2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster
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Sanchez Martinez, Benito
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Benito Sanchez Martinez
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Potsdam, Germany
- High School/Previous School:
- Carl-Friedrich-Gauss Schule
Bio
Career Honors
2025 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025 ITA All-American (Doubles)
2025 CSC Academic All-District
2025 First Team All-SEC
2025 ITA All-American (doubles) ^
2024 ITA All-American (doubles)
2024 ITA Scholar Athlete
SEC Player of the Week (3/26/25)
SEC Freshman of the Week (3/22/23)
2x Academic All-SEC (2024, 2023)
^ As part of a two-year pilot program between the NCAA & the ITA, the NCAA Individual championships were held in the fall for the first time during the 2024-25 athletic year. Players qualified through four ITA invitationals from September-November.
Tournament Championships
2024 ITA Conference Masters Champion (Doubles w/ Benito Sanchez Martinez) ^
2024 ITA Southern Regional Champion (Singles) / Shared with Jovanovic
^ Inaugural Event
2024-25 (Junior Season)
Spring 2025
• Earned the No. 1 doubles ranking in America with Petar Jovanovic. The duo spent two weeks at No. 1.
• Ranked inside the top 5 of the ITA Doubles rankings every week since March 4.
• With Jovanovic, the duo ended the season winning 17 consecutive doubles matches. During the streak, only four matches went unfinished.
• Earned a dual singles match record of 21-4 (12-2 SEC); Earned a doubles record of 22-1 (12-0 SEC).
• Led the team in singles wins both overall (27) and dual matches (21) … Led the team in overall doubles wins (33) and dual matches (22).
• Played primarily on court one in singles, earning a record of 16-3.
• Played entirely on court one for doubles, earning a record of 22-1
• Led the team in 3-set matches with 11, earning a record of 7-4 in those matches.
• Won a combined 30 matches vs ranked opponents (13 singles / 17 doubles)
• Started the season ranked 107th in singles and ended the year ranked 28th.
• Season-long winning streak of 11 in singles from March 8 – April 18.
• Helped Mississippi State to 25 dual match wins, tied for the most in program history with the 1979 team.
• Helped lead Mississippi State to the NCAA Elite Eight (Quarterfinals) for the first time since 2018.
• Following the season, Sanchez Martinez & Jovanovic have won 58 doubles matches together, setting a career program record.
• In 2025, Sanchez Martinez & Jovanovic won 33 total doubles matches (fall & spring), to set a new single-season program record
• His 22 dual match doubles victories with Jovanovic in 2025 set a program record for the most all-time in a season at Mississippi State.
• Sanchez Martinez & Jovanovic had a dual doubles winning percentage of .960 (22-1), setting a single-season program record.
• Set a new single-season dual match combines wins record (singles & doubles) with 44 combined wins. Broke the record previously held by Nuno Borges (2019).
• Won 34 total doubles matches, 2nd most doubles wins in a season at State.
Fall 2024
• ITA All-American w/ Petar Jovanovic (Doubles).
• One of three Bulldogs to qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships
• Won the ITA Southern Regional Championship … Shared title with Jovanovic. The victory qualified him for the NCAA Individual Championships.
• Won the inaugural ITA Conference Masters Championship in doubles with Jovanovic. The pair won every match in straight sets. The championship victory qualified them for the NCAA Individual Championships in doubles.
• Earned second career All-American honor at the NCAA Individual Championships after defeating No. 4 Filippos Astreindis and Paul Inchauspe from Princeton (6-4, 6-2) in the round of 16.
• Recorded seven ranked wins in the fall, four from doubles and three more in singles play.
2023-24 (Sophomore Season)
Spring 2024
• ITA All-American (doubles) … ITA Scholar Athlete … Academic All-SEC.
• Earned a dual match singles record of 15-8 (7-5 SEC) and a doubles record of 14-6 (8-2 SEC).
• Won five singles matches in a row to go undefeated in January … All five wins were in straight sets.
• Combined with Jovanovic, they earned the most doubles wins as a pair with 24, and the most clinches on the team with 8.
Fall 2023
• Earned a fall record of 5-4 in singles and 11-6 in doubles.
• Competed in the ITA All-American Championships, earning two wins.
• Reached the singles quarterfinals of the ITA Southern Regional.
2022-23 (True Freshman Season)
Spring 2023
• Earned a singles record of 20-7 (8-4 SEC) and a doubles record of 7-11 (3-5 SEC).
• Second on the team in singles wins and tied for second in overall singles wins (fall & spring) with 23.
• Season-long winning streak of seven matches from Nov. 5, 2022 to Jan. 27, 2023.
• Clinched the match in the highest-ranked win in MSU history over No. 2 South Carolina.
Fall 2022
• Earned a fall record of 3-3 in singles and 2-3 in doubles.
• Won two matches to help the conference claim the championship at the SEC-Big 12 Challenge.
