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SEC TITLESALL-AMERICANSNCAA QUARTERFINALSNCAA SEMIFINALSNCAA FINALS

PREVIEW2 Season Preview5 Roster & Schedule6 Fall Review

COACHES8 Look at the First Five Years10 Head Coach Sam Winterbotham12 Associate Head Coach Chris Woodru�13 Additional Tennis Sta�14 Administration & Sta�

THE VOLS16 Jarryd Chaplin 18 Brandon Fickey20 Edward Jones22 Mikelis Libietis24 Peter Nagovnak26 Colton Norton28 Taylor Patrick30 Hunter Reese32 Bryan Swartz34 Trym Nagelstad35 Historical Academic Honors

2011 REVIEW36 Year in Review38 2011 Notebook39 All-Americans40 Statistics

HISTORY46 Tennessee Records Book48 Year-by-Year Results53 Records vs. Opponents54 SEC History57 NCAA Individual Results58 NCAA Team Results60 ITA All-Americans62 Lettermen64 Vols on Tour

BOOK CREDITSEditor & Page Design: Amanda Pruitt. Feature Writers: Matt Magill, John Painter, Josh Pate, Will Redmond, Drew RutherfordPhotography: Patrick Murphy-Racey, Ruth Tedrick, Wade Rackley, Elizabeth Olivier; Inter-national Sports Images; Bill Kallenberg.

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2 TENNESSEE MEN’S TENNIS /// 2012

NOW STARTING YEAR 6You can call it a new era, but that’s not entirely

accurate.Graduated are three seniors who were main-

stays of the lineup for four seasons: John-Patrick Smith, Boris Conkic and Matteo Fago. Turned professional are Rhyne Williams and Tennys Sandgren.

However, one important factor remains the same. �e coaches who led the Vols to back-to-back conference titles and the No. 1 team ranking a year ago are back.

Head coach Sam Winterbotham and associate head coach Chris Woodru� have led the Vols to 101 dual

match wins over the last four years, the most wins in that time frame in program history. Tennessee is coming o� a 24-5 sea-son, including a 10-1 record in the Southeastern Conference.

TITLE DEFENSE 2�e 2012 is unique for the Vols’ in this regard: it is the �rst

time they have the opportunity for three consecutive confer-ence titles.

Tennessee made history in 2011 by winning back-to-back SEC regular-season trophies. �e Vols amassed a 21-1

conference record the last two seasons.

RETURN OF JONESAs a sophomore in 2011, Edward Jones was the only Vol settling

into his �rst season in the singles lineup. One year later, Jones is now the lone returning starter from that SEC title-winning team.

Without a doubt, Jones is the Vol bringing the most dual match experi-ence to the table, having played a full season of singles in the lineup, plus two years of doubles. He’s played in high-pressure matches before; he clinched the doubles point for the Vols in the 2010 NCAA Championships.

Jones passed one major career milestone during the fall season, re-cording his 50th doubles win. He will start the spring season just three wins away from doing the same in singles.

NEW ROLESSophomore Jarryd Chaplin served primarily as the Vols’ primary

substitute last year in both singles and doubles when he joined the team at midseason. He played in his share of key matches, having started in the lineup most rounds of the ITA National Team Indoor Champion-ships to help the Vols return to the title match. He also spent a week in both lineups in the SEC season.

Chaplin �gures to take on a more permanent role in both lineups this season. With �ve starters gone, the serve-and-volley Aussie has already logged the second-most dual matches on the team, second only to Jones.

Another Vol who saw some court time last season was junior Taylor Patrick. �e Knoxville native played singles on court 6 several times, including during SEC play and the National Indoors.

NEXT.Five freshmen. A junior starter. One senior with his best fall. No doubt about it: the Vols enter the 2012 season with a brand-new cast...


stays of the lineup for four seasons: Smith, Boris Conkicprofessional are Sandgren

same. �e coaches who led the Vols to back-to-back conference titles and the No. 1 team ranking a year ago are back.

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match wins over the last four years, the most wins in that time frame in program history. Tennessee is coming o� a 24-5 season, including a 10-1 record in the Southeastern Conference.

TITLE TITLE DDEFENSE 2EFENSE 2�e 2012 is unique for the Vols’ in this regard: it is the �rst

time they have the opportunity for three consecutive conference titles.

Tennessee made history in 2011 by winning back-to-back SEC regular-season trophies. �e Vols amassed a 21-1

conference record the last two seasons.

Five freshmen. A junior starter. One senior with his best fall. No doubt about it: the Vols enter the 2012 season with a brand-new cast...

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SEASON OUTLOOK

ENTER THE FRESHMENIn some regards, the 2012 team shares some similarities with

the 2008 squad. �at team featured four freshmen in the lineup, including Smith, Conkic and Fago.

Freshman promise to play an important role this season. Af-ter all, �ve of the 10 players on the Tennessee roster are �rst years. �ree of them have already cracked the national rankings: Peter Nagovnak (singles No. 117), Hunter Reese (singles No. 119) and Mikelis Libietis (No. 33 in doubles with Reese).

Reese, the Vols’ only player opening 2012 ranked in both singles and doubles, joined Tennessee last spring to redshirt. �e native of Kennesaw, Ga., �nished the fall season 5-2 in singles and 8-2 in doubles.

Libietis played in only three tournaments in the fall because of injury, but he made the most of his time on court, going 8-1 in singles and 9-2 in doubles. He and Reese teamed up to win the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships at home at the Goodfriend Tennis Center to earn a spot in the USTA/ITA Na-tional Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in Flushing, N.Y.

Nagovnak got seven wins over the fall, enough to vault him into the January rannkings at No. 117. Now in his sixth season, Winterbotham has had 13 players appear in the ITA singles top 125.

�e Vols once again feature the top recruit from Tennessee: Brandon Fickey. �e Knoxville native wrapped up his �rst fall

with an 8-5 singles and 6-3 doubles record. He reached the �-nals of the Tennessee Fall Invitational and won the third-�ight doubles title with Bryan Swartz. Fickey and Jones were also quarter�nalists in the ITA Regional together.

JANUARY ADDITIONLike the last two years, Winterbotham again picked up a

freshman to start the spring season, this time from Norway.Trym Nagelstad joined the team in January as the �fth

freshman on the roster. �ough slowed down by injury the last two years, the native of Oslo spent time ranked No. 1 in Nor-way in both the 16- and 18-year-old divisions and won multiple national titles.

THE LONE SENIORBryan Swartz, the only senior on the squad, has put his best

foot forward to begin his �nal season. He won his �rst collegiate singles and doubles titles at the Tennessee Fall Invitational to kick o� September, and by the time November rolled around, he had compiled a team-leading 10-3 record.

With the 10 wins during the fall, Swartz matched his ca-reer best for an entire season when he went 10-7 as a junior. He enters his �nal spring as one of four Vols with dual match experience, having played on court 3 regularly in doubles as a freshman.

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NO. 117: PETER NAGOVNAKNagovnak collected a 7-4 record during his �rst fall season. The native of Kraubath, Austria, reached the semi�nals of the Ten-nessee Fall Invitational. He also scored a win o� Alabama lineup regular Vikram Reddy.

NO. 119: HUNTER REESEReese’s schedule was limited by injury, but the redshirt freshman went 5-2 in two tournaments. He defeated No. 102 Charlie Jones of Vanderbilt in the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

NEW GOODFRIEND /// YEAR 2

After only playing 10 regular-sea-son matches in Knoxville last season, the Vols will take full advantage of their home courts in 2012 with 13 events.

Goodfriend Tennis Center (left), the Vols’ indoor home, was expanded from four to six courts prior to the 2011 season as part of a $3.5 million renovation.

With strong crowds both indoors and outside at Barksdale Stadium, Tennessee ranked ninth nationally in attendance. The Vols have won 35 consecutive home matches.

Future renovations include: • New locker & team rooms in addition to a new strength & conditioning area• Grandstand seating expansion at Barksdale Stadium• Additional outdoor courts.

NO. 125: MIKELIS LIBIETISLibietis played in just two singles tournaments during the year, but he still managed to compile an 8-1 record and won the top �ight of the Tennessee Fall Invitational. He started his career ranked eighth in the ITA Freshman/Newcomer top 10.

TENNESSEE MEN’S TENNIS /// 2012

2012 TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS:

LEFT TO RIGHT: Taylor Patrick (Junior / Knoxville, Tenn.) /// Colton Norton (Sophomore / Jackson, Tenn.) /// Trym Nagelstad (Freshman / Oslo, Norway) /// Peter Nagovnak (Freshman /// Kraubath, Austria) /// Bryan Swartz (Senior / Sarasota, Fla.) /// Mikelis Libietis (Freshman / Priekuli, Latvia) /// Edward Jones (Junior / Carmarthen, Wales) /// Jarryd Chaplin (Sophomore / Sydney, Australia) /// Brandon Fickey (Freshman / Knoxville, Tenn.) /// Hunter Reese (Redshirt Freshman / Kennesaw, Ga.)

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ROSTER & SCHEDULE

2012 ROSTERName Height Weight Class Hometown Last SchoolJarryd Chaplin 6-0 182 SO Sydney, Australia Karabar High SchoolBrandon Fickey 5-11 173 FR Knoxville, Tenn. Webb School of KnoxvilleEdward Jones 6-2 156 JR Carmarthen, Wales Mill�eld CollegeMikelis Libietis 6-2 199 FR Priekuli, Latvia Murijanu Sprota GimnazijaTrym Nagelstad 6-2 176 FR Oslo, Norway Norges Toppidrets GymnasPeter Nagovnak 6-2 166 FR Kraubath, Austria Borg Monsberger GrazColton Norton 5-11 174 SO Jackson, Tenn. University School of JacksonTaylor Patrick 5-8 149 SO Knoxville, Tenn. Bearden High SchoolHunter Reese 5-11 172 RS FR Kennesaw, Ga. North Cobb High SchoolBryan Swartz 6-3 182 SR Sarasota, Fla. Miami Online

Head Coach: Sam Winterbotham (6th season)Associate Head Coach: Chris Woodru� (10th season)Volunteer Assistant Coach: Christopher WilliamsStudent Assistant: Kaden HenselStrength & Conditioning Coach: Herman Demmink

y SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENTSJarryd Chaplin

C.C. “Doe” Silberman Memorial ScholarshipW.W. & Robert Kennerly Athletic Endowment

Brandon FickeyLeslie & Rita Doss Athletic Scholarship

Mikelis LibietisMarkham Athletic Scholarship Endowment

Edward JonesGNB Financial Services Scholarship Endowment

Peter NagovnakMcLaughlin Athletic Scholarship Endowment

Hunter ReeseJames M. Boring Athletic Scholarship

2012 QUICK FACTS

y GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Knoxville, Tenn.Founded: 1794Enrollment: 27,107Nickname: Volunteers or VolsColors: Orange and WhiteConference: Southeastern Conference (Eastern Division)UT Knoxville Chancellor: Dr. Jimmy CheekVice Chancellor/Director of Athletics: Dave Hart

y TENNIS STAFFHead Coach: Sam WinterbothamAlma Mater: Oklahoma Christian, 1999Record at UT: 118-26 (.819); 6th yearTotal SEC Record: 45-10 (.818)Associate Head Coach: Chris Woodru�, 10th yearAlma Mater: Tennessee, 2005Volunteer Assistant: Christopher Williams, 2nd yearStrength & Conditioning Coach: Herman DemminkStudent Assistant: Kaden Hensel

y ON-CAMPUS FACILITYIndoor Tennis Facility: Goodfriend Tennis CenterCourts/Seating Capacity: 6 courts, 500Outdoor Tennis Facility: Barksdale Stadium Courts/Seating Capacity: 6 courts, 2,000

y 2012 ROSTER FACTSLettermen Returning/Lost: 5/5Lettermen Returning: Jarryd Chaplin, Edward Jones, Colton Norton, Taylor Patrick Bryan SwartzLettermen Lost: Boris Conkic, Matteo Fago, Tennys Sandgren, John-Patrick Smith, Rhyne WilliamsNewcomers: 5Freshmen: Brandon Fickey, Mikelis Libietis, Trym Na-gelstad, Peter Nagovnak, Hunter Reese (Redshirt)

y 2011 RESULTSOverall Record: 24-5 SEC Record: 10-1Title: SEC Regular Season Title (9th regular-season title & 12th overall conference championship)NCAA Tournament: Quarter�nalists (reached �nal eight for 8th time in program history)ITA National Indoors: FinalistsFinal ITA National Ranking: No. 4

y STAY CONNECTEDWebsite: utsports.com/tennisFacebook: facebook.com/volstennisTwitter: @Vol_TennisMedia Relations Contact: Amanda PruittEmail: [email protected] /// Phone: 865-974-6315

SCHEDULE BOX /// 2012 SEASON

JANUARYNote: All times EasternDate Event/Opponent Location Time20 Memphis Knoxville 1 p.m. Eastern Kentucky Knoxville 6 p.m.22 Georgia Tech Knoxville 1 p.m. ITA Kick-O� Weekend29 Michigan State Knoxville 10 a.m.30 Oklahoma/Mississippi Knoxville TBA

FEBRUARY5 Illinois Knoxville 1 p.m.11 Duke Knoxville 1 p.m.17-20 ITA National Team Indoor Championships Charlottesville, Va.24-26 Blue Gray National Tennis Classic Montgomery, Ala.

MARCH2 @ Florida* Gainesville, Fla. 5 p.m.4 @ South Carolina* Columbia, S.C. 1 p.m.9 Mississippi* Knoxville 1 p.m.11 Mississippi State* Knoxville 1 p.m.20 Baylor Knoxville 3 p.m.23 LSU* Knoxville 2 p.m.25 @ Arkansas* Fayetteville, Ark. 2 p.m.30 Vanderbilt* Knoxville 3 p.m.

APRIL1 Kentucky* Knoxville 1 p.m.6 @ Auburn* Auburn, Ala. TBA8 @ Alabama* Tuscaloosa, Ala. 2 p.m.14 Georgia* Knoxville 1 p.m.19-22 SEC Tennis Championships Starkville, Miss.

MAY11-13 NCAA Championships: 1st & 2nd Rounds TBA18-22 NCAA Championships: Final Team Site Athens, Ga.23-28 NCAA Championships: Singles & Doubles Athens, Ga.

* Southeastern Conference match; ^ Individual competitionNOTE: Most home matches will feature live video streaming at utsports.com/allaccess


Regional Title by Freshman Duo Highlights Fall

On the home courts in October, freshmen Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese ousted the top two seeded pairs on back-to-back days to capture the doubles title USTA/ITA Ohio Val-ley Regional Championships.

�e freshman duo jumped ahead early and never looked back in an 8-3 victory over Eric Quigley and Alex Musialek of Kentucky in the title match at Goodfriend Tennis Center.

With the win, Libietis and Reese quali�ed for the the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., where they lost in the �rst round.

THE UPSETA day after defeating the second-seeded In-

diana team, Libietis and Reese faced a challeng-ing task in playing Kentucky’s top pairing of Quigley and Musialek.

�e momentum tilted in Tennessee’s favor from the start. Libietis won four straight points

on his serve alone to open the championship match, and Tennessee was o� to the races.

�e Vols broke Quigley’s serve in the very next game and broke Musialek’s serve two games later, and it did not take long for Ten-nessee to build a 5-0 advantage.

�e big lead could not be taken lightly for the Vols though. Quigley and Musialek had rallied from down 5-0 to defeated third seeded Isade Juneau and Jeremy Langer 8-6 in the semi�nals.

“�ey had a great comeback against a great team, but if we kept up our level of play, we were still in the driver’s seat,” Reese said. “�ey were going to keep �ghting, I knew that, but I felt we were still on top of them.”

Kentucky’s pair broke Reese’s serve and eventually tightened the score to 5-3, but the Vols won the last three games to seal the re-gional title.

Libietis �nished the fall 9-2, and Reese was 8-2.

THE LONG ROADMonday’s �nal ended one of the largest

doubles tournaments in college tennis. On �ursday, the �eld started with 61 teams. Five days and six matches later, Libietis and Reese were the last players standing.

“It was a long road,” Reese said. “Six matches; that’s a big tournament. It’s really good to �nish on top. I think we got better every match.”

On the �nal two days of the tournament, the Vols duo faced their most challenging tasks: defeating the two top-seeded teams. �ey beat No. 25 Stephen Vogl and Josh MacTaggart of Indiana 8-5 afternoon and followed that per-formance up with a win against No. 19 Quig-ley and Musialek on Monday.

Part of Libietis and Reese’s steady improve-ment during the �nal two days of the tour-nament came in their preparation. �ey ran intense doubles drills with coaches Sam Win-terbotham and Chris Woodru� for 40 minutes before their semi�nal and �nal matches.

FALL REVIEW

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TROPHY CASEWhile freshman Mikelis Libietis only played in three events during the fall, he collected three individual titles, one in singles and two in dou-bles. His �rst two trophies came in his �rst colle-giate tournament: the Tennessee Fall Invitational on his home courts.

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Tennessee Fall Invitational (Flight 1)Bryan Swartz

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USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional ChampionshipsMikelis Libietis/Jarryd Chaplin

Tennessee Fall Invitational (Flight 1)Brandon Fickey/Bryan Swartz

Tennessee Fall Invitational (Flight 3)

WIN TOTALSSenior Bryan Swartz (above) recorded a team-leading 10-3 record during the fall season while freshmen Mikelis Libietis and Brandon Fickey were tied for second with eight wins each.

y FALL SINGLES RECORDSBryan Swartz: 10-2Mikelis Libietis: 8-1Brandon Fickey: 8-5Peter Nagovnak: 7-4Edward Jones: 6-5

Jarryd Chaplin: 6-6Hunter Reese: 5-2Taylor Patrick: 2-5Colton Norton: 2-5

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5YEARSM aybe if one player reached the national No. 1 rank-

ing, you might say it was luck. Or that it was a glitch in the computer system. Or that the player was on an extraordinary -- maybe improbable -- winning streak.

A player at No. 1? �at can be explained away a dozen times.

But what happens when two players from one team reach the top of singles poll in the same year? Or that the same school has doubles teams earn the end-year No. 1 ranking in two of three seasons? How about when teammates face each other in the semi�-

nals of the NCAA Singles Championships?�en, you have to suspect there’s a trend.At Tennessee, that trend has become a reality as the

Vols have reentered the national tennis picture in practi-cally every competition. A major force behind the rise of the program is head coach Sam Winterbotham and associate head coach Chris Woodru�, who just �nished their �fth season coaching together at UT.

When Winterbotham and Woodru� teamed up in the fall of 2006, the Vols had just endured an uncharac-teristic 9-11 season and were ranked 50th nationally. In

a matter of months, Tennessee quickly reversed the slide down the rankings, rising to 25th by the end of 2007.

Since then, the Vols have had four consecutive years of top 10 �nishes as a team in the national rank-ings, a pair of SEC regular-season titles and an ap-pearance in the �nals of the NCAA Championships. All told, not bad in �ve years’ work.

For a closer look at the new state of Tennessee ten-nis, here is a by-the-numbers tour behind Winterbo-tham, Woodru� and the Vols’ return among the elite programs:

Five Seasons. Three SEC Titles.Four Top-10 Finishes.A Look at How Winterbotham, Woodruff & the Vols Got There.

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THE FIRST FIVE YEARS

4BY THE NUMBERS: A Look at Tennessee’s Success Since Winterbotham’s Arrival

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Tennessee has won at least 20 dual matches each of the last four seasons: 23 in 2008, 23 in 2009, 31 in 2010 and 24 in 2011.

That’s 101 dual-match vic-tories the last four seasons, which is the most in a four-year period in program history. Tennessee collected 98 victories from 1984-87.

PART ONE:Thanks in no small part to a great recruiting class in 2007-08 that brought in John-Patrick Smith, Boris Conkic and Matteo Fago, the Vols moved into the top 10

and have been mainstays there ever since.The past two years, the Vols have been among

the major national contenders as a team. They have spent every polling period in 2010 and 2011 ranked within the top �ve.

What does that have to do with No. 1? Well, in March, the Vols reached the very top of the national college rankingsfor the �rst time since 1990.

PART TWO:The Vols have enjoyed a considerable amount of in-dividual achievements dur-ing Winterbotham’s tenure at UT, and the ITA national singles and doubles rank-ings prove it.

In �ve years, 11 Vols have been ranked in singles, with four of them cracking the top 20.

When it comes to the very top of the rankings, the Vols have been there too. Both John-Patrick Smith (pic-tured above) and Rhyne Williams have held the No. 1 singles ranking over the last two years.

Smith has also practically become an institution at the No. 1 doubles ranking -- or at least close to it -- the last three seasons. He and Davey Sandgren were the end-year top-ranked doubles pair in 2009 and parts of 2010, thanks to reaching the �nals of the NCAA doubles championships both years.

Smith regained the No. 1 ranking again this spring with Boris Conkic, and the two of them were named ITA Doubles Team of the Year after sustain-ing that top ranking from March 1 through the end of May.

In Winterbotham’s �rst �ve years at Tennessee, the Vols have nev-er failed to make the 64-team NCAA Championship �eld. In four of �ve years, the Vols hosted the �rst two rounds of the tour-

nament and advanced to the round of 16 at the �nal tournament site.

In 2010, the Vols marched to the �nals for the third time in program history. A year later, they reached the quarter�nals.

Just looking at the list of recent All-Americans in another testa-ment to how well the Vols have performed on the national scale recently. Since 1967, the Vols have had 53 All-America

selections, and 12 of those (22.6 percent) have come in the last �ve years.

The Vols had a program-record four Vols earn All-America honors in 2011: Conkic, Smith, Wil-liams and Tennys Sandgren.

Smith became Tennessee’s �rst four-time All-American in addition to becoming just the second player in college tennis history to earn All-America honors in both singles and doubles all four years of his career.

In �ve years, Tennessee has boasted 14 selections to the an-nual 64-player �eld of the NCAA Singles Championships. That’s averaging nearly three a season.

The Vols haven’t just been in the tournament, however. They have been playing for titles.

As an unseeded fresh-man who has been playing No. 2 in the lineup a majority of the year, Smith made an improbable run to the NCAA singles title match in 2008. Three years later, Williams reached the championship, but only did so by beat-ing teammate and doubles partner Tennys Sandgren (pictured right) in the semi�nals.

For the most part, the Vols have been excep-tional in the other national individual events as well. Smith became the third player to ever win the singles and doubles titles in the same year at the ITA

All-American Championships in 2009, taking the doubles title with Conkic. Williams became the �rst Vol since Paul Annacone in 1984 to capture the sin-gles trophy at the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships.

The Vols are 45-10 in Winterbo-tham’s �rst �ve years and have �nished �rst or second in the SEC Eastern Division each of those seasons.

More eye-popping than that, perhaps, is that the Vols are a combined 21-1 in con-ference play the last two years on their way to con-secutive regular-season titles.

In 2011, the Vols made history by clinching back-to-back SEC regular-season titles for the �rst time. In the regular-season �-nale at Georgia, Smith wrapped a straight-set victory over Wil

Spencer on court 1 to secure the Vols’ 4-3 victory and a share of the conference crown with the Bull-dogs.

Winterbotham is now just one of two Tennes-see coaches to have ever won two SEC tennis titles. Mike DePalmer Sr. led the Vols to championships in 1986 and 1990.

In 2011, Winterbotham became the fourth Tennessee head coach to reach the 100-win mile-stone, joining DePalmer (1981-94; 299 wins), Michael Fancutt (1998-2004; 123 wins) and Louis

Royal (1968-76; 120 wins).As head coach of the Vols, Winterbotham is

118-26, good for an .819 winning percentage.

Indoors or outside, the Vols win at home, taking 35 consecutive matches dating to February 2009. Since 2007, Tennessee has a 67-5 record in Knoxville.

Tennessee has boasted 17 All-SEC selections the last �ve years, 13 of them being �rst-team picks. In 2010, the Vols had a school-record �ve players make the All-SEC team. Last season,

Tennessee had four �rst-team picks: Conkic (pic-tured below), Sandgren, Smith and Williams.

The Vols have earned a fair share of end-season awards as well.

Smith overwhelming led the Vols in that category, taking home more acco-lades than just about any other athlete in conference history. He became the �rst Vol to earn multiple SEC Player of the Year honors in 2010 and 2011, and in June, he was named the fourth Tennessee student-athlete to be voted as the SEC Male Athlete of the Year by conference athletic directors.

In �ve years, two Vols have been named SEC Freshman of the Year: Smith in 2008 and Williams in 2010.

Winterbotham picked up coach of the year hon-ors in 2008 and 2010.


Sam Winterbotham and associate head coach Chris Woodru� have made it their goal to build a successful program by preparing players to succeed in matches and o� the court as well.

�at mission has translated into team, indi-vidual and academic success.

On the court, Tennessee is back among the elite tennis programs. No questions there. �e last two seasons have been nothing short of his-toric for the Vols, as the team captured back-to-back SEC regular-season titles for the �rst time in program history and made a run to the NCAA title match in 2010.

�e victories have begun to add up. Win-terbotham has a 118-26 overall record at UT, which is the most wins by a head coach in his �rst �ve seasons on Rocky Top. Not to men-tion he has a 45-10 record in the SEC, includ-ing 21-1 the last two years.

In terms of sheer win totals, the Vols have wrapped up their most successful four-year pe-riod in program history with a 101-18 record from 2008-11.

From January 2010 until the end of the 2011 season, Tennessee was ranked in the top �ve nationally every polling period, includ-ing one week at No. 1. �e Vols had not been ranked at the top of the team polls since 1990.

Individually, the Vols have enjoyed a tre-mendous amount of individual success. Dur-ing Winterbotham’s tenure, Tennessee has had 12 All-America and 17 All-SEC selections. Eleven di�erent Vols have been ranked nation-ally in singles, including two — John-Patrick Smith and Rhyne Williams — who have held the No. 1 ranking.

Smith and Williams were each �nalists in the NCAA Singles Championships in 2008 and 2011 respectively, and Smith made it to the title match of the NCAA Doubles Cham-pionships with Davey Sandgren in 2009 and 2010.

In doubles, two teams have held the end-year No. 1 national ranking and earned ITA Doubles Team of the Year honors.

When it comes to schoolwork, the Vols have been successful there too. In 2009 and

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SEC TITLES: 3Regular-Season Titles: 2 (2010, 2011)Tournament Titles: 1 (2010)

NCAA APPEARANCES: 52007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (�nalists), 2011 (quarter�nals)

ITA INDOOR APPEARANCES: 42008, 2009, 2010 (�nalists), 2011 (�nalists)

Alma Mater: Oklahoma Christian (1999)Born: Oct. 1, 1973Hometown: Stoke on Trent, EnglandWife: TaraChildren: Zoe, Ryann, Sophia & Savanna

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2010, UT was named an ITA All-Academic Team with a cumulative grade point average above 3.0. A total of seven Vols were on the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2011.

Smith, who was already an All-America on the court, earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors his last three years as a Vol and was awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 2011.

“When you’re consistently succeeding both areas, you feel the program is really starting to do what you hoped to do,” said Winterbo-tham, who was named ITA Ohio Valley Region Coach of the Year again in 2011. “Chris and I hoped we would have a team that would com-pete and win championships, and we also want to develop �ne, young men that are going to be successful in all aspects of their lives.”

Winterbotham was named the 10th coach in Tennessee tennis history on Oct. 24, 2006. He and Woodru� joined forces when Tennes-see was ranked No. 50 nationally, but the Vols have quickly vaulted up the charts since then. Tennessee ended 2010 at No. 2 and has �n-ished the last four seasons in the top 10.

COLORADO HEAD COACH (2002-2006)• 2006 ITA Mountain Region Coach of the Year• 2006 Big 12 Co-Coach of the Year• Led Colorado to first NCAA tournament since 1998• Finished the 2006 season ranked 23rd, the best end-year ranking in program history

In 2006, Winterbotham, was named ITA/Wilson Mountain Region Coach of the Year

and Big 12 Co-Coach of the Year while leading Colorado to a 20-9 record, the program's �rst 20-win season since 1997. �e Bu�s earned their �rst NCAA Tournament berth since 1988 (team advanced to the round of 32) and had a school-best �nal ITA ranking of No. 23.

�e 2006 Bu�s posted a third-place �nish in the Big 12 standings as Colorado recorded its most conference wins since 1998 at 5-2. In his four seasons at Colorado, Winterbotham’s teams posted a 42-56 record. �e Bu�s con-tinually climbed up the Big 12 ladder, �nishing sixth in 2003 and 2004, �fth in 2005 and third in 2006.

BAYLOR ASSISTANT COACH (1999-2002)• 2002 Region VI Assistant Coach of the Year• Helped recruit 2004 national champions

Prior to his stint in Boulder, Winterbotham spent three years at Baylor, two seasons as a full-time assistant (2000-2002) and one as a volunteer coach (1999-00). During that time he helped the Bears become a national power in the collegiate game.

In addition to assisting Baylor with the day-to-day operation, Winterbotham had a hand in recruiting one of the best teams in the na-tion that eventually won the �rst team national championship in Baylor history as the Bears were crowned 2004 NCAA champions.

While at Baylor, Winterbotham was named the 2002 Region VI Assistant Coach of the Year after helping the Bears win the Big 12 reg-

ular season and conference tournament. Baylor advanced to the 2002 NCAA Sweet 16 and �nished the season ranked seventh nationally.

He brie�y returned to Baylor as an assistant in 2006 after Colorado cut its men’s tennis pro-gram. He was soon hired by Tennessee.

COLLEGIATE PLAYING CAREER• NAIA All-America in 1996, 1997, 1998 & 1999• Earned No. 1 national ranking• 1997 NAIA singles champion

Prior to coaching, Winterbotham attended Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma City where he was a four-year NAIA All-Amer-ica and ranked No. 1 nationally.

In 1997 he won top honors as the NAIA national singles champion.

At OCU, Winterbotham also was the 1999 Sooner Athletic Conference Player of the Year in soccer, where he was named to the All-Region �rst team and honorable mention All-America team. He graduated in April 1999 with a degree in marketing and was honored as OCU’s 1999 international business student of the year.

FAMILYA native of Stoke on Trent, Great Britain,

Winterbotham was born Oct 1, 1973. He is married to the former Tara McClure, a native of Asher, Okla. �e Winterbothams’ have four daughters: Zoe, Ryann, Sophia and Savanna.

STATS BOX /// COACHING RECORD

COLORADO 2002-2006 Overall Big 12 W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Finish2003 6-16 .273 1-6 .143 t-6th2004 7-16 .304 1-6 .143 7th2005 9-15 .375 2-5 .286 t-5th2006 20-9 .690 5-2 .714 3rdTotal 42-56 .429 9-19 .321

TENNESSEE 2006-PRESENT Overall SEC W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Finish2007 17-8 .680 7-4 .636 t-2nd/East2008 23-4 .851 9-2 .818 2nd/East2009 23-7 .767 8-3 .727 2nd/East2010 31-2 .939 11-0 1.000 Champs2011 24-5 .828 10-1 .909 t-ChampsTotal 118-26 .819 45-10 .818

TOTAL RECORD (8 SEASONS): 155-80

SEC TOURNAMENT RESULTS How UT Fared Host Record2007 Quarter�nalists LSU 1-12008 Semi�nalists Arkansas 1-12009 Finalists Auburn 2-12010 Champions Kentucky 3-02011 Semi�nalists Florida 1-1Total 8-4

NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTSSam Winterbotham has reached the NCAA Cham-pionships six times in his career, including his �nal season at Colorado in 2006, where the Bu�s reached the second round. He has an 14-6 total record. How UT Fared Final Host* Record2007 Round of 32 -- 1-12008 Round of 16 Tulsa 2-12009 Round of 16 Texas A&M 2-12010 Finalists Georgia 5-12011 Quarter�nalists Stanford 3-1Total 13-5

* Final site includes the last 4 rounds of the tournament

ITA NATIONAL INDOORS RESULTS How UT Fared Host Record2009 Semi�nals Chicago, Ill. 2-12010 Finals Virginia 3-12011 Finals Washington 3-1Total 8-3

WHAT FORMER PLAYERS ARE SAYING“When Sam came to UT, which was my last semester

of eligibility, he transformed the whole team with his un-matched motivation, hard work and leadership. The team had never worked that hard and for the �rst time we truly became a TEAM. Until then we were all individuals doing our own thing.

