Wednesday, April 9
Fort Worth, TX
5:30pm CT
SMU
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SMU (13-17, 1-11 ACC) at No. 2 TCU (19-2, 10-0 BIG 12)
Fort Worth, Texas | Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center
Wednesday, April 9 – 5:30 p.m. CT
Live Results | Watch Live | SMU Notes
DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis is set to visit No. 2 TCU at Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center on Wednesday.
MUSTANGS IN THE RANKINGS (APRIL 8)
SMU (13-17, 1-11 ACC) at No. 2 TCU (19-2, 10-0 BIG 12)
Fort Worth, Texas | Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center
Wednesday, April 9 – 5:30 p.m. CT
Live Results | Watch Live | SMU Notes
DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis is set to visit No. 2 TCU at Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center on Wednesday.
MUSTANGS IN THE RANKINGS (APRIL 8)
- SMU was ranked No. 66 in the latest ITA Team Rankings.
- Trevor Svajda moved up to No. 45 in the singles rankings.
- Svajda and Cloud were ranked No. 52 as a doubles pair, while Georgi Georgiev and Ofek Shimanov were ranked No. 68.
- Svajda was ranked No. 45 in the current ITA singles rankings.
- He has five wins over ranked opponents this season.
- Most recently defeating the No. 9-ranked Carl Emil Overbeck from California.
- He made the quarterfinal round of the San Diego Open last weekend to earn a qualifier wild card to the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. He fell in the first round of the Indian Wells Open.
- 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).
- Georgiev earned his first collegiate ranking at No. 117 on Feb.25 after going undefeated against ranked opponents in the ITA National Indoor Championships.
- He grabbed back-to-back wins against ranked opponents. He defeated No. 69-ranked Charlelie Cosnet from Kentucky (6-0, 6-3) before defeating No. 117 Patorn Hanchaikul (6-0, 6-3).
- He has won two matches without dropping a game (6-0, 6-0).
- This match will be the 42nd meeting between the Mustangs and the Frogs.
- TCU leads the series 27-14, having won 13 out of the 18 meetings in Fort Worth.
- They are ranked No. 2 in the latest ITA rankings with a record of 19-2.
- TCU is undefeated at home with a 10-0 record.
- Four Horned Frogs were ranked in the ITA singles rankings. Pedro Vives is the No. 8-ranked player in the nation, Jack Pinnington is ranked No. 11, Lui Maxted is ranked 26th and Cooper Woestendick is No. 88.
- Trevor Svajda and Jack Pinnington played against each other in the first round of the San Diego Open. Svajda won 6-3, 7-6(4).
- In doubles, Pedro Vives and Lui Maxted are the top-ranked pair in the nation. Jack Pinnington and Cooper Woestendick were ranked No. 70.
- The Mustangs took the early lead by winning the doubles point. No.44 Trevor Svajda / Louis Cloud fell to No. 10 DK Suresh / Charlie Robertson (6-3) before Georgiev and Shimanov evened the score by defeating No. 8-ranked Tacchi and Pow (6-3).
- Deo and Barton clinched the doubles point for SMU with a win over Franco Capalbo and Ioannis Xilas (6-3). SMU became the second team to win the doubles point against Wake Forest this season.
- In singles, the Demon Deacons tied the scoreline with a win by Pow over Cloud on court five (6-3, 6-2). The hosts then took the lead as Franco Capalbo defeated Maks Silagy (6-1, 7-5) on court six.
- No. 53 Svajda forced a three-set battle against No. 7 Suresh but ultimately fell 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 on court one. Wake Forest took its third point.
- Barton also went on a three-set battle against Charlie Robertson as the Demon Deacon won 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-3 to clinch the match for the hosts.
- Wake Forest remained undefeated with a 4-1 scoreline.
- The Wolfpack took the early advantage as the 11th-ranked pair Luca Staeheli and Jules Leroux defeated No. 44 Svajda and Louis Cloud (6-4) on court two of doubles play.
- Vikas Deo and Noah McDonald won their doubles match on court three over Noah Gabriel and Nikolay Nedelchev (7-6(4)) to even the score, but NC State clinched the first point of the day with a win by seventh-ranked pair Braden Shick and Fons Van Sambeek (7-6(8)) over Georgi Georgiev and Ofek Shimanov on court one.
- At the start of singles play, Svajda tied the match at 1-1 with a 6-0, 6-2 win over No. 29 Braden Shick on court one. The San Diego, California, native has won three 6-0 sets this season, this was his first 6-0 win over a ranked opponent.
- NC State reclaimed its lead as No. 74 Staeheli defeated Georgiev on court three (6-2, 6-0) before Van Sambeek extended the Wolfpack's lead with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Cloud on court four.
- Jules Leruoz clinched the match for the Wolfpack with a 6-4, 6-1 win over McDonald on court five.
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