Thursday, April 6
Fort worth, TX
6 PM
TCU
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Baylor
TCU to Host Senior Night, Honor Sander Jong, Luc Fomba vs. No. 41 Baylor
4/5/2023 4:21:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Horned Frogs head west to face Texas Tech following dual with the Bears
FORT WORTH – The penultimate week in the regular season for No. 2 TCU men's tennis is nigh, and with it arrive a pair of familiar foes in Baylor and Texas Tech.
The Horned Frogs (18-1, 2-0 Big 12) are set to host the 41st-ranked Bears at 6 p.m. on Thursday on the Bartzen Varsity Courts. TCU then makes the 350-mile trek west to meet the Red Raiders, ranked 37th in the latest ITA poll, at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Though Big 12 play commenced last week, TCU has thrice collided with Baylor (14-11, 1-0 Big 12) and Texas Tech (12-7, 0-1 Big 12) already in 2023.
Three of the Horned Frogs' 12 indoor wins came at the expense of the Bears and Red Raiders during their run to a second straight ITA Indoor National championship. TCU blanked Texas Tech 4-0 on Jan. 29 in its ITA Kickoff Weekend Regional Final to punch its ticket to Indoor Nationals. The Horned Frogs then closed out the indoor regular season with a 4-1 win over then-No. 10 Baylor on Feb. 8 in Waco, before downing the Bears 4-0 nine days later in the opening round of Indoor Nationals.
Thursday's dual marks the fourth time the Horned Frogs and Bears have crossed paths in 2022-2023. TCU trekked to Waco in October for the ITA Texas Regional, claiming three-of-four singles or doubles matches involving Baylor. The Horned Frogs have produced a 13-2 combined record (8-1 singles, 5-1 doubles) in their trio of encounters with the Bears. Jake Fearnley and Sebastian Gorzny are both 4-0 combined and 3-0 in singles play vs. their green and gold clad counterparts.
TCU has surrendered just two singles and doubles sets to the Red Raiders between the ITA Texas Regional and their January meeting. The Horned Frogs are 42-6 all-time and 13-3 under Roditi vs. Texas Tech. TCU's 42 victories at the expense of the Red Raiders are its most vs. any opponent in school history. The program has claimed nine consecutive contests vs. Texas Tech, including three straight in Lubbock.
The weekend two-step will go a long way in determining the Big 12 regular season champion. TCU is tied for first in the conference standings with No; 1 Texas (18-2, 2-0 Big 12). A sweep of the Bears and Red Raiders, paired with a Longhorn loss to either opponent, would guarantee TCU a share of the Big 12 regular season title. The Horned Frogs claimed the crown in three straight and five of the last six seasons.
Thursday's tilt with the Bears is TCU's final regular season home match. The Horned Frogs will hold senior night tributes for fifth year seniors Luc Fomba and Sander Jong during an intermission between doubles and singles. Fomba and Jong have served as team captains over the last two seasons. Since touching down in Fort Worth in 2018, the duo has helped account for 97 Horned Frog victories, three quarterfinal appearances in the NCAA Tournament, a trio of Big 12 regular season titles and the first-ever ITA Indoor National Championships in program history.
