2024-2025 Season
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Hi UT Tennis Fan,
As we wrap up our Fall Season, and take a little break for Thanksgiving I thought I would check in with some program updates:
Our performance last week at the NCAA individual tournament was highlighted by Timo Legout reaching the singles semifinals, and partnering with Lucas Brown to reach the doubles semifinals. With those results, Timo secured All American status in both singles and doubles, and Lucas wrapped up that honor in doubles. Timo also guaranteed himself a spot in the ATP/ITA Accelerator Program. Unfortunately, both Timo and Lucas got hit with a bad stomach bug during the event, and Timo had to retire after just 5 games in the semifinals. Jonah Braswell lost a heartbreaker in the first round, but played a very good match, while Sebastian Gorzny advanced to the 2nd round after being out of action since September's run to the final of the ITA All American. For more details on the week that Timo and Lucas had, please click on this press release.
Meanwhile back in Austin the rest of our players played in the Dropshot Series $25k ITF Pro Tennis tournament at the Texas Tennis Center. One of the highlights for the week was Evan Burnett's run to the quarterfinals, which included a big win over #1 seed and ATP #343 Toby Kodat. And a special shout out goes to Pierre-Yves Bailly for winning his first pro doubles title, and reaching the singles final (coming up just 1 win short of defending last year's singles title). It was definitely a great finish to the Fall season for Pierre!
We are also very happy to announce two great additions to our program! Oliver Ojakaar (Estonia) will, along with previously announced Sebastian Eriksson, join us in January for the upcoming dual match season. Oliver was one of the top juniors in the world (ranked #10 in the ITF rankings), and is a US Open Junior Doubles Champion. Mariano Dedura-Palomero (Germany) will join us next fall. He has focused primarily on ITF Men's Circuit events over the last few years, and has demonstrated significant success at that level. We expect both of them to be difference makers for the Longhorns! Please click on today's press release for more detail on Oliver and Mariano.
And we are not quite done yet! Beginning on Friday, Sebastian Gorzny will represent the United States at the annual Master U Competition in France. Based on his unpublished #1 national singles ranking heading into last week, he was selected as 1 of 3 male players for Team USA. Stay tuned to our website over the weekend for updates, but here is a link to the results and live scoring page for the event.
Have a great holiday season! And Hook'em!
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque
As we wrap up our Fall Season, and take a little break for Thanksgiving I thought I would check in with some program updates:
Our performance last week at the NCAA individual tournament was highlighted by Timo Legout reaching the singles semifinals, and partnering with Lucas Brown to reach the doubles semifinals. With those results, Timo secured All American status in both singles and doubles, and Lucas wrapped up that honor in doubles. Timo also guaranteed himself a spot in the ATP/ITA Accelerator Program. Unfortunately, both Timo and Lucas got hit with a bad stomach bug during the event, and Timo had to retire after just 5 games in the semifinals. Jonah Braswell lost a heartbreaker in the first round, but played a very good match, while Sebastian Gorzny advanced to the 2nd round after being out of action since September's run to the final of the ITA All American. For more details on the week that Timo and Lucas had, please click on this press release.
Meanwhile back in Austin the rest of our players played in the Dropshot Series $25k ITF Pro Tennis tournament at the Texas Tennis Center. One of the highlights for the week was Evan Burnett's run to the quarterfinals, which included a big win over #1 seed and ATP #343 Toby Kodat. And a special shout out goes to Pierre-Yves Bailly for winning his first pro doubles title, and reaching the singles final (coming up just 1 win short of defending last year's singles title). It was definitely a great finish to the Fall season for Pierre!
We are also very happy to announce two great additions to our program! Oliver Ojakaar (Estonia) will, along with previously announced Sebastian Eriksson, join us in January for the upcoming dual match season. Oliver was one of the top juniors in the world (ranked #10 in the ITF rankings), and is a US Open Junior Doubles Champion. Mariano Dedura-Palomero (Germany) will join us next fall. He has focused primarily on ITF Men's Circuit events over the last few years, and has demonstrated significant success at that level. We expect both of them to be difference makers for the Longhorns! Please click on today's press release for more detail on Oliver and Mariano.
And we are not quite done yet! Beginning on Friday, Sebastian Gorzny will represent the United States at the annual Master U Competition in France. Based on his unpublished #1 national singles ranking heading into last week, he was selected as 1 of 3 male players for Team USA. Stay tuned to our website over the weekend for updates, but here is a link to the results and live scoring page for the event.
Have a great holiday season! And Hook'em!
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque
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Joint Postpones Pro Career for Texas Title Quest
Despite the enticement of prize money, Maya Joint has decided to postpone her pro career to play her freshman season at the University of Texas. The Michigan native, who represents her father's home country of Australia, recently sat down with Colette Lewis for a Q&A about her decision and her...
