Wednesday, March 22
Fort Worth, TX
5:30 PM
TCU
vs
Texas
Top-Ranked TCU Set to Host Marquee Matches vs. No. 3 Texas, No. 10 USC
3/21/2023 6:16:00 PM | Men's Tennis
FORT WORTH –The last collision between TCU and Texas on the tennis courts culminated in a moment forever enshrined in the Horned Frogs' transformation into a national power.
The Horned Frogs battled the Longhorns just 29 days ago in Chicago, where they pitched a 4-0 shutout of Texas to capture the program's second consecutive ITA Indoor National Championship.
Fast forward four weeks, and top-ranked TCU is set to play host in the first of two regular season rematches between the programs. The Horned Frogs (15-0) will take on No. 3 Texas (14-2) in Fort Worth at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
The dual with the Longhorns is only one-half of what promises to be an intense 48 hours on the purple courts for TCU. Following Wednesday's tilt, TCU makes the two-day turnaround to face No. 10 USC (10-3) at 5 p.m. on Friday.
Wednesday's match vs. the Longhorns marks the first time ever the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center will be the crucible in a battle between two of the nation's top-three teams. TCU has twice welcomed the No. 1 or No. 2-ranked team to Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs are 1-1 in such duals. TCU earned its first-ever home victory over the national No. 1 when it downed Florida 4-3 on Jan. 14, 2022.
TCU's national championship blanking of Texas extended the Horned Frogs' recent run of dominance over the Longhorns. The Horned Frogs have claimed four straight and seven of the last nine meetings between the programs.
The match will count as a nonconference affair. TCU will return the trip to Austin on Apr. 15 in the teams' Big 12 regular season finale.
Though conference play does not begin until March 31 when TCU hosts Oklahoma, this will be the fifth time TCU has faced a Big 12 counterpart in 2023. The Horned Frogs downed Texas Tech on Jan. 29 during ITA Kickoff Weekend, then ripped off consecutive victories over then-No. 10 Baylor in February on their way to the indoor crown.
USC came one victory away from squaring off with TCU in the Windy City last month. The seventh-seeded Trojans dropped a 4-3 decision in the quarterfinals of Indoor Nationals to No. 2 seed Kentucky, whom TCU fended off 4-2 to set up the championship showdown vs. Texas.
The Trojans, a 21-time national champion program, pose as stiff a challenge as Texas. USC has maintained a top-10 ITA team ranking throughout 2023 and features four players ranked in the latest batch of singles and doubles rankings.
TCU and USC are facing off for the 13th time in their storied histories. The Trojans are making their third-ever visit to Fort Worth. TCU has claimed four of its last six matches vs. USC and is 2-0 at home in the all-time series.
Both matches are open to the public. Free pizza will be available while supplies last, courtesy of Buffalo Bros.
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Series History: Texas
All-Time: Texas leads 30-25
Home Record: 9-13
Away Record: 9-11
Neutral Record: 7-6
First Meeting: 7-0 Texas, March 26, 1974, in Austin
Last Meeting: 4-0 TCU, Feb. 20, 2023, in Chicago
Current Winning Streak: TCU W4
Series History: USC
All-Time: USC leads 7-5
Home Record: 2-0
Away Record: 0-3
Neutral Record: 3-4
First Meeting: 6-3 USC, March 11, 1980, in Los Angeles
Last Meeting: 4-0 USC, Feb. 26, 2021, in Los Angeles
Current Winning Streak: USC W1
Frog Focus
ITA Team Rankings (March 21)
No. 1 – TCU
ITA Singles Rankings (March 21)
No. 16 – Luc Fomba
No. 21 – Jake Fearnley
No. 43 – Sander Jong
No. 71 – Sebastian Gorzny
ITA Doubles Rankings (March 21)
No. 6 – Sander Jong / Lui Maxted
No. 13 – Jake Fearnley / Luc Fomba
By the Numbers: Spring Singles Records
Fomba Nears the Century Mark
Luc Fomba is one singles triumph shy of notching 100 career victories in his five-year run in Fort Worth. Entering Wednesday's contest vs. Texas, Fomba's career singles record stands at 99-34 (.746).
