- The Cardinal opens the fall slate in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the ITA All-American Championships. Five student-athletes will be in action, while the event will see 10 players qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship as well as four doubles pairs to the NCAA Doubles Championship.
- Samir Banerjee and Kyle Kang will participate in the tournament's main draw while Max Basing begins in the qualifying round. Nico Godsick and Harsh Hemang Parikh start in the pre-qualifying round, while the doubles pair of Banerjee and Godsick will also be in the qualifying stage.
- Stanford has five singles players in the ITA preseason rankings: Samir Banerjee (#23), Henry von der Schulenburg (#32), Kyle Kang (#66), Max Basing (#73) and Nico Godsick (#125).
- The Cardinal has three ranked doubles pairs: Samir Banerjee/Nico Godsick (#32), Max Basing/Alex Razeghi (#50) and Kyle Kang/Harsh Hemang Parikh (#76)
- Stanford went 19-7 in 2023-24, including the program's first Pac-12 Championship since winning the outright title in 2021. The program advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals for the third straight season, and sixth in the last eight. Additionally, the Cardinal advanced to the Super Regionals on the road for the third straight year, previously beating Harvard in 2022 and Columbia in 2023. The Cardinal has reached the Supers stage on the road in four of the last eight seasons, while no other program has more than one over that stretch.
- Nishesh Basavareddy was named the 2024 Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year, becoming Stanford's 21st winner of the honor and the second in a row after Arthur Fery won in 2023. An All-Pac-12 first team honoree, Basavareddy joined five teammates with all-conference accolades: Samir Banerjee (first team), Max Basing (second team), Kyle Kang (second team), Neel Rajesh (second team) and Nico Godsick (honorable mention).
- Basavareddy also earned national accolades, as he was an ITA All-American for the second consecutive season as well as a second team CSC Academic All-American.
- Stanford added two players to last season's roster in Harvard transfer Henry von der Schulenburg, who was a three-time All-Ivy League first team selection, and freshman Alex Razeghi, who was the No. 3 recruit in the country and recently participated in the main doubles draw at the US Open.
- Paul Goldstein is in his 11th season as the Taube Family Director of Men's Tennis. Goldstein’s teams have posted a 166-73 record with a national ranking and a berth in the NCAA Championships in each of his seasons at the helm.
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