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Men's Tennis Earns NCAA Tournament Berth, Trip to San Diego
April 27, 2026 | Men's Tennis
INDIANAPOLIS โ UCLA earned an at-large berth into the 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship and was placed in the San Diego regional, it was announced Monday by the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Subcommittee. The Bruins begin play Friday against Arizona State.
Joining UCLA (17-7) and Arizona State (17-10) in the regional are UC Santa Barbara (18-7) and host San Diego (20-5). Fifteenth-seeded San Diego, out of the West Coast Conference, earned an automatic berth as the only conference champion out of the quartet.
The Bruins and Sun Devils square off in Friday's opener at Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center, with first serve scheduled for 10 a.m. PT. San Diego and UCSB meet at 1 p.m. Saturday's regional final is set to start at 12 p.m.
The winner of each site advances to super-regional competition May 8 or 9. Each super-regional site will feature two teams playing a single-elimination format. The super-regional winners advance to Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga., where the eight teams will compete for the national championship May 16-18.
UCLA holds an all-time record of 68-5 against Arizona State, with the programs most recently meeting in 2024. The Sun Devils won that matchup 4-2 at Los Angeles Tennis Center. UCLA is 35-2 versus San Diego and improved upon that mark with a 4-3 road win earlier this season (Feb. 26). UCLA beat UCSB 4-0 in the 2025 NCAA Championship first round and leads the all-time series 34-1.
The matches shall be regulation dual matches. Three doubles matches consisting of six-game sets will be played for one team point, followed by six singles matches, each valued at one team point; played the best of three sets. No-ad scoring will be used and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) will be played at six-games-all. The team winning four or more team points advances in the championship bracket. During the championship, all matches will be stopped after the doubles point is decided. All remaining individual matches will be stopped once a team winner (four points won) has been determined.
Joining UCLA (17-7) and Arizona State (17-10) in the regional are UC Santa Barbara (18-7) and host San Diego (20-5). Fifteenth-seeded San Diego, out of the West Coast Conference, earned an automatic berth as the only conference champion out of the quartet.
The Bruins and Sun Devils square off in Friday's opener at Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center, with first serve scheduled for 10 a.m. PT. San Diego and UCSB meet at 1 p.m. Saturday's regional final is set to start at 12 p.m.
The winner of each site advances to super-regional competition May 8 or 9. Each super-regional site will feature two teams playing a single-elimination format. The super-regional winners advance to Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga., where the eight teams will compete for the national championship May 16-18.
UCLA holds an all-time record of 68-5 against Arizona State, with the programs most recently meeting in 2024. The Sun Devils won that matchup 4-2 at Los Angeles Tennis Center. UCLA is 35-2 versus San Diego and improved upon that mark with a 4-3 road win earlier this season (Feb. 26). UCLA beat UCSB 4-0 in the 2025 NCAA Championship first round and leads the all-time series 34-1.
The matches shall be regulation dual matches. Three doubles matches consisting of six-game sets will be played for one team point, followed by six singles matches, each valued at one team point; played the best of three sets. No-ad scoring will be used and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) will be played at six-games-all. The team winning four or more team points advances in the championship bracket. During the championship, all matches will be stopped after the doubles point is decided. All remaining individual matches will be stopped once a team winner (four points won) has been determined.
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