Saturday, October 1
Tulsa, OK
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TCU
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ITA All-American Championships
TCU Takes Aim at ITA All-American Championships
9/29/2022 10:48:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Tournament runs from Oct. 1-9 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
FORT WORTH – TCU's first shot at securing a 2022-23 national title has arrived, as the Horned Frogs are set to compete at the ITA All-American Championships from Oct. 1-9 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The nine-day affair takes place at the Michael D. Case Center on the campus of the University of Tulsa and the Case Tennis Center in nearby LaFortune Park.
Tournament Structure
A strong showing up north undoubtedly reaffirms TCU's placement among the elite men's tennis programs in the NCAA. Around 250 singles players and 60 doubles teams are converging on the Sooner State. The main draw of the Men's All-American Singles Championship includes 19 of the top-20 ranked players featured in the ITA Collegiate Tennis National Preseason Rankings.
Pre-qualifying rounds run from Oct. 1-2, followed by the qualifying rounds on Oct. 3-4. The main singles and doubles draws begin on Oct. 5 and conclude on Oct. 9. A complete tournament bracket will be released in the coming days.
Competing for TCU
TCU is sending four members of its eight-player roster to Tulsa. The Horned Frogs' tournament run begins on Oct. 3. All four of its singles entries and both doubles teams earned automatic berths into either the qualifying rounds or main draw.
No. 5 Luc Fomba headlines the Horned Frogs' singles entries. He secured an automatic qualification into the 64-man main singles draw. The four-time ITA All-American is the No. 4 seed in the bracket.
The Horned Frogs will be represented in the qualifying round by No. 58 Sander Jong, No. 66 Lui Maxted and No. 87 Pedro Vives. The trio must win three matches to advance to the main draw.
Both of TCU's doubles pairings qualified for the main draw. Jong and Maxted are debuting as the No. 3 ITA doubles team while Fomba is teaming up with Vives.
Jong and Maxted are playing together for the first time this fall. The duo is the second-highest ranked doubles pairing in the tournament. Jong and Maxted concluded the 2022 campaign ranked No. 11 after compiling an 18-7 overall record on their way to All-Big 12 second team accolades.
Fomba is trading in his usual doubles partner in Jake Fearnley. They claimed the top preseason ITA doubles ranking and earned an automatic qualification into the main draw. Fearnley, though, is four days removed from winning the main singles championship at the Battle in the Bay Classic. He earned a wild card to a series of ATP Challenger events beginning in October and was forced to withdraw to prepare for his stint on the professional circuit.
Each member of the Horned Frogs' quartet has competed at the ITA All-American Championships at least once.
Fomba notched two victories in the qualifying doubles round alongside Fearnley in 2021. Wednesday's match signifies Fomba's third qualification to the Men's All-American Singles Championship, as he advanced to the main singles draw in 2019 and 2021.
Maxted and Vives both won their first qualifying singles match at the 2021 ITA All-American Championships.
Starting off the fall slate in style
TCU enjoyed a spectacular opening week to the fall portion of its schedule at the Battle in the Bay Classic and M15 Fayetteville from Sept. 19-25.
The Horned Frogs posted a 15-5 combined singles record across the two tournaments.
Fearnley's 5-0 mark and main singles championship at the Battle of the Bay Classic was the apex of TCU's performance in singles. He lost just one set and defeated two ITA top-120 opponents throughout his championship-winning run, including No. 32 Jonas Erikssson Ziverts of Arizona 6-4, 7-5 in the finals.
Fomba won his first three singles matches in the Bay Area to advance to the semifinals. He joined Fearnley in earning an ATP Challenger wild card. The Frenchman was the No. 1 overall seed and highest-rated player in the tournament.
Vives won the Battle in the Bay Classic consolation draw via four straight sweeps to cap a 4-1 week.
Jong split off from the group in Arkansas and accomplished his goal of adding points to his ATP ranking. The Amsterdam native arrived in Fayetteville ranked No. 924 on the ATP Tour and departed with the No. 911 ranking after winning his first two matches and claiming a spot in the quarterfinals.
Up Next
TCU's penultimate fall match is a battle for Lone Star State bragging rights, as the Horned Frogs make the 90-minute bus ride to Waco for the ITA Texas Regional from Oct. 13-18.
TCU's fall schedule concludes with the ITA National Fall Championships on Nov. 2-6 in San Diego.
Notable
The nine-day affair takes place at the Michael D. Case Center on the campus of the University of Tulsa and the Case Tennis Center in nearby LaFortune Park.
Tournament Structure
A strong showing up north undoubtedly reaffirms TCU's placement among the elite men's tennis programs in the NCAA. Around 250 singles players and 60 doubles teams are converging on the Sooner State. The main draw of the Men's All-American Singles Championship includes 19 of the top-20 ranked players featured in the ITA Collegiate Tennis National Preseason Rankings.
