2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster
Biography
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 2026 WCC Freshman of the Year
- 2026 All-WCC First Team (Singles)
- 2026 All-WCC Honorable Mention (Doubles)
- WCC Doubles Team of the Week - Jan. 20, '26
- WCC Freshman Player of the Week - Jan. 20, '26; March 10, '26; March 17, '26
2025-26 (FRESHMAN)
- Named West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year, also earning All-WCC First Team in singles and All-WCC Honorable Mention in doubles
- Went 14-5 in singles in his debut season of college tennis, 7-1 at the No. 2 spot for the Toreros
- Went 16-6 in doubles action, 12-4 with fellow Dutchman Stian Klaassen
- Ranked as high as No. 83 nationally in singles, finishing the season as ITA No. 103
- In his college debut, knocked off national No. 44 in straight sets to help the Toreros to a 5-2 season-opening win over No. 16 Baylor on Jan. 13
- Also posted a 6-4, 6-4 win over national No. 31 at No. 2 singles in aid of a 6-1 win over 28th-ranked Columbia on March 21
- Named WCC Freshman Player of the Week three times and WCC Doubles Team of the Week once over the course of the spring season
- Claimed a ranked doubles win, combining with Stian Klaassen to top Princeton's 87th-ranked pairing to aid in the team's win over the No. 29 Tigers on March 14
PERSONAL
- Comes to USD as a four-time Dutch National Champion with three ITF junior titles
- Achieved career-high rankings of ITF juniors No. 110 and ATP 1,150
- Favorite tennis memory is qualifying for the Tennis Europe U16 Summer Cup Final
- Son of Gintare Vaskeviciute (mother) and Nerius Balciunas (father), born in Pasvalys, Lithuania ... Has a brother, Darius
- Favorite food is sushi, favorite artist is The Weeknd
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