University of Tennessee Athletics
Trio of Vols Earn Bids to NCAA Singles & Doubles Championships
May 03, 2023 | Men's Tennis
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Three members of the Tennessee men's tennis team have earned bids to the 2023 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships.
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Junior Johannus Monday and graduate student Emile Hudd secured their spots in the singles bracket, with Monday and graduate student Pat Harper slated to compete in the doubles draw.
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The Singles and Doubles Championships will run May 22-27 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs May 18-20.
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The Championships will consist of 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams and will be hosted by the University of Central Florida and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission.
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Monday, the SEC Player of the Year, was named one of 12 automatic qualifiers for the event, earned the No. 5 overall seed in the singles draw. Monday logged an impressive 17-3 record in singles play this spring and was ranked as high as No. 2 in the ITA's national singles rankings.
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Fellow first-team All-SEC selection, Emile Hudd, garnered an at-large bid for the singles tournament. Hudd logged an 17-8 dual singles record this year and was 11-3 at the No. 2 singles lineup position.
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On the doubles courts, Monday and Harper have logged a 15-3 record as a pairing this year, and rose to a season-best ITA national doubles ranking of No. 2 during the dual season. The UT duo holds the designation of one of four pairings in the "seeds 5-8" section of the draw.
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All matches will be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
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The Knoxville Regional of the NCAA Tournament is set to begin this weekend, with Tennessee taking on Belmont Saturday, May 6 at 1 p.m. ET. With a win Saturday, Tennessee would advance to the second round of the tournament, facing the winner of Saturday's Wake Forest vs. Memphis match Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. Tickets for the Regional can be found here.
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Junior Johannus Monday and graduate student Emile Hudd secured their spots in the singles bracket, with Monday and graduate student Pat Harper slated to compete in the doubles draw.
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The Singles and Doubles Championships will run May 22-27 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs May 18-20.
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The Championships will consist of 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams and will be hosted by the University of Central Florida and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission.
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Monday, the SEC Player of the Year, was named one of 12 automatic qualifiers for the event, earned the No. 5 overall seed in the singles draw. Monday logged an impressive 17-3 record in singles play this spring and was ranked as high as No. 2 in the ITA's national singles rankings.
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Fellow first-team All-SEC selection, Emile Hudd, garnered an at-large bid for the singles tournament. Hudd logged an 17-8 dual singles record this year and was 11-3 at the No. 2 singles lineup position.
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On the doubles courts, Monday and Harper have logged a 15-3 record as a pairing this year, and rose to a season-best ITA national doubles ranking of No. 2 during the dual season. The UT duo holds the designation of one of four pairings in the "seeds 5-8" section of the draw.
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All matches will be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
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The Knoxville Regional of the NCAA Tournament is set to begin this weekend, with Tennessee taking on Belmont Saturday, May 6 at 1 p.m. ET. With a win Saturday, Tennessee would advance to the second round of the tournament, facing the winner of Saturday's Wake Forest vs. Memphis match Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. Tickets for the Regional can be found here.
Players Mentioned
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Friday, June 21
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Tuesday, May 14
Everything Orange | Johannus Monday (Men's Tennis)
Thursday, May 02
