Forced to withdraw from their final two team events, the Bruins put on a one-man show to cap off their fall campaign.
Alexander Hoogmartens represented UCLA men’s tennis at the ITA National Fall Championships in San Diego, which ran from Nov.

This post was updated Oct. 27 at 8:35 p.m.
Three Bruins secured round of 16 spots this past weekend while collecting wins against multiple top-50 opponents.

The common sports enthusiast would say you’re not too late to the party if you put together your best season at 29 years old.
But in modern professional tennis, that’s like showing up to the party after the cleanup has begun.

This post was updated Oct. 16 10:28 p.m.
A Bruin newcomer’s first collegiate title nearly didn’t happen.
Freshman Aadarsh Tripathi was slated to pair up with junior Timothy Li in the doubles draw of the UC Santa Barbara Classic, but an injury to Li forced redshirt sophomore Jeffrey Fradkin to slot in.

First, the team’s earliest NCAA tournament exit in over three decades.
Then, missing out on the tournament entirely.
That’s how the last two seasons ended for UCLA men’s tennis – which by its own standards, resembles a historically bad trend.

The fourth major of the year ended the same way for former Bruins as it did in the first and third: titleless.
Eight alumni of UCLA men’s and women’s tennis were in action at the 2022 U.S.