Men's Tennis Central: #3 Tennessee vs. #38 Memphis

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Following a dominant display in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, the No. 3 Tennessee men's tennis team takes on No. 38 Memphis in the tournament's second round on Sunday afternoon. First serve from Barksdale Stadium is slated for 1 p.m. ET.

Live stats for Sunday's match will be provided through Sidearm which can be found here, and live streaming will be available through Playsight which can be found here.

TICKETING
This weekend's regional has a limited number of tickets available for pre-sale. Fans can purchase tickets at AllVols.com leading up to Saturday's first serve. Fans can also purchase a limited number of tickets that will be sold on-site. All on-site tickets will be cash only transactions.

Face coverings will be required for all fans and must remain on the entire time fans are on site, other than when actively eating or drinking—including all matches played outdoors.

In the event rain pushes play indoors, spectators will be limited to the friends and family on each programs' player and coach pass list.

LAST TIME OUT
In Saturday's first round contest with Alabama A&M, the Vols rolled past the Bulldogs with two easy victories in doubles and a trio of straight-set wins in singles action.

Junior Martim Prata and graduate student Luca Wiedenmann clinched match point nearly simultaneously, thus giving the Vols a comprehensive, 5-0, thumping of A&M.

SCOUTING MEMPHIS
Memphis arrives at Sunday's matchup off a 4-2 victory over No. 30 Georgia Tech in the tournament's opening round on Saturday morning.

Sunday will be the 11th all-time meeting between the Vols and Tigers in a series dating to 1964. The last time the teams met, the Tigers earned their only win in the series, nipping UT, 4-3, in Knoxville.

In the rankings the Tigers feature No. 58 James Story and No. 102 David Stevenson in singles and the duo of No. 18 Stevenson and Oscar Cutting in doubles.

Sunday's contest will also be UT's and the Tigers first-ever meeting in the NCAA Tournament.

A WIN WOULD
A win would send the Vols to the NCAA Super Regional stage for the second consecutive tournament, dating to the implementation of the round in 2019, and would be the Orange & White's 30th victory at the Regional stage of the tournament.

A win would also send UT to the final 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the 20th time in program history, dating to 1979.

VOLS IN THE NCAA SINGLES AND DOUBLES TOURNAMENT
The NCAA announced the fields for its individual singles and doubles tournaments on Tuesday afternoon.

The singles field features a trio of Vols, while the doubles tournament includes the Vols top doubles tandem.

In singles, the Vols will be led by the tournament's No. 8 seed, Johannus Monday. Also seeded, is senior Adam Walton and joining the pair was tournament at-large Martim Prata.

In doubles, the Australian tandem of Walton and junior Pat Harper will be the bracket's third overall seed.

Both competitions will begin on Sunday, May 23 following the conclusion of the NCAA team Championship on May 22.

UP NEXT
A victory on Sunday advances Tennessee to the Super Regional round against No. 18 Arizona on Monday, May 17. In a normal year this match would be played in Knoxville, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Super Regionals and on will be played at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida.

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Players Mentioned

Pat Harper

Johannus Monday

Martim Prata

Adam Walton

Luca Wiedenmann

University of Tennessee Athletics