Career Accolades
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2023)
- Two-time All-Pac-12 first team (2023, 2024)
- CSC Academic All-District (2024)
- Pac-12 Regular Season Champions (2024)
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2024)
- ITA Scholar-Athlete (2023, 2024)
Samir Banerjee
- All-Pac-12 first team
- CSC Academic All-District
- Pac-12 Regular Season Champions, first team title since 2021
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- ITA Scholar-Athlete
- Ended the season ranked No. 53 in singles. Was ranked as high as No. 29 in singles and No. 36 in doubles
- Posted a 16-12 record in singles with a 9-8 mark in dual play
- Had three wins at No. 1 singles and six wins at No. 2
- Tallied seven wins over ranked opponents, including a top-10 win over Michigan’s Gavin Young (No. 9)
- Went 15-9 in doubles, including an 11-4 mark alongside Nishesh Basavareddy
- Advanced to the round of 32 in the NCAA Singles Championship
- Reached the round of 16 at the ITA Fall National Championship and the round of 32 at the ITA All-American Championships
As a Freshman (2022-23):
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
- All-Pac-12 first team
- ITA Scholar-Athlete (2023)
- Ended season ranked No. 56 in singles, ranked as high as No. 49. Was ITA’s No. 9 ranked newcomer in the preseason
- Tallied a 17-8 record in singles, and a 15-5 mark in dual play. Went 8-3 in three-set matches.
- Went 5-2 against Pac-12 opponents and 8-5 against ranked foes
- Posted a 12-16 record in doubles.
- Scored ranked wins in dual play against players from Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Arizona, USC and Columbia.
- Provided the clinching point at Columbia in three sets to help Stanford advance to the NCAA Super Regional
- Reached the round of 32 at the NCAA Singles Championship, defeated No. 4 Melios Efstathiou (Wake Forest) in the first round.
Before Stanford
- Junior Wimbledon Champion in 2021
- Ranked as high as No. 2 in the world (ITF) among junior players in 2021
- Tennis Recruiting blue chip recruit, ranked as high as No. 1 in the country on May 23, 2022
- Part of Tennis Recruiting’s No. 1 ranked recruiting class
Personal
- Parents are Kunal and Usha Banerjee
- Has one sibling, Divya
- Cousin, Rajeev Emani, played tennis at Columbia
Career Singles Record
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Overall | Dual |
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2022-23 | - | 6-2 | 9-2 | 0-1 | - | - | 17-8 | 15-5 |
2023-24 | 3-1 | 6-7 | - | - | - | - | 16-12 | 9-8 |
TOTALS | 3-1 | 12-9 | 9-2 | 0-1 | - | - | 33-20 | 24-13 |
Career Doubles Record
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | Overall | Dual |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022-23 | 4-1 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 12-16 | 9-13 |
2023-24 | 3-5 | 9-1 | 0-1 | 15-9 | 12-7 |
TOTALS | 7-6 | 12-8 | 2-6 | 27-25 | 21-20 |