Men's Tennis

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The LSU men's tennis team will continue its fall season at the ITA Southern Regional hosted by the University of Alabama at the Alabama Tennis Stadium beginning Thursday. Competition in the ITA Southern Regional runs from Thursday, October 18 through Tuesday, October 23.

TULSA, Okla. – After securing a win in the round of 16, LSU men's tennis senior Shane Monroe advanced to the consolation singles quarterfinals but was unable to secure another victory at the ITA All-American Championships Saturday afternoon.

TULSA, Okla. – After falling in the opening round of the men's singles main draw Thursday at the ITA All-American Championships, senior Shane Monroe rebounded to advance in the consolation singles draw Friday morning.

TULSA, Okla. – LSU men's tennis sophomore Malik Bhatnagar upped his play in the second round of singles qualifiers at the ITA All-American Tournament, but it was not enough as South Alabama's Loic Cloes secured the win Tuesday morning.

TULSA, Okla. – LSU men's tennis junior Malik Bhatnagar convincingly defeated Wichita State's Marius Frosa by a score of 6-4, 7-5, in the first round of qualifying in the ITA All-American Tournament Monday morning.

TULSA, Okla. – LSU men's tennis sophomore Malik Bhatnagar will compete in the qualifying singles rounds of the ITA All-American Tournament October 1-3 at the Case Tennis Center.

METZ, France – LSU men's tennis alumni Ken Skupski and Neal Skupski reached the doubles final of the Moselle Open in the ATP Tour over the weekend.

BATON ROUGE – LSU men's tennis Rafael Wagner was victorious in the Ivy Plus Tournament Lenz singles draw, and Shane Monroe and Malik Bhatnagar played solid tennis at the John Breaux Cajun Classic to wrap up the first weekend of fall tournaments Sunday.

BATON ROUGE – LSU men's tennis duo Shane Monroe and Malik Bhatnagar earned its first doubles win on Day 2 of the John Breaux Cajun Classic Saturday evening.

BATON ROUGE – LSU men's tennis Rafael Wagner and Agie Moreno continued their hot starts at the Ivy Plus Invitational the Tigers rolled through Day 2 of the fall season Saturday at the Lenz Tennis Center.

BATON ROUGE – LSU men's tennis Rafael Wagner and Joey Thomas defeated a top-25 opponent on the doubles courts as the Tigers amassed four singles victories and two doubles wins on Day 1 of the Ivy Plus Invitational and the John Breaux Cajun Classic Friday.

BATON ROUGE – The LSU men's tennis team is set to open the 2018 fall campaign in competitions at the John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic and the Ivy Plus Invitational Friday.

BATON ROUGE – LSU men's tennis most winningest player Donni Leaycraft is one of three Louisiana tennis legends who will be inducted into the 2018 class of the Louisiana Tennis Hall of Fame, the Louisiana Tennis Hall of Fame Committee and USTA Louisiana announced Wednesday.

BATON ROUGE – LSU men's tennis senior Shane Monroe is listed as the No. 42 singles player in the nation according to the preseason Oracle/ITA Division I Men's Rankings, the ITA announced Tuesday.

The Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes introduced its recent class of 3.0 Student-Athletes at halftime of the LSU football game on Saturday night.

BATON ROUGE, La. – The 2018-19 season for LSU's student-athletes kicked off on Sunday with the Academic Excellence Gala sponsored by TAF, CCACSA and the LSU Athletics Department.

BATON ROUGE – The LSU Tennis program has a total of 10 former players currently competing professionally across the globe. There are six former men's tennis players on tour and four LSU women's tennis alumnae. These Tiger tennis alumni travel with the tour around the world to face the best the sport has to offer in hopes of improving their ranking and qualifying for a major tournament. Here is an update on how the Tigers have performed. 

BATON ROUGE – LSU men's tennis co-head coaches Andy Brandi and Chris Brandi added Baton Rouge native Nick Watson to the 2018 class Friday morning.

LONDON – Former LSU tennis player Michael Venus continued his dominance on the doubles court to reach the finals of the Wimbledon's Gentlemen's Doubles competition with partner Raven Klaasen but fell to Mike Bryan and Jack Sock, 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 in the finals on Centre Court Saturday evening at the England Lawn and Croquet Club.

BATON ROUGE – The LSU men's tennis team will add transfer Joey Thomas for the 2018-19 season co-head coaches Andy Brandi and Chris Brandi announced Monday.

(Editor's Note: The annual induction ceremony for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame is set for this Saturday, June 30, at the Events Center in Natchitoches. Former Russ Springer is one of the LSU inductees in this year's class. The ceremony this year will be televised live for the first time by Cox Sports TV beginning at 6 p.m. CT.) By Bruce Brown Written for the LSWA Jerry Simmons knew it was risky, but it was a risk worth taking.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Fifty-nine LSU student-athletes were named to the 2018 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll on Wednesday by Commissioner Greg Sankey. The Spring accolades recognize the sports of baseball, golf, softball, tennis, track & field and beach volleyball.

BATON ROUGE – After compiling 10 wins on the singles courts and a team-best 11 wins in doubles, LSU men's tennis junior Shane Monroe was named Newcomer of the Year, the Louisiana Sports Writers Association announced Sunday.