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Men's Tennis

Fall Tennis Begins

- The fall season gets underway this weekend at California Tennis Club, as San Francisco hosts the Battle in the Bay starting on Friday, Sept. 22.
- Stanford men's tennis wrapped up another strong season under head coach Paul Goldstein a yeat ago, winning 16 dual matches and advancing to the NCAA Super Regionals for the third year in a row. Arthur Fery and Nishesh Basavareddy gave the Cardinal multiple All-Americans for the first time since 2015.
- Stanford was heavily represented in the Pac-12's end-of-season awards, as Arthur Fery was named the Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year and Samir Banerjee was chosen as the Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year. Fery and Banerjee were joined by Max Basing on the first team, while Nishesh Basavareddy was added to the second team.
- The Cardinal has three singles players ranked in the preseason. Nishesh Basavareddy opens the campaign at No. 6 and is joined in the top-30 by Max Basing (No. 20) and Samir Banerjee (No. 29). Additionally the doubles team of Banerjee and Basavareddy is slotted at No. 36 while Kyle Kang is the No. 1 ranked newcomer in the country. Arthur Fery, a two-time All-American and former No. 1 ranked player in the ITA, will take the fall off to compete in professional events.
- The Cardinal has two players competing in Neel Rajesh and Anders Matta, with both players included in the singles draw while competing together in the doubles bracket.
- Paul Goldstein is in his 10th season as the Taube Family Director of Men's Tennis. Goldstein’s teams have posted a 147-66 record with a national ranking and a berth in the NCAA Championships in each of his seasons at the helm.