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2023 Pac-12 Tennis Championships

April 26-29 | Weil Tennis Academy & Libbey Park
Ojai, CA

Stage set for 2023 Pac-12 Men's and Women's Tennis Championships

Apr 25, 2023

MEN’S BRACKET | WOMEN’S BRACKET | LIVE SCORING | TOURNAMENT CENTRAL

WHAT: Beginning April 26 the league's nine men’s and 11 women’s tennis programs will compete in Ojai, California for a chance at a Pac-12 Tennis Championship title. The format of the tournament will be used to determine both the Conference champions as well as the automatic NCAA Championship qualifiers. Teams are seeded based on regular-season conference winning percentages, with the head-to-head results being the first tiebreaker and ITA national rankings being the second. 

WHEN: The Pac-12 Championships will begin on Wednesday, April 26 at 9:00 a.m. PT for the women and 12:00 p.m. PT for the men. The competition will continue until Saturday April 29, where both the men and women will compete in their respective Championship matches. 

WHERE: The Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Championship will be held at Libbey Park in Ojai, California for all four rounds. The Pac-12 Women’s Tennis Championship will hold the first three rounds of competition at Weil Tennis Academy, with the Championship match being held at Libbey Park. 

LIVE RESULTS: Live Tournament results are available at LINK. Additional coverage of the 2023 Pac-12 Tennis Championships can be found by visiting pac-12.com/TennisChamps23.

HOW TO WATCH: Court-dedicated streams will be available to Pac-12 Networks subscribers for all first-round, quarterfinal and semifinal matches for both men and women on pac-12.com/live. Saturday's Championship matches will be televised on Pac-12 Networks. 

TICKETS: Tickets can be purchased through The Ojai at TheOjai.net or on-site at the Tournament.

PAC-12 MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY: Being contested for the 11th time, USC (6) and UCLA (4) are the only programs to win Pac-12 Men's Tennis Tournament titles. The three-time defending champions, USC is the No. 1 seed after clinching a share of their 34th regular-season title.

The last of UCLA's four Tournament titles came in 2018. In five of the 10 events, the Bruins and Trojans have gone head-to-head, with UCLA holding a 3-2 advantage. 

Last season, No. 8 seed Washington became the lowest seed in history to advance to the Championship final, beating No. 9 Oregon, No. 1 Arizona and No. 5 UCLA to advance to Saturday.

PAC-12 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY: Now in its sixth year, Stanford has dominated the Pac-12 Women’s Tennis Championship, winning four of the previous five. After securing their 29th regular-season title with an undefeated league record (10-0), the Cardinal enter as the No. 1 seed for the fourth time.

In 2021, California became the second program to win a Tournament title after knocking off No. 2 seed Stanford and No. 1 seed UCLA in the semifinals and final. Besides Stanford, California and UCLA, only one other program has appeared in the final in Arizona State last season.

OJAI HISTORY: The Pac-12 Championships will return to tradition as the featured competition at this year’s 121th Ojai Tennis Tournament, an event where 27 different divisions are contested with more than 1,250 players. Started by William Thacher in 1896, The Ojai been played every year except for seven years; once for the infectious hoof and mouth disease (1924), four years during World War II (1943-46) and twice because of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021). Many of the greats of tennis have played in Ojai, including Bill Tilden, Tony Trabert, Bobby Riggs, Jack Kramer, Arthur Ashe, Billie Jean King, Pancho Gonzales, Alex Olmedo, Stan Smith, Jimmy Connors, Tracy Austin, Michael Chang, Lindsay Davenport, Pete Sampras and Mike and Bob Bryan. These tennis greats are among more than 91 former players at The Ojai who have gone on to win one or more Grand Slam events as professional tennis players, all of whom are listed on Libbey Park’s “Wall of Fame.”

PAC-12 MEN IN THE RANKINGS: All nine Pac-12 men’s programs secured a spot in the ITA Top-75 national team rankings (as of April 25). USC, Arizona, Stanford and Utah are all in the top 25 and led by the Trojans at No. 10. Arizona is No. 14, Utah is No. 19 and Stanford No. 23. 

Nineteen Pac-12 singles players find themselves in the ITA Top-125 national men’s singles poll, with three Stanford players leading the way. After going 14-3, Cardinal Arthur Fery is No. 3, Nishesh Basavareddy is No. 15 and Max Basing No. 27.

In doubles, 12 league pairs, including one from all nine programs, are featured in the ITA Top-90 national doubles rankings and led by USC’s Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frye at No. 11.

PAC-12 WOMEN IN THE RANKINGS: Ten Pac-12 women’s tennis program are in the ITA Top-75 national team rankings with the reigning Pac-12 Tournament champion, and 2023 regular-season titlists Stanford at a Conference-high No. 8. No. 20 UCLA, No. 22 Arizona State, No. 23 Washington, No. 26 California and No. 28 USC follow the Cardinal in the ITA’s top 30.

In singles, the league boasts 13 different athletes in the Top 125, with six in the top 50. Leading the Pac-12 is Trojan Madison Sieg at No. 11 with a 25-3 record, followed by UCLA's Fangran Tian (No. 14) and Stanford’s Connie Ma (No. 18).

UCLA’s Elise Wagle and Kimmi Hance lead the league in the ITA Doubles Top-90 at No. 4. Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm of California are next in 12th. Nine of the 11 programs are represented by their doubles pairs with Stanford and USC having two each.