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The Oracle/ITA Masters is the first national collegiate championship of the 2015-16 season, and singles champions will earn automatic bids to the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship. Wayne Montgomery and Austin Smith will compete in the 16-player singles draw, while Smith and Ben Wagland will represent the Bulldogs in the eight-team doubles field.
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Men’s singles competitors for the Oracle/ITA Masters include Axel Alvarez (Oklahoma), Ryan Shane (Virginia), Julian Lenz (Baylor), Quentin Monaghan (Notre Dame), Nicolas Alvarez (Duke), Dominik Koepfer (Tulane), Romain Bogaerts (Wake Forest), Ronnie Schneider (North Carolina), Cameron Norrie (TCU), Guillermo Nunez (TCU), Max Tchoutakian (Baylor), Felipe Soares (Texas Tech), Benjamin Lock (Florida State), Or Ram-Harel (Tulsa), Smith and Montgomery (UGA).
[su_spacer size=”40″] The doubles teams include Luca Corinteli/Shane (Virginia), Boris Arias/Jordan Daigle (LSU), Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (Florida State), Lenz/Tchoutakian (Baylor), Alex Lawson/Monaghan (Notre Dame), Guilherme Hadlich/Garbiel Sidney (Pepperdine), Norrie/Nunez (TCU) and Smith/Wagland (UGA).
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[su_spacer size=”40″] The doubles teams include Luca Corinteli/Shane (Virginia), Boris Arias/Jordan Daigle (LSU), Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez (Florida State), Lenz/Tchoutakian (Baylor), Alex Lawson/Monaghan (Notre Dame), Guilherme Hadlich/Garbiel Sidney (Pepperdine), Norrie/Nunez (TCU) and Smith/Wagland (UGA).
Montgomery will open play in the three-day tournament against No. 1-ranked and top-seed Alvarez of Oklahoma. Smith will take on North Carolina’s 14th-ranked Schneider. Both matches are scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m. ET. In doubles, Smith and Wagland will face Pepperdine’s Hadlich and Sidney in the first round at 5 p.m.
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Live scoring for the tournament is available here.
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SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE SWEEP: Georgia swept the Division I titles at the 48th annual Southern Intercollegiate Championships on Monday. Montgomery defended his singles title, becoming the fifth player in Georgia history to win back-to-back Southern Intercollegiate crowns. The others include John Isner, Mikael Pernfors, John Roddick and current head coach Manuel Diaz. Smith and Wagland won doubles.
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RANKINGS: The Oracle/ITA preseason rankings were released on Tuesday, and Georgia had four players in the top-125 in the nation. Montgomery is ranked 16th, Smith is 17th, Nick Wood is No. 104 and Wagland is No. 111. Smith and Wagland are ranked No. 1 in the country in doubles. Georgia joins Oklahoma, Virginia and TCU as the only schools with two singles players in the top-20.
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UP NEXT: Georgia will play in its third tournament of the fall next week with the Cajun Classic in Lafayette, La.
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