Finn Murgett Season 2020-21

Finn Murgett Season 2020-21

Height5-9
ClassSophomore
HometownHolmfirth, Yorkshire, England

NCAA Doubles Finalist (2021)
NCAA Doubles Semi-finalist (2022)
ITA Doubles All-American (2021, 2022)
SEC Championship All-Tournament Team (2022)
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2021)
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023)
SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2021)


As a Senior
Spring 2023:
Finished season ranked No. 17 in doubles alongside partner Raul Dobai ... Went 18-12 overall in singles and 11-7 in dual matches, playing at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 ... Recorded one ranked victory over Tennessee's Emile Hudd 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-1 ... win over Hudd clinched match win over then-No. 13 Tennessee ... Finished with 20-11 overall doubles record and 13-8 in dual matches ... Recorded nine doubles victories over ranked opponents during the spring (eight in dual matches) ... Earned highest ranked doubles victory of career over No. 4 Will Grant and Axel Nefve of Florida 6-2 during SEC Championship ... Received third consecutive bid to the NCAA Doubles Championships and made it to the round of 16 with partner Raul Dobai

Fall 2022: Finished the fall with a 7-5 record and posted five singles wins at the ITA All-American Championships to make it to the qualifying round ... went 5-2 in doubles and reach semifinal round of the ITA Southern regionals paired with Tyler Stice

As a Junior
Spring 2022: Went 20-6 in doubles this spring paired with Tad Maclean while facing 15 ranked opponents ... 10-2 against SEC opponents ... SEC victories over LSU, Alabama, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, South Carolina, Georgia and Ole Miss in the SEC tournament ... earned a top-eight seed to the NCAA doubles championships, gaining him All-America status for the second consecutive year ... opened NCAA doubles play with a 7-6 (4), 7-5 win over #16 Carnock/Kiger (North Carolina) ... defeated #69 Nathan/Panik (Montana State) 6-1, 6-3 in the Round of 16 ... third-set tiebreaker loss in the NCAA quarterfinals ... ranked as high as No. 6 in doubles ... finished the season ranked No. 8 in doubles ... ranked No. 1 in the ITA Southern Region doubles ... was 20-4 in singles this spring playing in the lower half of the lineup ... 11-3 against SEC opponents ... named to the SEC championships all-tournament team, posting singles wins over South Carolina's James Story (6-2, 6-2) and Kentucky's Francois Musitelli (6-4, 6-2) ... SEC academic honor roll, AD Honor Roll and Chi Alpha Sigma national student-athlete honorary

Fall 2021: Was 1-4 in fall singles play … went 2-1 paired with Tad Maclean in doubles during the fall, with ranked wins over #19 Harwell/Freeman (Vanderbilt) and #23 Bryde/Croyder (Georgia) to make the ITA All-Americans Round of 16 in Tulsa … was 3-2 in doubles paired with Raul Dobai

As a Sophomore
2020-21: NCAA doubles finalist with Tad Maclean ... All-American in doubles ... 4-1 in the NCAA doubles tournament in Orlando ... defeated #25 Fishback/Chrysostom (Virginia Tech) 6-2, 6-4 in round of 32 ... defeated #22 McCormick/Nefve (Notre Dame) 6-4, 1-6, 10-7 in round of 16 ... defeated #10 Cuikerman/Smith (Southern California) 7-6 (2), 3-6, 10-3 in quarterfinals ... defeated #71 DenOuden/Oetzbach (Pepperdine) 6-4, 6-1 in semifinals ... fell to #4 Walton/Harper (Tennessee) in three sets 7-6 (5), 2-6, 13-11 in the NCAA finals ... posted a 5-3 record in singles during the fall season ... singles wins came over Nesterov (Alabama), Chen (Kentucky), Robb-Wilcox (Vanderbilt), Harrison (Arkansas) and Soren Hain (Ole Miss) ... went 5-3 in doubles during the fall, paired with Tad Maclean ... the duo was the doubles champion of the Vanderbilt Invitational, going 2-1 ... 9-7 singles record in the spring at Nos. 4-6 ... SEC singles wins over Klopper (Vanderbilt), Marson (Texas A&M), Cadonau (Ole Miss), Burdet (Arkansas) and Beasley (South Carolina) ... clinched the team wins against Vanderbilt and Arkansas ...  finished the season ranked No. 18 nationally in doubles paired with Tad Maclean ... went 11-10 in the spring at No. 1 doubles and 5-7 in SEC play ... clinched the doubles point six times ... SEC wins over Florida, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Mississippi State and Arkansas ... SEC first-year Academic Honor Roll and ITA Scholar-Athlete

As a Freshman
2019-20: Joined the Auburn men’s tennis program in January, 2020 … 11-6 overall singles record … first career SEC singles win came against Thomas Brown (South Carolina) 5-7, 6-4, 6-0 … defeated Middle Tennessee State’s Christopher Edge 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 at the Blue-Gray Invitational … paired with Tom Wright in doubles (5-6 overall) ... ITA Scholar-Athlete

Before Auburn: Attended Holmfirth High School in Holmfirth, England ... previously coached by Elliot Chang, Richard Crabtree, Matt Evans and Tom Sanders ... was ranked #1 in Yorkshire and top 10 in Great Britain ... U18 British Singles National Champion and runner-up in doubles ... has a British Tour win ... played Junior Wimbledon 

Personal: Birthday is September 17 ... son of Monica Spark ... sister Bronte plays tennis at Missouri ... hobbies include socializing, eating and music ... a business major at Auburn 
 

Murgett's Career Stats
SINGLES           DOUBLES
YearOverallDualSECNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5 No. 6OverallDualSECNo. 1No. 2No. 3
2019-2011-611-61-2--1-03-12-25-3--6-76-70-30-35-31-1
2020-2113-118-84-5------3-24-61-016-1311-105-611-10----
2021-2221-820-49-2----1-03-09-37-124-819-59-219-5----
2022-2318-1211-74-5 — 1-43-37-0 —  — 20-1113-84-412-8 — 1-0
Career63-3750-2518-14--2-46-415-418-128-166-3948-3018-1539-255-32-1
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Freshman
2019-20

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Junior
2021-22

5-9 / -
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Senior
2022-23

5-9 / -
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Fifth Year
2023-24

5-9 / -