Rice University Men's Tennis

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Szumanski played collegiately at Texas Tech. Playing primarily at both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles, Szumanski is the Red Raiders' career wins leader in singles (90) and doubles (61), while qualifying for the NCAA Singles Championships three times (2005, 07-08) and the NCAA doubles twice (2007-08). The Red Raiders reached the tournament as a team in 2005, 2007 and 2008, advancing past the first round in both 2005 (round of 16) and 2008 (second round). Szumanski earned multiple honors during his collegiate career as a three-time All-Big 12 singles honoree and two-time All-Big 12 doubles honoree. He was also an ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America At-Large Third Team selection in both 2005 and 2008, while making the Academic All-District VI First Team three times. Szumanski was nationally ranked in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association throughout his career, reaching a high of No. 2 in doubles and No. 12 in singles. A three-time Academic All-Big 12 selection, Szumanski graduated from Texas Tech summa cum laude with a 3.93 grade point average and bachelor of science degree in personal financial planning in 2008. Szumanski played professional tennis on both the ATP and ITF circuits after completing his college career. In 2009, he reached career highs of No. 574 in doubles and No. 905 in singles on the ATP Tour. He won the ITF Futures Poland F7 in doubles in 2008 and was a runner-up at ITF Futures in Romania (August 2008) and Mansfield, Texas (Oct. 2008). He won the Polish National Indoor Championship in doubles in 2010 and Polish National Team Championship from 2009-12, while also playing No. 1 for TCM Markwasen in Germany from 2009-11. While playing on the ATP, Szumanski was been a hitting partner for top ATP and WTA players including Max Mirnyi, Ivo Karlovic, Xavier Malisse, Jelena Jankovic and Nicole Vaidisova. 10/09/2016 - After grinding out a rugged semifinal win early in the day, Tommy Bennett and David Warren downed the top-ranked doubles team in the country in... 10/08/2016 - Tommy Bennett and David Warren wasted little time in advancing to the semifinals of the main draw consolation round at the 2016 Saint Francis... 10/07/2016 - Tommy Bennett and David Warren advance to the quarterfinals of the main draw consolation round at the 2016 Saint Francis Health System ITA Men's... 10/06/2016 - Tommy Bennett and David Warren dropped their opening match in the main draw doubles competition at the 2016 Saint Francis Health System ITA Men's... 10/04/2016 - Tommy Bennett and David Warren, currently ranked eighth nationally in doubles, will turn their attention that event after dropping their second... 10/03/2016 - Tommy Bennett and David Warren each picked up impressive singles wins to highlight play in the qualifying round of the 2016 Saint Francis Health... 10/02/2016 - Freshman Gerardo closed out a successful weekend at the Rice Invitational by winning his final match on Sunday to close out a 10-7 weekend for the ... 09/30/2016 - Freshman Gerardo Penchyna picked up a pair of singles wins to highlight action for Rice in the first day of the Rice Mens Tennis Fall...

Bojan Szumanski heads into his 13th year with the program and his third as the Owls' associate head men's tennis coach. During his 13 years on South Main, Sz...