Gators Take Down No. 23 Kentucky in a 4-2 Victory

Friday, January 23

Columbia, NY

11 a.m.

Florida Gators

Kentucky

Gators Take Down No. 23 Kentucky in a 4-2 Victory

Friday, January 23, 2026 | Men's Tennis

Results (PDF)

Florida earns their first upset win of the season over No. 23 Kentucky in the ITA Kickoff Weekend opening match.

By: Kendall Merriett

New York, N.Y. – Florida defeated the No. 23 ranked Kentucky 4-2 in the opening round of the ITA Kickoff Weekend hosted by Columbia. The Gators are now 54-18 over the Wildcats and move to 2-0 on the season.

The Gators continued their success from last weekend on the doubles courts. The pairing of Pablo Perez Ramos and Adhithya Ganesan won court two for the Gators with a 6-1 victory over Charlelie Cosnet and Martin Breysach. Henry Jefferson and Tanapatt Nirundorn were defeated on court one by No. 69 Eli Stephenson and Jack Loutit, 6-3. This left the deciding match on court three with Lorenzo Claverie and Andreas Timini who won in a 7(8)-6(6) thriller match to earn the doubles point for the Gators.

In singles, victories on court four by Ramos and court one by Ganesan helped put the Gators up 3-0. However, Jefferson fell to No. 19 Stephenson on court three and Edengren fell to Weekes on court five making the score 3-2. Timini on court six sealed the victory for Florida after a hard fought three sets. Timini dropped the first set 4-6, but only dropped one game to finish the match 6-1, 6-0.

Results
Doubles

Court 1: No. 69 Eli Stephenson/ Jack Loutit def. No. 6 Henry Jefferson/Tanapatt Nirundorn (6-3)
Court 2: Pablo Perez Ramos/Adhithya Ganesan def. Charlelie Cosnet/Martin Breysach (6-1)
Court 3: Lorenzo Claverie/Andreas Timini def. Nicolas Arseneault/Jaden Weekes (7-6) (8-6)

ORDER OF FINISH: 2, 1, 3

Singles

Court 1: Adhithya Ganesan vs. Antoine Ghibaudo (6-3, 6-2)
Court 2: Lorenzo Claverie vs. Nicolas Arseneault (UNFINISHED – (6-3, 6(4)-7)
Court 3: No. 19 Eli Stephenson def. No. 115 Henry Jefferson (6-3, 6-4)
Court 4: Pablo Perez Ramos vs. No. 26 Jack Loutit (6-1, 6-4)
Court 5: Jaden Weekes def. Kevin Edengren (6-3, 6-4)
Court 6: Andreas Timini def. Matt Rankin (4-6, 6-1, 6-0)

ORDER OF FINISH: 1, 3, 5, 4, 6

Up Next
The Gators will face the winner of the Columbia/Illinois match in the ITA Kickoff Weekend Championship match tomorrow at 3 p.m. EST. The winner of the championship match will earn a spot in the ITA National Indoor Championships taking place in Texas from Feb. 13-17.

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