- Stanford is on the road for the first time this spring when it plays at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship from Feb. 7-11.
- The Cardinal is the No. 4 seed at the Evanston site hosted by Northwestern and begins on Friday at 1:30 p.m. PT when it plays the site's No. 5 seed Auburn.
- Stanford is guaranteed at least three matches at the event and, depending on results, will face either No. 1 seed Georgia or No. 8 seed Northwestern on Saturday.
- Featuring 16 of the nation's best teams, Stanford is at ITA Indoors for the third conecutive season. Its last of a record 10 titles came in 2011.
- The Cardinal is No. 4 in the latest ITA coaches' poll released on January 29.
- Stanford's top two players are featured in the latest ITA singles rankings from Feb. 5 in Valerie Glozman (#8) and Connie Ma (#18). Glozman is the highest-ranked underclassman in the country. In doubles, Glozman and Ma are ranked 49th.
- Stanford's fall was highlighted by All-America performances from Glozman and Ma at the NCAA Individual Championships in Waco. This was the first year of a two-year pilot program in which the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Individual Championships are held in the fall instead of the spring.
- Glozman, seeded fifth, made a run to the quarterfinals and finished the fall with a 13-2 record, including a 7-2 mark against ranked opponents.
- The No. 6 seed, Ma advanced to the Round of 16, was 12-4 in the fall, and earned singles All-America status for the third time in her career.
- With the switch in schedule for the individual championships, All-America honors are given to those advancing to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championship in November or finishing in the Top 20 of the final ITA Singles rankings in May.
- Stanford has won 116 of its last 123 matches on The Farm, 113 of those at Taube Family Tennis Stadium, which was demolished at the conclusion of last season. Construction is ongoing on a re-imagined facility with 12 outdoor courts slated to open in 2026.
- On Feb. 4, Stanford announced its latest signing class of prep standouts Alyssa Ahn, Monika Ekstrand and Tianmei Wang.
- All three are blue-chip recruits according to the Tennis Recruiting Network and among the nation’s top five high school seniors that will enroll on college campuses this fall.
- Stanford recruiting class is ranked No. 1 nationally.
- On January 8, the Cardinal announced the rare (for Stanford) midseason transfer in Caroline Driscoll. The two-time All-Summit League performer at Denver has a career singles record of 55-18, including 32-10 in duals, and is 2-0 this season.
- While no stranger to The Farm, Stanford is in its first season with Frankie Brennan as the program’s Peter and Helen Bing Director of Women's Tennis. The third-generation coach was hired to replace the legendary Lele Forood on Sept. 11. Forood announced she was stepping down following 24 seasons and 10 NCAA titles as head coach on Aug. 20.
- Brennan has been on staff at Stanford for 29 seasons and a part of 12 of Stanford’s record 20 NCAA championships. The Cardinal has gone 703-71 during his tenure, including a 3-0 mark has head coach.
- On Sept. 19, Brennan hired Stanford alumna Janice Shin as his assistant coach. A two-time NCAA team champion during her playing career from 2018-21, Shin was a key contributor on Stanford’s 2018 and 2019 NCAA title teams, going a perfect 8-0 in postseason matches and earning NCAA All-Tournament Team recognition at No. 5 singles both years.
- Stanford put together a 25-3 overall campaign in 2023-24, including an 8-1 mark in Pac-12 competition and a 13-1 mark at Taube Family Tennis Center. The program reached the NCAA quarterfinals for the 39th time in 42 NCAA Tournaments and won its third consecutive Pac-12 Tournament title.
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Cardinal opens with No. 10 Auburn on Friday at 1:30 p.m. PT