SAN FRANCISCO – Alexander Hoogmartens of the UCLA men’s tennis team was named Pac-12 Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 16-22, the conference announced Tuesday.
Hoogmartens defended his spot on the top singles court emphatically as the Bruins opened the dual-match portion of their season with home wins against Hawai’i and No. 19 Pepperdine. The sophomore defeated No. 41 Andre Ilagan of the Rainbow Warriors (6-4, 6-1) and No. 31 Daniel De Jonge of the Waves (6-1, 6-3), increasing his 2022-23 win total versus players ranked in the ITA’s top 50 to five since the fall.
Hoogmartens contributed to each of UCLA’s first two points scored in its 4-3 victory against Pepperdine, also teaming with Timothy Li to outlast Maxi Homberg and Eero Vasa in a tiebreaker, 10-8. The Court 2 decision came after the other two doubles results were split.
The Pac-12 Player of the Week award represents the second of Hoogmartens’ career and 48th in UCLA men’s tennis program history.
ALSO NOMINATED: Philip Hjorth, CAL; Joshua Charlton, ORE; Max Basing, STAN; Karl Lee, USC; Geronimo Espin Buslemain, UTAH; Han-Chin Lin, WASH.
2023 PAC-12 MEN’S TENNIS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
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