Nico Godsick, Hudson RiveraNico Godsick, Hudson Rivera
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Men's Tennis

Men's Tennis Opens at Battle in the Bay

Nico Godsick and Hudson Rivera represent the Cardinal in San Francisco

Event Coverage

  • Stanford men's tennis opens the 2025-26 campaign with its first tournament of the fall, with Hudson Rivera and Nico Godsick traveling to San Francisco to compete in Battle of the Bay at California Tennis Club. The action begins on Thursday, Sept. 11 in both singles and doubles.
  • The Cardinal finished a remarkable season in 2024-25, going 26-6 overall while winning an ACC Championship in its first season in the conference and advancing to the national semifinals of the NCAA Championships and the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
  • Godsick, ranked No. 86 in the preseason by the ITA, holds a career singles record of 24-8, including a 16-6 mark a year ago. Rivera went 9-5 in singles a year ago, and he holds a career record of 20-11.
  • The tandem of Godsick and Rivera hold an 8-3 record as a team, including a 6-2 mark in ACC play last year with three nationally-ranked wins. The duo was ranked as high as No. 31 in the country last season, and they open the fall 2025 season at No. 16.
  • The Cardinal begins the campaign with four ranked players in singles: Alex Chang (41), Kyle Kang (76), Nico Godsick (86) and Alex Razeghi (119). The program has two ranked doubles teams: Alex Chang/Kyle Kang (14) and Nico Godsick/Hudson Rivera (16)
  • Stanford returns seven players from last season's roster, including ITA All-American Samir Banerjee and four additional players that won at last nine singles matches last season.
  • The Cardinal added a trio of strong newcomers in Jagger Leach, the top-rated recruit in the country per Tennis Recruiting Network, five-star signee Mark Krupkin and California transfer Aelx Chang, who was an All-Pac-12 second team honoree for the Golden Bears in 2024.
  • The Cardinal has had success on the professional level, notably with Nishesh Basavareddy, Tristan Boyer and Arthur Fery in recent years. All three have appeared in a grand slam, with Basavareddy taking a set off of Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open on Jan. 12. Boyer has reached the second round of the US Open and the Australian Open, defeating Federico Coria, while Fery reached the second round in singles at Wimbledon in 2025, beating the world No. 20 player, and the third round in doubles at Wimbledon in 2024.
  • Stanford's current student-athletes have also seen widespread success in ITF Futures and ATP Challenger tournaments, with the program earning 12 ITF futures championships in the summer of 2025, including eight titles from returning players.
  • Paul Goldstein is in his 12th season as the Taube Family Director of Men's Tennis. Goldstein’s teams have posted a 192-79 record with a national ranking and a berth in the NCAA Championships in each of his seasons at the helm.