STANFORD, Calif. – Adding to its wealth of talent with two blue chip recruits, Stanford men’s tennis has unveiled its class of 2022. Samir Banerjee and Nishesh Basavareddy join a Cardinal program that is routinely ranked among the top programs in the country.
Banerjee and Basavareddy make up the top-rated recruiting class in the country, per Tennis Recruiting, and give Stanford its second No. 1 rated class in the last three years and third top-five class in the last five years.
Samir Banerjee | 6-2 | Basking Ridge, N.J. | Laurel Springs School
Before Stanford
- Junior Wimbledon Champion in 2021
- Ranked as high as No. 2 in the world (ITF) among junior players in 2021
- Tennis Recruiting blue chip recruit, ranked as high as No. 1 in the country on May 23, 2022
- Part of Tennis Recruiting’s No. 1 ranked recruiting class
Personal
- Parents are Kunal and Usha Banerjee
- Has one sibling, Divya
- Cousin, Rajeev Emani, played tennis at Columbia
Nishesh Basavareddy | 5-11 | Carmel, Ind. | Carmel
Before Stanford
- Tennis Recruiting blue chip recruit, ranked as high as No. 4 in the country on Feb. 28, 2022
- Part of Tennis Recruiting’s No. 1 ranked recruiting class
- Won first professional doubles title in Vero Beach, earned first ATP points in 2022
- Won the J1 Porto Alegre, JA Cricuma and JA Milan tournaments in 2022
- Ranked as high as No. 5 in the world in the ITF Junior U18 Rankings
- Won the U14 Orange Brown and was on the USA U14 team that won the World Junior Team Finals in the Czech Republic
Personal
- Parents are Muralikrishna and Sai Prasanna Basavareddy
- Has one sibling, Nishanth
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