MEN’S TENNIS - UNIVERSITYMEN’S OF TENNISOKLAHOMA NOTES J!"#$ B#%&$, Sports Information Director 180 W. Brooks Suite 2525, Norman, OK 73019 | O: (405) 325-8299 | C: (405) 514-0557 | [email protected] | www.SoonerSports.com 2010 Schedule & Results No. 20 OKLAHOMA SOONERS Jan. 23 Oklahoma Baptist W, 6-1 Jan. 29 #44 San Diego State W, 6-1 (18-7 Overall, 2-5 Big 12) Jan. 30 #9 Stanford L, 7-0 Name Year Hometown (Previous School) Feb. 12 #50 Arkansas W, 7-0 Syrym Abdukhalikov Fr. Almaty, Kazakhstan (Almaty Univ.) Feb. 19 #20 Alabama W, 5-2 Ionut Beleleu (#65 -- Dbls #49) Jr. Zalau, Romania (Celegiul Zalau) Feb. 21 #32 Oklahoma State W, 4-3 Blake Boswell Sr. Tulsa, Okla. (Boise State) George Chanturia So. Tibilisi, Georgia (Grigol Robakidze Univ.) Feb. 26 #43 Minnesota W, 5-2 Andrei Daescu (#28 -- Dbls #18, 49) Sr. Bucharest, Romania (C.N. Emil Racovita) Feb. 28 #48 Indiana W, 6-1 Lawrence Formentera Fr. Colton, Calif. (Gorman High School) March 7 Wichita State W, 7-0 Chris Fotopoulos Fr. Prairie Village, Kan. (Shawnee Mission E. H. S.) March 11 #39 TCU W, 6-1 Costin Paval (#74 -- Dbls #18) Fr. Bucharest, Romania (Mincea Eliade) Ryan Proctor Fr. Tulsa, Okla. (Union High School) March 18 #56 San Diego State! W, 4-0 David Pultr Jr. Prague, Czech Republic (Charles Univ.) March 19 #73 Virginia Common! W, 4-1 Jason Simon Fr. Roslyn Heights, N.Y. (Roslyn H.S.) March 20 #33 Arizona! W, 4-1 March 21 #16 Texas Tech ! L, 4-3 Head Coach: John Roddick (First Season) Assistant Coach: Silviu Tanasoiu (Fourth Season) March 26 #17 Texas A&M* L, 5-2 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Tommy Garrison March 28 #4 Texas* L, 6-1 April 1 #31 Tulsa W, 4-3 April 7 #47 Oklahoma State* W, 6-1 PREVIEWING THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS April 11 #42 Rice W, 4-3 April 16 #11 Baylor* L, 5-2 OU in the Round of 16 April 18 #16 Texas Tech* L, 5-2 In his first year, head coach John Roddick led 20th-ranked Oklahoma to its first ever appearance in April 23 #40 Nebraska* W, 6-1 the NCAA Round of 16. The Sooners advanced to the Round of 16 after defeating No. 40 Tulsa in the first round, 4-0, and upsetting 14th-ranked Texas Tech, 4-2, to claim the Norman Regional. April 30 #15 Texas Tech~ L, 4-2 May 14 #40 Tulsa+ W, 4-0 Where Oklahoma Began the Season May 15 #14 Texas Tech+ W, 4-2 Oklahoma began the season ranked No. 44 nationally but quickly jumped in the rankings after starting the season with a 12-1 mark, vaulting OU as high as No. 17. BOLD denotes home match * Big 12 opponent Pre-season rankings had senior Andrei Daescu, No. 10 nationally and No. 1 in the central region. The ! Blue-Gray Tennis Classic Romanian native vaulted in the rankings after his second place finish at the D’Novo/ITA All-Ameri- ~ Big 12 Championships can Championships this past fall. + NCAA Regional ITA Rankings are from time of match. Junior Ionut Beleleu checked in at No. 59 nationally and No. 8 in the central region, while freshman Costin Paval entered the rankings for the first time in his young career at No. 69 nationally and No. 9 in the central region. OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS OU by the Numbers LOCATION: Norman, Okla. On the year, OU has defeated 12 teams ranked in the ITA top-72, while each of the Sooners’ losses FOUNDED: 1890 has come against teams ranked in the ITA top 15. In addition, the Sooners have defeated San Diego ENROLLMENT: 30,092 State (No. 50) and OSU (No. 48) twice this season. NICKNAME: Sooners OU’s highest win came over No. 14 Texas Tech in the second round of the NCAA Championships. COLORS: Crimson and Cream OUTDOOR VENUE: Headington Family Tennis Center Roddick Returns to Athens INDOOR VENUE: Gregg Wadley Tennis Pavilion John Roddick, a four-time All-American at the University of Georgia, returns to Athens as the head CONFERENCE: Big 12 coach of an up-and-coming Big 12 program. Roddick played collegiate tennis at Georgia from 1994- PRESIDENT: David L. Boren 98, where he manned the No. 1 singles position for three years. Roddick returned as an assistant ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Joe Castiglione coach at Georgia from 2000-02, where he helped coach the 2001 National Championship team. MEN’S TENNIS NOTES PREVIEWING THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS CONT’D Oklahoma’s Singles Leaders The Sooners are led by a trio of ranked individuals including: 28th-ranked Andrei Daescu, No. 65-ranked Ionut Beleleu and No. 74 Costin Paval. Double Trouble In doubles, OU has two ranked tandems in No. 18 Daescu and Paval and 49th-ranked Daescu and Beleleu. Daescu and Paval have defeated three pairs ranked in the top-24, including Tulsa’s 24th-ranked tandem twice. In total, the duo has defeated a total of eight pairs in the top 80. Fourth Time’s a Charm OU’s win over Texas Tech, in regional action, ended a five-match losing skid to the Red Raiders, which included three-straight losses throughout the 2010 season. Earlier in the year, OU lost a heartbreaker to the Red Raiders in the finals of the Blue-Gray Tennis Classic, 4-3. The Sooners looked to even