Match Day Facts ROUND OF 16
ROUND OF 16
Match Day Facts
WHERE: Case Tennis Center | Tulsa, Okla. No. 9 Florida Gators (20-6)
WHEN: Friday, May 20 at 1 p.m. ET
No. 17-32 SMU Mustangs (22-8)
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SERIES RECORD: Florida leads the all-time series, 3-1
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Last Match: Last Match: The Mustangs defeated Texas LAST MEETING: Florida swept USF on Tech, 4-2 in Lubock on Sunday afternoon at the Ring The Gators defeated the Mustangs 7-1 in Sunday night Louisville on Feb. 24, 2000. Tennis Complex. Florida’s 2015-16 Schedule and Results
Overall: 20-6 (Home 12-1, Away 5-3, Neutral 3-2) SEC: 13-2 (Home 6-0, Away 4-2, 3-0 Neutral)
UF/Opp Date Rank January Sun. 17 24/63 Sun. 17 24/NR Sat. 23 21/20 Sun. 24 21/15 Sat. 30 20/8 Sun. 31 20/12 February Sat. 13 22/NR Sun. 21 23/6 Sat. 27 41/35 March Fri. 4 30/32 Sun. 6 30/8 Fri. 11 25/64 Fri. 18 24/13 Sun. 20 24/22 Fri. 25 16/24 Sun. 27 16/41 April Fri. 1 11/43 Wed. 6 14/3 Fri. 8 14/7 Sun. 10 14/62 Fri. 15 13/20 Sun. 17 13/NR Fri. 22 11/34 Sat. 23 11/13 Sun. 24 11/6 May Sat 14 9/-- Sun. 15 9/17 Fri. 20 9/30 Sun. 22 Tues. 24
Opponent/Event
Time/Results
TROY STETSON at Texas (1) vs. Texas Tech (1) at USC (2) at UCLA (2)
W, 6-1 W, 7-0 W, 4-0 L, 4-3 L, 4-3 cancelled
FURMAN at Ohio State FLORIDA STATE
W, 7-0 L, 4-3 W, 7-0
at LSU at Texas A&M AUBURN ARKANSAS OLE MISS at Mississippi State at Alabama
W, 4-3 L, 4-3 W, 7-0 W, 6-1 W, 6-1 W, 4-3 W, 5-2
VANDERBILT VIRGINIA at Georgia at South Carolina KENTUCKY TENNESSEE Vanderbilt (3) Texas A&M (3) Georgia (3)
W, 5-2 L, 5-2 L, 5-2 W, 6-1 W, 7- 0 W, 6-1 W, 4-0 W, 4-0 W, 4-2
UNF (4) SOUTH FLORIDA (4) SMU (5) NCAA Team Semifinals NCAA Team Finals
W, 4-0 W, 4-0 1:00 PM
*Southeastern Conference Match (1) ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Austin, Texas (2) Pac-12/SEC Challenge in Los Angeles, Calif. (3) SEC Conference Tournament in Columbia, S.C. (4) NCAA First and Second Rounds in Gainesville, Fla. (5) NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships in Tulsas, Okla.
Last Serve(s) vs. the Mustangs The Gators defeated the Mustangs 7-1 on Feb. 24, 2000. In May of 1999, UF defeated SMU in the NCAA Round of 16, 4-2 to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals. NCAA Round of 16 Florida has advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 19 times since 1991, with a record of 4-15. The last time the Gators won a Sweet 16 matchup was 2005 against South Carolina Florida vs. the Field Florida played 18 of its 24, going 12-6 in matches this season against teams that made the NCAA Tournament field of 64. Gators to Host First and Second Rounds UF has been selected to host first and second round matches 13 of the 17 years since the NCAA Men’s Championships expanded its field to 64 teams in 1999 SEC Tournament Champions! The Gators captured the program’s fifth SEC Tournament Title on April 24 in Columbia, S.C. Florida defeated Vanderbilt and avenged two regular season losses to Texas A&M and Georgia to win the tournament title Bringing in the SEC Awards The SEC Yearly Awards were full of Gators in April. Head Coach Bryan Shelton was named SEC Coach of the Year, Diego Hidalgo earned the SEC Player of the Year and Alfredo Perez was named the SEC Co-Freshman of the Year. Elliott Orkin and Gordon Watson were also named to the First Team All-SEC.
NAME Jordan Belga Diego Hidalgo McClain Kessler Maxx Lipman Elliott Orkin Alfredo Perez Chase Perez-Blanco Josh Wardell Gordon Watson
HT 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-2 5-8 6-2 5-8 5-11 5-11
CL So. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. R-So. Sr.
EXP 1L 2L HS 2L 2L HS 1L 1L 3L
Head Coach: BRYAN SHELTON Asst. Coach: MARK MERKLEIN Vol. Asst. Coach: SCOTT PERELMAN
L/R R L R R R R R R R
Hometown/Previous School Boca Raton, Fla./Florida Virtual School Guayaquil, Ecuador/Pert High School Calhoun, Ga./Calhoun High School Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood High School Marietta, Ga./Eaton Academy Havana, Cuba/Coral Gables High School Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep Fort Myers, Fla./Florida Virtual School Naples, Fla./First Baptist Academy
Trainer: TONY MUNOZ Dir. of Tennis Operations: KATE HARTE Manager: PETER SLATON
General Information Location: .....................................................Gainesville, Florida Est. Population:............................................................ 124,491 Founded: .........................................................................1853 Enrollment: ...................................................................49,042 Nickname: ................................................................... Gators Colors: ......................................................... Orange and Blue Conference: ............................................... Southeastern (SEC) Facility: ....Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex – Scott Linder Stadium (1,000) ...................... Charles R. & Nancy V. Perry Indoor Tennis Facility President: ....................................Dr. W. Kent Fuchs (Duke ‘77) Athletics Director: ............................. Jeremy Foley (Hobart ‘74) Assoc. AD - Oversees M-Tennis:..........................Mike Hill (UNC) Office: .............................................................. 352-375-4683 Faculty Representative: ...................Dr. Michael Sagas (Utah ‘92) Coaching Staff Head Coach: .......................Bryan Shelton (Georgia Tech, 1988) Overall:.............................................. 293-144 (17th year) Florida Record: ....................................... 66-36 (4th year) Associate Head Coach: ................. Mark Merklein (Florida, 1994) Volunteer Assistant Coach: ................................. Scott Perelman Academic Advisor: ................................................Tom Williams Athletic Trainer:...................................................... Tony Munoz Tennis Coordinator:.................. Kate Harte (Endicott ’07; UF ‘09) Manager:............................................................... Peter Slaton Strength Trainer:................................................ Sean Ferguson Tennis Phone:......................................352-375-4683, ext. 4600 Tennis FAX:......................................................... 352-372-8159
NCAA History NCAA Appearances:.............................................................. 26 91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99-00-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-1011-12-13-14-15-16) NCAA Record:............................................. 45-25 (2-0 in 2016) NCAA Singles Champions: ..........................2 Gators with 2 titles ...............................................................Mark Merklein (1994) ............................................................. & Jeff Morrison (1999) NCAA Doubles Champions: ........................... 1 team with 1 title ...........................................Mark Merklein & David Blair (1993) Additional Program History Overall Record:...............................................1,207-497-6 All-Americans:..................................... 22 Gators with 46 honors SEC Championships:............................................................... 8 1961, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2005 SEC Tournament Titles:.......................................................... 5 1994, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2016 SEC Tournament Record:................................................. 33-19 Florida Communications/Sports Information SID M-Tennis Contact:......................................... Grace Duggan E-mail:.................................................. [email protected] Office Phone / FAX:..... 352-375-4683, ext. 6121 / 352-375-4809 Cell Phone:......................................................... 314-267-5912 Web Site:............................................. www.FloridaGators.com Team Twitter:........................................................@GatorsMTN
2015-16 Roster Review Letterwinners Returning / Lost from 2014:.......................... 7 / 0 Newcomers:.......................................................................... 2 Seniors/Juniors/Sophomores/Freshmen:...................2 / 2 / 3 / 2 2014-15 Season Overall Season Record:...................................................... 14-9 SEC Record:.............................................................8-4 (T-4th) NCAA Championships:......................................0-1 (No. 6 Seed) SEC Tournament:.................... 1-1 (No. 7 Seed, Quarterfinalists) SEC Honors (3) 3 Gators:................... First Team: Diego Hidalgo ....................................................... Second Team: Elliott Orkin ............................................ All-Freshman: Chase Perez-Blanco
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Florida at the SEC Tournament Freshmen Impressing Early • Florida is 35-19 all-time at the SEC Tournament The Gators have seen production from freshmen Perez • The Gators have won the tournament title four times, the and Kessler this season. Kessler has clinched two of the last coming in 2011 Gators’ wins at five and six, while Perez is 16-4 in dual match singles play. 10-Win SEC Season With their win over Tennessee on April 17, the Gators SEC Firsts acheived their first 10-win conference season since the Perez and Kessler have each secured their first SEC singles 2004-2005 season. victories against LSU and Texas A&M, respectively. Perez is 11-2 and Kessler is 7-2 in SEC singles. 1,200 and Counting With their win over South Carolina on April 10, the men’s tennis program recorded its 1,200th program win. SEC Freshman of the Week: Three Times! Alfredo Perez earned his first collegiate honor on March Dealing in Doubles 2, garnering SEC Freshman of the Week and then won the Seniors Diego Hidalgo and Gordon Watson are again at award again on March 23 and April 19. the top of the ITA Doubles Rankings after two wins over the No. 2 and No. 4-ranked pairings on April 6 and April 8. Win Number 50
Chase Perez-Blanco defeated Vanderbilt’s Baker Newman Florida Sweeps SEC Weekly Awards on April 1 to reach 50 career singles victories. Diego Hidalgo and Alfredo Perez continue to grab SEC weekly awards. The pair swept SEC Player of the Week and Win Number 75 SEC Freshman of the Week on Monday. With his defeat of Alabama’s Korey Lovett on March 27 in Tuscaloosa, Elliott Orkin recorded his 75th singles win. Florida vs. SEC Opponents Since beginning SEC play in 1950, the Orange and Blue is SEC Player of the Week 392-228-4 all-time against SEC opponents. Junior Elliott Orkin garnered his first SEC Player of the Week Award on March 30 after a stellar weekend on the No. 50 road at Mississippi State and Alabama Diego Hidalgo grabbed his 50th career singles victory in Belga Earns First SEC Win his match against Max de Vroome of USC. Sophomore Jordan Belga earned his first SEC singles Season-Opening Success victory 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 over South Carolina’s Wood Benton on UF is 65-6 all-time in season-opening dual matches. April 10 to win his third dual singles match of the season. The Gators have not dropped an opener since 1998 against Indiana
Fall Headlines Hidalgo, Watson win doubles title at USTA/ITA Southeast Regional Championships, defeating the No. 1-ranked Georgia tandem in the semifinals. Freshman Alfredo Perez wins seven matches to reach the main draw from the pre-qualifying rounds at the ITA AllAmerican. Elliott Orkin wins singles title at the SEC Fall Tournament. Chase Perez-Blanco and Josh Wardell take the doubles title at the Bedford Cup.
