MALIBU, CA & BETHLEHEM, PA – The Monmouth University men's tennis team opened up the 2019-20 season with two tournaments this weekend. Senior Max Benaim (London, England/University College School) competed at the Oracle ITA Masters in Malibu, CA, while the rest of the team took part in the Lehigh Invitational. Benaim was one of 32 student-athletes in the country to participate at the ITA Masters. In Bethlehem, the Hawks swept Colgate in eight singles matches and three doubles contests.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
Oracle ITA Masters
Sep 27, 2019 at Malibu, CA
Singles competition
MAIN  Lin, Jack (Columbia) def. Benaim, Max (Monmouth) 6-2, 6-1
CONS  Cloes, Loic (South Alabama) def. Benaim, Max (Monmouth) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles competition
Cukierman/Hart (USC/UCLA) def. Benaim, Max/Nowak (Monmouth/Fairfield) 6-1
 
Lehigh Invitational
Sep 28, 2019 at Bethlehem, PA
Singles competition
Wang, Harry (Lehigh) def. Cooke Wharton, Will (Monmouth) 6-4, 2-6, 10-5
Elliott, Jack (Lehigh) def. Gortzounian, Charles (Monmouth) 6-4, 6-2
Learner, Jeremy (Lehigh) def. Busato, Gabriel (Monmouth) 3-6, 6-3, 10-4
Fishkin, Gary (Lehigh) def. Klapman, Austin (Monmouth) 6-4, 6-3
Kleiman, Matt (Lehigh) def. Zeiler, Christof (Monmouth) 6-2, 4-6, 10-4
Martinez, Sergio (Monmouth) def. Edelchik, Jacob (Lehigh) 6-0, 6-2
Klapman, Austin (Monmouth) def. Nakhjavan, Andrew (Lehigh) 6-2, 6-2
Jagtiani, Sanil (Drexel) def. Cooke Wharton, Will (Monmouth) 6-3, 6-2
Busato, Gabriel (Monmouth) def. Chamborro, Alvaro (Drexel) 7-5, 6-3
Brungs, Hugo (Drexel) def. Gortzounian, Charles (Monmouth) 6-3, 4-6, 10-5
Lahlou, Youssef (Drexel) def. Klapman, Austin (Monmouth) 7-5, 7-6
Hammit, Xandy (Drexel) def. Zeiler, Christof (Monmouth) 6-1, 6-0
Pachnev, Sasha (Monmouth) def. Wogen, Gustav (Drexel) 5-7, 6-2, 12-10
Benaim, Max (Monmouth) def. Selati, Jack (Colgate) 6-3, 6-2
Cooke Wharton, Will (Monmouth) def. Hartman, Peter (Colgate) 6-4, 6-4
Busato, Gabriel (Monmouth) def. Tan, Kun (Colgate) 6-2, 6-1
Gortzounian, Charles (Monmouth) def. Gupta, Rohan (Colgate) 5-7, 6-3, 10-1
Klapman, Austin (Monmouth) def. Roming, Nate (Colgate) 4-6, 6-4, 10-6
Pachnev, Sasha (Monmouth) def. Vlassis, Dean (Colgate) 6-2, 0-6, 10-7
Martinez, Sergio (Monmouth) def. Moini, Danny (Colgate) 6-2, 6-3
Zeiler, Christof (Monmouth) def. Caldwell, Mason (Colgate) 6-3, 6-2
 
Doubles competition
Cooke Wharton, Will/Busato, Gabriel (Monmouth) def. Potter, Nick/Gupta, Rohan (Colgate) 8-6
Pachnev, Sasha/Gortzounian, Charles (Monmouth) def. Tan, Kun/Roming, Nate (Colgate) 8-7 Zeiler, Christof/Klapman, Austin (Monmouth) def. Selati, Jack/Moini, Danny (Colgate) 8-3
Jagtiani, Sanil/Hammit, Xandy (Drexel) def. Benaim, Max/Martinez, Sergio (Monmouth) 8-5
Cooke Wharton, Will/Busato, Gabriel (Monmouth) def. Wogen, Gustav/Brungs, Hugo (Drexel) 8-3
Gortzounian, Charles/Pachnev, Sasha (Monmouth) def. Lahlou, Youssef/Sanchez, J (Drexel) 8-5
Chamborro, Alvaro/Janackovic, Djordje (Drexel) def. Klapman, Austin/Zeiler, Christof (Monmouth) 8-3
Benaim, Max/Martinez, Sergio (Monmouth) def. Wang, Harry/Elliott, Jack (Lehigh) 8-7
Bukhalo, Michael/Learner, Jeremy (Lehigh) def. Cooke Wharton, Will/Busato, Gabriel (Monmouth) 8-2
Fishkin, Gary/Edelchik, Jacob (Lehigh) def. Pachnev, Sasha/Gortzounian, Charles (Monmouth) 8-6
Zeiler, Christof/Klapman, Austin (Monmouth) def. Nazaroff, Steven/Kleiman, Matt (Lehigh) 8-2
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks will compete at the Villanova Invitational next weekend.