Pre-qualifying rounds run from Oct. 1-2, followed by the qualifying rounds on Oct. 3-4. The main singles and doubles draws begin on Oct. 5 and conclude on Oct. 9. A complete tournament bracket will be released in the coming days.
Competing for TCU
TCU is sending four members of its eight-player roster to Tulsa. The Horned Frogs' tournament run begins on Oct. 3. All four of its singles entries and both doubles teams earned automatic berths into either the qualifying rounds or main draw.
No. 5 Luc Fomba headlines the Horned Frogs' singles entries. He secured an automatic qualification into the 64-man main singles draw. The four-time ITA All-American is the No. 4 seed in the bracket.
The Horned Frogs will be represented in the qualifying round by No. 58 Sander Jong, No. 66 Lui Maxted and No. 87 Pedro Vives. The trio must win three matches to advance to the main draw.
Both of TCU's doubles pairings qualified for the main draw. Jong and Maxted are debuting as the No. 3 ITA doubles team while Fomba is teaming up with Vives.
Jong and Maxted are playing together for the first time this fall. The duo is the second-highest ranked doubles pairing in the tournament. Jong and Maxted concluded the 2022 campaign ranked No. 11 after compiling an 18-7 overall record on their way to All-Big 12 second team accolades.
Fomba is trading in his usual doubles partner in Jake Fearnley. They claimed the top preseason ITA doubles ranking and earned an automatic qualification into the main draw. Fearnley, though, is four days removed from winning the main singles championship at the Battle in the Bay Classic. He earned a wild card to a series of ATP Challenger events beginning in October and was forced to withdraw to prepare for his stint on the professional circuit.
Each member of the Horned Frogs' quartet has competed at the ITA All-American Championships at least once.
Fomba notched two victories in the qualifying doubles round alongside Fearnley in 2021. Wednesday's match signifies Fomba's third qualification to the Men's All-American Singles Championship, as he advanced to the main singles draw in 2019 and 2021.
Maxted and Vives both won their first qualifying singles match at the 2021 ITA All-American Championships.
Starting off the fall slate in style
TCU enjoyed a spectacular opening week to the fall portion of its schedule at the Battle in the Bay Classic and M15 Fayetteville from Sept. 19-25.
The Horned Frogs posted a 15-5 combined singles record across the two tournaments.
Fearnley's 5-0 mark and main singles championship at the Battle of the Bay Classic was the apex of TCU's performance in singles. He lost just one set and defeated two ITA top-120 opponents throughout his championship-winning run, including No. 32 Jonas Erikssson Ziverts of Arizona 6-4, 7-5 in the finals.
Fomba won his first three singles matches in the Bay Area to advance to the semifinals. He joined Fearnley in earning an ATP Challenger wild card. The Frenchman was the No. 1 overall seed and highest-rated player in the tournament.
Vives won the Battle in the Bay Classic consolation draw via four straight sweeps to cap a 4-1 week.
Jong split off from the group in Arkansas and accomplished his goal of adding points to his ATP ranking. The Amsterdam native arrived in Fayetteville ranked No. 924 on the ATP Tour and departed with the No. 911 ranking after winning his first two matches and claiming a spot in the quarterfinals.
Up Next
TCU's penultimate fall match is a battle for Lone Star State bragging rights, as the Horned Frogs make the 90-minute bus ride to Waco for the ITA Texas Regional from Oct. 13-18.
TCU's fall schedule concludes with the ITA National Fall Championships on Nov. 2-6 in San Diego.
Notable
- TCU has been ranked in the top-10 of the final ITA Collegiate National Tennis Rankings for eight consecutive seasons and is the only program in the country to accomplish the feat. The Horned Frogs concluded the 2022 outdoor season ranked No. 3 to match the program's highest-ever end-of-season ranking
- Seven of the eight players listed on TCU's 2022-23 roster were members of the Horned Frogs' 2022 ITA Indoor National Championship-winning squad.
- Fomba and Fearnley both earned ITA All-American accolades in 2022. Fomba was named an All-American in both singles and doubles for the second straight season after compiling a 36-12 overall singles record and 19-6 mark in doubles play alongside Fearnley, who garnered All-American credentials in doubles for the first time in his career.
- TCU concluded the 2022 campaign with six players – five singles athletes and three doubles pairs – ranked in the final ITA Collegiate National Tennis Rankings, setting end-of-season school records for total number of ranked players in all three categories.
- Four members of the Horned Frogs' 2022-23 roster claimed at least one set of All-Big 12 postseason honors in May. Fomba received first team recognition in singles and doubles for the second straight year. Jong earned All-Big 12 first team singles recognition for the first time in his career along with second team recognition alongside Maxted. Fearnley joined Fomba on the All-Big 12 doubles first team and also picked up a set of second team credentials in doubles.
- Roditi was named Big 12 Coach of the Year for the fourth time in his 13-year run as head coach.
- TCU matched its program record for Postseason All-Big 12 selections (six) with Roditi's conference Coach of the Year honor.
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