The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's tennis team edged the Ottawa Gee-Gees 5-2 to claim the bronze medal at the 2026 OUA championships, Oct. 9-11, at Mayfair East.
 
Toronto extends their provincial podium streak to 11 consecutive seasons, earning three gold, seven silver and now one bronze medal since 2015.
 
Ben Whitley led the Blues with two victories on the day. He and Eric Ma took the No. 2 doubles match, 8-5, while Whitley came away with a thrilling three-set 6-4, 36-, 7-5 victory in the No. 2 singles match.
 
Stephen Wong  and Gabriel Dattels also notched two wins. Wong won the No. 4 singles match, 6-4, 6-4, while also pairing with Lucas Mock to take the No. 1 doubles match, 8-3. Dattels won the No. 5 singles match 6-4, 4-3 and paired with Ryan Medoza to win the No. 3 doubles match, 8-7(5).

Following the championship, Lucas Mock was named an OUA all-star.
 

Doubles	Toronto	Ottawa	Score
MD1	Lucas Mock / Stephen Wong	Alexander Lungu / Vlad Pirusca	8–3
MD2	Ben Whitley / Eric Ma	Filip Popadich / Matthew Schenk-Pare	8–5
MD3	Gabriel Dattels / Ryan Mendoza	Laurent Soubliere / Lior Waldman	8–7(5)

 
 

Singles	Toronto	Ottawa	Score
MS1	Lucas Mock	Vlad Pirusca	3–6, 4–6
MS2	Ben Whitley	Alexander Lungu	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
MS3	Ryan Mendoza	Filip Popadich	1–6, 2–6
MS4	Stephen Wong	Matthew Schenk-Pare	6–4, 6–4
MS5	Gabriel Dattels	Lior Waldman	6–4, 4–3 (retired)
MS6	Luka Kirigin	Hassan Hashish	6–3, 7–6(2)

 
2026 OUA Men's Tennis Award Winners
Rookie of the Year: Luke Adrian, Western 
Player of the Year: Liam Drover-Mattinen, Western 
Coach of the Year: Zhenya Kandratovski, Ottawa

All-Stars
Liam Drover-Mattinen, Western 
Luke Adrian, Western 
Dylan Ginsberg, Queen's 
Matt Truong, Queen's 
Lucas Mack, Toronto 
Filip Popadish, Ottawa 
 


2026 OUA Men's Tennis Championship
 
Friday, October 9
Quarter-Final #1: No. 3 Queen's vs No. 6 York 4-3
Quarter-Final #2: No. 2 Ottawa vs No. 7 Waterloo 4-3
Quarter-Final #3: No. 1 Toronto vs No. 8 McMaster 7-0
Quarter-Final #4: No. 4 Western vs No. 5 Brock
 
Saturday, October 10
Consolation Semifinal #1:York vs Waterloo 4-1
Consolation Semifinal #2: McMaster vs Brock 3-0
Consolation Final: York vs McMaster 3-2
7^th/8^th: Waterloo vs Brock 3-1
Semifinal #1: Toronto vs Western 2-5
Semifinal #2: Queen's vs Ottawa 4-3
 
Sunday, October 11
Bronze: Toronto vs Ottawa 5-2
Gold: Western vs Queen's 4-0