No. 25 Men's Tennis Travels to Meet Oregon, Washington
MATCH INFORMATION Date/Time: Friday, April 5/1:30 PM PT Sunday, April 7/1:00 PM PTLive Stream: GoDucks / GoHuskiesLive Stats: GoDucks / GoHuskies No. 25 UCLA's men's tennis team is set to face Oregon, Washington in a match on Friday, April 5/1:30 PM PT, and Sunday, April 7/7. PT. The team will also stop at the Oregon Student Tennis Center before heading to Seattle and a 1 p.m. match with Washington. This follows a 4-1 non-conference win against USC on March 29. UCLA holds an all-time record of 32-0 against Oregon, winning 4-0 on April 14, 2023. The Bruins will aim to improve upon their 40-4 all-term record against Washington.
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MATCH INFORMATION
Date/Time: Friday, April 5/1:30 PM PT
Sunday, April 7/1:00 PM PT
Live Stream: GoDucks.com / GoHuskies.com
Live Stats: GoDucks.com / GoHuskies.com
Series vs. Oregon: UCLA leads 32-0
Last Meeting vs. ORE: UCLA won 4-0 on April 15, 2023
Series vs. Washington: UCLA leads 40-4
Last Meeting vs. WASH: UCLA won 4-0 on April 14, 2023
THIS WEEK
No. 25 UCLA returns to Pac-12 play with a trip to the Pacific Northwest. The Bruins (8-6, 0-2 Pac-12), start their journey with a stop at the Oregon Student Tennis Center Friday to meet the Ducks (12-9, 1-2) at 1:30 p.m. PT. UCLA then heads for Seattle and a 1 p.m. matchup with Washington (7-10, 1-2) Sunday at Bill Quillian Tennis Stadium. The Bruins are coming off a 4-1 non-conference win against crosstown rival USC on the road March 29.
FOLLOW LIVE
Up-to-the-minute results and live video for all Oregon home matches can be found at GoDucks.com. Point-by-point scoring and streaming will be available from Bill Quillian Tennis Stadium through GoHuskies.com.
LAST TIME OUT
Alexander Hoogmartens and the Bruins beat crosstown rival USC 4-1 in a non-conference match March 29 at David X. Marks Tennis Stadium. Hoogmartens clinched the overall victory and was also on court for the deciding doubles win. The final point came by way of an ace, completing Hoogmartens' comeback from a lost first set. Also triumphant in singles play for the Bruins were Spencer Johnson and Jorge Plans Gonzalez. Johnson, like Hoogmartens, had a two-win day after also helping his team to the doubles point. Lodewijk Weststrate prevailed for the Trojans' lone point.
UCLA VS. OREGON, WASHINGTON
UCLA holds an all-time record of 32-0 against Oregon. Two-win days by Giacomo Revelli and Timothy Li highlighted the Bruins' 4-0 victory last season (April 15, 2023). Patrick Zahraj clinched the result. UCLA pairs twice prevailed by a 7-5 score in doubles play, which went the distance. The Ducks notched one doubles win, but could not record a point. The Bruins will try to improve upon a 40-4 all-time mark against Washington. Li clinched a 4-0 victory April 14, 2023, the most recent meeting. Revelli and Gianluca Ballotta also prevailed in singles play for UCLA, which narrowly took the doubles point, as well. Cesar Bouchelaghem and Dzianis Zharyn were victorious in doubles play for the Huskies.
IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA was elevated to No. 25 in the April 2 ITA team rankings after beating crosstown rival USC. Individually, Govind Nanda held on to a spot in the singles top 30 for the fourth consecutive installment, coming in at a season-high No. 22. Nanda, who is 8-6 in singles action, has knocked off No. 3 Murphy Cassone of Arizona State 6-4, 6-2 March 22, No. 18 Tyler Zink of Oklahoma State 7-5, 6-1 Jan. 30 and No. 28 Edward Winter of Pepperdine 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 Feb. 18. Nanda is 6-5 in dual-match singles play, with each of the decisions made on Court 1. Spencer Johnson, meanwhile, made his debut on the list at No. 120. The freshman is 19-6 (10-3 dual matches) in singles action. He has won his past four contests with nationally-ranked foes, a streak that includes triumphs over No. 53 Sebastian Gorzny of TCU (March 13) and No. 80 Gustaf Strom of Arizona (March 24). Johnson outlasted No. 104 Daniel Milavsky of Harvard 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 to be last man standing in a 4-3 team win March 17.
NANDA NAMED PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR JAN. 29-FEB. 4
Redshirt senior Govind Nanda was named Pac-12 Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4 after he had a hand in the Bruins' initial two points of their thrilling 4-3 victory at Oklahoma State (Jan. 30). Nanda and Alexander Hoogmartens dealt Leighton Allen and Erik Schiessl a 6-2 defeat on the third doubles court to put UCLA on the scoreboard first. Nanda then knocked off the nation's 18th-ranked singles player, Tyler Zink, 7-5, 6-1 on the top court to give his team a 2-1 lead. The Cowboys' loss was their first at Greenwood Tennis Center in four early-season matches. The third weekly honor of Nanda's career also marked his first since March 31, 2021. UCLA men's tennis has garnered 49 of the awards overall.
