IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of its weekly tennis honors for the week-ending March 10.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Toto Llanes • Jr. • South Florida
Llanes was a combined 6-0 in singles and doubles to lead South Florida to three key wins as the Bulls moved up to No. 23 in the ITA rankings. He had the clinching point in singles in a 4-0 win against UNC Wilmington with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 win at the No. 6 position. He added a straight-set win at No. 6 with a 6-3, 6-1 victory in a 7-0 win against Furman, and he delivered a three-set win (3-6, 6-4, 7-5) to secure the Bulls’ 6-1 win against No. 13 UCF. Llanes was unbeaten in doubles across the three matches, helping the Bulls improve to 11-3 on the year.
AROUND THE AMERICAN
The American in the ITA Rankings
Men’s Team (March 11 ranking) |
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23 |
South Florida |
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50 |
Memphis |
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59 |
Tulsa |
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65 |
Rice |
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67 |
Charlotte |
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Men’s Singles (March 4 ranking) |
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80 |
Hugo Car |
South Florida |
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100 |
Tiago Torres |
UTSA |
|
102 |
Alex Okonkwo |
Tulsa |
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103 |
Conor Gannon |
Memphis |
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106 |
John Bernard |
Florida Atlantic |
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Men’s Doubles (March 4 ranking) |
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61 |
Sam Reeve/Conor Gannon |
Memphis |
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63 |
Miguel Alonso/Tiago Torres |
UTSA |
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76 |
Kabeer Kapasi/Arthus de la Bassetiere |
Rice |
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2025 Weekly Award Winners
Men's Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 21 Reiya Komagata, Tulsa
Jan. 28 Danijal Muminovic, UTSA
Feb. 4 Noah Malige, UAB
Feb. 11 Petro Kuzmenok, Rice
Feb. 18 Agustin Cuellar, South Florida
Feb. 25 Conor Gannon, Memphis
Mar. 4 Hugo Car, South Florida
Mar. 11 Toto Llanes, South Florida