2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Ben Goldberg
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Pacific Palisades, Calif.
- High School:
- Palisades Charter HS
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข 6-time Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll member (last Spring 2020)
2020-21
Utilized additional year of eligibility granted by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic โฆ 9-8 singles record (8-8 in dual matches) โฆ 3-0 doubles mark (2-0 in dual matches) โฆ team did not compete during fall โฆ posted majority of singles decisions on Court 4 (3-5); also finished on Courts 2 (0-1) and 3 (5-2) โฆ completed doubles matches came exclusively on Court 3 โฆ took down No. 26 Mor Bulis of No. 9 USC, 7-6(5), 6-2 (Feb. 28) โฆ with partner Connor Rapp, knocked off Jeremy Merville/Matthew Sah of UC Irvine, 6-4, to clinch doubles point (March 23) โฆ with partner Mathew Tsolakyan, beat Stefan Dostanic/Ryder Jackson of No. 1 USC, 7-5, to clinch doubles point in championship match at ITA Kickoff Weekend (Jan. 25).
2019-20
11-8 singles record in shortened season (5-4 in dual matches) โฆ 2-3 doubles mark โฆ singles decisions came exclusively on Court 4 โฆ totaled team-high four match-clinching points, including 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 winner-take-all decision over No. 104 Bogdan Pavel of UCF in ITA Kick-Off Weekend championship match (Jan. 26) โฆ posted 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-6(1) winner-take-all decision over Riki Oshima of Oregon (March 1); came back from 5-7, 1-5 deficit โฆ took down Rafa Izquierdo Luque of No. 10 NC State, 6-3, 6-1, at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 16) โฆ defeated Adrian Oetzbach of Pepperdine, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3, to reach singles quarterfinal round at SoCal Intercollegiate Championships (Nov. 8) โฆ topped Nico Borter of San Diego, 6-1, 6-2, to reach singles quarterfinal round at Jack Kramer Club Collegiate Invitational (Nov. 2) โฆ with partner Connor Hance, defeated David Ball/Vinicius Feijao Nogueira of BYU, 8-5, to reach doubles quarterfinal round at Jack Kramer Club Collegiate Invitational (Nov. 1) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Winter 2020, Spring 2020.
2018-19
11-12 singles record (9-10 in dual matches) โฆ 5-10 doubles mark (1-7 in dual matches) โฆ Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship โฆ posted majority of singles decisions on Court 5 (7-6); also finished on Courts 4 (1-3) and 6 (1-1) โฆ majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (1-6); also finished on Court 3 (0-1) โฆ defeated Russell Benkaim, 6-4, 6-0, to clinch win versus No. 46 Utah in quarterfinal round at Pac-12 Championships (April 25) โฆ went 3-2 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including back-to-back wins versus No. 60 William Howells of No. 11 Notre Dame (Feb. 15) and No. 80 Rrezart Cungu of No. 1 Wake Forest (Feb. 16) at ITA National Team Indoor Championships โฆ beat No. 74 Logan Smith of No. 9 USC, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 (April 5) โฆ with partner Connor Rapp, beat Ryan Marker/Romeo Midtgaard Jivraj of San Francisco, 6-2, to reach Group 2 doubles final round at National Collegiate Tennis Classic (Jan. 12) โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Fall 2018.
2017-18
10-6 singles record (5-0 in dual matches) โฆ 9-7 doubles mark (3-3 in dual matches) โฆ Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season and tournament championships โฆ posted majority of singles decisions on Court 6 (3-0); also finished on Courts 4 (1-0) and 5 (1-0) โฆ doubles decisions came on Courts 2 (1-2) and 3 (2-1) โฆ defeated Nick Borchenko, 6-2, 7-6 (5), to clinch win versus Loyola Marymount (Jan. 23) โฆ with partner Maxime Cressy, beat Valentin Lang/Gregoire Balenci of Grand Canyon, 6-1, to clinch doubles point (Jan. 18) โฆ with partner Austin Rapp, knocked off Sander Gjoels-Anderson/Nicholas Mitchell of San Diego State, 7-5, to claim Flight 1 doubles title at Aztec Fall Invitational (Oct. 8) โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Winter 2018 and Spring 2018.
2016-17
7-9 singles record (3-0 in dual matches) โฆ 14-16 doubles mark (7-10 in dual matches) โฆ Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship โฆ posted majority of singles decisions on Court 6 (2-0); also finished on Court 4 (1-0) โฆ defeated Michael Sienko of Army West Point, 6-2, 6-1, in NCAA Championships first round (May 12) โฆ clinched five doubles points with partner Maxime Cressy, including 6-4 result over Walker Duncan/Wayne Montgomery of No. 12 Georgia in quarterfinal round at NCAA Championships (May 20) โฆ earned first-career singles victory with 7-6(5), 6-1 decision over Adrian Legarreta of Grand Canyon to reach third round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 20) โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Spring 2017.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Lettered all four years at Palisades Charter High School in Pacific Palisades, Calif. ... played No. 1 singles all four years ... member of four-time CIF-Los Angeles City Section (LA) championship team ... 5-star recruit per TennisRecruiting.net ... four-time First-Team All-City selection ... took singles championship at 2016 ITA Summer Circuit โ Cal State Northridge โฆ claimed singles title at CIF-LA 2015 Individual Championships in Encino, Calif. ... notched clinching wins to capture 2016 California Classic and 2016 LA City team titles ... won USTA Closed Regional โ October singles title at 2015 Mike Agassi โNo Quitโ Championships in Las Vegas ... competed at 2015 and 2016 USTA National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich.
PERSONAL
Full name: Benjamin Donald Goldberg ... son of Dan and Vicky ... has one younger sister, Caroline ... father is Assistant Athletic Director, Compliance at UCLA ... admires Gael Monfils ... says he chose UCLA because "UCLA combines the best of athletics and academics, and it has always been [his]ย home away from home" ... political science major.
| CAREER SINGLES RECORD | CAREER DOUBLES RECORD | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL |
| 2016-17 | 3-0 | 4-9 | 7-9 | 7-10 | 7-6 | 14-16 |
| 2017-18 | 5-0 | 5-6 | 10-6 | 3-3 | 6-4 | 9-7 |
| 2018-19 | 9-10 | 2-2 | 11-12 | 1-7 | 4-3 | 5-10 |
| 2019-20 | 5-4 | 6-4 | 11-8 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2-3 |
| 2020-21 | 8-8 | 1-0 | 9-8 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 |
| TOTALS | 30-22 | 18-21 | 48-43 | 13-20 | 20-16 | 33-36 |
