{"id":728308,"date":"2026-06-10T21:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/728308\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:13:11","slug":"arizona-mens-tennis-finishes-no-1-in-southwest-region-across-team-singles-and-doubles-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/728308\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Men&#8217;s Tennis Finishes No. 1 in Southwest Region Across Team, Singles, and Doubles Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>TUCSON, Ariz \u2013\u00a0Arizona Men&#8217;s Tennis has earned the No. 1 team ranking in the ITA Southwest Region, marking the first time the Wildcats have finished the season ranked first in the region in team, singles, and doubles rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona&#8217;s historic season was highlighted by four Wildcats earning regional singles rankings and three doubles teams finishing among the Southwest Region&#8217;s top six pairs.<\/p>\n<p>Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/jay-friend\/18716\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18716\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Friend<\/a> concluded his standout career as the No. 1 singles player in the Southwest Region. Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/alexander-rozin\/18722\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18722\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Rozin<\/a> finished the season ranked No. 5, while sophomores <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/filip-gustafsson\/18717\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18717\" target=\"_blank\">Filip Gustafsson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/zoran-ludoski\/18719\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18719\" target=\"_blank\">Zoran Ludoski<\/a> earned rankings of No. 8 and No. 16.<\/p>\n<p>In doubles, the sophomore duo of <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/filip-gustafsson\/18717\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18717\" target=\"_blank\">Filip Gustafsson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/glib-sekachov\/18723\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18723\" target=\"_blank\">Glib Sekachov<\/a> secured the No. 1 ranking in the region after an impressive season on the courts. Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/jay-friend\/18716\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18716\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Friend<\/a> and junior <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/alexander-rozin\/18722\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18722\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Rozin<\/a> finished at No. 5, while junior <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/cole-stelse\/18724\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18724\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Stelse<\/a> and freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawildcats.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/alejandro-arcila\/18822\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18822\" target=\"_blank\">Alejandro Arcila<\/a> earned the No. 6 spot.<\/p>\n<p>The Wildcats dominance across the regional rankings reflects a historic season for Arizona Men&#8217;s Tennis, as the program continues to establish itself among the nation&#8217;s elite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; TUCSON, Ariz \u2013\u00a0Arizona Men&#8217;s Tennis has earned the No. 1 team ranking in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-728308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}