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Pac-12 Tennis Players of the Week – March 26, 2024

Mar 26, 2024
Photos courtesy of Arizona / California Athletics, Robert Edwards (KLC fotos)

MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Colton Smith, Jr., Arizona (Tenino, Wash.)

  • Won a pair of singles and doubles matches across Arizona’s team wins over USC (March 22) and UCLA (March 24). 
  • Opened his weekend with a 6-3, 7-5 singles win over USC’s Peter Makk on court one, later adding a 6-2 doubles win over Makk and Lodewijk Westrate.
  • Clinched the doubles point and match against the Trojans.
  • Took down Govind Nanda of UCLA, 6-3, 6-4 and picked up a 6-2 doubles win over Bruin pair Timothy Li and Giacomo Revelli.  
  • His second Player of the Week honor this season, having additionally won the award on Jan. 30. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Bor Artnak, ASU

WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Valentina Ivanov, Sr., California (Sydney, Australia)

  • Won a trio of singles and doubles matches across Cal’s team victories over Hawaii (March 21), Colorado (March 22) and Utah (March 23).
  • Battled to a 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8) singles win over Hawaii’s Ana Vilcek and added a 6-1 win in doubles. 
  • Added two more doubles wins from court two over the weekend and singles wins on court one over Aya El Sayed of Colorado (6-3, 6-3) and Marcela Lopez of Utah (6-4, 6-2). 

ALSO NOMINATED: Reece Carter, ARIZ; Mila Stanojevic, COLO; Connie Ma, STAN

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, UCLA
Mar. 12 Nishesh Basavareddy, Stanford Tian Fangran, UCLA
Mar. 19 Alex Chang, California Tian Fangran, UCLA
Mar. 26 Colton Smith, Arizona Valentina Ivanov, CAL