Hoogmartens Named Pac-12 Player of the Week
SAN FRANCISCO – Alexander Hoogmartens of the UCLA men's tennis team was named Pac-12 Player of the Week for March 21-27, the conference announced Tuesday.
Freshman Hoogmartens was unbeaten in the Bruins' first two matches of Pac-12 play, helping them earn a home split with California and Stanford.
In his first-career appearances on the top singles court, Hoogmartens defeated No. 102 Yuta Kikuchi of the Golden Bears, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, and No. 2 Arthur Fery of the Cardinal, 6-3, 6-1. Hoogmartens also teamed with Bryce Pereira to beat Tomas Kopczynski and Timothy Sah of Stanford by a 6-3 score on the second court, giving UCLA the doubles point.
With his latest victory Tuesday, Hoogmartens has won seven consecutive singles decisions dating back to Feb. 13. He is also 5-1 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents this season.
The Pac-12 Player of the Week award represents the first of Hoogmartens' career and 47th in UCLA men's tennis program history.
ALSO NOMINATED: Jonas Ziverts, ARIZ; Axel Geller, STAN; Stefan Dostanic, USC, Geronimo Espin Busleiman, UTAH; Han-Chih Lin, WASH.
| Week of | Player |
| Jan. 25 | Fabien Salle, Arizona State |
| Feb. 1 | Franco Capalbo, Utah |
| Feb. 8 | Jonas Ziverts, Arizona |
| Feb. 16 | Murphy Cassone, Arizona State |
| Feb. 22 | Peter Makk, USC |
| March 1 | Clement Chidekh, Washington |
| March 8 | Clement Chidekh, Washington |
| March 15 | Yuta Kikuchi, California |
| March 24 | Stefan Dostanic, USC |
| March 29 | Alexander Hoogmartens, UCLA |