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