Preview: NCAA Regionals

Friday, May 1

Fort Worth, Texas

5 PM

TCU

Denver

David Roditi claps his hands during a match.

4/30/2026 5:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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Horned Frogs open NCAA Tournament with first round tilt vs. Denver

FORT WORTH – TCU men's tennis is set to host the NCAA Tournament for the 11^th consecutive year, starting with a first round dual at 5 p.m. on Friday vs. Denver at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.

The No. 2 ranked Horned Frogs (21-5) received the No. 6 overall seed in the 64-team affair, marking their sixth straight season securing a national seed.

Preceding TCU's tilt with the Summit League champion Pioneers (18-5) is a 2 p.m. match between No. 29 Cornell (18-3) and No. 38 Arkansas (16-14). The winners play at 4 p.m. on Saturday in the Fort Worth Regional final.

TCU is riding an eight-match winning streak into the Big Dance. The Horned Frogs have competed to a 13-1 record since the 2026 campaign shifted outdoors in March.

Under the direction of head coach David Roditi, the Frogs are 24-0 at home in NCAA Tournament play.

TCU has won an NCAA-leading 30 consecutive outdoor home matches in a streak that dates to March of 2023.

Friday's bout will be the third meeting between TCU and Denver. TCU last faced the Pioneers on Jan. 23, 2021, in Fort Worth during ITA Kickoff Weekend.

All three matches will be streamed live via PlaySight as a part of a Cracked Racquets CrossCourt cast.

In the case of inclement weather, matches will move to the indoor Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.

Admission to the Fort Worth Regional is free.

Frogs in the ITA Singles Rankings
#8 Duncan Chan
#42 Cosme Rolland De Ravel
#55 Cooper Woestendick
#108 Julian Alonso

Frogs in the ITA Doubles Rankings
#4 Duncan Chan / Cosme Rolland De Ravel
#42 Albert Pedrico / Cooper Woestendick

TCU NCAA Tournament History

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 36
NCAA Quarterfinals: 16
NCAA Semifinals: Seven (1989, 1996, 2001, 2015, 2023, 2024, 2025)
NCAA Finals: Two (2024, 2025)
NCAA Championships: One (2024)
NCAA Tournament All-Time Record: 61-34
NCAA Tournament Home Record: 29-1
NCAA Quarterfinal Record: 8-7
NCAA Semifinal Record: 2-5
NCAA Tournament Record Since 2015: 33-9

TCU NCAA Tournament Notables

TCU has won 10 consecutive opening round matches in a streak that dates to 2015.
The Horned Frogs will carry a 24-match home NCAA Tournament winning streak into Friday's opening round tilt vs. Denver. TCU has never lost at home in the postseason under head coach David Roditi.
Roditi holds a 35-11 career NCAA Tournament record.
The Horned Frogs have reached the Super Regionals in 10 straight seasons. They are 8-2 in third round affairs in that span.
TCU is 32-4 all-time and 9-0 over the past two seasons under Roditi in Tournament play as the higher-seeded team.
The Horned Frogs have earned a national seed in six straight seasons and 10 of the last 11 dating back to 2015.
TCU has advanced to the final site in 10 straight seasons, tied with Virginia for the longest active streak in college tennis.
TCU's nine NCAA quarterfinal appearances since 2015 are the most of any D1 program.
The Horned Frogs' run of 11 consecutive postseason appearances is the second-longest in program history, trailing only the program's run of 16 straight NCAA Tournament selections from 1991-2006.

Team Notables

TCU captured its 10^th Big 12 championship in the last decade via is triumph at the Big 12 Tournament on April 18 in Orlando.
TCU has won or challenged for six of the last nine indoor or outdoor national championships dating back to 2022.
TCU ranks second nationally in total wins (146) since 2021.
TCU head coach David Roditi is one of only two active D1 head coaches who has won both an ITA Indoor National Championship and NCAA Championship and coached an NCAA individual champion.
Under Roditi's direction, TCU has notched 11 consecutive year-end ITA top-10 team rankings, a streak unmatched by any D1 program. The Horned Frogs have cracked the top-five of the final rankings in five straight seasons. TCU has additionally boasted a top-10 ITA team ranking in 72 consecutive polls dating back to March 10, 2020.
TCU has maintained a top-10 ITA team ranking for five continuous seasons dating back to January of 2021.
TCU concluded the regular season tabbed No. 2 in the ITA rankings for the third time in the last four years.
The Horned Frogs have been ranked as high as second and no lower than seventh in 2026.
Roditi has led TCU to 412 dual wins over the course of his 21 years in Fort Worth. He was a part of 86 dual match victories as a player from 1993-96 and has won 326 across his 16-season run as the Horned Frogs head coach. He owns the second most head coaching wins in program history behind his own coach, and TCU Athletics Hall of Famer, Tut Bartzen.
TCU has won an NCAA-leading 30 straight home outdoor matches dating back to March of 2023.
TCU is 56-3 at home over the last four seasons.
Through Roditi's leadership, the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center has become one of the toughest venues for opposing teams to steal a victory. Roditi has led TCU to a 187-37 home record in his 16 seasons at the helm of his alma mater and a 146-13 (.919) mark since 2015.
The Horned Frogs are 22-4 in doubles play this season.
TCU's combined record on courts two and three in doubles is 30-8.
Ten of the Horned Frogs' 12 top-30 wins have been on the road or at a neutral venue.
The Frogs own 10 victories over teams featured in the top-20 of the latest ITA rankings; No. 1 Texas, No. 7 LSU, No. 8 Arizona, No. 11 Baylor (3x), No. 12 Georgia (2x), No. 15 UCF and No. 17 Florida.
TCU sports a 6-1 record vs. the SEC this season.
One of the strengths on TCU's 2026 roster is the depth it possesses in its singles lineup. Of TCU's 73 dual singles victories thus far, 50 have come on courts three through six.
TCU is rostering its youngest team in years. Four of the six members of the Horned Frogs' primary singles lineup are freshmen and sophomores. No returning player competed higher than court three in conference and postseason play in 2025. Six of the nine active players on TCU's roster are either underclassmen or a transfer.
In three of TCU's five defeats, all of which have come to top-15 teams, the Horned Frogs have lost at least three matches on courts 1-4 in singles.
TCU competed to a 26-4 combined singles record in Big 12 play.
The Horned Frogs have not lost a singles match in eight straight duals dating back to their 4-1 home victory against then-No. 12 UCF on March 27.