“Because of his unparalleled determination and strenu-ous practices and workouts, I played my best tennis that semester I believe losing only two matches the whole sea-son. Sam has the ability to bring out the nest in you and dig down deeper than you ever have. He instills a relentless de-termination and attitude to bring out the best in you.”

KIRIL TCHERVENIACHKI, TENNESSEE 2004-07

“We’ve got two of the best coaches in the country, hands down. We’ve got Sam and Chris Woodru�, two coaches who care so much about player development, going to school, as well as future development when you grow up.

“Having that care factor really helps because you’re away from home and not really familiar with your sur-roundings. When you have people who care so much about you, it’s going to make the transition a lot easier.”

JOHN-PATRICK SMITH, TENNESSEE 2008-11

“My time at Tennessee taught me to be relentless in the pursuit of excellence in both the classroom and on court. The standards required to compete for the coaching sta� is in fact a daily struggle; however the rewards have served me well beyond the doors of the tennis center.

The best part of being a Vol is knowing that Sam, Woody, Milos (Popovic), and my teammates past and pres-ent are all a dedicated family keeping the winning tradition alive and well.”

MATT BREWER, TENNESSEE 2008-10


Not every great player can be a great coach, but Chris Woodru� has proven he is more than capable of being both.

Woodru�, one of Tennessee’s most celebrat-ed tennis players, is in his 10th season on the Vols’ coaching sta�. He and head coach Sam Winterbotham have been coaching together for �ve seasons and have quickly ushered the program into one of its most successful periods.

�e Vols have �nished in the top 10 nation-ally the last four seasons, and captured back-to-back SEC regular-season titles for the �rst time in program history in 2010 and 2011. Tennes-see reached the �nals of the NCAA Champion-ships in 2010, and last year, the team assumed the No. 1 national ranking for the �rst time since 1990.

“I can’t even begin to tell you how vital Chris Woodru� is to this program,” Winterbo-tham said. “First, he’s one of the greatest play-ers in the world so when he tells our players something to work on, they know they need to listen. Second, he bleeds orange. His support and love for this University is unwavering and I think he passes that love on to our team.

“Having Chris Woodru� at Tennessee au-tomatically puts us at an advantage over every other tennis program.”

Woodru�’s experience on the court at the highest level has given him the tools to help the Vols in tactical match preparation and game plans. �e team’s individual success in recent years speaks for itself.

Since returning to Tennessee in 2002, Woodru� has helped the Vols earn 16 All-America and 24 All-SEC selections.

Two players, John-Patrick Smith and Rhyne

Williams, have earned the No. 1 singles rank-ing during that time, and two doubles pairings have held the top ranking on their way to earn-ing ITA Doubles Team of the Year honors in 2009 and 2011. Tennessee has had an individ-ual NCAA �nalist in either singles or doubles in each of the last four seasons.

After serving as Tennessee’s assistant coach since the 2002-03 season, Woodru� was pro-moted to the Vols’ associate head coach posi-tion in the fall of 2006 when Winterbotham joined the Tennessee sta�.

Woodru� earned the 2010 ITA Ohio Valley Regional Assistant Coach of the Year honors. In 2008, he was named regional assistant coach of the year after helping UT to a 23-4 record.

COLLEGIATE PLAYING CAREER• All-America in 1992 and 1993• All-SEC in 1992 and 1993• 1992 Volvo Rookie of the Year• 1993 NCAA singles champion• 1993 SEC indoor singles champion• 1993 USTA Sportsmanship Award

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After two years on the Vols’ squad as a student-athlete, Christopher Williams is in his second season as a volunteer assistant with the Tennessee program.

His leadership role on the team as a junior and senior led to his new position as a coach.

“Since joining the program, we have never seen anyone have such an impact on a program in such a short time,” head coach Sam Winterbotham said. “Christopher immediately took on a leadership role and helped galvanize the team. He has a special ability to recognize what is needed to bring a team together. He epitomizes what college tennis is all about by the way he is committed to helping the team in any way he can.”

Williams, a Knoxville native, graduated with a degree in Sociology: Criminal Justice at UT. He was named to the Southeastern Conference Honor Roll fol-lowing the 2010 season.

Prior to joining the Vols, Williams spent two seasons playing at Wo�ord. He transferred to Ten-nessee in 2008 and became a member of the Vols’ squad before the spring 2009 season.

He is currently working on his Master of Science degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sport Psychology and Motor Behavior.

CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS HERMAN DEMMINKVOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH

Herman Demmink is in his third year as strength and conditioning coach for the Tennessee men’s tennis team.

He came to the Tennessee sta� from Clemson, where he worked with the Tiger athletics teams from 2006-09 to implement training and nutritional guidelines.

Demmink, who also works with the Vols’ base-ball program, spent four years on the Clemson baseball team, where he earned the 2004 National Strength Athlete of the Year award. After graduat-ing, he played in the Philadelphia Phillies organiza-tion for four years.

The similar, overhead motions in both sports has helped him develop a tennis training program.

Demmink is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is a Certi�ed Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certi�ed Fit-ness Trainer (ISSA) and Athletic Republic Level 2.

He is the president and owner of 3D Perfor-mance Training LLC, where he trains athletes in Ma-jor League Baseball, the National Football League, the PGA Tour, Major League Soccer and participants in Olympic Track and Field.

NCAA singles champion in 1993 and remains the only Vol to claim that title. He �nished the season ranked No. 1 nationally, becoming the only Vol since Paul Annacone in 1984 to �nish the year atop the rankings.

In addition to his national championship, Woodru� was also named the ITA Rookie of the Year in 1992, and was given the USTA Sportsmanship Award in 1993.

In only two seasons of collegiate tennis, Woodru� �nished with an 81-16 record, with 45 of those wins coming in 1993. His career singles winning percentage of .835 is second all-time in the Tennessee record books.

In 2008, Woodru� became the �fth Vol in UT history to be inducted into the Intercolle-giate Tennis Association Hall of Fame.

PROFESSIONAL PLAYING CAREER• Career-high singles ranking of No. 12 internationally• 1997 Canadian Open champion• 1999 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships champion• 2000 Australian Open quarterfinalist• 2000 Played on U.S. Davis Cup Team

He opted to turn professional following the 1993 season and ascended to the world’s most proli�c tennis stage, the ATP Tour.

While on tour, Woodru� claimed two sin-gles titles: the 1997 Montreal Super 9 Canadi-an Open — an ATP Masters event — and the

1999 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Tennis Champi-onships in Newport, R.I. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 29 in the world in January 2000.

His event highlights that year include reach-ing the quarter�nals of the Australian Open and representing his country in Davis Cup competition, where he clinched the United States’ win over Zimbabwe.

Woodru� racked up tour wins against seven former No.1 players including Pete Sam-pras, Andre Agassi, (whom Woodru� upset in the 1996 French Open), Yevgeni Kafelnikov, �omas Muster, Gustavo Kuerten, Marcelo Rios and Carlos Mova. Other notable victories include wins over Goran Ivanisevic, �omas Enqvist, Tim Henman, Alex Corretja, Magnus Norman and Cedric Pioline.

He also reached a career-high doubles rank-ing of No. 73

After an illustrious career, Woodru� retired from the tour in May 2002. He was excited about his return to Knoxville to contribute to the success of his alma mater.

FAMILYWoodru� has two children: a daughter, Ol-

ivia and a son, Tate. He is married to Jennifer Arndt Woodru�, who is an assistant coach for the Lady Vols swimming and diving program.

Chris Woodru� is one of six Vols to be en-shrined in the ITA Hall of Fame in Athens, Ga. Rodney Harmon, a letterman in 1980, joined the select group in 2010.

Woodru�, who lettered for the Vols in 1992 and 1993, remains the only Vol to win the NCAA Championship in singles. Senior John-Patrick Smith came close to matching the feat when he �nished runner-up as a freshman.

Few Vols have enjoyed so much success in their �rst two years on Rocky Top, in any sport. Woodru� �nished his time at UT with 81 wins.

Former Vols head coach Mike DePalmer Sr. was hardly surprised about Woodru�’s success.

“He just outworked everybody,” DePalmer said.

“He was the student that always wanted one more ball. I would tell him, it’s time to go and he’d be standing there saying ok, give me one more ball and we’re out of here and right after I gave him one more, he’d want another.

“That’s just how Chris was. He never thought he had enough practice.”

VOLS IN THE HALLYear Inductee Classi�cation (Years)1993 Tommy Bartlett Player (1950-52)1995 Mike DePalmer Sr. Coach (1981-94)1999 Mel Purcell Player (1980)2002 Paul Annacone Player (1982-84)2008 Chris Woodru� Player (1992-93)2010 Rodney Harmon Player (1980)


The University of Tennessee named Dave Hart vice chancellor and director of athletics on Sept. 5, 2011.

Hart, who was the director of athletics at Florida State University for 12 years from 1995-2007, previously served as Executive Director of Athletics at the Univer-sity of Alabama, where he led day-to-day op-

erations of the department.“I am very pleased to have Dave as our new vice

chancellor and director of athletics,” University of Ten-nessee Chancellor Jimmy Cheek said. “He has extensive experience as an athletics director, and he has the pas-sion and drive to lead our great athletics program.”

Comprehensive athletic success exempli�ed Hart’s tenure as the Florida State athletic director, as a com-bined 35 ACC Championships were won by 10 di�erent Seminole athletic programs during his tenure. Addi-tionally, the Seminole football team won nine ACC titles and appeared in four national championship games, winning the 1999 BCS National Championship with a Sugar Bowl victory over Virginia Tech.

The men’s outdoor track and �eld also claimed two national championships during that time, while the baseball program appeared in the College World Series �ve times and the softball program won nine ACC titles while playing the 2002 Women’s College World Series. During Hart’s last full year at Florida State, the Semi-noles �nished 15th in the Directors’ Cup, an all-time high for the institution.

Additionally, during Hart’s three years at Alabama, the Crimson Tide claimed the 2009 BCS National Cham-pionship and the individual athletic teams posted a

combined eight top three �nishes nationally over the last three years. He has 20 years of service as a director of athletics, including eight at East Carolina (1987-95), an athletic program he joined in 1983 after coaching and teaching at the high school following his gradua-tion from Alabama.

“It is a privilege to be named Vice Chancellor and Di-rector of Athletics at the University of Tennessee,” Hart said. “To be entrusted to lead one of the nation’s elite athletic programs is an exciting opportunity.

“I want to thank Chancellor Cheek, and all of those involved in this process for their con�dence and com-mitment. I am anxious to demonstrate my passion for Tennessee and the Volunteer Nation.”

Highly respected as a visionary and industry leader, Hart’s career has featured service as the president of both the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athlet-ics and the Division 1A Athletics Directors’ Association. A former recipient of the Robert R. Neyland Award honor-ing lifetime achievement, Hart has also been named by his colleagues as the Athletic Director of the Year for the Southeast Region in both 2000 and 2005, one of a few se-lect individual to receive the honor multiple times.

During his 13 years at Florida State, Hart negotiated unprecedented, multi-million dollar contracts for the department totaling in excess of $175 million. He also devised and executed an extensive and comprehensive facilities master plan for athletics that eclipsed the $150 million mark. Hart initiated a multi-faceted Student De-velopment/Life Skills program for all student-athletes at FSU, an endeavor recognized nationally as a “Pro-gram of Excellence” by the Division I-A Athletics Direc-tors’ Association. He spearheaded the rewriting of the department’s mission statement to put the student-athlete at the core of athletic department priorities in its goal to build comprehensive excellence throughout all components of the department.

“Dave is as good an athletic director as there is in the country,” legendary Florida State head football coach Bobby Bowden said. “He’s as sharp of an AD as I’ve been around in 57 years. He knows what’s important, and he’s a builder.”


Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek began serving as chan-cellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville on February 1, 2009.

Early in his tenure, Dr. Cheek worked closely with the uni-versity’s constituents to develop the strategic priorities for the cam-pus, which he’s worked closely with others to advance. In response

to a challenge from Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, the chancellor set in motion the process to bring UT Knoxville into the ranks of the top 25 public research universities within 10 years.

Central to advancing the university to Top 25 stature are goals for expanding graduate education, improv-ing retention and graduation rates, increasing research awards and expenditures and the ability to attract, sup-port and retain high caliber faculty.

He came to UT after more than 33 years at the Univer-sity of Florida where he was an award-winning professor, dean and most recently the senior vice president for agri-culture and natural resources.

Dr. Cheek earned a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Education from Texas A&M University, a master’s from Lamar University (in Beaumont, Texas) and a doctorate in Interdisciplinary Education, also from Texas A&M.

He is �rst member of his family to attend college and has a life-long a�ection for learning. Much of his re-search has focused on education and learning and he’s authored or co-authored nearly 200 publications.

In his spare time, he’s a gardener and nature enthusi-ast. He and his wife, Ileen, have two grown children and two grandchildren.

DAVID COLVIN: TRAINER ANDREW HOLLOWELL: MANAGER TIMMY VANCE: MANAGER

CARMEN TEGANOASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

DR. DAN MURPHYFACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE

DR. JIMMY CHEEKUT KNOXVILLE CHANCELLOR

TENNESSEE ADMINISTRATION & TENNIS STAFF.DAVE HARTVICE CHANCELLOR/DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

KADEN HENSEL: STUDENT ASSISTANTANDREA BREWER: ADMIN. ASSISTANT

TENNESSEE COURT INFOStreet Address (Goodfriend Tennis Center): University of TennesseeGoodfriend Tennis Center1015 20th StreetKnoxville, TN 37996Main O�ce Phone: 865-974-6883Fax: 865-974-9909

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2010-11 8-8 .500 -- -- 2-2 .500Fall 2011 6-6 .500 -- -- -- --Total 14-14 .500 -- -- 2-2 .500

DOUBLES RESULTSOverall Vs. Ranked SEC Dual

W-L Pct. W-L Pct. W-L Pct.2010-11 7-4 .636 0-1 .000 1-2 .333Fall 2011 4-3 .571 2-0 1.000 -- --Total 11-7 .611 2-1 .667 1-2 .333

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BY MATT MAGILL /// UTSPORTS.COM

Just two days before his �ight left to join his teammates in Hawaii, Jarryd Chaplin still hadn’t received his visa to come play tennis in America.

But Chaplin had his �ight booked and bags packed and held on to hope that it would come in time.

“It was just a rat race, trying to get every-thing ready,” Chaplin said. “You de�nitely have doubts whether you’ll get it in time. I told (Sam Winterbotham) before, if you want something that bad, you’ll do any-thing to get it. I did my best to get there.”

Chaplin wasn’t just desperate to get to Hawaii for the sunshine and the tennis. He recognized the importance of the trip for the team. His �rst two trips—to Hawaii for the Rainbow Warrior Challenge and to Seattle for the National Indoor Champion-ships—were anything but vacations.

“�e one thing that I was really wor-ried about was making the Hawaii trip,” Chaplin said. “I knew that was going to be a bonding experience for all of us. �at was my best chance to get in the group. I was just learning. It was my �rst time with the team and with the coaches. �en Seattle came by and I was extremely ner-vous my �rst match. I didn’t perform—anyone will tell you that. From then on, I won a lot of important doubles matches with Rhyne Williams. �at really set me up to kind of feel like I �t in as well.”

Fitting in certainly wasn’t a problem for Chaplin after the Vols’ trip to the Na-tional Indoor Championships in Seattle.

With teammate Tennys Sandgren out with illness, Chaplin was forced to play much sooner than he or the coaching sta�

had expected. But by overcoming his ini-tial nerves and winning a few matches along the way, Chaplin established himself as what the coaches hoped the midseason signee would be—an instant contributor.

And while winning matches certainly doesn’t hurt, Chaplin also won the team over with his outgoing personality.

“I was trying to make myself comfort-able with everyone on the team and I cer-tainly feel that way, especially with the guys right now,” Chaplin said. “We have a lot of personalities but everyone gels really well so that makes working on tennis easier. Every-one wants the best for everyone and person-ally I’d say my personality suits that a lot.”

With his whirlwind entrance behind him, Chaplin settled into college tennis well, posting a respectable 8-8 singles record and 7-4 doubles record in the spring season.

With his �rst season behind him and every spot in the lineup up for grabs, the player formerly known as the “Freshman Aussie” knew he had a lot to improve upon.

�ough he’s just in his third semes-

ter, Chaplin has logged the second-most singles dual matches on the team, sec-ond only to Edward Jones. As a veteran compared to his freshman counterparts, Chaplin will need to �ll a leadership role, something he admits he’s grown into over the past few months.

“Sam always says there’s two kinds of leader: vocal and someone who leads by example. I think there’s been a bunch of guys take leadership roles. I certainly feel I’ve taken a role vocally and by example and I’m happy with that. I don’t feel like there’s any pressure, I feel that I’m half-way there already with the way I am, be-ing vocal and that stu�.

“Everyone wants the same thing on our team, which makes being a leader a lot easier. I just want to make sure that everyone else wants it as bad as I want it. It’s a discussion Sam and I have had more than once. I de�nitely take pride in that. It’s a compliment. �ere’s always one or two leaders on a team and I feel like I’ve established that for myself.”

JARRYD CHAPLIN SOPHOMORE /// 6-0 /// 187 /// SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

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AUSTRALIA, EXPLAINEDHow well do you know Australia? If you learned everything from TV, chances are, you could be wrong. If ever in doubt, follow Jarryd Chaplin’s brief, helpful guide to Australian stereotypes based on actual questions he’s been asked stateside:

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R£ It is commonplace to ride kangaroos to school

R£ New Zealand is part of Australia

R £ McDonald’s & KFC restaurants exist Down Under

R £ Crocodiles, not gators, live in Australia

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Brandon Fickey likes a good chal-lenge. Just look at his major: biology.

�e freshman doesn’t shy away from one of UT’s most di�cult majors, even with his �rst season of tennis looming.

“�ere’s time for everything,” Fickey said. “You just have to manage your time. �ere’s time to play, time to travel. You need to �nd an hour here or there to do some studying and reading. I stayed up late a couple of nights with biology, es-pecially during �nals, and it will only get tougher, but I think I’m up for it.”

Wiser than his years, Fickey’s attitude toward school and tennis is one of the reasons Sam Winterbotham recruited the Knoxville native so heavily.

But Fickey wasn’t always sold on the Vols.

“I wasn’t set on Tennessee by any means,” Fickey said. “I was very open about other schools, but Tennessee was always up there. Sam’s a great guy. He kept saying how cool it would be to play for my hometown. People are going to come out and watch you. I wasn’t sur-prised necessarily but as far as how much they wanted me, that was nice.”

Now that he’s arrived on campus, Fickey has wasted no time establishing himself in the lineup. He won the Ten-nessee Invitational in doubles with Bryan Swartz and �nished runner-up in singles to fellow freshman Mikelis Libietis.

“�at was surprising,” Fickey said. “I had a lot of adrenaline for that �rst tour-nament. I played really well. Playing with Bryan, a senior, he mentored me a little on the court.”

�e coaching sta� hopes Fickey’s early success on the court carries over into the spring, when he projects to be a promi-nent �gure in a Vols lineup. �at starting roster may feature up to �ve freshmen, something Fickey is acutely aware of.

“We’re a very young team,” Fickey said. “We have �ve freshmen and Jarryd (Chaplin) is still young too. It will be in-teresting to see. I know we’re all hungry, which is good. Last year, maybe some of the older guys were burnt out a little bit.

“It will be a tough experience; it will be challenging. I’ve seen some matches so I know what to expect, but some other guys haven’t. We all have to play before we know what it’s like.”

He may not be able to control where he plays in the lineup or the guy across the court from him, but Fickey realizes the importance of e�ort in practice.

He also knows he can’t shy away from di�culty.

“�e coaches expect everything out of you when you’re on the court, and for you to be doing what you need to do outside the court as well — going to class and making grades,” Fickey said. “When you step on the court you need to give 110 percent, whether you feel like it or not. Some days, something aches or you’re sore, but they don’t want to hear about it. You’ve just got to do you’re best and deal with everything later.”

BRANDON FICKEY FRESHMAN /// 5-11 /// 173 /// KNOXVILLE, TENN.

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LEFTY, IF NECESSARYWhile many top players forgo high

school tennis, Brandon Fickey embraced the experience. And why not? His career was historic in Tennessee circles.

Fickey earned statewide acclaim while at Webb School of Knoxville as a senior in 2011 when he became the �rst player in his-tory to win win four consecutive Tennessee state high school singles titles. He also led his team to back-to-back team champion-ships as a junior and senior.

The story doesn’t end there. Fickey broke his right hand midway through his senior season. After a few days of sitting on the bench, he convinced his coach to let him play left handed.

He went 5-2 in the lineup for as a lefty.“I broke my right hand in March and I sat

out for like a week,” Fickey said. “I came up to my coach and told him I did everything left-handed but tennis. It was almost more natural feeling anyways.”


SINGLES SUMMARYCareer: 46-32Conference: 5-4Vs. Ranked: 1-4Highest ITA Rank: --

DOUBLES SUMMARYCareer: 50-27Conference: 12-7Vs. Ranked: 1-4Highest ITA Rank: No. 52 with M. Fago (3.1.11)

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W-L Pct. W-L Pct. W-L Pct.2009-10 23-12 .657 0-0 .000 7-3 .7002010-11 22-12 .647 1-3 .250 5-4 .556Fall 2011 5-3 .625 0-1 .000 -- --Total 50-27 .649 1-4 .200 12-7 .631

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EDWARD JONES

BY JOSH PATE /// UTSPORTS.COM

Ed Jones didn’t learn his best tennis at a popular camp. He didn’t pack up for an-other country when he learned to walk just to swing a racket with perfection. No exotic locations or freshly painted facilities.

Jones learned to play tennis in his barn.“I grew up on a farm and basically, we

had this barn which was not being used re-ally. I would ride my bike around it,” said Jones, who is from Carmarthen, Wales. “My parents decided to put a tennis court in there. �e tennis coach started coming to our house to coach my brother. I was about 6 or 7, running around and making a nuisance of myself while my brother was getting coached.”

�e coach suggested it was time to get young Ed into tennis, and so the lessons in the barn began.

Once Jones’ friends heard about the barn, they joined in, too. His friends from around his hometown came over three or four times a week, and one coach mentored them in mini training sessions.

Don’t, however, mistake the barn for Centre Court at Wimbledon.

“�e roof is not very high so it’s tough to lob, and also it’s quite narrow so if you hit a good out-wide serve, it’s pretty tough to get back,” Jones said. “You might end up with your face in the concrete on the wall. But it’s perfect for learning to play.”

When Jones became a teenager, tennis got a little more serious. �at’s when the travel began.

“He grew up learning to play tennis, but once you get to a certain level, you need somebody else to hit with in that barn,” said

head coach Sam Winterbotham. “If there’s no one there, then you’re going to have to travel. I’ve talked to Ed on numerous oc-casions about the sacri�ces he made. To go and play two hours of tennis, it would take him an hour and a half to two hours there and an hour and a half or two hours back on the train.”

Jones attended the prestigious sports school Milli�eld, where he honed his game. He won a doubles event at Mill�eld and led his school to a third-place �nish in Nation-al Schools. He also won two Great Britain ITF doubles events. He began playing in tournaments – and winning.

�e elevation in his game garnered at-tention from universities in the United States. Jones chose Knoxville as his new home, and his family joined him for a last-minute vacation in the States before send-ing their son o� to college.

�ree years later, their barn-playing son is the veteran for the Vols.

Jones entered this season as the only re-turning starter on Tennessee’s squad and was expected to be near the top of the UT lineup each match. Just last year he was getting used to holding a starting role on court 6.

“I’m really impressed with how he’s taken on the reins of this team this semes-ter,” Winterbotham said. “I really do feel like his con�dence level has gone up. He had an incredible fall. It’s a great evolution and something we’re proud of. We like to see our guys develop. We try and develop champions; that’s our motto. We’re devel-oping one right now.”

Jones has the credentials, too. He is the last player who played in UT’s 2010 NCAA

title match, having clinched the doubles point with former teammate Matteo Fago.

Now Jones is teaching the rest of Ten-nessee’s young players how to deal with the environment of a dual match.

Jones knows that educating young players new to the college environment is critical for success. Many of the players who come from outside of the United States are conditioned to tournament play, whereas the dual matches in college are more about building steam and supporting the team.

�e teacher in Jones also has been edu-cating his family about dual matches. In the barn back home, it was mostly practice so the loud cheering that comes with college has yet to be fully experienced by Jones’ parents. �ey’ve seen him play in tourna-ments in Knoxville, but they haven’t seen a Southeastern Conference match.

“�ey’re really looking forward to com-ing out for a dual match because they fol-low the blog every time we have a match,” Jones said. “�e good thing about dual matches is the atmosphere and excitement, so they just want to experience it.”

It’s sort of like the old family barn. So many of the neighborhood kids just wanted to experience playing in the barn, practicing with their friends, learning the game.

�e barn still stands. Jones’s parents use it, too, as some of their own friends come over each week for a doubles match. So as he makes memories at UT and his parents continue to extend the life of the barn, little can match the memories created by Jones from his childhood on that makeshift court.

“Yeah,” Jones said, “good memories of that.”

EDWARD JONES JUNIOR /// 6-2 /// 156 /// CARMARTHEN, WALES

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AWARDS: 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll /// 2010 NCAA Championships All-Tournament Team /// 2010 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

DOUBLES TITLE: 2010 Elon Invitational (with Tennys Sandgren)


SINGLES SUMMARYCareer: 8-1Conference: --Vs. Ranked: --Highest ITA Rank: No. 8 Freshman

DOUBLES SUMMARYCareer: 9-2Conference: --Vs. Ranked: 3-0Highest ITA Rank: No. 33 with H. Reese (1.3.12)

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W-L Pct. W-L Pct. W-L Pct.Fall 2011 9-2 .818 3-0 1.000 -- --Total 9-2 .818 3-0 1.000 -- --

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MIKELIS LIBIETIS

BY AMANDA PRUITT /// UTSPORTS.COM

Since arriving on Tennessee’s campus in August, Mikelis Libietis has quickly grown accustomed to two questions, one usually asked right after the other:

1. Where are you from? (answer: Latvia)2. Where is that? (answer: eastern Eu-

rope, to the north next to Russia)While Libietis has grown accustomed

to explaining the far-away geography of his homeland -- nearly 5,000 miles re-moved from Knoxville -- his story is a familiar one and easy for anyone to un-derstand immediately.

For Libietis, tennis is a family sport. Many of his teammates can say the same.

He began playing the game when his older brother Matiss, then seven, started taking lessons from their father.

Valdis Libietis, a tennis coach, saw right away his sons had a natural gift for the sport. �e young Mikelis and his racket were pretty much inseparable after the �rst trip to the courts; he took the racket with him everywhere he went.

“I started playing when I was four, so the racket was probably bigger than me,” Libietis said.

Mikelis played -- and won -- his �rst tournament at the age of seven and was hooked from there. He eventually lost count of prizes in his trophy case once he reached 100.

Sure, he competed in other sports. �ere was soccer and basketball and �oorball. He even spent time as the fourth-ranked junior table tennis player in all of Latvia. But in the end, the family game of tennis won over.

�e old-fashioned sibling rivalry al-ways came into play when Mikelis and Matiss faced each other on opposite ends the court. Mikelis gained the advantage in the brother vs. brother matchup at age 16. �e Vol claims he has not lost a match Matiss in two years, though he admits he’s faced set point a time or two.

�at rivalry was put on pause when Matiss packed his bags for Hawaii Paci�c University to play college tennis.

“Me and my brother are really close,” Libietis said. “We’ll do everything for each other. When you’re getting older, it means a lot more for you. Last year, he was nine months in Hawaii. He didn’t come home for break. You miss him a lot.”

On trips back home, Matiss told stories about the excitement and intensity of dual matches at the NCAA Division II level. Eventually, the college path seemed the best road to take for Mikelis as well.

Matiss still had a major role to play in his younger brother’s departure for Rocky Top. While away in Hawaii, Matiss did Mikelis a favor when he put in a good word for him to Tennessee head coach Sam Winterbotham when the Vols were on the islands and competing in the 2011 Rainbow Warrior Challenge.

Not long after that, Mikelis knew where he would be going for college tennis. �e Vols’ recent track record of team and indi-vidual titles was hard to ignore.

“It was my only choice probably,” Libietis said, “especially when I saw the great team here, how they are progressing every year.”

Libietis’ �rst trip to Tennessee was when he �ew into Knoxville in time for freshman

orientation. New city. New culture. Di�er-ent language. He took all those changes in stride. Playing tennis growing up, he was no stranger to traveling around the globe.

�ere were adjustments Libietis had to make on the tennis court as well once he left home. �e training and �tness schedule was much more demanding, and for the �rst time in his life, he had coaches who didn’t answer to “Dad.”

Libietis suspected the team aspect of college tennis would take getting used to, but he immediately �t into a Vols squad that feature four other freshmen.

“When I came here, I thought it wasn’t going to be so easy with a new team,” Li-bietis said. “But the �rst day I came here, it was so easy. I felt like I already knew these guys for years.”

He spent nearly a month on the side-lines with injury but still managed an 8-1 singles and 9-2 doubles record. In his �rst tournament, the Tennessee Fall Invitation-al, he swept the singles and doubles titles.

Home might be far away, but Libietis is still very much remembered there. He is one of the promising young tennis talents in Lat-via, having already represented his country in the Davis Cup. His exploits at Tennessee his �rst semester made headlines, and he even got in a few trans-Atlantic interviews.

For now, the fall is in the past for Libietis as he concentrates on the spring ahead.

“It was pretty exciting,” Libietis said. “And at the end of the semester, I really progressed my game and �tness. I started to run a lot better, and practices were better for me, probably because I could stay longer on the court. I’m really happy for that. �e ending was a lot better.”

MIKELIS LIBIETIS FRESHMAN /// 6-2 /// 199 /// PRIEKULI, LATVIA

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DOUBLES TITLES: 2011 Ohio Valley Regional Championships (with Reese) /// 2011 Tennessee Fall Invitational - Flight A (with Chaplin)


SINGLES SUMMARYCareer: 7-4Conference: --Vs. Ranked: 0-2Highest ITA Rank: No. 117

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PETER NAGOVNAK

BY JOSH PATE /// UTSPORTS.COM

Meet Peter Nagovnak.He �ies gliders. You know, the skinny

planes with a small shell covering the pilot. Nagovnak knows how to navigate those.

He fences. Not in an East Tennessee way of marking territory for land. You know, the Olympic sport where athletes suit up in white protective gear and face-mask to jab with a foil, sabre or epee. Na-govnak fences.

He plays the piano. He plays the saxo-phone. At one point, he played American football, ice hockey, soccer and table tennis.

He plays tennis also, and he plays it quite well.

“He is a Renaissance man in that way,” said Tennessee tennis head coach Sam Winterbotham of his freshman from Krau-bath, Austria. “He likes do a lot of di�erent things; he’s not just the stereotypical tennis jock. He’s got a lot of interest. �at in itself just brings a tremendous addition to the program. What a guy to be around.”

Nagovnak said he just has a knack for learning new interests quickly.

“I have to thank my parents for that gift where I can pick anything up and do it,” Nagovnak said. “I’m very dedicated when I start things. I want to be the best in everything I do. Sometimes it’s frus-trating because you can’t do it. You can’t be the best in everything. As long as you stay realistic and try to be the best you can be, I think you can be pretty good in everything.”

�at type of e�ort is why Nagovnak is successful, said Winterbotham.

“�e reason he’s so good at everything he does is because he works so hard,” Win-terbotham said. “He’s a great student of whatever his interest is at that time. He’s go-

ing to study it. He’s going to work hard at it. He absolutely has an incredible work ethic on the court. It’s been absolutely a pleasure to coach him. He’s a sponge out there.”

He also is good in school despite mov-ing from Austria, where the primary lan-guage is German.

Nagovnak has always had tennis. He was one of Austria’s top players as a youngster, training at the national acad-emy until a wrist injury sidelined him from the sport. In fact, he walked away from tennis altogether for a year.

But prior to training at the national academy at age 15, he was very much content hitting with his father and drop-ping in on tournaments.

“�e thing about tennis was I had a special connection with my father be-cause I played with him more. But it was always more just playing for fun and getting better for fun and not so much because I wanted to reach a goal in a tour-nament,” Nagovnak said. “I pretty much practiced with my father until I was 15 so he was basically my only coach. We just practiced and somebody told us about some tournaments and I just played them without any expectations.

“It’s kind of di�erent from what most players do. �ey practice to compete and get better, and I just from time to time played in some tournaments. �at was a big plus in some of the tournaments be-cause I didn’t care; I just played.”

