Former Florida men’s tennis standout Ben Shelton is the highest ranked American player after winning an ATP title in Houston. Shelton’s Background Shelton lives in Gainesville and is a Buchholz High graduate. His father, Bryan, was a professional tennis player and served as the UF men’s tennis coach from 2012-2023. …
Read More »No. 3 Texas Takes Down Florida Men’s Tennis
The No. 3 Texas Longhorns defeated the Florida Gators 4-3 Saturday in Austin, Texas. It was the Gators’ fourth consecutive loss after a 3-0 start. The Longhorns improved to 6-1, only losing to the Virginia Cavaliers which was ranked No. 1 at the time. Every Serve Counts To start, Texas …
Read More »Gators Men’s Tennis Ends Weekend With Win
The Florida men’s tennis team beat the SMU Mustangs 5-2 to improve to 3-0 Sunday. The Gators were coming off back-to-back home wins after the doubleheader Friday against The Citadel 7-0 and North Florida 6-1. Early Lead Adhithya Ganesan and Tanapatt Nirundorn put the Gators in a good position to …
Read More »Gators Men’s Tennis Splits Matches at Fighting Illini Invite
This past Friday and Saturday the Gator men’s tennis team headed to Delray Beach, Florida to play in the Fighting Illini Invite against the Illinois Fighting Illini. Over the two-day invitational, the Gators and Illinois split the matches going 5-5, with Florida leading 3-1 in doubles and Illinois leading 4-2 …
Read More »Bryan Shelton Steps Down After 11 Years with Gators Men’s Tennis
After 11 years with the Gators men’s tennis team, head coach Bryan Shelton announced Friday morning that he is stepping down to spend more time with family. Shelton had a winning record during his coaching career with the Gators, winning the program its first national championship in 2021. 2021 National …
Read More »Florida Gators Men’s Tennis Wins First Match of SEC Tournament
The No. 24 Florida Gators men’s tennis won its first match yesterday (4-1) in the 2023 SEC tournament. The Gators secured a win against the No. 22 Auburn Tigers in Auburn, Alabama. Doubles Match Ups To start the match off on court one, No. 4 doubles partners Will Grant/Axel Nefve …
Read More »Gators Men’s Tennis Drops Heartbreaker to Tennessee
The number 20 Gator mMen’s tennis team suffered an agonizing defeat to the number 9 Tennessee Volunteers Friday night. Impressive wins by the Gators at courts one and six put Florida in position to take the match, but they came up just short. Gave it all we had.#GoGators | Presented …
Read More »Florida Men’s Tennis Crushes LSU on the Road
On Saturday, the Florida Gators Men’s Tennis team headed west to Baton Rouge for a date with LSU. The Gators were relentless, raining winners on the Tigers on their way to a 6-1 victory. https://twitter.com/GatorsMTN/status/1632125512377155590?s=20 Much-Needed Win Entering the 2023 season, Florida’s team was riddled with expectations. Head coach Bryan …
Read More »Poor Weekend at ITA Indoor Nationals Ends on a High Note
This past weekend, the Florida Men’s Tennis team made the trek to Chicago for ITA National Team Indoor Championships. They received a tough draw — they had to play three teams ranked in the top 12 nationally. After losses to No. 2 Kentucky and No. 12 UNC on Friday and …
Read More »SEC/PAC12 Challenge Proves Troublesome for UF Men’s Tennis
Two California teams, USC and Stanford, are lined up to play the Gators in Lake Nona on Feb. 4 and 5. It was a rough weekend for the boys in Orange & Blue — they dropped both matches, 5-2 and 4-1. https://twitter.com/GatorsMTN/status/1621872452702797828?s=20&t=aJh45j0ldqt-eNeL8r5bzQ Saturday vs. USC The Gators started their match …
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