Some of the best singles tennis players on the West Coast, including Oregon sophomore Oded Teig, will gather Saturday in Berkeley, Calif., for the International Tennis Association Regional Tournament.
All five Duck tennis players will compete in the 128-player singles draw and the 64-team doubles draw.
The tournament will take place at the Hellman Tennis Courts and the Channing Tennis Facility over a period of four days.
Stanford, the defending national champion, brings in four players all ranked in the top-100 in the ITA preseason polls, including defending national champion Alex Kim.
Pacific-10 Conference rivals California and Washington will also compete. The Ducks faced several Washington players at the Bulldog Classic in Fresno State earlier this month.
Fresno State, which knocked Oregon out of the NCAA tournament last season, will also be competing. The Bulldogs are led by No. 14 Peter Luczak.
Also attending are St. Mary’s, Sacramento State, Santa Clara, Pacific and Nevada.
Teig is the top Duck that will compete. The native of Holon, Israel, was impressive in his season debut, earning runner-up honors at Fresno State while posting a 5-1 record.
A pair of freshmen were also successful in their first outings in Duck uniforms. Buck Mink and Chris King each won two matches in Fresno. King, a native of Salinas, Calif., went 3-2 in his season debut. Mink, a native of Carrollton, Texas, went 2-1.
Senior David Becker and sophomore Jason Menke round out the Oregon contingent. Becker, who went 1-2 at Fresno, is a three-year veteran. Menke is one of the few returnees from last year’s NCAA qualifying team.
The tournament will be the last road appearance of the year before the much-anticipated home opener Nov. 10 at the first annual Duck Classic. It will be the inaugural event at the new on-campus indoor tennis facility.