Pac-12 Tennis Players of the Week – Jan. 31, 2023

MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Peter Makk, So., USC (Budapest, Hungary)

• Ranked No. 38 in the country, Makk earned three wins to help the No. 7 Trojans down Vanderbilt and UCLA and earn a ticket to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship. 
• Against Vanderbilt, Makk collected a singles and doubles win on court two. With teammate Lodewijk Weststrate, the pair secured the first point of the match going 6-3 and Makk moved on to clinch the match with his singles win (7-6(3), 6-2).
• Against No. 25 UCLA, Makk defeated No. 89 Giacomo Revelli 6-2, 6-2, helping the Trojans to their 16th straight ITA National Team Indoors ticket.
• First Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Player of the Week honor.

ALSO NOMINATED: Neel Rajesh, STAN; Dzianis Zharyn, WASH

WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Alexandra Yepifanova, So., Stanford (Hollywood, Fla.)

• Yepifanova helped No. 18 Stanford to two 4-0 sweeps against Kansas State and No. 9 Florida State. 
• Earned a singles win against KSU’s Vanesa Suarez (6-2, 6-1), resulting in the first of four Cardinal points.
• Took on Florida State’s #52 Anna Arkadianou, winning in the No. 1 spot and clinching the match winner. 
• First Pac-12 Women’s Tennis Player of the Week honor.

ALSO NOMINATED: Jennifer Kerr, WASH; Maxine Murphy, WSU.

2023 PAC-12 MEN’S & WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK