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SMU (3-0, 0-0 ACC) vs Abilene Christian (0-3, 0-0 WAC) & Midwestern State (0-0, 0-0 SLC)
Dallas, Texas |Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex
Thursday, Jan. 18 – 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. CT
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DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis will host Abilene Christian and Midwestern State for another doubleheader at Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex on Saturday.

MUSTANGS' HOME OPENER

• SMU Men's Tennis swept its home opener doubleheader against Prairie View A&M on Thursday.
• The Mustangs won the first match 6-1 and the second match 4-0 to take their second and third wins of the season.
• Head Coach Grant Chen earned his 100th career win in the first match of the day.
• SMU improved to 3-0 at the start of the spring following their road win at Hawaii on Monday.
• Georgi Georgiev and Hughes Peus won all their matches without dropping a game. Georgiev, who joined the Mustangs this spring, won 6-0 in all five sets played.

SMU vs ABILENE CHRISTIAN

• SMU has an 11-1 record against Abilene Christian.
• The Mustangs defeated ACU 4-0 in their previous meeting at Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex in 2021.
• SMU suffered its first loss to the Wildcats (3-4) in 2019.

SMU vs MIDWESTERN STATE

• SMU has a 4-0 record against Midwestern State.
• All meetings between the two teams have been held in Dallas with SMU winning their previous meeting 7-0.

SPRING OF 2025

• Of the 29 matches on the coming spring slate, 16 are against foes who finished in the ITA top 75 rankings last spring, eight of which were in the top 20. It also includes defending national champion and Metroplex rival TCU.
• Of the 13 ACC teams SMU will face this spring, 12 finished in the top 75 last season.

FALL OF 2024

• The Mustangs recorded a total of 48 individual wins in the fall of 2024.
• Trevor Svajda (singles) earned an automatic bid into the NCAA Individual Championships in the fall of 2024 after making the semifinal round of the ITA Sectional Championships.
• Svajda advanced to the round of 32 of the tournament for the second consecutive time.

SETTING THE SCENE

• SMU reached the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season under Head Coach Grant Chen in the spring of 2024.
• The Mustangs went 17-11 on the 2024 spring season, including a 13-2 home mark and 5-2 record versus American Athletic Conference opponents.
• Trevor Svajda (singles), Adam Neff (singles/

• doubles), and Huntley Allen (doubles) earned AAC All-Conference Honors. Svajda went on to compete in the NCAA Singles Individual Championships, with Neff and Allen playing in the Doubles Championships.
• Trevor Svajda was named the AAC Freshman of the Year, voted on by conference coaches.
• The Mustangs defeated three ranked opponents (No. 57 Cornell, No. 34 Middle Tennessee, No. 27 Memphis).

SERVIN' SVAJDA

• Svajda earned a wildcard for the 2025 Dallas Open as announced by the tournament, Tuesday.
• Sophomore Trevor Svajda joined SMU as the No. 1 tennis recruit in the nation.
• Svajda was ranked no. 19 at the start of the 2024 fall season and ended the season ranked 48th.
• Svajda defeated No. 77 ranked Azuma Visaya in the first flight singles on the Mustangs' season-opener at Hawaii.
• He earned an automatic qualifier to the NCAA Individual Championship after reaching the semifinal round of the ITA Sectional Championship with a win over Nebraska's Calvin Meuller in the quarterfinals.
• Svajda earned AAC All-Conference honors (singles) and was named the AAC Freshman of the Year in 2024.
• Svajda has 16-7 record on his freshman season with the Mustangs.
• Svajda earned five singles wins over ranked opponents last season (No. 17, No. 29, No. 35, No. 68, No. 107).

FRESH FACES

• SMU added four freshmen; Xavier Calvelo, Georgi Georgiev, Noah McDonald and Ofek Shimanov to its 2024-25 roster.
• Calvelo and McDonald competed as a Mustang in the fall while Georgiev and Shimanov joined SMU in December and will make their debut in the blue and red at Hawaii.
• Along with the freshmen, the Mustangs added Wake Forest junior transfer, Vikas Deo, in their roster for this season.

OFEK DAVIS CUP-BOUND

• Freshman Ofek Shimanov was selected to the Israel National Team for the 2025 Davis Cup, the Israeli Tennis Association.
• The Israeli National Team will face Germany in the first round of qualifiers at the SEB Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania, on January 31 and February 1.
• Shimanov won the 2024 Israel Championship at the Jerusalem Tennis and Education Center in December. He defeated Ural Kimhi (6-2, 6-3) to win the championship.
• The Ramla, Israel native is undefeated to begin his career as a Mustang after joining SMU in January. He has a record of 2-0 singles and a record of 1-0 doubles.
• Shimanov won his SMU debut by defeating Hawaii's Andy Hernandez (6-0, 6-2) at Hawaii on January 6.

2024 DALLAS OPEN

• Five Mustangs - Adam Neff, Trevor Svajda, Jerry Barton, Julian Steinhausen and Huntley Allen - competed in the 2024 Dallas Open.
• Neff headlined the tournament's College Night as a singles main draw wild card against Jordan Thompson.
• Allen and Steinhausen went three sets in their main draw doubles match against Ben Shelton and Emilio Nava.
• Both Svajda and Barton competed as wild cards in the singles qualifying rounds.

LAST YEAR'S GAUNTLET

• The Mustangs faced off with 10 ranked teams in the 2024 regular season.
• SMU defeated No. 57 Cornell (5-2), No. 34 Middle Tennessee (4-1), and swept No. 27 Memphis (4-0).
• Four of SMU's ranked opponents were spotted inside the top-15 (No. 2 TCU, No. 7 USC, No. 12 San Diego, No. 14 Texas A&M).

2024 SEASON AWARDS
AAC All Conference

• Trevor Svajda (Singles)
• Adam Neff (Singles)
• Adam Neff/Huntley Allen (Doubles)

AAC Freshman of the Year

• Trevor Svajda

AAC Player of the Week

• Adam Neff (Feb. 20, Mar. 12)
• Trevor Svajda (Mar. 19)