Sometimes it showed. �ere were times, Nagovnak said, when he collected numer-ous double-faults with his serve. �e reason was because when he and his father, also named Peter, played on their own, they never served. It simply wasn’t fun.

Most of the time, however, the lack of

formal training didn’t matter. After walk-ing away from the sport for a year, Nagov-nak slowly began hitting and then playing others. He moved away from home and rented a �at to attend high school at Borg Monsberger Graz. �e school formed a team of young and inexperienced play-ers, and Nagovnak began helping out and later earned the country’s second-highest certi�ed level of coaching. On a whim he entered the Austrian Under-18 Indoor Championships in December 2010 and won the singles and doubles titles.

Nagovnak is now getting accustomed to college and team tennis.

�e biggest adjustment, Nagovnak said, has been learning to be on a team.

“I’m not so much used to being on a team or having a team around me all the time,” Nagovnak said. “But what really amazed me and what was a great experi-ence from the �rst tournament on, I was really proud to be out there and play not only for me but for the team and the uni-versity in a larger perspective. I just like to �ght for it. It’s just fun to do.”

So is college. Nagovnak wanted to get used to the environment before deciding on what to study, but he’s leaning toward policy, politics and society.

“I think that’s more important than ever because of looking at the headlines we’ve had the last months and years, pretty much since 2008,” he said. “It’s ex-citing to follow, but also you kind of get scared about the future because you don’t know what will happen. Nobody gets it because somebody would do something about it. But apparently nobody gets it. Maybe it will be me. I’ll try to.”

If Nagovnak tries like everything else, he’ll succeed.

PETER NAGOVNAK FRESHMAN /// 6-2 /// 166 /// KRAUBATH, AUSTRIA

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W-L Pct. W-L Pct. W-L Pct.2010-11 2-1 .667 -- -- -- --Fall 2011 1-1 .500 -- -- -- --Total 3-2 .600 -- -- -- --

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COLTON NORTON

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Colton Norton’s hometown of Jack-son may not be a registered tennis hot-bed, but the West Tennessee community has produced its share of talent.

Norton is following in the recent UT footsteps of Bo Hardegree, who also arrived in Knoxville from Jackson and played four years of football for the Vols as a reserve quarterback. But Hardegree’s best athletics success was in tennis when he joined the UT program his senior year of 2007 and became a doubles specialist during head coach Sam Winterbotham’s �rst season.

“We’ve had some good tennis players here,” Norton said. “Given the size of Jack-son, we’ve got a decently competitive tennis program going. It’s not the size of Mem-phis, Nashville or Knoxville, but we can produce some good players every now and then like Bo Hardegree a few years back.”

“What he did playing football and then to turn back to tennis his last year and get-ting into the lineup is pretty amazing.”

UT’s roster is littered with new faces af-ter the Vols won their second straight SEC championship last year and reached the NCAA quarter�nals in Palo Alto, Calif.

But Norton says the team’s chemistry remains a strength and he �ts in well with both the squad’s newcomers and return-ing veterans alike.

“My relationships were great from the start and they’ve only gotten better as time as gone on, really,” Norton said. “Of course, we lost �ve guys from last year so pretty much half of our team is new this year. But I’ve gotten close with the news guys so my relationship with my team-mates is really good.”

�e right-hander has appeared in 21 singles matches during his �rst 1½ UT seasons, winning six. He also is 3-2 in doubles after splitting a pair this fall alongside freshman Peter Nagovnak. Norton takes pride in his ability to relate to coaching and used the most recent o�season to improve his game under the tutelage of Winterbotham and assistant coach Chris Woodru�.

“I don’t really have the most aggressive game style so I’ve just been trying to lis-ten to what the coaches say and make my game a little bigger,” Norton said. “�ey said and I agree that I want to get a little more power behind my stroke. I want to be more aggressive and �nish points a little quicker when possible.”

Norton says it’s easy to �nd the best part of his game.

“My ability to stay in the point,” he said. “I’m not a big aggressive player, but I have the ability to hang in there, return a lot of balls and make my opponent play another shot.”

Norton made the transition from University School of Jackson to the Uni-versity of Tennessee look easy, but the sophomore knows it wouldn’t have been possible without the tremendous cooper-ation and encouragement the Vols receive both on and o� the court.

“�e amount of support get from the athletics sta� is really amazing,” he said. “Obviously we have the coaches, but there’s also the athletic training sta�, me-dia relations, Adidas and all the support-ing things we get that makes it fun.”

Meanwhile, Norton also is progressing in his major and keeping his goals in sight.

“I want to go to medical school when I’m done – that’s always been the plan,” he said. “Right now it’s going pretty well. I’m doing well with my grades. Also I’m mi-noring in Spanish, which is what I always wanted to do. We had a really good foreign language program at my high school, so I’ve got a pretty good background with that.”

Once again, the Jackson experience serves Norton well.

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egree’s tale remains a memorable one. He turned down college tennis o�ers from other schools and came to Tennessee on a football scholarship as a quarterback and played only a few snaps.

As a junior in 2007, he was invited to join the Vols tennis squad after coaches saw him hitting one day. Hardegree quickly dropped his football weight, regained his stroke and became a �xture at the No. 3 position in the doubles lineup.

Hardegree grew up a multi-sport star in Jack-son. Now, he is back coaching football like his father. He’s currently on LSU’s sta�.


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DOUBLES SUMMARYCareer: 11-17Conference: --Vs. Ranked: --Highest ITA Rank: --


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TAYLOR PATRICK

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Legend has it that Taylor Patrick was born with tennis racket in hand, and giv-en the pedigree Patrick boasts; it is very possible the legend is true.

Since the age of �ve, Patrick has lived between the lines on tennis courts.

“My dad was a coach at Kentucky when I was born and my uncle is the Lady Volunteers tennis coach here at Ten-nessee,” explained Patrick.

With elite coaching around him con-stantly, Patrick began to develop his craft. Day in and day out, lessons on the court would be learned, and with each lesson, Patrick began grasping the intangibles of the game. His ability at a young age was undeniable, but it is his drive on the court that now best describes him.

“It is just in my brain that if some-one plays me a ball, I’m going to go get it before it takes that second bounce,” Patrick said. “I love running around on the court.”

Running on the court is nothing new to a life-long tennis player, but Patrick believes it plays to his game.

“�e goal of most tennis players is to run their opponent,” Patrick said, “but that plays to my strength. I want them to run me.”

Patrick cites the points that no one believes he can make that fuel his drive.

“I want people to wonder, ‘how did he get that?’ �at’s just my favorite part of the sport; getting to the ball that no one is supposed to get to,” Patrick said.

In the Spring of 2011, Patrick would have to overcome adversity using simply

that drive instilled in him as a child to �ght through a match against Wake For-est when he was called on to play singles after senior Matteo Fago had pulled out with an injury.

After battling through the �rst set and winning in a tiebreaker on court 6 against Zach Leslie, Patrick found himself strug-gling in the second set with a strained hip.

“�at took away my running ability, which is my strength on the court, and I lost the second set pretty easily,” Patrick said.

Fighting with everything he had, Pat-rick managed to reach a ten-point tie-breaker in the third set.

“On the last point of the match,” Pat-rick said. “I ran back and forth on what strength I had left and returned a big shot that was going to be a winner.”

Time stood still as the ball faded just left of the line. He had missed the point.

“I just remember falling to the ground as my hip and leg started cramping,” said Patrick.

He had given all he had for that point and come up an inch short.

Many would argue that great mo-ments cannot be born from defeat. Taylor Patrick knows that is simply not the case.

“Even though I lost, I can de�nitely say I gave it my all,” Patrick said, “and there is no shame in that.”

Lesser individuals would have found excuses to get o� the court, but Patrick dug deep within himself and used his drive to overcome the obstacles. �at drive is what wakes him up in the morn-ing, gets him to class on time, and carries him through tennis practice.

Drive is not a skill that is simply taught like the backhand swing of a ten-nis racquet, you must be born with it. Taylor Patrick was.

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SINGLES TITLE: 2010 Southern Intercollegiates (Div. III) /// DOUBLES TITLE: 2009 Louisville Fall Invitational (with Max Stevens)


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HUNTER REESE

BY DREW RUTHERFORD /// UTSPORTS.COM

Regardless of whether a “House Di-vided” license plate is on Glenn Reese’s car, that’s an accurate description of his life at home.

In the South, no loyalties run deeper than the colors worn on autumn Satur-days. �e Kennesaw, Ga., native, raised his son Hunter to be a Georgia Bulldogs fan. Glenn is a UGA alumnus and a sea-son ticket holder at Sanford Stadium. A shrine of sorts exists somewhere in the Reese family’s basement, paying tribute to Georgia football.

“�e walls are Georgia red, there is all kinds of Georgia memorabilia,” said Hunter. “I hated Tennessee—the color, the school, everything. But then it all changed.”

As a senior at North Cobb Hugh School, Hunter was ranked the No. 2 prospect in the Peach State by tennisre-cruiting.net. As colleges began to contact and recruit him, he started catching Big Orange Fever.

After breaking his wrist, Hunter emailed coaches from all over the coun-try, however only one responded: Vols head coach Sam Winterbotham. After an uno�cial visit, Reese was sold.

In fact, he was so sure that he gradu-ated high school early to enroll at UT in January 2011.

“Sam mentioned that he’d like to have me here for a semester to redshirt and get some extra time in before I started playing,” said Hunter. “At �rst I wasn’t interested, but as the months went by I changed my mind. �at was the right path for me.

“It was the best decision of my life. �e improvement I made last semester

was incredible. To see everything last sea-son was such a valuable experience this season. �ings won’t feel new, I won’t be surprised. It was just a great, great experi-ence for me.”

While he was adjusting to a new school and collegiate tennis, he was also adjusting to a new color—Big Orange.

“It was di�erent, but it wasn’t too hard,” said Hunter. “I made my decision. I’m a pretty proud person and I am de�nitely proud of my school. I love Tennessee.”

His arrival on �e Hill was a gold star for Tennessee tennis, as well. It’s safe to say most top Georgia prospects become Bulldogs. Reese was the �rst Georgian to choose the Vols since Jason Parker arrived on �e Hill in 1993.

“It’s pretty cool,” said Reese. “I know Jason and he’s a great guy. It’s cool to be the �rst one to come up here in a while. I think it says a lot about our program. Georgia has such a great program so for Tennessee to get me out of Georgia says a lot about our program and our coaches.”

His decision to enroll early paid o� this fall as Reese, along with fellow fresh-

man Mikelis Libietis, posted big wins over ranked opponents, most notably de-feating 19th-ranked Kentucky duo Eric Quigley and Alex Musialek in the �nals of the Ohio Valley Regional Champion-ship.

“I wasn’t playing for myself, I was playing for my team,” said Hunter. “�at was really the �rst taste of what a dual-match would be like with all of our team there cheering for us. It kept me pumped up the whole time. It was so much easier because they take care of the emotions.”

While Reese quickly embraced the Vols and that trademark Orange, his father is still a work in progress. Rocky Top isn’t ex-actly the top-played song on his iPod.

“He probably knows the words, but I doubt he would admit to it. But I know he wouldn’t sing it,” said Reese. “But he wears his Tennessee tennis hat all the time.”

While Glenn probably still wears red and black on those autumn Saturdays, you better believe he’s wearing Big Or-ange during tennis season, even if he doesn’t sing Rocky Top.

HUNTER REESE REDSHIRT FRESHMAN /// 5-11 /// 172 /// KENNESAW, GA.

How Reese Became a Big Orange Convert

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HUNTER REESE graduated early to join the Vols last spring, getting a head start in the weight room and working on his mental game.


SINGLES SUMMARYCareer: 29-27Conference: --Vs. Ranked: 0-1Highest ITA Rank: --

DOUBLES SUMMARYCareer: 23-28Conference: 4-2Vs. Ranked: 0-2Highest ITA Rank: --

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W-L Pct. W-L Pct. W-L Pct.2008-09 8-10 .444 0-2 .000 4-2 .6672009-10 5-5 .500 -- -- -- --2010-11 4-9 .308 -- -- -- --Fall 2011 4-4 .500 -- -- -- --Total 23-28 .450 0-2 .000 4-2 .667

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BRYAN SWARTZ


For Bryan Swartz, it was now or never.With one more season left in his col-

lege career, the senior has made the most of his �nal ride so far by getting into the best physical shape of his life.

Swartz stayed Knoxville for summer school and kept on a �tness regiment with strength and conditioning coach Herman Demmink. �e basic schedule consisted of training for hours a day, eating until it was exhausting and sleeping because he had no energy left to do much else.

�e daily grind of exercise and eat-ing eventually translated into nearly 20 pounds of added muscle.

Now at 6-foot-3, 182 pounds, Swartz has seen that work immediately pay o� on the tennis court. He captured his �rst career singles and doubles titles to start the year at the Tennessee Fall Invitational and the wins just kept stacking up from there.

“I hadn’t really put it together up to this point,” Swartz said. “I suppose may-be just working from the end of last sea-son in May all the way through the sum-mer just before the season, I put in a lot of training. I got three or four months of good work in. Having that start propelled me through the fall a little bit.”

By the end of October, Swartz built a team-leading 10-3 record, a win total that matched his career best for victories in an entire season. He even strung together a personal-best eight-match winning streak dating back to his junior year.

Being a senior has had its plusses; most regional opponents he faced he has seen once or twice during his career. �e experi-

ence has also helped him settle into a rou-tine before matches and one the road.

“It’s always a little di�erent, but I know what to expect from the coaches, from myself, college tennis in general and how that works,” Swartz said. “It’s prob-ably a combination of a bunch of di�er-ent things that made the fall a pretty good success for me.”

Swartz’ summer-long focus on �tness or improvement was not just because he wanted to make good on his last season of college tennis. Like everyone else on the Vols’ squad, he said a major motivation is pure and simple opportunity.

With �ve of the Vols’ 2011 starters -- four of them All-Americans -- graduated or touring the professional circuit, lineup spots were up for grabs. He said the non-existent pecking order heading into the season has pushed the returning players and incoming freshmen to improve daily as a team, including himself.

“From the beginning of the fall to

now, guys just look di�erent than they did at the beginning,” Swartz said. “Peo-ple are a lot more �t. A lot more com-fortable. It takes awhile to get used to the grind of college tennis and just the college lifestyle in general. Just from guys getting stronger and �tter, it lets you do more with your game.”

Swartz, a close follower of college ten-nis on the national scale, cannot predict who will play where but he knows this: the young Vol team will continue to im-prove as the year wears on.

“You can guess by how well people do in the fall, but spring’s a whole di�erent ballgame -- I de�nitely know that,” Swartz said. “It’ll be very interesting to see, but the thing I do know is we’ve improved a ton through this point in the fall and we’re go-ing to improve even more in the spring. It’s going to be a totally di�erent team between now until the beginning of the year. I can’t even imagine in the spring how it’s going to be. Totally di�erent.”

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AWARDS: 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll /// 2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll /// 2010 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

SINGLES TITLE: 2011 Tennessee Fall Invitational (Flight 2) /// DOUBLES TITLE: 2011 Tennessee Fall Invitational (Flight 3 with Brandon Fickey)

THE DIET OF CHAMPIONSWant to gain 20 pounds over the summer? In

a good way? In addition to lots of physical training, the key

for Bryan Swartz was basing his entire schedule around mealtimes. A staple of his menu was a bagel with peanut butter. At least one a day.

Believe it or not, eating until you can eat no more at every meal is more challenging — and less fun — than it sounds.

“The �rst couple weeks, I was miserable,” Swartz said. “I felt a little sick, pretty much all the time for the �rst two weeks, then I got used to it. I’m used to eating that amount, so if I don’t, I’m starving.”

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�e Vols added a �fth freshman to its tennis roster with the arrival of Norwegian ace Trym Nagelstad.

Nagelstad was the top-ranked junior player in Norway in both the 16- and 18-year-old di-visions. �e freshman from Olso comes to Ten-nessee having won multiple national titles and an ITF doubles title in Moldova.

“Trym has a real desire to be a great tennis player,” head coach Sam Winterbotham said. “He has a real eagerness to learn. In talking to him, you know he cannot wait for this opportunity. And that’s a wonderful thing. It’s a wonderful characteristic for a recruit. We really expect him to do great things.”

Winterbotham said Nagelstad has �own under the recruiting radar while battling inju-ries the last two or three years but has arrived to Knoxville in shape and ready to play.

“He was the No. 1 player in Norway and has been a strong competitor throughout Eu-rope,” Winterbotham said. “He has the poten-tial to be a very good tennis player. Like a lot of players in his situation, he’s a little under-played. We’re very excited about him coming in and developing in our program.”

Nagelstad joins four freshmen already on the Tennessee squad: Brandon Fickey (Knoxville), Mikelis Libietis (Priekuli, Latvia), Peter Nagov-nak (Kraubath, Austria) and Hunter Reese (Ken-nesaw, Ga.). Reese redshirted last spring after

graduating high school a semester early.

�ree of those freshmen are al-ready ranked with Nagovnak com-ing in at No. 117 in singles and Re-ese two spot later at No. 119. Reese and Libietis are ranked 33rd as a doubles team.

�e Tennessee roster certainly features players from near and far. Five are from the United States -- including three from Tennessee -- and �ve hail from �ve di�er-ent countries. Returning starter Edward Jones is from Wales and sophomore Jarryd Chaplin is from Australia.

“Again what makes our program great is that we bring in players from all di�erent kinds of backgrounds and di�erent experiences and they come together and become an incredibly close team,” Winterbotham said. “�ey share all their di�erences and it helps them to grow and their worldviews grow with their experi-ences together.

“�e fact that we work them so hard and the program is so structured that they rely on each other, that’s what brings them closer.”

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TEAMMATES EVERYWHERENo doubt about it: Bryan Swartz has had a truly global experience while a member of the tennis team the last four years.

The native of Sarasota, Fla., has had teammates from 10 di�erent countries not counting the United States. Those nations include: Australia, Austria, France, Ger-many, India, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Serbia and Wales.

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TRYM NAGELSTAD/ACADEMIC HONORS

Year Name1984 Paul Annacone Marc Fishman1986 Marc Fishman Carlos Garcia1987 Carlos Garcia Tom Goles 1989 Connie de Villiers John Gibson 1990 Connie de Villiers Brice Karsh 1991 Connie de Villiers John Gibson Brice Karsh Fabio Silberberg 1992 Abrie du Plooy 1993 Clayton Johnson Chris Woodru� 1994 Rhain Buth Clayton Johnson Chris Mahony 1995 Daniel Dewandaka Martijn Magendans Chris Mahony Pablo Montana 1996 Chad Copenhaver Chris Mahony 1998 Chad Copenhaver Roger Ilias Kaspar Rasmussen 1999 Chad Copenhaver 2000 Peter Handoyo 2001 Andy Crews Peter Handoyo Mark Parsons Matt Turner 2002 Andy Crews Mark Fitzpatrick Peter Handoyo Paul Podbury2003 Andy Crews

Peter Handoyo Wade Orr2004 Wade Orr2005 Johnny Thornton2006 David Baxendine Bobby Cameron Kaden Hensel Ben Rogers2007 Bo Hardegree Kaden Hensel Adam Hubble Davey Sandgren Kiril Tcherveniachki2008 Kaden Hensel Chris Racz Davey Sandgren2009 Boris Conkic Davey Sandgren John-Patrick Smith Jeremy Tweedt2010 Matt Brewer Boris Conkic Matteo Fago Taylor Patrick Davey Sandgren John-Patrick Smith Max Stevens Bryan Swartz Christopher Williams2011 Boris Conkic Matteo Fago Edward Jones Taylor Patrick Tennys Sandgren John-Patrick Smith Bryan Swartz

SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA1995 Chris Mahony1996 Chris Mahony

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT2003 Wade Orr (3rd team)2010 John-Patrick Smith (3rd team)2011 John-Patrick Smith (2nd team)

ITA SCHOLAR ATHLETE2007 Kiril Tcherveniachki Chris Racz2009 John-Patrick Smith2010 Matteo Fago Taylor Patrick John-Patrick Smith2011 Colton Norton Tennys Sandgren John-Patrick Smith

NATIONAL ACADEMIC HONORS

Since Sam Winterbotham joined the Tennessee tennis program as head coach �ve years ago, the Vols have been nationally successful on the courts and in the classroom. �e 2011 season was no di�erent.

�e Vols won a share of the SEC regular-season title and �nished fourth in the �nal national rankings while posting a team grade point average above 3.20 to be named an ITA All-Academic Team for a third consecu-tive year, the collegiate tennis governing organization an-nounced.

Tennessee was the only program ranked in the top �ve and one of three in the top 10 to receive the ITA award.

In addition to the team honors, the Vols took home three individual academic awards from the ITA.

Graduated senior John-Patrick Smith, the newly-crowned SEC Athlete of the Year, was named an ITA Scholar Athlete for a third time after completing his eco-nomics degree. He was joined on the ITA awards list by �rst-year recipients Tennys Sandgren and Colton Nor-ton. All three earned the honors by keeping their GPAs

above 3.50 for the full school year.Smith, Tennessee’s �rst four-time All-American, took

home a multitude of academic honors to �nish his career. In addition to the ITA award, he was named Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-District for a second time and was on the SEC Academic Honor Roll for a third year running. He was given an NCAA Postgraduate Scholar-ship worth $7,500.

Sandgren, a business major, was an ITA All-Ameri-can in singles as a sophomore last year and reached the NCAA singles semi�nals.

Seven Vols were named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll: Smith, Sandgren, Boris Conkic (sport manage-ment), Matteo Fago (economics), Edward Jones (com-munication studies), Taylor Patrick (business) and Bryan Swartz (business). Norton was listed on the Freshman SEC Academic Honor Roll.

�e Vols have earned 28 SEC academic honors and seven ITA Scholar Athlete awards since Winterbotham’s �rst season in 2006-07. �e team has picked up six ITA Scholar Athlete awards in the last two seasons.

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Describing the 2011 tennis season is near impossible. �e laundry list of extraordinary accomplishments is staggering. Where do you start? Just brushing the surface, you have:

Winning back-to-back SEC team titles for the �rst time.

Two players ranked No. 1 nationally. One player �nishing a storied career for the

record books.�row in a top-ranked doubles team, the

graduation of a program-de�ning trio of se-niors and roommates squaring o� in the NCAA singles semi�nals, and that’s quite a season.

�e 2011 season featured a little of every-thing. Five of six starters returned from the 2010 NCAA �nal team to go 24-5 overall and 10-1 in conference.

�e Vols won the SEC regular-season title, returned to the �nal of the ITA National Team Indoors, held the No. 1 national team ranking and advanced to the quarter�nals of the NCAA Championships for the eighth time.

�e Tennessee lineup was highlighted by a one-two-three punch that was among the best, featuring SEC Athlete of the Year John-Patrick Smith, national indoor champion Rhyne Wil-liams and NCAA singles semi�nalist Tennys

Sandgren, usually in that order. �e Vols had the luxury of two No. 1s in the lineup: Smith and Williams both spent time atop the ITA rankings.

Smith, Williams and Sandgren earned All-America honors, in addition to Boris Conkic, who teamed up with Smith to rapidly ascend and stay at the top of the doubles rankings.

Smith, Conkic and Matteo Fago wrapped up their careers as the most successful class in program history. As a team, the Vols had never been better, winning 101 matches in four years.

Edward Jones, after playing doubles only as a freshman, earned a spot in the singles lineup as a sophomore.

With unmatched success by the top of the lineup in 2011, the Tennessee Volunteers recorded back-to-back SEC regular season titles for the first time in program history.

CHAMPIONS IN ATHENS The Vols captured back-to-back SEC regular-season titles for the first time in program history by getting a victory in a place the Vols had only won twice in 20 years: Athens, Ga. With the Vols leading 3-2 in the season finale against Georgia, John-Patrick Smith clinched the match with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Wil Spencer. Taylor Patrick led the Vols in a sprint across three courts to celebrate history.

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Starting with the National Indoors, a chronological look at the year that was:

ITA INDOORS FINALEven with Sandgren out for most of the

tournament with illness, the Vols still marched to the �nals of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in February.

Midseason freshman newcomer Jarryd Chaplin jumped in the lineup and provided important wins in both singles and doubles as Tennessee beat Georgia, UCLA and Duke to return to the �nals for the second year. Virginia won the title match 4-0.

THE SEC REPEAT�e Vols had never been able to secure the

Southeastern Conference repeat until 2010 and 2011. With a league full of perpetual top-10 programs, it is no easy task.

After going 11-0 in 2010, the Vols faced the increased challenge of playing 6 of 11 SEC matches on the road, instead of at home.

�e victories away from Knoxville some-times took comebacks, including Smith’s sur-vival in a 32-point tiebreaker to beat Kentucky ace Eric Quigley 3-6, 7-6 (15), 6-4 as the Vols rallied to win 4-2. Sometimes, wins took the aid of the bench, like when Chaplin came on to win a match on court 5 in the Vols’ 4-3 victory at Vanderbilt.

Tennessee dropped a road match at Missis-sippi State but won the rest to set up a �nal clash against Georgia for a share of the SEC title.

�e Vols won a close doubles point then got straight-set singles wins from Conkic, Wil-liams and Smith. With the score at 3-2, Smith clinched the match with a 7-5, 6-3 win against Wil Spencer on court 1.

Tennessee’s SEC trophy total grew to 12: nine regular season and three tournament titles.

VOLS CLASH IN SEMIFINALSIn team NCAA play, the Vols reached the

quarter�nals but lost to Georgia 4-3. However, Tennessee’s stay in Palo Alto, Calif., was greatly extended because of the performances of Ten-nessee’s in-state stars: Williams and Sandgren.

Seeded fourth, Williams reached the semi-�nals as the bracket predicted, but he wasn’t alone. Sandgren was there too.

Entering the tournament ranked No. 45, Sandgren’s surprise NCAA run through four ranked foes set up a meeting with Williams.

Williams won the semi�nal clash — the �rst NCAA meeting between Vols — 6-3, 3-6, 6-0. He became the third Vol to reach the NCAA singles championship, falling to Southern Cali-fornia’s Steve Johnson 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

THE TOP RANKING(S)Tennessee assumed the No. 1 national rank-

ing midway during the SEC season following road wins at Kentucky and Vandbilt. �e Vols held the spot for a week and became the second Tennessee team ever to ascend to the top of the team rankings. �e only other team to do so was the 1990 squad, which went 34-1.

When it came to the individual rankings,

the Vols were right up at the top too. Smith held the No. 1 singles ranking during the fall sea-son and passed it on to Williams after he won the national indoor title.

In January, the Vols had no ranked doubles teams. By March, Tennessee boasted the No. 1 pair: Smith and Conkic. �ey went 27-4 to-gether, including 22-2 in dual matches.

UNLIKE ANY OTHERWhen Smith’s career came to a close in May,

the awards weren’t �nished coming. He still had one last major prize to win.

�e conference athletic directors voted him SEC Athlete of the Year, an award only four Vols from any sport have ever won. Football legend Peyton Manning was the last in 1997.

Smith, who was back-to-back SEC Player of the Year, was Tennessee’s mainstay at No. 1 singles and doubles nearly his entire career. Even against top-10 opponents week in, week out, he �nished as the Vols’ combines wins leader with 298.

On the national scale, Smith’s legacy at Ten-nessee stands among the best. He was just the sec-ond player in college tennis history to earn singles and doubles All-America honors all four years of his career, joining ATP doubles great Rick Leach.

SEC FINAL STANDINGSy EASTERN DIVISION

SEC Pct. All Pct.Tennessee 10-1 .909 24-5 .827Georgia 10-1 .909 24-6 .800Kentucky 8-3 .720 29-9 .763Florida 7-4 .630 20-9 .689Vanderbilt 4-7 .360 13-11 .540South Carolina 1-10 .090 6-18 .250

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Mississippi State 8-3 .720 14-9 .600Auburn 6-5 .540 16-10 .610Mississippi 5-6 .450 13-10 .560LSU 5-6 .450 12-14 .460Alabama 2-9 .180 10-12 .450Arkansas 0-11 .000 7-17 .280

NUMBERS & STANDINGS

25 y The Vols were ranked 25th when the trio arrived in Knoxville. UT �nished the next four years in the top 10.

358 y Combined career singles wins. Smith ranked 2nd in UT history with 152. Conkic �nished 108 & Fago had 98.

101 y Team matches the Vols won during their careers, the most in a four-year span in program history.

55 y The Vols went 55-2 in home dual matches with the trio on court, �nishing with a 35-match winning streak.

1 y In 3 parts: UT earned the No. 1 team rank; Smith was tops in singles; Smith & Con-kic the No. 1 doubles team

BY THE NUMBERSSeniors John-Patrick Smith, Boris Conkic and Mat-teo Fago led the Vols to incredible heights during their four-year careers. Here’s a statistical look at the most successful signing class in program history.

2011: Historic Year for Vols on National, Conference Scale

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BORIS CONKICALL-AMERICA | ALL-SECSingles Record: 22-6 (4-4 SEC)Doubles Record: 28-4 (8-1 SEC)

y After taking o� the fall semester, Conkic returned to team up with a doubles partner of old: John-Patrick Smith. The two had won the 2009 All-American Cham-pionship, and in their �nal season, they established themselves at the top duo in the country. Conkic made his mark in singles too, becoming the fourth Vol in his-tory to win 100 matches in singles and doubles.

ALL-SEC & ALL-AMERICA

TENNYS SANDGRENALL-AMERICA | ALL-SEC | NCAA SINGLES SEMIFINALISTSingles Record: 37-7 (10-1 SEC)Doubles Record: 31-8 (9-1 SEC)

y Sandgren was the anchor at the No. 3 spot in the Vols’ singles lineup, going 21-2 in dual matches. He earned his All-America honors by going on an absolute tear in the NCAA Singles Championships, cruising into the semi�nals on a wave of upsets to boost his �nal ranking to No. 32 nationally. He and Rhyne Williams went 20-4 in doubles together.

JOHN-PATRICK SMITHALL-AMERICA | SEC ATHLETE OF THE YEAR SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR | ALL-SECSingles Record: 42-13 (9-1 SEC)Doubles Record: 36-8 (9-2 SEC)

y All told, there were few awards Smith did not win in his time at Tennessee. As a senior, he was the SEC Player of the Year again and was voted the SEC Athlete of the Year by athletic directors. A �xture at the top of both lineups, Smith �nished his career as UT’s combined wins leader with 298 (152 singles, 146 doubles).

RHYNE WILLIAMSALL-AMERICA | ALL-SEC | NCAA SINGLES FINALISTSingles Record: 42-10 (9-2 SEC)Doubles Record: 30-8 (9-2 SEC)

y Arguably, Williams had the best �rst two years of a career in UT history, comparable only to the likes of his uncle Mike DePalmer Jr., Chris Woodru� and John-Pat-rick Smith. Williams, who won 83 matches in two sea-sons, rose to the No. 1 national ranking after winning the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Champi-onships and fought his way to the NCAA singles �nal.

SENIOR (2011)• ITA All-America (Singles & Doubles)• ITA Doubles Team of the Year (with Bo-ris Conkic)• ITA Ohio Valley Region Senior of the Year• SEC Athlete of the Year• SEC Player of the Year• First Team All-SEC• SEC Player of the Week (2 times)• ITA National Team Indoor Champion-ships All-Tourney Team (No. 1 Doubles)• Rainbow Warrior Challenge All-Tour-ney Team• NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship• ITA Scholar Athlete• CoSIDA Academic All-District• SEC Academic Honor Roll• SEC Community Service Team

JUNIOR (2010)• ITA All-America (Singles & Doubles)• NCAA Doubles Finalist• ITA Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award

• ITA Ohio Valley Region Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership & Sportsmanship• Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Male Amateur Athlete of the Year• SEC Player of the Year• SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player• First Team All-SEC• SEC Player of the Week (4 times)• ITA National Team Indoor Champion-ships All-Tourney Team (No. 1 Doubles)• ITA Scholar Athlete• ESPN the Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-District• SEC Academic Honor Roll

SOPHOMORE (2009)• ITA All-America (Singles & Doubles)• NCAA Doubles Finalist• ITA Doubles Team of the Year (with Davey Sandgren)• First Team All-SEC• SEC Player of the Week (2 times)• Blue-Gray Classic Most Valuable Player• ITA Scholar Athlete

• SEC Academic Honor Roll

FRESHMAN (2008)• ITA All-America (Singles & Doubles)• NCAA Singles Finalist• ITA Region III Rookie of the Year• SEC Freshman of the Year• First Team All-SEC• SEC All-Freshman Team• SEC Freshman of the Week (2 times)

SINGLES TITLES2009 ITA All-American Championships2009 UVa Ranked Plus One Invitational 2009 SEC Indoor Championships

DOUBLES TITLES2009 ITA All-American Championships (with Boris Conkic)2009 UVa Ranked Plus One Invitational (with Davey Sandgren)2009 SEC Indoor Championships (with Davey Sandgren)

VOLS SET PROGRAM RECORD WITH FOUR EARNING ALL-AMERICAN HONORS

CAREER AWARDS

JOHN-PATRICK SMITH was honored as the SEC Athlete of the Year during a football game at Neyland Stadium. He became just the fourth Vol in history — first since quarterback great Peyton Manning in 1997 — to earn the annual conference award.

