHAEL VENUS
2008 D’Novo/All-American Champion 2008 All-American Singles Michael Venus defeated the nation’s No. 1 player Oleksandr Nedovyesov of Oklahoma State University to win the 2008 D’Novo All-American Championship, becoming the first in school history to win the title. “LSU has had many great players in the history of the program. For Michael to be the first to win speaks to both the prestige of the tournament and to his level of play,” LSU head coach Jeff Brown said. “It’s also validation of the program in all that we are doing in practice, weights and conditioning is getting results.” As Venus, No. 20 in preseason ITA rankings, and Nedovyesov squared off, the 6-3 LSU senior was battling severe knee pain. Venus was able to capture the first set by a 7-6 (5) mark, but faltered in the following set, allowing Nedovyesov to post a 6-2 mark. “Michael lost concentration in the second set and the match could have easily slid downhill,” LSU assistant coach Danny Bryan said. “His knee was hurting him so badly, I though he was going to have to stop the match, but he was able to fight through it and that’s what made the third set so amazing.”
After a close first set and falling in the second, Venus was able to overcome both the physical and mental hurdle his knee caused and capture the match in a stellar third set performance. Venus posted a 6-4 mark to win the set and the championship match. “Winning felt good. I was hurting and as I got into the third set, Danny motivated me and reminded me of how hard I had worked. It gave me the motivation I needed to push through when things got tough,” Venus said. Venus’ run at the 2008 ITA All- American advanced him over six ranked opponents in the ITA’s preseason rankings. Venus began his campaign on a solid note as he knocked off No. 98 Roy Kalmanovich of Illinois, 6-2, 6-2, before moving into the second round to defeat No. 23 Jaime Hunt of Georgia , 6-4, 7-6(8). The highlight of Venus’ performance prior to the finals would be his victory over No. 4 Alex Clayton of Stanford. He advanced in straight sets over Clayton, 6-4, 6-1, moving into the tournament quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Venus defeated Arkansas’ Blake Strode, No. 41, in a heated match, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, to catapult him into the semis where the
senior would overcome No. 31 Enrique Olivares of East Tennessee State, 7-6 (3), 6-1, creating history by becoming the first Tiger to ever advance into the finals at the ITA All-American.
VENUS’ ROAD TO THE 2008 ALLAMERICAN SINGLES TITLE:
First Round: def. Roy Kalmanovich (Illinois), 6-2, 6-2 Second Round: def. Jamie Hunt (Georgia), 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) Third Round: def. Alex Clayton (Stanford), 6-4, 6-1 Quarterfinal: def. Blake Strode (Arkansas), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Semifinal: def. Enrique Olivares (ETSU), 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 Final: def. Oleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State), 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-4
DONNI LEAYCRAFT
JOHAN KJELLSTEN
Donni Leaycraft capped off his record-setting junior season by becoming the first LSU player to win the NCAA singles title. Leaycraft entered the NCAA singles tournament as the 13th seed and proceeded to breeze through the first four rounds, winning all four matches in straight sets. In the semifinal, Leaycraft upset hometown favorite Pablo Montana of Georgia in three sets and then beat Steven Jung of Nebraska 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 to claim the title. Leaycraft finished the year with a 42-10 record and ranked No. 3 in the nation.
Johan Kjellsten did not waste any time making an impact after transferring from McNeese State prior to his senior season. At the Clay Courts, Kjellsten, who was the tournament’s eighth seed, knocked off top-ranked Malivai Washington of Michigan, 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinal and then cruised past fourth-ranked Greg Failla of Southern Cal in the semifinal. In the final, Kjellsten knocked off 12th- ranked Stephen Enochs of Georgia 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 to give LSU the school’s first grand slam event winner. Kjellsten went on to post a 38-11 overall singles record and finished the year ranked No. 7 in the country.
