Benjamin Kittay

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Potomac, Md.
High School:
Laurel Springs School

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Honors
• All-America in doubles (fall 2024)
• NCAA doubles runner-up w/ partner Gavin Young (fall 2024)

Junior Year (2024-25)
Match-By-Match Statistics
• NCAA doubles runner-up w/ partner Gavin Young
• All-America in doubles
• Posted a 7-11 record in singles, 1-4 in the fall and 6-7 in duals (3-5 at No. 1, 3-1 at No. 2, 0-1 at No. 3)
• Had three wins over ranked singles opponents: No. 34 Alex Kotzen, No. 97 Luca Staeheli and No. 70 Trevor Svajda
• Ranked No. 55 in the ITA singles rankings on Feb. 20
• Recorded a five-match win streak from Jan. 11-Feb. 1 - the longest of his career
• Cliched the team win over SMU on Feb. 16
• Went 19-9 in doubles, 9-3 in the fall and 10-6 in duals (6-4 at No. 1, 4-2 at No. 2)
• Had a nine-match win streak that ended in the NCAA Championships
• Ranked as high as No. 5 in the ITA doubles rankings on Dec. 3 and went 10-2 with partner Gavin Young
• Went 7-2 against ranked doubles pairs with his best win against the No. 2 Raitu/Blaydes to open the year
• Recorded a 4-1 mark in B1G doubles

Before Michigan
• Played two seasons at the University of North Carolina (2022-23, 2023-24)
• Named 2024 All-ACC in doubles
• Competed in the NCAA Doubles Championship, reaching the round of 32 in 2023
• Ranked as high as No. 60 in ITA singles and No. 26 in the ITA doubles

Before College
• Ranked as the No. 1 player in the state of Maryland and was ranked No. 2 by recruiting.net for the Class of 2022
• Won five ITA junior singles and doubles titles and played at both Junior Wimbledon and Junior US Open
• Won the 2019 USTA Boys National doubles championship with partner Hugo Hashimoto in Kalamazoo, Mich.
• Boasts a career-high Universal Tennis Ranking of 13.21.

Career Statistics

Singles	Overall	Dual	Fall/Ind.	Big Ten	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6
2022-23 (UNC)	15-8	8-4	7-4					0-1	2-2	6-1
2023-24 (UNC)	11-10	7-9	4-1		3-4	2-3	2-2
2024-25	7-11	6-7	1-4	0-3	3-5	3-1	0-1
Career	34-29	21-20	12-9	0-3	6-9	5-4	2-3	0-1	2-2	6-1

Doubles	Overall	Dual	Fall/Ind.	Big Ten	#1	#2	#3
2022-23 (UNC)	11-12	8-10	3-2		8-10
2023-24 (UNC)	20-13	14-8	6-5		2-0	11-7	1-1
2024-25	19-9	10-6	9-3	4-1	6-4	4-2
Career	50-34	32-24	18-10	4-1	16-14	15-9	1-1