JOHN-PATRICK SMITHSEC ATHLETE OF THE YEAR


UT Opponent Singles Doubles TotalsDate Rank School Rank Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 Overall SEC vs. Top 25Jan. 21 3 ETSU 51 W, 7-0 W W W W W W W W W 1-0 -- --Jan. 28 3 San Diego1 47 W, 6-1 W W W L W W W W -- 2-0 -- -- Jan. 29 3 Clemson1 53 W, 7-0 W W W W W W -- W W 3-0 -- --Feb. 5 3 Illinois 16 W, 5-2 L W W W W L W W -- 4-0 -- 1-0Feb. 12 3 Duke 14 W, 7-0 W W W W W W W W W 5-0 -- 2-0Feb. 14 3 Louisville 13 W, 7-0 W W W W W W W W W 6-0 -- 3-0Feb. 18 3 Georgia2 16 W, 4-2 -- W W W L L W L W 7-0 -- 4-0Feb. 19 3 UCLA2 6 W, 4-1 W W -- -- W -- W W -- 8-0 -- 5-0Feb. 20 3 Duke2 17 W, 4-2 L L -- W W W -- W W 9-0 -- 6-0Feb. 21 3 Virginia2 1 L, 0-4 L L -- L -- -- W L L 9-1 -- 6-1Feb. 27 2 Wake Forest 35 W, 6-1 W W W W W L W W W 10-1 -- --March 4 2 Alabama* 29 W, 6-1 W W W L W W W W W 11-1 1-0 --March 6 2 Auburn* 21 W, 5-2 W W W L L W W W L 12-1 2-0 7-1March 11 2 Kentucky* 11 W, 4-2 W W W W -- L W L L 13-1 3-0 8-1March 13 2 Vanderbilt* 23 W, 4-3 L W W L L W W L W 14-1 4-0 9-1March 15 1 Baylor 31 L, 3-4 W W W L L L L W L 14-2 -- --March 19 1 Arkansas* 65 W, 7-0 W W W W W W W W W 15-2 5-0 --March 26 2 LSU* 35 W, 4-3 W W W L L L W W L 16-2 6-0 --April 1 4 Mississippi State* 32 L, 1-6 L L W L L L W L L 16-3 6-1 --April 3 4 Mississippi* 25 W, 4-3 W W W L L L W W -- 17-3 7-1 --April 8 4 South Carolina* -- W, 7-0 W W W W W W W W W 18-3 8-1 --April 10 4 Florida* 16 W, 7-0 W W W W W W W W L 19-3 9-1 10-1April 16 4 Georgia* 5 W, 4-3 W W L W L L L W W 20-3 10-1 11-1April 22 2 Mississippi3 31 W, 4-1 W L W W -- -- W W -- 21-3 -- --April 23 2 Florida3 17 L, 2-4 L W -- L L L W W L 21-4 -- 11-2May 13-14 3 Radford 64 W, 4-0 W -- W W -- -- W W -- 22-4 -- --May 14 3 Virginia Tech 37 W, 4-0 -- W W -- -- W W -- W 23-4 -- --May 19 3 California 15 W, 4-2 W W -- W L W L W L 24-4 -- 12-2May 21 3 Georgia 6 L, 4-3 L W L W L L W -- W 24-5 -- 12-3

Bold indicates home match, *SEC regular-season match.1-ITA Kicko� Weekend (Knoxville); 2-ITA Indoor National Championship (Seattle, Wash.); 3-SEC Tournament (Gainesville, Fla.); 4-NCAA Regional (TBA); 5-NCAA Championships (Palo Alto, Calif.)

SINGLES POSITIONAL STATSPlayer (ITA Rank) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Dual SEC Indiv. TotalJarryd Chaplin -- -- -- -- 1-0 2-4 3-4 2-2 5-4 8-8Boris Conkic (120) -- -- -- 7-1 9-4 -- 16-5 4-4 6-1 22-6Matteo Fago (78) -- -- 2-0 9-8 1-4 -- 11-12 5-6 14-4 26-16Edward Jones -- -- -- 0-1 4-2 11-6 15-9 5-4 11-8 26-17Colton Norton -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4-10 4-10Taylor Patrick -- -- -- -- -- 0-3 0-3 0-1 13-10 13-13Tennys Sandgren (32) -- 1-0 20-2 -- -- -- 21-2 10-1 16-5 37-6John-Patrick Smith (10) 13-3 9-2 -- -- -- -- 22-5 9-1 20-8 42-12Bryan Swartz -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10-7 10-7Rhyne Williams (3) 7-4 14-2 -- -- -- -- 21-6 9-2 21-4 42-10

MATCH RESULTS

SPRING 2011 STATS FINAL REPORTOVERALL RECORD: 24-5 [ HOME 12-0 AWAY 7-3 NEUTRAL 5-2 ]SEC RECORD: 10-1 [ HOME 5-0 AWAY 5-1 ]FINAL ITA NATIONAL RANKING: #4TH

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DOUBLES POSITIONAL STATSPlayers (ITA Rank) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 TotalChaplin/Fago -- -- 0-1 0-1Chaplin/Jones -- -- -- 1-1Chaplin/Smith -- 2-1 -- 3-1Chaplin/Williams -- 2-1 -- 3-1Conkic/Smith (1) 22-2 -- -- 27-4Conkic/Williams -- -- -- 1-0Fago/Jones -- -- 14-8 14-8Fago/Sandgren -- -- -- 5-3Fago/Swartz -- -- -- 1-1Jones/Sandgren -- -- -- 2-0Jones/Swartz -- -- -- 0-1Jones/Williams -- -- -- 3-1Norton/Patrick -- -- -- 2-1Patrick/Swartz -- -- -- 2-5Sandgren/Smith -- -- -- 3-1Sandgren/Williams (63) 2-1 18-3 -- 20-4Smith/Williams -- -- -- 3-2

y BREAKING DOWN DOUBLESWhen UT wins No. 1 20-4When UT loses No. 1 2-1When No. 1 does not �nish 2-0

When UT wins No. 2 20-2When UT loses No. 2 3-2When No. 2 does not �nish 1-1


y BREAKING DOWN SINGLESWhen UT wins No. 1 19-1When UT loses No. 1 3-4When No. 1 does not �nish 2-0






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2011 STATISTICS/HONORS

SINGLESConkic Fago Sandgren Smith Williams

Sept. 10 -- -- 83 1 21 Jan. 4 -- 38 -- 21 1 Feb. 14 119 68 46 17 1March 1 113 41 35 13 3March 15 -- 51 44 12 3March 29 121 56 48 12 4April 12 -- 63 47 13 4 April 19 -- 74 54 11 3April 26 -- 78 49 12 5May 2 -- 80 45 11 3June 8 120 78 32 10 3

SINGLES SUPERLATIVE STATSPlayer (ITA Rank) Vs. Top 10 Vs. Top 25 Vs. Top 50 Vs. Ranked Clinching PointsJarryd Chaplin -- -- -- -- --Boris Conkic (120) -- -- -- 1-1 --Matteo Fago (78) 1-1 1-2 3-2 8-3 4Edward Jones -- -- -- 0-1 3Taylor Patrick -- -- -- 0-1 --Tennys Sandgren (32) 1-2 2-2 5-3 13-5 4John-Patrick Smith (10) 2-7 7-9 13-10 25-12 7Bryan Swartz -- -- -- -- --Rhyne Williams (3) 10-4 11-6 19-9 27-10 5

DOUBLES SUPERLATIVE STATSTHE VOLS & THE DOUBLES POINTWhen UT wins it 22-2When UT loses it 2-3

Players (ITA Rank) Vs. Top 10 Vs. Top 25 Vs. Ranked Clinching PointsChaplin/Jones -- 0-1 0-1 --Chaplin/Williams -- -- -- 1Conkic/Smith (1) 4-1 8-4 14-4 10Fago/Jones -- -- 1-1 7Jones/Williams 0-1 0-1 0-1 --Fago/Sandgren -- -- 0-1 --Sandgren/Smith -- -- 0-1 --Sandgren/Williams (63) 0-1 0-1 4-2 6Smith/Williams -- 0-1 0-1 --

VOLS IN THE CAMPBELLS/ITA NATIONAL RANKINGS

DOUBLESConkic/Smith Conkic/Williams Fago/Jones Jones/Williams Sandgren/Williams Smith/Williams

Sept. 10 -- -- -- -- -- 7Jan. 4 -- -- -- -- -- --Feb. 14 8 -- -- -- -- --March 1 1 65 52 72 55 --March 15 1 55 -- -- 38 --March 29 1 72 -- -- 61 --April 12 1 79 -- -- 58 --April 19 1 89 -- -- 52 --April 26 1 77 -- -- 66 --May 2 1 75 -- -- 72 --June 8 1 -- -- -- 63 --

AWARDS BOX /// INDIVIDUAL HONORS

NATIONAL AWARDSy ITA ALL-AMERICABoris Conkic (Doubles)Tennys Sandgren (Singles)John-Patrick Smith (Singles,Doubles)Rhyne Williams (Singles)

y NCAA SINGLES FINALISTRhyne Williams

y NCAA SINGLES SEMIFINALISTRhyne Williams

y ITA DOUBLES TEAM OF THE YEARBoris Conkic/John-Patrick Smith

y ITA NATIONAL TEAM INDOORS ALL-TOURNEY TEAMBoris Conkic/John-Patrick Smith (No. 1 Doubles)

ACADEMIC AWARDSy ITA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM• Third consecutive year• More than 3.20 team GPA for year

y ITA SCHOLAR-ATHLETEColton NortonTennys SandgrenJohn-Patrick Smith

y COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICTJohn-Patrick Smith

y NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPJohn-Patrick Smith

y SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLLBoris Conkic, Sport ManagementMatteo Fago, EconomicsEdward Jones, Communication StudiesTaylor Patrick, BusinessTennys Sandgren, BusinessJohn-Patrick Smith, EconomicsBryan Swartz, Business

y SEC FRESHMAN ACADEMIC HONOR ROLLColton Norton

ITA OHIO VALLEY REGIONAL HONORSCoach of the Year: Sam WinterbothamSenior of the Year: John-Patrick SmithPlayer to Watch: Tennys Sandgren

SEC HONORSAthlete of the Year: John-Patrick SmithPlayer of the Year: John-Patrick Smith

y FIRST TEAM ALL-SECBoris ConkicTennys SandgrenJohn-Patrick SmithRhyne Williams

y PLAYER OF THE WEEKFeb. 17 John-Patrick SmithFeb. 23 Boris ConkicMarch 8 John-Patrick SmithApril 18 Rhyne Williams


y TENNESSEE 7, ETSU 0 JAN. 21 | KNOXVILLESingles1. #1 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. Sander Gille (ETSU) 6-1, 6-12. #21 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. #73 Jesus Bandres (ETSU) 6-3, 6-23. Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. Grega Teraz (ETSU) 6-2, 6-34. #38 Matteo Fago (UT) def. Charles Bottoni (ETSU) 6-3, 6-25. Boris Conkic (UT) def. Juan Ramirez (ETSU) 7-5, 6-26. Edward Jones (UT) def. Jorge Varon (ETSU) 7-5, 6-4Doubles1. Conkic/Smith (UT) def. Teraz/Bottoni (ETSU) 8-22. Sandgren/Williams (UT) def. Gille/Bandres (ETSU) 8-53. Jones/Fago (UT) def. Ramirez/Akser (ETSU) 8-5Order of �nish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,3,2,5,4,6)

y TENNESSEE 6, SAN DIEGO 1 JAN. 28 | KNOXVILLESingles1. #1 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. #31 Dean Jackson (SD) 6-4, 1-6, 6-22. #21 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. Nikola Bubnic (SD) 6-2, 6-43. Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. Patrick Pohlmann (SD) 6-2, 6-24. Clarke Spinosa (SD) def. #38 Matteo Fago (UT) 6-4, 6-35. Boris Conkic (UT) def. Thibaut Visy (SD) 3-6, 6-1, 6-26. Edward Jones (UT) def. Nils Schive (SD) 6-1, 6-1Doubles1. Smith/Conkic (UT) def. #7 Dean Jackson/Patrick Pohlmann (SD) 8-42. Sandgren/Williams (UT) def. Bubnic/Schive (SD) 8-23. Spinosa/Visy (SD) vs. Jones/Fago (UT) DNFOrder of �nish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (6,3,4,2,5,1)

y TENNESSEE 7, CLEMSON 0 JAN. 29 | KNOXVILLESingles1. #1 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. Yannick Maden (CLEM) 6-3, 6-12. #21 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. Derek DiFazio (CLEM) 6-1, 6-33. Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. Kevin Galloway (CLEM) 6-2, 6-34. #38 Matteo Fago (UT) def. Cal Hilsman (CLEM) 6-0, 6-05. Boris Conkic (UT) def. Dominique Maden (CLEM) 7-5, 6-46. Edward Jones (UT) def. Robert Pietrucha (CLEM) 7-5, 6-3Doubles1. DiFazio/Galloway (CLEM) vs. Smith/Conkic (UT) DNF2. Sandgren/Williams (UT) def. Bolona/Maden (CLEM) 8-13. Jones/Fago (UT) def. Maden/Rigsby (CLEM) 8-4Order of �nish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (4,2,3,1,6,5)

y TENNESSEE 5, ILLINOIS 2 FEB. 5 | CHAMPAIGN, ILL.Singles1. #11 Dennis Nevolo (ILL) def. #1 Rhyne Williams (TENN) 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-02. #21 John-Patrick Smith (TENN) def. #121 Abe Souza (ILL) 6-2, 6-23. Tennys Sandgren (TENN) def. #111 Johnny Hamui (ILL) 1-6, 6-2, 6-34. #38 Matteo Fago (TENN) def. Roy Kalmanovich (ILL) 7-6 (5), 6-45. Boris Conkic (TENN) def. Bruno Abdelnour (ILL) 6-3, 6-16. Stephen Hoh (ILL) def. Edward Jones (TENN) 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7)Doubles1. Smith/Conkic (TENN) def. Nevolo/Hamui (ILL) 8-52. Williams/Sandgren (TENN) def. Hoh/Roth (ILL) 8-43. Souza/Kalmanovich (ILL) vs. Jones/Fago (TENN) 5-5, DNFOrder of �nish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (5,2,4,1,3,6)

y TENNESSEE 7, DUKE 0 FEB. 12 | DURHAM, N.C.Singles1. #21 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. #9 Henrique Cunha (DUKE), 7-5, 6-7 (6), 1-0 (8)2. #1 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. #5 Reid Carleton (DUKE), 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 1-0 (6)

3. Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. #118 Chris Mengel (DUKE), 6-4, 6-7 (6), 1-0 (8)4. #38 Matteo Fago (UT) def. Fred Saba (DUKE), 6-4, 6-35. Boris Conkic (UT) def. Jared Pinsky (DUKE), 6-4, 6-46. Edward Jones (UT) def. Luke Marchese (DUKE), 7-5, 2-6, 6-3Doubles1. Smith/Conkic (UT) def. #12 Carleton/Cunha (DUKE), 8-42. Sandgren/Williams (UT) def. Pinsky/Saba (DUKE), 7-63. Fago/Jones (UT) def. Holland/Mengel (DUKE), 8-3Order of Finish: Singles (4,5,6,2,3,1); Doubles (3,1,2).

y TENNESSEE 7, LOUISVILLE 0 FEB. 14 | KNOXVILLESingles1. #1 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. #8 Austen Childs (UL) 6-3, 6-02. #21 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. #98 Simon Childs (UL) 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8)3. Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. #75 Viktor Maksimcuk (UL) 6-3, 6-04. #38 Matteo Fago (UT) def. Alejandro Calligari (UL) 6-4, 6-35. Boris Conkic (UT) def. Andrew Carter (UL) 6-1, 6-16. Edward Jones (UT) def. Dante Terenzio (UL) 6-4, 6-2Doubles 1. Smith/Conkic (UT) def. Childs/Maksimcuk (UL) 8-62. Williams/Sandgren (UT) def. Childs/Carter (UL) 8-43. Jones/Fago (UT) def. Calligari/Derognat (UL) 8-7Order of Finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (3,5,1,4,6,2).

ITA NATIONAL TEAM INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPSNORDSTROM TENNIS CENTER | SEATTLE, WASH. | FEB. 18-21y TENNESSEE 4, GEORGIA 2 ROUND OF 16 | FEB. 18Singles1. #1 Rhyne Williams (UT) vs. #24 Javier Garrapiz (UGA), 6-7 [2], 3-2 DNF2. #17 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. #12 Wil Spencer (UGA), 3-6, 7-5, 6-13. #68 Matteo Fago (UT) vs. #31 Sadio Doumbia (UGA), 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 [1]4. #119 Boris Conkic (UT) def. Drake Bernstein (UGA), 6-2, 6-45. Ignacio Taboada (UGA) def. Edward Jones (UT), 6-4, 7-56. Hernus Pieters (UGA) def. Jaryd Chaplin (UT), 6-1, 6-4Doubles1. #8 Smith/Conkic (UT) def. #12 Garrapiz/Pieters (UGA), 9-8 [2]2. #41 Doumbia/Taboada (UGA) def. Sandgren/Williams (UT), 8-63. Jones/Fago (UT) def. #37 Bernstein/Spencer (UGA), 8-4Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,4,5,2,3).

y TENNESSEE 4, UCLA 1 QUARTERFINALS | FEB. 19Singles1. #1 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. #63 Daniel Kosakowski (UCLA), 6-2, 6-42. #17 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. #84 Amit Inbar (UCLA), 7-5, 6-33. #68 Matteo Fago (UT) vs. #87 Maxime Tabatruong (UCLA), 7-5, 3-6 DNF4. #119 Boris Conkic (UT) vs. Clay Thompson (UCLA), 4-6, 4-3 DNF5. Edward Jones (UT) def. Holden Seguso (UCLA), 7-6 [1], 6-16. Adrien Puget (UCLA) def. Taylor Patrick (UT), 6-1, 6-2Doubles1.#8 Smith/Conkic (UT) def. Brigham/Inbar (UCLA), 8-42. Chaplin/Williams (UT) def. Puget/Seguso (UCLA), 8-63. Kosakowski/Hardie (UCLA) vs. Jones/Fago (UT), 7-5 DNFOrder of Finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (6,1,5,2).

y TENNESSEE 4, DUKE 2 SEMIFINALS | FEB. 20Singles1. #10 Henrique Cunha (Duke) def. #1 Rhyne Williams (Tenn), 6-4, 6-22. #6 Reid Carleton (Duke) def. #17 John-Patrick Smith (Tenn), 6-3, 6-33. #68 Matteo Fago (Tenn) vs. Chris Mengel (Duke), 6-4, 6-7, 3-2 DNF4. #119 Boris Conkic (Tenn) def. Fred Saba (Duke), 6-1, 6-15. Edward Jones (Tenn) def. Jared Pinsky (Duke), 4-6, 6-4, 6-46. Jarryd Chaplin (Tenn) def. Luke Marchese (Duke), 6-4, 1-6, 6-3Doubles1. #8 Smith/Conkic (Tenn) vs. #9 Cunha/Carleton (Duke), 6-6 DNF2. Chaplin/Williams (Tenn) def. Pinsky/Saba (Duke), 8-23. Jones/Fago (Tenn) def. Mengel/Holland (Duke), 8-3Order of �nish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (4,1, 2, 6, 5).

y VIRGINIA 4, TENNESSEE 0 FINAL | FEB. 21Singles1. Michael Shabaz (UVa) def. Rhyne Williams (UT) 6-2, 6-22. Alex Domijan (UVa) def. John-Patrick Smith (UT) 6-2, 6-43. Sanam Singh (UVa) vs. Tennys Sandgren (UT) 6-4, 4-4 DNF4. Jarmere Jenkins (UVa) def. Matteo Fago (UT) 6-1, 6-15. Boris Conkic (UT) vs. Drew Courtney (UVa) 6-4, 3-3 DNF6. Justin Shane (UVa) vs. Edward Jones (UT) 6-2, 3-5 DNFDoubles1. #8 Conkic/Smith (UT) def. Shabaz/Domijan (UVa) 8-42. Jenkins/Singh (UVa) def. Chaplin/Williams (UVa) 9-8 (5)3. Courtney/Rooda (UVa) def. Fago/Jones (UT) 9-8 (4)Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3,2,); Singles (4,1,2).

y TENNESSEE 6, WAKE FOREST 1 FEB. 27 | KNOXVILLESingles1. #17 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. #123 Tripper Carleton (WF) 2-6, 6-0, 1-0 (4)2. #1 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. Danny Kreyman (WF) 6-3, 6-43. #46 Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. #67 Jonathan Wol� (WF) 6-3, 6-04. #119 Boris Conkic (UT) def. Iain Atkinson (WF) 6-3, 6-45. Edward Jones (UT) def. Adam Lee (WF) 6-3, 6-26. Zach Leslie (WF) def. Taylor Patrick (UT) 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (8)

2011 BOX SCORESBORIS CONKIC (left) achieved a pair of notable milestones during the Vols’ four-day stay at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in Seattle. He went 2-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles to join partner John-Patrick Smith as two of only four Vols to log 100 career wins in both singles and doubles.

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2011 BOX SCORESDoubles1. #8 Conkic/Smith (UT) def. Carleton/Atkinson (WF) 8-22. Sandgren/Williams (UT) def. Kreyman/Wol� (WF) 8-7 (7)3. Fago/Jones (UT) def. Lee/Leslie (WF) 8-5Order of �nish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (5,3,2,4,1,6)

y TENNESSEE 6, ALABAMA 1 MARCH 4 | KNOXVILLESingles1. #13 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. Ricky Doverspike (UA) 6-1, 7-6 (2)2. #3 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. Jarryd Botha (UA) 6-3, 6-33. #35 Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. Vikram Reddy (UA) 6-1, 6-14. Daniil Proskura (UA) def. #41 Matteo Fago (UT) 2-6, 7-6 (6), 1-0 (8)5. #113 Boris Conkic (UT) def. Michael Thompson (UA) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (0)6. Edward Jones (UT) def. Ian Chadwell (UA) 6-2, 7-5Doubles1. #1 Conkic/Smith (UT) def. Doverspike/Botha (UA) 8-22. #55 Sandgren/Williams (UT) def. #62 Reddy/Thompson (UA) 8-33. #52 Fago/Jones (UT) def. Proskura/Walston (UA) 8-5Order of �nish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,2,1,6,5,4)

y TENNESSEE 5, AUBURN 2 MARCH 6 | KNOXVILLESingles1. #13 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. #23 Tim Puetz (AU) 6-3, 6-22. #3 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. Tim Hewitt (AU) 7-5, 7-6 (7-4)3. #35 Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. #104 Alex Stamchev (AU) 6-3, 6-34. Daniel Cochrane (AU) def. #41 Matteo Fago (UT) 6-3, 6-45. #117 Andreas Mies (AU) def. #113 Boris Conkic (UT) 7-6, 7-66. Edward Jones (UT) def. Lucas Lopasso (AU) 6-2, 7-6Doubles1. #1 Conkic/Smith (UT) def. #43 Puetz/Cochrane (AU) 8-62. #55 Sandgren/Williams (UT) def. #46 Mies/Stamchev (AU) 8-43. Rondino/Lopasso (AU) def. #52 Fago/Jones (UT) 9-8 (7-1)Order of �nish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,6,4,3,2,5)

y TENNESSEE 4, KENTUCKY 2 MARCH 11 | LEXINGTON, KY.Singles1. #13 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. #5 Eric Quigley (UK) 6-7 (1), 7-6 (15), 6-42. #3 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. #57 Alex Musialek (UK) 6-4, 7-53. #35 Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. Brad Cox (UK) 6-3, 6-44. #41 Matthew Fago (UT) def. #86 Alberto Gonzalez (UK) 6-4, 6-45. Anthony Rossi (UK) vs. #113 Boris Conkic (UT) 6-3, 4-3 DNF6. Tom Jomby (UK) def. Edward Jones (UT) 6-1, 7-5Doubles1. #1 Smith/Conkic (UT) def. Quigley/Cox (UK) 9-8 (3)2. Gonzalez/Jomby (UK) def. #55 Williams/Sandgren (UT) 8-63. Rossi/Musialek (UK) def. #52 Jones/Fago (UT) 8-4Order of Finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (3,4,2,6,1)

y TENNESSEE 4, VANDERBILT 3 MARCH 13 | VANDERBILT, TENN.Singles1. #36 Ryan Lipman (VU) def. #3 Rhyne Williams (UT) 3-6, 7-6(1), 7-52. #35 Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. Adam Baker (VU) 6-3, 7-53. #41 Matteo Fago (UT) def. Charlie Jones (VU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-14. Bryant Salcedo (VU) def. Edward Jones (UT) 6-2, 6-15. Jarryd Chaplin (UT) def. Blake Bazarnik (VU) 6-3, 2-6, 7-56. Alex Zotov (VU) def. Taylor Patrick (UT) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4Doubles1. #55 Williams/Sandgren (UT) def. #49 Lipman/Baker (VU), 8-62. Jones/Zotov (VU) def. Smith/Chaplin (UT), 8-63. #52 Jones/Fago (UT) def. Bazarnik/Salcedo (VU), 8-2Order of �nish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles: (4,2,5,6,3,1)

y BAYLOR 4, TENNESSEE 3 MARCH 15 | WACO, TEXASSingles1. #12 John-Patrick Smith, UT, def. #27 John Peers, BU, 6-2, 3-6, 6-12. #3 Rhyne Williams, UT, def. Sergio Ramirez, BU, 7-6 (4), 6-03. #44 Tennys Sandgren, UT, def. Jordan Rux, BU, 6-1, 6-24. #96 Roberto Maytin, BU, def. #51 Matteo Fago, UT, 6-4, 6-45. #99 Kike Grangeiro, BU, def. Edward Jones, UT, 6-2, 6-06. Julian Bley, BU, def. Jarryd Chaplin, UT, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (5)Doubles1. #7 Peers/Maytin, BU, def. #38 Sandgren/Williams, UT, 8-42. Smith/Chaplin, UT, def. Rux/Ramirez, BU, 8-33. Grangeiro/Bley, BU, def. Fago/Jones, UT, 8-6Order of Finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,5,4,2,1,6)

y TENNESSEE 7, ARKANSAS 0 MARCH 19 | KNOXVILLESingles 1. #12 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. Matt Hogan (ARK) 6-0, 6-02. #3 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. Chris Nott (ARK) 6-4, 6-13. #44 Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. Nikolas Zogaj (ARK) 6-3, 6-24. #51 Matteo Fago (UT) def. Matt Walters (ARK) 6-0, 7-55. Edward Jones (UT) def. Mike Ward (ARK) 6-2, 7-6 (1)6. Jarryd Chaplin (UT) def. Michael Nott (ARK) 6-3, 6-1Doubles1. #38 Sandgren/Williams (UT) def. Fess/Hogan (ARK) 8-42. Chaplin/Smith (UT) def. Nott/Nott (ARK) 8-23. Fago/Jones (UT) def. Zogaj/Ward (ARK) 8-6Order of �nish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (1,6,4,3,2,5)

y TENNESSEE 4, LSU 3 MARCH 26 | BATON ROUGE, LA.Singles1. #12 John-Patrick Smith, UT, def. Olivier Borsos, LSU, 6-3, 6-32. #3 Rhyne Williams, UT, def. #91 Neal Skupski, LSU, 6-4, 7-6 (4)3. #44 Tennys Sandgren, UT, def. Stefan Szacinski, LSU, 6-3, 6-14. Mark Bowtell, LSU, def. #51 Matteo Fago, UT, 6-7, 6-2, 1-0 (9)5. Sebastian Carlsson, LSU, def. Boris Conkic, UT, 6-4, 7-6 (0)6. Julien Gauthier, LSU, def. Jarryd Chaplin, UT, 6-3, 7-6 (4)Doubles1. #1 Conkic/Smith, UT, def. #12 Carlsson/Skupski, LSU, 8-32. #38 Sandgren/Williams, UT, def. Anderson/Szacinski, LSU, 8-63. Gauthier/Borsos, LSU, def. Fago/Jones, UT, 8-7Order of Finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,3,6,2)

y MISSISSIPPI STATE 6, TENNESSEE 1 APRIL 1 | STARKVILLE, MISS.Singles1. #94 Artem Ilyushin, MSU, def. #12 John-Patrick Smith, UT, 6-4, 6-42. #76 George Coupland, MSU, def. #4 Rhyne Williams, UT, 7-6 (6), 5-6 ret.3. #48 Tennys Sandgren, UT, def. James Chaudry, MSU, 6-4, 6-24. Malte Stropp, MSU, def. #56 Matteo Fago, UT, 6-3, 6-45. #77 Louis Cant, MSU, def. #121 Boris Conkic, UT, 7-5, 6-06. Zach White, MSU, def. Jarryd Chaplin, UT, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4Doubles1. #1 Conkic/Smith, UT, def. #84 Cant/Stropp, MSU, 8-32. Coupland/Ilyushin, MSU, def. #61 Sandgren/Williams, UT, 8-33. Chaudry/White, MSU, def. Fago/Chaplin, UT, 9-8 (2)Order of Finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,5,1,4,2,6)

y TENNESSEE 4, MISSISSIPPI 3 APRIL 3 | OXFORD, MISS.Singles1. #12 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. #40 Marcel Thiemann (OM) 6-2, 5-7, 6-12. #4 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. Tucker Vorster (OM) 6-4, 6-03. #48 Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. Jonas Lutjen (OM) 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-34. Chris Thiemann (OM) def. #58 Matteo Fago (UT) 6-3, 6-7(5), 1-0(6)5. Johan Backstrom (OM) def. #121 Boris Conkic (UT) 4-4, ret.6. Adrian Forberg Skogeng (OM) vs. Ed Jones (UT) 5-2, ret.

