I looked over 1-10 a few days ago so today I’ll look at the teams that finished the year ranked between 11-15.
The new recruits section is from tennisrecruiting.net and from school releases so its possible some of those guys may not end up where they are currently showing. Several teams will probably have some guys coming in from outside the U.S. so we probably won’t know any names until the schools put out a release or we see the name on the roster in August/January. BC=Blue Chip, 5*=5 star, etc.
I’m sure we’ll also see some guys transfer as we do every year. We probably won’t know those until they show up on a new roster in the fall or we see a name with a different school beside it on the ITA All American list of participants in late September. I’ve added a new tab at the top to keep up with transfers throughout the summer.
There’s a possibility that a few guys may choose to leave school early (Rubin/Harris) and go pro but for now we’ll assume if they have eligibility remaining they’ll be back at the same place next year.
The returning depth players will mainly be guys that I think have a chance of playing so I may leave a few names off.
The # in ( ) beside the player’s name is where they played in the lineup at the end of the year.
I’ll take a wild guess at the starting 6 for next season but I won’t really know until the roster is set and I see some results in the fall.
#11 North Carolina
- Returning singles starters: Brayden Schnur (1), Ronnie Schneider (2), Brett Clark (3), Jack Murray (4), Robert Kelly (5)
- Returning depth: Stuart DePaolo
- Departing singles starters: Esben Hess-Olesen (6)
- Departing depth: Oystein Steiro
- Returning doubles starters: Schnur (1), Clark/Kelly (2), Schneider/Murray (3)
- Departing doubles starters: Hess-Olesen (1)
- New Recruits: Anudeep Kodali (BC & UTR 13.46), Blaine Boyden (5* & UTR 13.23)
- Potential starting 6 next year: Schnur, Schneider, Clark, Murray, Kelly, Kodali/Boyden
Comments: North Carolina started 2 freshman this year and they’ll likely start 1 more next year after losing Hess-Olesen and Steiro. North Carolina had a ton of injuries this year but if they stay healthy they should be a top 10 team. Kodali and Boyden should battle for the 6 spot with everyone else likely to play in the same spot they held this year.
- Returning singles starters: Mikael Torpegaard (1), Chris Diaz (2), Herkko Pollanen (3), Ralf Steinbach (6)
- Returning depth: Matt Mendez, Riley Reist, Charles Shewalter
- Departing singles starters: Hunter Callahan (4), Kevin Metka (5)
- Departing depth: None
- Returning doubles starters: Steinbach (1), Diaz (2), Torpegaard/Pollanen (3)
- Departing doubles starters: Metka (1), Callahan (2)
- New Recruits: Hugo DiFeo (UTR 13.83), Martin Joyce (BC & UTR 13.76), Kyle Seelig (BC & UTR 12.74), Hunter Tubert (5* & UTR 12.86), Alex Kobelt (3* & UTR 10.84)
- Potential starting 6 next year: DiFeo, Torpegaard, Diaz, Pollanen, Steinbach, Joyce/Mendez
- Returning singles starters: Noah Rubin (1), Romain Bogaerts (2), Skander Mansouri (3), Jon Ho (4), Christian Seraphim (5), Keivon Tabrizi (6)
- Returning depth: Maksim Kan, Sam Bloom, Anthony Delcore
- Departing singles starters: None
- Departing depth: None
- Returning doubles starters: Mansouri/Seraphim (1), Rubin/Ho (2), Tabrizi/Bogaerts (3)
- Departing doubles starters: None
- New Recruits: Eric Rutledge (BC & UTR 13.43)
- Potential starting 6 next year: same as this year
- Returning singles starters: Dragos Ignat (2), Mike Vermeer (5), Shawn Hadavi (6)
- Returning depth: Eric Rubin
- Departing singles starters: Winston Lin (1), Ashok Narayana (3), Max Schnur (4),
- Departing depth: Bert Vancura
- Returning doubles starters: Vermeer (1), Ignat (2)
- Departing doubles starters: Lin (1), Narayana (2), Schnur/Vancura (3)
- New Recruits: Victor Pham (BC & UTR 13.55), Timothy Wang (5* & UTR 12.70), Jack Turchetta (4* & UTR 12.72), William Matheson (UTR 13.04), Robin Nguy (UTR 11.62)
- Potential starting 6 next year: Ignat, Vermeer, V Pham, Hadavi, Rubin, Matheson
- Returning singles starters: Mackenzie McDonald (1), Martin Redlicki (3), Karue Sell (4), Austin Rapp (5), Joseph DiGiulio (6)
- Returning depth: Gage Brymer, Ryoto Tachi
- Departing singles starters: Dennis Mkrtchian (2)
- Departing depth: None
- Returning doubles starters: McDonald/Redlicki (1), DiGiulio/Sell (2), Rapp (3)
- Departing doubles starters: Mkrtchian (3)
- New Recruits: Max Cressy (5* & UTR 12.93), Daniel Gealer (5* & UTR 12.45)
- Potential starting 6 next year: McDonald, Redlicki, Sell, Brymer, Rapp, DiGiulio
Check back tomorrow for 16-20.
Not sure why I thought he was as senior this year – feels like he's been there forever. Thanks for catching that for me.
Brett Clark of UNC was a junior this year. Should be back next year.