2017-18 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Tommy Mylnikov
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Manitoba, Canada
- Major:
- Sport Management
HONORS & AWARDS
2019 All-Big 12 Academic First Team
SENIOR (2018-19)
Mylnikov racked up 14 singles wins, including eight in dual match play, during his senior campaign … Played on courts one and two for the duration of his final season … Recorded his first win of the season at the Battle of the Bay against Ben Draper of California in three sets (Sept. 21) … Captured a victory against Enzo Summer of Washington by a score of 7-6(0), 6-4 in the ITA Qualifiers (Oct. 1) … Won again at the SoCal Intercollegiates, defeating Marc Isaia of UCSD in straight sets at a 7-6, 6-4 mark (Oct. 25) … Rattled off two-consecutive victories against Texas and Auburn at the Longhorn Invitational in Austin (Nov. 9-111) … Won three of his first four dual matches in the spring … Defeated Joshua Goodger on court one by a score of 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 (Jan. 11) … Followed with a win against Ricky Hernandez-Tong of New Mexico in straight sets at home (Jan. 20) … Beat No. 45 Timo Stodder of No. 18 Tennessee by a count of 7-5, 6-3 in Tallahassee, Fla. (Jan. 27) … Delivered a pair of wins against No. 19 Tulane and Rice, both in straight sets(Feb. 10, Feb. 22) … Defeated Kareem Allaf of Iowa in straight sets at home (March 3) … Aided in the Red Raiders’ defeat of No. 45 Northwestern by knocking off Nick Brookes in the primary slot at a 6-4, 7-6(5) clip (march 10) … Also defeated Maxim Tybar of Oklahoma State in two sets at home (April 5) … Registered 20 wins, including a 14-7 mark in dual match action with doubles partner Jackson Cobb, all of which came at the two spot … Made a deep run at the Battle of the Bay with Cobb, notching a pair of wins over Georgia and Tulane to reach the quarterfinal round … Beat another doubles pairing from Tulane at the ITA Texas Regionals (Oct. 10) … Began the dual match season with four-straight wins … Defeated the No. 2 pairings of both No. 18 Tennessee and No. 14 Texas A&M in consecutive matches (Jan. 27, Feb. 1) … Won seven of eight matches to close out the non-conference slate, including wins over No. 16 Alabama, No. 33 UCF and No. 45 Dartmouth (Feb. 23, March 14, March 22) … Grabbed a crucial win in the Red Raiders’ upset bid over No. 6 Baylor with a 6-3 victory over Matias Soto and Will Little (April 14) … Rounded out the year with a victory over Joseph Guillin and Victor Krustev of No. 51 UC Santa Barbara in the first round of the NCAA Tournament by a margin of 6-3 (May 3).
JUNIOR (2017-18)Â
Mylnikov dialed up a 9-12 singles record which included an 8-11 mark in dual matches … Six of his 12 losses came against ranked opponents playing mostly on court one … His first career dual match win was a 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4 decision over Ryan Peniston of Memphis (Feb. 3) to break a 3-3 tie … Upended No. 114 Raheel Manji of Indiana (Feb. 17) by a 6-7 (0), 6-4, 7-5 decision … Knocked off August Holmgren of No. 44 San Diego (March 17) by a 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3 score line to knot the match at 3-3 … Reeled off a 6-4, 6-4 victory against No. 74 Harrison Scott of No. 15 Texas (April 19) to even the match at 3-3 … Took down Gui Osorio of No. 39 San Diego (May 12) by a 6-4, 6-2 decision in NCAA Tournament First Round … Produced a 7-7 doubles record which included a 7-6 mark in dual matches … Registered a 6-3 record when paired with Matheus Leite … His 7-5 win over Aswin Lizen and Matthew Lord of No. 15 Virginia (Jan. 27) clinched the doubles point … Duo teamed for a 6-4 triumph over Max Stewart and James Davis of No. 16 Oklahoma (April 8) to secure doubles point … Rattled off a 7-5 win over Adrian Ortiz and Colin Markes of No. 15 Texas (April 15).
SOPHOMORE (2016-17)Â
Did not compete during the 2016-17 season.Â
FRESHMAN (2015-16)Â
Did not see any action during the spring dual match season ... Tallied a 7-6 fall record in singles while going 8-3 in doubles, paired primarily with Alex Sendegeya ... ranked No. 6 in the Oracle/ITA Freshman/Newcomer rankings ... in singles, opened the fall with a strong showing at the Midland Invitational, going 3-1 and advancing to the semifinals by starting with three straight wins ... played the following weekend at the Texas A&M Invitational, finishing 1-3 ... in qualifying singles at the Saint Francis ITA All-American Championship, went 1-1 ... ended the fall on a strong note with a 2-1 showing and trip to the Round of 16 at the ITA Texas Regionals ... defeated Abilene Christian's Brad Gleason and Baylor's Will Little in straight sets to move to the Round of 16 ... played three doubles matches with Connor Curry, going 2-1 ... advanced to the quarterfinals of the Midland Invitational by going 1-1 and won once at the Texas A&M Invitational ... got in the groove with Sendegeya, playing to a 6-2 mark ... won both matches with Sendegeya at the Texas A&M Invitational, including a 8-7 (7) upset of No. 27 Oscar Janglin and Shane Vinsant of Texas A&M ... went 1-1 with Sendegeya at the Saint Francis ITA All-America Championship ... put together a strong run at the ITA Texas Regionals with Sendegeya, going 3-1 and reaching the semifinals ... topped teams from Lamar, Texas A&M and UTSA to reach the semifinals, where the pair fell 6-0, 6-2 to Texas A&M's Vinsant and Arthur Rinderknech.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECHÂ
An international recruit who was ranked as high as No. 4 by TennisRecruiting.net ... played in a number of ITF Future events prior to enrolling at Texas Tech in August of 2015 ... participated in the Canada F4 Fugures in late June 2015, the Canada F3 Futures in mid June 2015, the USA F16 Futures in mid May 2015 and the Canada F1 and F2 Futures in March ... advanced to the Canada F3 Round of 16 with a win against the USA's Bijan Hejazi ... during the USA F16 Futures, won all four qualifying matches to move to the main draw ... also advanced to the USA F8 Futures main draw with four straight wins in the qualifying round in February of 2015.