Doubles1. #1 Conkic/Smith (UT) def. #8 Thiemann/Thiemann (OM) 8-02. #61 Williams/Sandgren (UT) def. Lutjen/Backstrom (OM) 8-53. Vorster/Skogeng (OM) vs. Jones/Fago (UT) 7-6, DNFOrder of Finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (2,3,1,4,5,6)

y TENNESSEE 7, SOUTH CAROLINA 0 APRIL 8 | KNOXVILLESingles1. #4 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. Alexander Kostanov (USC) 7-6 (5), 6-12. #12 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. Ivan Machado (USC) 6-1, 6-4 3. #48 Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. Chip Cox (USC) 6-1, 6-3 4. #56 Matteo Fago (UT) def. Harry Menzies (USC) 6-3, 7-55. #121 Boris Conkic (UT) def. Jake Bowling (USC) 6-1, 6-2 6. Edward Jones (UT) def. Chris Sheehan (USC) 6-2, 7-5Doubles1. #1 Conkic/Smith (UT) def. Kostanov/Cox (USC) 8-52. #61 Sandgren/Williams (UT) def. Menzies/Sheehan (USC) 8-23. Jones/Fago (UT) def. Bowling/Machado (USC) 8-2Order of �nish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (3,5,1,2,6,4)

y TENNESSEE 7, FLORIDA 0 APRIL 10 | KNOXVILLESingles 1. #4 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. #10 Alexandre Lacroix (UF) 6-2, 6-2 2. #12 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. #43 Sekou Bangoura Jr. (UF) 6-0, 6-3 3. #48 Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. #84 Nassim Slilam (UF) 7-5, 6-3 4. #56 Matteo Fago (UT) def. Bob Van Overbeek (UF) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 5. #121 Boris Conkic (UT) def. Billy Federhofer (UF) 6-4, 6-2 6. Edward Jones (UT) def. Andrew Butz (UF) 6-4, 6-2Doubles1. #1 Conkic/Smith (UT) def. Lacroix/Bangoura Jr. (UF) 9-7 2. #61 Williams/Sandgren (UT) def. Butz/Van Overbeek (UF) 8-43.#80 Federhofer/Slilam (UF) def. Fago/Jones (UT) 8-3Order of �nish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (1,2,6,5,3,4)

y TENNESSEE 4, GEORGIA 3 APRIL 16 | ATHENS, GA.Singles 1. #13 John-Patrick Smith (TENN) def. #16 Wil Spencer (UGA) 7-5, 6-32. #4 Rhyne Williams (TENN) def. #29 Javier Garrapiz (UGA) 6-3, 6-33. #69 Sadio Doumbia (UGA) def. #47 Tennys Sandgren (TENN) 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3)4. Boris Conkic (TENN) def. Drake Bernstein (UGA) 6-4, 6-25. Hernus Pieters (UGA) def. #63 Matteo Fago (TENN) 6-4, 6-46. Ignacio Taboada (UGA) def. Ed Jones (TENN) 6-1, 6-2Doubles 1. #8 Garrapiz/Pieters (UGA) def. #1 Smith/Conkic (TENN) 8-32. #47 Sandgren/Williams (TENN) def. #49 Doumbia/Taboada (UGA) 8-53. Fago/Jones (TENN) def. Bernstein/Spencer (UGA) 8-6Order of �nish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (6,4,5,2,1,3)

SEC TOURNAMENTRING TENNIS COMPLEX | GAINESVILLE, FLA. | APRIL 22-24y TENNESSEE 4, MISSISSIPPI 1 QUARTERFINALS | APRIL 22Singles1. #11 John-Patrick Smith, UT, def. #37 Marcel Thiemann, UM, 6-1, 6-22. #75 Tucker Vorster, UM, def #3 Rhyne Williams, 6-3, 6-43. #51 Tennys Sandgren, UT, def. #121 Chris Thiemann, 6-1, 6-34. Boris Conkic, UT, vs. Jonas Lutjen, UM, 6-1, 6-7, 0-1 DNF5. #76 Matteo Fago, UT, def. Johan Backstrom, UM, 6-7, 6-2, 6-06. Jarryd Chaplin, UT, vs. Adrian Forberg-Skogeng, 6-4, 5-7, 4-1 DNFDoubles1. #1 Conkic/Smith, UT, def. #9 Thiemann/Thiemann, UM, 8-62. #52 Sandgren/Williams, UT, def. Lutjen/Vorster, UM, 8-23. Fago/Jones vs. Backstrom/Forberg-Skogeng, UM, 6-4 DNFOrder of Finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (3,1,2,5)


SEC TOURNEY (CONTINUED)y FLORIDA 4, TENNESSEE 2 SEMIFINAL | APRIL 23Singles1. #8 Alexandre Lacroix, UF, def. #11 John-Patrick Smith, UT, 6-4, 6-32. #3 Rhyne Williams, UT, def. #44 Sekou Bangoura Jr., UF, 7-6 (3), 6-3 3. #51 Tennys Sandgren, UT, vs. #93 Nassim Slilam, UF, 7-6 (8), 2-6, 1-3 DNF4. Bob van Overbeek, UF, def. Boris Conkic, UT, 6-2, 6-45. Billy Federhofer, UF, def. #76 Matteo Fago, UT, 6-4, 3-6, 6-46. Spencer Newman, UF, def. Edward Jones, UT, 6-4, 6-2Doubles1. #1 Conkic/Smith, UT, def. #29 Bangoura/Lacroix, UF, 8-22. #52 Sandgren/Williams, UT, def. Federhofer/Slilam, UF, 8-53. Butz/van Overbeek, UF, def. Fago/Jones, UT, 8-1Order of Finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,4,1,2,5)

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: ROUNDS 1 & 2BARKSDALE STADIUM | KNOXVILLE | MAY 13-14y TENNESSEE 4, RADFORD 0 ROUND OF 64 | MAY 13Singles 1. #11 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. #124 Ivan Salec (RU) 6-2, 6-12. #3 Rhyne Williams (UT) vs. Nick Sayer (RU) 6-7 (1-7), 3-3, DNF3. #45 Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. Igor Ogrizek (RU) 6-3, 6-24. Boris Conkic (UT) def. Joe Mills (RU) 6-1, 6-25. #80 Matteo Fago (UT) vs. Stijn Meulemans (RU) 5-7, 3-4, DNF6. Edward Jones (UT) vs. Thomas Dehaen (RU) 4-6, 4-2, DNF

Doubles 1. #1 Conkic/Smith (UT) def. Salec/Dehaen (RU) 8-22. #72 Sandgren/Williams (UT) def. Meulemans/Ogrizek (RU) 8-33. Fago/Jones (UT) vs. Mills/Sayer (RU) 6-5, DNFOrder of �nish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (1,4,3)

y TENNESSEE 4, VIRGINIA TECH 0 ROUND OF 32 | MAY 14Singles 1. #11 John-Patrick Smith (UT) vs. #58 Luka Somen (VT) 6-4, 2-1, DNF2. #3 Rhyne Williams (UT) def. Patrick Daciek (VT) 6-0, 6-23. #45 Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. Will Beck (VT) 6-4, 6-34. Boris Conkic (UT) vs. Pedro Graber (VT) 6-3, 4-4, DNF5. #80 Matteo Fago (UT) vs. Lucas Oliveira (VT) 6-3, 2-6, 1-0, DNF6. Edward Jones (UT) def. Corrado D. Tocci (VT) 6-4, 6-0Doubles 1. #1 Conkic/Smith (UT) def. #68 Beck/Graber (VT) 8-22. #72 Sandgren/Williams (UT) vs. Oliveira/Somen (VT) 8-7, DNF3. Fago/Jones (UT) def. Daciek/Aulina (VT) 8-5Order of �nish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (6,2,3)

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: FINAL SITETAUBE FAMILY TENNIS STADIUM | STANFORD, CALIF. | MAY 19-21y TENNESSEE 4, CALIFORNIA 2 ROUND OF 16 | MAY 19Singles1. #11 John-Patrick Smith (TENN) d. #20 Pedro Zerbini (CAL) 6-3, 6-1

2. #3 Rhyne Williams (TENN) d. #64 Carlos Cueto (CAL) 7-6 (5), 6-33. #45 Tennys Sandgren (TENN) vs. #96 Nick Andrews (CAL), 7-6 (8), 4-5 DNF4. Boris Conkic (TENN) vs. Christo�er Kongisfeldt (CAL) 6-2, 6-25. Bozhidar Katsarov (CAL) d. #80 Matteo Fago (TENN) 6-4, 3-6, 6-26. Edward Jones (TENN) vs. Riki McLachlan (CAL) 7-6 (5), 6-0Doubles1. #23 Andrews/Konigsfeldt (CAL) d. #1 Conkic/Smith (TENN) 9-8 (4)2. #72 Sandgren/Williams (TENN) d. B. McLachlan/Zerbini (CAL) 8-13. #87 Cueto/Dahan (CAL) d. Fago/Jones (TENN) 8-5Order of Finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (1,6,4,2)

y GEORGIA 4, TENNESSEE 3 QUARTERFINAL | MAY 21Singles1. #18 Will Spencer (UGA) d. #11 John-Patrick Smith (TENN) 2-6, 6-2, 7-52. #3 Rhyne Williams (TENN) d. #32 Javier Garrapiz (UGA) 7-5, 7-53. #51 Sadio Doumbia (UGA) d. #45 Tennys Sandgren (TENN) 6-2, 6-24. Boris Conkic (TENN) d. Drake Bernstein (UGA) 6-3, 6-15. Ignacio Taboada (UGA) d. #80 Matteo Fago (TENN) 6-1, 6-26. Hernus Pieters (UGA) d. Edward Jones (TENN) 6-1, 6-3Doubles1. #1 Conkic/Smith (TENN) d. #6 Garrapiz/Pieters (UGA) 8-42. #72 Sandgren/Williams (TENN) vs. #88 Doumbia/Taboada (UGA) aban.3. Fago/Jones (TENN) d. Bernstein/Spencer (UGA) 8-4Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (4,5,6,3,2,1)

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WILLIAMS’ NCAA ROADDate Rd. W/L Name, School ScoreMay 25 R64 W Sanam Singh (34), Virginia 6-3, 6-4May 26 R32 W Javier Garrapiz (32), Georgia 6-1, 6-1May 27 R16 W Guillermo Gomez (14), Ga. Tech 7-5, 6-4May 28 QF W Bradley Klahn (9), Stanford 6-4, 6-4May 29 SF W Tennys Sandgren (45), Tennessee 6-3, 3-6, 6-0May 30 F L Steve Johnson (1), Southern Cal 4-6, 6-2, 6-1

SANDGREN’S NCAA ROADDate Rd. W/L Name, School ScoreMay 25 R64 W Reid Carleton (13), Duke 6-3, 6-3May 26 R32 W Kellen Damico (48), Texas 7-6 (4), 4-3 ret.May 27 R16 W Sebastian Fanselow (28), Pepperdine 6-4, 7-6 (4)May 28 QF W Marcel Thiemann (36), Mississippi 6-3, 6-4May 29 SF L Rhyne Williams (3), Tennessee 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

RHYNE WILLIAMS & TENNYS SANDGREN needed no scouting reports for the NCAA singles semifinals. The doubles partners and roommates squared off for a spot in the national championship, with Williams earning a 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 win to become the third Vol to reach the final match.

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SINGLES WINSSEASON LEADERSName Year Wins1. Byron Talbot 1987 562. Mike DePalmer Jr. 1982 523. Paul Annacone 1984 514. Chris Woodru� 1993 455. Shelby Connon 1987 435. Peter Handoyo 1999 437. Adam Carey 2000 427. John-Patrick Smith 2011 427. Rhyne Williams 2011 4210. Byron Talbot 1986 4110. John-Patrick Smith 2010 4110. Rhyne Williams 2010 4113. Paul Annacone 1982 3813. Peter Handoyo 2001 38

CAREER LEADERSName Years Wins1. Byron Talbot 1985-88 1612. John-Patrick Smith 2008-11 1523. Peter Handoyo 1999-2002 1454. Shelby Cannon 1985-88 1405. Mark Parsons 1997-2001 1206. Paul Annacone 1982-84 1157. Adam Carey 1999-2002 1128. Boris Conkic 2008-11 1089. Matteo Fago 2008-11 9810. Earl Grainger 1982-84, 86 9711. Brice Karsh 1989-91 9212. Paul Podbury 1998-2001 9113. Chris Mahony 1993-96 9014. Tim Jessup 1989-92 8615. Davey Sandgren 2007-10 8416. Rhyne Williams 2010-11 8317. Chris Woodru� 1992-93 81 17. Fabio Silberberg 1989-91 81

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SEASON LEADERS AS A TEAMName Year Wins1. D. Sandgren/Smith 2010 412. Cannon/Talbot 1986 403. Cannon/Talbot 1987 384. Conkic/Williams 2010 345. Harmon/Purcell 1980 336. D. Sandgren/Smith 2009 327. Annacone/DePalmer 1982 308. Oosthuizen/Rogers 2005 299. Cohenour/Herrington 1986 279. Conkic/Smith 2011 2711. Crews/Handoyo 2000 2612. Conkic/Fago 2009 25

CAREER LEADERS AS A TEAMNames Years Wins1. Cannon/Talbot 1985-88 1022. D. Sandgren/Smith 2008-10 803. Mahony/Montana 1993-96 754. Carey/Parsons 1999-2001 555. Cameron/Hensel 2005-07 526. Crews/Handoyo 2000-01 477. Oosthuizen/Rogers 2004-05 377. de Villiers/Gibson 1989-91 379. Conkic/Williams 2010-11 3510. Conkic/Fago 2008-09 3310. Hubble/Rogers 2006-07 3310. Harmon/Purcell 1980 33

AS AN INDIVIDUALNames Years Wins1. John-Patrick Smith 2008-11 1462. Byron Talbot 1985-88 1313. Shelby Cannon 1985-88 1284. Davey Sandgren 2007-10 1185. Boris Conkic 2008-11 1156. Pablo Montana 1993-96 957. Chris Mahony 1993-96 928. Ben Rogers 2004-07 869. Kaden Hensel 2005-08 8510. Matteo Fago 2008-11 8311. Paul Annacone 1982-84 76

DOUBLES WINSSINGLES IN A SEASON MINIMUM OF 30 MATCHESName Year Per. Record1. Paul Annacone 1984 .944 51-32. Peter Handoyo 2002 .903 28-33. Chris Woodru� 1993 .865 45-74. Rhyne Williams 2010 .854 41-75. Mel Purcell 1980 .850 34-66. Brice Karsh 1990 .846 33-67. Tennys Sandgren 2011 .841 37-78. Mike DePalmer Jr. 1990 .839 52-109. Fabio Silberberg 1990 .838 31-610. Rodney Harmon 1980 .833 35-711. Boris Conkic 2008 .824 28-612. John-Patrick Smith 2010 .820 41-913. John Gibson 1990 .813 26-613. Paul Annacone 1983 .813 26-6

SINGLES IN A CAREER MINIMUM OF 70 MATCHESName Years Per. Record1. Paul Annacone 1982-84 .839 115-222. Chris Woodru� 1992-93 .835 81-163. Tennys Sandgren 2010-11 .833 60-124. Rhyne Williams 2010-11 .830 83-175. Mike DePalmer Jr. 1981-82 .829 68-146. John-Patrick Smith 2008-11 .776 152-447. Paul Van Min 1972-75 .774 72-218. Boris Conkic 2008-11 .761 108-349. Peter Handoyo 1999-2002 .755 145-4710. Robert van Malder 1970-72 .750 54-18

DOUBLES IN A SEASON MINIMUM OF 15 MATCHESName Year Per. Record1. Harmon/Purcell 1980 .943 33-22. Carey/Handoyo 2002 .938 15-13. Bolle/Van Malder 1972 .909 20-24. Conkic/Williams 2010 .895 34-45. Dunn/Van Malder 1974 .889 16-26. Conkic/Smith 2011 .870 27-47. Cannon/Talbot 1987 .864 38-68. Novacek/LeTellier 1971 .824 14-39. D. Sandgren/Smith 2010 .820 41-910. Cannon/Talbot 1986 .816 40-9

WINNING PERCENTAGESINGLES WINS IN A SEASONName Year Wins1. Peter Handoyo 1999 432. Rhyne Williams 2010 413. Paul Annacone 1982 384. Chris Woodru� 1992 365. Rodney Harmon 1980 356. Byron Talbot 1985 347. JP Smith 2008 338. Mark Dietrich 2002 319. Shelby Cannon 1985 2910. Boris Conkic 2008 2810. Davey Sandgren 2007 2812. Chuck Swayne 1987 27

SINGLES WINNING PERCENTAGE MINIMUM OF 30 MATCHESName Year Per. Record1. Rhyne Williams 2010 .854 41-72. Rodney Harmon 1980 .833 35-73. Boris Conkic 2008 .826 28-64. Chris Woodru� 1992 .800 36-95. Byron Talbot 1985 .791 34-96. JP Smith 2008 .750 33-117. Paul Annacone 1982 .745 38-138. Earl Grainger 1982 .706 24-109. Peter Handoyo 1999 .694 43-1910. Jeremy Tweedt 2008 .667 24-1211. Mark Dietrich 2002 .660 31-16

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TEAM RECORDSMost Wins: 34 (1990) | Highest Winning Percentage: .971 (1990) | Most Consecutive Wins: 34 (1990) | Most Shutouts: 16 (2010) | Most Consecutive Shutouts: 5 (1964, 2010)

CAREER LEADERS COMBINED SINGLES & DOUBLES VICTORIESName Years Wins (S-D)1. John-Patrick Smith 2008-11 298 (152-146)2. Byron Talbot 1985-88 292 (161-131)3. Shelby Cannon 1985-88 268 (140-128)

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Year Overall SEC1932 5-1 1933 6-2 0-11934 4-5 0-41935 6-3 0-01936 5-7 0-41937 6-5 1-31938 4-6-1 1-31939 6-4 0-31940 7-4 0-31941 8-6 0-2Totals 58-38-1 2-23

NOTERecords are incomplete from 1942-1962. The Vols did not �eld a team 1943-46 because of World War II.

HUGH D. FAUST 1932-41

Year Overall SEC1963 10-5 2-41964 13-1 3-01965 15-3 7-11966 16-2 7-0Totals 54-11 19-5

TOMMY BARTLETT1963-66

Year Overall SEC1967 13-4 5-2Totals 13-4 5-2

EARL BAUMGARDNER1967

Year Overall SEC1968 11-8 4-31969 6-8 3-21970 14-7 4-11971 14-7-1 5-41972 27-2 5-11973 10-9 3-21974 17-6 6-21975 14-12 5-41976 6-10 3-5Totals 120-69-1 38-24

LOUIS ROYAL1968-76

Year Overall SEC Postseason1977 9-12 3-61978 18-7 6-31979 13-6 4-1 NCAA First Round1980 14-6 6-0 NCAA First RoundTotals 51-31 19-10

JOHN NEWMAN1977-80

Year Overall SEC Postseason1981 14-6 6-21982 21-9 10-11983 20-4 12-71984 23-8 6-21985 27-11 7-21986 24-10 3-61987 24-6 7-2 NCAA Semi�nals1988 14-11 6-3 NCAA Quarter�nals1989 20-8 6-3 NCAA First Round1990 34-1 9-0 NCAA Final1991 21-11 7-4 NCAA First Round1992 15-13 4-9 1993 27-11 7-7 NCAA First Round1994 15-10 6-7 Totals 299-119 97-55

MIKE DePALMER SR.1981-94

Year Overall SEC Postseason1995 17-9 7-61996 11-11 5-8 NCAA Round of 641997 5-17 0-12 NCAA Round of 64Totals 35-37 12-26

JOHN KREIS1995-97

Year Overall SEC Postseason1998 14-7 6-5 NCAA Round of 321999 18-10 6-5 NCAA Round of 322000 23-6 10-1 NCAA Semi�nals2001 23-6 9-2 NCAA Final2002 22-7 7-4 NCAA Semi�nals2003 9-12 2-92004 14-9 6-5 NCAA Round of 32Totals 123-57 46-31

MICHAEL FANCUTT1998-2004

Year Overall SEC Postseason2005 16-9 6-5 NCAA Round of 162006 9-11 3-8 Totals 25-20 9-13

CHRIS MAHONY2005-06

Year Overall SEC Postseason2007 17-8 7-4 NCAA Round of 322008 23-4 9-2 NCAA Round of 162009 23-7 8-3 NCAA Round of 162010 31-2 11-0 NCAA Final2011 24-5 10-1 NCAA Quarter�nalsTotals 118-26 45-10

SAM WINTERBOTHAM2007-PRESENT

KEYHighlighted years indicate SEC regular-season champion-ship seasons.

RECORDS BOOK /// YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RESULTSSTATS BOX /// COACHING TOTALS

Coach Date Years Record Per.Hugh D. Faust 1932-41 10 58-38-1 .603

Records incomplete from 1942-62Tommy Bartlett 1963-66 4 54-11 .831Earl Baumgardner 1967 1 13-4 .765Louis Royal 1968-76 9 120-69-1 .634John Newman 1977-80 4 51-31 .622Mike DePalmer Sr. 1981-94 14 299-119 .715John Kreis 1995-97 3 35-37 .486Michael Fancutt 1998-2004 7 123-57 .683Chris Mahony 2005-06 2 25-20 .556Sam Winterbotham 2007-now 5 118-26 .819

3 Times UT has reached the NCAA national �nal match: 1990, 2001 & 2010.

18 Years the Vols have won at least 20 matches, including 31 in 1990 & 2010.

118 Dual match wins in �ve seasons for Sam Winterbotham at Tennessee.


1927 2-3Chattanooga L 3-2Carson-Newman W 5-0Georgia Tech L 5-1Carson-Newman W 5-0Vanderbilt L 6-0

1928 4-4Tennessee Wesleyan L 3-2Lincoln Memorial W 5-0Maryville L 4-2Georgia Tech L 5-1Tennessee Wesleyan W 3-2Maryville W 4-2Howard College L 3-2Lincoln Memorial W 5-0

1930 1-2-1Maryville W 5-2Kentucky L 4-2North Carolina L 5-2Sewanee T 3-3

1932 5-1Coach Hugh D. FaustMaryville W 6-0Carson-Newman W 6-1Alabama L 5-1Maryville W 5-1Carson-Newman W 6-1Kentucky W 5-2

1933 6-2; 0-1 SECCoach Hugh D. FaustCarson-Newman W 6-1Maryville W 6-0Carson-Newman W 7-0Emory University L 5-1Georgia Tech L 6-0Mississippi A&M W 6-1Union W 5-1 Maryville W 7-0

1934 4-5; 0-4 SECCoach Hugh D. FaustMaryville W 4-3Vanderbilt L 2-5Maryville W 6-1Alabama L 6-1Sewanee L 2-5Vanderbilt L 2-3Xavier W 6-0Chattanooga W 5-1Kentucky L 4-2

1935 6-3; 0-0 SECCoach Hugh D. FaustMississippi College L 4-2Maryville W 6-1Emory & Henry W 7-2at Sewanee L 5-1at Chattanooga W 5-1Tenn. Polytechnic Ins. W 4-2Sewanee L 7-0at Maryville W 5-1 Chattanooga W 5-2

1936 5-7; 0-4 SECCoach Hugh D. Faustat Emory & Henry L 4-3at Georgia Tech L 7-0Georgia Tech L 7-0Emory & Henry W 7-0 Birmingham Southern W 5-2 Maryville W 6-1 at Kentucky L 3-4 Sewanee L 6-1Kentucky L 5-4 Sewanee L 6-0 Maryville W 8-0 Tusculum W 6-1

1937 6-5; 1-3 SECCoach Hugh D. FaustMississippi State L 6-1 Maryville W 5-2 Tusculum W 6-1 Centre College W 5-2 Wayne University L 6-1 East Tenn.Teachers L 4-3 Kentucky L 7-2 Tusculum W 3-0 Vanderbilt W 5-2 Maryville W 6-1 Kentucky L 7-0

1938 4-6-1; 1-3 SECCoach Hugh D. FaustMaryville T 4-4 Vanderbilt L 5-2 Cumberland W 6-1 Kentucky L 8-1 Tusculum L 4-3 Birmingham Southern L 4-3 Cumberland W 7-0 Vanderbilt W 5-2Emory & Henry W 4-3 Kentucky L 0-9 East Tennessee Teachers L 4-3

1939 6-4; 0-3 SECCoach Hugh D. FaustCarson-Newman W 6-1Milligan W 7-0 Kentucky L 6-3 at Tusculum W 4-2 at Vanderbilt L 4-1 East Tennessee Teachers L 4-3 Maryville W 5-2 Tusculum W 6-2 at Kentucky L 6-3 at Maryville W 5-2

1940 7-4; 0-3 SECCoach Hugh D. FaustBirmingham Southern W 4-2 Milligan W 4-3 Maryville L 4-3 Tusculum W 6-1 Maryville W 5-2 Tusculum W 4-3Centre College W 7-0 Mississippi L 4-2Centre College W 7-0 Kentucky L 7-0 Kentucky L 6-3

1941 8-6; 0-2 SECCoach Hugh D. FaustPresbyterian College L 6-1 Kentucky L 6-1 DePauw L 5-2 Carson-Newman W 4-0Milligan L 4-3 Tusculum W 4-3 at Maryville L 5-2 Tenn. Polytechnic Ins. W 6-1 Birmingham Southern W 4-3Berea College W 4-3at Tenn. Polytechnic Ins. W 4-3 at Kentucky L 6-1at Centre College W 6-0Centre College W 7-0

Records from 1942-62 are incom-plete. The Vols did not �eld a team 1943-46 because of World War II.

1963 10-5; 2-4 SECCoach Thomas G. BartlettMTSU W 8-0ETSU W 8-1 Tennessee Wesleyan W 8-1 Tennessee Wesleyan W 8-1 David Lipscomb L 5-4

Georgia L 8-1 Tennessee Tech W 8-1MTSU W 8-1 Kentucky W 7-2 Georgia Tech L 8-1 ETSU W 8-0 Vanderbilt L 7-2 Georgia Tech L 7-2 Tennessee Tech W 9-0 Kentucky W 7-2

1964 13-1; 3-0 SECCoach Thomas G. Bartlettat Memphis W 9-0 at Union W 9-0 Cincinnati W 9-0 at Auburn W 9-0 at Mercer W 9-0 at Georgia Tech L 7-2 Tennessee Wesleyan W 7-2 Washington (St. Louis) W 5-2 at Tennessee Tech W 9-0 Kentucky W 7-2 ETSU W 7-2 David Lipscomb W 7-2 Tennessee Tech W 9-0 at Vanderbilt W 7-2

1965 15-3; 7-1 SECCoach Thomas G. Bartlettat Clemson L 5-4 at Furman W 9-0 at Georgia L 6-3 at Florida W 7-2 at Stetson W 9-0 at David Lipscomb W 9-0

at Florida Southern W 5-4 Kentucky W 6-3 Tennessee Wesleyan W 9-0 at Vanderbilt W 6-3 Tennessee Wesleyan W 9-0 Wittenberg W 9-0 at Kentucky W 9-0 at Cincinnati W 8-1 LSU W 9-0 Georgia Tech L 6-3 Vanderbilt W 9-0 at Mississippi W 9-0

1966 16-2; 7-0 SECSEC CHAMPIONS Coach Thomas G. Bartlettat Southern Florida W 9-0at Florida W 7-2 at Ohio Wesleyan W 9-0 at Florida State L 5-4 Georgia W 5-4 Florida State W 7-2 Kentucky W 7-2 at Alabama W 8-1 at LSU W 7-2 Illinois W 7-2 at Kentucky W 6-3 at Sewanee W 9-0 at Vanderbilt W 9-0 at Georgia Tech L 6-2 Tennessee Wesleyan W 9-0 MTSU W 7-2 Sewanee W 7-2 Tennessee Tech W 7-2SEC Championships 1st (27 pts.)

1967 13-4; 5-2 SECCoach Earl BaumgardnerKalamazoo W 9-0 at Tulane L 7-2 at Florida State W 7-2 at Florida L 5-4 at Miami L 6-3 at Georgia W 5.5-3.5 Toledo W 7-2 Georgia Tech W 7-2 Eastern Kentucky W 6-3 Alabama W 9-0 LSU W 9-0 at Mississippi State L 7-2 at Lamar Tech W 4-2 at Murray State W 8-1 Kentucky W 9-0 ETSU W 9-0 Vanderbilt W 9-0SEC Championships 2nd (26 pts.)

1968 11-8; 4-3 SECCoach Louis Royalat North Carolina L 6-3 at South Carolina L 9-0 at The Citadel W 9-0 at Presbyterian W 8-1 at Clemson L 5-4 ETSU W 9-0 at Kentucky W 6-3 at Eastern Kentucky W 8-1 at Western Kentucky W 7-2 at Georgia Tech L 5-4at Alabama W 9-0at Florida L 8-1 Mississippi State L 7-2Georgia L 5-4 Murray State W 5-4 at Vanderbilt W 9-0 Southern Illinois L 5-4 Florida State W 5-4 Tulane W 5-4SEC Championships 4th (19 pts.)

1969 6-8; 3-2 SECCoach Louis Royalat North Carolina L 5-4at South Carolina L 6-3 at Clemson L 7-2 at Virginia W 6-3 at Furman W 7-2at Georgia L 8-1MTSU W 7-2 at Kentucky W 5-4 at LSU W 6-3 at Florida L 9-0

LENNY SCHLOSS (1964-67) was the Vols’ first All America and was part of UT’s 1966 SEC Championship squad.

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTSat Southern Illinois L 6-3 at Southern Illinois L 7-2 Vanderbilt W 8-1 Southern Illinois L 6-3SEC Championships 5th (11 pts.)

1970 14-7; 4-1 SECSEC CHAMPIONS Coach Louis Royalat Redlands L 6.5-1.5at Los Angles State W 8-1at USC L 8-1at UCLA L 8-1 Northwestern W 6-3 Miami (Ohio) W 9-0 Wisconsin W 6-3 at Vanderbilt W 6-3 at MTSU W 8-1 LSU W 8-1 Florida W 7-2 North Carolina L 6-3 Kentucky W 7-2 at Georgia Tech W 6-3 ETSU W 9-0 Furman W 9-0 at Southern Illinois L 8-1 at Oklahoma City W 5-4 South Carolina W 9-0 Georgia L 5-4 Southern Illinois L 6-3SEC Championships 1st (22 pts.)

1971 14-7-1; 5-4 SECCoach Louis Royalat Mississippi State W 5-4 at Memphis W 5-4 at Mississippi W 9-0at Alabama W 5-4 at William & Mary W 9-0 at Columbus College T 4-4 at Georgia L 9-0 at Kentucky W 7-2 at Miami (Ohio) W 8-1 Eastern Kentucky W 9-0 Amherst W 9-0 Georgia Tech L 5-4 Indiana W 6-3 Presbyterian L 6-3 MTSU W 6-3 at LSU L 5-4 at Florida L 5-4 at ETSU W 9-0 Vanderbilt W 9-0 North Carolina L 7-2 Georgia L 7-2Southern Illinois W 7-2SEC Championships 2nd (17 pts.)

1972 27-2; 5-1 SECCoach Louis RoyalColumbus College W 9-0

at Furman W 8-1 at Western Kentucky W 6-3 at Presbyterian W 5-4(Five wins at the Jacksonville Inv.)Cincinnati W 9-0 at MTSU W 8-1 Miami (Ohio) W 8-1 Indiana State W 7-2 at Georgia Tech W 5-4 Alabama W 6-3 Tennessee-Chattanooga W 9-0 Austin Peay W 7-2 Knoxville RC W 7-2 ETSU W 9-0 at LSU W 8-1 at Florida W 5-4 Tennessee Tech W 8-1 Murray State W 9-0 Kentucky W 8-1 at Southern Illinois W 6-3 Georgia L 6-3 Southern Illinois L 6-3 Memphis W 7-2 Mississippi State W 5-4SEC Championships t-2nd (21pts.)

1973 10-9; 3-2 SECCoach Louis Royalat Arizona L 8-1 at Wisconsin W 7-2 at Georgia W 5-4 at North Carolina L 7-2 at Cal-Irvine L 7-2 at San Diego L 6-3 at Long Beach State L 5-4 at Cincinnati L 6-3 at Mississippi State W 5-4 at Georgia L 7-2 Florida L 5-3 LSU W 5-4 at Southern Illinois W 6-3 at Arkansas W 5-4 at North Carolina L 8-1 Georgia Tech W 8-1 Southern Illinois W 9-0 Presbyterian W 8-1 MTSU W 6-3SEC Championships 5th (11 pts.)NCAA Championships t-14th (8 pts.)

1974 17-6; 6-2 SECCoach Louis Royalat Texas A&M W 5-4 at Central Texas W 9-0 at Texas L 7-2 at Trinity L 7-2 at Trinity L 8-1 Vanderbilt W 9-0 Mississippi W 9-0 at Georgia Tech W 6-3 Pan American W 8-1 Mississippi State W 9-0

LSU W 7-2 Austin Peay W 9-0 at Georgia L 5-4 at Florida L 5-4 at Auburn W 7-2 North Carolina L 5-4 at Southern Illinois W 6-3 vs. Kansas W 6-3 Kentucky W 6-3 Chattanooga W 9-0MTSU W 9-0 Cincinnati W 8-1 Southern Illinois W 8-1SEC Championships 2nd (22 pts.)NCAA Championships 2 pts.

1975 14-12; 5-4 SECCoach Louis Royalat Texas Tech W 8-1at Texas L 8-1 at Texas A&M L 6-3 at Oklahoma L 5-4 at Pan American L 6-3 Miami (Ohio) W 9-0 at North Carolina L 5-4 at Duke W 6-3 at Wake Forest L 5-4 at Vanderbilt W 9-0 at Mississippi State W 7-2 at LSU L 7-2 at Mississippi W 6-3 Miami (Fla.) L 7-2 Eastern Kentucky W 8-1 Georgia L 6-3 Alabama W 6-3 Florida L 5-4 Auburn W 7-2 at Kentucky L 6-3 at Southern Illinois W 6-3 at Michigan L 6-3 at Kansas W 5-1 at Tennessee-Chatt. W 6-3 MTSU W 6-0 Southern Illinois W 6-0SEC Championships 3rd (20 pts.)

