Thursday, April 11
Dallas, Texas
5 PM
TCU
at
SMU
Preview: No. 2 TCU Set to Play at No. 40 SMU Before Hosting No. 31 UCF
4/10/2024 10:59:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Horned Frogs face SMU on Thursday and UCF on Saturday
FORT WORTH - No. 2 TCU heads east for an away dual at No. 40 SMU on Thursday before hosting No. 31 UCF on Saturday.
Thursday's match will begin at 5 pm while Saturday's match will also be Senior Day which is scheduled for 2 pm. The Horned Frogs will honor Jake Fearnley and Tomas Jirousek.
The Horned Frogs are coming off a 2-0 weekend after sweeps of BYU and Texas Tech.
Series History: SMU
All-Time: 35-27
Home Record: 18-8
Away Record: 13-13
Neutral Record: 4-6
Conference Record: 0-0
First Matchup: 7-0, SMU on April 18, 1974 in Dallas, Texas
Last Matchup: 5-0, TCU on January 16, 2023 in Fort Worth, Texas
Winning Streak: TCU W14
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Series History: UCF
All-Time: 2-0
Home Record: 1-0
Away Record: 1-0
Neutral Record: 0-0
Conference Record: 0-0
First Matchup: 7-0, TCU on March 6, 2016 in Orlando, Florida
Last Matchup: 4-1, TCU on February 25, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas
Winning Streak: TCU W2
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2024 So Far
- The Horned Frogs notched their sixth consecutive ITA Kickoff Weekend championship to begin the season.
- While playing host to ITA Kickoff Weekend, TCU pitched consecutive 4-0 shutouts of Rice and Tulsa to punch its ticket to ITA Indoor Nationals. Both the Owls and Golden Hurricane have since cracked the top-75 of the ITA team rankings.
- After ITA Kickoff Weekend, TCU welcomed a pair of top-15 teams to the indoor Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center on Feb. 2 and Feb. 4, respectively in No. 15 Stanford and sixth-ranked Tennessee.
- After winning the doubles point, TCU claimed wins on courts two, three, four and five to secure a 5-2 win over the Cardinal.
- Just two days later, TCU played in an instant classic against the Volunteers. TCU trailed 3-1 and was down to match point on court one, before Jake Fearnley earned his biggest collegiate victory thus far. Fearnley took down his Wimbledon doubles partner, Johannus Monday, who is currently ranked No. 4 in the nation. Fearnley fought off match point to win, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6(3). Fearnley's win fueled the TCU comeback which led to Tomas Jirousek clinching the match on court six over Tennessee's Chris Li, 6-3, 6-2.
- TCU then traveled up north to play No. 13 Michigan (Feb. 13) in its indoor regular season finale and won 4-0 in Ann Arbor.
- TCU made its third-straight ITA Indoor National Championship.
- TCU went 3-1 in the ITA Indoor National Championships
- TCU took down No. 15 Arizona State (Feb. 16), No. 10 Texas A&M (Feb. 17) and No. 6 Wake Forest (Feb. 18) in the ITA Indoor National Championships before falling to No. 1 Ohio State (Feb.19) , 4-3.
- In its first outdoor dual of 2024, TCU defeated No. 10 Texas (Mar. 2), 4-3 in a thrilling collegiate tennis match.
- Jake Fearnley clinched the match with a win over the No. 1 ranked Eliot Spizzirri, 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4.
- TCU won three straight ranked road matches from March 13-17 over spring break, defeating, No. 29 UCLA, No. 44 USC and No. 40 Pepperdine.
- TCU is 13-3 against ranked foes.
- TCU took down No. 27 Baylor (Mar. 22) 4-1 in its opening conference match on the road in Waco.
- The Horned Frogs are coming off a weekend sweep of BYU (April 4) and BYU (April 6).
- TCU is 9-0 at home this season.
Frog Focus
- TCU was picked second in the Big 12 Men's Tennis Preseason Poll.
- TCU is No. 2 in the ITA rankings.
- The Horned Frogs have been ranked in the top-five the entirety of the season.
- TCU had two selections on the ITA Indoor National Championships All-Tournament Team as Jake Fearnley and Jack Pinnington garnered the honors.
- No. 57 Lui Maxted leads the Horned Frogs with 14 single wins in 2024.
- No. 8 Jack Pinnington is second on the team with 13 singles wins.
- Pinnington is the leader in overall wins with 25.
- Pinnington filled in for the injured Jake Fearnley (Mar. 13-17) on court one and went 3-0.
- Pinnington defeated three ranked foes March 13-17 on court one and was named Big 12 POTW.
- Pinnington is 7-2 in 2024 on court one.
- Jake Fearnley is 9-2 in 2024.
- All nine of Fearnley's wins have come on court one.
- Fearnley owns six wins over nationally ranked foes.
- No. 71 Sebastian Gorzny, the 2023 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, is 7-4 so far in 2024.
- Two of TCU's three doubles pairs are nationally ranked.
- The fourth-ranked duo of Sebastian Gorzny and Pedro Vives are 8-2 on the year with all matches on court one.
- The 77th-ranked tandem of Duncan Chan and Lui Maxted are 13-5 in 2024.
- Jake Fearnley and Jack Pinnington are 6-4 with five wins coming on the second flight.
- Duncan Chan played on court six vs. No. 25 Baylor (Mar. 10) and clinched the match for the Horned Frogs.
- Chan clinched the match against No. 44 USC on court six.
- Chan is 5-2 in 2024 in singles play.
- Chan tallied his first Big 12 win at Baylor on Mar. 22.
- Tomas Jirousek is 9-6 in 2024 and is a combined 6-2 on courts four and five.
- Julian Alonso is 3-1 in 2024.
- Alonso registered his first career Big 12 win at Oklahoma State (March 30).
Singles
No. 8 - Jack Pinnington
No. 9 - Jake Fearnley
No. 57 - Lui Maxted
No. 58 - Pedro Vives
No. 71 - Sebastian Gorzny
Doubles
No. 4 - Sebastian Gorzny and Pedro Vives
No. 77 - Pedro Vives
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