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SAN DIEGO — San Diego men’s tennis hosted the San Diego Veterans Tennis Classic this past weekend, where freshmen Nicolas Baena and Botond Nagy went unbeaten in doubles and Baena picked up a singles win over Grand Canyon.
Baena and Nagy won all three doubles matches together. They opened Friday with a 7-5 victory over GCU, then beat California’s doubles pairing by the same score of 7-5 on Saturday. They closed the weekend out on Sunday with a 6-4 win over Santa Clara, as the freshmen doubles pairing showed out in their first collegiate competition in the fall.
In singles, the Peruvian Baena started Friday with a 6-4, 7-5 win over GCU’s Andreas Loizas after previously beating him in doubles earlier in the day. Baena lost to California to a pair of 3-6 sets on Saturday, and lost in a close match up on Sunday with a pair of 5-7 sets.
Nagy took GCU to three sets on Friday, losing the first set 4-6 before flipping the score and winning the second set 6-4, but ultimately losing the match to a close 5-7 third set.
Up Next
San Diego men’s tennis will travel back down the pacific coast and compete in the ITA Southwest Regional Championships in Malibu on Oct. 15-20.
2026 San Diego Veterans Tennis Classic
Friday, Oct. 2 – Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026 | San Diego, CA
Friday, Oct. 2
Doubles play
Nicolas Baena/Botond Nagy (USD) def. Andreas Loizas/Victor Lima (GCU), 7-5
Singles play
Nicolas Baena (USD) def. Andreas Loizas (GCU), 6-4, 7-5
Nikos Lehmann (GCU) def. Botond Nagy (USD), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Saturday, Oct. 3
Doubles play
Nicolas Baena/Botond Nagy (USD) def. Benjamin Berger/Melchior Delloeye (CAL), 7-5
Singles play
Leonardo Cattaneo (CAL) def. Nicolas Baena (USD), 6-3, 6-3
Sunday, Oct. 4
Doubles play
Nicolas Baena/Nagy (USD) def. Luca Lemaitre Vilchis/Tiago Boschmans (SCU), 6-4
Singles East play
Luca Lemaitre Vilchis (SCU) def. Nicolas Baena (USD), 7-5, 7-5