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We may get a sneak peek at maya joint facing Mary stoiana at the masterU event this weekend. Should be exciting. Also excited to Gorzny get a chance to shine at Texas as one of the top players in college. The masterU event should be great experience for him. I’m not sure how all these fall events work now but hope he gets a chance at the accelerator program
Joint Postpones Pro Career for Texas Title Quest
Despite the enticement of prize money, Maya Joint has decided to postpone her pro career to play her freshman season at the University of Texas. The Michigan native, who represents her father's home country of Australia, recently sat down with Colette Lewis for a Q&A about her decision and her...
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Maya vs Mary, not to be at the MasterU BNP. It'll be US vs GBR.
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Hi UT Tennis Fan,
I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!
Sebastian Gorzny was the only Longhorn competing last week, as he was part of Team USA and competed in the Master'U BNP Paribas Championship in France. Sebastian was an integral part of the team's 5th straight run to the title, winning both of his singles matches, and all 3 of his doubles matches. Here is a link to the full recap. Meanwhile in Mexico, recent graduate Cleeve Harper finished the year with another Challenger title, this time in Manzanillo, Mexico. Cleeve has now gotten his ATP doubles ranking up to #159 after only 6 months on tour!
Thanks for your ongoing interest in UT Men's Tennis. I will be back in touch with you again soon. All the best, and Hook'em!
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque
I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!
Sebastian Gorzny was the only Longhorn competing last week, as he was part of Team USA and competed in the Master'U BNP Paribas Championship in France. Sebastian was an integral part of the team's 5th straight run to the title, winning both of his singles matches, and all 3 of his doubles matches. Here is a link to the full recap. Meanwhile in Mexico, recent graduate Cleeve Harper finished the year with another Challenger title, this time in Manzanillo, Mexico. Cleeve has now gotten his ATP doubles ranking up to #159 after only 6 months on tour!
Thanks for your ongoing interest in UT Men's Tennis. I will be back in touch with you again soon. All the best, and Hook'em!
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque
Hope he find a good program to get playing time. I’m always a fan of these student athletes that come. He fit the culture and team dynamics well. Got a chance to train with the best of college tennis and now has a chance to take his skills and improvement to make a difference to a program.
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From AO Pain To Ecstacy: 'Motivated' Maya Joint Relives Rapid 2024
When the 2024 Australian Open qualifying draw was released, Maya Joint's name appeared amongst the other 127 players — a name entirely foreign to the average Aussie tennis fan. But the then-17-year-old didn't mind the minimal fuss and low-key background, quietly going about her business and...
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Hi UT Tennis Fan,
Happy New Year! Our team is back on campus, and we started training together a few days ago. I have been very happy to see that everyone came back in good health, in good shape, and in good tennis form. We are excited that two new players are joining us as freshmen this semester, Sebastian Eriksson (Sweden) and Oliver Ojakaar (Estonia). They are both outstanding players, and great fits with our culture.
Although we lost 6 seniors to graduation and 1 to professional tennis from last year's team, we have been ranked the #1 ranked team in the country in the preseason poll. This is now the 4th season out of the last 7 that we have risen to the top spot in the rankings. While we recognize that it is the journey and where we finish that are more important than where we start, it is still nice recognition for the program.
Our dual match season opens this weekend with matches against Lamar (1 pm on Saturday) and Abilene Christian (11 am on Sunday). Although we have had a cold snap the last few days, the weather should be nice this weekend, and we expect both matches to be outside at the Texas Tennis Center. Our 3rd match of the season will be on Wednesday, January 15 at 4pm against UTRGV. All matches will be streamed live, and you can find the links here.
In news of our recent graduates, Eliot Spizzirri won his first tournament of 2025, picking up the doubles title at the $150k Challenger in Canberra, Australia. This week he picked up a singles win over #205 Alexander Blockx in the first round of The Australian Open qualifying. Micah Braswell also picked up a good win yesterday at a Challenger in Portugal, taking out #243 Beibit Zhukayev. Cleeve Harper is in the 2nd round of doubles in Portugal, and progressing fast through the doubles rankings.
Hope to see you at the courts this weekend. Hook'em!
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque
Happy New Year! Our team is back on campus, and we started training together a few days ago. I have been very happy to see that everyone came back in good health, in good shape, and in good tennis form. We are excited that two new players are joining us as freshmen this semester, Sebastian Eriksson (Sweden) and Oliver Ojakaar (Estonia). They are both outstanding players, and great fits with our culture.
