Alabama’s Filip Planinsek Opens ITA All-American Championships Monday

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– No. 47-ranked Filip Planinsek from the Alabama men's tennis team opens competition at the ITA All-American Championships Monday in Tulsa, Okla. Planinsek will face Harvard's Cooper Williams, who ranks seventh in the ITA Men's Freshman/Newcomer Rankings and fourth in the ITF World Junior rankings, at 8 a.m. CT at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

Track Tennis will stream matches played at Michael Case Tennis Center while Cracked Racquets will stream the main draw.

The Tournament Schedule

Pre-qualifying Round | Sept. 30-Oct. 1
- Singles Draw of 256
Qualifying Round | Oct. 2-3
- Singles Draw of 128
Main Draw | Oct. 4-8
- Singles Draw of 64

The Competition

Planinsek opens competition in the qualifying round, competing against 128 student-athletes in the singles draw
The junior ranks 47^th nationally in the preseason singles rankings
Planinsek opened the 2023-24 season with a 3-0 run after competing in the SEC/Big Ten Challenge
Included in his 3-0 start was a win over No. 83 Mihailo Popovic from Wisconsin

Selection

Main Draw Singles (32 players)
- 12 – Regional Representatives (1 per region)
- 8 – Qualifiers
- 8 – Returning ITA All-Americans* & At-large selections (based on ITA Preseason National Rankings)
- 1 – ITA National Summer Championships Champion
- 1 – Host Institution Wild Card
- 1 – ITA Wild Card
- 1 – Tulsa Wild Card
Qualifying Singles (64 players)
- 36 – Regional Representatives (3 per region)
- 12 – Qualifiers
- 11 – At-large selections (based on the ITA Preseason National Rankings)
- 1 – ITA National Summer Championships Finalist
- 2 – Host Institution Wild Cards
- 1 – ITA Wild Card
- 1 – Tulsa Wild Card
Pre-Qualifying Singles (96 players)
- 48 – Regional Representatives (4 per region)
- 10 – Freshman/Newcomer (based on Freshmen/Newcomer List)
- 36 – At-large selections (based on the ITA Preseason National Rankings)
- 2 – ITA Wild Cards

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