The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's tennis team held off the Ottawa Gee-Gees, 4-3, to win the 2025 OUA championship banner on Sunday, October 12 at Mayfair East.

After defeating the Brock Badgers 5-2 in quarter-final action and the Queen's Gaels 6-1 in the semifinals, the Blues were up against an Ottawa Gee-Gees squad that upset the Waterloo Warriors in quarters and knocked off the defending champion Western Mustangs in the semifinals.

Despite dropping the lone doubles point with three narrow loses, the Blues bounced back in singles action to squeak out the win with victories in the No. 2, 3, 5 and 6 matches.

The win marks Toronto's second OUA banner in the past three years. Veteran standout Rassam Yazdi was named an OUA all-star for the fifth time in his career, while Lucas Mock earned rookie of the year honours.

Awards Winners:

Player of the Year:
Liam Drover-Mattinen – Western

Rookie of the Year:
Lucas Mock – Toronto

Coach of the Year:
Zhenya Kondratovski – Ottawa

All Stars:
Rassam Yazdi – Toronto
Lucas Mock – Toronto
Vlad Pirusca – Ottawa
Alex Lungu – Ottawa

 

GOLD MEDAL MATCH
SINGLES
TORONTO	OTTAWA	WINNER	SCORE
Rassam Yazdi	Vlad Pirusca	Ottawa	6-1,7-6 (8)
Lucas Mock	Alex Lungu	Toronto	6-2,7-5
Ben Whitley	Filip Popadich	Toronto	7-6(4),6-0
Eric Ma	Will Adamson	Ottawa	4-6,6-3,6-0
Alex Zhang	Lior Waldman	Toronto	6-3,6-0
Luka Kirigin	Mathew Shenk-Pare	Toronto	6-3,6-4
DOUBLES
TORONTO	OTTAWA	WINNER	SCORE
Rassam Yadzi/Lucas Mock	Alex Lungu/Vlad Pirusca	Ottawa	8-5
Ben Whitley/Eric MA	Filip Popadich/Aidan Biss	Ottawa	8-4
Luka Kirigin/Yuxuan Zheng	Will Adamson/Mathew Shenk-Pare	Ottawa	8-1
		Toronto Wins 4-3