FORT WORTH – For the eighth consecutive season, college tennis' marquee indoor event is coming to TCU.
 
The third-ranked Horned Frogs (3-0) are set to host ITA Kickoff Weekend from Saturday-Sunday at the indoor Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. 
 
TCU is one of 15 host sites and one of 60 men's programs competing in the nationwide tournament. Regional winners advance to the ITA National Indoor Championships, held from Feb. 17-20 in Chicago. 
 
The TCU Regional includes Utah, Texas Tech and Gonzaga. Utah is the No. 2 seed in two-day affair, followed by the Red Raiders at No. 3 and fourth-seeded Bulldogs.
 
The Horned Frogs face Gonzaga at 2 p.m. on Saturday following a dual match between the Utes and Red Raiders at 11 a.m. The losing teams from Saturday's slate square off at 11 a.m. on Sunday before the winners play at 2 p.m. for the chance to punch their ticket to the Windy City.
 
TCU is the defending ITA Indoor National Champion. The Horned Frogs downed Portland and Tulsa at the 2022 edition of ITA Kickoff Weekend on their way to capturing the program's first-ever national title.
 
The Horned Frogs have earned four consecutive berths to the ITA Indoor National Championships and 19 all-time.
 
All four matches are open to the public. Free pizza will be available while supplies last at both TCU matches, courtesy of Buffalo Bros.
 
Follow Along
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Series History: Utah
All-Time: TCU leads 7-2
Home Record: 5-0
Away Record: 2-1
First Meeting: 7-0 TCU, March 9, 1996, in Fort Worth
Last Meeting: 4-0 TCU, May 7, 2022, in Fort Worth
Current Winning Streak: TCU W3
 
Series History: Texas Tech
All-Time: TCU leads 41-6
Home Record: 23-2
Away Record: 13-4
First Meeting: 6-1 Texas Tech, Apr. 9, 1974, in Lubbock
Last Meeting: 6-1TCU, Apr. 1, 2022, in Fort Worth
Current Winning Streak: TCU W8
 
Inside the TCU Regional

• TCU is hosting ITA Kickoff Weekend for the eighth consecutive year. The Horned Frogs have posted a 12-2 record in the tournament since 2015.
• The Horned Frogs are 17-5 all time and 14-2 at home in ITA Kickoff Weekend duals under head coach David Roditi.
• TCU enters the tournament having won a program record 15 consecutive indoor matches.
• Since Roditi took the program reins in 2010, the Horned Frogs have posted a 39-13 overall record inside the Bayard H. Freidman Tennis Center. TCU is 22-4 in home indoor matches since 2018.
• Friday's dual between the Horned Frogs and Bulldogs will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
• Utah is making its second flight to Fort Worth in eight months. The two programs met in the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament on May 7. TCU won the match 4-0.
• Sander Jong and Lui Maxted notched a semifinal doubles victory at the ITA National Fall Championships on Nov. 5 to become the first doubles pair since Roditi and Paul Robinson in 1993 to play for a fall national title. Their opponent? Utah's Berk Bugarikj and Patrik Trhac, whom they defeated 6-4, 7-6.
• TCU is 41-6 all-time and 12-3 under Roditi vs. Texas Tech.

Frog Focus

• The Horned Frogs are off to their third 3-0 start to a season in the last four years.
• Through three matches, TCU has won 36-of-39 sets, owns a 14-2 singles record and is undefeated in doubles.
• The Horned Frogs are 11-0 on courts 1-4 in singles play thus far.
• TCU has not trailed in nine straight indoor matches.
• Five Horned Frogs boast undefeated overall records in 2023; Luc Fomba (6-0), Sebastian Gorzny (4-0), Sander Jong (4-0), Lui Maxted (4-0) and Jake Fearnley (3-0). Fomba, Jong, Maxted and Fearnley have yet to surrender a set.
• Jong and Maxted were elevated to TCU's No. 1 doubles position following their national championship march in the fall. They are 10-3 this season and 30-9 since 2022 when paired together.
• Jong posted a 23-6 singles record in 2022, becoming the first player since All-American Alex Rybakov in 2017 to notch 20-or-more singles victories in a season.
• Nearly three years have passed since TCU dropped out of the top-10 of the ITA team rankings. In fact, the Horned Frogs are enjoying the longest consecutive streak of weeks ranked in the top-10 of any Division I program. TCU has boasted a top-10 ITA team ranking for 154 consecutive weeks, dating back to March 10, 2020.
• TCU is the only program in the country that has finished in the top-10 of the final ITA team rankings for eight consecutive seasons.
• The Horned Frogs have made five Elite 8 appearances over the last seven NCAA Tournaments - the most of any D1 program.