1976 6-10; 3-5 SECCoach Louis RoyalNorth Carolina L 6-3 at Florida State W 6-3 at Florida L 7-2 at Alabama L 6-3 South Carolina L 6-3 Vanderbilt W 8-1 at Chattanooga L 5-4 Georgia L 8-1 Kentucky L 6-3 LSU L 9-0 Pan American L 7-2 at Southern Illinois W 6-3at Eastern Kentucky W 6-3 Michigan L 7-2

Mississippi State W 9-0 at Auburn W 5-4SEC Championships 7th (8 pts.)

1977 9-12; 3-6 SECCoach John Newmanat Furman W 5-4 at Clemson L 9-0 at Trinity L 9-0 Miami (Ohio) W 6-3 Virginia W 6-3 at Mississippi State W 6-3 at Mississippi L 5-4 Iowa L 5-4 Auburn L 5-4 at LSU L 6-0 at Kentucky W 5-4 at Vanderbilt W 5-4 Florida L 7-2 at Tennessee-Chatt. W 5-4 Alabama L 7-2 at South Carolina W 5-4 at Georgia L 7-2Corpus Christi Champ. 1W-3LSEC Championships 6th (6 pts.)

1978 18-7; 6-3 SECCoach John NewmanClemson W 8-1 vs. Texas Tech W 9-0 vs. Texas W 5-4 vs. Trinity L 7-2 vs. Houston L 7-2 at SMU W 5-4 Chattanooga W 7-2 at Miami (Fla.) W 5-4 at Florida L 5-4 vs. Duke W 8-1 at LSU L 8-1 at NE Louisiana W 7-2 at Arkansas W 5-4 at Pan American W 5-4 at Trinity L 8-1 The Citadel W 9-0 Vanderbilt W 6-3 Furman W 6-3 Mississippi State W 8-1 Mississippi W 8-1 Alabama W 8-1 South Carolina L 5-4 at Kentucky W 6-3 at Auburn L 5-4 Georgia W 5-4SEC Championships 2nd (15 pts.)

1979 13-6; 4-1 SEC Coach John Newmanvs. Michigan W 5-4 vs. Trinity L 6-3 vs. Texas W 6-3 vs. Georgia W 6-3

vs. SW Louisiana W 8-1 vs. Houston W 5-4 vs. SMU L 7-2 vs. Texas W 6-3 at Arizona State W 7-2 at Pepperdine L 7-2 at Long Beach State W 7-2 at UCLA L 9-0 Florida W 8-1 at Vanderbilt W 6-3 Austin Peay W 8-1 at South Carolina W 5-4 Auburn W 8-1 at Georgia L 7-2 vs. California L 8-1SEC Championships 2nd (23 pts.)

1980 14-6; 6-0 SECSEC CHAMPIONS Coach John Newmanvs. Arkansas L 6-3 vs. Southern Illinois W 9-0 vs. Clemson L 5-4 Austin Peay W 9-0 at Trinity L 5-4 at Southwest Texas State W 7-2 at Arkansas L 6-3 at Long Beach State W 6-3at UCLA L 5-4 Iowa W 8-1 LSU W 5-4Kalamazoo W 8-1Vanderbilt W 7-2 at Georgia W 5-4Alabama W 7-2 Virginia W 7-2

South Carolina W 5-4 Georgia W 5-4 at Auburn W 7-2 vs. Trinity L 5-4SEC Championships 1st (26 pts.)

1981 14-6; 6-2 SECCoach Mike DePalmer Sr.at Vanderbilt W 8-1 vs. Vanderbilt W 7-2 vs. Wichita State L 5-4 vs. Southern Illinois W 7-2 vs. Arkansas L 6-3 vs. Clemson W 5-4 North Carolina W 8-1 at Mississippi State W 8-1 North Carolina State W 7-2 vs. BYU W 9-0 vs. Oklahoma State W 7-2 vs. Michigan W 5-4 Vanderbilt W 8-1 at Georgia L 6-3 Kentucky W 8-1 at Alabama L 7-2 at South Carolina W 5-4 Auburn L 5-4 Florida L 5-4 at LSU W 7-2SEC Championships 4th (12 pts.)

1982 21-9; 10-1 SECCoach Mike DePalmer Sr.vs. Tulsa W 7-2 vs. Arkansas L 5-4 vs. Memphis State W 5-4 at Vanderbilt W 5-4 Austin Peay W 6-3 at Florida W 5-4 vs. Miami (Fla.) L 8-1 at South Florida W 8-1 at Duke L 6-0 at North Carolina State W 6-3 at North Carolina W 7-2 at Wake Forest W 8-1 Ohio State W 9-0 at Pepperdine L 8-1 vs. Trinity W 6-3 vs. Wichita State L 5-4 vs. Michigan W 6-3 Virginia Tech W 6-3 vs. Miami (Fla.) L 6-3 at SW Louisiana L 5-4 vs. Trinity L 5-4 LSU W 6-3 Mississippi State W 7-2 at Auburn W 7-2 Alabama W 7-2 Georgia W 5-4 Vanderbilt W 6-3 at Kentucky W 6-3 at Georgia L 6-3 vs. Mississippi W 6-3SEC Championships 2nd (19 pts.)

RODNEY HARMON and teammate Mel Purcell captured the NCAA doubles title in 1980. Harmon also reached the semifi-nals in singles.


1983 20-4; 12-7 SECCoach Mike DePalmer Sr.Vanderbilt W 8-1 at Ohio State W 7-2 Furman W 9-0 Louisiana Tech W 9-0 Duke L 6-3 North Carolina W 9-0 Southern Illinois W 8-1 at Arkansas L 5-4 at Oklahoma State W 6-3 vs. Texas Christian W 5-4 at Wichita State W 7-2 vs. Michigan W 5-4 Kentucky W 8-1 at Mississippi State W 5-4 at Alabama W 6-3 at LSU W 6-3 Mississippi W 9-0 Florida W 6-3 Ohio W 9-0 at Vanderbilt W 7-2 at Georgia L 6-3 Georgia W 7-2 Auburn L 7-2 SW Louisiana W 7-2SEC Championships 3rd (16 pts.)

1984 23-8; 6-2 SECCoach Mike DePalmer Sr.Ohio State W 8-1 Arkansas L 5-4 Illinois W 7-2 at Vanderbilt W 8-1 Indiana W 9-0 at North Carolina W 7-2 at Duke W 7-2 at Georgia L 7-2 West Virginia W 9-0 Miami (Ohio) W 7-2 at Texas A&M L 5-4 at Baylor W 9-0 at Texas L 5-4 Virginia Tech W 9-0 NE Louisiana W 8-1 at SW Louisiana W 8-1 at Oklahoma State W 5-4 at Auburn L 5-1at Alabama L 5-4at Auburn W 5-4 at South Florida W 8-1 at Florida L 5-4 Appalachian State W 8-1 Vanderbilt W 8-1 Alabama W 5-4 Georgia W 6-3 Mississippi State W 9-0 LSU L 5-4 at Furman W 8-1 at Kentucky W 8-1 at SIU-Edwardsville W 5-4SEC Championships 4th (14 pts.)

1985 27-11; 7-2 SECCoach Mike DePalmer Sr.Maryland W 7-2 Michigan W 8-1 Virginia W 6-3 at Indiana W 5-4 at Ohio State W 6-3 North Carolina W 6-3 at Louisville W 8-1vs. Texas L 5-4 vs. Kentucky L 8-1 Duke W 9-0 Georgia L 6-3 Murray State W 7-2 at LSU L 5-4 at SW Louisiana W 7-2 at NE Louisiana L 8-1 at Mississippi State W 5-4 at Illinois W 8-1 at Purdue W 5-4 vs. Arkansas-Little Rock L 5-4 vs. California-Irvine W 6-3 vs. SW Louisiana L 8-1 Furman W 6-3 Emory W 9-0 at South Carolina L 5-4 Wake Forest W 8-1 Vanderbilt W 5-4 Kentucky W 8-1 South Carolina L 5-4 Florida W 7-2 at Georgia L 6-3 at Vanderbilt W 9-0 Auburn W 7-2 at Alabama W 5-4 at Mississippi W 8-1 at Georgia Tech W 7-2 Maryland L 5-4 Kansas W 5-1 SW Louisiana W 6-3SEC Championships 3rd (20 pts.)

1986 24-10; 3-6 SECSEC CHAMPIONS Rice W 8-1 Clemson L 7-2 Mississippi W 7-2 Vanderbilt W 8-1 NE Louisiana W 7-2 Arkansas L 6-3 Trinity W 5-1 Wake Forest W 7-2 Indiana W 7-2 North Carolina State W 5-1 Michigan W 6-2 Duke W 5-4 Furman W 5-4 Virginia W 7-2 Southern Illinois W 7-1 Florida L 5-4 Auburn L 5-4 Kentucky W 5-4

SMU L 5-1 South Carolina L 5-3 Georgia W 5-1 South Carolina W 5-1 Purdue W 8-1 Harvard W 7-2 Louisiana-Monroe W 5-4 Mississippi State W 8-1 Georgia Tech W 5-4 SW Louisiana W 5-4 Murray State W 9-0 Kentucky L 7-2 LSU L 5-4 Vanderbilt W 7-2 Georgia L 6-3 Alabama L 5-4SEC Championships 1st (25 pts.)

1987 [24-6; 7-2 SEC]Coach Mike DePalmer Sr.Clemson W 6-3NE Louisiana W 6-0 Alabama W 5-4Duke W 7-2 vs. Texas L 5-1 vs. Kentucky W 5-3 vs. Texas Christian W 5-2 Vanderbilt W 6-3 at Georgia Tech W 6-3 at Mississippi W 7-2 vs. Miami (Fla.) L 5-4 vs. Harvard W 5-1 vs. Texas Christian W 5-2 at Vanderbilt W 8-1 at Mississippi State W 7-2 at Alabama W 6-3

Auburn W 5-4 Furman W 5-4 at Georgia L 6-3 at Miami (Fla.) W 5-4 at South Carolina L 5-1 Florida W 6-3 at LSU L 6-3 SW Louisiana W 6-3 Kentucky W 5-4 Wake Forest W 7-2 Clemson W 5-4 South Carolina (N) W 5-3 Long Beach State (N) W 5-3 UCLA (N) L 5-2SEC Championships 2nd (18 pts.)NCAA Championships t-3rd

1988 14-11; 6-3 SECCoach Mike DePalmer Sr.Stanford L 7-2 California L 5-2 California-Irvine L 5-2 Stanford L 5-2 South Carolina W 6-3 at Florida W 7-2 at Miami (Fla.) W 8-1 at Auburn W 7-2 South Carolina W 5-2 Southern California L 5-1 Kentucky L 5-2 Georgia Tech L 6-3 Alabama W 7-2 NE Louisiana W 7-2 Georgia L 8-1 Mississippi W 5-2 Trinity W 6-3 at Kentucky L 5-1 Vanderbilt W 6-3 LSU L 7-2 SW Louisiana W 5-3 Clemson W 6-3 Mississippi State W 6-3 vs. TCU (N) W 5-2 vs. Pepperdine (N) L 5-1SEC Championships 4th (11 pts.)

1989 [20-8; 6-3 SEC]Coach Mike DePalmer Sr.Georgia Tech W 6-3 California-Berkeley L 7-2 Alabama W 6-3 Murray State W 7-2 Eastern Kentucky W 9-0vs. Kansas W 5-2 vs. SW Louisiana W 6-0 Virginia W 6-1 South Carolina L 6-3 at Trinity L 5-4 at UNLV W 5-1 at Alabama L 6-3 at Georgia Tech W 5-4 Louisville W 9-0

vs. Penn State W 4-0 vs. Temple W 3-1vs. Mississippi State L 3-2Miami (Fla.) W 5-4 Florida W 8-1Vanderbilt W 6-3 Auburn W 6-3 Kentucky L 7-2at LSU W 5-4 at Mississippi W 6-3 at Clemson W 5-4 at Georgia L 7-2 at Mississippi State W 6-3 vs. Oklahoma State (N) L 5-4SEC Championships 10th (4 pts.)

1990 34-1; 9-0 SECSEC CHAMPIONS SEC TOURNEY CHAMPIONSNCAA FINALISTS Coach Mike DePalmer Sr.SMU W 9-0 Minnesota W 5-2 California W 5-2 Kentucky W 5-3 at Georgia Tech W 7-2 vs. Fresno State W 5-1 Alabama W 6-0 at Air Force W 9-0 at Colorado W 6-0 vs. Texas-El Paso W 7-2 vs. Trinity W 5-1 at Rice W 5-1 vs. Michigan W 5-1 vs. Southern California W 5-3 vs. Miami (Fla.) W 5-4 vs. South Carolina W 5-3 at Vanderbilt W 5-1 at South Carolina W 5-2 at Auburn W 5-4 at Kentucky W 5-2 Mississippi State W 5-1 SW Louisiana W 5-1 Wake Forest W 6-0 Georgia W 5-2 LSU W 5-1 at Miami (Fla.) W 5-4 at Florida W 6-2 Mississippi W 5-1 Mississippi (S) W 5-1 Auburn (S) W 6-0 Georgia (S) W 5-1 vs. California-Irvine (N) W 5-2 vs. Miami (N) W 5-2 vs. UCLA (N) W 5-4 vs. Stanford (N) L 5-2SEC Championships 1st (12 pts.)NCAA Championships 2nd

1991 21-11; 7-4 SECCoach Mike DePalmer Sr.MTSU W 9-0 Michigan W 5-1 Indiana W 5-2 vs. Notre Dame W 6-3 vs. Northwestern W 7-2 at Kansas L 5-4 vs. Wisconsin W 5-4 at Kentucky W 5-3 vs. Fresno State W 5-0 vs. Texas L 5-3 vs. Arizona State W 5-3 vs. UCLA L 5-4 vs. Texas W 5-1 Florida W 5-1 vs. San Diego W 5-3 at Arizona State L 5-3 vs. Kansas L 5-4 Georgia Tech W 6-2 South Carolina W 5-3 Auburn L 5-4 at Mississippi W 5-2 at Mississippi State W 5-1 Clemson W 6-3 Vanderbilt W 5-1 Miami (Fla.) L 5-4 at LSU L 5-2 at SW Louisiana W 6-2 Kentucky W 6-3 at Alabama W 5-1 at Georgia L 5-1 vs. Mississippi State (S) L 5-4 vs. Florida (N) L 5-2SEC Championships t-3rd (6 pts.)

1992 15-13; 4-9 SECCoach Mike DePalmer Sr.Arizona State W 7-2 Kansas W 6-3 Kentucky L 5-4 vs. Southern Methodist W 6-2 at Minnesota W 5-1 Georgia Tech W 5-1 vs. South Carolina W 5-1 vs. UCLA L 5-1 vs. Kentucky L 5-3 vs. California W 5-0 SW Louisiana W 5-4 at Florida L 6-3 vs. Michigan W 4-0 vs. Kansas W 4-1 at Rice W 4-2 Georgia L 5-1 at Clemson L 6-3 at South Carolina L 5-4 Alabama L 6-0 at Vanderbilt W 5-1 at Auburn W 5-1 Mississippi State L 5-3 Mississippi L 5-3 at Kentucky L 5-1

BYRON TALBOT (above) and Shelby Can-non were three-time All-America from 1986-88 and still hold UT’s record for doubles victories with 102.

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTSArkansas W 5-1 LSU L 7-2 vs. Arkansas (S) W 5-4 vs. Kentucky (S) L 5-1SEC Championships t-8th (3.5pts.)

1993 27-11; 7-7 SECNATIONAL INDOOR FINALISTS Coach Mike DePalmer Sr.at Arkansas L 5-2 at Kentucky L 4-3 Alabama-Birmingham W 5-2 vs. Harvard W 6-1 vs. Pepperdine W 5-2 vs. Mississippi State W 5-3 vs. North Carolina W 6-1 vs. UCLA L 5-2 at Georgia Tech W 5-2 South Carolina W 6-1 vs. Pepperdine W 5-4 at Arizona State W 5-1 vs. Notre Dame W 5-1 Michigan W 5-0 Wake Forest W 5-2 Virginia Commonwealth L 3-2 at Wake Forest W 3-2 vs. Texas A&M W 6-1 vs. Hawaii-Hilo W 7-0 vs. Ohio State W 7-0 vs. Washington W 7-0 vs. BYU-Hawaii W 7-0 vs. Minnesota W 6-1 Vanderbilt L 4-3 Kentucky W 4-3 Florida L 4-3 Auburn W 7-0 Miami (Fla.) W 5-2 at Georgia W 4-2 at Mississippi State L 4-0 Clemson W 6-1 at Alabama L 5-2 at LSU L 6-1 at Mississippi W 7-0 vs. Auburn (S) W 7-0 vs. LSU (S) W 4-3 at Georgia (S) L 4-3 vs. Texas (N) L 5-1SEC Championships 6th (6 pts.)

1994 15-10; 6-7 SECCoach Mike DePalmer Sr.South Florida W 5-2 Oklahoma W 7-0 Alabama-Birmingham L 5-2 vs. Indiana W 5-2 at Minnesota W 4-2 Kentucky W 5-2 Samford W 6-1 Miami (Fla.) L 4-3 at South Carolina W 4-3 at Clemson W 4-3 at Vanderbilt W 6-1 Georgia L 5-2

Alabama W 6-1 at Auburn W 4-3 Mississippi State W 7-0 at Kentucky L 5-2 Arkansas L 5-2 Mississippi L 6-1 Georgia Tech W 6-1 LSU L 5-2 at Florida L 6-1 vs. Arkansas (S) W 4-3 vs. Georgia (S) L 4-1 Kentucky (N) W 4-1 Miami (N) L 4-2SEC Championships 6th

1995 17-9; 7-6 SECCoach John KreisSouthern Methodist W 7-0 Northwestern W 6-1 South Florida W 4-3 Miami (Ohio) W 5-2 at Georgia Tech W 5-2 MTSU W 6-1 Minnesota W 5-4 Pepperdine L 4-3 Kansas L 4-3 Fresno State W 5-2 Vanderbilt W 6-1 at Arkansas W 5-2 Clemson W 5-2 at Alabama W 5-2 at Mississippi L 6-1 at Mississippi State L 5-2 Florida L 4-3 Kentucky W 4-3 at LSU L 5-1 Auburn W 4-3

South Carolina W 7-0 at Georgia L 5-2 vs. South Carolina (S) W 4-0 vs. Mississippi State (S) L 4-0 Auburn (R) W 4-2 Kentucky (R) L 4-2SEC Championships 6th

1996 11-11; 5-8 SECCoach John KreisVirginia Tech W 7-0 Michigan L 5-2 MTSU W 6-1 Mississippi State L 4-3ETSU W 6-1 Arkansas W 4-3 Miami (Ohio) W 6-1 at Clemson W 4-3 at South Carolina L 4-3 at Florida W 4-3 Mississippi L 7-0 Georgia L 6-1 Georgia Tech W 4-1 Alabama W 5-2 MTSU L 4-3 LSU L 5-2 at Vanderbilt W 5-2 at Kentucky L 4-3 at Auburn L 4-3 vs. Kentucky (S) W 4-2 vs. Mississippi (S) L 4-0 vs. Ala. Birmingham (R) L 4-0SEC Championships 8th

1997 5-17; 0-12 SECCoach John KreisIndiana L 5-2South Alabama L 4-3South Florida W 6-1Virginia Tech L 5-2at Georgia L 7-0The Citadel W 7-0 Murray State W 7-0 Vanderbilt L 4-3 at Georgia Tech L 6-1 Florida L 5-2 Tennessee-Chattanooga W 6-1 Clemson W 4-3 at Mississippi L 7-0 at Arkansas L 5-2 at LSU L 7-0 Kentucky L 5-2 at Mississippi State L 5-1 at Alabama L 7-0 South Carolina L 5-2 Auburn L 5-2 vs. Kentucky (S) L 4-1 at Florida (R) L 5-0SEC Championships 12th

1998 14-7; 6-5 SECCoach Michael FancuttGeorgia L 6-1 Michigan State W 4-3

William & Mary W 6-1 Indiana W 5-2 Murray State W 7-0 Furman W 6-1 at Vanderbilt W 4-3at Florida W 4-3 at Auburn W 4-3 Mississippi L 4-3Alabama W 5-2 at South Carolina L 5-2at Hawaii Paci�c W 7-0 Arkansas W 4-3 Mississippi State L 5-2 at Kentucky W 6-1 LSU L 4-3 vs. Arkansas (S) W 4-2 vs. Mississippi (S) L 4-1 vs. South Florida (R) W 4-1 vs. Auburn (R) L 4-3SEC Championships 5thFinal ITA Ranking 19th

1999 18-10; 6-5 SECCoach Michael FancuttThe Citadel W 7-0 Tennessee-Chattanooga W 7-0 Indiana W 5-2 William & Mary W 5-0 vs. Tulsa W 5-2 at Harvard L 6-1 vs. Illinois L 4-2 vs. Harvard W 4-3 vs. Pepperdine L 5-2 Vanderbilt W 4-3 at Arkansas W 4-1 at Alabama L 4-3 Kentucky W 5-2 South Carolina L 4-3 at UNLV W 4-3 vs. Princeton W 6-1 at Pepperdine W 4-3 Baylor W 4-3 Florida L 5-2 at LSU W 4-3 Auburn W 4-3 at Georgia L 4-3 at Mississippi W 4-3 at Mississippi State L 4-3 vs. Auburn (S) W 4-0 vs. LSU (S) L 4-1 Tennessee Tech (R) W 4-0 Mississippi State (R) L 4-3SEC Championships 5thFinal ITA Ranking 13th

2000 23-6; 10-1 SECSEC CHAMPIONS Coach Michael FancuttMurray State* W 7-0 ETSU* W 7-0 Virginia Tech* W 7-0

South Florida* W 7-0 Virginia Commonwealth* L 4-1 at Vanderbilt W 5-1 Alabama W 6-1 at Illinois* L 4-3 vs. Baylor* W 6-2 vs. LSU W 4-3 vs. Stanford* L 4-3 Arkansas W 6-1 Mississippi L 4-3 vs. Lehigh* W 7-0 at Jacksonville* W 6-1 at South Carolina W 4-3 at Kentucky W 4-0 Mississippi State W 4-3 Georgia W 4-3 at Auburn W 5-2 LSU W 5-2 at Florida W 4-3 vs. Auburn (S) W 4-0 vs. Georgia (S) L 4-3 Tennessee-Chatt. (R) W 4-0 North Carolina (R) W 4-2vs. Texas A&M (N) W 4-3 vs. UCLA (N) W 4-1 vs. Va. Commonwealth (N) L 4-3SEC Finish 1stFinal ITA Ranking 3rd

2001 23-6; 9-2 SECNCAA FINALISTSCoach Michael FancuttTennessee-Chattanooga* W 7-0 ETSU* W 7-0 Virginia Commonwealth* W 4-2 vs. Oklahoma State* L 4-2 vs. Mississippi W 4-2 vs. Va. Commonwealth* W 4-3 Vanderbilt W 6-1 Illinois* W 4-3 at Duke* L 5-2 at Alabama W 4-3 at Arkansas W 4-3 at Tulane* W 4-3 at LSU L 4-1 Kentucky W 4-0 Auburn W 4-3 at Georgia L 6-1 at Mississippi W 5-2 at Mississippi State W 6-1 South Carolina W 6-1 Florida W 6-1 vs. South Carolina (S) W 4-1 vs. Alabama (S) W 4-2 vs. Georgia (S) L 4-3 Maryland-Balt. County (R) W 4-0 Ohio State (R) W 4-1 vs. South Alabama (N) W 4-0 vs. Stanford (N) W 4-2 vs. Texas Christian (N) W 4-0 at Georgia (N) L 4-1SEC Finish 2ndFinal ITA Ranking 2nd

2002 22-7; 7-4 SECSEC TOURNEY CHAMPIONS Coach Michael FancuttThe Citadel* W 7-0 Tennessee-Chattanooga* W 7-0 Memphis* W 6-1 ETSU* W 6-1 vs. Duke* L 4-1 vs. San Diego State* W 4-2 vs. Kentucky L 4-2 Duke* W 4-1 Kentucky L 4-3 Vanderbilt W 5-2 at Alabama W 4-2 at Auburn L 4-3 at LSU W 5-2 at Arkansas L 4-3 at Hawaii Paci�c* W 6-0 at Mississippi State W 5-2 at Mississippi L 4-3 Florida W 6-1 South Carolina W 6-1 Georgia W 4-3 Murray State* W 6-1Florida (S) W 4-0 Georgia (S) W 4-3 Auburn (S) W 4-1 Wake Forest (R) W 4-0 Virginia Tech (R) W 4-0 vs. Texas (N) W 4-0 vs. Kentucky (N) W 4-1 vs. Southern Cal (N) L 4-3SEC Finish t-2nd in EastFinal ITA Ranking 6th

CHRIS MAHONY, who later coached the Vols from 2005-06, was an All-America in 1994 and 1996. He had 90 career singles victories as a Vol.

PETER HANDOYO was named All-America three times for the Vols in 1999, 2000-01. His 145 career singles victories ranks second all-time at UT.


2003 9-12; 2-9 SECCoach Michael FancuttTennessee Tech* W 7-0 The Citadel* W 7-0 Murray State* W 7-0 Tennessee-Martin* W 7-0 ETSU* W 6-1 Louisville* L 4-2 at Duke* L 4-3 Austin Peay* W 5-0 at Kentucky L 6-1 at Vanderbilt L 7-0 Alabama W 4-1 Auburn L 5-2 LSU L 4-3 Arkansas W 4-3 vs. Georgia Southern* W 4-3 Mississippi State L 6-1 Mississippi L 4-3 at Florida L 6-1 at South Carolina L 4-2 at Georgia L 6-1 vs. Auburn (S) L 4-3SEC Finish 6th in EastFinal ITA Ranking 55th

2004 14-9; 6-5 SECCoach Michael FancuttMemphis* W 6-1UT-Martin* W 7-0Georgia Southern* W 7-0Virginia* L 4-3William & Mary* L 4-3ETSU* W 4-3Duke W 4-3at Arkansas W 4-3at LSU L 4-3at The Citadel W 5-2at College of Charleston W 6-1at Mississippi L 5-2at Mississippi State W 4-3South Carolina L 4-3Florida W 5-2Vanderbilt W 5-2Kentucky L 4-3Georgia W 5-2at Auburn L 5-2at Alabama W 4-3vs. Mississippi State (S)* L 4-3vs. Wichita State (R) W 4-1at Arkansas (R) L 4-1SEC Finish 4th in EastFinal ITA Ranking 21st

2005 16-9; 6-5 SECCoach Chris MahonyThe Citadel* W 7-0UNC-Greensboro* W 6-1Memphis* W 5-2at Virginia L 6-1ETSU* W 6-1at Duke L 6-1

Auburn W 4-3Alabama W 6-1Arkansas* W 5-2LSU W 4-3at Central Florida W 5-2Mississippi L 4-3Mississippi State W 4-3at South Carolina L 6-1at Florida L 6-1at Vanderbilt L 4-3at Kentucky W 5-2at Georgia L 6-1vs. Alabama (S) W 4-2vs. South Carolina (S) W 4-2vs. Mississippi (S) W 4-2vs. Florida (S) L 4-2ETSU (R) W 4-0Ohio State (R) W 4-2vs. UCLA (N) L 4-1SEC Finish T-3rd in EastFinal ITA Ranking 11th

2006 9-11; 3-8 SECCoach Chris Mahonyvs. Michigan State* W 5-2at Ohio State* L 5-2ETSU* W 4-3UNC-Greensboro* W 7-0Memphis* W 4-2Furman* W 6-1at LSU L 4-3at Arkansas* L 5-2Florida W 4-3South Carolina W 4-1at Miami (Fla.) L 7-0at Florida Atlantic W 6-0at Alabama L 5-2at Auburn L 5-2Vanderbilt* L 4-3Kentucky* L 5-2at Mississippi* L 4-0at Mississippi State W 6-1Georgia L 5-2vs. South Carolina (S) L 4-3SEC Finish 5th in EastFinal ITA Ranking 50th

2007 17-8; 7-4 SECCoach Sam WinterbothamUT-Chattanooga* W 7-0Memphis* W 7-0Louisville* W 7-0at Illinois* L 4-3Ohio State* L 4-0ETSU* W 6-1Morehead State* W 7-0Furman* W 4-3LSU L 4-3Arkansas* W 7-0at Florida L 4-3at South Carolina W 7-0The Citadel* W 6-1Murray State* W 7-0

Alabama W 5-2Auburn W 5-2at Vanderbilt W 6-1at Kentucky W 6-1Mississippi* L 4-3Mississippi State W 5-2at Georgia L 6-1vs. Arkansas (S) W 4-1vs. LSU (S) L 4-2vs. Miami (Fla.) (R) W 4-3vs. Ohio State (R) L 4-1SEC Finish T-2nd in EastFinal ITA Ranking 25th

2008 23-4; 9-2 SECCoach Sam WinterbothamFurman* W 7-0The Citadel* W 7-0ETSU* W 5-2UNC Wilmington* W 7-0Clemson* W 4-3Illinois* W 4-3at Louisville W 5-2at Kentucky W 6-1Middle Tennessee* W 5-2Murray State* W 7-0Mississippi* L 4-3Mississippi State W 5-2at South Carolina W 6-1Virginia Tech* W 4-3at Florida L 4-3

at Arkansas W 7-0LSU W 6-1at Auburn W 4-3at Alabama W 5-1Vanderbilt W 6-1Kentucky W 7-0Georgia W 4-3vs. LSU (S) W 4-2vs. Mississippi (S) L 4-2Furman (R) W 4-0Virginia Tech* (R) W 4-0vs. Baylor (N) L 4-1SEC Finish T-2nd in EastFinal ITA Ranking 9th

2009 23-7; 8-3 SECCoach Sam WinterbothamEast Tennessee State W 6-1Tennessee Wesleyan W 5-0Harvard (K) W 7-0at Illinois (K) W 4-3Baylor (I) W 4-0Ohio State (I) W 4-3Virginia (I) L 0-4Kentucky L 2-4at Mississippi State W 5-2at Mississippi L 1-6South Carolina W 4-1Florida W 6-1Penn State W 4-0Texas Tech W 4-2

Auburn W 4-2Alabama W 4-2Arkansas W 6-1at LSU W 4-1Alabama W 4-2Auburn W 4-1at Kentucky L 3-4at Vanderbilt W 4-3at Georgia L 2-5Kentucky (S) W 4-2Georgia (S) W 4-1Mississippi (S) L 2-4East Tennesse State (R) W 4-1Duke (R) W 4-1Texas (N) L 3-4SEC Finish 2nd in EastFinal ITA Ranking 8th

2010 31-2; 11-0 SECSEC CHAMPIONS SEC TOURNEY CHAMPIONSNCAA FINALISTSNATIONAL INDOOR FINALISTSCoach Sam WinterbothamEast Tennessee State W 7-0Chattanooga W 7-0Utah (K) W 7-0South Carolina (K) W 4-0MTSU W 7-0The Citadel W 6-1Illinois W 6-1vs. Illinois (I) W 4-0vs. UCLA (I) W 4-2vs. Texas (I) W 4-1vs. Virginia (I) L 1-4at Wake Forest W 4-3at Auburn W 7-0at Alabama W 4-1Vanderbilt W 6-1Kentucky W 6-1LSU W 7-0Louisville W 7-0at Arkansas W 6-1Mississippi W 7-0Mississippi State W 5-2at Florida W 4-3at South Carolina W 6-1Georgia W 6-1LSU (S) W 4-0Mississippi (S) W 4-0Florida (S) W 4-0Winthrop (R) W 4-0East Tennessee State (R) W 4-1Louisville (N) W 4-0Baylor (N) W 4-0at Georgia (N) W 4-1Southern California (N) L 2-4SEC Finish 1st overall; 1st in EastFinal ITA Ranking 2nd

2011 24-5; 10-1 SECSEC CHAMPIONS NATIONAL INDOOR FINALISTSCoach Sam WinterbothamEast Tennessee State W 7-0San Diego (K) W 6-1Clemson (K) W 7-0at Illinois W 5-2at Duke W 7-0Louisville W 7-0Georgia (I) W 4-2UCLA (I) W 4-1Duke (I) W 4-2Virginia (I) L 0-4Wake Forest W 6-1Alabama W 6-1Auburn W 5-2at Kentucky W 4-2at Vanderbilt W 4-3at Baylor L 3-4Arkansas W 7-0at LSU W 4-3at Mississippi State L 1-6at Mississippi W 4-3South Carolina W 7-0Florida W 7-0at Georgia W 4-3Mississippi (S) W 4-1at Florida (S) L 2-4Radford (R) W 4-0Virginia Tech (R) W 4-0California (N) W 4-2Georgia (N) W 4-3SEC Finish: T-1st overall; T-1st EastFinal ITA Ranking: 4th

KEY(S) SEC Tournament(R) NCAA Regional (Rounds 1 & 2)(N) NCAA (Round of 16 & up)(K) ITA Kick-O�(I) ITA National Team Indoors

KADEN HENSEL was the Vols’ first All-American in the Sam Winterbotham coaching era, taking the honors in 2007 & 2008 before beginning his pro circuit career.

