Michael Genender Season 2015-16

2017-18 (Junior)

• Posted a 7-5 overall record
• Was 6-2 in dual competition, playing at No. 4, No. 5 or No. 6
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 All-Academic selection
• Captured six of his final seven decisions on the year, winning all six in straight sets
• Ranked No. 63 in the final Oracle/ITA poll in doubles, playing with Sameer Kumar
• Recorded an 18-9 record playing with Sameer Kumar in doubles, including an 11-5 dual mark at No. 1 doubles
• Also played two doubles matches with Tom Fawcett, posting a 1-1 record

2016-17 (Sophomore)

• Was the clincher in an upset of No. 6 Cal with a win over No. 109 Filip Bergevi (Mar. 7)
• ITA All-Academic Team
• Pac-12 All-Academic Team
• Teamed up with Sameer Kumar in doubles for a 14-10 overall record and 12-8 in duals

2015-16 (Freshman)

• 14-12 overall, 8-8 in duals, played in every position except No. 1
• Provided two clinching points against Santa Clara and Nevada
• Went 1-4 against nationally-ranked opponents
• 1-4 in three-set matches
• Highest-ranked opponent defeated was No. 25 Herkko Pollanen of Ohio State
• Went 4-3 in doubles play

Prior to Stanford

• 2015 graduate of Harvard Westlake
• Helped lead his team to the CIF SS D1 Final in 2014 & 2015
• 2014 CIF Individual Singles Champion
• 2014 ITF Easter Bowl Quarterfinalist
• 2015 Ojai CIF Single Champion
• 2015 Southern California Men’s Open Sectional Champion
• Ranked No. 1 in Southern California in the 12, 14, 16 and 18 and under divisions
• Received 2015 Harvard Westlake’s Lee Carson Award for Athletics

Personal

• Parents are Mark and Ellen
• Has two sisters, Lauren and Sophia
• Mother competed in tennis at Penn and father played golf at Princeton
• Avid Dallas sports fan of the Mavericks and Cowboys

Career Singles Record

Career Doubles Record