Career Records Career Records Career Records Career Records
Overall Singles: 20-10 Tournament Singles: 4-5 Dual Singles: 16-5 SEC Singles: 11-3 Overall Doubles: 26-8 Tournament Doubles: 11-2 Dual Doubles: 15-6 SEC Doubles: 9-3
Career Records
Overall Singles: 10-7 Tournament Singles: 9-5 Dual Singles: 1-1 SEC Singles: 0-1 Overall Doubles: 9-4 Tournament Doubles: 7-2 Dual Doubles: 2-2 SEC Doubles: 0-1
Overall Singles: 56-34 Tournament Singles: 31-18 Dual Singles: 25-16 SEC Singles: 13-7 Overall Doubles: 56-34 Tournament Doubles: 17-12 Dual Doubles: 39-22 SEC Doubles: 22-7 Overall Singles: 79-33 Tournament Singles: 40-14 Dual Singles: 39-19 SEC Singles: 23-10 Overall Doubles: 62-37 Tournament Doubles: 25-13 Dual Doubles: 37-24 SEC Doubles: 21-11
Career Records
Overall Singles: 29-12 Tournament Singles: 15-4 Dual Singles: 14-8 SEC Singles: 8-6 Overall Doubles: 18-3 Tournament Doubles: 5-1 Dual Doubles: 13-3 SEC Doubles: 8-2
Overall Singles: 27-10 Tournament Singles: 14-5 Dual Singles: 13-5 SEC Singles: 7-2 Overall Doubles: 8-3 Tournament Doubles: 7-3 Dual Doubles: 1-0 SEC Doubles: 0-0
Overall Singles: 35-9 Tournament Singles: 16-5 Dual Singles: 19-4 SEC Singles: 12-2 Overall Doubles: 18-5 Tournament Doubles: 5-2 Dual Doubles: 13-3 SEC Doubles: 8-3
Career Records
Overall Singles: 35-9 Tournament Singles: 16-5 Dual Singles: 19-4 SEC Singles: 12-2 Overall Doubles: 18-5 Tournament Doubles: 5-2 Dual Doubles: 13-3 SEC Doubles: 8-3
Overall Singles: 64-31 Tournament Singles: 30-14 Dual Singles: 34-17 SEC Singles: 19-8 Overall Doubles: 62-24 Tournament Doubles: 25-5 Dual Doubles: 37-19 SEC Doubles: 18-11
Overall Singles: 54-23 Tournament Singles: 26-11 Dual Singles: 28-11 SEC Singles: 16-7 Overall Doubles: 29-9 Tournament Doubles: 14-4 Dual Doubles: 15-5 SEC Doubles: 8-2
Career Records
Gordon Watson 5-11 Senior Right-Handed Naples, Fla. First Baptist Academy
Overall Singles: 29-12 Tournament Singles: 13-5 Dual Singles: 16-7 SEC Singles: 9-5 Overall Doubles: 20-12 Tournament Doubles: 5-5 Dual Doubles: 15-7 SEC Doubles: 9-2
Overall Singles: 27-16 Tournament Singles: 21-11 Dual Singles: 6-5 SEC Singles: 2-1 Overall Doubles: 5-5 Tournament Doubles: 4-5 Dual Doubles: 1-0 SEC Doubles: 0-0
Overall Singles: 19-16 Tournament Singles: 16-11 Dual Singles: 3-6 SEC Singles: 2-3 Overall Doubles: 24-16 Tournament Doubles: 15-6 Dual Doubles: 10-10 SEC Doubles: 3-7
Career Records
Josh Wardell 5-11 RS-Sophomore Right-Handed Fort Myers, Fla. Florida Virtual School
2015-2016 Season
Chase Perez-Blanco 5-8 Sophomore Right-Handed Miami, Fla. Gulliver Prep
2015-2016 Season
Coral Gables High School
2015-2016 Season
Alfredo Perez 6-2 Freshman Right-Handed Havana, Cuba
2015-2016 Season
Elliott Orkin 5-8 Junior Right-Handed Marietta, Ga. Eaton Academy
Overall Singles: 13-11 Tournament Singles: 11-9 Dual Singles: 3-2 SEC Singles: 2-0 Overall Doubles: 20-11 Tournament Doubles: 5-5 Dual Doubles: 15-6 SEC Doubles: 9-2
2015-2016 Season
Maxx Lipman 6-2 Junior Right-Handed Brentwood, Tenn. Brentwood High School
Overall Singles: 27-10 Tournament Singles: 14-5 Dual Singles: 13-5 SEC Singles: 7-2 Overall Doubles: 8-3 Tournament Doubles: 7-3 Dual Doubles: 1-0 SEC Doubles: 0-0
2015-2016 Season
McClain Kessler 5-11 Freshman Right-Handed Calhoun, Ga. Calhoun High School
Overall Singles: 31-12 Tournament Singles: 14-7 Dual Singles: 17-5 SEC Singles: 11-3 Overall Doubles: 26-7 Tournament Doubles: 12-2 Dual Doubles: 15-5 SEC Doubles: 9-3
2015-2016 Season
Diego Hidalgo 5-11 Senior Left-Handed Guayaquil, Ecuador Pert High School
Overall Singles: 16-6 Tournament Singles: 13-5 Dual Singles: 3-1 SEC Singles: 1-0 Overall Doubles: 1-0 Tournament Doubles: 0-0 Dual Doubles: 1-0 SEC Doubles: 0-0
2015-2016 Season
Jordan Belga 5-10 Sophomore Right-Handed Boca Raton, Fla. Florida Virtual School
2015-2016 Season
2015-2016 Florida Gators
Overall Singles: 90-46 Tournament Singles: 39-20 Dual Singles: 50-26 SEC Singles: 21-13 Overall Doubles: 85-47 Tournament Doubles: 48-12 Dual Doubles: 47-35 SEC Doubles: 26-18
Florida Match Lineup/Clinchers DOUBLES SINGLES
DATE OPPONENT 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6
1/17 Troy (63) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 1/17 Stetson Orkin/Watson Perez/Wardell 1/23 Texas (20) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 1/24 Texas Tech (21) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 1/30 USC (8) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 2/13 Furman Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 2/21 Ohio State (6) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 2/27 Florida State (35) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 3/4 LSU (32) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 3/6 Texas A&M (8) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 3/11 Auburn (64) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 3/18 Arkansas (13) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 3/20 Ole Miss (22) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 3/25 Mississippi State (24) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 3/27 Alabama (41) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/1 Vanderbilt (43) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/6 Virginia (3) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/8 Georgia (7) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/10 South Carolina Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/15 Kentucky (20) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/17 Tennessee Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/22 Vanderbilt (34) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/23 Texas A&M (13) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/24 Georgia (6) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 5/14 North Florida Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 5/15 South Florida (17) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin
2015-16 Honors, Awards, Milestones Team 2016 SEC Tournament Champions
Individual Bryan Shelton SEC Coach of the Year ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year Mark Merklein ITA Southeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year Diego Hidalgo SEC Player of the Year First Team All-SEC SEC Player of the Week (4/13/16) SEC Player of the Week (4/18/16) 2016 MVP (Team Award) Elliott Orkin First Team All-SEC SEC Player of the Week (3/30/16) 2016 Academic Acheivement Award (Team Award) Alfredo Perez SEC Co-Freshman of the Year ITA Southeast Region Rookie of the Year SEC Freshman of the Week (4/18/16) SEC Freshman of the Week (3/23/16) SEC Freshman of the Week (3/2/16) 2016 Most Improved Player (Team Award) Gordon Watson 2016 SEC Tournament MVP 2016 SEC All-Tournament Team First Team All-SEC 2016 SEC Community Service Team McClain Kessler 2016 Coaches Award (Team Award)
P-Blanco/Wardell Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Kessler Lipman Belga/Kessler Orkin P-Blanco Kessler Lipman Wardell Belga P-Blanco/Wardell Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Kessler Belga P-Blanco/Wardell Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Kessler Lipman P-Blanco/Wardell Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Belga Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin P-Blanco Perez Watson Kessler P-Blanco/Wardell Hidalgo Orkin P-Blanco Perez Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin P-Blanco Perez Watson Kessler Perez/Wardell Hidalgo Orkin P-Blanco Perez Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin P-Blanco Perez Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin Watson P-Blanco Wardell Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin Watson P-Blanco Belga Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin P-Blanco Watson Lipman Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin P-Blanco Watson Lipman Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin P-Blanco Watson Kessler
Current Winning Streaks Doubles: Hidalgo/Watson: 9 Perez/Perez-Blanco: 6 Singles: Perez: 7 Watson: 6
2015-16 National Collegiate Tennis Rankings Administered by the ITA
Team rankings released every week, beginning Jan. 5 Individual Singles & Doubles rankings released bi-weekly, beginning Feb. 10
Date J5 J20 J27 F3 F17 F23 M1 M8 M15 M22 M29 A5 A12 A19 M5 Team 24 21 20 22 23 41 30 25 24 16 11 14 13 11 9 Date Fall J5 F10 F23 M8 M22 A5 A12 A19 M5 Belga -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -Hidalgo 33 31 48 50 21 24 17 13 11 10 Lipman 60 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -Kessler -- 97 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -Orkin 86 49 21 22 33 29 33 38 36 38 Perez -- 91 54 77 75 122 109 -- 83 56 Perez-Blanco 84 62 88 30 51 71 84 109 123 120 Wardell -- -- -- 124 -- -- -- -- -- -Watson 108 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - Lipman/Orkin 12 40 54 32 60 52 58 62 68 80 Hidalgo/Watson 23 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 BOLDFACE = career-high ranking; UNDERLINE = season-high ranking
MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS WHEN WINNING... THREE-SETTERS/TIEBREAKERS SINGLES W L PCT THREE TIE Doubles Point 17 4 .809 PLAYER SETS* BREAKS* Home 12 1 .923 Jordan Belga 1-0 Away 2 2 .500 Diego Hidalgo 4-4 4-2 Neutral 3 1 .750 McClain Kessler 1-3 1-2 Maxx Lipman 1-0 2-2 Singles Records Elliott Orkin 6-3 4-5 #1 Singles 15 3 .833 Alfredo Perez 6-3 4-1 #2 Singles 18 2 .900 Chase Perez-Blanco 3-4 1-1 #3 Singles 13 3 .813 Josh Wardell #4 Singles 12 4 .750 Gordon Watson 5-2 2-2 Team Totals 27-19 18-15 #5 Singles 18 1 .947 *10-point tiebreaks included in both #6 Singles 16 0 1.000
DOUBLES TIE PLAYER BREAKS* Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin P-Blanco/Wardell Perez/P-Blanco 0-2 Team Totals 0-2
1
#24 FLORIDA
6
#63 TROY
1
2
Sunday, Jan. 17, Gainesville, Fla.
#24 FLORIDA
7
STETSON 0
Sunday, Jan. 17, Gainesville, Fla.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#3 Watson/Hidalgo (UF) def. Mansson/Baldo (Troy) 6-1
1
1
Antropikes/Blanco (SU) def. Orkin/Watson (UF) 6-4
3
2
*#40 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Lao/Samaha (Troy) 6-1
2
2
Perez/Wardell (UF) def. Ball/Arroyo (SU) 6-1
1
3
Perez-Blanco/Wardell (UF) vs. Moreno/Belcora(Troy) 5-2
DNF
3
*Belga/Kessler (UF) def. Julin/MacNamara (SU) 6-4
2
Singles
Singles
1
#31 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. Daniel Bustamente (Troy) 6-0, 6-3
2
1
*#49 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Loic Blanco 6-3, 6-2
3
2
#49 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Andy Lau (Troy) 4-6, 6-3 1-0 (1)
5
2
#62 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Pierre-Emmanuel Fossier 6-4, 6-1
2
3
#91 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Giovani Samaha (Troy) 6-1, 6-1
1
3
#97 McClain Kessler (UF) def. Graham Ball (SU) 7-5, 6-0
6
4
#62 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Felipe Mansson (Troy) 6-3, 6-4
4
4
Maxx Lipman (UF) def. Laurynas Antropikes (SU) 6-4, 6-2
5
5
*#97 McClain Kessler (UF) def. Pablo Moreno (Troy) 6-3, 6-3
3
5
Josh Wardell (UF) def. Simon Julin (SU) 6-1, 6-2
1
6
Mustapha Belcora (Troy) def. Maxx Lipman (UF) 6-4, 7-6 (9)
6
6
Jordan Belga (UF) def. Coilin MacNamara (SU) 6-4, 6-1
4
3
#21 FLORIDA
4
#20 TEXAS
0
Saturday, Jan. 23, Austin, Texas
4
#21 FLORIDA
3
#15 TEXAS TECH
4
Sunday, Jan. 24, Austin, Texas
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
Ortiz/Riechmann (UT) vs. #3 Hidalgo/Watson (UF), 5-5
DNF
1
#3 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #2 Dohas/Soares (TTU), 6-3
2
#40 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Goldhoff/Zlobinsky (UT), 6-3
1
2
*#40 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Sendegeya/Thomson (TTU), 6-4
3
*Perez-Blanco/Wardell (UF) def. Mee/Scott (UT), 6-4
2
3
Callieau/Curry (TTU) vs. Perez-Blanco/Wardell (UF), 5-3
Singles
1 2 DNF
Singles
1
#31 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. George Goldhoff (UT), 6-2, 6-1
1
1
*#8 Felipe Soares (TTU) def. #31 Diego Hidalgo (UF), 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
6
2
*#49 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Harrison Scott (UT), 6-4, 7-5
3
2
Hugo Dojas (TTU) def. #49 Elliott Orkin (UF), 6-2, 6-4
3
3
Rodrigo Banzer (UT) vs. #91 Alfredo Perez (UF), 6-4, 0-6, 2-1
DNF
3
#91 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. #33 Alex Sendegeya (TTU), 6-3, 6-0
1
4
Adrian Ortiz (UT) vs. #62 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF), 2-6, 6-6
DNF
4
#62 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Jolan Cailleau (TTU), 6-3, 6-4
2
5
Michael Riechmann (UT) vs. #97 McClain Kessler (UF), 7-6(10), 5-5
DNF
5
Connor Curry (TTU) def. #97 McClain Kessler (UF), 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
5
6
Jordan Belga (UF) def. John Mee (UT), 6-3, 6-2
2
6
Bjorn Thomson (TTU) def. Maxx Lipman (UF), 7-6(3), 6-4
4
5
#20 FLORIDA
3
#8 USC
4
6
Saturday, Jan. 30, Los Angeles, Calif.
