97 in the latest ITA national singles rankings. This fall during her first semester on campus, Khirin advanced to the main draw singles semifinals at the ITF 25K event in Austin at the Texas Tennis Center before falling to eventual singles champion and former UT star Peyton Stearns.Ĭharlotte's Web: A key piece in UT's run to the NCAA team title in each of the last two seasons, junior Charlotte Chavatipon has posted a 15-7 overall mark in singles play this year, including a 14-5 record in dual-match action, and is No. She has registered one ITF single title, winning the 15K event in Heraklion, Greece in December 2021, and has captured three ITF doubles championships, including the 25K crown in Akko, Israel in May 2022. Khirin won the 2021 Israeli National Singles Championship and is a member of Israel's Billie Jean King Cup team (formerly Federation Cup). 1 line in Big 12 Conference play during the regular season. The native of Rishon LeZion, Israel tallied a 7-2 mark at the No. ![]() 92 in the current ITA national singles rankings. After playing in professional/ITF events during the fall, she has registered a 10-5 dual-match singles mark this spring (all at No. Khirin On The Top Line: Freshman Nicole Khirin has hit the ground running in her first season on the Forty Acres. UT is 2-3 when dropping the doubles point this season. The Longhorns are 16-1 this year when claiming the doubles point (lost 5-2 to then-No. Winning the Doubles Point: Texas has won the doubles point in 17 of its first 22 dual matches this season. On the doubles courts, the duos of Taisiya Pachkaleva and Nicole Rivkin (12-5) and Charlotte Chavatipon and Sabina Zeynalova (10-4) have paced the Longhorns in dual-match play. Five Longhorns have reached the 13-win mark in singles in dual matches, including Malaika Rapolu (14-4), Nicole Rivkin (14-4), Charlotte Chavatipon (14-5), Sabina Zeynalova (13-3) and Taisiya Pachkaleva (13-3). 90).ĭual-Match Success: Texas players have registered an 84-27 (.757) mark in dual-match singles play and a 36-15 (.706) record in dual-match doubles action entering postseason play. 54) and Charlotte Chavatipon and Nicole Khirin (No. Two doubles pairs are included in the current ITA national Top 90 doubles rankings (April 18): Charlotte Chavatipon and Sabina Zeynalova (No. Individual Rankings: Three UT players are included in the current ITA national Top 125 singles rankings (April 18): Nicole Khirin (No. Texas has finished each of the last five years in the Top 10 of the final ITA national polls. 1 in the first four polls this season (Jan. 1 spot in last year's final poll and was No. 12 in the latest ITA Collegiate Tennis rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point (April 18). The Longhorns have amassed a total of 21 conference tournament titles in program history, as UT previously claimed nine Southwest Conference tourney crowns (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 19). The last four regular-season championships have come under the direction of head coach Howard Joffe.īig 12 and Conference Tourney Success: Texas has captured the Big 12 Tournament championship title a total of 12 times entering this year's event (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2018, 20), with the last three coming under the leadership of head coach Howard Joffe. 1 seed in the Big 12 Championship by virtue of their 5-2 win over the Sooners in Austin on March 10. Both UT and OU posted 8-1 marks in league play during the regular season. CT on Sunday and will be streamed nationally on Big 12 Now/ESPN+.īig 12 CHAMPS: The Longhorns earned a share of the Big 12 regular-season championship with Oklahoma. Should UT advance to the semifinals on Saturday (3 or 6 p.m. CT) against the winner of Thursday's first-round match between No. The Longhorns have a first-round bye and begin play on Friday (3 p.m. ![]() Live Stats: Video Stream (Sunday's title match): Big 12 Now/ESPN+ ( ) Where: Jayhawk Tennis Center (Lawrence, Kan.)
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