Leighton Allen

Height:
5-11
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Austin, Texas
High School:
Laurel Springs School

Junior (2022-23)

Maintained a 7-3 record in singles action … opened the season 4-0 … went undefeated with a 5-0 mark on court five … posted four doubles wins with teammate Carl Roothman … In doubles play, went 3-1 on court three and 1-1 on court four.

Sophomore (2021-22)

In his first season as a Cowboy, went 12-9 in singles during his 2021-22 campaign … started the season with four consecutive victories … also assembled a seven-match win streak from Feb. 12 through March 11 … lost only one match in his first 14 matches.

Freshman (2020-21)
Was 4-0 during the spring in singles play with a 5-11 overall record in singles and a 4-4 mark in doubles action … earned his first collegiate dual match win with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Borja Delgado of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at the No. 6 position … was the Flight 3 Singles Champion at the Alabama Spring Shootout, including a 3-0 record, all in straight sets after taking down Sam Fischer (6-1, 6-3), Avi Shugar (6-2, 6-4) and Rudi Christiansen (6-2, 6-4), along with a 6-3 doubles win with Eshan Talluri

Fall 2020
Posted a 3-3 doubles record in fall play… Reached the finals of his doubles draw at the ITA Texas Regionals with Nevin Arimilli with a pair of 8-4 wins over Louisiana and Texas Tech before falling to teammates Micah Braswell and Jacob Bullard … paired with Eshan Talluri for an 8-7 (5) win over Finn Bass and Sebastian Nothhaft of Baylor at the TCU Invite … Defeated Welsh Hotard of Oklahoma, 6-4, 6-2, at the Lakes Tennis Invite.

Before OSU: As a freshman at Texas in 2021, went 4-0 in spring singles matches … was 5-11 overall in singles and 4-4 in doubles … was the Flight 3 Singles Champion at the Alabama Spring Shootout … posted a 3-0 record in the event with each victory coming in straight sets … posted a 3-3 doubles record in fall play … reached finals of his doubles draw at the ITA Texas Regionals … was listed as a Blue Chip recruit for five years and was ranked in the top 10 of his class since 2014 … won the Gold Ball in singles at the 2019 USTA 18s National Clay Court Championships in Delray Beach, Fla., which qualified him for the U.S. Open Junior Championships … won a Bronze Ball in doubles at the USTA National Winter Championships in 2018 and 2019 … was a singles and doubles finalist at the 2019 Irvine Grade 4 ITF … in 2018, he won the doubles title and was a singles finalist at the Evert American Grade 4 ITF in Boca Raton, Fla. … has won four doubles ITF titles … was a finalist in 2015 and 2017 at the USTA Easter Bowl.

High School
Listed as a Blue-Chip recruit for five years and was ranked in the top 10 of his class since 2014 … won the Gold Ball in singles at the 2019 USTA 18s National Clay Court Championships in Delray Beach, Fla., which qualified him for the U.S. Open Junior Championships … in both 2018 and 2019, won a Bronze Ball in doubles at the USTA National Winter Championships … in March 2019, was a singles and doubles finalist at the Irvine Grade 4 ITF … in 2018, he won the doubles title and was a singles finalist at the Evert American Grade 4 ITF in Boca Raton … won four doubles ITF titles, including in Austin in both 2017 and 2018 … at the Eddie Herr International, was the 14s champion in 2016 and a 16s finalist in 2017 … at the USTA Easter Bowl, he was a finalist in both 2015 and 2017 … has been ranked in the top eight nationally in boys 12s, 14s, 16s and 18s and has been ranked No. 1 in Texas in every age group since 2013

Personal
His mother, Louise, played tennis at Trinity University in San Antonio where she was a four-time All-American (1981-84) and won the 1983 NCAA Doubles Championship … that year, she received the Broderick Award as the top collegiate women's tennis player … she reached as high as No. 65 in the WTA rankings and played in all four Grand Slam tournaments, advancing to the third rounds of Wimbledon in singles and the U.S. Open in doubles in 1983.