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First LastSchool W L Meeting MeetingAir Force 1 0 1990 1990Alabama 36 13 1934 2011Alabama-Birmingham 1 2 1993 1996Amherst 1 0 1971 1971Appalachian State 1 0 1984 1984Arizona 0 1 1973 1973Arizona State 3 1 1991 1993Arkansas 21 13 1973 2011Arkansas-Little Rock 0 1 1985 1985Auburn 34 15 1964 2011Austin Peay 6 0 1972 2003Baylor 5 2 1984 2011Berea 1 0 1941 1941Birmingham Southern 3 1 1936 1941BYU 1 0 1981 1981BYU-Hawaii 1 0 1993 1993California 3 3 1988 2011California-Irvine 2 2 1985 1990Carson-Newman 8 0 1927 1941Central Florida 1 0 2005 2005Central Texas 1 0 1974 1974Centre 4 0 1937 1941Chattanooga 16 1 1972 2010Cincinnati 4 1 1964 1974The Citadel 11 0 1968 2010Clemson 14 7 1965 2011College of Charleston 1 0 2004 2004Colorado 1 0 1990 1990Columbus* 1 0 1971 1972Cumberland 2 0 1938 1938David Lipscomb 2 1 1963 1965DePauw 0 1 1941 1941Duke 11 6 1975 2011Eastern Kentucky 6 0 1967 1989Emory 1 1 1933 1985Emory & Henry 3 1 1935 1938East Tennessee State 24 3 1963 2011Florida 25 27 1965 2011Florida Atlantic 1 0 2006 2006Florida Southern 1 0 1965 1965Florida State 4 1 1966 1967Fresno State 3 0 1990 1995Furman 16 0 1965 2008Georgia 24 44 1963 2011Georgia Southern 2 0 2003 2004Georgia Tech 18 13 1927 1997Harvard 5 1 1986 2009Hawaii-Hilo 1 0 1993 1993Hawaii Paci�c 2 0 1998 2002Houston 1 1 1978 1979Howard 0 1 1928 1928Illinois 9 3 1966 2011Indiana 8 1 1971 1999Indiana State 1 0 1972 1972Iowa 1 1 1977 1980Jacksonville 1 0 2000 2000

First LastSchool W L Meeting MeetingKalamazoo 2 0 1967 1980Kansas 6 3 1974 1995Kentucky 46 37 1930 2011Lamar Tech 1 1 1967 1977Lehigh 1 0 2000 2000Lincoln Memorial 1 0 1928 1928Long Beach State 3 1 1970 1970Los Angeles State 1 0 1970 1970Louisiana-Lafayette 12 2 1979 1992Louisiana-Monroe 6 1 1978 1988LSU 26 25 1965 2011Louisiana Tech 1 0 1983 1983Louisville 8 1 1985 2011Maryland 1 1 1985 1985Md.-Baltimore County 1 0 2001 2001Maryville* 17 3 1927 1941Memphis 9 0 1964 2007Mercer 1 0 1964 1964Miami (Fla.) 9 9 1967 2007Miami (Ohio) 8 0 1970 1996Michigan 10 3 1975 1996Michigan State 2 0 1998 2006Middle Tennessee 15 1 1963 2010Milligan 2 1 1939 1941Minnesota 5 0 1990 1995Mississippi 24 21 1940 2011Mississippi A&M 1 1 1933 1933Mississippi College 0 1 1935 1935Mississippi State 31 17 1937 2011Morehead State 1 0 2007 2007Murray State 13 0 1967 2008New Mexico State 0 1 1977 1977North Carolina 7 10 1930 2000N.C. Greensboro 2 0 2005 2006North Carolina State 3 0 1981 1986N.C. Wilmington 1 0 2008 2008Northwestern 3 0 1970 1995Notre Dame 2 0 1991 1993Ohio 1 0 1983 1983Ohio State 8 3 1982 2009Ohio Wesleyan 1 0 1966 1966Oklahoma 1 1 1975 1994Oklahoma City 1 0 1970 1970Oklahoma State 3 2 1977 2001Pan American 2 2 1974 1978Penn State 2 0 1989 2009Pepperdine 3 5 1979 1999Presbyterian 3 2 1941 1973Princeton 1 0 1999 1999Purdue 2 0 1985 1986Radford 1 0 2011 2011Redlands 0 1 1970 1970Rice 3 0 1986 1992Samford 1 0 1994 1994San Diego 2 1 1973 2011San Diego State 1 0 2002 2002

First LastSchool W L Meeting MeetingSewanee 2 0 1966 1966South Alabama 2 0 1997 2001South Carolina 29 18 1968 2011South Florida 8 0 1966 2000Southern California 1 4 1970 2010Southern Illinois 13 7 1968 1986SIU-Edwardsville 1 0 1984 1984Southern Methodist 5 1 1978 1995Southwest Texas State 1 0 1980 1980Stanford 1 4 1988 2001Stetson 1 0 1965 1965Temple 1 0 1989 1989Tennessee Tech 10 0 1935 2003Tennessee Martin 2 0 2003 2004Tennessee Wesleyan 7 1 1928 2009Texas 6 8 1974 2010Texas A&M 3 2 1974 2000Texas Christian 5 0 1983 2001Texas-El Paso 1 0 1990 1990Texas Tech 3 0 1975 2009Toledo 1 0 1967 1967Trinity 4 10 1974 1990Tusculum 8 1 1936 1941Tulane 2 0 1967 2001Tulsa 2 0 1982 1999UCLA 4 8 1970 2011Union 2 0 1935 1964UNLV 2 0 1989 1999Utah 1 0 2010 2010Vanderbilt 51 11 1927 2011Virginia 6 5 1969 2011Virginia Commonwealth 2 3 1993 2001Virginia Tech 8 1 1980 2011Wake Forest 10 1 1975 2011Washington 1 0 1993 1993Washington (Mo.) 1 0 1964 1964Wayne 0 1 1937 1937West Virginia 1 0 1984 1984Western Kentucky 2 0 1968 1972William & Mary 3 1 1971 2004Wichita State 2 2 1981 2004Winthrop 1 0 2010 2010Wisconsin 3 0 1970 1991Wittenberg 1 0 1965 1965Xavier 1 0 1934 1934

*Record includes one tie

Note Schools in bold indicate 2011 opponent. In addition, Tennessee will play either Oklahoma or Mississippi on the second day of the ITA Kicko� Weekend.

ALABAMALast meeting: UT 6-1Last 10 matches: UT 9-1Current streak: UT 6

ARKANSASLast meeting: UT 7-0Last 10 matches: UT 8-2Current streak: UT 6

AUBURNLast meeting: UT 5-2Last 10 matches: UT 7-3Current streak: UT 6

FLORIDALast meeting: UF 4-2Last 10 matches: Tied 5-5Current streak: UF 1

GEORGIALast meeting: UGA 4-3Last 10 matches: UT 6-4Current streak: UGA 1

KENTUCKYLast meeting: UT 4-2Last 10 matches: UT 7-3Current streak: UT 3

LSULast meeting: UT 4-3Last 10 matches: UT 7-3Current streak: UT 6

MISSISSIPPILast meeting: UT 4-1Last 10 matches: OM 6-4Current streak: UT 4

MISSISSIPPI STATELast meeting: MSU 6-1Last 10 matches: UT 7-3Current streak: MSU 1

SOUTH CAROLINALast meeting: UT 7-0Last 10 matches: UT 8-2Current streak: UT 6

VANDERBILTLast meeting: UT 4-3Last 10 matches: UT 7-3Current streak: UT 5

TENNYS SANDGREN was nearly automatic for the Vols once the SEC season rolled around. He went 20-1 in conference play in his two-year career at Tennessee as the Vols won back-to-back SEC titles.

AGAINST THE SEC

VOLS VS. THE SEC (LATELY)

SERIES RECORD VS. OPPONENTS RECORDS BASED ON 1927-41 & 1963-2010


1951: THE FIRST SEC TITLE�e 1951 team, coached by Walter D. Buchanan,

won UT’s �rst SEC Championship by tying former SEC tennis powerhouse Tulane for the title.

Tommy Bartlett, who never lost a match in his collegiate career, captained the 1951 squad and won the No. 5 SEC singles title that season. Teammate Bill Davis won the No. 1 singles competition.

Davis and John Cullum also won the No. 1 dou-bles title at the SEC tournament. Bartlett and Gavin Gentry won the No. 3 doubles title.

1966: BARTLETT RETURNSTen years after his playing career with the Vols

ended, Bartlett returned to Knoxville as the assistant basketball coach but took over tennis coaching du-ties in 1963.

Bartlett proved to be as successful a coach as he was as a player, leading the Vols to their second SEC title in 1966.

�e Vols were a �awless 7-0 in SEC play. UT’s success that season was thanks in part to the

play of Lenny Schloss, who became the �rst tennis All-America for the Vols in 1967.

Schloss won the No. 2 SEC singles title at the 1966 tournament, and he teamed up with Jack Jack-son to win the No. 1 doubles championship. Kenny Marcus took the No. 3 singles title; Marcus and Richard Preston also claimed the No. 3 doubles title.

1970: MOZUR LEADS VOLSTommy Mozur, the Vols’ second All America

and �rst to win the honor multiple times, captained Tennessee to the SEC Championship for the second time in �ve years.

Mozur earned his second All America in his se-nior season, reaching the fourth round of the NCAA tournament. In the SEC, he teamed up with Earle Freeman to win the conference No. 1 doubles title.

�e Vols �nished 14-7 overall and 4-1 in the SEC with Louis Royal as the head coach.

1980: HARMON & PURCELLRodney Harmon and Mel Purcell put together

one of the best doubles teams in UT history in 1980, helping the Vols to their fourth SEC title. �e pair won the SEC No. 1 doubles title and went up the ladder to win the Vols’ only NCAA doubles champi-onship as the top-seeded team.

Harmon and Purcell were equally successful in singles play, both reaching the top 10 in the national rankings. Purcell was the SEC No. 1 champion and had 34 victories during with season, and Harmon played his way through the No. 2 bracket with 35 wins. Harmon also reached the semi�nals of the NCAA tournament in singles.

�e Vols went 14-6 overall and 6-0 in the SEC underhead coach John Newman, who had 51 wins in his four seasons with the Vols.

1986: LATE IMPROVEMENTTennessee �nished just 3-6 against SEC oppo-

nents during the regular season, but the Vols turned things around just in time for another title.

�e Vols certainly had strength at the top of the lineup, which featured a pair of three-time All-Ameri-cas in Shelby Cannon and Byron Talbot. Cannon and Talbot, the winningest doubles pair in UT history, won the No. 1 doubles title. Talbot also won the No. 2 singles championship, a feat he repeated a year later.

Tim Leos earned the Vols points by winning the No. 6 singles title. Cary Cohenour and Mark Her-rington also won the No. 2 doubles title to help coach Mike DePalmer Sr. to his �rst of two titles as head coach.

1990: NEAR FLAWLESS�e 1990 season was a special year for the Vols,

both in conference and on a national scale. �e team �nished 34-1 in 1990 with a perfect 9-0 record in the SEC en route to the regular-season conference championship. In a reworked SEC postseason sys-tem, Tennessee also hosted — and won — the SEC Tournament Championship.

�e Vols attained the No. 1 national ranking and were the top seed in the NCAA Tournament, reaching the �nals for the �rst time in program history before losing to 5-2 Stanford. Doug Flach, Tim Jessup and Brice Karsh earned All-America honors that season.

2000: ON TO NATIONALSBehind eventual three-time All-America Peter

Handoyo, the Vols strung together three years of postseason dominance beginning in 2000. �ey reached the NCAA semi�nals in 2000, the cham-pionship match in 2001 and the semi�nals again in 2002.

During conference season, Tennessee �nished tied with Florida for the SEC regular-season title with a 10-1 record in 2000. �e Vols secured the tie atop the conference standings by beating the Gators 4-3 in Gainesville the �nal weekend of the season.

Adam Carey won a team-leading 42 singles matches, good for seventh most in a season.

2010: UNDEFEATED AGAINIn many ways, the 2010 season was like turn-

ing the clock back to 1990. For the �rst time in 20 years, the Vols again �nished the conference season

Year Champions Tennessee Host1938 Georgia Tech NA NA1939 Tulane NA NA1940 LSU NA NA1941 Tulane NA NA1942 Tulane NA NA1946 Georgia Tech NA *Tulane1947 Tulane NA *Tulane1948 Tulane NA *Tulane1949 Tulane NA *Tulane1950 Florida NA Vanderbilt1951 Tennessee/*Tulane t-1st Florida1952 Tulane 2nd *Tulane1953 Tulane 4th Alabama1954 Tulane NA Georgia1955 Tulane 6th *Tulane1956 Tulane 8th *Georgia Tech1957 Tulane NA LSU1958 Tulane 8th *Tulane

1959 Tulane 8th Mississippi State1960 Georgia Tech 6th Tennessee1961 Florida NA Florida1962 Tulane 12th Vanderbilt1963 Tulane 10th Alabama1964 Tulane 8th Mississippi1965 Mississippi State 4th Auburn1966 Tennessee 1st Georgia1967 Mississippi State 2nd Florida1968 Florida 4th Kentucky1969 Florida 5th LSU1970 Tennessee 1st Mississippi State1971 Georgia 2nd Mississippi1972 Georgia t-2nd Tennessee1973 Georgia 5th Vanderbilt1974 Georgia 2nd Georgia1975 Florida/Georgia 3rd Alabama1976 Alabama/LSU 7th Auburn1977 Georgia 6th Florida

1978 Georgia 2nd Kentucky1979 Georgia 2nd LSU1980 Tennessee 1st Mississippi1981 Georgia 4th Tennessee1982 Georgia 2nd Vanderbilt1983 Auburn 3rd Georgia1984 Auburn 4th Alabama1985 Georgia/LSU 3rd LSU1986 Tennessee 1st Auburn1987 Georgia 2nd Florida1988 Georgia t-4th Kentucky1989 Georgia 10th Mississippi State1990 Tennessee 1st --1991 Georgia t-3rd --1992 Kentucky t-8th --1993 Georgia/Miss. State 6th --1994 Florida t-6th --1995 Georgia 6th --1996 Georgia/Ole Miss 8th --

1997 Georgia/Mississippi 12th --1998 LSU 5th --1999 Georgia/LSU t-5th --2000 Tennessee/Florida t-1st --2001 Georgia 2nd --2002 Georgia t-2nd in East --2003 Florida 6th in East --2004 Mississippi 4th in East --2005 Florida/Mississippi t-3rd in East --2006 Georgia 5th in East --2007 Georgia t-2nd in East --2008 Georgia t-2nd in East --2009 Mississippi 2nd in East --2010 Tennessee 1st --2011 Tennessee/Georgia t-1st --

Note Prior to 1990, the SEC champion was the winner of the end-of-season �ighted tournament instead of regular season rankings as it is today.

SEC TITLES YEAR-BY-YEAR

Georgia 25Tulane 17Tennessee 9Florida 9LSU 5Mississippi 5

Mississippi State 3Auburn 2Georgia Tech 2Alabama 1Kentucky 1

OVERALL SEC TITLES

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS VOLS HAVE 9 REGULAR SEASON & 3 TOURNAMENT TITLES

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SINGLES• No. 11951 Bill Davis1968 Tommy Mozur1972 Paul Van Min1979 Andy Kohlberg1980 Mel Purcell1984 Paul Annacone• No. 2 1952 Gavin Gentry1966 Lenny Schloss1972 Robert Van Malder1973 Dan Huber1980 Rodney Harmon1986 Byron Talbot1987 Byron Talbot

• No 31951 Gavin Gentry1952 Tommy Bartlett1966 Kenny Marcus1967 Tommy Mozur• No. 41974 Dan Huber1979 Michael Fancutt• No. 51951 Tommy Bartlett1966 Bobby Dow1982 Earl Grainger•No. 61950 Tommy Bartlett1980 Dan Cooper1986 Tim Leos

DOUBLES• No. 11951 Cullum/Davis1966 Jackson/Schloss1967 Mozur/Schloss1970 Freeman/Mozur1978 DeLatte/Gillespie1979 Fancutt/Kohlberg1980 Harmon/Purcell1981 DePalmer Jr./Fancutt1982 Annacone/DePalmer Jr.1986 Cannon/Talbot1987 Cannon/Talbot

• No. 21952 Bartlett/Gentry1965 Darden/Marcus1974 Dunn/Van Malder1975 DeLatte/Dunn1978 Cooper/Kohlberg1979 Gillespie/McKeown1980 Corn/Fancutt1983 Grainger/Moos1985 Cannon/Claverie1986 Cohenour/Herrington• No. 31950 Bartlett/Curry1951 Bartlett/Gentry1966 Marcus/Preston

Note From 1953-1989, the SEC champion was determined by the accumulation of points in an individual �ighted tournament. After 1989, the �ighted tourna-ment was discontinued, thus there were no individual cham-pions named from 1990-92. From 1993-94, the SEC individual champions were those singles players and doubles teams that won their respective titles at the SEC Coaches Indoor Tourna-ment.

SEC INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS (THROUGH 1989)

Year Champions How UT Fared Host1990 Tennessee Champions Tennessee1991 Georgia First Round Ole Miss1992 Kentucky Quarter�nals Vanderbilt1993 Georgia Semi�nals Georgia1994 Florida Quarter�nals Alabama1995 Georgia Semi�nals LSU1996 Mississippi State Quarter�nals Arkansas1997 Mississippi First Round So. Carolina1998 LSU Quarter�nals Auburn1999 LSU Quarter�nals Florida2000 Florida Quarter�nals Miss. State2001 Georgia Final Kentucky2002 Tennessee Champions Tennessee2003 Vanderbilt First Round Mississippi2004 Georgia First Round Vanderbilt2005 Florida Final Georgia2006 Georgia First Round Alabama2007 Georgia Quarter�nals LSU2008 Mississippi Semi�nals Arkansas2009 Mississippi Final Auburn2010 Tennessee Champions Kentucky2011 Florida Semi�nals Florida

YEAR-BY-YEAR SEC TOURNAMENT RESULTS

undefeated, this time with an 11-0 record. �e Vols started the year �fth in the national rankings and rose to second by season’s end.

Florida presented the biggest hurdle for the Vols in 2010. Tennessee traveled to Gainesville and beat the sixth-ranked Gators on the road for the �rst time since 2000 with a 4-3 victory. Davey Sandgren se-cured the match with a three-set win on court 6.

�e Vols clinched the title outright with a 6-1 home win against Georgia.

John-Patrick Smith, who was both the SEC Play-er of the Year and the SEC Tournament MVP, �n-ished the regular season 9-1 in conference play. Mat-teo Fago, Rhyne Williams and Tennys Sandgren all �nished with 10 singles wins in SEC dual matches.

2011: BACK TO BACKWith �ve of six starters returning for the Vols,

the 2011 Tennessee squad made history by clinching back-to-back SEC regular-season titles for the �rst time in program history.

�e Vols dropped a midseason road match at Mississippi State, so when they stepped on court at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga., it was a must-win situation to secure a share of the SEC title with unbeaten Georgia.

Edward Jones and Matteo Fago clinched the doubles point on court three. From there, Tennes-see picked up straight-set victories by Boris Conkic, Rhyne Williams and John-Patrick Smith to win 4-3.

Smith became the �rst Vol to earn back-to-back SEC Player of the Year honors with a 9-1 record at the top of the lineup and was named SEC Athlete of the Year a few months later. Tennys Sandgren went 10-1 and Rhyne Williams was 9-2.

TOURNAMENT TITLES 1990

The Vols snapped Georgia’s three-year hold on the SEC Title in 1990 with a perfect 9-0 confer-ence record and hosted the new SEC Tournament Championship, which featured dual matches in-stead of �ighted draws. With an upset win at No. 1 singles, Doug Flach led the Vols to a 5-1 victory over Georgia to clinch the tournament trophy

Tennessee’s record stood at 31-0 after the tournament and the Vols rose to No. 1 in the na-tional rankings for the �rst -- and still only -- time in school history.

Road to the Title:Round Opponent Result ScoreQuarter�nals Mississippi W 5-1Semi�nals Auburn W 6-0Final Georgia W 5-1

2002The SEC Championships returned to UT Var-

sity Courts once again in 2002, and the Vols took advantage of playing in Knoxville in front of the home fans.

Senior Adam Carey was understandably named SEC Tournament MVP after clinching all three matches for the Vols at the No. 3 position. The Vols avenged a 4-3 loss at Auburn earlier in the season by defeating the Tigers 4-1 in the tournament �nal.

Road to the Title:Round Opponent Result ScoreQuarter�nals Florida W 4-0Semi�nals Georgia W 4-3Final Auburn W 4-1

2010The Vols became the �rst team in SEC Tour-

nament Championship history to shut out all three opponents and en route to hoisting the pyramid-shaped trophy. Tennessee blanked LSU, Mississippi and Florida by 4-0 scores during a raining weekend in Lexington, Ky.

Junior Boris Conkic clinched the semi�nal win over Mississippi and provided the �nal point in the title match against Florida. He closed out a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Joey Burkhardt at the No. 2 position and was immediately mobbed by team-mates in celebration on the indoor courts.

Junior John-Patrick Smith had an undefeated weekend at No. 1 singles and doubles to earn tournament MVP honors.

Road to the Title:Round Opponent Result ScoreQuarter�nals LSU W 4-0Semi�nals Mississippi W 4-0Final Florida W 4-0

Note Since 1990Georgia 7Florida 4Tennessee 3Mississippi 3

LSU 2Kentucky 1Mississippi State 1Vanderbilt 1

SEC TOURNEY TITLES


In 2010, Boris Conkic (left) became the sixth Volunteer to win the singles crown at the annual SEC Coaches In-door Championships in Norcross, Ga. He and John-Patrick Smith reached the doubles title match the next year in Knoxville.

UT SINGLES CHAMPIONS1980 Mel Purcell1991 Tim Jessup1993 Chris Woodru�2002 Peter Handoyo2009 John-Patrick Smith2010 Boris Conkic

UT DOUBLES CHAMPIONS1979 Fancutt/Kohlberg1980 Harmon/Purcell1995 Dewandaka/Magendans2000 Crews/Handoyo2002 Dietrich/Handoyo2009 Sandgren/Smith

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & TITLES

ITA PLAYER OF THE YEARFINAL NO. 1 RANKED SINGLES PLAYER1984 Paul Annacone1993 Chris Woodru�

ITA COACH OF THE YEAR1990 Mike DePalmer Sr.

ITA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR1992 Chris Woodru�1999 Peter Handoyo

ITA PLAYER TO WATCH1987 Shelby Cannon

RAFAEL OSUNA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD1987 Byron Talbot2010 John-Patrick Smith

ITA ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS• Singles Champion2009 John-Patrick Smith

• Singles Finalist1982 Paul Annacone

• Doubles Champions1986 Shelby Cannon/Byron Talbot2009 John-Patrick Smith/Boris Conkic

USTA/ITA NATIONAL INDOOR INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS• Singles Champions1980 Mel Purcell1984 Paul Annacone2010 Rhyne Williams

• Singles Finalist1991 Brice Karsh

• Doubles Champions1996 Chris Mahony/Pablo Montana

• Doubles Finalists1984 Paul Annacone/Mark Herrington

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR2011 John-Patrick Smith

PLAYER OF THE YEAR1993 Chris Woodru�2010 John-Patrick Smith2011 John-Patrick Smith

COACH OF THE YEAR1966 Tommy Bartlett1980 John Newman1986 Mike DePalmer Sr.1990 Mike DePalmer Sr.1998 Michael Fancutt2008 Sam Winterbotham2010 Sam Winterbotham

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR2008 John-Patrick Smith2010 Rhyne Williams

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM2002 Adam Carey (MVP)2010 John-Patrick Smith (MVP) Boris Conkic2011 Tennys Sandgren

END-SEASON SEC AWARDS

ITA AWARDS & NATIONAL TOURNAMENT TITLES

SEC COACHES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

AWARDS BOX /// ALL-SEC

89 All-SEC honors earned by the Vols since 1966. A school-record �ve were selected by league coaches in 2010. The Vols have earned 17 All-SEC selections since Sam Winterbotham arrived in 2008.

6 Vols named All-SEC honors all four years: Shelby Cannon (1985-88), Boris Conkic (2008-11), Peter Handoyo (1999-2002), John-Patrick Smith (2008-11), Byron Talbot (1985-88) & Paul Van Min (1972-75).

1966 Jack Jackson Kenny Marcus (2nd) Lenny Schloss1967 Tommy Mozur (2nd)1968 Tommy Mozur1969 Jim Ward (2nd)1970 Tommy Mozur Jim Ward (2nd)1971 Robert Pierce (2nd) Robert Van Malder (2nd)1972 Robert Van Malder Paul Van Min1973 Dan Huber Paul Van Min1974 Paul Van Min1975 Dan Huber Paul Van Min1976 Tracy DeLatte1977 Tracy DeLatte Gary Dunn1978 Tracy DeLatte1979 Andy Kohlberg Denis McKeown1980 Rodney Harmon Mel Purcell 1981 Mike DePalmer Jr.1982 Paul Annacone Mike DePalmer Jr.1983 Paul Annacone1984 Paul Annacone1985 Shelby Cannon (hm) Carlos Claverie (hm) Mark Herrington (hm) Byron Talbot (hm)1986 Shelby Cannon (S & D) Mark Herrington (S & D) Byron Talbot (S & D)1987 Shelby Cannon (S & D) Byron Talbot (S & D)1988 Shelby Cannon (S & D) Mike Pittard (S) Byron Talbot (S & D)1990 Doug Flach (S & D) Tim Jessup (D)1991 Tim Jessup (D) Brice Karsh (S & D)

1992 Chris Woodru� (S)1993 Chris Haggard (D) Chris Woodru� (S & D)1994 Chris Mahony (S & D)1995 Daniel Dewandaka (S) Pablo Montana (2nd S)1996 Chris Mahony (S & D) Pablo Montana (S & D)1998 Mark Way (2nd S) 1999 Adam Carey (2nd D) Peter Handoyo (S) Mark Parsons (2S, 2D) 2000 Peter Handoyo (2nd S) Mark Parsons (S)2001 Peter Handoyo (2nd S) Mark Parsons (2nd S)2002 Peter Handoyo (S) Simon Rea (2nd D) Mario Toledo (S)2003 Mark Dietrich (2nd) Simon Rea (2nd)2004 Simon Rea Damien Spizzo2005 Mark Dietrich (2nd) Ockie Oosthuizen (2nd) Ben Rogers (2nd)2007 Kaden Hensel Davey Sandgren (2nd)2008 John-Patrick Smith Boris Conkic (2nd) Kaden Hensel (2nd)2009 John-Patrick Smith Matteo Fago Boris Conkic 2010 Boris Conkic Davey Sandgren John-Patrick Smith Rhyne Williams Tennys Sandgren (2nd)2011 Boris Conkic Tennys Sandgren John-Patrick Smith Rhyne Williams

KEY: 2nd - 2nd Team; hm - honor-able mention; s - singles; d - doubles

VOLS EARNING ALL-SEC

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SEC AWARDS/NCAA SINGLES & DOUBLES

TENNESSEE COMPETITORS IN THE NCAA SINGLES & DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS

1980RODNEY HARMON & MEL PURCELL NCAA DOUBLES CHAMPIONS

ROAD TO THE TITLERd. Opponent, Score 32 Gorman/Marks (Cal-Hayward), 6-4, 6-416 Low/Meister (Princeton), 6-1, 6-0Q Cain/DeLouis (SMU), 6-2, 5-7, 6-4S Bourne/Rennert (Stanford), 6-4, 7-6F Benson/Giammalva [2] (Trinity), 7-6, 7-6

1993

ROAD TO THE TITLE64 Greg Bowery (SMU), 6-4, 6-232 Andrew Rueb (Harvard), 6-4, 6-316 Mike Sell [9-16] (Georgia), 6-2, 7-5Q David Draper (Texas), 6-0, 6-1S Tamer El Sawy (LSU), 6-2, 5-7, 6-3F Wade McGuire [4] (Georgia), 6-3, 6-1 CHRIS WOODRUFF: NCAA SINGLES CHAMPION

2008-10JOHN-PATRICK SMITH 2008 NCAA SINGLES FINALIST2009 & 10 NCAA DOUBLES FINALIST

W/DAVEY SANDGRENBefore John-Patrick Smith arrived on campus, no Vol had ever appeared in multiple NCAA �nals. Smith reached that stage three times during his career at Tennessee.

As a freshman, Smith jumped into the national spotlight by upsetting his way into the singles title match as an un-seeded player. The last two years, he has reached the doubles championship with Davey Sandgren.

1966Singles

Jack Jackson [16]Lenny Schloss

DoublesJackson/Schloss

1967Singles

Tommy MozurLenny Schloss [9-16]Leonard Schuermann

DoublesMozur/SchlossSchuermann/Stock

1968Singles

Bob DowTommy Mozur [14]Leonard SchuermannJim Ward

DoublesDow/MozurSchuermann/Ward

1970Singles

Earle FreemanBill MonanTommy Mozur [14]Jim Ward

DoublesFreeman/MozurMonan/Ward

1971Singles

Marc Bolle

Bob PierceRobert Van MalderSchott Lettellier

DoublesLettellier/PierceBolle/Van Malder

1972Singles

Robert Van MalderMarc BolleDan HuberPaul Van Min

DoublesBolle/Van MalderHuber/Van Min

1973Singles

Bob PiercePaul Van MinDan HuberMarc Bolle

DoublesBolle/Van MinHuber/Pierce

1974Singles

Dan HuberRobert Van MalderPaul Van MinGary Dunn

DoublesDunn/Van MalderPierce/Van Min

1975Singles

Dan HuberGary DunnTracy DeLattePaul Novacek

DoublesDeLatte/GillespieHuber/Novacek

1976Singles

Tracey DeLatte

1978Singles

Tracey DeLatteDoubles

DeLatte/Gillespie

1979Singles

Andy Kohlberg [2]Doubles

FINALISTSFancutt/Kohlberg

1980Singles

Rodney HarmonMel Purcell [4]

DoublesCHAMPIONSHarmon/Purcell [1]

1981Singles

Mike DePalmer Jr.