Although we lost 6 seniors to graduation and 1 to professional tennis from last year's team, we have been ranked the #1 ranked team in the country in the preseason poll. This is now the 4th season out of the last 7 that we have risen to the top spot in the rankings. While we recognize that it is the journey and where we finish that are more important than where we start, it is still nice recognition for the program.
Our dual match season opens this weekend with matches against Lamar (1 pm on Saturday) and Abilene Christian (11 am on Sunday). Although we have had a cold snap the last few days, the weather should be nice this weekend, and we expect both matches to be outside at the Texas Tennis Center. Our 3rd match of the season will be on Wednesday, January 15 at 4pm against UTRGV. All matches will be streamed live, and you can find the links here.
In news of our recent graduates, Eliot Spizzirri won his first tournament of 2025, picking up the doubles title at the $150k Challenger in Canberra, Australia. This week he picked up a singles win over #205 Alexander Blockx in the first round of The Australian Open qualifying. Micah Braswell also picked up a good win yesterday at a Challenger in Portugal, taking out #243 Beibit Zhukayev. Cleeve Harper is in the 2nd round of doubles in Portugal, and progressing fast through the doubles rankings.
Hope to see you at the courts this weekend. Hook'em!
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque
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Hi UT Tennis Fan,
I hope you had a great weekend! Our team performed well over the weekend, and picked up two shutout wins to clinch our spot in the National Team Indoor Championship in a few weeks. For more details, please click on the Rice press release and the Georgia Tech press release. Next up for us is our first road trip of the season, as we will head to Charlottesville for a top 5 match up with UVA on Sunday at 11:30 am eastern. After UVA it will be another top 5 match up (#1 Texas vs #2 TCU), this time at home at the Weller Tennis Center at 5:30 pm on Friday, February 7. This will be a rematch of the 2024 NCAA Championship final! We are planning to take the first court out of play and set up additional bleachers. Although we will be doubling our normal seating capacity, I still encourage you to get there early if you'd like to watch the match. Our promotions team is planning some special things, and we are expecting to blow our indoor attendance record out of the water. Please mark your calendars now for Friday, February 7 at 5:30 pm at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center at the UT Golf Club in Steiner Ranch. If you are out of town or country you will be able to watch the live streams.
I will be back in touch towards the end of this week, as we get a little closer to match day vs Virginia. Until then, have a great week, and Hook'em!
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque
I hope you had a great weekend! Our team performed well over the weekend, and picked up two shutout wins to clinch our spot in the National Team Indoor Championship in a few weeks. For more details, please click on the Rice press release and the Georgia Tech press release. Next up for us is our first road trip of the season, as we will head to Charlottesville for a top 5 match up with UVA on Sunday at 11:30 am eastern. After UVA it will be another top 5 match up (#1 Texas vs #2 TCU), this time at home at the Weller Tennis Center at 5:30 pm on Friday, February 7. This will be a rematch of the 2024 NCAA Championship final! We are planning to take the first court out of play and set up additional bleachers. Although we will be doubling our normal seating capacity, I still encourage you to get there early if you'd like to watch the match. Our promotions team is planning some special things, and we are expecting to blow our indoor attendance record out of the water. Please mark your calendars now for Friday, February 7 at 5:30 pm at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center at the UT Golf Club in Steiner Ranch. If you are out of town or country you will be able to watch the live streams.
I will be back in touch towards the end of this week, as we get a little closer to match day vs Virginia. Until then, have a great week, and Hook'em!
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque
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Hi UT Tennis Fan,
In front of over 600 people at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center last night, we defeated TCU by the score of 4-1 in a rematch of last season's national championship After a dramatic comeback win in doubles, we got off to a quick start in singles and maintained our edge all the way through. At the time of the clinch we had an early lead in the 3rd set at #5 singles, and were up 5-0 in the first set at #6 singles. For a detailed recap of the big win over TCU, please click on this press release.
Next up for us is a trip up to Dallas for the National Team Indoor Championship, which begins on Friday. I will be back in touch with more details once the draw and schedule are released. Thanks for all of your suppor!. Enjoy your Superbowl Sunday! Hook'em!
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque
In front of over 600 people at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center last night, we defeated TCU by the score of 4-1 in a rematch of last season's national championship After a dramatic comeback win in doubles, we got off to a quick start in singles and maintained our edge all the way through. At the time of the clinch we had an early lead in the 3rd set at #5 singles, and were up 5-0 in the first set at #6 singles. For a detailed recap of the big win over TCU, please click on this press release.
Next up for us is a trip up to Dallas for the National Team Indoor Championship, which begins on Friday. I will be back in touch with more details once the draw and schedule are released. Thanks for all of your suppor!. Enjoy your Superbowl Sunday! Hook'em!
