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SMU (5-2, 0-0 ACC) vs New Mexico (0-0, 0-0 Mountain West)
Dallas, Texas | Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex
Friday, Jan. 31 – 2 p.m. CT
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SMU (5-2, 0-0 ACC) vs No. 10 San Diego (4-0, 0-0 WCC)
Dallas, Texas | Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex
Sunday, Feb. 2 – 2 p.m. CT
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DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis is set to host New Mexico and No. 10 San Diego at the Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex on Friday and Sunday.

SMU vs NEW MEXICO

• SMU has a 5-0 all-time record against New Mexico.
• The Mustangs won their previous meeting against the Lobos at a neutral site 4-0.
• The last time the two teams met in Dallas was in 19, when the Mustangs won 7-1.

SMU vs SAN DIEGO

• No. 10 San Diego will be the first ranked opponent that the Mustangs face this season.
• SMU has a 4-2 all-time record against San Diego.
• The Mustangs lost 4-1 at San Diego last season.
• The two teams' previous meeting at Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex in 2016 ended with the Toreros winning the match 4-1.

SMU vs BAYLOR

• SMU Men's Tennis fell to Baylor 4-2 at the Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex on Sunday
• The visitors gained early momentum by winning the first three points of the match.
• While the Mustangs bounced back by winning the third and fourth singles points, they could not complete the comeback as the Bears took the fifth singles point to clinch the match.

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 round 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 in the 2024 spring season, including a 13-2 home mark and a 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 on Tuesday.
• He has one win against a ranked opponent this season (No. 77).
• 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 a 16-7 record in 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 and made their debuts in January.
• Along with the freshmen, the Mustangs added Wake Forest junior transfer Vikas Deo to 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)