HOUSTON – The Wichita State men’s tennis team is sending their standout duo of Alejandro Jacome and Kristof Minarik to Rice’s George R. Brown Tennis Center to compete in the 2024 AAC Individual Championships October 24-27.
Tennis players from all 11 American Athletic Conference men’s tennis teams will travel to Houston to compete in the championship. Each team is sending two players to compete in singles, as well as one doubles pairing. Jacome and Minarik will compete individually in singles and as a tandem in doubles.
The teams will be seeded by the AAC based on national rankings. Scoring for the matches will be in the traditional spring dual-match format.
Minarik is seeded ninth in singles and will have a first-round bye. The Shocker duo has earned a bye as the No. 4 seed in doubles.
An official consolation bracket will also be played, giving each player at least two matches in Houston.
The singles and doubles champion of each bracket will represent the American Athletic Conference at the 2024 ITA Conference Masters Championship November 7-10 in Rome, Georgia.
The scheduled bracket with matches for the Shockers this week is listed out below.
| Men’s Singles | Bracket |
| Thursday, October 24 | First Round |
| Alejandro Jacome (Wichita State) vs. Martim Marujo (Temple) | 11 a.m. |
| Thursday, October 24 | Round of 16 |
| No. 9 Kristof Minarik (WSU) vs. John Bernard (Florida Atlantic) | 3:30 p.m. |
| Friday, October 25 | Quarterfinals |
| Four matches to be played at 1:30 p.m. |
| Saturday, October 26 | Semifinals |
| Two matches to be played at 11 a.m. |
| Sunday, October 27 | Final |
| Championship match | Time TBD |
| Men’s Doubles | Bracket |
| Thursday, October 24 | First Round |
| Friday, October 25 | Quarterfinals |
| Four matches to be played at 10 a.m. |
| No. 4 Kristof Minarik/Alejandro Jacome (WSU) vs. Pablo Alemany/Harry Rock (Memphis) 10:00 a.m. |
| Saturday, October 26 | Semifinals |
| Two matches to be played at 9 a.m. |
| Sunday, October 27 | Final |
| Championship match | Time TBD |
| all times Central |
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