Friday, April 13
Gainesville, FL
5 PM
Florida Gators
vs
Alabama
Senior Chase Perez-Blanco
Men’s Tennis will host Alabama on Friday for Senior Day
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Match 23
No. 10 Florida vs Alabama
Friday, April 13 | 5 p.m.
Gainesville, Fla. | Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida men's tennis team will close out the 2018 regular season on Friday. The Gators will host the University of Alabama at 5 p.m. at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
Promotions
Senior Day: Come out and cheer on three great Gator seniors in their last home match
Giveaway: The first 100 fans will receive a Florida Tennis mini cooler
T-Shirt Toss: Fans will have the chance to score a free Florida Tennis t-shirt in between doubles and singles
Honoring Our Three Seniors
On Friday we will be honoring Chase Perez-Blanco, Jordan Belga, and Joshua Wardell. We will be honoring the three of them in between doubles and singles action.
Gator Notes
• Florida enters the match with a record of 14-8 overall and 8-3 in the SEC
• With a win on Friday, the Gators will clinch the No. 3 seed in the SEC Tournament as well as a bye into the quarterfinals which will begin Friday, April 27. The tournament starts on Wednesday, April 25
• Florida is ranked 10th in the ITA Rankings
• The Gators have been nearly unbeatable at home this season with a record of 8-1
• Chase Perez-Blanco and Crawford have won five straight doubles matches
• Perez-Blanco has 90 career singles wins and is four away from ninth on the all-time list. He also has 178 career wins in both singles and doubles which ranks eighth all-time. He is three total wins away from moving into a tie for sixth all-time with Elliott Orkin and Greg Ouellette
• On the year Florida is 13-1 when winning the doubles point
• Duarte Vale is one doubles win away from 20 in his career
• Head Coach Bryan Shelton earned his 100th win at Florida last week against LSU
• Andy Andrade is one singles win away from 25 in his career
• McClain Kessler is one singles win away from 60 career wins
• With a win on Friday Alfredo Perez will earn his 25th career SEC singles win
Florida in the Rankings
Team Ranking – 10th
Singles
No. 12 – Alfredo Perez [9]
No. 23 – Johannes Ingildsen [16]
No. 47 – Oliver Crawford [31]
No. 104 – Duarte Vale [94]
Doubles
No. 5 – Alfredo Perez and Johannes Ingildsen [5]
No. 16 – Chase Perez-Blanco and Oliver Crawford [12]
No. 32 – Andy Andrade and Perez-Blanco [39]
No. 53 – Duarte Vale and McClain Kessler [44]
No. 83 – Alfredo Perez and Oliver Crawford [UR]
Numbers in the [ ] represent their previous ranking from April 3
Doubles and singles rankings were released bi-weekly but will be released each week going forward
History vs Alabama
• Florida leads the all-time series 37-20
• Last season the Gators defeated the Crimson Tide 4-0
• This will be the first meeting in Gainesville since 2015
• Under head coach Bryan Shelton the Gators are 5-0 against Alabama
• Florida has won 10 straight matches against Alabama. The last loss came back in 2008, in Gainesville by a score of 5-2
Scouting Alabama
• Alabama enters the match with a record of 16-9 overall and 2-8 in the SEC
• On the road this season Alabama is 1-4
• The Crimson Tide enter on a one-match losing streak after falling to Tennessee 5-2 last Sunday. The Friday before they beat Georgia 4-2
• Against nationally ranked teams this season Alabama is 1-8
• Bama has had their most success on courts 4, 5 and 6. On court 4 they have a record of 13-6, on court 5 they are 12-7 and on court 6 they are 17-5
• Bama has one ranked singles player, Mazen Osama (26) and one ranked doubles pair, Osama and Edson Ortiz (51)
• Alabama's top singles player is Osama who has a record of 11-6 and is 5-5 against nationally ranked opponents this season. Osama is the only member to have a win over a ranked opponent in singles this season
• In doubles, Ortiz and Osama have combined for a doubles record of 15-4 on court one and are 1-1 against nationally ranked opponents
• Alabama opened the season on a 14-match winning streak
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No. 10 Florida vs Alabama
Friday, April 13 | 5 p.m.