1989 NCAA SINGLES CHAMPION
LEAYCRAFT’S ROAD TO THE 1989 NCAA SINGLES TITLES: First Round: Second Round: Third Round: Quarterfinal: Semifinal: Final:
36
def. Lee Galway (Boise State), 6-3, 6-1 def. Mark Mance (Duke), 6-1, 6-3 def. Conny Falk (Miami), 6-1, 6-4 def. Al Parker (Georgia), 7-5, 6-1 def. Pablo Montana (Georgia), 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 def. Steven Jung (Nebraska), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
1988 CLAY COURT SINGLES CHAMPION
KJELLSTEN’S ROAD TO THE 1988 CLAY COURT SINGLES TITLE: First Round: Second Round: Quarterfinal: Semifinal: Final:
def. Ellis Ferriera (Alabama), 7-6, 7-6 def. Brice Karsh (Tennessee), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 def. Malivai Washington (Michigan), 6-3, 6-3 def. Greg Failla (Southern Cal), 6-2, 6-0 def. Stephen Enochs (Georgia), 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
College Grand Slams TAMER EL SAWY
MICHAL CHMELA
Arguably the best player to ever play for LSU, Tamer El Sawy capped off his career with the Tigers with one of the best individual seasons in school history. El Sawy posted a 39-5 overall record and reached the semifinals of the NCAA singles tournament in 1993. He breezed through the first three rounds of draw before beating Roland Thornqvist of North Carolina in three sets in the quarterfinal. El Sawy, the No. 3 seed, then dropped a three-set match No. 1-ranked Chris Woodruff of Tennessee. The El Sawy-Woodruff semifinal match was said to be the best match of the tournament and it was only fitting that it would be the last match El Sawy would play at LSU.
Michal Chmela, in his lone fall tournament of the season, became the first Tiger to advance to a Grand Slam semifinal in six years at the ITA All-American hosted by the University of Texas. Chmela, seeded-fourth knocked off three ranked opponents in straight sets to reach the round of four. There he fell to sixth-seeded Brian Vahaly of Virginia in a three-set thriller.
1993 NCAA SINGLES SEMIFINALIST
EL SAWY AT THE 1993 NCAA SINGLES TOURNAMENT First Round: Second Round: Third Round: Quarterfinal: Semifinal:
def. Chris Pressley (Duke), 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 def. Fredrik Axsater (San Diego), 6-2, 6-0 def. Wayne Black (Southern Cal), 6-1, 7-6 def. Roland Thornqvist (N. Carolina), 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 lost to Chris Woodruff (Tenn.), 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
MICHAEL WESBROOKS & JUHA PESOLA 1993 NCAA DOUBLES SEMIFINALISTS
Michael Wesbrooks and Juha Pesola put together one of the best doubles seasons in LSU history as the Tiger tandem posted a 23-2 overall record and advanced to the semifinals at the NCAA doubles tournament in 1993. Wesbrooks and Pesola, both seniors, were a perfect 12-0 in SEC action and had a incredible 20-1 mark in dual matches. At the NCAA doubles tournament, the duo posted three wins, two over seeded opponents, before losing to eventual champion Mark Merklein and David Blair of Florida in the semifinal. Wesbrooks and Pesola finished the year ranked No. 11 in the nation.
1999 ITA ALL-AMERICAN SEMIFINALIST
CHMELA AT THE 1999 ITA ALL-AMERICAN First Round: Second Round: Third Round: Quarterfinal: Semifinal:
def. Andy Leber (UT-Arlington), 6-1, 3-0, ret. def. Johan Hesoun (Kentucky), 6-4, 6-3 def. James Shortall (Ole Miss), 7-6 (0), 6-2 def. Johann Jooste (Baylor), 7-6, 6-1 lost to Brian Vahaly (Virginia), 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
KEN SKUPSKI
2004 ITA ALL-AMERICAN SEMIFINALIST Ken Skupski, knocked off three ranked opponents en route to the semifinals of the first tournament of his sophomore year. One of those wins was the biggest of his career; a quarterfinal upset of Old Dominion’s ninth-ranked Izac van der Merwe. He was only slowed by second-ranked Sam Warburg of Stanford in the semifinals.
