Tigers Fall 4-3 to Charlotte in AAC Championship Final

Sunday, April 21

Tulsa, Okla.

12:00 PM

University of Memphis

No. 6 Charlotte

Photo by: Shane Bevel

Tigers Fall 4-3 to Charlotte in AAC Championship Final

Apr 21, 2024 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

TULSA, Okla. – The top-seeded Memphis Tiger men's tennis team was edged 4-3 by sixth-seeded Charlotte in the final of the 2024 American Athletic Conference Championship Sunday afternoon at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

No. 32 Memphis held a 3-0 lead in the match, but 64^th-ranked 49ers came back to tie it 3-3, leaving the title to be decided on the second singles court. Championship Most Outstanding Player Vasco Prata won the clinching point to give Charlotte its first-ever AAC crown.

"Tough day in the end for us," Memphis head coach Chris Doerr said. "We started off well, but Charlotte stuck in there and kept fighting. Hats off to Charlotte head coach Kyle Bailey, his team did an awesome job.

"We were on the other side of winning yesterday and today we weren't so lucky. That's tennis and especially college tennis. I am very proud of this team and proud of what we have achieved and their daily hard work. I know this team will respond at the NCAA's."

The 34^th-ranked pairing of Pablo Alemany and Charlie Barry started the match with a 6-1 win at No. 1 doubles. Conor Gannon and Harry Rock clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 win on court two to give Memphis a 1-0 lead.

Senior Pau Fanlo made it 2-0 with a quick 6-0, 6-1 win in singles on court four. Alemany followed suit from the top court with a 6-1, 6-4 sweep to bring the Tigers within the brink of a championship.

The 49ers woke up, winning the next three matches in straight sets on courts five, three and two before Prata battled to send his match with Gannon to a third set on court two.

Gannon won 6-2 in the first frame and held a 5-4 lead in the second, but Prata came from behind to win 7-5 in set two and 6-3 in the third to clinch the crown.

Memphis will now await its matchup in the NCAA Tournament. The selection show will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 29.

#64 Charlotte 4, #32 Memphis 3

Singles
1. No. 58 Pablo Alemany (MEM) def. Spencer Gray (CLT) 6-1, 6-4
2. Vasco Prata (CLT) def. Conor Gannon (MEM) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
3. Matias Iturbe (CLT) def. Harry Rock (MEM) 7-6(6), 6-4
4. Pau Fanlo (MEM) def. Frederic Schlossman (CLT) 6-0, 6-1
5. Coy Simon (CLT) def. Maxime Dubouch (MEM) 7-6(7), 6-2
6. Ivan Dreycopp (CLT) def. Moritz Kudernatsch (MEM) 6-1, 7-5

Doubles
1. No. 34 Pablo Alemany / Charlie Barry (MEM) def. Matias Iturbe / Vasco Prata (CLT) 6-1
2. Conor Gannon / Harry Rock MEM) def. Spencer Gray / Frederic Schlossman (CLT) 6-2
3. Juan Zabla / Pau Fanlo (MEM) vs. Alex Richards / Coy Simon (CLT) 2-5, unfinished

Order of Completion:
Doubles (1,2)
Singles (4,1,6,5,3,2)

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