Individual Notables

Duncan Chan was chosen as Big 12 Co-Player of the Year alongside Jay Friend (Arizona) and Devin Badenhorst (Baylor). He joins Cam Norrie and Luc Fomba as one of three Horned Frogs to win the award.
Roditi was cited as Big 12 Coach of the Year for a record seventh time on Thursday. He repeated as the award recipient for the third time in his storied tenure at the helm of his alma matter and has claimed the crown in four of the past five seasons.
Oliver Bonding became the third Horned Frog in the last four years to be named Big 12 Freshman of the Year alongside Cooper Woestendick (2025) and Sebastian Gorzny (2023). He is the sixth TCU player to receive the recognition.
Cosme Rolland De Ravel was chosen as Big 12 Newcomer of the Year to round out TCU's Big 12 yearly awards haul.
TCU received a league-leading nine postseason All-Big 12 accolades. Four members of its singles lineup – Bonding, Rolland De Ravel, Woestendick and Duncan Chan – earned All-Big 12 First Team Singles honors.
Chan and Rolland De Ravel became the third TCU doubles pair in the last four seasons to earn the ITA No. 1 ranking on March 31.
TCU has now rostered the nation's top-ranked doubles pair in four of the last five seasons. Pedro Vives and Lui Maxted, the 2024-25 NCAA doubles champions, received the recognition at season's end. Fellow All-Americans Luc Fomba and Jake Fearnley held the distinction for multiple weeks in 2021-22 and 2022-23.
Chan and Rolland De Ravel are 18-2 overall, 14-2 in duals and 4-1 vs. ranked pairs.
Chan is one of only two players in the country featured in the top 10 of the ITA rankings in both singles and doubles. The other is Virginia's Dylan Dietrich.
Chan has won 16 ranked singles matches, most recently downing No. 4 Jay Friend of Arizona in TCU's 4-0 shutout of the Wildcats to win the Big 12 Tournament
Chan's season doubles record is 23-4. He leads TCU in combined wins (44).
Rolland De Ravel was cited as Big 12 Player of the Week for March 9-15.
Rolland De Ravel has won four straight matches vs. top-50 players.
Bonding countered a four-match losing streak in singles with a run of four straight wins on the road vs. No. 2 Texas, No. 12 Georgia, No. 22 Florida and No. 25 Arizona State from March 7-20.
Bonding is 10-2 in singles play on the outdoor courts.
Bonding went 8-1 vs. Big 12 opponents in singles play.
Bonding was recognized as Most Outstanding Player at the Big 12 Tournament after posting a 4-0 record. He clinched the doubles point and was the first player off the court in singles in TCU's shutout victories over No. 9 Arizona and No. 11 Baylor.
Bonding leads TCU with 10 wins at No. 1 doubles.
Roger Pascual leads TCU in dual singles victories (13).
Pascual earned the match-clincher in TCU's pair of Big 12 Tournament triumphs.
Cooper Woestendick and Albert Pedrico are 9-2 as doubles partners since debuting as a pair on March 7 at Texas.
Woestendick is enjoying a five-match singles winning streak and is 12-3 on the year.
Woestendick, the 2025 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, holds a 6-0 season record at No. 2 singles and is 9-0 at the position for his career.
Woestendick is unbeaten at 8-0 in Big 12 singles play across is two years in Fort Worth. He sports a 16-3 combined career conference record.
Pedrico has won five of his last six completed singles matches.
Pedrico is 11-1 in Big 12 singles play for his career.
Filip Apltauer is 13-4 at No. 3 doubles over the last two seasons for TCU.
Maximus Dussault has been a rock at the bottom of the lineup for TCU throughout the spring. The freshman holds respective records of 5-1 at No. 6 singles and 9-5 at No. 3 doubles. He has notched 27 victories on the year.