Cowboys Set to Host Fourth-Ranked TCU

Thursday, April 9

Stillwater, Okla.

5 p.m.

Oklahoma State University

No. 4 TCU

April 07, 2026 | Cowboy Tennis

Match Notes

Oklahoma State Cowboys
(14-9, 1-5 Big 12) | Head Coach: Dustin Taylor (Fifth Season)
vs.
No. 4 TCU Horned Frogs | 5 p.m. CT
(17-5, 5-1 Big 12) | Head Coach: David Roditi (16th Season)

Match 24 | No. 4 TCU | April 9, 2026
Venue: Greenwood Tennis Center
Direct Stream: https://okla.st/WatchvsTCU
ESPN+ Stream: https://okla.st/ESPNvsTCU
Stats: https://okla.st/StatsvsTCU

Social Media: @CowboyTennis

The Basics
The Oklahoma State men's tennis team is set to take on fourth-ranked TCU (17-5, 5-1) at the Greenwood Tennis Center on Thursday evening at 5 p.m. CT. The match will be streamed on ESPN+ as a part of the Big 12 Crosscourt stream. The Cowboys are an impressive 11-2 at home, only dropping matches to No. 8 Baylor and Arizona State. Oklahoma State already has one top 15 win this season when it took down No. 14 San Diego at the Greenwood Tennis Center last month in a 4-3 battle, sealed with an Ian Bracks third-set winner. The Pokes are 1-5 to begin conference play, taking a thriller at Utah, 4-3, with the help of a Derek Pham clincher.

Gokpinar Magic
Freshman Haydar Gokpinar has shined to start his Cowboy career. Gokpinar is 14-4 and sealed the match against Arkansas with a comeback win over Eric Padgham, 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 6-1. The Turkish native started his career with 10 straight wins, the most by a Cowboy to start his career since Lucas Gerch in 2014. Gokpinar leads OSU with his 14 wins and has only dropped 10 total sets this season, primarily anchoring the lineup on court six.

Oklahoma's Own
Oklahoma native Ian Bracks has made a name for himself to start his sophomore season. Heading into conference play, Bracks has a 12-3 record and has netted a near-perfect 9-1 record from the four and five spots in the lineup. Bracks has been diverse in his work, picking up wins on every court except six and only having his two losses on court three.

In The Rankings
The Oklahoma State men's tennis team ranked 41^st in this week's Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division I rankings. The Pokes sit as the sixth-highest ranked team in the stacked Big 12, behind TCU (4), Arizona (10), Baylor (11), UCF (15) and Arizona State (27). The pairing of Haydar Gokpinar and Nicolas Kobelt came in at No. 82 in the double's rankings via April 7.

Series History
Oklahoma State and TCU will match up for the 27^th time on Thursday evening. The two original members of the Big 12 have played every year since 2013 (excluding the Covid-19 shortened season in 2020). The Horned Frogs hold an 18-8 advantage all-time, with OSU's last win coming in 2019. TCU has taken 15 of the last 16 matchups.

Streaks & Trends
·      OSU is 11-2 at the Greenwood Tennis Center
·      Five separate Cowboys have eclipsed double digit singles wins
·      Haydar Gokpinar is 14-4 in singles this season
·      Haydar Gokpinar leads the team with 14 singles wins
·      Ian Bracks has wins on every court except six
·      Ian Bracks is 6-1 on court four
·      Nicolas Kobelt and Aaron Williams lead the Cowboys with 12 doubles wins as a pairing
·      Nicolas Kobelt has netted a team-high 15 doubles wins with Gokpinar and Williams

An Oklahoma State Win Would…