Last Time Out
- Gonzaga went 1-2 last weekend at the Pacific Central Valley Championship in Fresno, Calif., snapping a seven-match win streak.
- The Zags opened the weekend with a 4-0 win over Nevada before falling to Fresno State and USF.
- Freshman
Oliver Andersson was a bright spot for the Zags, going 2-1 in singles on the week.
Home Sweet Home
- Gonzaga is 5-0 at the Stevens Center this season, making them 13-1 under head coach
Jonas Piibor at home.
- Over the past three seasons, GU is a combined 22-2 at home.
Program-Best Ranking
- Gonzaga was ranked No. 62 in the ITA team rankings released earlier this spring, that's the highest in program history.
- The Zags previous high was No. 75, which came at the end of the 2019 season.
Winning Streak
- Gonzaga completed a seven-match win streak earlier this season, winning two neutral matches and five home matches over the stretch.
- Individually, Matt Perkins is on a five-match win streaks in singles, while
Hunter Egger has won his last four in a row.
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Eric Hadigian and
Kyle Everly have each won their last two singles matches.
Wins Leaders
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Matthew Hollingworth leads the squad with 19 singles wins on the season, including tied for the team best with eight in dual-match play
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Sam Feit is next in singles wins with 16 overall and six in dual-match play.
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Oliver Andersson is 8-3 in dual-match singles play, while
Theo McDonald is 6-1.
- Feit has predominantly played the No. 1 spot in the lineup and is 6-2, while Hollingworth is 8-3 at the No. 2 spot.
- Freshman
Eric Hadigian has moved his singles record to 14-6 overall and 5-3 in dual matches.
- In doubles, Feit and Hollingworth lead the way with four dual-match wins.
ITA Kickoff Weekend Recap
- Gonzaga competed in the ITA Kickoff Weekend for the first time in program history and went 1-1 with a win over New Mexico and a loss to No. 5 Baylor.
- GU took down the Lobos on the second day with a strong singles performance with wins from
Oliver Andersson,
Sam Feit,
Matthew Hollingworth and
Theo McDonald.
Highest Doubles Rank Ever
- The Gonzaga men's tennis doubles pair of
Sam Feit and
Matthew Hollingworth set a new standard with the program's highest-ever ranking in doubles at No. 33 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released earlier this year.
- In the fall, they won four straight matches at the ITA Northwest Regional to make the semifinals, which was the deepest run in the tournament in program history. The week included a win over Stanford's Sangeet Sridhar and Alexandre Rotsaert.
- So far this spring, the tandem has added a win over the then-No. 41 team of Jannik Opitz and Kennosuke Nouchi from Western Michigan.
Opening Week
- Gonzaga started the season on a solid note, going 2-1 in its opening weekend of play in Des Moines, Iowa.
- GU defeated host Drake in the season opener, 5-2. After falling to Western Michigan 4-3 on the second day of action, GU bounced back with a 6-1 win over Northern Illinois on Day Three.
- Freshman
Eric Hadigian and senior
Vincent Rettke each went 3-0 in singles on the week.
- Freshman
Oliver Andersson and sophomore
Theo McDonald each went 2-0, while senior
Sam Feit was 2-1 playing in the No. 1 spot in the lineup.
- Feit and freshman
Matthew Hollingworth were the bright spot in doubles, going 3-0.
Fall 2019 Highlights
- Gonzaga took on some of the nation's best players and held their own at the ITA All-American Championships, ITA Northwest Regionals and Gopher Invitational.
- At the All-Americans,
Sam Feit advanced to the third round of the Qualifying Draw with a pair of opening-round wins over UCLA's Drew Baird and Tulane's Hamish Stewart.
- Then at the Regionals, Feit and freshman
Matthew Hollingworth made GU's best-ever run in doubles with an appearance in the semifinals against eventual regional champion Oregon, and Feit also won four times to advance to the singles quarterfinals.
- Freshman
Eric Hadigian turned in a fantastic effort at the highly-competitive Gopher Invitational in the final weekend of the fall season, going 4-0 in singles play with wins over a pair of Big Ten opponents.
- At the GU Invitaional, freshman
Matthew Hollingworth advanced to the final of the top flight in the Blue Draw, while
Matthew Perkins won the White Draw with a win in the finals over fellow Zag
Bryan Husin.
- Senior
Sam Feit led the way with 10 wins during the fall tournament season, including two wins at the ITA All-Americans and four wins at the ITA Regionals.
- Freshman
Eric Hadigian was next with a 9-3 fall record, including four wins at the Gopher Invitational and three at the ITA Regionals.
- Fellow freshman
Matthew Hollingworth went 8-2 in his first collegiate fall season, winning three times each at the EWU Fall Classic and Gonzaga Invitational, as well as twice at the ITA Regionals.
- Gonzaga's success in doubles play was led by a pair of senior-freshman combinations.
- The pair of
Sam Feit and
Matthew Hollingworth made the program's deepest-ever run at the ITA Regionals, going 4-1 in the tournament.
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Kyle Everly and
Eric Hadigian also posted four wins in the fall season, claiming two each at the EWU Fall Classic and the ITA Regionals.
Academic Success
- The GU men's tennis team was also recognized by the NCAA for having a 100-percent Graduation Success Rate for the 11th-straight year.
- In the fall 2019 semester, the men's tennis team posted the highest team GPA among Gonzaga Athletics programs at 3.63, along with eight earning University honors.
The Future is Bright
- Head coach
Jonas Piibor signed a pair of standouts to National Letters of Intent in November.
- Pablo Gomez, from Mexico City, Mexico, attended Moratouglou Academy in France, competing in tournaments around the country. He has a Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) of 13.2 with several wins over higher-rated players.
- Sasha Trkulja, from Toronto, Canada, is a two-time ITF champion and is the No. 1-ranked player under 18 in Ontario. He has a UTR of 12 and a career-high ITF junior ranking in the top 350.
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