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The bracket is set for the 2026 Big West Men's Tennis Championship, held April 22-25 at Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif. 

The championship is a seven-team tournament with a standalone first-round match between the No. 6 and 7 seeds and the top two seeds automatically advancing to Friday’s semifinals. The winner will earn The Big West's automatic bid into the 2026 NCAA Men's Tennis Championship.
 
2026 Big West regular-season tri-champions UC Santa Barbara (16-6), UC Irvine (13-7) and Cal Poly (14-8) all finished with identical league records of 5-1. Through tiebreaking procedures, the Gauchos came out with the No. 1 seed, the Anteaters the No. 2 seed and the Mustangs the No. 3 seed.
 
UC Santa Barbara is the lone nationally rated team in the conference, at No. 35 in the latest ITA rankings, with nationally-ranked singles players in No. 57 Dominique Rolland and No. 89 Lucca Liu. The doubles pair of Miguel Avendano and Liu are ranked No. 55, nationally.
 
The championship will begin on Wednesday, April 22 at 3 p.m. PT with a match between No. 6 seed UC San Diego (9-15, 1-5 BW) and UC Riverside (2-21, 0-6 BW). The winner will move on to face No. 3 seed Cal Poly on Thursday, April 23 at 1 p.m. PT.
 
On the other side of the bracket No. 4 seed Hawai‘i (10-9, 3-3 BW) faces No. 5 seed UC Davis (10-12, 2-4 BW) on Thursday, April 23 at 10 a.m. PT.
 
The semifinals will take place on Friday with UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine’s spots guaranteed. Saturday’s championship match will start at 10 a.m. PT.
 
Last year, No. 2 seed UC Irvine knocked off No. 1 seed UC Santa Barbara 4-3 in the final match to lift the trophy. It was the sixth title in Anteater program history.
 
The 2026 Big West Men's Tennis Championship
April 22-25, Barnes Tennis Center, San Diego, Calif.  
Wednesday, April 22 (First Round)
Match 1 | 3 p.m. PT | No. 6 seed UC San Diego vs. No. 7 seed UC Riverside
 
Thursday, April 23 (Second Round)
Match 2 | 10 a.m. PT | No. 4 seed Hawai‘i vs. No. 5 seed UC Davis
Match 3 | 1 p.m. PT | No. 3 seed Cal Poly vs. Match 1 Winner
   
Friday, April 24 (Semifinals)
Match 4 | 10 p.m. PT | No. 1 seed UC Santa Barbara vs. Match 2 winner            
Match 5 | 1 p.m. PT | No. 2 seed UC Irvine vs. Match 3 winner         
 
Saturday, April 25 (Championship)
Match 6 | 10 a.m. PT | Championship Match