HISTORY
MARK GROWCOTT & KEN SKUPSKI 2005 NCAA DOUBLES FINALIST
Ken Skupski and Mark Growcott posted the best doubles season in LSU history, battling their way through some of the nation’s top doubles teams en route to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Doubles Championships. The Tiger tandem defeated No. 2 seeded K. C. Corkery and Sam Warburg of Stanford in straight sets in the semifinal round to become the first LSU pair to reach the title match. Skupski and Growcott ended the season with 34-10 record, including a 9-2 mark in the SEC, and set a school record for most doubles victories in a season.
SKUPSKI & GROWCOTT AT THE NCAA DOUBLES TOURNAMENT First Round: Second Round: Quarterfinal: Semifinal: Championship:
def. Joelson-Matijevic (Texas A&M) 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 def. Schoeck-Shields (Boise State) 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-2 def. Charm-Shamasdin (Brown) 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-4 def. Corkery-Warburg (Stanford) 7-6 (1), 6-4 lost to Ruiz-Isner (Georgia) 7-6 (4), 7-5
SKUPSKI AT THE 2004 ITA ALL-AMERICAN First Round: Second Round: Third Round: Quarterfinal: Semifinal:
def. Greg Shearer (Fresno State), 6-2, 6-3 def. Chris Brandi (Florida), 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 def. Shannon Buck (Air Force), 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) def. Izac van der Merwe (Old Dominion), 6-4, 7-6 lost to Sam Warburg (Stanford), 6-7, 1-6
WESBROOKS & PESOLA AT THE NCAA DOUBLES TOURNAMENT First Round: Second Round: Quarterfinal: Semifinal:
def. Martinez-Weaver (Texas A&M), 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 def. Lampert-Wild (Clemson), 6-3, 7-6 def. Haggard-Woodruff (Tenn.), 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 lost to Merklein-Blair (Florida), 6-4, 6-4
SKUPSKI & GROWCOTT
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
37
MICHAEL VENUS (LEFT) BECAME THE FIRST FORMER TIGER TO WIN A GRAND SLAM AS HE WON THE 2017 FRENCH OPEN DOUBLES TITLE.
TIGERS IN THE PROS SUCCESS DOESN’T STOP ON THE COURTS AT LSU. MANY FORMER LSU TENNIS PLAYERS HAVE HAD SUCCESS ON THE PRO TOUR FOLLOWING THEIR COLLEGIATE CAREERS.
MICHAEL VENUS (RIGHT) WITH DOUBLES PARTNER MATE PAVIC AFTER THEIR 2015 ATP DOUBLES TITLES AT THE OPEN DE NICE CÔTE D’AZUR.
38
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
KEN AND NEAL SKUPSKI
HISTORY
FORMER LSU PLAYERS CAREER PRO TOUR RANKINGS NAME
Boris Arias Felix Barriento Pedro Braga Jeff Brown Danny Bryan Michal Chemla James Cluskey Tamar El Sawy Steve Faulk Colt Gaston Tom Hand Janne Holtari Carlos Homedes Ryan Ideta Daniel Kiernan Johan Kjellsten Donni Leaycraft Johan Milbrink
SINGLES DOUBLES
1119 180 251 831 1,456 341 801 128 107 -- 990 550 636 760 709 318 509 690
214 529 330 47 803 591 145 125 -460 1,113 558 394 575 150 431 957 680
Jason Noonan Mario Pacheo Fernando Perez Juha Pesola Ajay Ramaswarmi Peter Richman Ken Skupski Neal Skupski Roland So Tam Trinh Billy Uribe Michael Venus Teddy Viator Steve Wood
773 453 356 720 569 922 527 932 367 -- 226 274 743 495
599 265 169 646 287 747 44 65 373 1310 92 15 599 403
*Bold denotes active players
STEVE FAULK’S CAREER HIGH PRO SINGLES RANKING OF NO. 107 IS HIGHEST BY AN LSU TENNIS PLAYER.
