2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster
Biography
2025 First Team All-American
2025 ITA Rafael Osuma Sportsmanship Award recipient
2024 ITA Southwest Region Most Improved Player
2024 Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year
2024 All-Pac-12 First Team
2024 Pac-12 Tournament Champion
2024 Pac-12 Regular Season Champion
Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan. 16, 2024)
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2023 Pac-12 Regular Season Champion
2023 ITA Scholar Athlete
Junior (2024-25)
- First Team Academic All-American, recognizing excellence both on the court and in the classroom
- ITA Singles All-American, capping one of the strongest seasons in program history
- Recipient of the prestigious ITA Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award for leadership, character, and competitive spirit
- ITA Scholar-Athlete for outstanding academic achievement
- Posted 34 singles victories, the highest on the team, including multiple wins over nationally ranked opponents
- Advanced to the NCAA Singles Quarterfinals, one of the deepest runs by a Wildcat in recent history
- Finished the year ranked No. 9 nationally in singles by the ITA
- Helped lead Arizona to the Big 12 Tournament Championship
- Ranked No. 3 in the Southwest Region in singles and No. 5 in doubles
Sophomore (2023-24)
- ITA Southwest Region Most Improved Player
- Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year (with Colton Smith)
- All-Pac-12 First Team selection for singles
- Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan. 16, 2024) for early-season performance
- Qualified for the NCAA Men’s Singles Championships
- Posted 25 singles wins, going 14–6 in dual match play
- Earned eight singles wins over ranked opponents, including a victory over No. 28 Siem Woldeab at the ITA All-American Championships
- Collected 30 doubles wins, 26 alongside Colton Smith — tying the program record for most doubles victories in a single season
- Secured seven doubles wins over ranked opponents, four against top-20 pairs nationally
- Achieved highest-ranked doubles win of the season against No. 7 Filippo Moroni and Mathew Thomson of Wake Forest (with Nick Lagaev)
- Reached career-best No. 6 doubles ranking (with Smith) and No. 26 singles ranking
Freshman (2022-23)
- ITA Scholar-Athlete for academic excellence
- Achieved career-high No. 78 singles ranking in first collegiate season
- Attained career-high No. 40 doubles ranking (with Jonas Ziverts)
- Compiled 25–9 overall singles record, including 16–6 in dual matches at the No. 5 and No. 6 spots
- Posted 19–15 overall doubles record, including 13–8 in dual play
- Partnered exclusively with Jonas Ziverts at No. 1 doubles in dual matches, earning an 11–7 record
- Contributed to Arizona’s No. 1 national ranking in community service hours among all Division I men’s tennis programs
High School
Jay Friend, coming to Arizona from Tokyo, Japan, holds 3 ITF junior singles titles and 6 ITF junior doubles titles. This will be Friend’s first year playing collegiate tennis.
CAREER RECORDS
YEAR |
OVERALL SINGLES RECORD |
OVERALL DOUBLES RECORD |
2022-23 |
25-9 |
19-15 |
2023-24 |
25-12 |
30-12 |
2024-25 |
|
|
CAREER |
50-21 |
49-27 |
YEAR |
DUAL SINGLES RECORD |
DUAL DOUBLES RECORD |
2022-23 |
16-6 |
13-8 |
2023-24 |
14-6 |
20-7 |
2024-25 |
|
|
CAREER |
30-12 |
33-15 |
Statistics
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