University of Georgia Athletics
Georgia Tennis Dominates Southeast Regional Rankings
December 19, 2006 | Men's Tennis
Senior captain John Isner (Greensboro, N.C.), the reigning SEC Player of the Year and a three-time All-American, is the top-ranked singles player in the Southeast and teams with junior Luis Flores (Xalapa, Mexico) to lead the way in doubles as well. Flores, an All-American himself, also follows right behind Isner in the singles rankings, checking in at No. 2. Junior Travis Helgeson (Overland Park, Kansas) who transferred to Georgia in the summer after earning his second All-American appointment at Texas, rounds out the top five. Senior captain Matic Omerzel (Kranj, Slovenia) checks in at No.15.
In addition to Isner and Flores on the doubles list, Helgeson and Omerzel are rated No. 10. Right behind them at No. 11 are senior captain Ricardo Gonzalez (Aquadilla, Puerto Rico) and freshman Jamie Hunt (San Antonio, Texas).
The Southeastern Conference continues to make its case as one of the most competitive and challenging leagues in the nation as 24 of the top 30 players in the regional ranking come from the SEC. 10 of the SEC's 12 teams have at least one player listed, while eight of those have at least two. 12 of the doubles teams of the 15 that were ranked come from eight different SEC squads.
The first set of Fila/ITA National Collegiate Tennis Rankings will be released on Jan. 9, 2007, and will include team, individual singles and individual doubles rankings.
The complete regional rankings are as follows:
SINGLES
1. John Isner, Georgia
2. Luis Flores, Georgia
3. Erling Tveit, Ole Miss
4. Greg Ouellette, Florida
5. Travis Helgeson, Georgia
6. Luigi D’Agord, Miami
7. Ken Skupski, LSU
8. Joseph Jung, Alabama
9. Ivan Bjelica, Mississippi State
10. Ryan Preston, Vanderbilt
11. Andreas Siljestrom, Middle Tennessee State
12. Daniel Vallverdu, Miami
13. Nestor Briceno, Florida
14. Bruno Agostinelli, Kentucky
15. Matic Omerzel, Georgia
16. Josh Cohen, Miami
17. Bobby Cameron, Tennessee
18. Alex Schweizer, Auburn
19. Davey Sandgren, Tennessee
20. Robbye Poole, Ole Miss
21. Danny Bryan, LSU
22. Bram ten Berge, Ole Miss
23. Marco Born, Middle Tennessee State
24. Philippe Frayssinoux, Mississippi State
25. Colt Gaston, LSU
26. Jakob Klaeson, Ole Miss
27. Sammy Struyf, Alabama
28. Kaden Hensel, Tennessee
29. Jack Baker, South Alabama
30. Peter Bjork, Kentucky
DOUBLES
1. Flores/Isner, Georgia
2. Born/Siljestrom, Middle Tennessee State
3. Cluskey/Skupski, LSU
4. D’Agord/Vallverdu, Miami
5. Buikema/Thibaudeau, Alabama
6. Cameron/Hensel, Tennessee
7. Bjelica/Frayssinoux, Mississippi State
8. Hubble/Rogers, Tennessee
9. Bryan/Gaston, LSU
10. Helgeson/Omerzel, Georgia
11. Gonzalez/Hunt, Georgia
12. Klaeson/Rea, Ole Miss
13. Cevka/Stiegwardt, Georgia State
14. Briceno/Ouellette, Florida
15. Dufaux/Preston, Vanderbilt