#22 FLORIDA
7
FURMAN
0
Saturday, Feb. 13, Gainesville, Fla.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
Crystal/Verboven (USC) vs. #3 Hidalgo/Watson (UF), 5-6
DNF
1
*#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. Horst/Browne (FU) 6-3
2
2
*de Vroome/Jaede (USC) def. #40 Lipman/Orkin (UF), 7-5
2
2
#54 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Green/Steryous (FU) 6-4
3
3
Bellamy/DeVine (USC) def. Perez-Blanco/Wardell (UF), 6-2
1
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Rhodes/Steryous (FU) 6-0
1
Singles
Singles
1
#31 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #115 Max de Vroome (USC), 6-4, 6-3
3
1
#48 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. Adam Steryous (FU) 6-2, 6-3
5
2
#49 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. #41 Nick Crystal (USC), 6-4, 6-3
4
2
#21 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Matt Browne (FU) 6-1, 6-2
1
3
*#83 Jake DeVine (USC) def. #91 Alfredo Perez (UF), 7-6, 7-5
6
3
*#88 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Cameron Green (FU) 6-2, 6-0
3
4
#69 Logan Smith (USC) def. #62 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF), 6-3, 6-1
2
4
#54 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Ben Horst (FU) 6-1, 3-6, 1-0(6)
6
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Jack Jaede (USC), 7-6, 7-5
5
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Josh Pistorius (FU) 6-3, 6-2
4
6
Thibault Forget (USC) def. Jordan Belga (UF), 6-3, 6-0
1
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Alex Steryous (FU) 6-1, 6-0
2
7
#23 FLORIDA
3
#6 OHIO STATE
4
8
Sunday, Feb. 21, Columbus, Ohio
#41 FLORIDA
7
#35 FLORIDA STATE 0
Saturday, Feb. 27, Gainesville, Fla.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#19 Torpegaard/Pollanen (OSU) def. #1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) 6-3
1
1
Lock/Nunez (FSU) def. #1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) 6-1
1
2
*#14 Steinback/Joyce (OSU) def. #54 Lipman/Orkin (UF) 6-4
2
2
#32 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Dougaz/Rinaldi (FSU) 7-5
2
3
Perez-Blanco/Wardell (UF) vs. Diaz/Di Feo (OSU) 4-3, susp.
DNF
3
*Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Whitehurst/Gracia (FSU) 6-4
3
Singles
Singles
1
#5 Mikael Torpegaard (OSU) def. #48 Diego Hidalgo (UF) 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-2
6
1
*#50 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #16 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-3, 6-4
3
2
#21 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. #16 Hugo Di Feo (OSU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
3
2
#22 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. #85 Marco Nunez (FSU) 6-7(5), 6-1, 1-0(4)
5
3
*#88 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. #18 Herkko Pollanen (OSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
5
3
#30 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0(3)
6
4
#54 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. #42 Chris Diaz (OSU) 6-2, 75
2
4
#77 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0(8)
4
5
Ralf Steinbach (OSU) def. Gordon Watson (UF) 6-1, 6-4
1
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 6-1, 6-4
2
6
Martin Joyce (OSU) def. McClain Kessler (UF) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
4
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Jose Gracia (FSU) 6-3, 6-4
1
9
#30 FLORIDA
4
#32 LSU
3
10
Friday, March 4, Baton Rouge, La.
#30 FLORIDA
3
#8 TEXAS A&M
4
Sunday, March 6, College Station, Texas
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#17 Arias/Daigle (LSU) def. #1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) 6-3
1
1
#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #31 Rinderknech/Withrow (TAMU) 6-1
2
#32 Lipman/Orkin (UF) vs. Trinh/Butsch (LSU) 5-4, susp.
DNF
2
#32 Lipman/Orkin (UF) vs. Adams/Vinsant (TAMU) 5-4, susp.
3
Csonka/Korinek (LSU) def. Wardell/Perez (UF) 6-3
2
3
*Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Arconada/Catanzariti (TAMU) 6-3
Singles
1 DNF 2
Singles
1
*#50 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #42 Jordan Daigle (LSU) 6-0, 7-6(4)
4
1
#13 Arther Rinderknech (TAMU) def. #50 Diego Hidalgo (UF) 6-1, 6-7(5), 7-5
5
2
#22 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Justin Butsch (LSU) 6-3, 6-4
2
2
#53 Shane Vinsant (TAMU) def. #22 Elliott Orkin (UF) 7-6(4), 6-7(9), 7-6(2)
6
3
Gabor Csonka (LSU) def. #30 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 6-4, 7-5
5
3
#106 Jordi Arconada (TAMU) def. #30 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 6-4, 6-1
1
4
#77 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Boris Arias (LSU) 6-0, 6-3
1
4
#77 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Harrison Adams (TAMU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
4
5
Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Gordon Watson (UF) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(1)
6
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) 6-4, 6-4
2
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Andrew Korinek (LSU) 7-5, 6-2
3
6
Jackson Withrow (TAMU) def. McClain Kessler (UF) 7-6(5), 6-2
3
11
#25 FLORIDA
7
#64 AUBURN
0
12
Friday, March 11, Gainesville, Fla.
#24 FLORIDA
6
#13 ARKANSAS
1
Friday, March 18, Gainesville, Fla.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#2 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #64 Krickovic/Nguyen (AUB) 6-1
1
1
#2 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #31 Micolani/Redlicki (AU) 6-3
2
#60 Lipman/Orkin (UF) vs. Laubser/Huertas (AUB) 5-3, susp.
DNF
2
*#60 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Salazar/Sanjurjo (AU) 6-2
2
3
*Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Hinnisdaels/Van Dooren (AUB) 6-2
2
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Munoz/den Toom (AU) 5-4
DNF
Singles
1
Singles
1
#21 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. Max Hinnisdaels (AUB) 6-1, 7-5
4
1
#21 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #43 Mike Redlicki (AU) 6-3, 3-6, 5-1, ret.
4
2
*#33 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. #82 Marko Krickovic (AUB) 6-4, 6-4
3
2
*#33 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. #Jose Salazar (AU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
3
3
#75 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Dante Saleh (AUB) 6-3, 7-6(5)
6
3
#75 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Santiago Munoz (AU) 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
5
4
#51 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Conner Huertas (AUB) 6-2, 6-2
2
4
Giammarco Micolani (UA) def. #51 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
6
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Brandon Laubser (AUB) 7-6(5), 6-3
5
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Adam Sanjurjo (AU) 6-4, 6-3
2
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Edward Nguyen (AUB) 6-2, 6-4
1
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Johan den Toom (AU) 6-2, 6-4
1
13
#24 FLORIDA
6
#22 OLE MISS
1
14
Sunday, March 20, Gainesville, Fla.
#16 FLORIDA
4
#24 MISS. STATE 3
Friday, March 25, Starkville, Miss.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#2 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) vs. #48 Babic/Kraljevic (OM) 5-3, susp.
DNF
1
Cutura/Hunter (MSU) def. #1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) 6-4
3
2
*#60 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Fallert/Hamilton (OM) 6-4
2
2
Borges/Braun (MSU) def. #52 Lipman/Orkin (UF) 6-1
2
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Lindmark/Hansson (OM) 6-3
1
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Foshey/Strahinja (MSU) 6-1
1
Singles
Singles
1
#21 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #103 Stefan Lindmark (OM) 6-2, 7-6(4)
5
1
#24 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #22 Mate Cutura (MSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
4
2
Gustav Hansson (OM) def. #31 Elliott Orkin (UF) 6-4, 6-7(3), 1-0(8)
6
2
#29 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. #80 Rishab Agarwal (MSU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
5
3
#75 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Fabian Fallert (OM) 6-3, 6-1
1
3
Nuno Borges (MSU) def. #122 Alfredo Perez (UF) 0-6, 6-2, 6-3
2
4
#51 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Filip Kraljevic (OM) 6-1, 6-3
2
4
Niclas Braun (MSU) def. #71 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
3
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Grey Hamilton (OM) 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
4
5
*Gordon Watson (UF) def. Strahinja Rakic (MSU) 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
6
6
*McClain Kessler (UF) def. Vinod Gowda (OM) 6-4, 6-1
3
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Trevor Foshey (MSU) 6-3, 6-0
1
15
#16 FLORIDA
5
#41 ALABAMA
2
16
Sunday, March 27, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
#11 FLORIDA
5
#43 VANDERBILT 2
Friday, April 1, Gainesville, Fla.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#17 Lovett/Osama (ALA) def. #1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) 7-5
2
1
#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #33 Johnson/Klinger (VU) 6-3
2
#52 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Goldin/O’Shaughnessey (ALA) 6-3
1
2
#52 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Newman/Allwardt (VU) 6-4
3
Richey/Rossouw (ALA) def. Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) 7-6(5)
3
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Binet/Yee (VU) 5-3, susp.
Singles
1 2 DNF
Singles
1
#24 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #43 Mazen Osama (ALA) 6-2, 6-3
2
1
#67 Danny Valent (VU) def. #24 Diego Hidalgo (UF) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
6
2
#29 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. #102 Korey Lovett (ALA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
5
2
Rhys Johnson (VU) def. #29 Elliott Orkin (UF) 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
3
3
#122 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Becker O’Shaughnessey (ALA) 4-6, 6-0, 6-0
3
3
#122 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. #92 Cameron Klinger (VU) 6-2, 6-3
1
4
*#71 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Spencer Richey (ALA) 6-4, 6-2
4
4
#71 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Baker Newman (VU) 6-3, 6-3
2
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Grayson Goldin (ALA) 6-4, 6-0
1
5
*Gordon Watson (UF) def. Kris Yee (UF) 6-4, 7-5
4
6
Matthew Rossouw (ALA) def. McClain Kessler (UF) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
6
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Tate Allwardt (VU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
5
17
#14 FLORIDA
2
#3 VIRGINIA
5
18
Wednesday, April 6, Gainesville, Fla.
#14 FLORIDA
2
#7 GEORGIA
5
Friday, April 8, Athens, Ga.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
*#3 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #2 Corinteli/Shane (UVA) 6-4
3
1
*#3 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #4 Smith/Wagland (UGA) 7-5
3
2
#9 Kwiatkowski/Styslinger (UVA) def. #58 Lipman/Orkin (UF) 6-4
1
2
#58 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Oosterbaan/Zielinkski (UGA) 6-3
1
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Aragone/Altamirano (UVA) 6-4
2
3
Reinberg/Montgomery (UF) def. Perez/Perez-Blanco (UGA) 7-6(4)
2
Singles
Singles
1
#17 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #7 Ryan Shane (UVA) 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-4
6
1
#17 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #22 Austin Smith (UGA)
3
2
#6 Thai Kwiatkowski (UVA) def. #33 Elliott Orkin (UF) 6-2, 6-4
1
2
#34 Wayne Montgomery (UGA) def. #109 Alfredo Perez (UF) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
6
3
#38 Collin Altamirano (UVA) def. #109 Alfredo Perez (UF) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
5
3
Paul Oosterbaan (UGA) def. #33 Elliott Orkin (UF) 6-4, 6-4
2
4
J.C. Aragone (UVA) def. #84 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 6-4, 6-3
2
4
*#111 Walker Duncan (UGA) def. Gordon Watson (UF) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
4
5
*Henrik Wiersholm (UVA) def. Gordon Watson (UF) 7-5, 7-6(5)
4
5
Jan Zielinski (UGA) def. #84 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
5
6
Luca Corintelli (UVA) def. McClain Kessler (UF) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
3
6
Nick Wood (UGA) def. Josh Wardell (UF) 6-2, 6-2
1
19
#14 FLORIDA
20
6
SOUTH CAROLINA 1
Sunday, April 10, Columbia, S.C.
