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2019-20 Men's Tennis Roster
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Benkaim, Russell
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Russell Benkaim
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bradenton, Fla.
- High School:
- IMG Academy
Bio
2019-20 Season (Junior): Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... Played primarily at the No. 2 position in singles dual play (8-2) while finishing 10-6 overall in the shortened season due to COVID-19 … Competed in the No. 1 doubles position (12-4) with partner Randy Cory and finished the season ranked No. 37 in the ITA/Oracle doubles poll … Won eight singles matches over a span of nine outings in February … Earned Pac-12 Player of the Week for performances against No. 23 Iowa and team sweeps over Montana State and Southern Utah … Downed Oliver Okonkwo of No. 23 Iowa (6-2, 2-6, 6-4), as well as earning a doubles win over No. 10-ranked Okonkwo and Will Davies to guide Utah to a 4-3 upset … Earned road win against New Mexico’s Stephan Holis (4-6, 6-4, 6-2) … Rattled off 11-straight doubles wins with partner Randy Cory from Jan. 31 to Feb. 29 to be nationally-ranked for the majority of the season … Notable wins came against top duos from East Tennessee State (6-4) to start the streak, as well as the then-ranked No. 21 Matt Summers/James Davis (6-4) of Denver … Beat LMU’s Thien Nguyen/Keenan Mayo 6-4 … Went undefeated at the Utah Invitational in fall play, winning the Red Group in singles action and Drum & Feather Group in doubles … Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Mountain Region Championship in the fall following four-straight wins.
2018-19 Season (Sophomore): Finished the year ranked No. 17 in the ITA Mountain Region … Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … dominant at the No. 4 position in singles play (14-6) while finishing the season 16-7 overall in singles dual play (3-3 Pac-12) … earned a win at No. 3 singles against Joaquin Espinoza of Montana State … won six singles matches in a row from Feb. 17 to March 8, including a win over Patrick Zahraj of No. 20 UCLA (6-3, 6-4) to start Pac-12 play … earned Pac-12 Player of the Week for helping the Utes to sweep No. 40 Old Dominion and Denver during that win streak … clinched the match winner against No. 12 Stanford with a 2-6, 7-6, 6-2 win over Michael Genender … defeated Joshua Charlton of Oregon (6-4, 6-2) in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament … went 15-10 in doubles play, mainly playing at No. 3 with Joe Woolley where they went 10-3 … won three straight matches to begin the season with Randy Cory at the No. 1 spot … defeated the No. 3 doubles team from No. 40 Old Dominion with Woolley, 6-2 … clinched the doubles point against Oregon with a 7-5 win … also earned Pac-12 doubles points against Cal, Stanford and Arizona … beat Oregon’s No. 3 doubles team at the Pac-12 Tournament with a 6-4 win … made it to the Round of 16 at the ITA Mountain Regional during the fall season with a win over Martin Simecek of New Mexico State.
2017-18 Season (Freshman): Played at the No. 6 position for most of the season … key singles wins over Keegan Sullivan of Idaho State at the No. 4 position and Grant Wood of Montana State … 13 doubles wins on the season playing with Randy Cory at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots … started the season on a 10-match win streak, including wins over teams from No. 50 Utah State, No. 71 Wichita State and No. 33 Harvard … helped defeat the No. 30 team of Tom Fawcett and Axel Geller of Stanford (6-3) … also had doubles wins over Mitch Stewart and Jack Davis of No. 51 Washington and Igor Karpovets and Aaro Pollanen of No. 58 Arizona.
Prior to Utah: Ranked as high as No. 5 in the nation in the USTA National Rankings ... won three Florida State Doubles Championships, as well as two ITF titles in doubles ... qualified for three main draw Challenger events ... in singles play he finished a personal best fifth place at the 2016 USTA Winter Nationals in the boys 16s.
2018-19 Season (Sophomore): Finished the year ranked No. 17 in the ITA Mountain Region … Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … dominant at the No. 4 position in singles play (14-6) while finishing the season 16-7 overall in singles dual play (3-3 Pac-12) … earned a win at No. 3 singles against Joaquin Espinoza of Montana State … won six singles matches in a row from Feb. 17 to March 8, including a win over Patrick Zahraj of No. 20 UCLA (6-3, 6-4) to start Pac-12 play … earned Pac-12 Player of the Week for helping the Utes to sweep No. 40 Old Dominion and Denver during that win streak … clinched the match winner against No. 12 Stanford with a 2-6, 7-6, 6-2 win over Michael Genender … defeated Joshua Charlton of Oregon (6-4, 6-2) in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament … went 15-10 in doubles play, mainly playing at No. 3 with Joe Woolley where they went 10-3 … won three straight matches to begin the season with Randy Cory at the No. 1 spot … defeated the No. 3 doubles team from No. 40 Old Dominion with Woolley, 6-2 … clinched the doubles point against Oregon with a 7-5 win … also earned Pac-12 doubles points against Cal, Stanford and Arizona … beat Oregon’s No. 3 doubles team at the Pac-12 Tournament with a 6-4 win … made it to the Round of 16 at the ITA Mountain Regional during the fall season with a win over Martin Simecek of New Mexico State.
2017-18 Season (Freshman): Played at the No. 6 position for most of the season … key singles wins over Keegan Sullivan of Idaho State at the No. 4 position and Grant Wood of Montana State … 13 doubles wins on the season playing with Randy Cory at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots … started the season on a 10-match win streak, including wins over teams from No. 50 Utah State, No. 71 Wichita State and No. 33 Harvard … helped defeat the No. 30 team of Tom Fawcett and Axel Geller of Stanford (6-3) … also had doubles wins over Mitch Stewart and Jack Davis of No. 51 Washington and Igor Karpovets and Aaro Pollanen of No. 58 Arizona.
Prior to Utah: Ranked as high as No. 5 in the nation in the USTA National Rankings ... won three Florida State Doubles Championships, as well as two ITF titles in doubles ... qualified for three main draw Challenger events ... in singles play he finished a personal best fifth place at the 2016 USTA Winter Nationals in the boys 16s.
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