Roditi Signs Three to NLIs
3/8/2019 5:07:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Head Coach David Roditi announced the signing of Jacob Fearnley, Tomas Jirousek and Tadeas Paroulek to National Letters of Intent.
FORT WORTH, Texas – TCU men's tennis head coach David Roditi announced the signing of three top international players in Jacob Fearnley, Tomas Jirousek and Tadeas Paroulek to National Letters of Intent for the 2019-20 season on Friday afternoon.
Jirousek and Paroulek both hail from the Czech Republic, while Fearnely arrives in Fort Worth from Great Britain.
"We are excited to welcome Jacob, Tomas and Tadeas into our Horned Frogs family," Roditi said. "This is a great class coming into our TCU men's tennis program. These are three players that have aspirations to play at the highest level professionally. We know what it will take for them to achieve that and we are excited to be part of that journey with them."
Jacob Fearnley
Worcester, Great Britain
High School/Juniors:
Ranked as high as No. 27 in the ITF Junior rankings … holds a UTR of 13.51 … recently competed in the Australian Open Junior Championships in January where he advanced to the Round of 16 in both singles and doubles … competed in the Eddie Herr International Junior Championships in Bradenton, Fla., in November and advanced to the Round of 16 in singles and doubles … won the singles crown at the 17 Torneo Internacional Junior de Sanxenxo in October 2018 … competed in qualifying at the Junior French Open and theUS Open Junior Tennis Championships and made the main draw at The Junior Championships at Wimbledon … won the singles title at the Yeltsin Cup and the doubles title at Almetyevsk Cup with both events happening in March 2018 … won the doubles crown at the 6 Torneo Internacional Junior de Pontevedra in October 2017 … picked up the singles and doubles titles at the Charlie Berszakiewicz Memoral in August 2017 … scored a doubles title at the Nike Junior International Bournemouth in July 2017 … won the singles title in April 2017 at the San Michel International Tournament and the doubles title at the Malta ITF U18 World Ranking Tournament in April 2017 … got his first doubles title in November 2016 at the Ayia-Napa – Protaras Junior Tournament.
Roditi on Fearnely:
"Jacob has a great reputation for his character and work ethic. We feel he will be a great fit in our program and Jacob brings a lot of experience from competing at the junior international level. He is one of the highest ranked players coming into college this fall and we believe he will make an immediate impact into our lineup in singles and doubles."
Tomas Jirousek
Praha, Czech Republic
High School/Juniors:
Ranked as high as No. 762 in the ATP rankings … holds a UTF of 13.32 … sits at No. 453 in the current ITF World Tennis Singles rankings … played solely in ATP and ITF events for over a year … made the quarterfinals in singles of the Turkey F30 Futures event in October 2018 … made his way through qualifying and into the finals at the Slovakia F1 Futures event and the Czech Republic F6 Futures event in July 2018 … won the doubles title and made the finals of singles at the China Junior 5 Chegdu event in March 2016 … made the quarterfinals of singles and the semifinals of doubles at the ITF Kramfors Junior Challenge in March 2015 … advanced to the semifinals of doubles and singles at the Head Cup in June 2015.
Roditi on Jirousek:
"Tomas will make an immediate impact in our singles lineup. He brings a wealth of experience on the international tour. He is known for his competitiveness, his hunger, his love for the game, his speed and for his strong baseline play. We look for prospects with strong aspirations to develop and improve, which many times translate into becoming successful professional players which Tomas perfectly fits that description. Tomas was heavily recruited by most top programs and we are honored and humbled he chose TCU as his future home away from home and as his new family. We congratulate Tomas and we welcome him with a big smile."
Tadeas Paroulek
Czech Republic
High School/Juniors:
Ranked as high as No. 531 in the ATP singles rankings and No. 766 in the ATP doubles rankings … ranked as high as No. 204 in the ITF World Tennis Singles rankings and No. 302 in the ITF World Tennis Doubles rankings … holds a UTR of 13.88 … played solely in ATP and ITF events for the last three years … made the doubles final at the Turkey F41 Futures even in December 2018 … made the quarterfinals of singles and won the doubles title at the Turkey F40 Futures event … advanced to the finals of the Turkey F30 Futures event in October 2018 in singles and the semifinals in doubles … played in the semifinals of singles and doubles at the Serbia F4 Futures event in August 2018 … lost in the finals of the Hungary F6 Futures event in August 2018 … won the doubles crown at the Slovakia F1 Futures event in July 2018 with Petr Michnev … made it out of qualifying and into the semifinals of the main draw in singles at the Czech Republic F4 Futures event in June 2018 … won the doubles title at the Triglav Open juniors event in August 2015.
