Men’s Tennis Central: #1 Tennessee vs. #4 Florida

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The No. 1 Tennessee men's tennis team returns to action Sunday at 1 p.m. ET, as it plays host to the fourth-ranked Gators of Florida in the second match of a three-match homestand. The match will take place indoors at the Goodfriend Tennis Center.

Live stats will be provided by UTsports.com and can be found here. Live streaming is available for free through Playsight and can be found here.

Admission is free and free tennis parking for spectators is located in SC40 at the Kingston Pike Building. A shuttle service will be provided from SC40 to Barksdale Stadium. Additional parking information can be found here. Free Tennessee Tennis T-shirts will be available for the first 100 fans in attendance Sunday.

LAST TIME OUT
Despite winning the doubles point for an 12^th time this season, Tennessee fell in a tightly-contested battle to seventh-ranked South Carolina Friday evening, 4-3.

SCOUTING FLORIDA
Tennessee's match with Florida Sunday is the 76^th meeting in the all-time series, dating to 1949. The Gators lead the series 45-30 and the teams have split the past four matchups. A win for the Vols (14-3, 2-1 SEC) would give them their eighth win over a ranked opponent this season and second-consecutive victory over Florida (10-2, 3-0 SEC). The Gators have opened SEC play with a 7-0 win over then-sixth-ranked South Carolina, a 4-3 over then-ninth-ranked Kentucky and most recently, a 4-0 sweep over No. 8 Georgia Friday in Athens.

VOLS IN THE RANKINGS
Singles
#4 – Johannus Monday
#18 – Adam Walton
#55 – Emile Hudd

Doubles
#16 – Emile Hudd/Shunsuke Mitsui
#45 – Pat Harper/Adam Walton
#77 – Johannus Monday/Mark Wallner

GATORS IN THE RANKINGS
Singles
#1 – Ben Shelton
#56 – Sam Riffice
#93 – Andres Andrade
#109 – Duarte Vale
#119 – Nate Bonetto

Doubles
#33 – Abedallah Shelbayh/Mattias Siimar
#54 – Andres Andrade/Mattias Siimar
#79 – Andres Andrade/Duarte Vale

200 WINS FOR WALTSY
Fifth-year Vol Adam Walton etched his name further into the record books Friday, as his 6-3 doubles win with Pat Harper marked his 92^nd career doubles victory the 200^th overall win of his Tennessee career, including all singles and doubles matches. Only eight players in program history had accumulated 200 overall wins in a career prior to Walton doing so Friday. He now owns 108 career singles victories and 92 doubles wins.

Tennessee's All-Time 200 Wins List

Byron Talbot (292)
John-Patrick Smith (298)
Shelby Cannon (268)
Peter Handoyo (242)
Mikelis Libietis (224)
Boris Conkic (223)
Hunter Reese (207)
Davey Sandgren (202)
Adam Walton (200)

Walton is just eight doubles victories from becoming the sixth player in Tennessee program history to accrue 100 career doubles and 100 career singles wins.

DUBS DUBS
Tennessee has won the doubles point in each of its first three SEC matches and has won it 12 times in 17 matches this dual season. The Vols are 11-1 when capturing the doubles point.

QUALITY AND QUANTITY
Seven of Tennessee's 14 wins this season have come over top-25 opponents, including three triumphs over top-10 foes. Those seven top-25 wins are the most in the SEC, with Florida owning six such victories this season.

UP NEXT
Tennessee closes its three-match homestand by playing host to eighth-ranked Georgia on Sunday, March 20. First serve is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET from Barksdale Stadium.

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Players Mentioned

Pat Harper

Emile Hudd

Shunsuke Mitsui

Johannus Monday

Mark Wallner

Adam Walton

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