SAN RAMON, Calif. – Tian Fangran of the UCLA women's tennis team was named Pac-12 Player of the Week for the week of March 4-10, the conference announced Tuesday. The award marked Tian's second in as many weeks and third this season.
The Bruins opened Pac-12 play with a pair of dominant performances, beating Washington State 7-0 (March 8) and No. 25 Washington 4-0 (March 9). Tian defended her home turf with two top-court singles wins and a clinching doubles victory.
One day after taking down Eva Alvarez Sande of the Cougars 6-1, 4-6, 1-0(5), Tian topped the Huskies' Erika Matsuka 6-4, 6-1 to put a second point on the board for UCLA. She also played a major part in obtaining the first point against Washington, teaming with Elise Wagle to defeat Matsua and Dariya Detkovskaya 6-4 on the second doubles court after decisions on the other two were split.
Tian has won five singles matches in a row, a streak that coincides with the Bruins' five-win run as a team.
In addition to her three Pac-12 Player of the Week awards this season, Tian was honored once en route to her NCAA singles championship in 2023. UCLA has collected 43 of the accolades in program history.
ALSO NOMINATED: Lan Mi, CAL; Aya El Sayed, COLO; Angela Blake, STAN; Eryn Cayetano, USC; Marcela Lopez, UTAH
2024 PAC-12 WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
The Bruins opened Pac-12 play with a pair of dominant performances, beating Washington State 7-0 (March 8) and No. 25 Washington 4-0 (March 9). Tian defended her home turf with two top-court singles wins and a clinching doubles victory.
One day after taking down Eva Alvarez Sande of the Cougars 6-1, 4-6, 1-0(5), Tian topped the Huskies' Erika Matsuka 6-4, 6-1 to put a second point on the board for UCLA. She also played a major part in obtaining the first point against Washington, teaming with Elise Wagle to defeat Matsua and Dariya Detkovskaya 6-4 on the second doubles court after decisions on the other two were split.
Tian has won five singles matches in a row, a streak that coincides with the Bruins' five-win run as a team.
In addition to her three Pac-12 Player of the Week awards this season, Tian was honored once en route to her NCAA singles championship in 2023. UCLA has collected 43 of the accolades in program history.
ALSO NOMINATED: Lan Mi, CAL; Aya El Sayed, COLO; Angela Blake, STAN; Eryn Cayetano, USC; Marcela Lopez, UTAH
2024 PAC-12 WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
| Week | Player |
| Jan. 16 | Giulia Morlet, Arizona State |
| Jan. 23 | Tian Fangran, UCLA |
| Jan. 30 | Emma Charney, USC |
| Feb. 6 | Sophie Luescher, Oregon |
| Feb. 13 | Alexandra Yepifanova, Stanford |
| Feb. 20 | Grace Piper, USC |
| Feb. 27 | Angelica Blake, Stanford |
| March 5 | Tian Fangran, UCLA |
| March 12 | Tian Fangran, UCLA |