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Lambda · Masters Series Champion

For the men
Luca finishes the semester with a top 15 ranking.
2 in the doubles top 10 with Henry and Alex.

Men
Top 125 singles with semester win/loss record
15 Luca Pow (Wake Forest) 12-3
23 Will Jansen (Georgia) 7-4
36 Billy Blaydes (Auburn) 8-5
48 Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State) 6-5
56 Roan Jones (North Carolina) 7-4
94 Hugo Coquelin (Vanderbilt) 4-2
115 Henry Jefferson (Florida) 7-4

Top 90 Doubles
6 Henry Jefferson / Nirundorn (Florida) 6-2
10 Alex Okonkwo / Bernard (Ohio State) 8-3
24 Billy Blaydes / Freddy Blaydes (Auburn) 5-6
25 Derrick Chen / Giamichelle (Georgia) 8-5
35 Tobey Lock / Euan Mackenzie (Delaware) 6-1
60 Hugo Coquelin / Satterfield (Vanderbilt) 3-1
65 Sebastian Harrison / Sardinha (Samford) 13-3
86 Sam Reeve / Rensing (Memphis) 3-2

Lambda · Masters Series Champion

Isabelle is a big climber with 3 wins over the No 55, 71 and 94 ranked women among her wins in January
Hep has formed a formidable partnership with Teah Chavez at No 1 Doubles for Ohio State and a run of 5 wins shoots them straight in at No 13.

Women - 4 Feb
Top 125 Singles with win/loss record
6 (-1) Savannah Dada-Mascoll (Appalachian State, Senior) 15-3 plays No 1
20 (-9) Gabia Paskauskas (Florida, Sophomore) 11-4 plays No 4
45 (-4) Kristina Paskauskas (Alabama, Junior) 11-2 plays No 1
69 (+56) Isabelle Lacy (Virginia, Sophomore) 16-4 plays No 4
82 (-38) Millie Bissett (Florida State, Senior) 6-5 plays No 1 & 2
94 (-41) Hannah Read (San Diego, Sophomore) 9-8 plays No 2
102 (-8) Eva Shaw (Florida State, Junior) 7-4 plays No 1 & 2

Top 90 Doubles with semester win/loss record
13 (new) Hephzibah Oluwadare / Chavez (Ohio State) 5-0
16 (+24) Jasmine Conway / Zyryanova (North Carolina State) 11-4
49 (-3) Erin Pearce / Yamakita (Vanderbilt) 8-4
55 (new) Flora Johnson / Perry (Ohio State) 1-0
88 (-6) Ellie Blackford / Morais (Michigan State) 6-0
89 (new) Flora Johnson / Nishino (Ohio State) 1-0

Lambda · Masters Series Champion

Luca continues to lead our men. Ollie playing catch-up having not played last semester.
Luca Bluett and partner with wins over the current No 6 and 13 doubles teams sees them enter at No 17.

Men
Top 125 singles with win/loss record
14 (+1) Luca Pow (Wake Forest, Junior) 16-4 plays No 3
28 (-5) Will Jansen (Georgia) 7-4 plays No 2
29 (+19) Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State, Junior) 7-5 played 3 to 5
38 (new) Ollie Tarvet (San Diego, Senior) 5-1 plays No 1
50 (+65) Henry Jefferson (Florida, Senior) 10-7 plays No 3
62 (-26) Billy Blaydes (Auburn, Senior) 11-7 plays No 1 & 2
104 (-48) Roan Jones (North Carolina, Senior) 8-5 plays No 2

Top 90 Doubles
7 (+3) Alex Okonkwo / Bernard (Ohio State) 12-4
10 (-4) Henry Jefferson / Nirundorn (Florida) 8-6
12 (+12) Billy Blaydes / Freddy Blaydes (Auburn) 8-7
17 (new) Luca Bluett / Kim (Santa Clara) 9-5
39 (new) Miles Groom / Ren (Dartmouth) 9-3
44 (new) Lance Nisbet / Phillips (Tulane) 1-0
53 (-28) Derrick Chen / Giamichelle (Georgia) 8-5
77 (-42) Tobey Lock / Euan Mackenzie (Delaware) 7-2
87 (new) Sam Reeve / Castro Fabra (Memphis) 6-0

-- Edited by Lambda on Wednesday 4th of February 2026 05:24:34 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

Too early for Talia and Ella, I assume.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
Luca continues to lead our men. Ollie playing catch-up having not played last semester.
Luca Bluett and partner with wins over the current No 6 and 13 doubles teams sees them enter at No 17.

Men
Top 125 singles with win/loss record
14 (+1) Luca Pow (Wake Forest, Junior) 16-4 plays No 3
28 (-5) Will Jansen (Georgia) 7-4 plays No 2
29 (+19) Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State, Junior) 7-5 played 3 to 5
38 (new) Ollie Tarvet (San Diego, Senior) 5-1 plays No 1
50 (+65) Henry Jefferson (Florida, Senior) 10-7 plays No 3
62 (-26) Billy Blaydes (Auburn, Senior) 11-7 plays No 1 & 2
104 (-48) Roan Jones (North Carolina, Senior) 8-5 plays No 2

Top 90 Doubles
7 (+3) Alex Okonkwo / Bernard (Ohio State) 12-4
10 (-4) Henry Jefferson / Nirundorn (Florida) 8-6
12 (+12) Billy Blaydes / Freddy Blaydes (Auburn) 8-7
17 (new) Luca Bluett / Kim (Santa Clara) 9-5
39 (new) Miles Groom / Ren (Dartmouth) 9-3
44 (new) Lance Nisbet / Phillips (Tulane) 1-0
53 (-28) Derrick Chen / Giamichelle (Georgia) 8-5
77 (-42) Tobey Lock / Euan Mackenzie (Delaware) 7-2
87 (new) Sam Reeve / Castro Fabra (Memphis) 6-0

-- Edited by Lambda on Wednesday 4th of February 2026 05:24:34 PM

Is there ever a time where a players number one is actually ranked below the teams number 2 or lower? Eg Luca is ranked 14, plays 3 - are Wake Forests top 2 ranked above him? Or do San Diego have number 2 or 3 ranked higher than Ollie?

