Preview: ITA Indoor National Championships

Friday, February 13

Waco, Texas

9 AM

TCU

LSU

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Preview: ITA Indoor National Championships

2/11/2026 7:12:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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Fifth-ranked TCU faces No. 17 LSU in opening round on Friday in Waco

FORT WORTH – No team has ever played for five straight indoor national titles, and TCU looks to become the first at the 2026 ITA Indoor National Championships.

The fifth-ranked Horned Frogs open the 16-team affair vs. No. 17 LSU at 9 a.m. on Friday at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center in Waco, Texas.

TCU was awarded the 2-seed at the Waco site. The Frogs will factor into an all-Lone Star State affair in their second match on Saturday opposite either No. 6 Texas or No. 8 Texas A&M.

All participating teams are guaranteed three matches. The ITA Indoor National Championships are jointly hosted by Baylor and SMU. Semifinal matches and the championship take place on Monday and Tuesday in Dallas at the Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex.

TCU plays its quarterfinal dual at noon on Saturday with a win over the Tigers. A loss in either of its opening round matches means the Horned Frogs will stay in Waco for a consolation match on Sunday.

The opposite half of the Waco site draw features No. 3 Wake Forest, No. 9 UCF, No. 19 Baylor and UC Santa Barbara.

The Horned Frogs hold a 16-5 edge over LSU in the all-time series. It's been nearly a decade since the programs last collided on the hardcourts. TCU shut out the Tigers 4-0 on May 14, 2016 in Fort Worth in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in their last meeting.

TCU is competing in the flagship indoor event for the ninth consecutive year. The Frogs won back-to-back indoor national championships in 2022 and 2023 and finished as the runner up in each of the past two seasons.

Frogs in the ITA Singles Rankings
#5 Duncan Chan
#49 Cosme Rolland De Ravel
#61 Julian Alonso
#105 Maximus Dussault

Frogs in the ITA Doubles Rankings
#9 Albert Pedrico / Cosme Rolland De Ravel
#22 Duncan Chan / Cosme Rolland De Ravel

TCU Indoor National Championships History

TCU boasts a 22-10 all-time record at Indoor Nationals.
The Horned Frogs have competed to a 14-2 mark at college tennis' indoor grand finale over the last four seasons.
Head coach David Roditi's teams are 6-3 in opening round matches.
The Horned Frogs have reached the semifinals in five of their nine trips under Roditi.
The Horned Frogs have played in four consecutive ITA Indoor National Championships finals. TCU won back-to-back national championships in 2022 and 2023.
TCU is one of seven programs to win consecutive Indoor National titles.
TCU is one of only three programs in the 52-year history of the event to reach the Indoor Nationals final in four straight seasons alongside USC (2012-16) and Virginia (2008-12).
TCU won its first national title at the 2022 ITA Indoor National Championships. The Horned Frogs defeated Tennessee 4-1 on Feb. 21, 2022 inside the Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle, Washington in the championship dual. TCU also picked up victories over Virginia, Texas and Ohio State in its march toward the crown.
The Horned Frogs' repeat ITA Indoor National Championship run in 2023 was one of the most dominant in the event's now-53-season history. Three of TCU's four wins were shutouts, including a 4-0 walloping of Texas in the finals. TCU posted only the sixth shutout in a championship match in Indoor Nationals history in its triumph over the Longhorns. The Horned Frogs also blanked Baylor and Georgia in the first two rounds.
One set vs. the top-seeded team is all that separated TCU from adding two more ITA Indoor National Championships to its trophy case. The Horned Frogs fell 4-3 to No. 1 Ohio State and No. 1 Wake Forest in the 2024 and 2025 Indoor Nationals finals in matches that were decided on a winner-take-all third set in singles play.

Player-by-Player Records at the ITA Indoor National Championships
Duncan Chan

Singles: 1-2
Doubles: 4-3

Albert Pedrico

Singles: 2-1
Doubles: 2-1

Cooper Woestendick

Singles: 2-0
Doubles: 2-2

Filip Apltauer

Singles: 0-2
Doubles: 1-2

*Includes results from freshman season at Tennessee in 2023-24

Team Notables

The Horned Frogs were picked first in the Big 12 men's tennis preseason poll for the fourth time in the last six seasons.
TCU has captured a league-leading nine Big 12 regular season or tournament championships over the last decade.
TCU has won or challenged for six of the last eight indoor or outdoor national championships dating back to 2022.
TCU ranks second nationally in total wins (133) and winning percentage (.871) since 2021.
TCU head coach David Roditi is one of only two active D1 head coaches who has won both an ITA Indoor National Championship and NCAA Championship and coached an NCAA individual champion.
Under Roditi's direction, TCU has notched 11 consecutive year-end ITA top-10 team rankings, a streak unmatched by any D1 program. The Horned Frogs have cracked the top-five of the final rankings in five straight seasons. TCU has additionally boasted a top-10 ITA team ranking in 65 consecutive polls dating back to March 10, 2020.
TCU has maintained a top-five ITA team ranking for four continuous seasons dating back to January of 2022.
Roditi has led TCU to 398 dual wins over the course of his 21 years in Fort Worth. He was a part of 86 dual match victories as a player from 1993-96 and has won 309 across his 16-season run as the Horned Frogs head coach. He owns the second most head coaching wins in program history behind his own coach, and TCU Athletics Hall of Famer, Tut Bartzen.
Eight Horned Frogs possess a UTR of 13.00 or greater, tied for the third-most of any team in the country.
TCU is 43-2 at home over the last four seasons.

Frogs on the Indoor Courts

TCU has won 23 of its last 24 home duals on the indoor surfaces.
TCU has competed to 49-5 record over the last five seasons.
Since Roditi took the program reins in 2010, the Horned Frogs have posted a 53-13 overall record at the indoor Bayard H. Freidman Tennis Center.
TCU advanced to Indoor Nationals for the eighth consecutive season with its 4-0 and 4-1 victories over UT Arlington and Georgia in the Fort Worth Regional.
TCU is 36-5 in doubles play on the indoor surfaces since 2023.
Over the last three seasons, TCU has claimed 22 of a possible 24 doubles points.
The Horned Frogs are 19-1 in doubles play at home over the last three seasons.
Of TCU's 49 indoor victories since 2022, 23 have been shutouts, including eight vs. ranked teams.