DoublesDePalmer/Fancutt

1982Singles

Paul AnnaconeMike DePalmer Jr. [7]

DoublesAnnacone/DePalmer

1983Singles

Paul Annacone [9-16]

1984Singles

Paul Annacone [1]Doubles

Annacone/Green

1985Singles

Shelby Cannon

1986Singles

Shelby CannonDoubles

Cannon/Talbot

1987Singles

Shelby CannonByron Talbot [9-16]

DoublesCannon/Talbot [2]

1988Singles

Shelby Cannon [4]Byron Talbot

DoublesCannon/Talbot [5-8]

1989Singles

Brice KarshDoubles

Karsh/Gibson

1990Singles

Doug FlachTim JessupBrice Karsh

Doublesde Villiers/GibsonFlach/Jessup [3]

1991Singles

Tim JessupBrice Karsh [9-16]Fabio Silberberg

Doublesde Villiers/GibsonJessup/Karsh [4]

1992Singles

Chris Woodru� [9-16]

1993Singles

CHAMPIONChris Woodru� [1]

Christopher HaggardDoubles

Haggard/Woodru�

1994Singles

Chris MahonyDoubles

Mahony/Montana

1995Singles

Daniel DewandakaDoubles

Dewandaka/MagendansMahony/Montana

1996Singles

Chris MahonyPablo Montana

DoublesMahony/Montana

1998Singles

Mark WayDoubles

Copenhaver/Way

1999Singles

Peter Handoyo [9-16]Mark Parsons

2000Singles

Mark Parsons

2001Singles

Adam CareyPeter HandoyoMark Parsons

2002Singles

Peter Handoyo [2]Mario Toledo

DoublesRea/Toledo

2003Singles

Simon Rea

2004Singles

Simon ReaDoubles

Rea/Spizzo

2005Singles

Mark DietrichDoubles

Oosthuizen/Rogers [9-16]

2006Doubles

Hubble/Rogers

2007Singles

Kaden HenselDoubles

Hubble/Rogers

2008Singles

FINALISTJohn-Patrick SmithKaden Hensel

DoublesHensel/Smith [5-8]

2009Singles

Boris ConkicJohn-Patrick Smith [6]

DoublesFINALISTSD. Sandgren/Smith [2]

2010Singles

Boris ConkicJohn-Patrick Smith [3]Rhyne Williams

DoublesFINALISTSD. Sandgren/Smith [2]Conkic/Williams

2011Singles

Tennys SandgrenJohn-Patrick Smith [9-16]FINALISTRhyne Williams [4]

DoublesConkic/Smith [1]


1979 Championship Site: Athens, Ga.

R16 California def. Tennessee 8-1


R16 Trinity (Tex.) def. Tennessee 5-4


R16 Tennessee def. South Carolina 5-3QF Tennessee def. Long Beach St. 5-3SF UCLA def. Tennessee 5-2


R16 Tennessee def. TCU 5-2QF Pepperdine def. Tennessee 5-1


R16 Oklahoma State def. Tennessee 5-4

1990 Championship Site: Indian Wells, Calif.

R16 Tennessee (1) def. UC-Irvine 5-2QF Tennessee (1) def. Miami (Fla.) 5-2SF Tennessee (1) def. UCLA 5-4F Stanford (2) def. Tennessee (1) 5-2


R16 Florida def. Tennessee 5-2


R16 Texas def. Tennessee 5-1

1996 Regional Site: Baton Rouge, La.

R64 UAB def. Tennessee 4-0

1997 Regional Site: Gainesville, Fla.

R64 Florida def. Tennessee 5-0

1998 Regional Site: Lexington, Ky.

R64 Tennessee def. South Florida 4-1R32 Auburn def. Tennessee 4-3

1999 Regional Site: Knoxville

R64 Tennessee def. Tennessee Tech 4-0R32 Mississippi State def. Tennessee 4-3


R64 Tennessee def. Chattanooga 4-0R32 Tennessee def. North Carolina 4-2

Championship Site: Athens, Ga.R16 Tennessee def. Texas A&M 4-3QF Tennessee def. UCLA 4-1SF VCU def. Tennessee 4-3


R64 Tennessee def. UMBC 4-0R32 Tennessee def. Ohio State 4-1

Championship Site: Athens, Ga.R16 Tennessee def. S. Alabama 4-0QF Tennessee def. Stanford 4-2SF Tennessee def. TCU 4-0F Georgia def. Tennessee 4-1


R64 Tennessee def. Wake Forest 4-0R32 Tennessee def. Virginia Tech 4-0

Championship Site: College Station, TexasR16 Tennessee def. Texas 4-0QF Tennessee def. Kentucky 4-1SF Southern Cal. def. Tennessee 4-3

2004 Regional Site: Fayetteville, Ark.

R64 Tennessee (15) def. Wichita State 4-1R32 Arkansas def. Tennessee (15) 4-1


R64 Tennessee (15) def. ETSU 4-0R32 Tennessee (15) def. Ohio State 4-2

Championship Site: College Station, TexasR16 UCLA (7) def. Tennessee (15) 4-1

2007 Regional Site: Columbus, Ohio

R64 Tennessee def. Miami (Fla.) 4-3R32 Ohio State (2) def. Tennessee 4-1


R64 Tennessee (8) def. Furman 4-0R32 Tennessee (8) def. Virginia Tech 4-0

Championship Site: Tulsa, Okla.R16 Baylor (9) def. Tennessee (8) 4-1


R64 Tennessee (5) def. ETSU 4-0R32 Tennessee (5) def. Duke 4-1

Championship Site: College Station, TexasR16 Texas (12) def. Tennessee (5) 4-3


R64 Tennessee (2) def. Winthrop 4-0R32 Tennessee (2) def. ETSU 4-1

Championship Site: Athens, Ga.R16 Tennessee (2) def. Louisville (15) 4-0QF Tennessee (2) def. Baylor (7) 4-0SF Tennessee (2) def. Georgia (11) 4-1F Southern Cal. (5) def. Tennessee (2) 4-2

2011Regional Site: Knoxville

R64 Tennessee (3) def. Radford 4-0R32 Tennessee (3) def. Virginia Tech 4-0

Championship Site: Palo Alto, Calif.R16 Tennessee (3) def. California (15) 4-2QF Georgia (6) def. Tennessee (3) 4-3

SEC TEAMS & NCAA APPEARANCESThe Vols rank third in the SEC with 22 trips to the NCAA Championships. Tennessee has reached the tournament all �ve years of Sam Winterbotham’s tenure as head coach.

The SEC list of NCAA appearances:1. Georgia 332. LSU 273. Tennessee 224. Florida 215. Kentucky 205. Mississippi 20

5. South Carolina 198. Auburn 199. Mississippi St. 1610. Alabama 1510. Arkansas 1512. Vanderbilt 10

RHYNE WILLIAMS collected five victories during the Vols’ 2010 run to the NCAA Championship match.

THE VOLS’ RECORD... In the NCAA Championships 37-22

At championship site (last four rds) 17-16At regional site (�rst two rds) 20-6In Knoxville for regional matches 17-1

By Round 37-22Round of 64 12-2Round of 32 8-4Round of 16 8-8Quarter�nals 6-2Semi�nals 3-3Championship 0-3

Shutouts by Vols 17At regional site 12At championship site 5

NCAA TEAM RESULTS 22 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES. 6 SEMIFINALS. 3 FINALS. NCAA NOTEBOOK

22 Times the Vols have reached the NCAA Tennis Championships since 1979.

9 Times the Vols have hosted the �rst two rounds of the tournament since 1999.

3 Trips to the NCAA Cham-pionships from 2000-02 in which the Vols advanced to the semi�nals or �nal.

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1990 2001 2010

FINAL RECORD: 34-1SEC RECORD: 9-0 [SEC CHAMPIONS]FINAL RANKING: NO. 2

FINAL RECORD: 23-6SEC RECORD: 9-2 [2ND IN EAST]FINAL RANKING: NO. 2

FINAL RECORD: 31-2SEC RECORD: 11-0 [SEC CHAMPIONS]FINAL RANKING: NO. 2

NCAA RESULTSChampionship Site: Indian Wells, Calif.

R16 Tennessee (1) def. UC-Irvine W 5-2QF Tennessee (1) def. Miami (Fla.) W 5-2SF Tennessee (1) def. UCLA W 5-4F Stanford (2) def. Tennessee (1) L 5-2

NCAA RESULTSRegional Site: Knoxville

R64 Tennessee def. UMBC W 4-0R32 Tennessee def. Ohio State W 4-1

Championship Site: Athens, Ga.R16 Tennessee def. S. Alabama W 4-0QF Tennessee def. Stanford W 4-2SF Tennessee def. TCU W 4-0F Georgia def. Tennessee L 4-1

NCAA RESULTSRegional Site: Knoxville

R64 Tennessee (2) def. Winthrop W 4-0R32 Tennessee (2) def. ETSU W 4-1

Championship Site: Athens, Ga.R16 Tennessee (2) def. Louisville (15) W 4-0QF Tennessee (2) def. Baylor (7) W 4-0SF Tennessee (2) def. Georgia (11) W 4-1F Southern Cal. (5) def. Tennessee (2) L 4-2

CLAIM TO FAME?Without a doubt, the 1990 team set the bar for excellence at Tennes-see. The Vols, who won the SEC regular-season and tournament titles with an undefeated record, became the �rst Tennessee team to reach the championship match. All told, they were also the �rst UT team to win at least 30 matches in a season.

The 1990 Vols still hold several UT records of note, including: • Most wins in a season: 34• Most consecutive wins: 34• Highest winning percentage: .971• Only Tennessee team to reach the No. 1 national ranking

CLAIM TO FAME?The Vols reached the championship again in 2001, the second year of a three-season period in which the Vols enjoyed unmatched postseason success under coach Michael Fancutt. The Vols made it to the semi�-nals in 2000, the �nals in 2001 and the semi�nals again in 2002.

Tennessee likely would have reached the 2000 title match as well, were it not for two players falling victim to severe full-body cramps during their 4-3 semi�nal loss to VCU on a hot afternoon in Athens. Paul Pod-bury led by a set on court 4 before he was forced to retire, alongside teammate Peter Handoyo.

CLAIM TO FAME?Like the 1990 team, the 2010 Vols ran undefeated for the SEC regular-season and tournament titles. What set the 2010 team apart, however, was the method in which the Vols won their matches. With a strong lineup from courts 1 through 6, the team set or matched every shut-out record in Tennessee’s book during the year. They won the doubles point in all but one of their matches.

To look at the team’s shutout success:• Most shutouts in a season: 16 (previous record was 10 in 1965)• Most consecutive shutouts: 5 (tie with 1964)• First team in conference history to shutout all three opponents in SEC Tournament

NCAA TEAM FINALISTS


THE ALL-AMERICANS

RODNEY HARMON[1980]In 1980, Harmon captured the SEC No. 2 singles crown to help the Vols to their fourth confer-ence title. He later teamed with Mel Purcell to win the NCAA doubles title. He also reached the semi�nals of the NCAA singles championships.

ANDY KOHLBERG[1979]Kohlberg stood atop the colle-giate singles poll in 1979. He de-feated the eventual NCAA singles champion twice during the sea-son and led the Vols with a 15-4 singles record. He was inducted into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame in 2007.

MICHAEL FANCUTT[1979]As a freshman in 1979, Fancutt compiled a 12-7 dual-match re-cord at No. 4 and won conference titles in singles and doubles. He also reached the NCAA doubles �nal with Andy Kohlberg. He later coached the Vols from 1998-2004.

TOMMY MOZUR[1968, 1970]Mozur attained a national singles ranking of No. 15 in 1968, the highest ranking held by a Volun-teer to that point. As a senior in 1970, Mozur captained the Vols to an SEC crown. He was inducted into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame in 2009.

LENNY SCHLOSS[1967]Tennessee’s �rst tennis All-Ameri-ca, Schloss teamed with di�erent partners to win the SEC doubles crown in 1966 and 1967. He also helped guide the Vols to an SEC team title in 1966. He was in-ducted into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame in 2009.

MIKE DEPALMER JR.[1981, 1982]DePalmer excelled for Tennessee in the early 1980s, reaching the NCAA singles quarter�nals in 1981 and reeling o� 27 consecu-tive No. 1 singles victories in 1982. After turning pro, he rose to No. 23 in the world in singLes and No. 4 in doubles.

MEL PURCELL[1980]The top player on the Vols’ 1980 SEC title team, Purcell won the SEC No. 1 singles crown and also won the NCAA doubles championship with Rodney Harmon. He was the 1980 Rolex National Intercollegiate singles champion.

SHELBY CANNON[1986, 1987, 1988]Cannon won three SEC doubles titles and an SEC team title in 1986. He and partner Byron Talbot comprise Tennessee’s all-time winningest doubles tandem with 102 victories. They accounted for 40 wins in 1986 and 38 in 1987.

CHRIS GREEN[1984]Green teamed with Paul Anna-cone in 1984 and the pair com-piled an outstanding doubles record of 20-5. Green also went undefeated at the No. 4 singles position that year as the Vols �n-ished 23-8 and 6-2 in the SEC.

PAUL ANNACONE[1982, 1983, 1984]The Vols’ �rst three-time All-America, Annacone was a two-time SEC champion, the 1984 Rolex National Indoor singles champion and the 1984 ITCA Player of the Year. He later coached all-time greats Pete Sampras and Roger Federer.

A CHRONOLOGICAL LOOK AT THE VOLS’ ALL-AMERICANS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

31 Vols who have earned All-America honors, representing 7 countries and 9 states. 7 All-Americans are from Tennessee.

53 Total All-America accolades earned by UT. 5 Vols are 3-time All-Americans, & John-Patrick Smith became the first 4-time recipient in 2011.

JOHN-PATRICK SMITH

Second player in college tennis history to be singles & doubles All-American all 4 years of career, joining USC’s Rick Leach [1984-87]

[2008, 2009, 2010, 2011]

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BRICE KARSH[1990, 1991]A two-time All-America, Karsh ad-vanced to the round of 16 in the 1990 NCAA men’s singles cham-pionships. In 1991, he was ranked as high as No. 6 in the collegiate singles poll. He �nished with 92 career victories as a Vol in three seasons.

TIM JESSUP[1990, 1991]Jessup became Tennessee’s �rst SEC indoor singles champion when he won the title in 1991. He also garnered All-SEC honors for his outstanding doubles play in 1990. Jessup and Flach were the No. 3 seed at the NCAA doubles championships.

DOUG FLACH[1990]Flach garnered All-SEC honors in both singles and doubles while leading the Vols to an SEC regu-lar-season championship in 1990. UT �nished 34-1, setting the school record for wins in a season as the Vols reached the national championship.

BYRON TALBOT[1986, 1987, 1988]Talbot teamed with Shelby Can-non to capture the 1986 Volvo Tennis Collegiate doubles cham-pionship and two SEC No. 1 dou-bles crowns. He remains the Vols’ winningest singles player with 161 career victories, including a record 56 in 1987.

In 1993, Woodru� became the �rst Vol to win the NCAA singles championship. He was the 1993 SEC indoor singles champion and was named the 1992 Volvo Tennis rookie of the year. His 45 victories in 1993 is the fourth-most in a season in Vol history.

CHRIS WOODRUFF[1992, 1993]

PETER HANDOYO[1999, 2001, 2002]Handoyo was simply dominant during his time on Rocky Top. He had a hand in four SEC titles (one singles, two doubles and one team) and racked up 145 career singles wins, the second-most in a UT career. He won the SEC in-door title in 2002.

MARK PARSONS[1999]Parsons was ranked as high as No. 23 in the nation in 1999. His 31 singles wins earned him a spot in the NCAA singles cham-pionships, where he reached the round of 16. He and Adam Carey were named to the 2001 NCAA All-Tournament Team.

PABLO MONTANA[1994, 1995, 1996]Montana and partner Chris Ma-hony captured the 1996 Rolex National Indoor doubles champi-onship. As a senior, Montana held down the No. 1 singles position for the Vols. He and Chris Mahony accounted for 75 career doubles victories.

CHRIS MAHONY[1994, 1996]Mahony teamed with Pablo Montana to win the 1996 Rolex National Indoor doubles cham-pionship. He also garnered All-SEC honors in both singles and doubles in 1994 and 1996. He was later head coach of the Vols in 2005-06.

CHRIS HAGGARD[1993]Haggard was named All-America and All-SEC after teaming with Chris Woodru� to reach the quar-ter�nals of the 1993 NCAA dou-bles championships. Later as a professional, we was ranked as high as No. 19 in the world in doubles.

MARIO TOLEDO[2002]Toledo ended the 2002 season ranked No. 20 in the ITA singles poll. He was runner-up at the Region III singles championships, garnered All-SEC honors and led the Vols with 33 singles wins. The Vols reached the NCAA semi�nals in 2002.

BEN ROGERS[2005]Rogers went 29-15 in doubles in 2005. He and Ockie Oosthuizen achieved a ranking as high as No. 5 in doubles. The UT tandem won the Southern Intercollegiate Doubles Title. Years later in 2011, he formed successful pro doubles team with John-Patrick Smith.

OCKIE OOSTHUIZEN[2005]Oosthuizen led the Vols with a .707 (29-12) doubes winning per-centage in 2005 with partner Ben Rogers. The tandem went 14-8 against ranked opponents that year. He was second-team All-SEC that season.

DAMIEN SPIZZO[2004]Spizzo led the Vols with a .792 (19-5) doubles winning percent-age in 2004. He teamed with partner Simon Rea to go 12-5 in the spring, including 8-2 vs. ranked opponents. He and Rea reached the second round of the NCAA championship.

At the conclusion of the 2004 sea-son, Rea was listed at No. 37 and No. 10 in the ITA’s national singles and doubles polls, respectively. The senior also earned All-SEC �rst-team honors, as did doubles partner Damien Spizzo.

SIMON REA[2004]

DAVEY SANDGREN[2009, 2010]Sandgren teamed up with John-Patrick Smith to form one of the best doubles teams in the nation for two years, reaching the NCAA �nals in 2009 and 2010. The duo ended the year ranked No. 1 by the ITA in 2009. Sandgren was also All-SEC in 2007 and 2010.

KADEN HENSEL[2007, 2008]Hensel was a fantastic singles and doubles player in his time as a Volunteer. He �nished with 85 ca-reer doubles victories, 52 of them coming with Bobby Cameron. He also accumulated 66 singles wins.

RHYNE WILLIAMS[2010, 2011]Williams enjoyed perhaps the best two individual years in UT history. An All-American twice, he won the 2010 USTA/ITA National Indoors title and was an NCAA singles �nalist in 2011. He held the No. 1 ranking for two months after his indoor title run.

BORIS CONKIC[2011]After four All-SEC honors, Con-kic became an All-American as a senior. One of four Vols to collect 100 wins in both singles and dou-bles, he held the No. 1 doubles ranking with John-Patrick Smith to close his career. He was also ranked as high as 20 in singles.

TENNYS SANDGREN[2011]A virtual lock for the Vols in dual matches, Sandgren earned All-America honors by upsetting his way into the semi�nals of the NCAA singles tournament. He went 20-1 in two years of SEC play and was a two-time All-SEC recipi-ent playing the No. 3 and 4 spots.


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2000Flach, Doug 1990Fleming, Julian 1932-33Folie, Bernard 1982-83Freeman, Earle 1969-70

Fritts, John 1995-98

GGamboa, Juan 1997-98Garcia, Carlos 1984-86Garcia, Mike 1994Gates, Carl 1942Gentry, Gavin 1949-52Gholson, John 1930Gibson, John 1988-91Gillespie, John 1976-79Gillespie, Searle W. 1938-40Goles, Tom 1987Grainger, Earl 1982-84,

86Graybeal, Doug 1963Green, Chris 1984-85Gregory, Ben 1930Guiliano, Joe 1979-81

HHackenburg, Martin 1974Hansen, Christian 2008Haggard, Chris 1992-93Hagler, Thomas 1941-42Hain, Pete 1955-56

Hampton, Ted 1927Handoyo, Peter 1999- 2002Hardegree, Bo 2007Harmon, Rodney 1980Hasson, James 1937Haun, Louis 1961Hawkins, Marshall 1948Hawkins, Wallace 1947-48Henderson, Mark 2002-03Hensel, Kaden 2005-08Henry, Chris 1991-93Herrington, Mark 1984-86Hickman, Jimmy 1942Higley, Guy 1927Hill, Pete 1969Hodges, Charles 1970-71Hodges, Nelson 1934-35Hogan, Pat 1953Householder, William 1941-42Hubble, Adam 2006-07Huber, Dan 1972-75Huddleston, Roy 1957Hutchison, Byron 1941-42Hylton, Dayton 1977Hylton, Harry 1933, 35

IIsbell, Sam 1977Ilias, Roger 1996-98

JJackson, Jack 1966-67Jacobs, Matt 1998James, Floyd 1927Jessup, Tim 1988-91Jett, George 1941-42Johnson, Clayton 1992-94Jones, Edward 2010-11

KKarsh, Brice 1989-91King, David 1979-81King, Tommy 1963Kohlberg, Andy 1978-79Kreis, John 1978-79Krisle, George M. 1936-38

LLang, William 2008Laver, Chris 1976Lemon, Gary 1980-81

Leos, Tim 1986-89LeTellier, Scott 1970-72, 75Liberman, Brian 1975-76Livingston, Jay 1964-66LoVullo, Joey 1992

MMagendans, Martijn 1994-95Mahony, Chris 1993-96Marcus, Kenny 1964-66Marshall, Floyd 1936-37Marshall, Sammy 1964-65Martin, Rawl 2003-06McAfee, Lee 1938-39McCallie, John 1942McCammon, Theodore 1927-28McCarthy, Jason 1988McCorrough, Ted 1968-69,

72McDearman, Bob 1955McGugin, Bill 1997McGugin, Dan 1997McKeen, Allyn E. 1927McKeown, Denis 1978-79McLean, Donald 1942Monan, Bill 1968-70Montana, Pablo 1993-96Montgomery, Bill 1942Moos, Rene 1982-83Morgan, Charles 1927-28Mozur, Thomas 1994-97Mozur, Tommy 1967-68,

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NNeedham, Jason 1994Neyland, Lewis 1953-54Norton, Colton 2011Novak, Doug 1990Novacek, Paul 1971,73-

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OOakley, David 1959-61Olsen, Carl 1962-63

TENNESSEE LETTERMEN RECORDS BASED ON 1927-41 & 1963-2010

SHELBY CANNON provided stability at the top of the Vols’ lineup in the mid 1980s. The lefty won 140 singles matches while primarily playing at the No. 1 spot, earning All-America honors in 1986, 1987 and 1988.

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ALL-TIME LETTERMEN/TENNNESSEE TENNIS HALL OF FAMEOosthuizen, Ockie 2004-05Orr, Wade 2001-04Ozier, Charles 1954

PParker, Jason 1993Parsons, Mark 1998-

2001Patrick, Taylor 2010-11Perceful, Albert 1930, 32-

33Perna, Vincent 2003Pierce, Bob 1971-74Pickett Jr., Edward 1939Pickett III, Edward 1970-71,

73-74Pitkanen, Jim 1973Pittard, Mike 1985-88Podbury, Paul 1998-

2001Preston, Richard 1964-66Pressmar, Christoph 1995Prichard, Wayne 1969Purcell, Mel R. 1980

RRacz, Chris 2007-08Randolph, Walter R. 1938Rapisarda, Mike 1977Rasmussen, Kaspar 1997-98Rea, Simon 2001-04Robinson, Jim 1953Robinson, Paul 1992Rogers, Ben 2004-06Rogers, Sam 1936Rogers, Warnell 1947-48Royal, Joe 1964-65Royal, Louis 1958-61Ruch, Lee 1966-68Rule, Bob 1959

SSandgren, Davey 2007-10Sandgren, Tennys 2010-11Schloss, Lenny 1964-67Scheuermann, Lenny 1967-69Scrutton, Shane 1992Seals, Jim 1976-78Sienknecht, Charles 1935-36Silver, Mike 1976Silberberg, Fabio 1989-91Simone, John 1991Slatery, Herbert H. 1938-40Smith, John-Patrick 2008-11Smith, Nathan 1948-50Smith, Todd 1990-91Sorbello, Robbie 1996Spizzo, Damien 2004

Stanberry, C.R. 1935Stephens, Derek 2006-07Stevens, Max 2010Stock, Robert 1966-67Stokely, James 1933Swartz, Bryan 2009-11Swayne, Chuck 1987

TTalbot, Byron 1985-88Tarver, Charlie 1951-52Tcherveniachki, Kiril 2004-07Terry, Jim 1956Testerman, Kyle 1954-56Thomas, Willem 1996Thornton, Johnny 2004-07Toledo, Mario 2001-02Toomey, Bud 1954Tragauer, Peter 1990Turner, Matt 2000Tweedt, Jeremy 2008-09

VVan Malder, Robert 1970-72, 74Van Min, Paul 1972-75Vestal, William 1937Voges, Eric 1982-85

WWard, Jim 1968-70Warden, Charles 1953Waters, Je� 1981Watson, Mitchell 1955Watson, Jack 1957Way, Mark 1996-99Weidman, Fred 1942Westergaard, Lynn 1956-58Williams, Brian 1981Williams, Christopher 2009-10Williams, Malcolm 1958-60Williams, Rhyne 2010-11Wilson, Morgan 2005Woodru�, Chris 1992-93

TENNESSEE TENNIS HALL OF FAME

BILL DAVIS [1949-52]

ANDY KOHLBERG [1978-79]

MIKE DePALMER SR. [1981-94]

PAUL ANNACONE [1982-84]

CHRIS WOODRUFF [1992-93]

THE TENNESSEE TENNIS PROGRAM BEGAN A HALL OF FAME IN 2007 WITH FIVE INAUGURAL INDUCTEES. FOUR MORE FOR-MER VOLS WERE ADDED IN 2009.

TOMMY BARTLETT [1950-52]

W.G. CURRIE [1947-50]

TOMMY MOZUR [1966-68, 1970]

LENNY SCHLOSS [1964-67]


PAUL ANNACONE 1982-84Highest Singles Ranking: No. 12Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 3Singles: Titles - Grand Prix at Brisbane and Los Ange-les in 1985; Vienna in 1989. Grand Slams - 1984 singles quarter�nalist at Wimbledon.Doubles: Titles - Won 14 career doubles titles includ-ing the 1985 Australian Open.

AFTER THE TOUR• Currently coaching 16-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 3 Roger Federer in 2010. Federer has won six ATP events including two ATP World Tour Finals during that time.• Coached 14-time Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras from 1995-2001 and in 2002, during which time Sam-pras won 33 singles titles, eight Grand Slams and was a year-end No. 1-ranked player in the world four times (1995-98).• Served as USTA’s managing director of USTA High-Performance from 2001-2003.• Head coach of Great Britain’s Lawn Tennis Association from 2006-2010. • Inducted into the ITA Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame in 2007.

SHELBY CANNON 1985-88Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 27Doubles: Titles - 1989 U.S. Open (mixed); 1993 at Bar-celona; 1990 at Sao Paulo; 1992 at Genova.

TRACY DELATTE 1975-78Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 39Doubles: Titles - 1982 at Forest Hills WCT; 1984 at Jo-hannesburg.

MIKE DEPALMER JR. 1981-82Highest Singles Ranking: No. 32Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 4Doubles: Titles - 1985 at Vienna and Livingston; 1986 at Hong Kong, Tokyo Indoor and Johannesburg. Grand Slams - 1987 U.S. Open semi�nalist.Davis Cup: 1985 for U.S.

AFTER THE TOUR• Returned to Bollettieri Tennis Academy and spent four years as director of the elite junior program.• Practice partner for six-time Grand Slam winner Boris Becker, then became Becker’s full-time coach in 1995.

MICHAEL FANCUTT 1979-81, 83Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 36Doubles: Titles - 1987 at St. Vincent; 1988 at Vilamoura. Grand Slams - 1984 Australian Open semi�nalist; 1984 Wimbledon semi�nalist.

DOUG FLACH 1990Highest Singles Ranking: No. 108Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 73Doubles: Titles - 1993 at Beijing; 1998 at Newport.

CHRIS HAGGARD 1992-93Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 16Doubles: Titles - Won titles at Kitzbuhel in 1999, Tokyo and Amersfoort in 2002; Adelaide in 2003; Washington in 2004 and Memphis in 2006. Grand Slams: Semi�nal-ist at the 2003 Australian Open.Davis Cup: 2003 and 2004 for South Africa

ANDY KOHLBERG 1978-79Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 26Doubles Title 1986 at Atlanta.

MEL PURCELL 1980Highest Singles Ranking: No. 21Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 47Singles: Titles - 1981 at Atlanta, Tampa and Tel Aviv. Finalist - 1980 at Indianapolis; 1982 at Boston and Los Angeles; 1983 at Monte Carlo and Vienna.Doubles: Titles - 1982 at Munich; 1983 at Vienna; 1987 at Vienna.

BYRON TALBOT 1985-88Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 20Doubles: Titles - 1992 at Stuttgart Indoor and Tou-louse; Prague in 1995; 1996 at Copenhagen, Kitzbuhel and Stuttgart Outdoor; 1998 at Nottingham.

CHRIS WOODRUFF

Played for the Vols: 1992-93Highest Singles Ranking: No. 29Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 73Davis Cup: 2000 for the U.S.

SINGLESTitles: Captured singles titles at the 1997 Montreal Super 9 Canadian Open; the 1999 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships (Newport, R.I.). Finalist: Reached the singles �nals in Coral Springs and Philadelphia in 1996. Grand Slams: Defeated No. 3 seed Andre Agassi at the 1996 French Open; was a singles quar-ter�nalist at the 2000 Australian Open

DOUBLESFinalist: Was a 3-time doubles �nalist: Washington and Stockholm in 1996; Newport in 1998

WITH TWO PRO SINGLES TITLES, INCLUDING A MASTERS EVENT, UT’S COACH REMAINS THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED VOL ON THE ATP CIRCUIT

Over the years, Tennessee has seen numerous former lettermen represent their respective home nations in the world’s largest international tennis competition (a select few even played Davis Cup during their time at UT). Listed below is Tennessee’s all-time Davis Cup roster:

RecordVol (Country) S D YearsPaul Annacone (U.S.) 0-0 1-0 1986-87Mike DePalmer Jr. (U.S.) 0-0 0-0 1985Chris Haggard (So. Africa) 0-0 3-1 2003-04Peter Handoyo (Indonesia) 4-3 2-0 2001-03Mikelis Libietis (Latvia) 0-1 0-0 2011Mark Parsons (Canada) 0-0 0-0 2001Simon Rea (N. Zealand) 2-3 1-1 2004, 07Paul Van Min (Netherlands) 0-0 0-1 1979Chris Woodru� (U.S.) 1-1 0-1 2000

THE DAVIS CUPVOLS ON TOUR ELEVEN VOLS HAVE REACHED THE TOP 100 IN THE ATP WORLD RANKINGS

NOW ON TOURJohn-Patrick Smith, Rhyne Williams and Tennys

Sandgren launched their professional playing careers in July 2011 to instant success on the Futures circuit. All three won an ITF Futures singles title during the month, and Sandgren picked up another trophy in August.

The three new professionals joined doubles veter-ans Adam Hubble (2006-07) and Ben Rogers (2004-06). Kaden Hensel (2005-08) is set to rejoin the pro ranks this summer after taking a year o� to recover from injury.

THE FIRST 6 MONTHS ON CIRCUITJOHN-PATRICK SMITHSingles Rank: 441Doubles Rank: 584Highlights: Won 1st singles Futures title in Tulsa, Okla. ... reached �nal in 2 others ... Teamed up with Ben Rogers to win 3 doubles titles.

RHYNE WILLIAMSSingles Rank: 510Doubles Rank: 552Highlights: Won 2nd career singles title at Innisbrook, Fla., & reached �nal of one other ... made it to 2nd round qualify-ing at the U.S. Open.

TENNYS SANDGRENSingles Rank: 535Doubles Rank: 641Highlights: Won back-to-back Futures singles titles in Illinois ... Joined Rhyne Williams to win 1 doubles title & reach the �nal of another.

JOHN-PATRICK SMITH2011 SEC ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

In a career for the record books Smith ended his time at Tennessee as SEC Athlete of the Year, the first Vol to earn that prestigious honor since Peyton Manning in 1997.

THE SECOND PLAYER IN COLLEGE TENNIS HISTORY TO EARN ALL-AMERICAN HONORS IN SINGLES & DOUBLES ALL 4 YEARS

2008 2009 2010 2011

JANUARY20 MEMPHIS 1 PM

EASTERN KENTUCKY 6 PM22 GEORGIA TECH 1 PM

ITA KICK-OFF WEEKEND29 MICHIGAN STATE 2 PM30 OKLAHOMA/MISSISSIPPI TBAFEBRUARY5 ILLINOIS 1 PM11 DUKE 1 PM

17-20 ITA National Team IndoorsCharlottesville, Va.

24-26 Blue Gray Tennis ClassicMontgomery, Ala.

MARCH2 at Florida* 5 PM4 at South Carolina* 1 PM9 MISSISSIPPI* 1 PM11 MISSISSIPPI STATE* 1 PM20 BAYLOR 3 PM23 LSU* 2 PM25 at Arkansas* 2 PM30 VANDERBILT* 3 PMAPRIL1 KENTUCKY* 1 PM6 at Auburn* TBA8 at Alabama* 2 PM14 GEORGIA* 1 PM19-22 SEC Tennis Championships

Starkville, Miss.

MAY11-13 NCAA: 1st & 2nd Rounds TBD18-22 NCAA: Final Team Site TBD

Athens, Ga.23-28 NCAA Championships: Singles & Doubles

Athens, Ga.

Home matches in ORANGE CAPS; * Southeastern Conference match; All times Eastern

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