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Series History: Baylor
All-Time: TCU leads 38-26
Home Record: 18-10
Away Record: 15-12
Neutral Record: 5-4
First Meeting: 6-1 Baylor, Apr. 2, 1974, in Fort Worth
Last Meeting: 4-0 TCU, Feb. 18, 2023, in Chicago
Current Winning Streak: TCU W2
Series History: Texas Tech
All-Time: TCU leads 42-6
Home Record: 24-2
Away Record: 13-4
Neutral Record: 5-0
First Meeting: 6-1 Texas Tech, Apr. 9, 1974, in Lubbock
Last Meeting: 4-0 TCU, Jan. 29, 2023, in Fort Worth
Current Winning Streak: TCU W9
TCU vs. Baylor in 2022-2033
ITA Texas Regional (Oct. 13-17)
Singles
SF – Finn Bass (BU) def. Sebastian Gorzny (TCU): 6-1, 6-2
QF – No. 65 Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi: 7-5, 6-4
RD64 – Sebastian Gorzny (TCU) def. Ethan Muza (BU): 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
SF – No. 3 Sander Jong / Lui Maxted def. Tadeas Paroulek / Zsombor Velcz: 6-2, 6-3
TCU 4, Baylor 1 (Feb. 8, 2023)
Singles
Singles
ITA Texas Regional (Oct. 13-18)
Singles
RD16 – No. 65 Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. Olle Wallin (TTU): WD
TCU 4, Texas Tech 0 (Jan. 29, 2023)
Singles
ITA Team Rankings (April 4)
No. 2 – TCU
ITA Singles Rankings (March 21)
No. 12 – Jake Fearnley
No. 24 – Luc Fomba
No. 42 – Sander Jong
No. 63 – Sebastian Gorzny
No. 73 – Jack Pinnington
ITA Doubles Rankings (March 21)
No. 4 – Jake Fearnley / Luc Fomba
No. 11 – Sander Jong / Lui Maxted
No. 76 – Sander Jong / Jack Pinnington
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 105-12 (.897) record on the purple courts since 2015. Of the 105 victories, 67 have come at the expense of ranked opponents. Under head coach David Roditi, the Horned Frogs have posted a remarkable 145-36 (.801) home record.
On the Road Again
Nearly two years have passed since TCU dropped an away dual.
The Horned Frogs' 4-1 victory at No. 10 Baylor on Feb. 8 extended the program's road winning streak to 10, dating back to the 2020-21 season.
TCU notched a perfect 7-0 record in away matches in 2022.
The Horned Frogs' last road defeat came in the Big 12 Tournament Championship at Baylor on Apr. 25, 2021.
Consistency is Key
The Horned Frogs are the lone NCAA Division I men's tennis program to have maintained a top-three ITA team ranking in 2023. TCU has sat atop the rankings five times and boasted the No. 2 or No. 3 ranking in seven polls (five indoor, two outdoor).
Chasing Down 200
Luc Fomba, TCU's active leader in career combined victories, is 14 wins shy of reaching 200. Since arriving in Fort Worth in 2018, he has tallied 153 combined victories in duals over 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: 32-6 (17-3 singles / 15-4 doubles)
Jong Nears 150th Spring Season Victory
Ahead of Thursday's, Sander Jong is 10 victories away from joining Fomba as one of two players in TCU's Big 12 era to win 150 combined dual victories. Jong owns a combined spring record of 139-65 (70-30 singles, 70-35 doubles) and boasts 172 career victories (83 doubles, 79 singles) when factoring in results from team sponsored fall invitationals.
Say it Ain't so, Seb
As of Tuesday, Apr. 4, five years and two weeks have passed since TCU last dipped outside the top-25 of the ITA team rankings. The Horned Frogs have spent 267 straight weeks in the top-25 of the ITA team rankings, a streak matched by few other Division I programs.
The streak began on March 21, 2018, when TCU skyrocketed from No. 32 to No. 11 following three straight wins over No. 17 Duke (March 13), No. 12 Florida (March 14) and No. 9 Columbia (March 18)
The trio of top-20 wins ignited a 12-match winning streak to close the regular season. The Horned Frogs concluded the 2016-17 season with a 20-5 overall record and No. 9 final ITA team ranking.
Since then, TCU has spent just one week outside the top-20 of the ITA team rankings.
The Horned Frogs (18-1, 2-0 Big 12) are set to host the 41st-ranked Bears at 6 p.m. on Thursday on the Bartzen Varsity Courts. TCU then makes the 350-mile trek west to meet the Red Raiders, ranked 37th in the latest ITA poll, at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Though Big 12 play commenced last week, TCU has thrice collided with Baylor (14-11, 1-0 Big 12) and Texas Tech (12-7, 0-1 Big 12) already in 2023.
Three of the Horned Frogs' 12 indoor wins came at the expense of the Bears and Red Raiders during their run to a second straight ITA Indoor National championship. TCU blanked Texas Tech 4-0 on Jan. 29 in its ITA Kickoff Weekend Regional Final to punch its ticket to Indoor Nationals. The Horned Frogs then closed out the indoor regular season with a 4-1 win over then-No. 10 Baylor on Feb. 8 in Waco, before downing the Bears 4-0 nine days later in the opening round of Indoor Nationals.