Gainesville, Fla. | Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
Watch Live | Live Stats | Twitter | Match Notes
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida men's tennis team will close out the 2018 regular season on Friday. The Gators will host the University of Alabama at 5 p.m. at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
Promotions
Senior Day: Come out and cheer on three great Gator seniors in their last home match
Giveaway: The first 100 fans will receive a Florida Tennis mini cooler
T-Shirt Toss: Fans will have the chance to score a free Florida Tennis t-shirt in between doubles and singles
Honoring Our Three Seniors
On Friday we will be honoring Chase Perez-Blanco, Jordan Belga, and Joshua Wardell. We will be honoring the three of them in between doubles and singles action.
Gator Notes
• Florida enters the match with a record of 14-8 overall and 8-3 in the SEC
• With a win on Friday, the Gators will clinch the No. 3 seed in the SEC Tournament as well as a bye into the quarterfinals which will begin Friday, April 27. The tournament starts on Wednesday, April 25
• Florida is ranked 10th in the ITA Rankings
• The Gators have been nearly unbeatable at home this season with a record of 8-1
• Chase Perez-Blanco and Crawford have won five straight doubles matches
• Perez-Blanco has 90 career singles wins and is four away from ninth on the all-time list. He also has 178 career wins in both singles and doubles which ranks eighth all-time. He is three total wins away from moving into a tie for sixth all-time with Elliott Orkin and Greg Ouellette
• On the year Florida is 13-1 when winning the doubles point
• Duarte Vale is one doubles win away from 20 in his career
• Head Coach Bryan Shelton earned his 100th win at Florida last week against LSU
• Andy Andrade is one singles win away from 25 in his career
• McClain Kessler is one singles win away from 60 career wins
• With a win on Friday Alfredo Perez will earn his 25th career SEC singles win
Florida in the Rankings
Team Ranking – 10th
Singles
No. 12 – Alfredo Perez [9]
No. 23 – Johannes Ingildsen [16]
No. 47 – Oliver Crawford [31]
No. 104 – Duarte Vale [94]
Doubles
No. 5 – Alfredo Perez and Johannes Ingildsen [5]
No. 16 – Chase Perez-Blanco and Oliver Crawford [12]
No. 32 – Andy Andrade and Perez-Blanco [39]
No. 53 – Duarte Vale and McClain Kessler [44]
No. 83 – Alfredo Perez and Oliver Crawford [UR]
Numbers in the [ ] represent their previous ranking from April 3
Doubles and singles rankings were released bi-weekly but will be released each week going forward
History vs Alabama
• Florida leads the all-time series 37-20
• Last season the Gators defeated the Crimson Tide 4-0
• This will be the first meeting in Gainesville since 2015
• Under head coach Bryan Shelton the Gators are 5-0 against Alabama
• Florida has won 10 straight matches against Alabama. The last loss came back in 2008, in Gainesville by a score of 5-2
Scouting Alabama
• Alabama enters the match with a record of 16-9 overall and 2-8 in the SEC
• On the road this season Alabama is 1-4
• The Crimson Tide enter on a one-match losing streak after falling to Tennessee 5-2 last Sunday. The Friday before they beat Georgia 4-2
• Against nationally ranked teams this season Alabama is 1-8
• Bama has had their most success on courts 4, 5 and 6. On court 4 they have a record of 13-6, on court 5 they are 12-7 and on court 6 they are 17-5
• Bama has one ranked singles player, Mazen Osama (26) and one ranked doubles pair, Osama and Edson Ortiz (51)
• Alabama's top singles player is Osama who has a record of 11-6 and is 5-5 against nationally ranked opponents this season. Osama is the only member to have a win over a ranked opponent in singles this season
• In doubles, Ortiz and Osama have combined for a doubles record of 15-4 on court one and are 1-1 against nationally ranked opponents
• Alabama opened the season on a 14-match winning streak
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