2008-09 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Alex Sendegeya
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Liverpool, England
- High School:
- Keystone National HS
HONORS & AWARDSÂ
2017 Big 12 All-Tournament Team (Singles)
2016 All-Big 12 Second Team (Singles)
2016 Big 12 All-Tournament Team (Singles & Doubles)
2016 ITA Doubles Final Ranking (No. 65)
2016, 2017 All-Big 12 Academic First Team
2016 ITA Scholar Athlete
SENIOR (2017-18)Â
Sendegeya produced a 12-14 singles record which included a 9-10 mark in dual matches … Took down Juan Carlos Aguilar of No. 6 Texas A&M (Feb. 11) by a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 score line … Produced a season’s best five-match winning streak (March 4-28) sparked by wins over opponents from No. 42 Iowa (March 12), No. 25 Harvard (March 16) and No. 44 San Diego (March 17) … His 2-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5 comeback victory over USD’s Joel Gamerov broke a 3-3 tie … Garnered a 19-11 doubles record which included a 12-7 mark in dual matches … Secured 14 of his 19 doubles victories with Jackson Cobb … Duo captured the doubles title at the ITA Texas Regionals (Oct. 20-23) to qualify for the ITA National Fall Championships … Knocked off Colin Marks and Adrian Ortiz of Texas by a 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (12-10) margin during the semifinals followed by a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Texas A&M’s Jordi Arconada and Kevin Lam in the finals … Secured a No. 89 ITA final ranking with Sendegeya following the spring season … The duo was ranked as high as No. 29 to begin spring … Clinched three doubles points and tallied three wins over nationally ranked opponents … Notched a 6-0 shutout of Virginia’s Ammar Alhaqbani and Kyrylo Tsgura as part of a 4-3 win at ITA Kickoff Weekend (Jan. 27) … Upended No. 56 Ben Vandixhorn and Dominik Stary of Northwestern (March 28) by a 7-6 (2) score line … Outlasted No. 8 Rodrigo Banzer and Leonardo Telles from Texas (April 19) by a 6-4 margin.
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JUNIOR (2016-17)
Sendegeya compiled a 22-13 singles record which included a 15-9 mark in dual matches mostly at the No. 3 and No. 4 positions … His 15 dual match victories and five match-clinching wins led the team … Upended Yancy Dennis (1-6, 6-3, 6-4) of No. 16 South Carolina (Feb. 24), Luke Gamble (6-0, 6-3) of Princeton (Feb. 25) and Spencer Richey (6-4, 6-3) of No. 50 Alabama (Feb. 25) for an undefeated weekend at the Blue Gray Classic … Captured the match-clinching point in three consecutive wins versus Bennett Crane (3-6, 6-2, 6-0) of No. 35 Indiana (March 16), Chris Patzanovsky (6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-5) of No. 28 Memphis (March 24) and Dominic Bechard (6-1, 7-6 (5)) of Tulsa (March 31) … Earned All-Big 12 Tournament Team nod in singles for second straight season … Broke 2-2 tie and knocked off No. 59 Johannes Schretter of No. 6 Baylor (April 27) in quarterfinal round … Earned Texas Tech’s first point and defeated No. 110 Lucas Gerch of No. 8 Oklahoma State (April 28) during a 4-3 comeback win in the semifinals … Came away with a 22-12 doubles record which included an 11-10 mark in dual matches … The 22 doubles wins were tied for second on the team and tied for sixth-most in program history for a single season … Notched a 9-6 record with Jackson Cobb at the No. 3 doubles spot … Clinched four doubles points against UTSA (Feb. 10), Abilene Christian (Feb. 10), No. 28 Memphis (March 21) and No. 9 Oklahoma (April 18) with Cobb … Notched a 7-4 fall singles record over his four tournament appearances … Began the fall campaign inside the ITA rankings at No. 83 in singles and at No. 29 in doubles with Bjorn Thomson … Made quarterfinal trips in singles at the John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic (Sept. 22-25) and the ITA Texas Regionals (Oct. 21-24) … Run at ITA Texas Regionals was ignited by wins over Texas’ John Mee (7-6, 6-1) and Rice’s Jamie Malik (7-6, 6-1) … Dropped three-set battle to the event’s eventual champion and No. 9 Arthur Rinderknech of Texas A&M (6-1, 4-6, 6-4) … Defeated UCLA’s Daniel Gaeler (6-2, 6-2) before falling to USC’s Henry Ji (7-5, 6-7, 7-6) in Round of 16 at SoCal Intercollegiate (Oct. 27-30) … Won 11 of 13 doubles matches in the fall partnered with Thomson … Won the John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic (Sept. 22-25) title fueled by back-to-back ranked wins over No. 31 William Bushamaka and Beck Pennington of Kentucky (6-4, 6-4) in the semifinals and versus No. 28 Justin Butsch and Jordan Diagle (7-6, 6-7, 6-2) of LSU in the championship match … Notched semifinal run at ITA Texas Regionals before falling to eventual champions and No. 20 Max Lunkin and Arthur Rinderknech of Texas A&M (3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (4)) … Won all three matches at SoCal Intercollegiate (Oct. 27-30) before weather stopped the event in the championship round.