Thursday's dual marks the fourth time the Horned Frogs and Bears have crossed paths in 2022-2023. TCU trekked to Waco in October for the ITA Texas Regional, claiming three-of-four singles or doubles matches involving Baylor. The Horned Frogs have produced a 13-2 combined record (8-1 singles, 5-1 doubles) in their trio of encounters with the Bears. Jake Fearnley and Sebastian Gorzny are both 4-0 combined and 3-0 in singles play vs. their green and gold clad counterparts.
TCU has surrendered just two singles and doubles sets to the Red Raiders between the ITA Texas Regional and their January meeting. The Horned Frogs are 42-6 all-time and 13-3 under Roditi vs. Texas Tech. TCU's 42 victories at the expense of the Red Raiders are its most vs. any opponent in school history. The program has claimed nine consecutive contests vs. Texas Tech, including three straight in Lubbock.
The weekend two-step will go a long way in determining the Big 12 regular season champion. TCU is tied for first in the conference standings with No; 1 Texas (18-2, 2-0 Big 12). A sweep of the Bears and Red Raiders, paired with a Longhorn loss to either opponent, would guarantee TCU a share of the Big 12 regular season title. The Horned Frogs claimed the crown in three straight and five of the last six seasons.
Thursday's tilt with the Bears is TCU's final regular season home match. The Horned Frogs will hold senior night tributes for fifth year seniors Luc Fomba and Sander Jong during an intermission between doubles and singles. Fomba and Jong have served as team captains over the last two seasons. Since touching down in Fort Worth in 2018, the duo has helped account for 97 Horned Frog victories, three quarterfinal appearances in the NCAA Tournament, a trio of Big 12 regular season titles and the first-ever ITA Indoor National Championships in program history.
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Series History: Baylor
All-Time: TCU leads 38-26
Home Record: 18-10
Away Record: 15-12
Neutral Record: 5-4
First Meeting: 6-1 Baylor, Apr. 2, 1974, in Fort Worth
Last Meeting: 4-0 TCU, Feb. 18, 2023, in Chicago
Current Winning Streak: TCU W2
Series History: Texas Tech
All-Time: TCU leads 42-6
Home Record: 24-2
Away Record: 13-4
Neutral Record: 5-0
First Meeting: 6-1 Texas Tech, Apr. 9, 1974, in Lubbock
Last Meeting: 4-0 TCU, Jan. 29, 2023, in Fort Worth
Current Winning Streak: TCU W9
TCU vs. Baylor in 2022-2033
ITA Texas Regional (Oct. 13-17)
Singles
SF – Finn Bass (BU) def. Sebastian Gorzny (TCU): 6-1, 6-2
QF – No. 65 Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi: 7-5, 6-4
RD64 – Sebastian Gorzny (TCU) def. Ethan Muza (BU): 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
SF – No. 3 Sander Jong / Lui Maxted def. Tadeas Paroulek / Zsombor Velcz: 6-2, 6-3
TCU 4, Baylor 1 (Feb. 8, 2023)
Singles
- #17 Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. #44 Finn Bass (BU): 6-3, 6-1
- #117 Tadeas Paroulek (BU) def. Jack Pinnington (TCU): 6-3, 6-4
- #49 Luc Fomba (TCU) def. Marko Miladinovic (BU): 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
- Sander Jong (TCU) vs. Zsombor Velcz (BU): 6-7, 6-4, unfinished
- #124 Sebastian Gorzny (TCU) def. #125 Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (BU): 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
- Lui Maxted (TCU) vs. Ethan Muza (BU): 5-7, 6-2, unfinished
- Jake Fearnley / Luc Fomba (TCU) def. #9 Finn Bass Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (BU): 7-5
- Tadeas Paroulek / Zsomber Velcz (BU) def. #11 Sander Jong / Lui Maxted (TCU): 5-7
- Sebastian Gorzny / Pedro Vives (TCU) def. Luc Koenig: Ethan Muza (BU): 6-1
Singles
- #17 Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. #117 Tadeas Paroulek (BU): 7-6 [7-5], 6-4
