Georgia Falls to TCU, 4-1, in ITA Kickoff Final - University of Georgia Athletics

Monday, January 26

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Georgia Falls to TCU, 4-1, in ITA Kickoff Final

January 26, 2026 | Men's Tennis

FORT WORTH, Texas --- The Georgia men's tennis team fell to TCU, 4-1 in the championship match of the ITA Kickoff Weekend in the Fort Worth bracket at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center on Monday afternoon.

FAST FACTS

Georgia fell behind early, dropping the doubles point to the Horned Frogs. Arda Azkara and Santiago Giamichelle lost to Duncan Chan and CoRolland De Ravel 6-1 on court two before Will Jansen and Gabriele Vulpitta were defeated by Oliver Bonding and Cooper Woestendick 6-3 on court one. Court three went unfinished with Derrick Chen and Cooper Johnson down 5-4 to Filip Apltauer and Albert Pedrico.
Arda Azkara won the lone point for the Bulldogs on court one of the singles matches with a 6-4, 6-3 win over #6 Duncan Chen.
Will Jansen, Noah Johnston and Derrick Chen all dropped a tie break set to their TCU opponents.

RESULTS
TCU 4, Georgia 1
Doubles competition

Oliver Bonding/Cooper Woestendick (TCU) def. Will Jansen/Gabriele Vulpitta (UGA) 6-3
Duncan Chan/Co Rolland De Ravel (TCU) def. Arda Azkara/Santiago Giamichelle (UGA) 6-1
Derrick Chen/Cooper Johnson (UGA) vs. Filip Apltauer/Albert Pedrico (TCU) 4-5 unfinished

Singles competition

Arda Azkara (UGA) def. #6 Duncan Chan (TCU) 6-4, 6-3
#45 Co Rolland De Ravel (TCU) def. #23 Will Jansen (UGA) 6-6 (5), 6-2
Cooper Woestendick (TCU) def. #33 Santiago Giamichelle (UGA) 6-0, 6-4
# Oliver Bonding (TCU) def. 100 Noah Johnston (UGA) 6-4, 7-6 (4)
Derrick Chen (UGA) vs. #77 Roger Rascual (TCU) 7-6 (5), 2-2 unfinished
#119 Gabriele Vulpitta (UGA) vs. Albert Pedrico (TCU) 2-0 unfinished

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