the score when they hosted TT in April, but the Red Raiders got the better of the Sooners, 5-2. Tech claimed its third win over the Sooners in the first round of the Big 12 Championships, 4-2. Red River Rivalry Renewed in Round of 16 The Sooners and the Longhorns have faced off once this season on March 28. In that match, Oklahoma fell to then-No. 4 Texas, 6-1, in Austin, Texas. Texas holds a 22-1 advantage in its all-time series against Oklahoma. OU’s victory over UT came in 2005 when the Sooners claimed a 4-3 victory. Big 12 Honors Costin Paval became the first Sooner to win a post-season award for the OU men’s tennis program after garnering Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors. At that time, the Bucharest, Romania, native boasted a 25-8 overall record, in which he went 16-4 in dual matches. Ionut Beleleu was one of 12 athletes to make the All-Big 12 team. The junior from Zalua, Romania was also named to the Academic All-Big 12 First team for the second-straight year. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Match Singles W L W L W L W L W L W L Record 1 Andrei Daescu 6 10 2 2 8 12 2 Ionut Beleleu 2 3 10 5 2 0 14 8 3 Costin Paval 1 0 3 0 14 4 18 4 4 David Pultr 1 0 1 0 14 8 16 8 5 George Chanturia 1 3 11 6 12 9 6 Lawrence Formentera 1 0 1 0 12 7 4 0 18 7 7 Blake Boswell 1 0 1 0 8 Ryan Proctor 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 Dual Match Doubles W L W L W L Record Andrei Daescu 1 !! " !! " Costin Paval Ionut Beleleu 2 ! # $ % % % David Pultr Blake Boswell 3 ! # !# & !! & Lawrence Formentera MEN’S TENNIS NOTES 2010 Oklahoma Sooners Syrum Abdukalikof Ionut Beleleu Blake Boswell George Chanturia Freshman (Singles 14-8, Doubles 9-9) (Singles 1-0, Doubles 11-7) (Singles 12-9, Doubles 1-0) Andrei Daescu Lawrence Formentera Chris Fotopoulos Costin Paval (Singles 8-11, Doubles 11-6) (Singles 18-7, Doubles 11-7) (Singles 1-0, Doubles 1-0) (Singles 18-4, Doubles 11-6) Ryan Proctor David Pultr Jason Simon (Singles 1-0, Doubles 0-1) (Singles 16-8, Doubles 9-9) Freshman #31&40#*1&&(0#(&5!3)*(!& !"#$%!&"&'()*(!& Head Coach ............................................................John Roddick IONUT BELELEU .................................. I-oh-noot -- Bel-eh-lu Office Phone .......................................................(405) 325-8362 Blake BOSWELL .......................................................BOS-well Fax .....................................................................(405) 325-7505 George CHANTURIA .........................................Chan-TOUR-ia Best time to be reached.................................................Morning ANDREI DAESCU ................................... AN-dre -- DIE-es-cue Assitant Coach ......................................................Silviu Tanasoiu Lawrence FORMENTERA ..............................FOR-men-tare-A Office Phone .......................................................(405) 325-7940 Chris FOTOPOULOS ............................................FOTO-poo-los ##+,,-.,/#01)0!&#%1'!%20 COSTIN PAVAL ..............................................COS-tin -- PA-vul David PULTR ............................................................ PULL-ter Overall ................................................................................. 12-10 Big 12 ...................................................................................... 1-6 Home ...................................................................................... 7-3 Away ....................................................................................... 5-6 Singles Leader ..........................................................Ionut Beleleu ...............................................................17-5 Overall, 5-2 Big 12 Doubles Leader ....................................Andrei Daescu/David Pultr ...............................................................14-2 Overall, 5-1 Big 12 MEN’S TENNIS NOTES THE RODDICK FILE Hometown: Sunset Valley, Texas ####61)2#'!)'6#7#5(%0*#01)0!&## Wife: Ginger Roddick High School: Blessed Hope Academy (Texas) College: Georgia (B.S. , 1998) PLAYING EXPERIENCE 1995-98 University of Georgia NOTE: Four-time All-American at Georgia 1998, Team Captain for NCAA Team Finalist 1994, ITF Junior World Rank: #6 Singles, #3 Doubles COACHING EXPERIENCE 2006-08: ATP Tour coach of Andy Roddick 2002-09: Director, Roddick Total Tennis Academy 2000-02: Assistant Coach, University of Georgia John Roddick was announced as the head men’s tennis coach by Univer- 1999-00: Assistant Coach, Florida State University sity of Oklahoma Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Programs and Athletics Director Joe Castiglione on June 19, 2009. COACHING HONORS 2006, 2008: U.S. Team Captain, World Team Cup Roddick is a former professional tennis player and coach. Most recently he was director of Roddick Total Tennis, a high-performance boarding acad- emy in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, which he operated from 2002-09. Also during that time, from 2006-08, he coached his brother, Andy, a for- mer No.