Roditi on Paroulek:
"Tadeas is known for his competitiveness and his love for the game and he will fit into our program almost immediately. Tadeas has had great success at the ITF futures level and he will be one of the highest ranked players coming in this fall. We believe he will make an immediate impact at the top of our singles lineup and we look forward to getting him on campus and start work with him."
Jirousek and Paroulek both hail from the Czech Republic, while Fearnely arrives in Fort Worth from Great Britain.
"We are excited to welcome Jacob, Tomas and Tadeas into our Horned Frogs family," Roditi said. "This is a great class coming into our TCU men's tennis program. These are three players that have aspirations to play at the highest level professionally. We know what it will take for them to achieve that and we are excited to be part of that journey with them."
Jacob Fearnley
Worcester, Great Britain
High School/Juniors:
Ranked as high as No. 27 in the ITF Junior rankings … holds a UTR of 13.51 … recently competed in the Australian Open Junior Championships in January where he advanced to the Round of 16 in both singles and doubles … competed in the Eddie Herr International Junior Championships in Bradenton, Fla., in November and advanced to the Round of 16 in singles and doubles … won the singles crown at the 17 Torneo Internacional Junior de Sanxenxo in October 2018 … competed in qualifying at the Junior French Open and theUS Open Junior Tennis Championships and made the main draw at The Junior Championships at Wimbledon … won the singles title at the Yeltsin Cup and the doubles title at Almetyevsk Cup with both events happening in March 2018 … won the doubles crown at the 6 Torneo Internacional Junior de Pontevedra in October 2017 … picked up the singles and doubles titles at the Charlie Berszakiewicz Memoral in August 2017 … scored a doubles title at the Nike Junior International Bournemouth in July 2017 … won the singles title in April 2017 at the San Michel International Tournament and the doubles title at the Malta ITF U18 World Ranking Tournament in April 2017 … got his first doubles title in November 2016 at the Ayia-Napa – Protaras Junior Tournament.
Roditi on Fearnely:
"Jacob has a great reputation for his character and work ethic. We feel he will be a great fit in our program and Jacob brings a lot of experience from competing at the junior international level. He is one of the highest ranked players coming into college this fall and we believe he will make an immediate impact into our lineup in singles and doubles."
Tomas Jirousek
Praha, Czech Republic
High School/Juniors:
Ranked as high as No. 762 in the ATP rankings … holds a UTF of 13.32 … sits at No. 453 in the current ITF World Tennis Singles rankings … played solely in ATP and ITF events for over a year … made the quarterfinals in singles of the Turkey F30 Futures event in October 2018 … made his way through qualifying and into the finals at the Slovakia F1 Futures event and the Czech Republic F6 Futures event in July 2018 … won the doubles title and made the finals of singles at the China Junior 5 Chegdu event in March 2016 … made the quarterfinals of singles and the semifinals of doubles at the ITF Kramfors Junior Challenge in March 2015 … advanced to the semifinals of doubles and singles at the Head Cup in June 2015.
Roditi on Jirousek:
"Tomas will make an immediate impact in our singles lineup. He brings a wealth of experience on the international tour. He is known for his competitiveness, his hunger, his love for the game, his speed and for his strong baseline play. We look for prospects with strong aspirations to develop and improve, which many times translate into becoming successful professional players which Tomas perfectly fits that description. Tomas was heavily recruited by most top programs and we are honored and humbled he chose TCU as his future home away from home and as his new family. We congratulate Tomas and we welcome him with a big smile."
Tadeas Paroulek
Czech Republic
High School/Juniors:
Ranked as high as No. 531 in the ATP singles rankings and No. 766 in the ATP doubles rankings … ranked as high as No. 204 in the ITF World Tennis Singles rankings and No. 302 in the ITF World Tennis Doubles rankings … holds a UTR of 13.88 … played solely in ATP and ITF events for the last three years … made the doubles final at the Turkey F41 Futures even in December 2018 … made the quarterfinals of singles and won the doubles title at the Turkey F40 Futures event … advanced to the finals of the Turkey F30 Futures event in October 2018 in singles and the semifinals in doubles … played in the semifinals of singles and doubles at the Serbia F4 Futures event in August 2018 … lost in the finals of the Hungary F6 Futures event in August 2018 … won the doubles crown at the Slovakia F1 Futures event in July 2018 with Petr Michnev … made it out of qualifying and into the semifinals of the main draw in singles at the Czech Republic F4 Futures event in June 2018 … won the doubles title at the Triglav Open juniors event in August 2015.
Roditi on Paroulek:
"Tadeas is known for his competitiveness and his love for the game and he will fit into our program almost immediately. Tadeas has had great success at the ITF futures level and he will be one of the highest ranked players coming in this fall. We believe he will make an immediate impact at the top of our singles lineup and we look forward to getting him on campus and start work with him."
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