TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Ole Miss men’s tennis is set to head east to Tuscaloosa for the annual ITA Southern Championships, set to run Oct. 13-17 at the University of Alabama.
The five-day tournament will pit the best players in the ITA’s Southern Region against one another in both singles and doubles play, with a total of 18 teams being represented at the Alabama Tennis Stadium. All six Rebels will make the trip to Tuscaloosa, with underclassmen Walker Stearns and Gordon Whitwell kicking off play for the Rebels in the qualifying singles draw.
Qualifying singles is set to take place Thursday and Friday with the main draw of singles and doubles both set to follow beginning Saturday morning.
Thursday, October 13 – Qualifying Draw Singles
Friday, October 14 – Qualifying Draw Singles
Saturday, October 15 – Main Draw Singles and Doubles
Sunday, October 16 – Main Draw Singles and Doubles
Monday, October 17 – Main Draw Singles and Doubles
Nikola Slavic (Sr.*) – Stockholm, Sweden
– No. 1 overall seed in Southern Regional singles draw
– Finished 2021-22 with a singles record of 22-13 and doubles record of 18-8
– Enters the 2022 fall season ranked a career-high No. 6 in the country in singles
– Received an ITA preseason doubles ranking of No. 46 overall
– Named 2022 ITA All-American in singles play
– 2021 ITA Southern Regional Singles Champion
Lukas Engelhardt (Sr.*) – Augsburg, Germany
– Set to compete in Southern Regional singles main draw
– Earned first ranked win of 2022-23 season against No. 89 Jan Galka (Florida) at Commodore Invite
– Finished 2021-22 with 19-12 singles record and 19-13 doubles record
– Enters 2022 fall season ranked No. 46 in doubles by the ITA
– Reached peak doubles ranking of No. 2 overall in spring of 2022
John Hallquist Lithén (Jr.) – Gothenburg, Sweden
– No. 7 overall seed in Southern Regional singles draw
– Finished with 3-1 singles record at Commodore Invitational, earning two ranked singles wins
– Concluded 2021-22 with record of 18-16 in singles and 20-9 in doubles
– Earned career-high doubles ranking of No. 24 overall at conclusion of 2021 fall season
– Saw a peak ITA singles ranking of No. 98 in spring of 2022
Simon Junk (Sr.) – Marpingen, Germany
– Top 16 seed in Southern Regional singles draw
– Finished with a singles record…
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