No. 13 Georgia men’s tennis swept No. 19 Auburn 4-0 on Senior Day in the Bulldogs’ final home match of the season at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on Sunday, April 12.

Four seniors were honored prior to the match: Will Jansen, Santiago Giamichelle, Arda Azkara and Derrick Chen.

Georgia set the tone early in doubles play. Noah Johnston and Chen were first off the court, defeating Jake Kennedy and Hamza Nasridinov 6-3.

Two tight contests remained on the first two courts. The No. 17-ranked tandem of Giamichelle and Azkara broke serve to take a 5-4 lead, putting themselves in a position to clinch the doubles point. They held serve in the following game, securing the point and giving Georgia an early 1-0 advantage, beating No. 12 Billy Blaydes and Freddy Blaydes. 

The Bulldogs are 15-2 on the season when winning the doubles point.

Jansen, Azkara and Johnston each earned early breaks in their opening singles sets, helping Georgia get off to a fast start. Five of six Bulldogs claimed their first set.

Gabriele Vulpitta delivered one of the most dominant performances of the afternoon, defeating Manel Lazaro 6-1, 6-0, punctuated by a 40-0 final game.

Chen was next to finish, extending Georgia’s lead to 3-0 with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Alan Bojarski.

With the match on the line, it was fitting that a senior sealed the victory, No. 47 Jansen clinched the match in a second-set tiebreak, defeating his opponent, No. 66 Billy Blaydes, 6-1, 7-6(3) to secure the 4-0 sweep for Georgia.

The Bulldog faithful filled the stands, and loud cheers echoed through the Dan Magill Tennis Complex as Georgia closed out its home slate in dominant fashion. 

Georgia enters the postseason stretch coming off back-to-back wins, including a 4-1 victory over No. 12 South Carolina on Friday.

This marks the ninth win over a ranked opponent this season and puts them at 9-5 in conference play and 17-7 overall.

The Bulldogs travel next to College Station, Texas, for the start of SEC postseason play on April 15.

Although the regular-season home schedule has concluded, Georgia could return to the Dan Magill Tennis Complex for the NCAA Tournament as Athens is the host site this year.