WACO, Texas (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis will take on No. 10 Baylor at Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas, on Tuesday.

The Mustangs are coming off a 3-0 weekend with wins over No. 43 Duke, No. 57 UNC and Cleveland State.

SMU is 3-1 in Atlantic Coast Conference play and 12-6 overall.

Servin' Svajda

• Trevor Svajda is ranked No. 2 in the ITA singles rankings as of March 3.
• He is 12-1 in singles play this spring and have only dropped two sets.
• Svajda earned a wild card qualifiers invite to the ATP1000 Indian Wells Open earlier this week.
• He became the first Mustang to win an ATP 1000-level match since Richey Reneberg in 1999.
• He has four singles wins against ranked opponents. He defeated Ohio State's No. 13 Aidan Kim and Florida's No. 54 Adhitya Ganesan this past weekend.
• Svajda has been named Player of the Week twice this season (Feb. 3 and Feb. 17).
• In the fall, Svajda defeated seven players ranked players ranked in the final ITA Fall Singles rankings.
• He has wins over Texas A&M's No. 112 Khololwam Montsi, Baylor's No. 17 Connor Henry Van Scharlkwyk, Florida's No. 31 Jeremy Jin, Auburn's No. 40 Amirkhamza Nasridinov, Illlinois's No. 10 Kenta Miyoshi, Mississippi State's No. 13 Petar Jovanovic and NC State's No. 9 Martin Borisiouk.
• Became the first Mustang to reach the championship match since Richey Reneberg in 1986. He fell in the final match 4-6, 6-1, 2-6 to defending champion Michael Zheng after defeating NC State's Martin Borisiouk 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinal round of the tournament. Svajda defeated Mississippi State's Petar Johanovic 6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinals to become the first Mustang to reach the semifinals—also the first Mustang since Reneberg in 1986.

Matchup and Scout

• Baylor is 9-5 this season and are coming off a 4-2 win at home against No. 1 Ohio State.
• The Mustangs lost 4-2 at home against the Bears last season.
• Baylor has four players ranked in the ITA singles rankings.
• SMU is 7-29 against Baylor.

Ranked Players in this Match

• Trevor Svajda is the current second-ranked singles player in the nation. Alex Finkelstein is the other ranked SMU singles player at No. 107.
• Baylor's Devin Badenhurst is ranked No. 12, Connor Van Schalkwyk is ranked 27th, Zsombor Velcz is No. 53 and Ioan Chirita is ranked No. 91.

SMU At The ITA Indoors

• The Mustangs came out of their 2026 ITA National Team Indoor Championship campaign with a 1-2 record.
• SMU earned a win over No. 22 Arizona State last weekend. The win was SMU's first ITA National Team Indoor Championship match win since 2000 and its highest ranked win since 2023.
• They fell short to No. 2 Ohio State 4-3 in a tiebreaker on the deciding singles match.
• Trevor Svajda was 3-0 in singles play during the tournament without dropping a single set. He defeated two ranked opponents.
• Svajda and Alex Finkelstein earned their first ranked win as a doubles pair.

New Faces

• SMU welcomed three transfers prior to the fall season.
• Krish Arora came to the Hilltop after spending two years at Georgia Tech. The incoming junior posted a 29-24 singles record as a Yellow Jacket. Arora was ranked as high as No. 19 in the ITA doubles rankings with Clement. Notably, he competed in the 2024 US Junior US Open.
• Matthew Faraci hails from Manakin Sabot, Virginia. Faraci is a two-time VISAA Player of the Year and was named All-Metro Richmond Player of the Year this past season. He was undefeated in his two final high school seasons.
• Alex Finkelstein joined the Mustangs after three years at Brown. Prior to Brown, the Raynham, Massachusetts, native played his freshman year at Columbia. Played as Brown's No. 1 singles player, posting an overall record of 17-10 and a 15-8 record in dual match play. He is ranked No. 123 in the final ITA singles rankings and was ranked as high as No. 115 on April 15. Ended the season as the No. 6 Singles performer in the New England Region by the ITA.

First Wins At Smu

• Krish Arora won his first doubles match for SMU over Mississippi State's Niccolo Baroni / Ma Martinez Serran (6-3). Arora was paired with Georgi Georgiev for the first time.
• Arora won his first dual match singles match with SMU against Lamar (7(8)-6, 2-6, 10-3).
• Alex Finkelstein won his first singles match in a dual setting against Lamar's Fabian Anthin.
• Meethre Barot grabbed his first win in doubles play against Lamar (6-3).