Success Plentiful for Vols in Summer Action

The Tennessee men's tennis team saw tremendous success in professional competition across the country and globe this summer, with seven Vols accounting for a total of 230 ATP points and seven tournament titles.

VFL Adam Walton—after completing his fifth season on Rocky Top this spring—won the first two pro singles titles of his career, each at the ITF $15K level, in Waco, Texas, and Cancún over an eight-day span in July. Walton logged 46 ATP singles points and 12 ATP points on the doubles courts, rising to an ATP singles ranking of 619 and No. 1,131 in doubles play.

Along with reaching yet another singles final in an ITF $15K event in Cancún in August, Walton also reached a doubles semifinal with current Vol Blaise Bicknell in Cancún at the ITF $15K level.

Tennessee junior Johannus Monday had a stellar summer, collecting a trio of pro titles. His two singles titles came at the ITF M15 South Bend and ITF M25 Decatur, while he took home the doubles crown with Stefan Dostanic at the ITF M25 Champaign.

In all, Monday earned 44 ATP singles points and stands at No. 567 in the latest ATP singles rankings. In doubles, Monday tallied 25 doubles points and reached an M25 semifinal in Waco, Texas. He is ranked as ATP 952 in doubles.

Shunsuke Mitsui, entering his second year on Rocky Top, recorded 29 ATP doubles points and 21 ATP singles points. Mitsui brought home the doubles title at the ITF M25 East Lansing early this summer, the first pro title of his career. In singles play, he holds the ATP ranking of No. 878 after logging a runner-up finish at the ITF M15 Memphis this week and two other singles semifinal appearances this summer at the ITF M15 East Lansing and the ITF M15 Waco. Mitsui's current ATP doubles ranking is No. 918.

Blaise Bicknell, a senior for Tennessee, logged 10 ATP singles points and four ATP doubles points, while reaching a pair of M15 singles quarterfinal rounds in Cancún as well as a singles M15 semifinal in Santo Domingo. Paired up with Walton in Cancún, the duo reached an M15 doubles semifinal together. Bicknell holds ATP rankings of 869 in singles and is No. 1,242 in doubles.

Graduate student Martim Prata garnered a doubles title alongside Duarte Vale at the ITF M25 Idanha-a-Nova in Portugal in late July, picking up 25 total doubles ATP points this summer and finds himself ranked at No. 976 on the ATP doubles list. He picked up an ATP singles point and is ranked 1,653 on the ATP singles chart.

Fellow graduate student Pat Harper logged four ATP doubles points this summer and reached a doubles semifinal in Caloundra, Australia at the ITF M15 level. Harper comes in at No. 1,722 in the ATP doubles rankings.

Tennessee senior Angel Diaz enters his second season with the Vols having posted eight ATP doubles points and a singles point this summer. Diaz is ranked No. 1,084 in the ATP doubles rankings.

Total Summer Titles
Singles
Monday: $15K South Bend
Walton: $15K Waco
Walton: $15K Cancún
Monday: $25K Decatur

Doubles
Mitsui: $25K East Lansing
Prata: $25K Idanha-a-Nova
Monday: $25K Champaign

Total ATP Points Earned
Singles: 123 ATP points
Doubles: 107 ATP points
Total: 230 ATP points

University of Tennessee Athletics

Players Mentioned

Blaise Bicknell

Angel Diaz

Pat Harper

Shunsuke Mitsui

Johannus Monday

Martim Prata

Adam Walton

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