Men’s Tennis Central: #8 Tennessee at Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Riding a seven-match winning streak, the eighth-ranked Tennessee men’s tennis team closes its regular season Sunday with a road contest at Arkansas. First serve is slated for 2 p.m. ET.
 
Live stats for the match can be found here and live streaming of the action can be accessed here.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Tennessee cruised past No. 25 Ole Miss, 6-1, in its final home match of the regular season.

SCOUTING ARKANSAS

By meeting Sunday, Tennessee (19-6, 9-2 SEC) and Arkansas (12-13, 0-11 SEC) write chapter No. 45 of a series that began in 1973. UT leads the Razorbacks, 28-16, all-time and has won 13 of the past 16 matchups against the Hogs. A win Sunday would give Tennessee its best finish to SEC play since a 10-2 effort in 2021.

 

Arkansas, winless in SEC play this year, has lost 12 consecutive matches. Its last win came on Feb. 26 at home over Omaha, 5-2. Last season, the Vols routed Arkansas in Knoxville, 6-1, to avenge a 2021 loss to the Razorbacks, 4-3, in Fayetteville.

 

VOLS IN THE RANKINGS

Singles

#2 – Johannus Monday

#27 – Emile Hudd

#118 – Shunsuke Mitsui

 

Doubles

#3 – Pat Harper/Johannus Monday 

#42 – Emile Hudd/Shunsuke Mitsui

 

RAZORBACKS IN THE RANKINGS

Doubles

#67 – Adrien Burdet/Melvin Manuel

 

HUDD AN ALL-AROUND FORCE

• This dual season, two-time reigning SEC Player of the Week Emile Hudd is a combined 27-6 at the No. 2 singles and doubles lineup positions. When combining Hudd’s record in SEC matches across the singles and doubles courts, he is 18-4 this season.

 

DUBS DUBS

• In 25 matches this year, UT has won the doubles point 22 times. In its 91 matches since the start of the 2021 dual season, Tennessee has won the doubles point 71 times for a .780 clip in that span.

 

JO MOMENTUM

• Johannus Monday, a two-time ITA Singles All-American, is a combined 32-5 in dual singles and doubles matches this spring. At 16-2 in singles and 16-3 on the doubles courts, 26 of those 32 total victories are at the No. 1 lineup spot (13-2 at No. 1 singles and 13-3 at No. 1 doubles).

 

HUDD EYES THE CENTURY MARK

• With his doubles win with Shunsuke Mitsui vs. Ole Miss Thursday, Hudd collected the 97th overall doubles win of his career. Over half of those wins (54-of-97) have come in Tennessee orange. Hudd earned 43 doubles victories while playing at Oklahoma State.

 

LIVING IN THE RANKINGS 

• With the ITA’s April 11 update of its singles and doubles…