2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster
Max Fardanesh
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Albany, Calif.
- Prev School:
- UC Davis
β’ 2026 All-Big West First Team - Doubles
β’ 2026 All-Big West Second Team - Singles
β’ 2025 All-Big West Honorable Mention - Singles
2025-26 (Junior)
β’ Named to the All-Big West First Team in doubles and received second-team distinction in singles
β’ Finished the season with 14 overall singles wins, including eight dual-match victories that came primarily at No. 2
β’ Defeated Big West opponents from Cal Poly, Hawaiβi and UC Riverside
β’ Earned his first career Big West Player of the Week award on March 18
β’ Advanced to the singles and doubles semifinal at the Big West Fall Invite
β’ Went 12-10 overall in doubles and tied for the team lead with eight dual-match victories
β’ Teamed up with Rohan Sachdev to go 6-5 at the top of the lineup
β’ CSC Academic All-District selection and ITA Scholar-Athlete
β’ Also made the Big West Spring All-Academic Team
2024-25 (Sophomore)
β’ Earned All-Big West honorable mention recognition in singles
β’ Went 17-6 overall, 12-3 in dual matches and 5-0 in Big West play
β’ Closed out the year on an eight-match win streak
β’ Had three straight-set victories at the Big West Championships to help the Anteaters claim the conference title
β’ Took down Conrad Brown of 34th-ranked UC Santa Barbara in the championship match
β’ Led the squad with seven match-clinching victories
β’ Defeated opponents from Oregon, Navy, Cal Poly, Utah and Denver during the fall tournament season
β’ Played primarily with Sohrob Amiryavari and Rithvik Krishna in doubles
β’ Teamed up with Amiryavari to open the 2025 campaign with a 6-4 win over Kaylan Bigun/Rudy Quan of UCLA
β’ Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete
at UC Davis (Freshman)
β’ Member of the Aggies' menβs tennis team during the 2023-24 season
β’ All-Big West honorable mention selection in doubles
β’ Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete
Β
High School
β’ Five-star recruit
β’ Ranked as high as No. 8 nationally in the 2021 class on TennisRecruiting.net
β’ Won the 16s division of the Zimmerman/Johnson USTA International Tournament
β’ National indoors 14s finalist
β’ Graduate of Laurel Springs School
Major
β’ Political science
CAREER RECORDS AT UCI
Overall Singles: 31-23
Dual-Match Singles: 20-14
Overall Doubles: 21-30
Dual-Match Doubles: 14-22
β’ 2026 All-Big West Second Team - Singles
β’ 2025 All-Big West Honorable Mention - Singles
2025-26 (Junior)
β’ Named to the All-Big West First Team in doubles and received second-team distinction in singles
β’ Finished the season with 14 overall singles wins, including eight dual-match victories that came primarily at No. 2
β’ Defeated Big West opponents from Cal Poly, Hawaiβi and UC Riverside
β’ Earned his first career Big West Player of the Week award on March 18
β’ Advanced to the singles and doubles semifinal at the Big West Fall Invite
β’ Went 12-10 overall in doubles and tied for the team lead with eight dual-match victories
β’ Teamed up with Rohan Sachdev to go 6-5 at the top of the lineup
β’ CSC Academic All-District selection and ITA Scholar-Athlete
β’ Also made the Big West Spring All-Academic Team
2024-25 (Sophomore)
β’ Earned All-Big West honorable mention recognition in singles
β’ Went 17-6 overall, 12-3 in dual matches and 5-0 in Big West play
β’ Closed out the year on an eight-match win streak
β’ Had three straight-set victories at the Big West Championships to help the Anteaters claim the conference title
β’ Took down Conrad Brown of 34th-ranked UC Santa Barbara in the championship match
β’ Led the squad with seven match-clinching victories
β’ Defeated opponents from Oregon, Navy, Cal Poly, Utah and Denver during the fall tournament season
β’ Played primarily with Sohrob Amiryavari and Rithvik Krishna in doubles
β’ Teamed up with Amiryavari to open the 2025 campaign with a 6-4 win over Kaylan Bigun/Rudy Quan of UCLA
β’ Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete
at UC Davis (Freshman)
β’ Member of the Aggies' menβs tennis team during the 2023-24 season
β’ All-Big West honorable mention selection in doubles
β’ Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete
Β
High School
β’ Five-star recruit
β’ Ranked as high as No. 8 nationally in the 2021 class on TennisRecruiting.net
β’ Won the 16s division of the Zimmerman/Johnson USTA International Tournament
β’ National indoors 14s finalist
β’ Graduate of Laurel Springs School
Major
β’ Political science
CAREER RECORDS AT UCI
Overall Singles: 31-23
Dual-Match Singles: 20-14
Overall Doubles: 21-30
Dual-Match Doubles: 14-22
Wednesday, April 15
Tuesday, March 31
Monday, February 23
Tuesday, February 17
