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Pac-12 Tennis Players of the Week – January 23, 2024

Jan 22, 2024

MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Quinn Vandecasteele, Sr., Oregon (Murray, Utah)

  • Opened his season with a pair of victories in singles and doubles across Oregon’s matchups against Purdue (Jan. 19), Pacific (Jan. 21), and Seattle (Jan. 21).
  • Won 6-2, 6-3 over Purdue’s Aleksa Krivokapic and 6-4, 6-2 over Pacific’s Justas Trainauskas. 
  • Picked up a top-20 doubles win (6-3) with partner Matthew Burton over Pacific’s pair of Peter Alam/Trainauskas
  • Helped the Ducks to a trio of team victories over the weekend: 4-3 over Purdue, 4-0 over Pacific, and 7-0 over Seattle.

ALSO NOMINATED: Roi Ginat, ASU; Max Basing, STAN; Jayson Blando, UTAH; Nedim Suko, WASH

WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tian Fangran, So., UCLA (Beijing, China)

  • Helped the No. 16 Bruins to a 5-2 team win over No. 6 Texas on Friday, UCLA’s fourth-straight win over a top-10 program since the start of the 2023-24 campaign. 
  • Defending NCAA singles champion won her first match of the season, securing a 7-6, 6-4 win over Texas’ Sabina Zeynalova.
  • Teamed up with Bianca Fernandez in doubles, overcoming a 3-5 deficit in the deciding match against Malaika Rapolu/Tanya Sanouskaya to win 7-6. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Brandelyn Fulgenzi, ARIZ; Sophie Luescher, ORE; Alexandra Yepifanova, STAN; Lily Fairclough, USC; Marcela Lopez, UTAH; Astrid Olsen, WASH; Elyse Tse, WSU

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