Alabama Men’s Tennis Team Returns Home to Host Memphis, UAB Saturday

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– In its last double header of the season, the Alabama men's tennis team (2-3) welcomes Memphis (3-2) and UAB (1-1) to the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility Saturday. The Crimson Tide opens the day with Memphis at 1 p.m. CT, before returning for its match against the Blazers at 6 p.m. CT.

Match Day

Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Venue: Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility
Memphis: 1 p.m. CT
UAB: 6 p.m. CT

How To Follow

Links to live scoring and video streams will be available at RollTide.com. Updates will be provided on the team's Twitter account, @AlabamaMTN.

In The Rankings

Filip Planinsek and Juan Martin continue to lead the Tide, ranking No. 16 nationally as a doubles pairing after earning a trip to the ITA National Fall Championships
Planinsek also ranks No. 52 in doubles with partner Enzo Aguiard and No. 83 in singles play
Memphis' Jeremy Taylor ranks No. 88 and Oscar Cutting ranks No. 112 in singles play while David Stevenson and Taylor rank No. 30 as doubles partners

2022 With The Tide

Aguiard and Planinsek lead the team in singles play with three dual-match wins apiece, while Aguiard and Joao Ferreira pace the team in doubles play with a 3-2 record
The Crimson Tide is coming off three consecutive non-conference matchups, facing Southeastern Conference foes Ole Miss, Kentucky and Arkansas
Alabama traveled to then-ranked No. 18 Ole Miss after its home match against Oklahoma State was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols within the Cowboys' program
UA captured the doubles point before a back-and-forth battle in singles play gave the Rebels a 4-3 edge
At the ITA Kickoff Weekend, Alabama faced No. 11 Kentucky and Arkansas falling 4-0 to both teams in the all-SEC regional, which also featured host-school and then-No. 21 Mississippi State

A Look at Memphis

Memphis enters the weekend 3-2 after coming off a road loss to No. 19 Mississippi State
Saturday's match will be the third-straight contest against an SEC opponent as Memphis also faced No. 1 Tennessee in the finals at the ITA Kickoff Weekend
The Tigers suffered a 4-0 loss to Tennessee before Mississippi State clinched the regular season dual match with a 4-1 score
Alabama and Memphis will meet for the 14^th time, with the Tigers winning last year's contest 4-3
UA leads the series 8-6

The UAB Blazers

This is the third dual match of the year for the Blazers after opening the season with a 6-1 loss to then-No. 21 Mississippi State and a 6-1 victory over North Alabama
Alabama and UAB have gone head-to-head 27 times with Alabama leading the series 23-4
The last meeting was in January of 2020
Alabama won 6-1 in that meeting, including a win on all singles courts

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