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2024 Pac-12 Tennis Championships

April 24-27 | Weil Tennis Academy & Libbey Park
Ojai, CA

Pac-12 Tennis Players of the Week – April 16, 2024

Apr 15, 2024
Photos courtesy of UCLA Athletics (Jan Kim Lim / Mac Brown)

MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Spencer Johnson, Fr., UCLA (Ladera Ranch, Calif.)

  • Earned a singles and doubles win in UCLA’s team victory over No. 19 Stanford over the weekend. 
  • Knocked off No. 47 Samir Banerjee in three sets, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3), kicking off a UCLA surge after a 3-1 team deficit to that point. 
  • Teamed with Emon Van Loben Sels on court two to secure a 7-6(2) doubles win with against No. 75 Banerjee/Nishesh Basavareddy. 
  • Johnson has won six-straight singles decisions, including five over nationally-ranked opponents. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Gustaf Strom, ARIZ; Nishesh Basavareddy, STAN; Vlad Breazu, ORE; Constantinos Koshis, ASU 

WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Elise Wagle, Jr., UCLA (Niskayuna, N.Y.)

  • Went undefeated in singles and doubles across UCLA’s team wins over No. 7 Pepperdine and No. 67 Oregon. 
  • Clinched UCLA’s win over Pepperdine, earning a hard-fought singles victory 5-7, 7-6(7), 6-3. Fended off two match points en route to the win over Pepperdine’s Anna Campana. 
  • Also teamed with Tian Fangran to defeat No. 2 Savannah Broadus/Janice Tjen from Pepperdine in a 6-3 result. 
  • Went on to earn a 6-3, 6-3 singles win over Jo-Yee Chan of Oregon, later pairing with Fangran once again to take down Chan and Sophie Luescher in doubles (7–5).
  • Wagle’s weekly honor extends UCLA’s program record to seven Player of the Week awards this season. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Reece Carter, ARIZ; Katja Wiersholm, CAL; Connie Ma, STAN; Emma Charney, USC; Astrid Olsen, WASH

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
Apr. 2 Nishesh Basavareddy, Stanford Kimmi Hance, UCLA
Apr. 9 Alex Chang, California Bianca Fernandez, UCLA
Apr. 16 Spencer Johnson, UCLA Elise Wagle, UCLA