- #49 Luc Fomba (TCU) def. Marko Miladinovic (BU): 6-2, 7-6 [7-3]
- Jack Pinnington (TCU) vs. #44 Finn Bass (BU): 3-6, 6-3, 5-2
- Sander Jong (TCU) def. Zsombor Velcz (BU): 6-4, 6-2
- #124 Sebastian Gorzny (TCU) vs. Luc Koenig (BU): 6-4, 3-6, 4-2
- Lui Maxted (TCU) vs. #125 Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (BU): 6-4, 3-6, 5-0
- Jake Fearnley / Luc Fomba (TCU) vs. #9 Finn Bass / Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (BU): 5-5
- Sander Jong / Jack Pinnington (TCU) def. Tadeas Paroulek / Zsombor Velcz (BU): 6-3
- Sebastian Gorzny / Pedro Vives (TCU) def. Ethan Muza / Luc Koenig (BU): 6-3
ITA Texas Regional (Oct. 13-18)
Singles
RD16 – No. 65 Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. Olle Wallin (TTU): WD
TCU 4, Texas Tech 0 (Jan. 29, 2023)
Singles
- #8 Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. Olle Wallin (TTU): 6-3, 6-3
- Sander Jong (TCU) def. Reed Collier (TTU): 6-1, 7-5
- #28 Luc Fomba (TCU) def. Dimitrios Azoidis (TTU): 6-3, 6-2
- Lui Maxted (TCU) vs. Franco Ribero (TTU): 2-6, 6-2, 1-1, unfinished
- Tomas Jirousek (TCU) vs. Tyler Stewart (TTU): no result
- Sebastian Gorzny (TCU) vs. Lorenzo Esquici (TTU): no result
- #4 Sander Jong / Lui Maxted (TCU) def. Reed Collier / Dimitrios Azoidis (TTU): 6-2
- Jake Fearnley / Luc Fomba (TCU) def. Olle Wallin / Tyler Stewart (TTU): 7-5
- Piotr Pawlak / Franco Ribero (TTU) def. Sebastian Gorzny / Pedro Vives (TCU): 6-3
- Few teams can match TCU's home court advantage. The Horned Frogs are 63-7 (.900) at home on the outdoor courts since 2015. Over the last two seasons, TCU has gone 23-4 at home. Through 10 home duals in 2023. The Horned Frogs are outscoring opponents 53-6. Three opponents have been shut out 7-0 (UTA, UCLA, USC) and three teams (SMU, UTA, UCLA), failed to take a set.
- TCU has gone 22-6 in doubles play in Fort Worth over the last two years.
- TCU is 142-82 all time vs. the six Big 12 institutions that sponsor men's tennis. Under David Roditi, the Horned Frogs have produced a 52-31 record vs. their conference counterparts across 11 years of Big 12 membership.
- Three of the Horned Frogs' 12 indoor wins came at the expense of Baylor and Texas Tech during their run to a second straight ITA Indoor National championship. TCU blanked Texas Tech 4-0 in its ITA Kickoff Weekend Regional Final to punch its ticket to Chicago. The Horned Frogs then closed out the indoor regular season with a 4-1 win over then-No. 10 Baylor on Feb. 8 in Waco, before downing the Bears 4-0 nine days later in the opening round of ITA Indoor Nationals.
- No team has tormented TCU at home quite like Baylor. The Bears enter Thursday's dual as winners of three straight and five of the last seven meetings between the programs in Fort Worth. TCU leads the all-time series 38-26.
- The Horned Frogs are outscoring opponents 89-14 through 19 matches. TCU has notched 11 victories over ranked teams by a combined 55-8 margin of victory. Only two three teams - Texas, Kentucky and North Carolina - have scored multiple points vs. TCU.
- The Horned Frogs have claimed the doubles point in 20 of their last 22 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 42-7 in doubles play over the last two seasons.
- Building an early lead in doubles has been a near-certain pathway to victory. TCU has won 14-of-15 matches when taking the first completed doubles set.
- Luc Fomba has clinched nine of TCU's 16 doubles points between three partners (Jake Fearnley, Lui Maxted, Luke Swan). Sebastian Gorzny and Pedro Vives own four doubles doubles point clinchers while Sander Jong and Jack Pinnington have thrice staked TCU to a 1-0 match lead.
