Monday, January 22
Gainesville, FL
5 PM
Florida Gators
vs
UCF
Johannes Ingildsen, ranked No. 7 in singles and No. 1 in doubles is primed for a stellar sophomore season
No. 9 Florida hosts UCF in Season Opener Monday Night
Sunday, January 21, 2018 | Men's Tennis
Match 1
No. 9 Florida vs Central Florida
Monday, January 22 | 6 p.m.
Gainesville, Fla. | Scott Linder Stadium at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
Watch Live on FloridaGators.com | Twitter
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The ninth-ranked Gators will begin their 2018 dual match season Monday at 6 p.m. when they host the Knights of the University of Central Florida at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex.
Florida is entering the dual match season after an impressive showing in the fall during the individual portion of their schedule that earned them the No. 9 ranking in the preseason International Tennis Association Preseason Top 25, as well as numerous individual accolades.
Florida in the Rankings
To go along with the Gators No. 9 team ranking is a handful of guys ranked in both singles and doubles. Sophomore Johannes Ingildsen is ranked seventh in the nation while junior Alfredo Perez is ranked eighth. Freshman Duarte Vale enters the season ranked No. 39.
In doubles, the Gators boast one of the most impressive duos in the country as Perez and Ingildsen earned the No. 1 ranking after winning a great fall that included an ITA National Championship. Florida is the only school in the country that needs a whole hand to count of the number of pairs ranked in doubles. Joining Perez and Ingildsen are No. 10 Vale and McClain Kessler, No. 11 Chase Perez-Blanco and Oliver Crawford, No. 12 Andy Andrade and Perez-Blanco and No. 35 Kessler and Andrade.
History vs UCF
• This will be the 17th meeting between UF and UCF and the first since 2013, a 7-0 UF win. First meeting was back in 1983
• The Gators own a perfect 16-0 record over the Knights
• This will be the 8th time that Florida has opened their dual match season against UCF and the first since a 5-2 victory in 2001
• Florida has swept UCF 7-0 in each of the last three meetings ('10, '11, '13), including 7-0 wins in seven different matchups
• The Gators have lost a point to UCF only four times and have only lost two points in a match to UCF three times ('01, '02, '07)
• From 2003-05 Florida beat UCF at home in the first round of the NCAA tournament, all 4-0 sweeps by UF
Numbers of Note
1: Perez and Ingildsen are currently the top-rated doubles pair in the country
5: The number of doubles pairs ranked in the ITA Rankings. The next closest team only has three pairs ranked
2: The recruiting class ranking is given to the freshmen trio of Crawford, Vale, and Andrade
9: The number of wins Perez-Blanco needs to move into 10th on the career singles win list. He currently has 78
3: Wins until Ingildsen reaches 50 career singles victories
Florida Fall Highlights
• Andrade won the singles title at the Ivy-Plus Invite and the Dick Vitale Invite
• Ingildsen won the doubles National Championship with Perez at the ITA All-American Championship, won the doubles title at the Gator Ranked +1 tournament, jumped from No. 59 to No. 7 in the ITA singles rankings
• Kessler won the doubles title at the Gator Ranked +1 tournament, teamed with Vale at the ITA All-American Championship and upset the No. 1 seeded pair from Wake Forrest and advanced to the semifinals
• Perez won the doubles National Championship with Ingildsen at the ITA All-American Championship, won the doubles title at the Gator Ranked +1 tournament
• Perez-Blanco won the doubles title at the Gator Ranked +1 tournament
• Vale won both the singles and doubles titles in his first collegiate event at the Gator Ranked +1 tournament, teamed with Kessler at the ITA All-American Championship and upset the No. 1 seeded pair from Wake Forrest and advanced to the semifinals
Scouting the Knights
• UCF is coached by John Roddick who is in his second season with UCF (16-7 UCF record) and ninth season overall (162-55 career record)
• Roddick is also the brother of American Tennis Superstar Andy Roddick
• The Knights enter the 2018 season with a young, but talented, roster that includes five freshman, two sophomores, and three seniors
• In 2017 UCF reached the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2005
• UCF was receiving votes in the ITA preseason rankings after ending the 2017 season ranked No. 28
• On the road, last season UCF posted a 3-3 record
• Against nationally ranked teams UCF was 5-5 in 2017
• The Knights top singles player is senior Korey Lovett who posted a 15-8 record at No. 1 singles last season, including a 3-5 record against opponents ranked in ITA Top 125. Lovett faced off against Vale in the second round of the Sunrise Futures event last week. Vale won the match 6-4, 6-4
A 2017 Quick Review
• Florida posted a 19-10 record that included a trip to the NCAA Round of 16. It was the third time under head coach Bryan Shelton that the Gators reached at least the round of 16
• The Gators finished in the top 3 of the SEC for the 26th time in program history
• UF was ranked 11th in the final ITA team rankings while Perez and Ingildsen were ranked No. 3 in doubles
• Perez earned All-American honors in singles and doubles while Ingildsen was named an All-American in doubles. Perez was also a First Team All-SEC performer and Ingildsen earned SEC All-Freshman honors
No. 9 Florida vs Central Florida
Monday, January 22 | 6 p.m.