#13 FLORIDA
7
#20 KENTUCKY
0
Friday, April 15, Gainesville, Fla.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#3 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) vs. O’Keefe/Friedrich (SC) 5-4, susp.
DNF
1
#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #71 Ellefsen/Wallart (UK) 6-2
2
2
#58 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Fennell/Swank (SC) 6-1
1
2
Bushamuka/Yates (UK) def. #62 Lipman/Orkin (UF) 6-2
1
3
*Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Benton/Schafer (SC) 6-4
2
3
*Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Matsumura/Hussey (UK) 6-3
3
Singles
Singles
1
#17 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #66 Gabriel Friedrich (SC) 6-4, 7-5
3
1
*#13 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #31 William Bushamuka (UK)
3
2
#109 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Andrew Schafter (SC) 7-6(5), 7-5
4
2
Alfredo Perez (UF) def. #35 Ryotaro Matsumura (UK) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
5
3
#33 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Harrison O’Keefe (SC) 6-3, 6-3
1
3
#38 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Nils Ellefsen (UK) 6-2, 6-4
1
4
Alex Fennell (SC) def. Gordon Watson (UF) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
6
4
#107 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Enzo Wallart (UK) 6-2, 6-2
2
5
#84 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Thomas Mayronne (SC) 6-3, 6-1
2
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Trey Yates (UK) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
4
6
Jordon Belga (UF) def. Wood Benton (SC) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
5
6
Maxx Lipman (UF) def. Jake Stefanik (UK) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)
6
21
#14 FLORIDA
6
TENNESSEE
1
22
Sunday, April 17, Gainesville, Fla.
#11 FLORIDA
4
#34 VANDERBILT
0
Friday, April 22, Columbia, S.C.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
*#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #22 Schipanski/Valero (UT) 6-3
2
1
*#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #14 Johnson/Klinger (VU) 6-1
2
#58 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Heslin/Smelyanski (UT) 6-3
1
2
#68 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Binet/Allwardt (VU) 6-1
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Benton/Schafer (SC) 6-4
DNF
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Valent/Newman (VU) 3-4, susp.
Singles
2 1 DNF
Singles
1
#13 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #71 Luis Valero (UT) 7-6(4), 6-3
4
1
#11 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #34 Daniel Valent (VU) 6-3, 6-0
2
Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Igor Smelyanski (UT) 7-6(3), 5-2, ret.
5
2
#83 Alfredo Perez (UF) vs. #103 Cameron Klinger (VU) 5-7, 6-2, 1-5, susp.
DNF
3
#*38 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Timo Stodder (UT) 7-6(2), 6-4
3
3
#36 Elliott Orkin (UF) vs. Rhys Johnson (VU) 6-4, 3-6, 5-6, susp.
DNF
4
Srdjan Jakovljevic (UT) def. #107 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 5-7, 6-4, 1-0(6)
6
4
#123 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Baker Newman (VU) 2-6, 6-1, 5-3, susp.
DNF
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Jack Schipansku (UT) 6-4, 6-4
2
5
*Gordon Watson (UF) def. Kris Yee (VU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
3
6
Maxx Lipman (UF) def. Jack Heslin (UT) 7-6(2), 6-2
1
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Alex Ross (VU) 6-2, 6-3
2
23
#11 FLORIDA
4
#13 TEXAS A&M
0
24
Saturday, April 23, Columbia, S.C.
#11 FLORIDA
4
#6 GEORGIA
2
1
Sunday, April 24, Columbia, S.C.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
*#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. Bakshi/Withrow (A&M) 6-4
2
1
#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) vs. #7 Smith/Wagland (UGA) 5-4, susp.
2
#68 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Adams/Vinsant (A&M) 4-5, susp.
DNF
2
#68 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Oosterbaan/Zielinski (UGA) 6-3
1
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Lunkin/Rinderknech (A&M) 6-3
1
3
*Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Montgomery/Reinberg (UGA) 6-4
2
Singles
DNF
Singles
1
#11 Diego Hidalgo (UF) vs. #18 Arthur Rinderknech (A&M) 2-6, 6-2, 1-5, susp.
DNF
1
#17 Austin Smith (UGA) def. #11 Diego Hidalgo (UF) 6-4, 6-4
2
2
#83 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. #53 Shane Vinsant (A&M) 6-1, 6-2
1
2
#83 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. #35 Wayne Montgomery (UGA) 6-3, 6-3
1
3
#36 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Jordi Arconada (A&M) 7-6(3), 6-1
2
3
#96 Paul Oosterbaan (UGA) def. #36 Elliott Orkin (UF) 7-6(7), 6-4
4
4
*#123 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. AJ Catanzariti (A&M) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
3
4
#123 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Walker Duncan (UGA) 6-2, 7-6(4)
3
5
Gordon Watson (UF) vs. Harrison Adams (A&M) 4-6, 6-3, 4-3, susp.
DNF
5
*Gordon Watson (UF) def. Nick Wood (UGA) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
6
McClain Kessler (UF) vs. Jackson Withrow (A&M) 4-6, 7-5, 1-1, susp.
DNF
6
McClain Kessler (UF) vs. Emil Reinberg (UGA) 1-6, 7-6(3), 3-3, susp.
5 DNF
25
#9 FLORIDA
4
NORTH FLORIDA
0
26
Saturday, May 14, Gainesville, Fla.
#9 FLORIDA
4
SOUTH FLORIDA
0
Sunday, May 15, Gainesville, Fla.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #34 Findel-Hawkins/Zuern (UNF) 6-2
1
1
#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #28 Kalyuzhnyy/Gozun (USF) 6-4
1
2
*#80 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Goldberg/Muscheites (UNF) 6-3
2
2
Bertran/Cotrone (USF) def. #80 Lipman/Orkin (UF) 6-4
2
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Bradley/Deshmukh (UNF) 5-2, susp.
DNF
3
*Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Cid/Muniz (USF) 7-5
3
Singles
Singles
1
#10 Diego Hidalgo (UF) vs. #109 Jack Findel-Hawkins (UNF) 6-4, 4-2, susp.
DNF
1
#10 Diego Hidalgo (UF) vs. #2 Roberto Cid (USF) 6-4, 3-3, susp.
2
*#53 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Lasse Muscheites (UNF) 6-4, 6-1
3
2
#53 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Sasha Gozun (USF) 7-5, 6-1
DNF
3
#37 Elliott Orkin (UF) vs. Yannick Zuern (UNF) 3-6, 5-3, susp.
DNF
3
#37 Elliott Orkin (UF) vs. #47 Dominic Cotrone (USF) 4-6, 5-4, susp.
DNF
4
#120 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Julian Bradley (UNF) 6-3, 3-1, susp.
DNF
4
#120 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Petern Bertran (USF) 4-6, 5-5, susp.
DNF
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Sahil Deshmukh (UNF) 6-2, 6-1
2
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Ignacio Gonzalez Muniz (USF) 6-2, 6-4
2
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Jonathan Deautriell (UNF) 6-1, 6-3
1
6
*McClain Kessler (UF) def. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) 6-3, 7-5
1
3
SINGLES
Singles Records Open Dual SEC Career Jordan Belga (So. ) 13-5 3-1 1-0 27-16 Diego Hidalgo (Sr.) 14-7 17-5 11-3 64-31 McClain Kessler (Fr.) 14-5 13-5 8-2 28-10 Maxx Lipman (Jr.) 10-9 3-2 2-0 56-34 Elliott Orkin (Jr.) 13-5 16-7 9-5 79-33 Alfredo Perez (Fr.) 16-5 19-4 12-2 35-9 Chase Perez-Blanco (So.) 15-4 15-8 8-6 54-23 Josh Wardell (R-So.) 9-5 1-1 0-1 19-16 Gordon Watson (Sr.) 4-5 16-5 12-2 93-46 Totals 98-40 102-38 61-22 476-218
2015-16 Record 16-6 31-12 27-10 13-11 29-12 35-9 29-12 10-6 20-10 207-90
2015 2016 Fall Spring 12-4 4-2 8-6 23-6 13-4 14-6 7-8 6-3 13-5 16-7 10-4 25-5 13-3 16-9 9-4 1-2 4-5 15-6 89-43 121-46
Dual Match ... Overall/SEC 2016 Career Singles by Position #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Overall/SEC Dual Jordan Belga 3-1/1-0 3-1/1-0 6-5 Diego Hidalgo 17-5/11-3 17-5/11-3 33-17 McClain Kessler 1-0 1-1 11-4/7-2 13-5/7-2 13-5 Maxx Lipman 1-0 2-2/2-0 3-2/2-0 25-16 Elliott Orkin 1-0 11-5/5-3 4-2/4-2 16-7/9-5 39-19 Alfredo Perez 7-1/7-1 7-3/5-1 5-0/2-0 18-4/11-2 18-4 Chase Perez-Blanco 1-0 3-2/0-2 9-5/7-3 1-1/1-1 14-8/8-6 28-12 Josh Wardell 1-0 0-1/0-1 1-1/0-1 3-3 Gordon Watson 0-2/0-2 16-3/11-1 16-5/10-3 50-26 Total 15-6 18-5 14-6 14-6 18-4 16-6 102-38 216-108 SEC Only 11-3 10-4 9-5 9-5 12-2 10-3 61-22
Overall
DOUBLES
2015-16 Florida Men’s Tennis-as of May 16
Overall
Ind. Doub. Records Jordan Belga Diego Hidalgo McClain Kessler Maxx Lipman Elliott Orkin Alfredo Perez Chase Perez-Blanco Josh Wardell Gordon Watson Totals
Open Dual SEC Career 0-0 1-0 0-0 5-5 11-2 15-5 9-3 62-24 7-3 1-0 0-0 8-3 5-5 15-6 9-2 56-34 5-5 15-7 9-2 62-37 5-2 13-3 8-3 18-5 5-1 13-3 8-2 29-9 7-2 2-2 0-1 24-16 11-2 15-6 9-3 86-47 56-22 90-32 52-16 344-190
2015-16 Record 1-0 26-7 8-3 20-11 20-12 18-5 18-4 9-4 26-8 142-50
2015 2016 Fall Spring 0-0 1-0 11-2 15-5 7-3 1-0 5-5 15-6 5-5 15-7 5-2 13-3 5-1 13-3 7-2 2-2 11-2 15-6 56-22 90-32
2015-16 Record Playing With... Player Belga Hidalgo Kessler Lipman Orkin Perez Perez-Blanco Wardell Watson Belga -- 1-0 Hidalgo -- 15-5 Kessler 1-0 -Lipman -- 15-6 Orkin 15-6 -Perez -- 13-2 1-1 Perez-Blanco 13-2 -- 1-1 Wardell 1-1 1-1 -Watson 15-5 0-1 --Dual Match ... Overall/SEC Overall/ Doubles by Position #1 #2 #3 SEC Belga/Kessler 1-0 1-0 Hidalgo/Watson 15-5 15-5/9-3 Lipman/Orkin 15-6 15-6/9-2 Orkin/Watson 0-1 0-1 Perez/Perez-Blanco 12-1 12-1/8-2 Perez/Wardell 1-0 0-1 1-1/0-1 Perez-Blanco/Wardell 1-1 1-0 Total 15-6 15-6 14-3 44-15 SEC Only 9-3 8-2 8-2 25-7
Match Day Facts
WHERE: Case Tennis Center | Tulsa, Okla. No. 9 Florida Gators (20-6)
WHEN: Friday, May 20 at 1 p.m. ET
No. 17-32 SMU Mustangs (22-8)
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SERIES RECORD: Florida leads the all-time series, 3-1
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Last Match: Last Match: The Mustangs defeated Texas LAST MEETING: Florida swept USF on Tech, 4-2 in Lubock on Sunday afternoon at the Ring The Gators defeated the Mustangs 7-1 in Sunday night Louisville on Feb. 24, 2000. Tennis Complex. Florida’s 2015-16 Schedule and Results
Overall: 20-6 (Home 12-1, Away 5-3, Neutral 3-2) SEC: 13-2 (Home 6-0, Away 4-2, 3-0 Neutral)
UF/Opp Date Rank January Sun. 17 24/63 Sun. 17 24/NR Sat. 23 21/20 Sun. 24 21/15 Sat. 30 20/8 Sun. 31 20/12 February Sat. 13 22/NR Sun. 21 23/6 Sat. 27 41/35 March Fri. 4 30/32 Sun. 6 30/8 Fri. 11 25/64 Fri. 18 24/13 Sun. 20 24/22 Fri. 25 16/24 Sun. 27 16/41 April Fri. 1 11/43 Wed. 6 14/3 Fri. 8 14/7 Sun. 10 14/62 Fri. 15 13/20 Sun. 17 13/NR Fri. 22 11/34 Sat. 23 11/13 Sun. 24 11/6 May Sat 14 9/-- Sun. 15 9/17 Fri. 20 9/30 Sun. 22 Tues. 24
Opponent/Event
Time/Results
TROY STETSON at Texas (1) vs. Texas Tech (1) at USC (2) at UCLA (2)
W, 6-1 W, 7-0 W, 4-0 L, 4-3 L, 4-3 cancelled
FURMAN at Ohio State FLORIDA STATE
W, 7-0 L, 4-3 W, 7-0
at LSU at Texas A&M AUBURN ARKANSAS OLE MISS at Mississippi State at Alabama
W, 4-3 L, 4-3 W, 7-0 W, 6-1 W, 6-1 W, 4-3 W, 5-2
VANDERBILT VIRGINIA at Georgia at South Carolina KENTUCKY TENNESSEE Vanderbilt (3) Texas A&M (3) Georgia (3)
W, 5-2 L, 5-2 L, 5-2 W, 6-1 W, 7- 0 W, 6-1 W, 4-0 W, 4-0 W, 4-2
UNF (4) SOUTH FLORIDA (4) SMU (5) NCAA Team Semifinals NCAA Team Finals
W, 4-0 W, 4-0 1:00 PM
*Southeastern Conference Match (1) ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Austin, Texas (2) Pac-12/SEC Challenge in Los Angeles, Calif. (3) SEC Conference Tournament in Columbia, S.C. (4) NCAA First and Second Rounds in Gainesville, Fla. (5) NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships in Tulsas, Okla.
