| Ben Chen |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Spring, Texas
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| High School:
Klein Collins
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| Height:
6-1
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| Experience:
2L
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Records
Career (through March 26, 2012)
Singles: 37-24
Doubles: 35-14
Dual-Match Singles: 14-10
2011-12 (through March 26, 2012)
Singles: 11-7
Doubles: 13-5
Dual-Match Singles: 4-1
2010-11
Singles: 16-11
Doubles: 17-6
Dual-Match Singles: 7-8
2009-10
Singles: 10-6
Doubles: 5-3
Dual-Match Singles: 3-1
AS A JUNIOR (2011-12)
•Posted a 6-3, 6-3 win over Michigan's Barrett Franks at the Key Biscayne Quad
•Reached the finals of his singles draw at the Southwest Shootout with wins over Rice's Philipp Seifert (6-3, 6-1) and TCU's Daniel Sanchez (6-1, 6-2)
•Notched a 6-3, 6-3 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Aurelien Tave in the round of 64 at the ITA Texas Regional Championships
•Defeated Virginia's Steven Rooda (3-6, 6-2, 1-0 [10-8]) in the qualifying bracket's consolation draw at the ITA All-American Championships
•Posted wins over Illinois' Tim Kopinski (7-5, 2-6, 6-3) and Notre Dame's Billy Pecor (6-3, 4-6, 6-3) at the Olympia Fields Fighting Illini Invitational
AS A FRESHMAN (2009-10)
• posted a 10-6 overall singles record and a 3-1 mark in dual-match play
• defeated Middle Tennessee State's Shaun Waters by a 6-1, 7-5 count to pick up his first career dual-match victory
• defeated UTSA's Daniel Moreiras 6-3, 6-2 in UT's 7-0 victory over the Roadrunners
• knocked off Laredo Community College's Guilherme Narducci 6-2, 6-2 in UT's 7-0 win over the Palominos
• notched a 6-1, 6-0 win over UTSA's Jorge Delgado at the Texas Invitational
• defeated Baylor's Maros Horny (7-5, 6-4) and Texas A&M's John Lewis (3-6, 6-3, 1-0) at the 2009 ITA Texas Regional Championship
• posted a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over Tennessee's Max Stevens at the H-E-B Baylor Intercollegiate
• registered victories over Pepperdine's Finn Tearney (6-1, 3-6, 1-0) and Abilene Christian's Luke Hawk at the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational
BEFORE TEXAS
•reached the round of 32 in the boys' 18 division at the 2009 USTA Summer National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich.
•2009 Texas UIL Class 5A state singles champion
•among high school seniors, ranked as high as No. 18 nationally and No. 1 in the state of Texas by TennisRecruiting.net
•claimed the singles draw in the boys' 18 division at the 2009 Texas Summer Grand Slam event in College Station
PERSONAL
Son of Kent and Kooi-Lee Chen ... has one sister, Becky (26), and one brother, Michael (23) ... born Feb. 7, 1991 in Houston, Texas ... major is undergraduate studies.