Should Fomba reach triple digits, he will become the first player in TCU's 11 years of Big 12 membership to notch 100 career singles wins. His 99 wins in singles play are 22 more than the next-closest Big 12 era Horned Frog, three-time All-American Cam Norrie (77).
Fomba's year-by-year singles records in fall, indoor and outdoor play are as follows:
2018-2019: 21-7
2019-2020: 19-8
2020-2021: 22-9
2021-2022: 23-8
2022-2023: 14-2
Chasing Down 200
Luc Fomba, TCU's active leader in career combined victories, is 17 wins shy of reaching 200.
Since arriving in Fort Worth in 2018, he has tallied 150 combined singles and doubles wins over the course of five spring seasons and sprinkled in an additional 33 in fall invitationals. When Fomba tallies career win No. 200, he will become the first player in 26 years to achieve the milestone and ascend to ninth on TCU's career combined victories list.
Fomba's year-by-year combined records are as follows:
2018-2019: 32-20 (21-7 singles / 11-13 doubles)
2019-2020: 32-12 (19-8 singles / 13-4 doubles)
2020-2021: 42-22 (22-9 singles / 20-13 doubles)
2021-2022: 48-16 (23-8 singles / 25-8 doubles)
2022-2023: 28-4 (15-2 singles / 13-3 doubles)
Protect the Purple
The Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center is arguably the toughest venue in the nation for opposing teams to compete at. TCU has amassed a 102-11 (.902) record on the purple courts since 2015. Of the 101 victories, 62 have come at the expense of ranked opponents. Under head coach David Roditi, the Horned Frogs have posted a remarkable 142-35 (.802) home record.
Top Frog Energy
TCU received the top spot in the ITA team rankings for the 12th time in program history on March 21.
The Horned Frogs regained the No. 1 overall ranking on Feb 21 after capturing the ITA Indoor National Championship.
TCU garnered its first No. 1 ranking in program history on March 2, 2022, and received seven of a possible 16 No. 1 rankings throughout the season.
In total, 10 of the last 16 No. 1 ITA team rankings dating back to 2022 have been in possession of TCU.
TCU's History Atop the ITA Team Rankings
March 2, 2022
March 23, 2022
Apr. 6, 2022
Apr. 13, 2022
Apr. 20, 2022
Apr. 27, 2022
May 4, 2022
Feb 21, 2023
Feb 28, 2023
March 7, 2023
March 14, 2023
March 21, 2023
The Great Indoors
By the time the 2024 season rolls around, nearly two years will have passed since TCU suffered a defeat on the indoor courts.
TCU last lost a dual indoors on Jan. 16, 2022, narrowly falling to Tennessee 4-3 at the indoor Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
Since then, the Horned Frogs have won a program record and nation-leading 24 consecutive indoor matches. Of the victories, 16 have come at the expense of ranked opponents, 11 of which have been road or neutral site affairs.
TCU won 10 straight matches following its lone indoor setback in 2022 to claim the program's first-ever ITA Indoor National Championship. The Horned Frogs avenged the loss to the Volunteers in the championship tilt, taking down Tennessee 4-1 in the Indoor Nationals finale.
The Horned Frogs then completed their first undefeated indoor run from January-February, winning 12 straight matches in route to a second straight Indoor National Championship.
The Horned Frogs have pitched nine shutouts over the course of their 24-match indoor winning streak. In total, TCU has outscored its opponents 82-20.
The program was particularly dominant inside in 2023. TCU claimed 54-of-63 points over its undefeated run. At Indoor Nationals, the Horned Frogs posted a 17-2 combined margin of victory. Just two opponents – No. 2 Kentucky and No. 14 North Carolina – managed to score more than one point vs. the Horned Frogs. TCU trailed just once on the scoreboard all season.