Last Time Out
TCU notched its eighth consecutive road victory – a streak that dates to April 2021 – via a 6-1 thrashing of Tulsa on Sunday. The Horned Frogs clinched their third straight doubles point and swept the top-four singles flights. TCU won 12-of-14 completed sets. The win pushed TCU's all-time mark against the Golden Hurricane to 9-4. 
 
Up Next
A stiff weeklong road swing awaits the Horned Frogs following ITA Kickoff Weekend. TCU next faces three teams featured in the top-20 of the ITA Team Rankings from Feb. 2-8. The Horned Frogs first trek to Rocky Top to match up with No. 11 Tennessee on Feb. 2. TCU will then make the bus ride east to North Carolina to face the 17^th-ranked Tar Heels on Feb. 5 in Chapel Hill. The gauntlet concludes with the first-of-two meetings between TCU and No. 12 Baylor on Feb. 8 in Waco. The dual between the Horned Frogs and Bears will count as a nonconference affair.
 
Across the ITA Rankings
 
ITA Team Rankings (Jan. 25)
No. 3 - TCU
 
ITA Singles Rankings (Nov. 16)
No. 8 - Jake Fearnley
No. 28 - Luc Fomba
No. 76 - Pedro Vives
 
ITA Doubles Rankings (Nov. 16)
No. 4 - Sander Jong / Lui Maxted
 
Preseason ITA Singles Rankings (Sept. 6)
No. 5 - Luc Fomba
No. 58 - Sander Jong
No. 65 - Jake Fearnley
No. 66 - Lui Maxted
No. 87 - Pedro Vives
 
Preseason ITA Singles Rankings (Sept. 6)
No. 1 - Luc Fomba / Jake Fearnley
No. 3 - Sander Jong / Lui Maxted
 
ITA Newcomer Rankings (Sept. 6)
No. 5 - Sebastian Gorzny
 
254 and counting...
 
As of Friday, Jan. 27, four years, 10 months and two weeks have passed since TCU last dipped outside the top-25 of the ITA team rankings. The Horned Frogs have boasted 254 consecutive top-25 appearances, a streak matched by few other Division I programs.
            
The streak began on March 21, 2018, when TCU skyrocketed from No. 32 to No. 11 following three straight wins over No. 17 Duke (March 13), No. 12 Florida (March 14) and No. 9 Columbia (March 18)
            
The trio of top-20 wins ignited a 12-match winning streak to close the regular season. The Horned Frogs concluded the 2016-17 season with a 20-5 overall record and No. 9 final ITA team ranking.
            
Since then, TCU has spent just one week outside the top-20 of the ITA team rankings and posted an 81-24 combined record in that span.
            
TCU's program-best streak of top-25 appearances will reach five years should the Horned Frogs hold steady in the rankings through March 21.
 
Protect the Purple
 
The Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center is arguably the toughest venue in the nation for opposing teams to compete at. TCU has amassed a 97-11 (.898) record on the purple courts since 2015. Of the 97 victories, 61 have come at the expense of ranked opponents. Under head coach David Roditi, the Horned Frogs have posted a remarkable 137-35 (.796) home record.
 
On the Road Again
 
Nearly two years have passed since TCU dropped an away dual.
            
The Horned Frogs' 6-1 victory at Tulsa on Jan. 22 extended the program's road winning streak to eight, dating back to the 2020-21 season.
            
TCU notched a perfect 7-0 record in away matches in 2022.
            
The Horned Frogs' last road defeat came in the Big 12 Tournament Championship at Baylor on Apr. 25, 2021.