Last Serve(s) vs. the Mustangs The Gators defeated the Mustangs 7-1 on Feb. 24, 2000. In May of 1999, UF defeated SMU in the NCAA Round of 16, 4-2 to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals. NCAA Round of 16 Florida has advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 19 times since 1991, with a record of 4-15. The last time the Gators won a Sweet 16 matchup was 2005 against South Carolina Florida vs. the Field Florida played 18 of its 24, going 12-6 in matches this season against teams that made the NCAA Tournament field of 64. Gators to Host First and Second Rounds UF has been selected to host first and second round matches 13 of the 17 years since the NCAA Men’s Championships expanded its field to 64 teams in 1999 SEC Tournament Champions! The Gators captured the program’s fifth SEC Tournament Title on April 24 in Columbia, S.C. Florida defeated Vanderbilt and avenged two regular season losses to Texas A&M and Georgia to win the tournament title Bringing in the SEC Awards The SEC Yearly Awards were full of Gators in April. Head Coach Bryan Shelton was named SEC Coach of the Year, Diego Hidalgo earned the SEC Player of the Year and Alfredo Perez was named the SEC Co-Freshman of the Year. Elliott Orkin and Gordon Watson were also named to the First Team All-SEC.
NAME Jordan Belga Diego Hidalgo McClain Kessler Maxx Lipman Elliott Orkin Alfredo Perez Chase Perez-Blanco Josh Wardell Gordon Watson
HT 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-2 5-8 6-2 5-8 5-11 5-11
CL So. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. R-So. Sr.
EXP 1L 2L HS 2L 2L HS 1L 1L 3L
Head Coach: BRYAN SHELTON Asst. Coach: MARK MERKLEIN Vol. Asst. Coach: SCOTT PERELMAN
L/R R L R R R R R R R
Hometown/Previous School Boca Raton, Fla./Florida Virtual School Guayaquil, Ecuador/Pert High School Calhoun, Ga./Calhoun High School Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood High School Marietta, Ga./Eaton Academy Havana, Cuba/Coral Gables High School Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep Fort Myers, Fla./Florida Virtual School Naples, Fla./First Baptist Academy
Trainer: TONY MUNOZ Dir. of Tennis Operations: KATE HARTE Manager: PETER SLATON
General Information Location: .....................................................Gainesville, Florida Est. Population:............................................................ 124,491 Founded: .........................................................................1853 Enrollment: ...................................................................49,042 Nickname: ................................................................... Gators Colors: ......................................................... Orange and Blue Conference: ............................................... Southeastern (SEC) Facility: ....Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex – Scott Linder Stadium (1,000) ...................... Charles R. & Nancy V. Perry Indoor Tennis Facility President: ....................................Dr. W. Kent Fuchs (Duke ‘77) Athletics Director: ............................. Jeremy Foley (Hobart ‘74) Assoc. AD - Oversees M-Tennis:..........................Mike Hill (UNC) Office: .............................................................. 352-375-4683 Faculty Representative: ...................Dr. Michael Sagas (Utah ‘92) Coaching Staff Head Coach: .......................Bryan Shelton (Georgia Tech, 1988) Overall:.............................................. 293-144 (17th year) Florida Record: ....................................... 66-36 (4th year) Associate Head Coach: ................. Mark Merklein (Florida, 1994) Volunteer Assistant Coach: ................................. Scott Perelman Academic Advisor: ................................................Tom Williams Athletic Trainer:...................................................... Tony Munoz Tennis Coordinator:.................. Kate Harte (Endicott ’07; UF ‘09) Manager:............................................................... Peter Slaton Strength Trainer:................................................ Sean Ferguson Tennis Phone:......................................352-375-4683, ext. 4600 Tennis FAX:......................................................... 352-372-8159
NCAA History NCAA Appearances:.............................................................. 26 91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99-00-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-1011-12-13-14-15-16) NCAA Record:............................................. 45-25 (2-0 in 2016) NCAA Singles Champions: ..........................2 Gators with 2 titles ...............................................................Mark Merklein (1994) ............................................................. & Jeff Morrison (1999) NCAA Doubles Champions: ........................... 1 team with 1 title ...........................................Mark Merklein & David Blair (1993) Additional Program History Overall Record:...............................................1,207-497-6 All-Americans:..................................... 22 Gators with 46 honors SEC Championships:............................................................... 8 1961, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2005 SEC Tournament Titles:.......................................................... 5 1994, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2016 SEC Tournament Record:................................................. 33-19 Florida Communications/Sports Information SID M-Tennis Contact:......................................... Grace Duggan E-mail:.................................................. [email protected] Office Phone / FAX:..... 352-375-4683, ext. 6121 / 352-375-4809 Cell Phone:......................................................... 314-267-5912 Web Site:............................................. www.FloridaGators.com Team Twitter:........................................................@GatorsMTN
2015-16 Roster Review Letterwinners Returning / Lost from 2014:.......................... 7 / 0 Newcomers:.......................................................................... 2 Seniors/Juniors/Sophomores/Freshmen:...................2 / 2 / 3 / 2 2014-15 Season Overall Season Record:...................................................... 14-9 SEC Record:.............................................................8-4 (T-4th) NCAA Championships:......................................0-1 (No. 6 Seed) SEC Tournament:.................... 1-1 (No. 7 Seed, Quarterfinalists) SEC Honors (3) 3 Gators:................... First Team: Diego Hidalgo ....................................................... Second Team: Elliott Orkin ............................................ All-Freshman: Chase Perez-Blanco
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Florida at the SEC Tournament Freshmen Impressing Early • Florida is 35-19 all-time at the SEC Tournament The Gators have seen production from freshmen Perez • The Gators have won the tournament title four times, the and Kessler this season. Kessler has clinched two of the last coming in 2011 Gators’ wins at five and six, while Perez is 16-4 in dual match singles play. 10-Win SEC Season With their win over Tennessee on April 17, the Gators SEC Firsts acheived their first 10-win conference season since the Perez and Kessler have each secured their first SEC singles 2004-2005 season. victories against LSU and Texas A&M, respectively. Perez is 11-2 and Kessler is 7-2 in SEC singles. 1,200 and Counting With their win over South Carolina on April 10, the men’s tennis program recorded its 1,200th program win. SEC Freshman of the Week: Three Times! Alfredo Perez earned his first collegiate honor on March Dealing in Doubles 2, garnering SEC Freshman of the Week and then won the Seniors Diego Hidalgo and Gordon Watson are again at award again on March 23 and April 19. the top of the ITA Doubles Rankings after two wins over the No. 2 and No. 4-ranked pairings on April 6 and April 8. Win Number 50
Chase Perez-Blanco defeated Vanderbilt’s Baker Newman Florida Sweeps SEC Weekly Awards on April 1 to reach 50 career singles victories. Diego Hidalgo and Alfredo Perez continue to grab SEC weekly awards. The pair swept SEC Player of the Week and Win Number 75 SEC Freshman of the Week on Monday. With his defeat of Alabama’s Korey Lovett on March 27 in Tuscaloosa, Elliott Orkin recorded his 75th singles win. Florida vs. SEC Opponents Since beginning SEC play in 1950, the Orange and Blue is SEC Player of the Week 392-228-4 all-time against SEC opponents. Junior Elliott Orkin garnered his first SEC Player of the Week Award on March 30 after a stellar weekend on the No. 50 road at Mississippi State and Alabama Diego Hidalgo grabbed his 50th career singles victory in Belga Earns First SEC Win his match against Max de Vroome of USC. Sophomore Jordan Belga earned his first SEC singles Season-Opening Success victory 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 over South Carolina’s Wood Benton on UF is 65-6 all-time in season-opening dual matches. April 10 to win his third dual singles match of the season. The Gators have not dropped an opener since 1998 against Indiana
Fall Headlines Hidalgo, Watson win doubles title at USTA/ITA Southeast Regional Championships, defeating the No. 1-ranked Georgia tandem in the semifinals. Freshman Alfredo Perez wins seven matches to reach the main draw from the pre-qualifying rounds at the ITA AllAmerican. Elliott Orkin wins singles title at the SEC Fall Tournament. Chase Perez-Blanco and Josh Wardell take the doubles title at the Bedford Cup.
