University of Tennessee Athletics
Saturday, February 13
Champaign, IL
10 AM
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Photo by: Caleb Jones/Tennessee Athletics
Hussey Activates Clutch Gene, Wiedenmann Grabs 100th Win as Vols Down No. 3 TCU, 4-3
February 13, 2021 | Men's Tennis
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Graduate student Luca Wiedenmann became the 10th-ever Vol to capture 100 singles victories and classmate Giles Hussey won a clutch match to clinch match point as the 10th-ranked Tennessee men's tennis team downed No. 3 TCU, 4-3, on Saturday at the Atkins Tennis Center.
The win was the Vols (9-1) first over a top-5 opponent this season and sixth over TCU (6-2) all-time in a series dating to 1983.
In doubles, Tennessee got the early jump on the Horned Frogs as the duo of freshman Johannus Monday and junior Martim Prata battled past the 24th-ranked tandem of Sander Jong and Tadeas Paroulek, 6-4, on court two.
TCU quickly knotted doubles up at a set apiece as Bertus Kruger and Jake Fearnley took down Hussey and senior Mark Wallner, 6-4, at No. 3.
On court one, the Australian team of senior Adam Walton and junior Pat Harper broke the serve of Luc Fomba and Alastair Gray with the match tied at 5-5, before holding serve to earn a 7-5 victory and give the Vols a 1-0 lead.
TCU almost immediately knotted the score at 1-1 as Prata fell to Jong, 6-1, 6-2 on court three.
At No. 6, Harper regained the Volunteer advantage. After battling through an opening-set tiebreak, the Brisbane, Australia native dominated the second frame to earn a 7-6(10), 6-3 victory for his third win of the spring.
Following Harper, Wiedenmann earned his historic 100th career singles win to double the UT advantage at the No. 5 position. Wiedenmann rolled past Juan Martin, 6-3, 6-2, capturing his 17th consecutive singles win this season.
Within minutes, TCU tied things back up at 3-3 with hard-fought wins on courts one and two.
With both sides on the brink of clinching, Hussey activated his clutch gene after sweeping the tiebreak in the opening set. Even at 3-3 in the second, Hussey held serve, won a massive service break and blistered four consecutive serves past No. 125 Tomas Jirousek, clinching the match at 4-3.
LUCA MAKES HISTORY
Luca Wiedenmann's straight-set victory marked the 100th singles win of his career and 17th of 2020-21. The Munich, Germany native has been dominant all season, with 16 of his 17 wins coming in straight-set fashion.
DOUBLES PROVES PIVOTAL
After dropping a hard-fought doubles point and falling for the first time this Spring on Friday, UT's bounce-back win on Saturday marked the 27th consecutive win for the Vols when claiming the doubles point.
UP NEXT
The Orange & White return to the Atkins Tennis Center for a Sunday afternoon encounter with either No. 1 USC or No. 5 Texas. First serve from the Atkins Tennis Center is slated for 1 p.m. ET.
RESULTS
Doubles
Singles
The win was the Vols (9-1) first over a top-5 opponent this season and sixth over TCU (6-2) all-time in a series dating to 1983.
In doubles, Tennessee got the early jump on the Horned Frogs as the duo of freshman Johannus Monday and junior Martim Prata battled past the 24th-ranked tandem of Sander Jong and Tadeas Paroulek, 6-4, on court two.
TCU quickly knotted doubles up at a set apiece as Bertus Kruger and Jake Fearnley took down Hussey and senior Mark Wallner, 6-4, at No. 3.
On court one, the Australian team of senior Adam Walton and junior Pat Harper broke the serve of Luc Fomba and Alastair Gray with the match tied at 5-5, before holding serve to earn a 7-5 victory and give the Vols a 1-0 lead.
TCU almost immediately knotted the score at 1-1 as Prata fell to Jong, 6-1, 6-2 on court three.
At No. 6, Harper regained the Volunteer advantage. After battling through an opening-set tiebreak, the Brisbane, Australia native dominated the second frame to earn a 7-6(10), 6-3 victory for his third win of the spring.
Following Harper, Wiedenmann earned his historic 100th career singles win to double the UT advantage at the No. 5 position. Wiedenmann rolled past Juan Martin, 6-3, 6-2, capturing his 17th consecutive singles win this season.
Within minutes, TCU tied things back up at 3-3 with hard-fought wins on courts one and two.
With both sides on the brink of clinching, Hussey activated his clutch gene after sweeping the tiebreak in the opening set. Even at 3-3 in the second, Hussey held serve, won a massive service break and blistered four consecutive serves past No. 125 Tomas Jirousek, clinching the match at 4-3.
LUCA MAKES HISTORY
Luca Wiedenmann's straight-set victory marked the 100th singles win of his career and 17th of 2020-21. The Munich, Germany native has been dominant all season, with 16 of his 17 wins coming in straight-set fashion.
DOUBLES PROVES PIVOTAL
After dropping a hard-fought doubles point and falling for the first time this Spring on Friday, UT's bounce-back win on Saturday marked the 27th consecutive win for the Vols when claiming the doubles point.
UP NEXT
The Orange & White return to the Atkins Tennis Center for a Sunday afternoon encounter with either No. 1 USC or No. 5 Texas. First serve from the Atkins Tennis Center is slated for 1 p.m. ET.
RESULTS
Doubles
- Harper/Walton (Tenn.) def. Fomba/Gray (TCU) 7-5
- Monday/Prata (Tenn.) def. #24 Jong/Paroulek (TCU) 6-4
- Kruger/Fearnley (TCU) def. Hussey/Wallner (Tenn.) 6-4
Singles
- #21 Alastair Gray (TCU) def. #24 Adam Walton (Tenn.) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
- #47 Luc Fomba (TCU) def. Johannus Monday (Tenn.) 6-4, 7-6(2)
- #113 Sander Jong (TCU) def. Martim Prata (Tenn.) 6-1, 6-2
- Giles Hussey (Tenn.) def. #125 Tomas Jirousek (TCU) 7-6(0), 6-3
- Luca Wiedenmann (Tenn.) def. Juan Martin (TCU) 6-3, 6-2
- #124 Pat Harper (Tenn.) def. Max Kurzban (TCU) 7-6(10), 6-3
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
123
614
Alastair Gray / 0 (21/-) [TCU]
166
#2 Singles Match
12
46
Luc Fomba / 0 (47/-) [TCU]
67
#3 Singles Match
12
12
Sander Jong / 0 (113/-) [TCU]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
76
Tomas Jirousek / 0 (125/-) [TCU]
63
#5 Singles Match
12
66
Juan Martin / 0 [TCU]
32
#6 Singles Match
12
76
Max Kurzban / 0 [TCU]
63
Order of Finish:
3,5,6,2,1,4
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