The first ITA Division I computer rankings were released today and both Team Indoor champions are at No. 1, with TCU replacing Ohio State on the men's side after their title yesterday, and the North Carolina, off this week, staying at No. 1 on the women's side.
The first computer rankings, which count a team's best four wins, often lack accuracy, which then improves as more match results get added and the number of wins calculated rises. This year, the men's first computerized rankings don't offer many raised eyebrows, save the lack of ACC teams in the top eight, but the women's do not feel close to correct.
Ohio State, which was absolutely blitzed by Texas A&M in the Team Indoor quarterfinals, is No. 2, with Michigan at No. 3. Pepperdine, who had several rainouts prior to the Team Indoor, is at 25 after losing to UNC and Auburn in Seattle. The rankings always improve as more data is added throughout the season, but given this week's women's rankings, there will be a lot of "upsets" that aren't really that in the next couple of weeks.
The individual rankings didn't change dramatically; no one who watched the Men's Team Indoor last weekend could quibble with Eliot Spizzirri of Texas at the top spot.
Teams are ranked through 75, with the singles including 125 players and the doubles 60 teams. Below are the top 25 teams, top 10 singles players and top 5 doubles teams. The full women's rankings are here; the full men's rankings are here.
Computerized ITA Division I Men's Top 25, February 21, 2023
1. TCU
2. Texas
3. Michigan
4. Ohio State
5. Kentucky
6. South Carolina
7. Southern California
8. Georgia
9. Harvard
10. North Carolina
11. Columbia
12. Tennessee
13. Northwestern
14. Arizona
15. Florida
16. Florida State
17. Illinois
18. Virginia
19. Wake Forest
20. Mississippi State
21. Stanford
22. Duke
23. Louisville
24. Cornell
25. Middle Tennessee
Men's singles
1. Eliot Spizzirri, Texas
2. Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc, Florida State
3. Nishesh Basavareddy, Stanford
4. Ethan Quinn, Georgia
5. Garrett Johns, Duke
6. Toby Samuel, South Carolina
7. Connor Thomson, South Carolina
8. Michael Zheng, Columbia
9. Henry von der Schulenburg, Harvard
10. Andrew Fenty, Michigan
Men's doubles
1. Toby Samuel and Connor Thomson, South Carolina
2. Andrew Lutschaunig and JJ Tracy, Ohio State
3. Edoardo Graziani and Kevin Zhu, Penn
4. Jordan Chrysostom and Ryan Fishback, Virginia Tech
5. Sander Jong and Lui Maxted, TCU
Computerized Women's ITA Division I Team Top 25 February 21, 2023
1. North Carolina
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
4. Iowa State
5. Auburn
6. Georgia
7. Texas A&M
8. Texas
9. NC State
10. Duke
11. Wisconsin
12. Tennessee
13. Vanderbilt
14. Central Florida
15. Florida
16. Old Dominion
17. Notre Dame
18. Oklahoma
19. Arizona State
20. Virginia
21. Kansas
22. Stanford
23. Miami
24. Southern California
25. Pepperdine
Women's singles
1. Fiona Crawley, North Carolina
2. Chloe Beck, Duke
3. Daria Frayman, Princeton
4. Madison Sieg, Southern California
5. Connie Ma, Stanford
6. Lea Ma, Georgia
7. Carson Tanguilig, North Carolina
8. Alexa Noel, Miami
9. Mary Stoiana, Texas A&M
10. Ayana Akli, South Carolina
Women's doubles
1. Savannah Broadus and Janice Tjen, Pepperdine
2. Jaedan Brown and Kari Miller, Michigan
3. Adel-Byanu Abidullina and Eliza Askarova, Delaware
4. Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig, North Carolina
5. Nell Miller and Amelia Rajecki, NC State
For the second straight week, there are no women's USTA Pro Circuit events, but there is another
men's $15K event in Florida, this time in Naples. Recent Baylor star Adrian Boitan, who won the last two $15K tournaments, in Palm Coast and Weston, didn't need a special exempt this week, and he will play his first round match against No. 5 seed Jonathan Mridha of Sweden on Wednesday. The top seeds are Ignacio Monzon of Argentina and Sebastian Gima of Romania.
As has been the case the previous two weeks, teenagers are a significant presence in the draw. Michigan State freshman Ozan Colak, 18, won his first round match today, as did Victor Lilov, who turned 19 ten days ago.
Georgia recruit Ignacio Buse of Peru received entry via the ITF's junior exempt program; Stanford recruit Kyle Kang, Rei Sakamoto of Japan and Juan Carlos Prado Angelo of Bolivia received the ITF's junior reserved spots in the draw. Last week's Weston semifinalist Aidan Kim received a wild card; the seeded 18-year-olds are Gonzalo Bueno of Peru at No. 4 and Bruno Kuzuhara at No. 7.
Qualifying concluded today with four Americans reaching the main draw: Ohio State recruit Bryce Nakashima, Jacob Brumm(Cal/Baylor), Jakub Wojcik(South Florida) and Ryan Dickerson(Duke/Baylor).
There were several first round upsets today at the
ATP 75 Rome Georgia Challenger, with wild card Nathan Ponwith(Georgia/Arizona State) defeating No. 2 seed Rinky Hijikata(North Carolina) of Australia 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3; qualifier Toby Kodat beat No. 4 seed Enzo Couacaud of France 6-4, 6-3 and Alastair Gray(TCU) of Great Britain defeated No. 5 seed Alexis Galarneau of Canada 6-4, 6-4. Only three seeds remain heading into Wednesday's second round action.
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