The Horned Frogs battled the Longhorns just 29 days ago in Chicago, where they pitched a 4-0 shutout of Texas to capture the program's second consecutive ITA Indoor National Championship.
Fast forward four weeks, and top-ranked TCU is set to play host in the first of two regular season rematches between the programs. The Horned Frogs (15-0) will take on No. 3 Texas (14-2) in Fort Worth at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
The dual with the Longhorns is only one-half of what promises to be an intense 48 hours on the purple courts for TCU. Following Wednesday's tilt, TCU makes the two-day turnaround to face No. 10 USC (10-3) at 5 p.m. on Friday.
Wednesday's match vs. the Longhorns marks the first time ever the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center will be the crucible in a battle between two of the nation's top-three teams. TCU has twice welcomed the No. 1 or No. 2-ranked team to Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs are 1-1 in such duals. TCU earned its first-ever home victory over the national No. 1 when it downed Florida 4-3 on Jan. 14, 2022.
TCU's national championship blanking of Texas extended the Horned Frogs' recent run of dominance over the Longhorns. The Horned Frogs have claimed four straight and seven of the last nine meetings between the programs.
The match will count as a nonconference affair. TCU will return the trip to Austin on Apr. 15 in the teams' Big 12 regular season finale.
Though conference play does not begin until March 31 when TCU hosts Oklahoma, this will be the fifth time TCU has faced a Big 12 counterpart in 2023. The Horned Frogs downed Texas Tech on Jan. 29 during ITA Kickoff Weekend, then ripped off consecutive victories over then-No. 10 Baylor in February on their way to the indoor crown.
USC came one victory away from squaring off with TCU in the Windy City last month. The seventh-seeded Trojans dropped a 4-3 decision in the quarterfinals of Indoor Nationals to No. 2 seed Kentucky, whom TCU fended off 4-2 to set up the championship showdown vs. Texas.
The Trojans, a 21-time national champion program, pose as stiff a challenge as Texas. USC has maintained a top-10 ITA team ranking throughout 2023 and features four players ranked in the latest batch of singles and doubles rankings.
TCU and USC are facing off for the 13th time in their storied histories. The Trojans are making their third-ever visit to Fort Worth. TCU has claimed four of its last six matches vs. USC and is 2-0 at home in the all-time series.
Both matches are open to the public. Free pizza will be available while supplies last, courtesy of Buffalo Bros.
Follow Along
Watch: gofrogs.co/3JVOwLz
Live Stats: gofrogs.co/3vWrPif
Series History: Texas
All-Time: Texas leads 30-25
Home Record: 9-13
Away Record: 9-11
Neutral Record: 7-6
First Meeting: 7-0 Texas, March 26, 1974, in Austin
Last Meeting: 4-0 TCU, Feb. 20, 2023, in Chicago
Current Winning Streak: TCU W4
Series History: USC
All-Time: USC leads 7-5
Home Record: 2-0
Away Record: 0-3
Neutral Record: 3-4
First Meeting: 6-3 USC, March 11, 1980, in Los Angeles
Last Meeting: 4-0 USC, Feb. 26, 2021, in Los Angeles
Current Winning Streak: USC W1
Frog Focus
- TCU is enjoying its best start to a season under Roditi and in the modern era. The Horned Frogs have won 15 consecutive matches to begin a season for just the second time in the 49-year history of the program. TCU's longest season-opening winning streak came in its seventh year of existence, when the Horned Frogs rattled off 26 straight victories from September 1980-March 1981 under legendary head coach Tut Bartzen.
- The Horned Frogs are two victories shy of matching their longest winning streak in the Roditi era. TCU closed the 2016 season with 17 straight wins on its way to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament
- The Horned Frogs are outscoring opponents 72-10 through 15 matches. TCU has notched nine victories over ranked teams by a combined 40-8 margin of victory. Only two teams - Kentucky and North Carolina - have scored multiple points vs. TCU.
