2026-27 Men's Tennis Roster
Biography
Awards:
- ITA South Central Region Rookie of the Year (2025-26)
- Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year (2025-26)
- Honorable Mention All-Lone Star Conference (Singles) (2025-26)
- LSC Singles Player of the Week (4/29/2026)
- LSC Doubles Team of the Week (4/23/2026)
- UTPB Edgardo Madrid & Associates Men's Student-Athlete of the Month (April 2026)
2025-26 (First-Year):
Named to the 2026 LSC Preseason Players to Watch list... Named the 2026 ITA South Central Region Rookie of the Year... Named the 2026 Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year and Honorable Mention All-LSC for singles... Played in all 19 matches during the Spring season, and played in doubles in all 19 of those matches... Was 10-7 overall in singles (4-3 at No. 2, singles 6-4 at No. 3 singles) and was 7-12 overall in doubles (all at No. 1 doubles) in dual matches during the Spring season... Led UTPB with in singles wins and was the lone Falcon with a winning record in singles play... Played his most doubles matches with Kabir Chothani (3-7 at No. 1 doubles)... Both began and ended the season playing at No. 1 doubles with Joao D'Amorim... In conference play, he was 6-2 in singles (2-0 at No. 2 singles, 4-2 at No. 3 singles) and was 2-6 in doubles... Won in both singles and doubles in four matches this season... In singles, Naidoo had a winning record in each of the final two months of the year. Naidoo was 4-2 in singles play in the month of March and then went 5-1 in singles during the month of April, with his only loss in the final month being a three-set match where he fell 15-13 in a third-set super tiebreaker... He finished out the season on a five-match winning streak in singles, including beating a nationally-ranked player from No. 10 LCU (No. 18 Pablo Segura) at No. 2 singles during the final match of the season. It was UTPB's lone singles win this season vs. a nationally-ranked player... During the final two weeks of the season, Naidoo earned LSC Doubles Team of the Week honors (4/23/26) with fellow freshman Joao D'Amorim, and was named the LSC Singles Player of the Week (4/29/26) after the final week of the season... He was also named UTPB's Men's Student-Athlete of the Month for April... Naidoo was 2-1 at No. 3 singles on the weekend against Southwest Baptist (Mar. 6) and No. 38 Ouachita Baptist (Mar. 8). Against SBU on Friday, the Falcons led 3-2 and were one point away from claiming the match after Naidoo earned a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Romain Ramuz. Then against OBU on Sunday, Naidoo earned this team-leading third singles win early in the season with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Aaron Osmond... UTPB swept the doubles action against Hardin-Simmons (Mar. 21), being paced by a 6-1 win by Naidoo/Chothani over Payne Smith/Gabriel Harris in the top spot... Won in singles during both of UTPB's team wins during the weekend at No. 28 (NAIA) Texas Wesleyan (Mar. 27) and at UT Dallas (Mar. 28). Playing at No. 2 singles, Naidoo pulled out a win in a first-set tiebreaker and then cruised in the second set to defeat Alejo Zurmendi 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 and put the Falcons one point away from the win at TWU. Then the next day in UTPB's conference opener at UTD, Naidoo defeated Eddy Shteyn 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3 singles. Naidoo's only defeat in singles during the weekend was a 6-2, 6-1 loss at No. 3 singles vs. the No. 15 nationally-ranked singles player, Samuel Antwi, at No. 7 UT Tyler (Mar. 29)... Played two great singles matches on the weekend at No. 19 Midwestern State (Apr. 5) and at No. 30 Cameron (Apr. 6), losing one of them 15-13 in the third-set super tiebreaker but then beating a great Cameron player. Naidoo earned a 6-3, 6-2 win over Santiago Ledesma (No. 18-ranked in the South Central Region) in the three-spot at Cameron. That was the beginning of Naidoo's winning streak to end the season. The day before at MSU, Naidoo gave Juan David Duque (No. 8-ranked in South Central Region) all he could want in a 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (15-13) loss at No. 3 singles. Naidoo led 13-12 before falling in the third-set super tiebreaker... Naidoo/D'Amorim finished the season with an above .500 record (4-3) at No. 1 doubles and were named the LSC Men's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week after going 2-0 at No. 1 doubles against Western New Mexico (Apr. 17) and Sul Ross State (Apr. 18). Naidoo/D'Amorim first defeated Yannik Rogulski/Jack Semper in the decider for the doubles point, 6-3, at No. 1 doubles vs. WNMU. They next day they won 6-1 at No. 1 singles vs. SRSU to improve to 4-2 at No. 1 singles on the season... Then in UTPB's final match of the season vs. No. 10 Lubbock Christian (Apr. 25), Naidoo upset No. 18-ranked Pablo Segura 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) at No. 2 singles... During the Fall season, Naidoo finished a combined 6-2 in singles and 3-2 in doubles with his partner, D'Amorim... Went 3-0 in his singles flight at the StMU Kimbell Memorial Invitational... At the ITA South Central Regional Championships, Naidoo was one of two Falcons to win their first match and advance to the second round of the Singles Flight A Main Draw while in doubles, Naidoo/D'Amorim were one of three UTPB doubles pairs to win their first match to advance to the second round of the Doubles Flight A Main Draw... Lastly, at the TAMUT Eagle Invite, Naidoo won the consolation final in the No. 4 singles draw while he and D'Amorim finished in third place in the No. 1 doubles draw... Named to the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Westlake Boys HS:
Team Captain - First-Team... Sports Clours - First-Team... Lost only twice in singles in three years... Undefeated in doubles... Team was Regional Champs, State Champs and National Champs... Also played cricket and field hockey... Youngest cricket player to score 100 runs in Westlake history.
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