Men's Tennis
Goldberg, Ben
Ben Goldberg
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
- Email:
- bgoldberg@athletics.ucla.edu
Ben Goldberg completed his third season as an assistant coach for UCLA menโs tennis in 2023-24. He was hired by head coach Billy Martin in a volunteer role Sept. 24, 2021, after five seasons in the program as a student-athlete.
Goldberg, whose parents and sister are also Bruins, has guided five All-Pac-12 performers across his two seasons on staff. Two of them โ Alexander Hoogmartens (2022) and Govind Nanda (2024) โ earned entry into the NCAA Championships singles tournament. Another, Spencer Johnson, was voted Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year in 2024. Each of the three earned All-Conference first-team acclaim.
Goldberg ascended up UCLAโs singles lineup as a student-athlete. He registered career records of 48-43 in singles play and 33-36 on the doubles courts from fall 2016 through spring 2021. Goldberg helped the program to three Pac-12 regular-season championships and one conference tournament title over that time.
The 2020-21 season saw Goldberg utilize the additional year of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He made the most of his extra year, posting a 9-8 singles mark. Among those wins was a 7-6(5), 6-2 triumph over No. 26 Mor Bulis of USC โ a career-best showing for Goldberg in terms of opponent ranking. He also logged a 3-0 doubles record.
The shortened 2019-20 season did not lack for dramatic moments involving Goldberg, who was the last man standing in a pair of 4-3 team victories. The first winner-take-all performance came in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend championship match, as Goldberg outlasted No. 104 Bogdan Pavel of UCF, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Goldberg went on to overcome a 5-7, 1-5 deficit against Oregon's Riki Oshima, climbing all the way back to a 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-6(1) result. Goldberg hit doubles-digit singles wins for the third time in as many seasons, going 11-8.
In 2018-19, the Pacific Palisades, Calif. native got the better of No. 60 William Howells of Notre Dame, No. 74 Logan Smith of USC and No. 80 Rrezart Cungu of Wake Forest for his initial decisions over nationally-ranked counterparts.
Goldberg won the first nine completed singles matches of his dual-match career. As a freshman, He became a consistent piece in the doubles lineup after teaming with Austin Rapp for a 6-4 victory across from Rob Bellamy and Jack Jaede of USC at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships. Goldberg and Maxime Cressy would go on to pick up five doubles-point-clinching wins, including a 6-4 result over Walker Duncan and Wayne Montgomery of Georgia in the NCAA Championships quarterfinal round.
In the classroom, Goldberg was a six-time member of the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll after earning a grade-point average of at least 3.0 while passing 12 or more units in each of those corresponding quarters. He majored in political science.
Goldberg, whose parents and sister are also Bruins, has guided five All-Pac-12 performers across his two seasons on staff. Two of them โ Alexander Hoogmartens (2022) and Govind Nanda (2024) โ earned entry into the NCAA Championships singles tournament. Another, Spencer Johnson, was voted Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year in 2024. Each of the three earned All-Conference first-team acclaim.
Goldberg ascended up UCLAโs singles lineup as a student-athlete. He registered career records of 48-43 in singles play and 33-36 on the doubles courts from fall 2016 through spring 2021. Goldberg helped the program to three Pac-12 regular-season championships and one conference tournament title over that time.
The 2020-21 season saw Goldberg utilize the additional year of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He made the most of his extra year, posting a 9-8 singles mark. Among those wins was a 7-6(5), 6-2 triumph over No. 26 Mor Bulis of USC โ a career-best showing for Goldberg in terms of opponent ranking. He also logged a 3-0 doubles record.
The shortened 2019-20 season did not lack for dramatic moments involving Goldberg, who was the last man standing in a pair of 4-3 team victories. The first winner-take-all performance came in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend championship match, as Goldberg outlasted No. 104 Bogdan Pavel of UCF, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Goldberg went on to overcome a 5-7, 1-5 deficit against Oregon's Riki Oshima, climbing all the way back to a 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-6(1) result. Goldberg hit doubles-digit singles wins for the third time in as many seasons, going 11-8.
In 2018-19, the Pacific Palisades, Calif. native got the better of No. 60 William Howells of Notre Dame, No. 74 Logan Smith of USC and No. 80 Rrezart Cungu of Wake Forest for his initial decisions over nationally-ranked counterparts.
Goldberg won the first nine completed singles matches of his dual-match career. As a freshman, He became a consistent piece in the doubles lineup after teaming with Austin Rapp for a 6-4 victory across from Rob Bellamy and Jack Jaede of USC at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships. Goldberg and Maxime Cressy would go on to pick up five doubles-point-clinching wins, including a 6-4 result over Walker Duncan and Wayne Montgomery of Georgia in the NCAA Championships quarterfinal round.
In the classroom, Goldberg was a six-time member of the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll after earning a grade-point average of at least 3.0 while passing 12 or more units in each of those corresponding quarters. He majored in political science.
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