MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nishesh Basavareddy, So., Stanford (Carmel, Ind.)
- Earned a singles win and a pair of doubles victories as Stanford picked up team wins over then-No. 17 Arizona State (March 29) and then-No. 7 Arizona (March 30).
- Court one singles match against Arizona State was unfinished, but added a 6-2 doubles win to contribute to the 4-0 sweep of the Sun Devils.
- Outlasted No. 14 Colton Smith of Arizona in three sets, 7-6(10), 2-6, 6-3.
- Also contributed a 6-1 doubles win on court one in the 4-3 team win over the Wildcats.
- Earns his conference-leading third Player of the Week honor this season.
- He becomes the first Pac-12 men’s student-athlete to earn a trio of weekly honors in a season since Washington’s Clement Chidekh in 2022 and first Stanford man to do so since Bradley Klahn in 2009.
ALSO NOMINATED: Casper Christensen, ARIZ; Alexander Hoogmartens, UCLA; Dzianis Zharyn, WASH
WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kimmi Hance, Jr., UCLA (Torrance, Calif.)
- Helped lead the Bruins to team wins over San Francisco (March 26) and then-No. 5 Stanford (March 31) on UCLA’s trip to the Bay Area.
- Earned a singles win over No. 38 Hannah Miller of California (March 30) on court two, taking the victory, 7-6(4), 6-3 in straight sets.
- Outlasted Stanford’s No. 13 Connie Ma, 6-4, 6-7(3), 7-6(5), to clinch the Bruins’ dual match victory over the No. 5 Cardinal after four and a half hours of dual match time.
- Also teamed with Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer to secure a doubles win on court two against No. 67 Angelica Blake/Alexis Blokhina of Stanford.
- It’s UCLA’s league-leading fifth Player of the Week award this season, with teammate Tian Fangran earning four weekly honors to her credit.
- The Bruins’ five weekly honors this season are the most since by a Pac-12 program the UCLA women also secured five weekly awards during the 2021 season.
ALSO NOMINATED: Alexandra Yepifanova, STAN; Emma Charney, USC Astrid Olsen, WASH
2024 PAC-12 MEN’S & WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Week | Men’s | Women’s |
Jan. 16 | Joe Friend, Arizona | Giulia Morlet, Arizona State |
Jan. 23 | Quinn Vandecasteele, Oregon | Tian Fangran, UCLA |
Jan. 30 | Colton Smith, Arizona | Emma Charney, USC |
Feb. 6 | Govind Nanda, UCLA | Sophie Luescher, ORE |
Feb. 13 | Nishesh Basavareddy, Stanford | Alexandra Yepifanova, Stanford |
Feb. 20 | Herman Hoeyeraal, Arizona | Grace Piper, USC |
Feb. 27 | Max Basing, Stanford | Angelica Blake, Stanford |
Mar. 5 | Murphy Cassone, Arizone State | Tian Fangran,… |
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