FALL RECAP
Bruins were in action at five tournaments before the new year. They wrapped up 2023 with a championship performance at Jack Kramer Club in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif, where freshmen and first-time partners Spencer Johnson and Emon van Loben Sels rolled to the Dennis Rizza Classic doubles title. Johnson and van Loben Sels beat the tournament's top three seeds – including No. 2-seed Kai Brady/Lucca Liu of UC Santa Barbara in the final – en route to the trophy. Johnson and van Loben Sels also turned in standout singles performances, with both reaching the semifinals. Johnson led UCLA with a 7-3 singles record and 6-3 doubles mark during the fall. Just behind him in both categories was van Loben Sels, who was 5-3 in singles matches and 4-1 in doubles play. Aadarsh Tripathi logged three singles wins, advancing to the quarterfinal round of the ITA Southwest Regional Championships.
WHO'S BACK?
UCLA returns 88% of its singles wins and 68% of its doubles victories from 2022-23, with Patrick Zahraj the lone departure. Gianluca Ballotta (10), Alexander Hoogmartens (12), Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team member Giacomo Revelli (15), Aadarsh Tripathi (13) and Azuma Visaya (14) each logged double-digit singles wins in 2022-23. Back on the doubles side are double-digit winners Jeffrey Fradkin (13), Timothy Li (13), Revelli (10) and Tripathi (13). Also making a return to the Bruins is Govind Nanda, who was 41-15 in singles play and 29-21 in doubles from 2018-2021. He is a two-time All-Conference Second Team honoree who has reached No. 10 in the ITA singles rankings and No. 13 on the doubles list.
WHO'S NEW?
Seeing action in blue and gold for the first time this season are a trio of Bruins: freshman Spencer Johnson (Ladera Ranch, Calif./Connections Academy), senior Jorge Plans Gonzalez (Barcelona, Spain/Clemson) and redshirt freshman Emon van Loben Sels (Sacramento, Calif./Visions in Education). Johnson, part of the Class of 2021, served a two-year Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mission in Argentina before enrolling in time for the current academic year. He was tabbed a Blue Chip recruit by TennisRecruiting.net and slotted at No. 1 in the state of Utah and Mountain region. Plans Gonzalez went 50-28 in singles matches across three seasons at Clemson. He also logged 29 doubles victories. Plans Gonzalez, who earned a wild card into qualifying for the 2019 Mutua Madrid Open in his home country of Spain, occupied every spot in the singles and doubles lineups for the Tigers. Also a Blue Chip talent, van Loben Sels helped claim the Boys' 16 doubles title at the 2021 Easter Bowl in San Diego. He redshirted in 2022-23.
BRUINS ON TOUR
Former UCLA standouts continue to be household names in the professional ranks, with Maxime Cressy, Marcos Giron, Mackenzie McDonald and Jean-Julien Rojer turning in notable results across the Grand Slams and on the ATP Tour. Cressy picked up his first ATP Tour championship and saw his singles ranking reach a career-best No. 31 when he beat Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan at the 2022 Hall of Fame Open in Newport, R.I. An ATP doubles title followed for Cressy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he teamed with Fabrice Martin to take the 2023 Dubai Open's top prize. Giron reached the Roland-Garros singles third round for the second time in 2023. He also earned top-10 wins against Holger Rune of Denmark and Casper Ruud of Norway in subsequent 2023 tournaments. Giron is off to a hot start in 2024, reaching the Dallas Open singles final and a career-high singles ranking of 44 (Feb. 19). His run included straight-set victories opposite No. 14 Frances Tiafoe of the United States and No. 17 Adrian Mannarino of France. McDonald, who opened 2023 by beating top seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal in three sets at the Australian Open, represented the United States at the Davis Cup Finals in Uzbekistan and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 37 the same year. Rojer collected his fourth Grand Slam title at Roland-Garros in 2022, teaming with Marcelo Arevalo to defeat Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek in the final. Rojer and Arevalo won three ATP championships in 2023. Cressy (No. 191), Giron (51) and McDonald (76) are currently ranked among the ATP's top 200 singles players. Rojer is 17th on the doubles list.
MORE MARTIN MILESTONES
Head coach Billy Martin is in his 31st year at the helm of the UCLA men's tennis program and this season marks his 41st since joining the staff of friend, mentor and fellow UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer Glenn Bassett. Martin, who passed Bassett to became the program's all-time leader in head-coaching wins during the 2019 season, is the longest-tenured active coach at UCLA. He holds a career record of 650-164 (.799) as head coach. Martin guided the 2005 Bruins to the program's 16th NCAA team title and just six of his squads have finished outside the top five at the season-ending NCAA Championships. Benjamin Kohlloeffel (2006), Marcos Giron (2014) and Mackenzie McDonald (2016) have earned NCAA singles titles on Martin's watch, while UCLA has become a frequent landing spot for doubles champions of late. In addition to 1996 winners Justin Gimelstob and Srdjan Muskatirovic, three of the most recent six titleholders – McDonald/Martin Redlicki in 2016, Redlicki/Evan Zhu in 2018 and Maxime Cressy/Keegan Smith in 2019 – have called Westwood home.
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