Published for UCLA Bruins fans — October 2026

By Toxlay Sports Editorial Team · Last updated October 24, 2026

The Club

The UCLA Bruins are Los Angeles, California’s team in men’s college tennis — the UCLA Blue and Westwood Gold side based in Los Angeles. The university was founded in 1919, and its men’s tennis program carries that Bruin standard into every season: deep, disciplined, and dangerous when a dual comes down to the final court. The motto says it all: GO BRUINS. Searching for the UCLA Bruins roster, the UCLA schedule or UCLA tennis tickets for the 2026–27 season? This is the place to start — and the blue-and-gold kit is the way to wear it. The heritage strip tells the story in one line: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA • EST. 1919 • BUILT TO WIN.

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Last Season: Regional Finals and a Proven Closer

Last season’s story was written in the fall, at the 2025 ITA Southwest Regional, where Spencer Johnson and Rudy Quan both reached the singles final — a run that put two Bruins at the very business end of one of the strongest regional fields in the country. Behind them stood the program’s closer: Emon van Loben Sels, a player with more than 100 career wins and a record of clinching team victories, with eight clinches cited for his career in the 2026 preview. That combination — two regional finalists and a closer who has done it again and again — is what UCLA tennis is built on. No team standings are claimed here; the verified record is individual, and it is impressive enough on its own.

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Emon van Loben Sels, Program Star and Closer — The man for the deciding court. Van Loben Sels is UCLA’s program star and closer, with more than 100 career wins and a record of clinching team victories, and he was the top seed at the ITA Southwest Regional in fall 2026. When a dual comes down to one court, he is the Bruin you want walking out last.

Spencer Johnson, Singles and Doubles Leader — The two-way leader. Johnson is a singles and doubles leader with more than 100 career wins, a 2025 ITA Southwest Regional singles finalist, and a Big Ten Player of the Week in October 2025. Note the honesty flag: Johnson may have graduated after the 2025–26 season, so his roster status for the new season was still to be confirmed at the time of writing — but his place in the Bruins’ recent story is beyond doubt.

Rudy Quan, Singles Star — The rising singles threat. Quan reached the 2025 ITA Southwest Regional singles final alongside Johnson, and he was a seeded regional singles player in fall 2026. A regional finalist one year and a seeded player the next: that is a trajectory Bruins fans should be excited about.

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Two Bruins, one regional final. The 2025 ITA Southwest Regional singles final run by Johnson and Quan is the kind of story that defines a program’s season. Two players from the same team reaching the final of a major regional event says everything about the depth in the UCLA lineup — this is not a one-star team, it is a squad.

The closer’s art. More than 100 career wins is a milestone; eight career clinches is a reputation. Van Loben Sels has built his Bruin career on winning the matches that decide duals, and his top seeding at the fall 2026 Southwest Regional shows the respect he commands. In college tennis, where every dual can turn on a single court, a proven closer is worth his weight in gold — Westwood Gold, in this case.

Blue and gold, worn with pride. UCLA’s colors are not just a palette — they are an identity recognized far beyond Los Angeles. The Bruins’ blue-and-gold look travels with the team to every regional and every dual, and it is the look Bruins fans wear when they want the whole venue to know where they stand.

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This Season: Built Around the Closer

This season is built around a simple truth: UCLA has a proven closer, a regional finalist core, and a rising singles star. Van Loben Sels enters the season as the program’s star and the top seed at the fall 2026 ITA Southwest Regional, Quan carries his 2025 regional final and fall 2026 seeding into the new campaign, and Johnson’s recent record — more than 100 career wins, a regional final, and Big Ten Player of the Week honors — remains the standard the lineup is measured by, subject to the roster confirmation noted above. The shape of a college tennis season is familiar: a fall of individual ITA competition followed by the spring dual season and the Big Ten championship race, all building toward the postseason. For Bruins fans, the brief is simple: get behind the blue and gold, and be loud when the dual comes down to the last court. That is where UCLA wins.

Mark Your Calendar: The Road Ahead

Bruins fans, here is the honest position at the time of writing: the Bruins’ detailed 2026–27 schedule — fall ITA events and spring dual dates — had not been published in the sources checked for this guide. No dates are invented here. The shape of the season is the familiar one: a fall of individual ITA competition followed by the spring dual season and the Big Ten championship race, all building toward the postseason. When UCLA publishes its full schedule, this guide will be updated with every home date in Los Angeles — check uclabruins.com for the latest listings.

Biggest Rivalries — The Wars

1. USC — the Crosstown Showdown. UCLA vs. USC is one of college sports’ great rivalries, and tennis is no exception. Two Los Angeles programs, one city, and a rivalry that needs no introduction — when the Bruins and the Trojans meet, the whole city watches. No past results are claimed here; the rivalry needs no scoreline to matter.

2. The Big Ten field — the championship race. Beyond the rivalry weekends, every Big Ten dual is a step toward the conference championship — the title every Bruin season is ultimately measured by. With a proven closer and a regional finalist core, UCLA enters that race with weapons few teams in the conference can match.

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🌟 Star in Focus: Emon van Loben Sels

The program star and closer, Emon van Loben Sels has more than 100 career wins and a record of clinching team victories for the UCLA Bruins — and he was the top seed at the ITA Southwest Regional in fall 2026.

Eight career clinches, cited in the 2026 preview, tell you what kind of player he is: the one his team turns to when the dual is on the line.

When UCLA walks out in Los Angeles, he is the player the whole dual can revolve around.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who are the UCLA Bruins star players?

The star trio is Emon van Loben Sels (program star and closer, top seed at the ITA Southwest Regional in fall 2026), Spencer Johnson (singles and doubles leader, 2025 ITA Southwest Regional singles finalist) and Rudy Quan (singles star, 2025 ITA Southwest Regional singles finalist).

Where do the UCLA Bruins play?

The Bruins are based in Los Angeles, California. The team colors are UCLA Blue and Westwood Gold, and the club motto is GO BRUINS.

What did Emon van Loben Sels achieve for UCLA?

Van Loben Sels has more than 100 career wins and a record of clinching team victories, with eight clinches cited for his career in the 2026 preview, and he was the top seed at the ITA Southwest Regional in fall 2026.

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Sources: UCLA Athletics (uclabruins.com) and ITA Southwest Regional reporting — rosters and schedules checked October 2026.

GO BRUINS — blue and gold, built to win, and ready for the deciding court.