CARY, N.C. – No. 8 Stanford men’s tennis won the ACC Championship in its first season in the conference, defeating No. 6 Virginia, 4-2, at Cary Tennis Park. The Cardinal improves to 22-5 this season, matching its most wins since 2018, while Max Basing, who clinched all three matches in the tournament for the Cardinal, was named the ACC Championships Most Valuable Player.
The Cardinal came from behind for the second match in a row, as Virginia, the No. 5 seed, earned the doubles point. Stanford split the matches on courts one and two, setting up the deciding match on court three. Nico Godsick and Hudson Rivera earned a top-30 win at No. 1 doubles, 6-3, but the Cavaliers won on court three to take the early lead.
Stanford put itself in a position to win early, taking four first sets. The first Cardina point came at No. 1 singles, as Samir Banerjee defeated the No. 6 player in the country by default, 3-6, 5-3 def., to tie the match. Shortly thereafter, Alex Razeghi gave the Cardinal a lead it would not relinquish, taking a 6-1, 7-6 (3) victory on court five. The wins were the 13th and 15th of the year, respectively, for Banerjee and Razeghi.
Henry von der Schulenburg posted his team-leading 19th victory of the season, and 15th in dual play, with a 6-3, 6-3 victory on court four, but Virginia pulled a point back on court two to make it 3-2.
Basing clinched his third consecutive match at the ACC Tournament, posting a 7-5, 6-2 victory on court three to secure the ACC title. Basing tallied his 16th win of the season, and 13th in dual play, tying him with Tom Fawcett for 27th on Stanford’s all-time duals wins list with 53.
The championship is the first for Stanford since winning the Pac-12 regular season title in 2024. The program joins women’s gymnastics as ACC champions during the 2024-25 academic year.
Stanford is in a position to host multiple rounds of the NCAA Tournament, and it will learn its postseason fate during the NCAA selection show on Monday, April 28 at 2 p.m. PT.
No. 8 Stanford 4, No. 6 Virginia 2
DOUBLES
1. Nico Godsick/Rivera (STAN) d. No. 30 Dahlberg/Dietrich (UVA), 6-3
2. No. 23 Hopper/Rice (UVA) d. Kang/von der Schulenburg (STAN), 6-3
3. Horovitz/Jodar (UVA) d. No. 53 Banerjee/Razeghi (STAN), 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
SINGLES
1. No. 9 Samir Banerjee (STAN) d. No. 6 Rafael Jodar (UVA), 3-6, 5-3 def.
2. No. 26 Dylan Dietrich (UVA) d. Kyle Kang (STAN), 7-6 (2), 6-2
3. No. 95 Max Basing (STAN) d. Keegan Rice (UVA), 7-5, 6-2
4. No. 71 Henry von der Schulenburg (STAN) d. James Hopper (UVA), 6-3, 6-3
5. Alex Razeghi (STAN) d. Jangjun Kim (UVA), 6-1, 7-6 (3)
6. Hudson Rivera (STAN) vs. Mans Dahlberg (UVA), 6-0, 4-6, 2-2 uf
Order of finish: 1, 5, 4, 2, 3