Max Fardanesh

Height:
6-1
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Albany, Calif.
Prev School:
UC Davis

• 2026 All-Big West First Team - Doubles
• 2026 All-Big West Second Team - Singles
• 2025 All-Big West Honorable Mention - Singles

2025-26 (Junior)
• Named to the All-Big West First Team in doubles and received second-team distinction in singles
• Finished the season with 14 overall singles wins, including eight dual-match victories that came primarily at No. 2
• Defeated Big West opponents from Cal Poly, Hawai’i and UC Riverside
• Earned his first career Big West Player of the Week award on March 18
• Advanced to the singles and doubles semifinal at the Big West Fall Invite
• Went 12-10 overall in doubles and tied for the team lead with eight dual-match victories
• Teamed up with Rohan Sachdev to go 6-5 at the top of the lineup
• CSC Academic All-District selection and ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Also made the Big West Spring All-Academic Team

2024-25 (Sophomore)
• Earned All-Big West honorable mention recognition in singles
• Went 17-6 overall, 12-3 in dual matches and 5-0 in Big West play
• Closed out the year on an eight-match win streak
• Had three straight-set victories at the Big West Championships to help the Anteaters claim the conference title
• Took down Conrad Brown of 34th-ranked UC Santa Barbara in the championship match
• Led the squad with seven match-clinching victories
• Defeated opponents from Oregon, Navy, Cal Poly, Utah and Denver during the fall tournament season
• Played primarily with Sohrob Amiryavari and Rithvik Krishna in doubles
• Teamed up with Amiryavari to open the 2025 campaign with a 6-4 win over Kaylan Bigun/Rudy Quan of UCLA
• Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete

at UC Davis (Freshman)
• Member of the Aggies' men’s tennis team during the 2023-24 season
• All-Big West honorable mention selection in doubles
• Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete

High School
• Five-star recruit
• Ranked as high as No. 8 nationally in the 2021 class on TennisRecruiting.net
• Won the 16s division of the Zimmerman/Johnson USTA International Tournament
• National indoors 14s finalist
• Graduate of Laurel Springs School

Major
• Political science

CAREER RECORDS AT UCI
Overall Singles: 31-23
Dual-Match Singles: 20-14
Overall Doubles: 21-30
Dual-Match Doubles: 14-22