State Signs Spanish Star Hernandez Cortes
November 27, 2024 | Men's Tennis
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State head coach Matt Roberts bolstered his men's tennis roster in a big way with the addition of Bryan Hernandez Cortes.
The native of Mallorca, Spain recently signed a national letter of intent to play for the Bulldogs and will join the team for the spring semester to start dual match play.
"We are pumped to have Bryan joining the team in January and add an incredibly talented piece to our motivated group for this year," said associated head coach Jake Jacoby. "Bryan brings with him exceptional success on the global scale as a junior with a top 40 ITF World Junior ranking and he has a very high ceiling with his game. We look forward to Bryan contributing right away in a big way and learning a lot with our special program and culture here. Plus, Mario Martinez Serrano now has a fellow Spaniard on the team!"
Since 2022, Hernandez Cortes has won seven ITF Juniors singles championships as well as a pair of doubles titles. The 18-year-old has a career-high World ITF Juniors ranking of 38 as well as a personal best ATP ranking of 1556. He also has a 13 UTR rating this year and reached the singles quarterfinals of the ITF Gijon 15K in his home country back in August where he earned a victory over a top 400 opponent.
Hernandez Cortes joins a talented MSU roster that features three ranked singles competitors and a pair of ranked doubles teams, including top-ranked and two-time All-Americans Petar Jovanovic and Benito Sanchez Martinez. The Bulldogs have reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in five of the last six seasons and sent the second-most entries in the country to the NCAA Individual Championships earlier this month.
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