TULSA, Okla. – Ole Miss men’s tennis continues their busy fall season with the team traveling to Tulsa for the annual ITA All-American Championships, which is set to run from Sept. 30-Oct. 8.
Nikola Slavic, Lukas Engelhardt, Noah Schlagenhauf, Isac Stromberg, John Hallquist Lithén, and Gordon Whitwell all earned spots in the overall tournament draw. Slavic and Engelhardt will each compete in singles and doubles play, while Lithén, Schlagenhauf, Stromberg, and Whitwell will only participate in singles.
The individual tournament, hosted at the University of Tulsa’s Michael D. Case Tennis Center, will consist of both singles and doubles brackets, with singles including pre-qualifying, qualifying and main draws while doubles will consist of just qualifying and main draws.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Pre-Qualifying | Sat-Sun (Sept. 30-Oct. 1)
Qualifying | Mon-Tues (Oct. 2-3)
- Singles Draw of 128
- Doubles Draw of 64
Main Draw | Wed-Sun (Oct. 4-8)
- Singles Draw of 64
- Doubles Draw of 32
THE REBELS
Lukas Engelhardt (Sr.) – Augsburg, Germany
- Competing in Singles Qualifying Draw and Doubles Main Draw
- Went 1-1 in singles and a perfect 3-0 in doubles at the first tournament of the 2023 fall season
- Enters 2023 fall season ranked No. 8 in doubles by the ITA alongside Nikola Slavic
- Concluded the 2022-23 season with a 17-19 singles record and 18-8 doubles record
- NCAA Double Championships alternate with partner Nikola Slavic
John Hallquist Lithén (Sr.) – Gothenburg, Sweden
- Competing in Singles Qualifying Draw
- Went 2-1 in singles and a perfect 3-0 in doubles at the first tournament of the 2023 fall season
- Enters 2023 fall season ranked No. 77 in singles by the ITA
- Finished 2022-23 with a record of 22-9 in singles and 15-20 in doubles
- 2023 All-SEC Second Team selection
Nikola Slavic (Sr.) – Stockholm, Sweden
- Competing in Singles Main Draw and Doubles Main Draw
- Was perfect in the first tournament of the fall season, going 3-0 in both singles and doubles
- Received the Most Outstanding Player award at the 2023 SEC/Big 10 Challenge
- Enters 2023…
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