Career Records Career Records Career Records Career Records
Overall Singles: 20-10 Tournament Singles: 4-5 Dual Singles: 16-5 SEC Singles: 11-3 Overall Doubles: 26-8 Tournament Doubles: 11-2 Dual Doubles: 15-6 SEC Doubles: 9-3
Career Records
Overall Singles: 10-7 Tournament Singles: 9-5 Dual Singles: 1-1 SEC Singles: 0-1 Overall Doubles: 9-4 Tournament Doubles: 7-2 Dual Doubles: 2-2 SEC Doubles: 0-1
Overall Singles: 56-34 Tournament Singles: 31-18 Dual Singles: 25-16 SEC Singles: 13-7 Overall Doubles: 56-34 Tournament Doubles: 17-12 Dual Doubles: 39-22 SEC Doubles: 22-7 Overall Singles: 79-33 Tournament Singles: 40-14 Dual Singles: 39-19 SEC Singles: 23-10 Overall Doubles: 62-37 Tournament Doubles: 25-13 Dual Doubles: 37-24 SEC Doubles: 21-11
Career Records
Overall Singles: 29-12 Tournament Singles: 15-4 Dual Singles: 14-8 SEC Singles: 8-6 Overall Doubles: 18-3 Tournament Doubles: 5-1 Dual Doubles: 13-3 SEC Doubles: 8-2
Overall Singles: 27-10 Tournament Singles: 14-5 Dual Singles: 13-5 SEC Singles: 7-2 Overall Doubles: 8-3 Tournament Doubles: 7-3 Dual Doubles: 1-0 SEC Doubles: 0-0
Overall Singles: 35-9 Tournament Singles: 16-5 Dual Singles: 19-4 SEC Singles: 12-2 Overall Doubles: 18-5 Tournament Doubles: 5-2 Dual Doubles: 13-3 SEC Doubles: 8-3
Career Records
Overall Singles: 35-9 Tournament Singles: 16-5 Dual Singles: 19-4 SEC Singles: 12-2 Overall Doubles: 18-5 Tournament Doubles: 5-2 Dual Doubles: 13-3 SEC Doubles: 8-3
Overall Singles: 64-31 Tournament Singles: 30-14 Dual Singles: 34-17 SEC Singles: 19-8 Overall Doubles: 62-24 Tournament Doubles: 25-5 Dual Doubles: 37-19 SEC Doubles: 18-11
Overall Singles: 54-23 Tournament Singles: 26-11 Dual Singles: 28-11 SEC Singles: 16-7 Overall Doubles: 29-9 Tournament Doubles: 14-4 Dual Doubles: 15-5 SEC Doubles: 8-2
Career Records
Gordon Watson 5-11 Senior Right-Handed Naples, Fla. First Baptist Academy
Overall Singles: 29-12 Tournament Singles: 13-5 Dual Singles: 16-7 SEC Singles: 9-5 Overall Doubles: 20-12 Tournament Doubles: 5-5 Dual Doubles: 15-7 SEC Doubles: 9-2
Overall Singles: 27-16 Tournament Singles: 21-11 Dual Singles: 6-5 SEC Singles: 2-1 Overall Doubles: 5-5 Tournament Doubles: 4-5 Dual Doubles: 1-0 SEC Doubles: 0-0
Overall Singles: 19-16 Tournament Singles: 16-11 Dual Singles: 3-6 SEC Singles: 2-3 Overall Doubles: 24-16 Tournament Doubles: 15-6 Dual Doubles: 10-10 SEC Doubles: 3-7
Career Records
Josh Wardell 5-11 RS-Sophomore Right-Handed Fort Myers, Fla. Florida Virtual School
2015-2016 Season
Chase Perez-Blanco 5-8 Sophomore Right-Handed Miami, Fla. Gulliver Prep
2015-2016 Season
Coral Gables High School
2015-2016 Season
Alfredo Perez 6-2 Freshman Right-Handed Havana, Cuba
2015-2016 Season
Elliott Orkin 5-8 Junior Right-Handed Marietta, Ga. Eaton Academy
Overall Singles: 13-11 Tournament Singles: 11-9 Dual Singles: 3-2 SEC Singles: 2-0 Overall Doubles: 20-11 Tournament Doubles: 5-5 Dual Doubles: 15-6 SEC Doubles: 9-2
2015-2016 Season
Maxx Lipman 6-2 Junior Right-Handed Brentwood, Tenn. Brentwood High School
Overall Singles: 27-10 Tournament Singles: 14-5 Dual Singles: 13-5 SEC Singles: 7-2 Overall Doubles: 8-3 Tournament Doubles: 7-3 Dual Doubles: 1-0 SEC Doubles: 0-0
2015-2016 Season
McClain Kessler 5-11 Freshman Right-Handed Calhoun, Ga. Calhoun High School
Overall Singles: 31-12 Tournament Singles: 14-7 Dual Singles: 17-5 SEC Singles: 11-3 Overall Doubles: 26-7 Tournament Doubles: 12-2 Dual Doubles: 15-5 SEC Doubles: 9-3
2015-2016 Season
Diego Hidalgo 5-11 Senior Left-Handed Guayaquil, Ecuador Pert High School
Overall Singles: 16-6 Tournament Singles: 13-5 Dual Singles: 3-1 SEC Singles: 1-0 Overall Doubles: 1-0 Tournament Doubles: 0-0 Dual Doubles: 1-0 SEC Doubles: 0-0
2015-2016 Season
Jordan Belga 5-10 Sophomore Right-Handed Boca Raton, Fla. Florida Virtual School
2015-2016 Season
2015-2016 Florida Gators
Overall Singles: 90-46 Tournament Singles: 39-20 Dual Singles: 50-26 SEC Singles: 21-13 Overall Doubles: 85-47 Tournament Doubles: 48-12 Dual Doubles: 47-35 SEC Doubles: 26-18
Florida Match Lineup/Clinchers DOUBLES SINGLES
DATE OPPONENT 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6
1/17 Troy (63) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 1/17 Stetson Orkin/Watson Perez/Wardell 1/23 Texas (20) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 1/24 Texas Tech (21) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 1/30 USC (8) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 2/13 Furman Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 2/21 Ohio State (6) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 2/27 Florida State (35) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 3/4 LSU (32) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 3/6 Texas A&M (8) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 3/11 Auburn (64) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 3/18 Arkansas (13) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 3/20 Ole Miss (22) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 3/25 Mississippi State (24) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 3/27 Alabama (41) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/1 Vanderbilt (43) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/6 Virginia (3) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/8 Georgia (7) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/10 South Carolina Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/15 Kentucky (20) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/17 Tennessee Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/22 Vanderbilt (34) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/23 Texas A&M (13) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 4/24 Georgia (6) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 5/14 North Florida Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin 5/15 South Florida (17) Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin
2015-16 Honors, Awards, Milestones Team 2016 SEC Tournament Champions
Individual Bryan Shelton SEC Coach of the Year ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year Mark Merklein ITA Southeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year Diego Hidalgo SEC Player of the Year First Team All-SEC SEC Player of the Week (4/13/16) SEC Player of the Week (4/18/16) 2016 MVP (Team Award) Elliott Orkin First Team All-SEC SEC Player of the Week (3/30/16) 2016 Academic Acheivement Award (Team Award) Alfredo Perez SEC Co-Freshman of the Year ITA Southeast Region Rookie of the Year SEC Freshman of the Week (4/18/16) SEC Freshman of the Week (3/23/16) SEC Freshman of the Week (3/2/16) 2016 Most Improved Player (Team Award) Gordon Watson 2016 SEC Tournament MVP 2016 SEC All-Tournament Team First Team All-SEC 2016 SEC Community Service Team McClain Kessler 2016 Coaches Award (Team Award)
P-Blanco/Wardell Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Kessler Lipman Belga/Kessler Orkin P-Blanco Kessler Lipman Wardell Belga P-Blanco/Wardell Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Kessler Belga P-Blanco/Wardell Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Kessler Lipman P-Blanco/Wardell Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Belga Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin P-Blanco Perez Watson Kessler P-Blanco/Wardell Hidalgo Orkin P-Blanco Perez Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin P-Blanco Perez Watson Kessler Perez/Wardell Hidalgo Orkin P-Blanco Perez Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin P-Blanco Perez Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Orkin Perez P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin Watson P-Blanco Wardell Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin Watson P-Blanco Belga Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin P-Blanco Watson Lipman Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin P-Blanco Watson Lipman Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin P-Blanco Watson Kessler Perez/P-Blanco Hidalgo Perez Orkin P-Blanco Watson Kessler
Current Winning Streaks Doubles: Hidalgo/Watson: 9 Perez/Perez-Blanco: 6 Singles: Perez: 7 Watson: 6
2015-16 National Collegiate Tennis Rankings Administered by the ITA
Team rankings released every week, beginning Jan. 5 Individual Singles & Doubles rankings released bi-weekly, beginning Feb. 10
Date J5 J20 J27 F3 F17 F23 M1 M8 M15 M22 M29 A5 A12 A19 M5 Team 24 21 20 22 23 41 30 25 24 16 11 14 13 11 9 Date Fall J5 F10 F23 M8 M22 A5 A12 A19 M5 Belga -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -Hidalgo 33 31 48 50 21 24 17 13 11 10 Lipman 60 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -Kessler -- 97 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -Orkin 86 49 21 22 33 29 33 38 36 38 Perez -- 91 54 77 75 122 109 -- 83 56 Perez-Blanco 84 62 88 30 51 71 84 109 123 120 Wardell -- -- -- 124 -- -- -- -- -- -Watson 108 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - Lipman/Orkin 12 40 54 32 60 52 58 62 68 80 Hidalgo/Watson 23 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 BOLDFACE = career-high ranking; UNDERLINE = season-high ranking
MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS WHEN WINNING... THREE-SETTERS/TIEBREAKERS SINGLES W L PCT THREE TIE Doubles Point 17 4 .809 PLAYER SETS* BREAKS* Home 12 1 .923 Jordan Belga 1-0 Away 2 2 .500 Diego Hidalgo 4-4 4-2 Neutral 3 1 .750 McClain Kessler 1-3 1-2 Maxx Lipman 1-0 2-2 Singles Records Elliott Orkin 6-3 4-5 #1 Singles 15 3 .833 Alfredo Perez 6-3 4-1 #2 Singles 18 2 .900 Chase Perez-Blanco 3-4 1-1 #3 Singles 13 3 .813 Josh Wardell #4 Singles 12 4 .750 Gordon Watson 5-2 2-2 Team Totals 27-19 18-15 #5 Singles 18 1 .947 *10-point tiebreaks included in both #6 Singles 16 0 1.000
DOUBLES TIE PLAYER BREAKS* Hidalgo/Watson Lipman/Orkin P-Blanco/Wardell Perez/P-Blanco 0-2 Team Totals 0-2
1
#24 FLORIDA
6
#63 TROY
1
2
Sunday, Jan. 17, Gainesville, Fla.
#24 FLORIDA
7
STETSON 0
Sunday, Jan. 17, Gainesville, Fla.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#3 Watson/Hidalgo (UF) def. Mansson/Baldo (Troy) 6-1
1
1
Antropikes/Blanco (SU) def. Orkin/Watson (UF) 6-4
3
2
*#40 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Lao/Samaha (Troy) 6-1
2
2
Perez/Wardell (UF) def. Ball/Arroyo (SU) 6-1
1
3
Perez-Blanco/Wardell (UF) vs. Moreno/Belcora(Troy) 5-2
DNF
3
*Belga/Kessler (UF) def. Julin/MacNamara (SU) 6-4
2
Singles
Singles
1
#31 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. Daniel Bustamente (Troy) 6-0, 6-3
2
1
*#49 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Loic Blanco 6-3, 6-2
3
2
#49 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Andy Lau (Troy) 4-6, 6-3 1-0 (1)
5
2
#62 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Pierre-Emmanuel Fossier 6-4, 6-1
2
3
#91 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Giovani Samaha (Troy) 6-1, 6-1
1
3
#97 McClain Kessler (UF) def. Graham Ball (SU) 7-5, 6-0
6
4
#62 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Felipe Mansson (Troy) 6-3, 6-4
4
4
Maxx Lipman (UF) def. Laurynas Antropikes (SU) 6-4, 6-2
5
5
*#97 McClain Kessler (UF) def. Pablo Moreno (Troy) 6-3, 6-3
3
5
Josh Wardell (UF) def. Simon Julin (SU) 6-1, 6-2
1
6
Mustapha Belcora (Troy) def. Maxx Lipman (UF) 6-4, 7-6 (9)
6
6
Jordan Belga (UF) def. Coilin MacNamara (SU) 6-4, 6-1
4
3
#21 FLORIDA
4
#20 TEXAS
0
Saturday, Jan. 23, Austin, Texas
4
#21 FLORIDA
3
#15 TEXAS TECH
4
Sunday, Jan. 24, Austin, Texas
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
Ortiz/Riechmann (UT) vs. #3 Hidalgo/Watson (UF), 5-5
DNF
1
#3 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #2 Dohas/Soares (TTU), 6-3
2
#40 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Goldhoff/Zlobinsky (UT), 6-3
1
2
*#40 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Sendegeya/Thomson (TTU), 6-4
3
*Perez-Blanco/Wardell (UF) def. Mee/Scott (UT), 6-4
2
3
Callieau/Curry (TTU) vs. Perez-Blanco/Wardell (UF), 5-3
Singles
1 2 DNF
Singles
1
#31 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. George Goldhoff (UT), 6-2, 6-1
1
1
*#8 Felipe Soares (TTU) def. #31 Diego Hidalgo (UF), 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
6
2
*#49 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Harrison Scott (UT), 6-4, 7-5
3
2
Hugo Dojas (TTU) def. #49 Elliott Orkin (UF), 6-2, 6-4
3
3
Rodrigo Banzer (UT) vs. #91 Alfredo Perez (UF), 6-4, 0-6, 2-1
DNF
3
#91 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. #33 Alex Sendegeya (TTU), 6-3, 6-0
1
4
Adrian Ortiz (UT) vs. #62 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF), 2-6, 6-6
DNF
4
#62 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Jolan Cailleau (TTU), 6-3, 6-4
2
5
Michael Riechmann (UT) vs. #97 McClain Kessler (UF), 7-6(10), 5-5
DNF
5
Connor Curry (TTU) def. #97 McClain Kessler (UF), 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
5
6
Jordan Belga (UF) def. John Mee (UT), 6-3, 6-2
2
6
Bjorn Thomson (TTU) def. Maxx Lipman (UF), 7-6(3), 6-4
4
5
#20 FLORIDA
3
#8 USC
4
6
Saturday, Jan. 30, Los Angeles, Calif.
