Tennis Takes Trip to Texas
- The Cardinal men's tennis program continues its road trip in the Lone Star state with trips to No. 5 TCU (Feb. 2) and No. 5 Texas (Feb. 4).
- Stanford is 2-1 this season with wins over Saint Mary's and then-No. 22 Memphis. The matches this weekend will mark the third and fourth consecutive bouts for the Cardinal against ranked opponents.
- Stanford dropped from ninth to 15th in the latest ITA Coaches Poll. Samir Banerjee (37) and Neel Rajesh (53) are included in the ITA singles rankings.
- Samir Banerjee leads teh team with an 8-3 singles record this season, including a 2-0 dual record with both wins at No. 1 singles. Max Basing, Neel Rajesh and Hudson Rivera also have multiple dual wins through three matches, while seven players have at least one.
- The Cardinal is 13-6 all-time against Texas and 4-7 against TCU.
- The Cardinal's 12-man roster is loaded with talent: former No. 1 Arthur Fery, last year's ITA National Champion Nishesh Basavareddy, Max Basing (ranked as high as No. 4 last year), Banerjee (last year's Pac-12 Freshman of the Year), three highly-touted freshmen and a series of veteran players with high-level collegiate experience.
- Fery and Basavareddy have seen tremendous success on the ATP Challenger Tour, with both players reaching their first tournament championship match in October. Fery jumped into the top 300 in the world rankings at No. 270, while Basavareddy has risen more than 600 spots this fall to No. 451.
- Stanford was represented in five collegiate tournaments this fall, with Banerjee posting a team-best six singles wins including a berth in the round of 16 at the ITA Fall National Championships. Hudson Rivera (3), Kyle Kang (2) and Neel Rajesh (2) also scored multiple singles wins in the fall, while Banerjee and Aryan Chaudhary combined for a pair of doubles wins.
- Stanford men's tennis wrapped up another strong season under head coach Paul Goldstein a year 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 2023 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.
- 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.