NOTES ON CURRENT TIGERS IN THE PROS- 2017 SEASON RESULTS KEN SKUPSKI For nine straight seasons, Ken Skupski has finished the seaosn inside of the top-100 in doubles. He starts the 2018 season ranked No. 86 in the world on the doubles court. • Competed in Wimbledon 2015 with his brother Neal and advanced to the second round of mixed doubles in the event with partner Johanna Konta. • With brother Neal, won the ATP Challenger in Bergama, Italy, in Feburary 2016. • Won their second ATP Challenger title of 2016 on Feb. 26, 2016, in Cherbourg, France. • Upset 10th seeded defending U.S. Open champions Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschener in the second round with partner Jamie Delgado in 2012 … Was eliminated in the third round, the furthest he had advanced in a Grand Slam tournament in his career. • Earned two medals at the XIX Commonwealth Games at the R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex in Delhi, India. Won the silver medal in men’s doubles with Ross Hutchins. Claimed the bronze medal with mixed doubles partner Sarah Borwell. • Reached the doubles final
•
•
•
of the ATP Challenger in Manchester with his partner Colin Fleming in 2009. Skupski and Fleming won the doubles championship in 2009 at the National Bank’s Challenger of Granby held at St. Luc’s Courts. The duo also captured what was Skupski’s first ATP World Tour Title in 2009 at the Open de Moselle in Metz, France. Captured his second ATP doubles title in 2009 in St. Petersburg, Russia with Fleming.
NEAL SKUPSKI In the 2017 season, he and his brother, Ken, competed in the quarterfinal at Wimbledon. He finished the 2017 season with a career-high ranking of 67th in the world in doubles play. • Won ATP Challenger in Bratislacva with Ken in November 2016. • With brother Ken, won the ATP Challenger in Bergama, Italy, in Feburary 2016, making it their first title together in Bergama. Won their second ATP Challenger title of 2016 in February in Cherbourg, France. • Named Rookie of the Year by the World Team Tennis league in August 2015 after becoming the best male mixed doubles pair in the league with a .575 winning percentage for the California dream with partner Anabel Medina Garrigues.
• •
•
Competed in Wimbledon 2015 with his brother Ken. Participated with brother Ken at the 2014 Wimbledon’s Gentlemen’s Doubles Championship, which was his first Wimbledon competition. Notched two victories at a Challenger event in Geneva, Switzerland, before falling in the semifinal match in August 2014
•
•
• MICHAEL VENUS Venus became the first Tiger to win a Grand Slam Title as he won the 2017 French Open in doubles with partner Ryan Harrsion. The duo entered the French Open unseeded and used six straight three set wins to take the title. Venus also made the finals of the US Open mixed doubles and the quarterfinals of doubles at Wimbledon. He represented New Zealand in the Davis Cup, played in the ATP Worlds Finals and finsihed the year as the No. 15 player in doubles during the 2017 season. • Competed in the 2016 Olympics with partner Marcus Daniell, marking the second doubles pair in history to compete for New Zealand. • Advanced to the Round of 16 at the Australian Open with partner Yuki Bhambri with an upset over the No. 10 seed in January 2014. • Won an ATP Challenger in Nottingham, Great Britain, with partner Rameez Junaid in 2014. •
•
Advanced to the third round of the US Open men’s doubles tournament with Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan. The only other LSU tennis alumni to achieve this at a grand slam are current head coach Jeff Brown and Ken Skupski. Paired with Mate Pavic of Croatia to win the Open de Nice d’Azur doubles title in May 2015. Reached the third round of Wimbledon with Pavic in July 2015. Won the Auckland ATP World Tour with Pavic in Jan. 2016 and followed with his second ATP doubles title in Montpellier, France on Feb. 8. Took his third ATP 250 title of the year in Marseille, France, in Feb. 2016.
BORIS ARIAS New to the tour scene is former Tiger Arias. Last season, the newcomer won five futures titles and finished inside of the top-400 in doubles. He also represented Bolivia in the Davis Cup. TAM TRINH Trinh won nine matches on the ITF Tour and ended the year ranked No. 1287 in doubles.
2018 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE
39