#22 FLORIDA
7
FURMAN
0
Saturday, Feb. 13, Gainesville, Fla.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
Crystal/Verboven (USC) vs. #3 Hidalgo/Watson (UF), 5-6
DNF
1
*#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. Horst/Browne (FU) 6-3
2
2
*de Vroome/Jaede (USC) def. #40 Lipman/Orkin (UF), 7-5
2
2
#54 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Green/Steryous (FU) 6-4
3
3
Bellamy/DeVine (USC) def. Perez-Blanco/Wardell (UF), 6-2
1
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Rhodes/Steryous (FU) 6-0
1
Singles
Singles
1
#31 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #115 Max de Vroome (USC), 6-4, 6-3
3
1
#48 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. Adam Steryous (FU) 6-2, 6-3
5
2
#49 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. #41 Nick Crystal (USC), 6-4, 6-3
4
2
#21 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Matt Browne (FU) 6-1, 6-2
1
3
*#83 Jake DeVine (USC) def. #91 Alfredo Perez (UF), 7-6, 7-5
6
3
*#88 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Cameron Green (FU) 6-2, 6-0
3
4
#69 Logan Smith (USC) def. #62 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF), 6-3, 6-1
2
4
#54 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Ben Horst (FU) 6-1, 3-6, 1-0(6)
6
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Jack Jaede (USC), 7-6, 7-5
5
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Josh Pistorius (FU) 6-3, 6-2
4
6
Thibault Forget (USC) def. Jordan Belga (UF), 6-3, 6-0
1
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Alex Steryous (FU) 6-1, 6-0
2
7
#23 FLORIDA
3
#6 OHIO STATE
4
8
Sunday, Feb. 21, Columbus, Ohio
#41 FLORIDA
7
#35 FLORIDA STATE 0
Saturday, Feb. 27, Gainesville, Fla.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#19 Torpegaard/Pollanen (OSU) def. #1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) 6-3
1
1
Lock/Nunez (FSU) def. #1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) 6-1
1
2
*#14 Steinback/Joyce (OSU) def. #54 Lipman/Orkin (UF) 6-4
2
2
#32 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Dougaz/Rinaldi (FSU) 7-5
2
3
Perez-Blanco/Wardell (UF) vs. Diaz/Di Feo (OSU) 4-3, susp.
DNF
3
*Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Whitehurst/Gracia (FSU) 6-4
3
Singles
Singles
1
#5 Mikael Torpegaard (OSU) def. #48 Diego Hidalgo (UF) 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-2
6
1
*#50 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #16 Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-3, 6-4
3
2
#21 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. #16 Hugo Di Feo (OSU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
3
2
#22 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. #85 Marco Nunez (FSU) 6-7(5), 6-1, 1-0(4)
5
3
*#88 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. #18 Herkko Pollanen (OSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
5
3
#30 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Michael Rinaldi (FSU) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0(3)
6
4
#54 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. #42 Chris Diaz (OSU) 6-2, 75
2
4
#77 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Aziz Dougaz (FSU) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0(8)
4
5
Ralf Steinbach (OSU) def. Gordon Watson (UF) 6-1, 6-4
1
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Terrance Whitehurst (FSU) 6-1, 6-4
2
6
Martin Joyce (OSU) def. McClain Kessler (UF) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
4
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Jose Gracia (FSU) 6-3, 6-4
1
9
#30 FLORIDA
4
#32 LSU
3
10
Friday, March 4, Baton Rouge, La.
#30 FLORIDA
3
#8 TEXAS A&M
4
Sunday, March 6, College Station, Texas
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#17 Arias/Daigle (LSU) def. #1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) 6-3
1
1
#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #31 Rinderknech/Withrow (TAMU) 6-1
2
#32 Lipman/Orkin (UF) vs. Trinh/Butsch (LSU) 5-4, susp.
DNF
2
#32 Lipman/Orkin (UF) vs. Adams/Vinsant (TAMU) 5-4, susp.
3
Csonka/Korinek (LSU) def. Wardell/Perez (UF) 6-3
2
3
*Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Arconada/Catanzariti (TAMU) 6-3
Singles
1 DNF 2
Singles
1
*#50 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #42 Jordan Daigle (LSU) 6-0, 7-6(4)
4
1
#13 Arther Rinderknech (TAMU) def. #50 Diego Hidalgo (UF) 6-1, 6-7(5), 7-5
5
2
#22 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Justin Butsch (LSU) 6-3, 6-4
2
2
#53 Shane Vinsant (TAMU) def. #22 Elliott Orkin (UF) 7-6(4), 6-7(9), 7-6(2)
6
3
Gabor Csonka (LSU) def. #30 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 6-4, 7-5
5
3
#106 Jordi Arconada (TAMU) def. #30 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 6-4, 6-1
1
4
#77 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Boris Arias (LSU) 6-0, 6-3
1
4
#77 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Harrison Adams (TAMU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
4
5
Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Gordon Watson (UF) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(1)
6
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) 6-4, 6-4
2
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Andrew Korinek (LSU) 7-5, 6-2
3
6
Jackson Withrow (TAMU) def. McClain Kessler (UF) 7-6(5), 6-2
3
11
#25 FLORIDA
7
#64 AUBURN
0
12
Friday, March 11, Gainesville, Fla.
#24 FLORIDA
6
#13 ARKANSAS
1
Friday, March 18, Gainesville, Fla.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#2 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #64 Krickovic/Nguyen (AUB) 6-1
1
1
#2 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #31 Micolani/Redlicki (AU) 6-3
2
#60 Lipman/Orkin (UF) vs. Laubser/Huertas (AUB) 5-3, susp.
DNF
2
*#60 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Salazar/Sanjurjo (AU) 6-2
2
3
*Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Hinnisdaels/Van Dooren (AUB) 6-2
2
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Munoz/den Toom (AU) 5-4
DNF
Singles
1
Singles
1
#21 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. Max Hinnisdaels (AUB) 6-1, 7-5
4
1
#21 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #43 Mike Redlicki (AU) 6-3, 3-6, 5-1, ret.
4
2
*#33 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. #82 Marko Krickovic (AUB) 6-4, 6-4
3
2
*#33 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. #Jose Salazar (AU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
3
3
#75 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Dante Saleh (AUB) 6-3, 7-6(5)
6
3
#75 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Santiago Munoz (AU) 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
5
4
#51 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Conner Huertas (AUB) 6-2, 6-2
2
4
Giammarco Micolani (UA) def. #51 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
6
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Brandon Laubser (AUB) 7-6(5), 6-3
5
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Adam Sanjurjo (AU) 6-4, 6-3
2
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Edward Nguyen (AUB) 6-2, 6-4
1
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Johan den Toom (AU) 6-2, 6-4
1
13
#24 FLORIDA
6
#22 OLE MISS
1
14
Sunday, March 20, Gainesville, Fla.
#16 FLORIDA
4
#24 MISS. STATE 3
Friday, March 25, Starkville, Miss.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#2 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) vs. #48 Babic/Kraljevic (OM) 5-3, susp.
DNF
1
Cutura/Hunter (MSU) def. #1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) 6-4
3
2
*#60 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Fallert/Hamilton (OM) 6-4
2
2
Borges/Braun (MSU) def. #52 Lipman/Orkin (UF) 6-1
2
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Lindmark/Hansson (OM) 6-3
1
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Foshey/Strahinja (MSU) 6-1
1
Singles
Singles
1
#21 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #103 Stefan Lindmark (OM) 6-2, 7-6(4)
5
1
#24 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #22 Mate Cutura (MSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
4
2
Gustav Hansson (OM) def. #31 Elliott Orkin (UF) 6-4, 6-7(3), 1-0(8)
6
2
#29 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. #80 Rishab Agarwal (MSU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
5
3
#75 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Fabian Fallert (OM) 6-3, 6-1
1
3
Nuno Borges (MSU) def. #122 Alfredo Perez (UF) 0-6, 6-2, 6-3
2
4
#51 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Filip Kraljevic (OM) 6-1, 6-3
2
4
Niclas Braun (MSU) def. #71 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
3
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Grey Hamilton (OM) 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
4
5
*Gordon Watson (UF) def. Strahinja Rakic (MSU) 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
6
6
*McClain Kessler (UF) def. Vinod Gowda (OM) 6-4, 6-1
3
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Trevor Foshey (MSU) 6-3, 6-0
1
15
#16 FLORIDA
5
#41 ALABAMA
2
16
Sunday, March 27, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
#11 FLORIDA
5
#43 VANDERBILT 2
Friday, April 1, Gainesville, Fla.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#17 Lovett/Osama (ALA) def. #1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) 7-5
2
1
#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #33 Johnson/Klinger (VU) 6-3
2
#52 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Goldin/O’Shaughnessey (ALA) 6-3
1
2
#52 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Newman/Allwardt (VU) 6-4
3
Richey/Rossouw (ALA) def. Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) 7-6(5)
3
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Binet/Yee (VU) 5-3, susp.
Singles
1 2 DNF
Singles
1
#24 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #43 Mazen Osama (ALA) 6-2, 6-3
2
1
#67 Danny Valent (VU) def. #24 Diego Hidalgo (UF) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
6
2
#29 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. #102 Korey Lovett (ALA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
5
2
Rhys Johnson (VU) def. #29 Elliott Orkin (UF) 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
3
3
#122 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Becker O’Shaughnessey (ALA) 4-6, 6-0, 6-0
3
3
#122 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. #92 Cameron Klinger (VU) 6-2, 6-3
1
4
*#71 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Spencer Richey (ALA) 6-4, 6-2
4
4
#71 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Baker Newman (VU) 6-3, 6-3
2
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Grayson Goldin (ALA) 6-4, 6-0
1
5
*Gordon Watson (UF) def. Kris Yee (UF) 6-4, 7-5
4
6
Matthew Rossouw (ALA) def. McClain Kessler (UF) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
6
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Tate Allwardt (VU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
5
17
#14 FLORIDA
2
#3 VIRGINIA
5
18
Wednesday, April 6, Gainesville, Fla.
#14 FLORIDA
2
#7 GEORGIA
5
Friday, April 8, Athens, Ga.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
*#3 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #2 Corinteli/Shane (UVA) 6-4
3
1
*#3 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #4 Smith/Wagland (UGA) 7-5
3
2
#9 Kwiatkowski/Styslinger (UVA) def. #58 Lipman/Orkin (UF) 6-4
1
2
#58 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Oosterbaan/Zielinkski (UGA) 6-3
1
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Aragone/Altamirano (UVA) 6-4
2
3
Reinberg/Montgomery (UF) def. Perez/Perez-Blanco (UGA) 7-6(4)
2
Singles
Singles
1
#17 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #7 Ryan Shane (UVA) 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-4
6
1
#17 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #22 Austin Smith (UGA)
3
2
#6 Thai Kwiatkowski (UVA) def. #33 Elliott Orkin (UF) 6-2, 6-4
1
2
#34 Wayne Montgomery (UGA) def. #109 Alfredo Perez (UF) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
6
3
#38 Collin Altamirano (UVA) def. #109 Alfredo Perez (UF) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
5
3
Paul Oosterbaan (UGA) def. #33 Elliott Orkin (UF) 6-4, 6-4
2
4
J.C. Aragone (UVA) def. #84 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 6-4, 6-3
2
4
*#111 Walker Duncan (UGA) def. Gordon Watson (UF) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
4
5
*Henrik Wiersholm (UVA) def. Gordon Watson (UF) 7-5, 7-6(5)
4
5
Jan Zielinski (UGA) def. #84 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
5
6
Luca Corintelli (UVA) def. McClain Kessler (UF) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
3
6
Nick Wood (UGA) def. Josh Wardell (UF) 6-2, 6-2
1
19
#14 FLORIDA
20
6
SOUTH CAROLINA 1
Sunday, April 10, Columbia, S.C.
