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The Pac-12 Mens & Womens Tennis Championships return to Ojai, Calif., this week, with the respective tournaments set to determine the Pac-12 team champions and automatic qualifiers to the NCAA Tournament. Both tournaments will take place Wednesday, April 24 Saturday, April 27.
Tournament Details
All four days of the Mens Championship will take place at Libbey Park. The first three days of the Womens Championship will be held at the Weil Tennis Academy, with USCs first-round quarterfinal matchup against the winner of Washington-Washington State also featuring play at Ojai Valley Athletic Club. The womens championship match will take place at Libbey Park.
The nine-team mens field opens with a single matchup on Wednesday No. 8 Washington vs. No. 9 Utah at 12 p.m. PT A trio of womens matches are on tap to open the competition on Wednesday: No. 8 Utah vs. No. 9 Colorado (9 a.m. PT), No. 7 Arizona vs. No. 10 Oregon (12 p.m. PT), and No. 6 Washington vs. No. 11 Washington State.
Tickets
Tickets for the Pac-12 Mens & Womens Tennis Championships can be purchased through The Ojai at
TheOjai.net
or on-site at Libbey Park or Weil Tennis Academy.
How to Watch
Saturday's championship matches will be broadcast Pac-12 Network, featuring commentary from Gill Gross and Corina Morariu.
Pac-12 Regular Season Champions
The Pac-12 Mens & Womens Tennis Championships arrive on the heels of UCLA securing the womens regular season title and Stanford and Arizona clinching co-regular season champion honors on the mens side.
The Bruins finished the season atop the womens standings at 9-1 overall, clinching their third all-time regular season title with a win at crosstown rival USC on Friday, April 19. Stanford and Arizona both finished the season 7-1 in the mens standings, with the Cardinal ultimately earning the top seed in the Pac-12 Tournament by virtue of its 4-3 team win over the Wildcats on March 30. It was the 19th regular season title for Stanford and first since 2021, while Arizona earned its third straight regular season crown.
Pac-12 Mens & Womens Championship History
USC enters the 2024 Championship as the three-time defending Pac-12 Tournament champions, with the Trojans and UCLA winning every league tourney since the current format was instituted in 2012. The Bruins have won four tournament titles, earning their last crown in 2018.
Stanford has secured five of the six tournament titles including the last two dating back to the institution of the new team format in 2017. Cal picked up the title in 2021 after the tournament was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19.
Pac-12 Mens Programs in the Rankings
Seven Pac-12 programs earned placement on the most recent ITA Top-75 national rankings: No. 11 Arizona, No. 20 Stanford, No. 22 UCLA, No. 23 Arizona State, No. 53 USC, No. 58 California, and No. 61 Oregon.
No. 12 Murphy Cassone of Arizona State and No. 17 Nishesh Basavareddy of Stanford lead a group of 15 nationally-ranked singles on the mens side. Arizonas Colton Smith and Jay Friend are No. 31 in the national doubles ranks, headlining eight Pac-12 pairs in the ITA rankings.
Pac-12 Womens Programs in the Rankings
Nine Pac-12 programs checked on the most recent ITA Top-75 national rankings: No. 3 Stanford, No. 8 UCLA, No. 10 California, No. 11 USC, No. 26 Washington, No. 27 Arizona State, No. 41 Arizona, No. 53 Utah, and No. 64 Oregon.
Twenty singles players are nationally-ranked on the womens side, led by No. 9 Connie Ma (Stanford), No. 25 Kimmi Hance (UCLA), and T-30 Alexandra Yepifanova (Stanford) and Emma Charney (USC). No. 14 Fangran Tian and Elise Wagle top the list of 14 nationally-ranked doubles pairs in the Pac-12.