Personal
• From Berlin, Germany
• Son to Ronald & Jaquelin Sanchez Martinez
• Born April 30, 2002
• Has a younger brother, Fabio
2025 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025 ITA All-American (Doubles)
2025 CSC Academic All-District
2025 First Team All-SEC
2025 ITA All-American (doubles) ^
2024 ITA All-American (doubles)
2024 ITA Scholar Athlete
SEC Player of the Week (3/26/25)
SEC Freshman of the Week (3/22/23)
2x Academic All-SEC (2024, 2023)
^ As part of a two-year pilot program between the NCAA & the ITA, the NCAA Individual championships were held in the fall for the first time during the 2024-25 athletic year. Players qualified through four ITA invitationals from September-November.
Tournament Championships
2024 ITA Conference Masters Champion (Doubles w/ Benito Sanchez Martinez) ^
2024 ITA Southern Regional Champion (Singles) / Shared with Jovanovic
^ Inaugural Event
2024-25 (Junior Season)
Spring 2025
• Earned the No. 1 doubles ranking in America with Petar Jovanovic. The duo spent two weeks at No. 1.
• Ranked inside the top 5 of the ITA Doubles rankings every week since March 4.
• With Jovanovic, the duo ended the season winning 17 consecutive doubles matches. During the streak, only four matches went unfinished.
• Earned a dual singles match record of 21-4 (12-2 SEC); Earned a doubles record of 22-1 (12-0 SEC).
• Led the team in singles wins both overall (27) and dual matches (21) … Led the team in overall doubles wins (33) and dual matches (22).
• Played primarily on court one in singles, earning a record of 16-3.
• Played entirely on court one for doubles, earning a record of 22-1
• Led the team in 3-set matches with 11, earning a record of 7-4 in those matches.
• Won a combined 30 matches vs ranked opponents (13 singles / 17 doubles)
• Started the season ranked 107th in singles and ended the year ranked 28th.
• Season-long winning streak of 11 in singles from March 8 – April 18.
• Helped Mississippi State to 25 dual match wins, tied for the most in program history with the 1979 team.
• Helped lead Mississippi State to the NCAA Elite Eight (Quarterfinals) for the first time since 2018.
• Following the season, Sanchez Martinez & Jovanovic have won 58 doubles matches together, setting a career program record.
• In 2025, Sanchez Martinez & Jovanovic won 33 total doubles matches (fall & spring), to set a new single-season program record
• His 22 dual match doubles victories with Jovanovic in 2025 set a program record for the most all-time in a season at Mississippi State.
• Sanchez Martinez & Jovanovic had a dual doubles winning percentage of .960 (22-1), setting a single-season program record.
• Set a new single-season dual match combines wins record (singles & doubles) with 44 combined wins. Broke the record previously held by Nuno Borges (2019).
• Won 34 total doubles matches, 2nd most doubles wins in a season at State.
Fall 2024
• ITA All-American w/ Petar Jovanovic (Doubles).
• One of three Bulldogs to qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships
• Won the ITA Southern Regional Championship … Shared title with Jovanovic. The victory qualified him for the NCAA Individual Championships.
• Won the inaugural ITA Conference Masters Championship in doubles with Jovanovic. The pair won every match in straight sets. The championship victory qualified them for the NCAA Individual Championships in doubles.
• Earned second career All-American honor at the NCAA Individual Championships after defeating No. 4 Filippos Astreindis and Paul Inchauspe from Princeton (6-4, 6-2) in the round of 16.
• Recorded seven ranked wins in the fall, four from doubles and three more in singles play.
2023-24 (Sophomore Season)
Spring 2024
• ITA All-American (doubles) … ITA Scholar Athlete … Academic All-SEC.
• Earned a dual match singles record of 15-8 (7-5 SEC) and a doubles record of 14-6 (8-2 SEC).
• Won five singles matches in a row to go undefeated in January … All five wins were in straight sets.
• Combined with Jovanovic, they earned the most doubles wins as a pair with 24, and the most clinches on the team with 8.
Fall 2023
• Earned a fall record of 5-4 in singles and 11-6 in doubles.
• Competed in the ITA All-American Championships, earning two wins.
• Reached the singles quarterfinals of the ITA Southern Regional.
2022-23 (True Freshman Season)
Spring 2023
• Earned a singles record of 20-7 (8-4 SEC) and a doubles record of 7-11 (3-5 SEC).
• Second on the team in singles wins and tied for second in overall singles wins (fall & spring) with 23.
• Season-long winning streak of seven matches from Nov. 5, 2022 to Jan. 27, 2023.
• Clinched the match in the highest-ranked win in MSU history over No. 2 South Carolina.
Fall 2022
• Earned a fall record of 3-3 in singles and 2-3 in doubles.
• Won two matches to help the conference claim the championship at the SEC-Big 12 Challenge.
Personal
• From Berlin, Germany
• Son to Ronald & Jaquelin Sanchez Martinez
• Born April 30, 2002
• Has a younger brother, Fabio
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