#13 FLORIDA
7
#20 KENTUCKY
0
Friday, April 15, Gainesville, Fla.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#3 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) vs. O’Keefe/Friedrich (SC) 5-4, susp.
DNF
1
#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #71 Ellefsen/Wallart (UK) 6-2
2
2
#58 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Fennell/Swank (SC) 6-1
1
2
Bushamuka/Yates (UK) def. #62 Lipman/Orkin (UF) 6-2
1
3
*Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Benton/Schafer (SC) 6-4
2
3
*Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Matsumura/Hussey (UK) 6-3
3
Singles
Singles
1
#17 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #66 Gabriel Friedrich (SC) 6-4, 7-5
3
1
*#13 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #31 William Bushamuka (UK)
3
2
#109 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Andrew Schafter (SC) 7-6(5), 7-5
4
2
Alfredo Perez (UF) def. #35 Ryotaro Matsumura (UK) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
5
3
#33 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Harrison O’Keefe (SC) 6-3, 6-3
1
3
#38 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Nils Ellefsen (UK) 6-2, 6-4
1
4
Alex Fennell (SC) def. Gordon Watson (UF) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
6
4
#107 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Enzo Wallart (UK) 6-2, 6-2
2
5
#84 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Thomas Mayronne (SC) 6-3, 6-1
2
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Trey Yates (UK) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
4
6
Jordon Belga (UF) def. Wood Benton (SC) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
5
6
Maxx Lipman (UF) def. Jake Stefanik (UK) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)
6
21
#14 FLORIDA
6
TENNESSEE
1
22
Sunday, April 17, Gainesville, Fla.
#11 FLORIDA
4
#34 VANDERBILT
0
Friday, April 22, Columbia, S.C.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
*#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #22 Schipanski/Valero (UT) 6-3
2
1
*#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #14 Johnson/Klinger (VU) 6-1
2
#58 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Heslin/Smelyanski (UT) 6-3
1
2
#68 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Binet/Allwardt (VU) 6-1
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Benton/Schafer (SC) 6-4
DNF
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Valent/Newman (VU) 3-4, susp.
Singles
2 1 DNF
Singles
1
#13 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #71 Luis Valero (UT) 7-6(4), 6-3
4
1
#11 Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. #34 Daniel Valent (VU) 6-3, 6-0
2
Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Igor Smelyanski (UT) 7-6(3), 5-2, ret.
5
2
#83 Alfredo Perez (UF) vs. #103 Cameron Klinger (VU) 5-7, 6-2, 1-5, susp.
DNF
3
#*38 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Timo Stodder (UT) 7-6(2), 6-4
3
3
#36 Elliott Orkin (UF) vs. Rhys Johnson (VU) 6-4, 3-6, 5-6, susp.
DNF
4
Srdjan Jakovljevic (UT) def. #107 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) 5-7, 6-4, 1-0(6)
6
4
#123 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Baker Newman (VU) 2-6, 6-1, 5-3, susp.
DNF
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Jack Schipansku (UT) 6-4, 6-4
2
5
*Gordon Watson (UF) def. Kris Yee (VU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
3
6
Maxx Lipman (UF) def. Jack Heslin (UT) 7-6(2), 6-2
1
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Alex Ross (VU) 6-2, 6-3
2
23
#11 FLORIDA
4
#13 TEXAS A&M
0
24
Saturday, April 23, Columbia, S.C.
#11 FLORIDA
4
#6 GEORGIA
2
1
Sunday, April 24, Columbia, S.C.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
*#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. Bakshi/Withrow (A&M) 6-4
2
1
#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) vs. #7 Smith/Wagland (UGA) 5-4, susp.
2
#68 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Adams/Vinsant (A&M) 4-5, susp.
DNF
2
#68 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Oosterbaan/Zielinski (UGA) 6-3
1
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Lunkin/Rinderknech (A&M) 6-3
1
3
*Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Montgomery/Reinberg (UGA) 6-4
2
Singles
DNF
Singles
1
#11 Diego Hidalgo (UF) vs. #18 Arthur Rinderknech (A&M) 2-6, 6-2, 1-5, susp.
DNF
1
#17 Austin Smith (UGA) def. #11 Diego Hidalgo (UF) 6-4, 6-4
2
2
#83 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. #53 Shane Vinsant (A&M) 6-1, 6-2
1
2
#83 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. #35 Wayne Montgomery (UGA) 6-3, 6-3
1
3
#36 Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Jordi Arconada (A&M) 7-6(3), 6-1
2
3
#96 Paul Oosterbaan (UGA) def. #36 Elliott Orkin (UF) 7-6(7), 6-4
4
4
*#123 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. AJ Catanzariti (A&M) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
3
4
#123 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Walker Duncan (UGA) 6-2, 7-6(4)
3
5
Gordon Watson (UF) vs. Harrison Adams (A&M) 4-6, 6-3, 4-3, susp.
DNF
5
*Gordon Watson (UF) def. Nick Wood (UGA) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
6
McClain Kessler (UF) vs. Jackson Withrow (A&M) 4-6, 7-5, 1-1, susp.
DNF
6
McClain Kessler (UF) vs. Emil Reinberg (UGA) 1-6, 7-6(3), 3-3, susp.
5 DNF
25
#9 FLORIDA
4
NORTH FLORIDA
0
26
Saturday, May 14, Gainesville, Fla.
#9 FLORIDA
4
SOUTH FLORIDA
0
Sunday, May 15, Gainesville, Fla.
Doubles Finish
Doubles Finish
1
#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #34 Findel-Hawkins/Zuern (UNF) 6-2
1
1
#1 Hidalgo/Watson (UF) def. #28 Kalyuzhnyy/Gozun (USF) 6-4
1
2
*#80 Lipman/Orkin (UF) def. Goldberg/Muscheites (UNF) 6-3
2
2
Bertran/Cotrone (USF) def. #80 Lipman/Orkin (UF) 6-4
2
3
Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Bradley/Deshmukh (UNF) 5-2, susp.
DNF
3
*Perez/Perez-Blanco (UF) def. Cid/Muniz (USF) 7-5
3
Singles
Singles
1
#10 Diego Hidalgo (UF) vs. #109 Jack Findel-Hawkins (UNF) 6-4, 4-2, susp.
DNF
1
#10 Diego Hidalgo (UF) vs. #2 Roberto Cid (USF) 6-4, 3-3, susp.
2
*#53 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Lasse Muscheites (UNF) 6-4, 6-1
3
2
#53 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. Sasha Gozun (USF) 7-5, 6-1
DNF
3
#37 Elliott Orkin (UF) vs. Yannick Zuern (UNF) 3-6, 5-3, susp.
DNF
3
#37 Elliott Orkin (UF) vs. #47 Dominic Cotrone (USF) 4-6, 5-4, susp.
DNF
4
#120 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Julian Bradley (UNF) 6-3, 3-1, susp.
DNF
4
#120 Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) vs. Petern Bertran (USF) 4-6, 5-5, susp.
DNF
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Sahil Deshmukh (UNF) 6-2, 6-1
2
5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Ignacio Gonzalez Muniz (USF) 6-2, 6-4
2
6
McClain Kessler (UF) def. Jonathan Deautriell (UNF) 6-1, 6-3
1
6
*McClain Kessler (UF) def. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) 6-3, 7-5
1
3
SINGLES
Singles Records Open Dual SEC Career Jordan Belga (So. ) 13-5 3-1 1-0 27-16 Diego Hidalgo (Sr.) 14-7 17-5 11-3 64-31 McClain Kessler (Fr.) 14-5 13-5 8-2 28-10 Maxx Lipman (Jr.) 10-9 3-2 2-0 56-34 Elliott Orkin (Jr.) 13-5 16-7 9-5 79-33 Alfredo Perez (Fr.) 16-5 19-4 12-2 35-9 Chase Perez-Blanco (So.) 15-4 15-8 8-6 54-23 Josh Wardell (R-So.) 9-5 1-1 0-1 19-16 Gordon Watson (Sr.) 4-5 16-5 12-2 93-46 Totals 98-40 102-38 61-22 476-218
2015-16 Record 16-6 31-12 27-10 13-11 29-12 35-9 29-12 10-6 20-10 207-90
2015 2016 Fall Spring 12-4 4-2 8-6 23-6 13-4 14-6 7-8 6-3 13-5 16-7 10-4 25-5 13-3 16-9 9-4 1-2 4-5 15-6 89-43 121-46
Dual Match ... Overall/SEC 2016 Career Singles by Position #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Overall/SEC Dual Jordan Belga 3-1/1-0 3-1/1-0 6-5 Diego Hidalgo 17-5/11-3 17-5/11-3 33-17 McClain Kessler 1-0 1-1 11-4/7-2 13-5/7-2 13-5 Maxx Lipman 1-0 2-2/2-0 3-2/2-0 25-16 Elliott Orkin 1-0 11-5/5-3 4-2/4-2 16-7/9-5 39-19 Alfredo Perez 7-1/7-1 7-3/5-1 5-0/2-0 18-4/11-2 18-4 Chase Perez-Blanco 1-0 3-2/0-2 9-5/7-3 1-1/1-1 14-8/8-6 28-12 Josh Wardell 1-0 0-1/0-1 1-1/0-1 3-3 Gordon Watson 0-2/0-2 16-3/11-1 16-5/10-3 50-26 Total 15-6 18-5 14-6 14-6 18-4 16-6 102-38 216-108 SEC Only 11-3 10-4 9-5 9-5 12-2 10-3 61-22
Overall
DOUBLES
2015-16 Florida Men’s Tennis-as of May 16
Overall
Ind. Doub. Records Jordan Belga Diego Hidalgo McClain Kessler Maxx Lipman Elliott Orkin Alfredo Perez Chase Perez-Blanco Josh Wardell Gordon Watson Totals
Open Dual SEC Career 0-0 1-0 0-0 5-5 11-2 15-5 9-3 62-24 7-3 1-0 0-0 8-3 5-5 15-6 9-2 56-34 5-5 15-7 9-2 62-37 5-2 13-3 8-3 18-5 5-1 13-3 8-2 29-9 7-2 2-2 0-1 24-16 11-2 15-6 9-3 86-47 56-22 90-32 52-16 344-190
2015-16 Record 1-0 26-7 8-3 20-11 20-12 18-5 18-4 9-4 26-8 142-50
2015 2016 Fall Spring 0-0 1-0 11-2 15-5 7-3 1-0 5-5 15-6 5-5 15-7 5-2 13-3 5-1 13-3 7-2 2-2 11-2 15-6 56-22 90-32
2015-16 Record Playing With... Player Belga Hidalgo Kessler Lipman Orkin Perez Perez-Blanco Wardell Watson Belga -- 1-0 Hidalgo -- 15-5 Kessler 1-0 -Lipman -- 15-6 Orkin 15-6 -Perez -- 13-2 1-1 Perez-Blanco 13-2 -- 1-1 Wardell 1-1 1-1 -Watson 15-5 0-1 --Dual Match ... Overall/SEC Overall/ Doubles by Position #1 #2 #3 SEC Belga/Kessler 1-0 1-0 Hidalgo/Watson 15-5 15-5/9-3 Lipman/Orkin 15-6 15-6/9-2 Orkin/Watson 0-1 0-1 Perez/Perez-Blanco 12-1 12-1/8-2 Perez/Wardell 1-0 0-1 1-1/0-1 Perez-Blanco/Wardell 1-1 1-0 Total 15-6 15-6 14-3 44-15 SEC Only 9-3 8-2 8-2 25-7
