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UF men’s tennis player Johannes Ingildsen won his match against UCF’s Trey Hilderbrand 6-4, 7-5 on Friday night.

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UF improves to 3-0 in SEC play

By Noah Ram | Mar. 10, 2019

The No. 9 Florida men’s tennis team knew that this match would be different.

UF women's tennis coach Roland Thornqvist said he was pleased after the Gators defeated Ole Miss 4-1 on Friday to open SEC play.

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Florida comeback stifles Hogs en route to Thornqvist’s 500th victory

By Victor Prieto | Mar. 9, 2019

Marlee Zein finished off Jackie Carr in the fourth hour of Florida’s marathon match, clinching the decisive third set and the Gators’ first SEC victory on the road.

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Gators pick up another SEC win over Ole Miss

By Noah Ram | Mar. 9, 2019

The Gators men’s tennis team had been waiting for this.

Freshman Andy Andrade accounted for the only point Florida could muster against No. 5 Texas A&M in Friday night's matchup.

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Gators get first SEC win in beat down of Arkansas

By Noah Ram | Mar. 4, 2019

The Gators men’s tennis team traveled to Arkansas on Sunday with one goal in mind: Continue the dominance.

Coach Roland Thornqvist's women's tennis team SEC play on Friday at 5 p.m. when it hosts Ole Miss at the Ring Tennis Complex.

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Florida dominates Rebels in SEC opener

By Victor Prieto | Mar. 1, 2019

Ida Jarlskog has been a dominant force for Florida this season.

UF women's tennis coach Roland Thornqvist: This year, we have five new players, and so it’s going to take time... If our leaders are two sophomores, no matter how tough and into it they are, they’re still learning.

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Gators enter SEC play on wrong side of history books

By Victor Prieto | Mar. 1, 2019

The Florida women’s tennis team has never had a losing record entering SEC play. Until now.

Sophomore Victoria Emma (pictured) and her doubles partner, junior Tsveta Dimitrova, lost narrowly (8-7) to the tournament's No. 1 seed of Southern California's Angela Kulikov and Rianna Valdes, eliminating them from the ITA All-American Championships. Emma later took victory in the tournament's singles back draw.

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Gators comeback falls short in Lake Nona against UCF

By Victor Prieto | Feb. 25, 2019

Anastasia Kharitonova hadn’t been in a situation like this before. She held a third-set lead on Sunday with the match on the line. The Moscow-product needed just one more game to seal the victory over UCF, but faltered and couldn’t hang on to complete Florida’s comeback.

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Florida defeats No. 28 Oklahoma at home

By Victor Prieto | Feb. 22, 2019

Ida Jarlskog frustrated her opponent all match long.

UF women's tennis coach Roland Thornqvist: I think we have a lot of talent. On some courts we have more talent than we know what to do with.

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Florida’s slow start won’t keep it down

By Victor Prieto | Feb. 22, 2019

The Florida women’s tennis team has endured a lot through five matches.

Florida coach Roland Thornqvist and the Gators are ranked No. 11 heading into the spring despite being mostly composed of freshmen and sophomores.

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Florida drops rivalry match against FSU

By Victor Prieto | Feb. 19, 2019

The Florida State women’s tennis team came to Gainesville with just one win in program history under the lights of the Ring Tennis Complex.

Senior McClain Kessler fell in the second round of singles play at the ITA All-American Championships as well as in the second round of doubles play with partner Sam Riffice.

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Gators finish 1-2 in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships

By Noah Ram | Feb. 18, 2019

The UF men’s tennis team experienced something on Friday that it hadn’t experienced since last May.

UF men’s tennis sophomore Oliver Crawford is the No. 9-ranked collegiate player. He is one of three Gators ranked in the top 50.

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Gators complete massive comeback, beat TCU in Fort Worth

By Noah Ram | Feb. 10, 2019

Oliver Crawford won his singles match to help the Gators men's tennis team to a 4-3 win over TCU on Sunday.

Bryan Shelton was modest after earning his 100th career win as Florida's coach. “I don't hit a single ball in these matches so the players are the ones that should get the credit,” he said.

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Gators overcome rain delay, defeat Florida State

By Noah Ram | Feb. 3, 2019

Not even the weather could prevent the Florida Gators from beating their in-state rivals.

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Riffice leads Gators in rout of Knights

By Brendan Farrell | Jan. 31, 2019

The doubles tandem of freshman Sam Riffice and sophomore Oliver Crawford walked into the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, Florida, fresh off a couple of wins at the ITA Kickoff event where it dropped just one point.

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Same goal, different start for Gators men’s and women’s teams

By Victor Prieto | Jan. 29, 2019

Florida’s women’s tennis team hasn’t had an ideal start to the season.

UF women's tennis coach Roland Thornqvist said Monday's 4-3 loss to North Carolina State will make his team better in the future. “This is the first time competing at a level like this for a lot of them and it is going to take getting used to,” he said.

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Florida loses heartbreaker in ITA Kickoff Championship

By Victor Prieto | Jan. 28, 2019

Almost.

Sophomore Oliver Crawford has a 13-7 record in singles play this season.

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Florida wins ITA Kickoff Weekend after lengthy rain delay

By Victor Prieto | Jan. 28, 2019

The clock struck 10:26 p.m. on Sunday, and the Gators men’s tennis team had finally clinched a 4-1 victory over Florida Atlantic University to claim the ITA Kickoff Weekend title and earn a spot in the ITA National Indoor Championships in Chicago.

Sophomore McCartney Kessler defeated UC Santa Barbara's Elizaveta Volodko in straight sets (6-1, 7-5) during the Gators' ITA Kickoff Weekend Saturday.

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Gators singles play secures first win of season

By Victor Prieto | Jan. 26, 2019

The Gators women’s tennis team began the ITA Kickoff Weekend Saturday afternoon against UC Santa Barbara at the Ring Tennis Complex.

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Gators men’s and women’s teams host ITA Kickoff Weekend

By Victor Prieto | Jan. 24, 2019

Both the Gators women’s and men’s tennis teams are back in action for the opening weekend of the spring season at home in the ITA Kickoff Weekend. The men’s team will open its 2019 campaign against William & Mary at 11 a.m., while the women’s team will take on UC Santa Barbara at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

UF coach Roland Thornqvist was pleased with how freshman Marlee Zein played in Las Vegas. “She played really well from both a physical and a mental perspective,” he said.

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Cal comeback shocks Florida in home opener

By Victor Prieto | Jan. 23, 2019

Cheers echoed all night long through the Ring Tennis Complex. After backhand winners. After decisive break points. And after the final match point.