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque
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Hi UT Tennis Fan,
I hope you are staying warm! We just got back from The National Indoor Championships, and were looking forward to moving on to our outdoor season, but a cold snap has slammed Austin, and it looks like our 1 pm Saturday match vs Vanderbilt will be inside at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center. That match will be our first SEC Conference dual match, and we are hoping for another great crowd to help us start conference play on a positive note! The good news it that the weather is supposed to warm back up on Sunday, and it should be very nice for our 1 pm Monday match with Ole Miss (outdoors at the Texas Tennis Center). We realize that 1 pm on Monday is not an ideal time for many of our fans, but the SEC has assigned us this time, so we really do not have a say in the matter.
As you may know, we wrapped up a long weekend in Dallas with 4-1 wins over #14 Texas A&M (recap) and #5 Virginia (recap), before dropping a nail biter to #1 Wake Forest. For all the details of our semifinal match please click on this recap. Timo Legout, on the strength of his outstanding play at #1 singles, has been named SEC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week! The all tournament team should be released tomorrow, but I expect that Timo, Pierre-Yves Bailly, and Oliver Ojakaar (all undefeated in singles) will be recognized.
I'll be in touch again just before the Vanderbilt match with a final preview. Until then, have a great rest of your week, and Hook'em!
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque
I hope you are staying warm! We just got back from The National Indoor Championships, and were looking forward to moving on to our outdoor season, but a cold snap has slammed Austin, and it looks like our 1 pm Saturday match vs Vanderbilt will be inside at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center. That match will be our first SEC Conference dual match, and we are hoping for another great crowd to help us start conference play on a positive note! The good news it that the weather is supposed to warm back up on Sunday, and it should be very nice for our 1 pm Monday match with Ole Miss (outdoors at the Texas Tennis Center). We realize that 1 pm on Monday is not an ideal time for many of our fans, but the SEC has assigned us this time, so we really do not have a say in the matter.
As you may know, we wrapped up a long weekend in Dallas with 4-1 wins over #14 Texas A&M (recap) and #5 Virginia (recap), before dropping a nail biter to #1 Wake Forest. For all the details of our semifinal match please click on this recap. Timo Legout, on the strength of his outstanding play at #1 singles, has been named SEC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week! The all tournament team should be released tomorrow, but I expect that Timo, Pierre-Yves Bailly, and Oliver Ojakaar (all undefeated in singles) will be recognized.
I'll be in touch again just before the Vanderbilt match with a final preview. Until then, have a great rest of your week, and Hook'em!
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque
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Hi UT Tennis Fan,
I hope you had a great week! We play our first SEC Conference match tomorrow (Saturday) at 1 pm, against Vanderbilt at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center. Vanderbilt has a strong team, and we expect a very good match. Here is a full preview. We had over 600 fans last time we played at Weller (against TCU), and it was a big boost to our team. If you are in town, I hope you will plan on being there again! If you can't make it, you will be able to follow along via the live scoring and video streaming links on the preview.
After the Vanderbilt match, we are expecting the weather to warm up quickly. So it looks like a sure thing that we will be back outside at the Texas Tennis Center to take on Ole Miss on Monday at 1 pm. I realize that is a tough time, but we encourage you to come out to support if you can.
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque
I hope you had a great week! We play our first SEC Conference match tomorrow (Saturday) at 1 pm, against Vanderbilt at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center. Vanderbilt has a strong team, and we expect a very good match. Here is a full preview. We had over 600 fans last time we played at Weller (against TCU), and it was a big boost to our team. If you are in town, I hope you will plan on being there again! If you can't make it, you will be able to follow along via the live scoring and video streaming links on the preview.
After the Vanderbilt match, we are expecting the weather to warm up quickly. So it looks like a sure thing that we will be back outside at the Texas Tennis Center to take on Ole Miss on Monday at 1 pm. I realize that is a tough time, but we encourage you to come out to support if you can.
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque
Timo was a part of the program for some time now. I figured he would classify maybe as junior by the time he got to play as he was waiting for clearance. I don’t exactly know details or anything but I suspect the eligibility isn’t straightforward either so I doubt many have concrete details unless timo has stated he plans to be with program for one year
The women’s program needs to find an identity. They keep rotating the 4-6 often and 2 and 3 are very inexperienced. I feel like this is going to be rough year even though talent is there. Surprised ovrootsky doesn’t get more consistent playing time at 5 or 6
The women’s program needs to find an identity. They keep rotating the 4-6 often and 2 and 3 are very inexperienced. I feel like this is going to be rough year even though talent is there. Surprised ovrootsky doesn’t get more consistent playing time at 5 or 6
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