- In singles action, TCU has won 158-of-199 (.794) completed sets thus far in 2023. Two Horned Frogs sport undefeated singles records; Gorzny (11-0) and Maxted (6-0). Gorzny and Sander Jong lead TCU in singles victories with 11 apiece.
- Gorzny and Fomba have been especially dominant in 2022-2023, as they each command respective overall records of 30-4 and 30-6. Gorzny has played singles in 17 matches this year and dropped the first set just once. He is undefeated this spring at 12-0 and 16-1 combined in 2022-2023.
- Fearnley and Jong have anchored the No. 1 singles post all season. They are a combined 13-4 on the top court. Fearnley is responsible for 10 of the victories, eight of which are against players featured in the top-125 of the ITA singles rankings.
- Fearnley has downed a team-leading 13 ranked opponents in 2022-2023. He sports a combined singles record of 21-6.
- Five Horned Frogs have staked TCU to a 13-0 singles record on court three; Fomba, Gorzny, Maxted, Pinnington and Tomas Jirousek. Fomba leads TCU with six victories out of the No. 3 post.
- Fomba obtained his 100th career spring singles victory vs. UCLA on March 11. He is 14 combined wins shy of 200 for his career.
- TCU has boasted a top-10 ITA team ranking for 163 consecutive weeks - the longest such streak of any Division I program.
ITA Team Rankings (April 4)
No. 2 – TCU
ITA Singles Rankings (March 21)
No. 12 – Jake Fearnley
No. 24 – Luc Fomba
No. 42 – Sander Jong
No. 63 – Sebastian Gorzny
No. 73 – Jack Pinnington
ITA Doubles Rankings (March 21)
No. 4 – Jake Fearnley / Luc Fomba
No. 11 – Sander Jong / Lui Maxted
No. 76 – Sander Jong / Jack Pinnington
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 105-12 (.897) record on the purple courts since 2015. Of the 105 victories, 67 have come at the expense of ranked opponents. Under head coach David Roditi, the Horned Frogs have posted a remarkable 145-36 (.801) home record.
On the Road Again
Nearly two years have passed since TCU dropped an away dual.
The Horned Frogs' 4-1 victory at No. 10 Baylor on Feb. 8 extended the program's road winning streak to 10, dating back to the 2020-21 season.
TCU notched a perfect 7-0 record in away matches in 2022.
The Horned Frogs' last road defeat came in the Big 12 Tournament Championship at Baylor on Apr. 25, 2021.
Consistency is Key
The Horned Frogs are the lone NCAA Division I men's tennis program to have maintained a top-three ITA team ranking in 2023. TCU has sat atop the rankings five times and boasted the No. 2 or No. 3 ranking in seven polls (five indoor, two outdoor).
Chasing Down 200
Luc Fomba, TCU's active leader in career combined victories, is 14 wins shy of reaching 200. Since arriving in Fort Worth in 2018, he has tallied 153 combined victories in duals over 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: 32-6 (17-3 singles / 15-4 doubles)
Jong Nears 150th Spring Season Victory
Ahead of Thursday's, Sander Jong is 10 victories away from joining Fomba as one of two players in TCU's Big 12 era to win 150 combined dual victories. Jong owns a combined spring record of 139-65 (70-30 singles, 70-35 doubles) and boasts 172 career victories (83 doubles, 79 singles) when factoring in results from team sponsored fall invitationals.
Say it Ain't so, Seb
As of Tuesday, Apr. 4, five years and two weeks have passed since TCU last dipped outside the top-25 of the ITA team rankings. The Horned Frogs have spent 267 straight weeks in the top-25 of the ITA team rankings, a streak matched by few other Division I programs.
The streak began on March 21, 2018, when TCU skyrocketed from No. 32 to No. 11 following three straight wins over No. 17 Duke (March 13), No. 12 Florida (March 14) and No. 9 Columbia (March 18)
The trio of top-20 wins ignited a 12-match winning streak to close the regular season. The Horned Frogs concluded the 2016-17 season with a 20-5 overall record and No. 9 final ITA team ranking.
Since then, TCU has spent just one week outside the top-20 of the ITA team rankings.
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