Gainesville, Fla. | Scott Linder Stadium at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
Watch Live on FloridaGators.com | Twitter
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The ninth-ranked Gators will begin their 2018 dual match season Monday at 6 p.m. when they host the Knights of the University of Central Florida at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex.
Florida is entering the dual match season after an impressive showing in the fall during the individual portion of their schedule that earned them the No. 9 ranking in the preseason International Tennis Association Preseason Top 25, as well as numerous individual accolades.
Florida in the Rankings
To go along with the Gators No. 9 team ranking is a handful of guys ranked in both singles and doubles. Sophomore Johannes Ingildsen is ranked seventh in the nation while junior Alfredo Perez is ranked eighth. Freshman Duarte Vale enters the season ranked No. 39.
In doubles, the Gators boast one of the most impressive duos in the country as Perez and Ingildsen earned the No. 1 ranking after winning a great fall that included an ITA National Championship. Florida is the only school in the country that needs a whole hand to count of the number of pairs ranked in doubles. Joining Perez and Ingildsen are No. 10 Vale and McClain Kessler, No. 11 Chase Perez-Blanco and Oliver Crawford, No. 12 Andy Andrade and Perez-Blanco and No. 35 Kessler and Andrade.
History vs UCF
• This will be the 17th meeting between UF and UCF and the first since 2013, a 7-0 UF win. First meeting was back in 1983
• The Gators own a perfect 16-0 record over the Knights
• This will be the 8th time that Florida has opened their dual match season against UCF and the first since a 5-2 victory in 2001
• Florida has swept UCF 7-0 in each of the last three meetings ('10, '11, '13), including 7-0 wins in seven different matchups
• The Gators have lost a point to UCF only four times and have only lost two points in a match to UCF three times ('01, '02, '07)
• From 2003-05 Florida beat UCF at home in the first round of the NCAA tournament, all 4-0 sweeps by UF
Numbers of Note
1: Perez and Ingildsen are currently the top-rated doubles pair in the country
5: The number of doubles pairs ranked in the ITA Rankings. The next closest team only has three pairs ranked
2: The recruiting class ranking is given to the freshmen trio of Crawford, Vale, and Andrade
9: The number of wins Perez-Blanco needs to move into 10th on the career singles win list. He currently has 78
3: Wins until Ingildsen reaches 50 career singles victories
Florida Fall Highlights
• Andrade won the singles title at the Ivy-Plus Invite and the Dick Vitale Invite
• Ingildsen won the doubles National Championship with Perez at the ITA All-American Championship, won the doubles title at the Gator Ranked +1 tournament, jumped from No. 59 to No. 7 in the ITA singles rankings
• Kessler won the doubles title at the Gator Ranked +1 tournament, teamed with Vale at the ITA All-American Championship and upset the No. 1 seeded pair from Wake Forrest and advanced to the semifinals
• Perez won the doubles National Championship with Ingildsen at the ITA All-American Championship, won the doubles title at the Gator Ranked +1 tournament
• Perez-Blanco won the doubles title at the Gator Ranked +1 tournament
• Vale won both the singles and doubles titles in his first collegiate event at the Gator Ranked +1 tournament, teamed with Kessler at the ITA All-American Championship and upset the No. 1 seeded pair from Wake Forrest and advanced to the semifinals
Scouting the Knights
• UCF is coached by John Roddick who is in his second season with UCF (16-7 UCF record) and ninth season overall (162-55 career record)
• Roddick is also the brother of American Tennis Superstar Andy Roddick
• The Knights enter the 2018 season with a young, but talented, roster that includes five freshman, two sophomores, and three seniors
• In 2017 UCF reached the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2005
• UCF was receiving votes in the ITA preseason rankings after ending the 2017 season ranked No. 28
• On the road, last season UCF posted a 3-3 record
• Against nationally ranked teams UCF was 5-5 in 2017
• The Knights top singles player is senior Korey Lovett who posted a 15-8 record at No. 1 singles last season, including a 3-5 record against opponents ranked in ITA Top 125. Lovett faced off against Vale in the second round of the Sunrise Futures event last week. Vale won the match 6-4, 6-4
A 2017 Quick Review
• Florida posted a 19-10 record that included a trip to the NCAA Round of 16. It was the third time under head coach Bryan Shelton that the Gators reached at least the round of 16
• The Gators finished in the top 3 of the SEC for the 26th time in program history
• UF was ranked 11th in the final ITA team rankings while Perez and Ingildsen were ranked No. 3 in doubles
• Perez earned All-American honors in singles and doubles while Ingildsen was named an All-American in doubles. Perez was also a First Team All-SEC performer and Ingildsen earned SEC All-Freshman honors
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