That may sound daft but presumably it can happen?

Lambda · Masters Series Champion

Luca is the highest ranked in singles on Wake Forest. Suresh, their no 1, is No 21 and Shah, their No 2, is unranked. Having a strong fall like Luca did is key to being highly ranked if they're not playing 1 or 2. And its key to players in a mid-major conference like Savannah who won't have any opportunity to pick up ranked wins during the spring. Gabia, playing 4, is the highest ranked on the Florida team due to her fall results. It's also a little early in the team season for wins at positions 1 and 2 to be having much effect. Rankings are still predominantly based on fall results.

Lambda · Masters Series Champion

paulisi wrote:
Too early for Talia and Ella, I assume.

Ella is 3-0 with wins against the No 119 and 2 unranked players. That will not be worth many points. Added to that is that currently it's a player's best 7 wins count (this increases up to best 15 wins as the season progresses) and as Ella only has 3 wins she is carrying 4 0 point 'wins' - they add up the points for the best 'n' wins deduct all loss points and divide by 'n' for the ranking points score. Ella is in by for the strongest conference so will have many opportunities to pick up decent ranking points during the season.

Talia is playing No5. She is 7-2 for the season (5-1 in team play). But she hasn't played any player currently in the rankings so her wins will be worth very little and her losses will hurt her ranking score. Looking at the schedule, I think the only opportunity she will have to play a ranked player will be when Clemson plays UNC in April unless she moves up the order. So I don't see Talia being ranked this year unless she wins all her matches when she might be able to creep in to the top 125.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
Luca is the highest ranked in singles on Wake Forest. Suresh, their no 1, is No 21 and Shah, their No 2, is unranked. Having a strong fall like Luca did is key to being highly ranked if they're not playing 1 or 2. And its key to players in a mid-major conference like Savannah who won't have any opportunity to pick up ranked wins during the spring. Gabia, playing 4, is the highest ranked on the Florida team due to her fall results. It's also a little early in the team season for wins at positions 1 and 2 to be having much effect. Rankings are still predominantly based on fall results.

Thanks Lambda - so when a coach selects his playing order for a team or match is he required to follow any sort of ranking ? Or is it their own choice? Eg Davis Cup, the number one will always be higher in the ATP rankings. It sounds like College tennis they have more Leeway? Can the coach therefore consider opposition match ups and position the Players accordingly? Eg throw Luca in at number 6 one week to guarantee a win? Or is there some sort of control on where a player can play?

Lambda · Masters Series Champion

The line up is required to be in order of ability allowing for form and injury. But this is subjective opinion and not based on any ranking or rating, but they can be used to argue a case. The opposition coach can protest if they think someone is playing out of order. If the coaches don't settle this before singles start, they'll play and it'll go to committee who if they agree with the opposition coach, the matches for all players out of position will be forfeited. Some conferences require their lineups to be approved for the week ahead beforehand to avoid matches being forfeited. Teams can usually get away with playing someone 1 below where they should be but they can't as one team found last year get away with playing someone who had been losing at No 6 all year at No 2 to sacrifice that position so everyone moves down to get wins at 3,4,5 and 6.

Lambda · Masters Series Champion

Latest 'live' rankings for Women's teams from CollegeTennisRanks

Top 10 Teams with British players
2. Ohio State 5-1 (Oluwadare, F Johnson)
5. LSU 7-1 (McDonald)
9. USC 6-2 (Haddad)
12. Clemson 6-2 (Neilsen-Gatenby)
14. Virginia 7-4 (Lacy)
17. South Carolina 5-1 (Piani)
22. Vanderbilt 6-2 (Pearce)
28. UC Santa Barbara 4-3 (Wong)
30. Arizona 6-3 (C Moore)
32. NC State 6-3 (Conway)

Other selected
45. San Diego 3-3 (Read)
53. Miami, Fl. 2-1 (Ogunwale)
60. Alabama 6-0 (K Paskauskas)
121. Florida 2-1 (G Paskauskas, Black)
157. Appalachian State 2-2 (Dada-Mascoll, Hodson)
175. Florida State 2-5 (Shaw, Bissett (inj), Kelliher)

-- Edited by Lambda on Wednesday 11th of February 2026 09:31:33 PM

Lambda · Masters Series Champion

Latest 'live' rankings for men's teams from CollegeTennisRanks

Top 10 teams with British players
3. San Diego 6-2 (Tarvet)
4. UCF 8-0 (Ampaw)
8. Ohio State 7-0 (A Okonkwo)
9. TCU 7-1 (Bonding)
13. Baylor 5-2 (Koenig, Bowden)
18. Auburn 7-1 (B Blaydes, F Blaydes)
20. Wake Forest 6-1 (Pow, Robertson)
23. Notre Dame 6-1 (Magimay)
25. South Carolina 7-1 (Swaine)
26. Florida 4-2 (Jefferson)

Selected others
33. Vanderbilt 5-2 (Coquelin)
34. Georgia 3-1 (Jansen, Chen)
39. Kentucky 7-3 (Rankin)
53. Santa Clara 5-2 (Bluett, Redza)
55. Denver 4-0 (Papajcik, Coats, Ashton)
57. Delaware 5-1 (Lock, Mackenzie, Sclater)
90. North Carolina 5-2 (R Jones, Wright, Rafiee)