DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis will host Prairie View A&M for a doubleheader in its home opener at Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex on Thursday.

SMU vs. PVAMU

• SMU has a 26-0 record against Prairie View A&M.
• The Mustangs swept PVAMU 7-0 twice in their doubleheader against the Panthers at Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex last season.

• SMU Men's Tennis defeated Hawaii 7-0 to open spring 2025 at the UH Tennis Center on Monday.
• With the win, SMU won their ninth consecutive season opener and remains undefeated against Hawaii with an 8-0 all-time record.
• The Mustangs captured the day's first point by taking the team doubles point.
• Noah McDonald and Xavier Calvelo teamed up to take the first win of the season over Andy Hernandez and Sohta Urano (6-0). Jerry Barton and Maks Silagy clinched the doubles point with a 6-1 win over Karl Collins and Diego Dalisay.
• Vikas Deo took the Mustangs' first singles win of the season over Angus Hill (6-1, 6-1). McDonald and Ofek Shimanov also won their matches following Deo to clinch the match.
• Barton defeated Collins (6-0, 6-2) to grab the Mustangs' fifth point and Georgi Georgiev grabbed the Mustangs' sixth point with a win over Tian Hao Hou (6-2, 6-4).
• Svajda completed the sweep by defeating Azuma Visaya (7-6(7), 6-3).
• Shimanov and Georgiev earned their first match wins as a Mustang.

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 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 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 competed 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 on Tuesday.
• He 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).

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 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).

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 Mustangs in the fall, while Georgiev and Shimanov joined SMU in December.
•  Along with the freshmen, the Mustangs added Wake Forest junior transfer Vikas Deo to their roster for this season.

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)