- The Horned Frogs have claimed the doubles point in 18 of their last 19 outings dating back to the 2022 NCAA Tournament. TCU enjoyed a nation-leading and program record streak of 18 straight doubles points from May 5, 2022-March 19, 2023. TCU is 39-6 in doubles play over the last two seasons.
- In singles action, TCU has won 141-of-172 (.820) completed sets thus far in 2023. Three Horned Frogs sport undefeated singles records; Gorzny (10-0), Fomba (9-0) and Maxted (6-0). Gorzny and Sander Jong leads TCU in singles victories with 10 apiece.
- Fomba and Gorzny have been especially dominant in 2022-2023, as they each command overall records of 28-4. Fomba has surrendered just four combined singles and doubles sets in 2023.
- Fearnley and Jong have anchored the No. 1 singles post all season. They are a combined 11-3 on the top court. Fearnley is responsible for eight of the victories, six of which are against players featured in the top-125 of the ITA singles rankings.
- Five Horned Frogs have staked TCU to a 10-0 singles record on court three; Fomba, Gorzny, Maxted, Pinnington and Tomas Jirousek.
- The Horned Frogs achieved the No. 1 ITA team ranking for the 12th time in program history on March 21. TCU occupied the top spot in the ITA team rankings in seven of 16 released polls in 2022 and regained its spot atop the tennis world on Feb. 21.
- TCU has boasted a top-10 ITA team ranking for 161 consecutive weeks - the longest such streak of any Division I program.
- TCU became the first repeat ITA Indoor National Champion in more than a decade and seventh all-time following its 4-0 shutout of Texas.
- The Horned Frogs are 60-6 (.910) at home on the outdoor courts since 2015.
- TCU extended its home winning streak to 10 with its 4-1 win over Illinois on Sunday. The Horned Frogs have gone 20-3 at home since 2022.
- TCU has outscored its opponents 37-2 through six home matches. The Horned Frogs have surrendered just six combined singles and doubles sets. Three of TCU's opponents (SMU, UT Arlington, UCLA) failed to take a set on the purple courts.
- Illinois snapped TCU's streak of nine consecutive hone doubles points in the teams' dual on Sunday. TCU is 21-5 in doubles play in Fort Worth over the last two seasons.
ITA Team Rankings (March 21)
No. 1 – TCU
ITA Singles Rankings (March 21)
No. 16 – Luc Fomba
No. 21 – Jake Fearnley
No. 43 – Sander Jong
No. 71 – Sebastian Gorzny
ITA Doubles Rankings (March 21)
No. 6 – Sander Jong / Lui Maxted
No. 13 – Jake Fearnley / Luc Fomba
By the Numbers: Spring Singles Records
- Jake Fearnley (Season: 9-3 / Career: 47-22)
- Luc Fomba (Season: 9-0 / Career: 79-26)
- Sander Jong (Season: 10-1 / Career: 68-31)
- Sebastian Gorzny (Season: 10-0 / Career: 10-0)
- Lui Maxted (Season: 6-0 / Career: 14-6)
- Tomas Jirousek (Season: 5-1 / Career: 28-13)
- Pedro Vives (Season: 5-1 / Career: 18-7)
- Jack Pinnington (Season: 4-2 / Career: 4-2)
- Sander Jong / Lui Maxted (Season: 4-3 / Career: 24-9)
- Jake Fearnley / Luc Fomba (Season: 8-1 / Career: 31-8)
- Sebastian Gorzny / Pedro Vives (Season: 11-2 / Career: 11-2)
- Sander Jong / Jack Pinnington (Season: 3-2 / Career: 3-2)
Fomba Nears the Century Mark
Luc Fomba is one singles triumph shy of notching 100 career victories in his five-year run in Fort Worth. Entering Wednesday's contest vs. Texas, Fomba's career singles record stands at 99-34 (.746).
