STANFORD, Calif. – Cardinal junior David Wilczynski has been named the Pac-12 Player of the Week after his flawless week in singles against three ranked teams, the conference announced Monday afternoon.
Wilczynski opened his perfect 3-0 week against Bjorn Hoffman as Stanford faced-off against the sixth-ranked Cal Bears. The Cardinal dominated his Golden Bear opponent in straight sets 6-2, 6-1, setting up Stanford for a thrilling down-to-the-wire 4-3 win.
Up next saw the eighth-ranked Texas Longhorns where the junior took on No. 108 Leonardo Telles in the five position where Wilczynski again dispatched his opponents in a 6-4, 6-3 straight sets win, this time to clinch the match for Stanford in his sixth career-clinching point and second of the season with the previous one coming against Memphis on January 29.
Closing out his perfect week, the Cardinal took on TCU's Reese Stalder, whom Wilczynski dominated in his third straight sets win on the week 6-1, 6-1.
The week gave Wilczynski 50 career wins as well as 29 dual wins – only 11 away from entering the Stanford Men's Tennis history book. Included on that list are tennis legends such as Roscoe Tanner, Tim Mayotte, Bob Bryan, John Morrissey, Patrick McEnroe and the Taube Family Director of Men's Tennis Paul Goldstein.
The honor is the first in Wilczynski's career as well as the 15th all-time for Stanford and the first for the Cardinal since the 2015 season.
Stanford will be idle for two weeks prior to its next match on March 27 against Illinois at Taube Family Tennis Stadium.