Aug. 26, 2015 SKILLMAN, N.J. â '¬" Baylor men's tennis players Julian Lenz and Max Tchoutakian will be in the field for next month's 2015 Oracle/ITA Masters tournament, which was finalized by Oracle and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association recently.
The inaugural Oracle/ITA Masters marks the first national collegiate championship of the 2015-16 season. The event will be played Sept. 18-20 at the Malibu Racquet Club in Malibu, Calif., with Pepperdine University helping to facilitate the championships and serving as an official event partner.
Sixteen of the top returning Division I men's and women's singles players will compete, along with eight outstanding men's and women's doubles teams. Each participant is guaranteed two matches.
The men's singles draw features six players that ended the 2014-15 season ranked in the top 15, including Lenz who was No. 4 at last season's end.
Heading into his senior season, Lenz is coming off a year in which he went 26-9 overall and was 17-8 against nationally ranked foes.
Tchoutakian received Oracle's wildcard berth into the tournament. He was 18-12 overall and 7-8 against ranked opponents in his first year in Waco.
The BU duo will also pair together to play in the doubles draw.
Lenz ended the year ranked No. 1 in doubles with partner Diego Galeano. Overall, Lenz was 28-4 in doubles. Meanwhile, Tchoutakian was 6-0 in doubles matches last season.
Tournament pairings for all four draws will be announced in the coming weeks.
Men's Singles Competitor List
Axel Alvarez Llamas, Oklahoma
Ryan Shane, Virginia
Julian Lenz, Baylor
Quentin Monaghan, Notre Dame
Andrew Harris, Oklahoma
Nicolas Alvarez, Duke
Dominik Koepfer, Tulane
Romain Bogaerts, Wake Forest
Jared Hiltzik, Illinois
Ronnie Schneider, North Carolina
Cameron Norrie, TCU
Wayne Montgomery, Georgia
Austin Smith, Georgia
Guillermo Nunez, TCU
Max Tchoutakian, Baylor
Felipe Soares, Texas Tech
Men's Doubles Competitor List
Ben Wagland/Austin Smith, Georgia
Luca Corinteli/Ryan Shane, Virginia
Boris Arias/Jordan Daigle, LSU
Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez, Florida State
Eddy Covalschi/Josh Hagar, Notre Dame
Julian Lenz/Max Tchoutakian, Baylor
Alex Lawson/Quentin Monaghan, Notre Dame
Guilherme Hadlich/Gabriel Sidney, Pepperdine