Should Fomba reach triple digits, he will become the first player in TCU's 11 years of Big 12 membership to notch 100 career singles wins. His 99 wins in singles play are 22 more than the next-closest Big 12 era Horned Frog, three-time All-American Cam Norrie (77).
Fomba's year-by-year singles records in fall, indoor and outdoor play are as follows:
2018-2019: 21-7
2019-2020: 19-8
2020-2021: 22-9
2021-2022: 23-8
2022-2023: 14-2
Chasing Down 200
Luc Fomba, TCU's active leader in career combined victories, is 17 wins shy of reaching 200.
Since arriving in Fort Worth in 2018, he has tallied 150 combined singles and doubles wins over the course of five spring seasons and sprinkled in an additional 33 in fall invitationals. When Fomba tallies career win No. 200, he will become the first player in 26 years to achieve the milestone and ascend to ninth on TCU's career combined victories list.
Fomba's year-by-year combined records are as follows:
2018-2019: 32-20 (21-7 singles / 11-13 doubles)
2019-2020: 32-12 (19-8 singles / 13-4 doubles)
2020-2021: 42-22 (22-9 singles / 20-13 doubles)
2021-2022: 48-16 (23-8 singles / 25-8 doubles)
2022-2023: 28-4 (15-2 singles / 13-3 doubles)
Protect the Purple
The Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center is arguably the toughest venue in the nation for opposing teams to compete at. TCU has amassed a 102-11 (.902) record on the purple courts since 2015. Of the 101 victories, 62 have come at the expense of ranked opponents. Under head coach David Roditi, the Horned Frogs have posted a remarkable 142-35 (.802) home record.
Top Frog Energy
TCU received the top spot in the ITA team rankings for the 12th time in program history on March 21.
The Horned Frogs regained the No. 1 overall ranking on Feb 21 after capturing the ITA Indoor National Championship.
TCU garnered its first No. 1 ranking in program history on March 2, 2022, and received seven of a possible 16 No. 1 rankings throughout the season.
In total, 10 of the last 16 No. 1 ITA team rankings dating back to 2022 have been in possession of TCU.
TCU's History Atop the ITA Team Rankings
March 2, 2022
March 23, 2022
Apr. 6, 2022
Apr. 13, 2022
Apr. 20, 2022
Apr. 27, 2022
May 4, 2022
Feb 21, 2023
Feb 28, 2023
March 7, 2023
March 14, 2023
March 21, 2023
The Great Indoors
By the time the 2024 season rolls around, nearly two years will have passed since TCU suffered a defeat on the indoor courts.
TCU last lost a dual indoors on Jan. 16, 2022, narrowly falling to Tennessee 4-3 at the indoor Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
Since then, the Horned Frogs have won a program record and nation-leading 24 consecutive indoor matches. Of the victories, 16 have come at the expense of ranked opponents, 11 of which have been road or neutral site affairs.
TCU won 10 straight matches following its lone indoor setback in 2022 to claim the program's first-ever ITA Indoor National Championship. The Horned Frogs avenged the loss to the Volunteers in the championship tilt, taking down Tennessee 4-1 in the Indoor Nationals finale.
The Horned Frogs then completed their first undefeated indoor run from January-February, winning 12 straight matches in route to a second straight Indoor National Championship.
The Horned Frogs have pitched nine shutouts over the course of their 24-match indoor winning streak. In total, TCU has outscored its opponents 82-20.
The program was particularly dominant inside in 2023. TCU claimed 54-of-63 points over its undefeated run. At Indoor Nationals, the Horned Frogs posted a 17-2 combined margin of victory. Just two opponents – No. 2 Kentucky and No. 14 North Carolina – managed to score more than one point vs. the Horned Frogs. TCU trailed just once on the scoreboard all season.
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