University of Oklahoma Athletics

Saturday, January 23
Fort Worth, Texas
10 a.m.

University of Oklahoma

vs

Wake Forest

UIW@OklahomaJanuary 13, 2021
Photo by: Ty Russell

OU to Play in 10th Straight ITA Kickoff

January 22, 2021 | Men's Tennis

NORMAN – The Oklahoma men's tennis team heads to Fort Worth for ITA Kickoff Weekend beginning Saturday. 2021 will mark OU's 10th straight appearance in the event.

The Sooners (1-1) will face No. 12 Wake Forest Saturday at 10 a.m. CT in the first round while host and No. 6 TCU and Denver square off on the other side of the bracket.

The winners of Saturday's matches will face off Sunday in the championship match at 2 p.m., with that winner punching its ticket to the ITA National Indoor Championships set for Feb. 12-14 in Chicago. The losers of Saturday's matches will play a consolation contest Sunday at 10 a.m.
 

The Field

No. 9 TCU

2021 record: 1-0
2020 record: 12-4
Ranked players:
No. 21 Alastair Gray
No. 47 Luc Fomba
No. 113 Sander Jong
No. 125 Jacob Fearnley
No. 15 Alastair Gray/Jacob Fearnley
No. 24 Sander Jong/Tadeas Paroulek
No. 53 Bertus Kruger/Luc Fomba
Last meeting: 4-3 TCU (April 12, 2019 in Norman)
 

No. 12 Wake Forest

2021 record: first match
2020 record: 12-3
Ranked players:
No. 31 Bar Botzer
No. 92 Rrezart Cungu
No. 107 Taha Baadi
No. 121 Luciano Tacchi
No. 18 Henri Squire/Eduardo Nava
Last meeting: Wake Forest def. OU 4-3 (May 10, 2019 - NCAA Round of 16 in Winston-Salem, N.C.)
 

Denver

2020 record: 12-1
2021 record: First match
Ranked players: No. 42 James Davis/Matt Summers
Last meeting: 6-1 OU (Jan. 29, 2011 in Champagne, Ill.)
 
Match Info
Live stats will be available for all matches at ITA Kickoff Weekend. More scores and info can be found at the tournament hub.
MTEN Highlights: OU 4, UCF 0
Saturday, March 30
MTEN Highlights: OU 4, TCU 3
Thursday, March 28
MTEN Highlights: OU 4, BYU 2
Saturday, March 23
MTEN Highlights: OU 7, Texas Tech 0
Thursday, March 21