No. 17 Men's Tennis Prepped for Pair of Home Matches

NORMAN – The No. 17 Oklahoma men's tennis team is set to host two SEC matches at the Headington Family Tennis Center this weekend. The slate begins with No. 14 Auburn on Friday, March 20, at 5 p.m. CT followed by Alabama on Sunday, March 22 at noon CT.

The Sooners return to their home courts after topping No. 3 Texas 4-1 in Austin last Sunday.

MATCH DAY BASICS

Live stream and live scoring information for both matches can be found here.

The Sooners' 2026 home matches at the Headington Family Tennis Center are open to the public and admission is free of charge. Concessions will be available for purchase. The competition against Auburn is the Teacher Appreciation Match while Sunday is the annual International Match. Teachers in attendance at Friday's match can enter a raffle. Free t-shirts will be available for fans at Sunday's match while supplies last. Oklahoma maintains a clear bag policy for all home events on the Norman campus. Fans can enter through the main doors of the Headington Family Tennis Center for all matches. Doors open at 4 p.m. CT.

LAST TIME OUT

Oklahoma faced back-to-back ranked road matches against No. 6 LSU and No. 3 Texas. Despite the narrow 4-3 loss to LSU, the Sooners bounced back just two days later and defeated Texas in a stunning 4-1 result.

OU is now 11-5 on the season and 3-4 in league play.

IN THE RANKINGS

The Sooners broke back into the ITA top-20 and sit at the No. 17 spot following their upset win over Texas. Oklahoma has seven individual rankings with four players listed in singles and three doubles pairs earning nods.

Senior Luis Alvarez notched a career-high rank of 34 in singles and 12 in doubles with teammate Bruno Nhavene. Sophomore Oscar Lacides improved to No. 58 in singles while sophomore Orel Kimhi entered the ranks for the first time this season at No. 86. Freshman Johan Rodriguez returns to the singles rankings at the No. 108 place.

Sooner duo Hank Trondson and Alejandro Melero earned their first ranking of the season at No. 37 while Kimhi and Rodriguez round out the ranks at the 82 spot.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS

Auburn begins the weekend with a 14-3 overall record and a 4-2 conference record. The Tigers have three ranked wins this season, two of which were over SEC teams. Auburn topped No. 15 Florida 6-1 and No. 13 Vanderbilt 5-2.

When Oklahoma last faced Auburn, it was the first meeting between the two programs. The Sooners lost the match in a close 4-3 score.

Alabama matches OU's conference record at 3-4 while holding a 9-9 season record. The Crimson Tide has notched wins over Arkansas, Georgia and Kentucky in league play. The win over Georgia is Alabama's best of the season, as the Bulldogs were the No. 8 team in the country at the time of the match.

The Sooners are 8-1 in all program meetings with the Crimson Tide and won last season's match, 4-3.

UP NEXT

Following the pair of home matches, the Sooners take a road trip to face Georgia on Friday, March 27 at 5 p.m. CT and Florida on Sunday, March 29 at 1 p.m. CT.

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