Gators Tennis

This past Friday and Saturday the Gator men’s tennis team headed to Delray Beach, Florida to play in the Fighting Illini Invite against the Illinois Fighting Illini. Over the two-day invitational, the Gators and Illinois split the matches going 5-5, with Florida leading 3-1 in doubles and Illinois leading 4-2 …

From the largest city in Sweden to the little city of Gainesville, Sara Dahlstrom has brought her elite talent and leadership to the Florida Gators women’s tennis team. The 22-year-old grew up in Stockholm, Sweden, and became one of the top-rated juniors in her country before even turning 20.   She …

To celebrate International Education Week, WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week. Poland has had its share of talented tennis stars over the years. Agnieszka Radwańska, Hubert Hurkacz, Łukasz Kubot, and Iga Swiatek are a few household names for tennis lovers, but the next big name in Polish …

Monday, the Gators men’s tennis team signed three new players. Two will enroll early to compete in the spring of 2024. The signees are Kevin Edengren, Henry Jefferson and Francesco Cordova. The trio is part of the first signing class under first year head coach Adam Steinberg. International Gators Edengren …

The Gators women’s tennis team saw success at home over the weekend. Emily De Oliveira claimed the singles title over fellow Gator Rachel Gailis in the ITA Southeast Regional. Freshman doubles duo Qavia Lopez and Malwina Rowinska made it to the semifinals where they fell to Xinyi Nong and Isabella …

The Florida Gators men’s and women’s tennis teams continued qualifying play today at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa and North Carolina. Competitors need a pair of wins to earn a spot in the main draw. Doubles Matchups The women’s team started the day off with a doubles victory against …

The Florida Gators men’s and women’s tennis teams have been in Tulsa and North Carolina, respectively, since Saturday competing at the ITA All-American Championships. The events began with pre-qualifying, which took place Saturday and Sunday. Qualifying continued Monday and Tuesday. And the main draw starts Wednesday and runs through Sunday. …

This past weekend, Florida traveled down to Lake Nona to compete in the Bedford Cup tournament at the United States Tennis Association National Campus. The Orange & Blue took on the rest of the Florida colleges and dominated by taking home two championships in sweeping fashion. https://twitter.com/GatorsMTN/status/1706110041315508320 Bring Out the …

At just 20 years of age, Ben Shelton has picked up the phone and has put the whole tennis world on notice. BEN SHELTON ANSWERED THE CALL ☎️ #USOpen pic.twitter.com/3CZmrsVUtM — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 6, 2023 After a grueling four sets (6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2), the former Florida national …

Former Florida tennis star Ben Shelton is on the rise. Again. After scoring the winning point of Florida’s 2021 NCAA national championship and winning a singles championship himself in 2022, Shelton was collegiate tennis’ best. And he saw room for more. He made the decision to leave the University of …