SOPHOMORE (FALL 2015)
Ripped through the fall with a team-high 10 singles victories and a 10-2 ledger ... checked in No. 81 in the fall's Oracle/ITA rankings ... finished with a 6-3 doubles mark while playing primarily with Tommy Mylnikov ... won first six matches of the fall in singles, going 4-0 at the Texas A&M Invitational and advancing to the third round of the Saint Francis ITA All-American Championship qualifying singles ... did not lose a match until suffering a 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 setback to San Diego's Jordan Angus at the All-American Championship ... rebounded after first loss with a 4-1 showing in the main draw of the ITA Texas Regionals ... reached the semifinals of the regional after upsetting No. 35 Shane Vinsant of Texas A&M, 7-6 (5), 6-4, in the quarterfinals ... defeated Texas A&M's James Martell (6-2, 6-0), Rice's David Warren (3-6, 6-3, 7-6 [1]) and Texas' Harrison Scott (6-3, 3-6, 6-2) in the first three rounds of the event ... paired with Jolan Cailleau for one match and suffered a setback at the Texas A&M Invitational ... won both matches with Sendegeya at the Texas A&M Invitational, including a 8-7 (7) upset of No. 27 Oscar Janglin and 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.
FRESHMAN (2014-15)
Joined the squad in January, 2015, and contributed the second-most wins on the squad in the spring with 21 ... reached a high of No. 113 in the Oracle/ITA rankings ... finished 21-7 in singles, 4-1 against nationally ranked foes, and 6-13 in doubles ... in singles, played primarily in the No. 3 slot, going 14-3 there, while finishing 5-3 in the No. 4 hole ... in doubles, tallied a 5-10 mark at No. 2 doubles and 1-3 at No. 3 ... posted a 2-1 singles mark in Big 12 action and 2-3 in league doubles play ... won final four singles matches of the campaign ... won first career singles match, topping Arkansas' Jovan Parlic in three sets, 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 ... began the campaign with a 2-3 singles record before finishing on a tear, with a 19-4 record, including a 13-2 mark in final 15 decisions of the season ... secured first win against a nationally-ranked foe with a 7-5, 6-3 victory versus Auburn's Maxime Hinnisdaels at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic ... recorded consecutive victories versus ranked opponents with a 6-0, 6-1 triumph versus No. 118 Arjun Kadhe of No. 25 Oklahoma State and a 6-2, 6-3 victory against No. 30 Dane Webb of No. 1 Oklahoma ... both wins gave the Red Raiders a 2-0 lead en route 4-3 team victories ... came back from dropping the opening set to No. 51 Adrien Berkowicz of Texas to win the match, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, and secure TTU's point in the match ... in doubles, teamed with Victor Cornea (1-2), Jolan Cailleau (4-8) and Connor Curry (1-3) ... paired with Cornea for initial three matches of career, defeating the Arizona tandum of Shoki Kasahara and Naoki Takeda 10-7 in first competition ... picked up first league doubles win with Cailleau against Berkowicz and George Goldhoff of Texas, 7-6 (2) ... secured doubles point with Cailleau in upset of No. 25 Oklahoma State with a 7-6 (5) victory against Nicolai Ferrigno and Lucas Gerch.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
Sendegeya comes to Texas Tech after earning the No. 1 juniors rating from Great Britain's Lawn Tennis Association ... was ranked as high as the No. 74 junior in the world ... he is the highest-ranked incoming freshmen since Raony Carvalho came to Texas Tech from Brazil as the No. 10 junior in the world and the No. 1 player in Brazil ... spent more than five years in Bradenton, Fla., at the IMG Academy in the Bollettieri Tennis program. IMG's alumni include Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Boris Becker, Maria Sharapova, Venus and Serena Williams and Monica Seles. He is a 2014 graduate of Keystone National High School, while working out at the IMG Academy ... won nine ITF Juniors doubles titles, including two in 12 months ... Sendegeya was named the player to watch by the London Times and has participated in the Wimbledon Juniors, U.S. Open Juniors and the Canadian Open Juniors ... has worked with renowned coaches Jose Lambert of the IMG Academy and private coach Martin Damm. Lambert's career parallels Siegel's, as both are New Orleans natives who were nationally-ranked juniors that would later attend Arkansas, before a stint on the ATP Tour and settling into coaching. Damn is a former world Top 50 singles player and a Top 5 doubles player, who retired in 2011 from the ATP Tour ... selected the Red Raiders over interest from San Diego, Boise, Wisconsin and Notre Dame.
