2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster
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Devin Badenhorst
- Height:
- 6-7
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Pretoria, South Africa
- High School:
- Midstream College
Career
Singles: 56-31 // 41-25 Duals (10-5 Big 12)
Doubles: 53-30 // 42-21 Duals (9-8 Big 12)
Awards/Honors
• 2026 Co-Big 12 Player of the Year
• 2026 ITA All-American
• 2026 All-Big 12 First Team Singles
• 2025 All-Big 12 First Team Singles
• 2025 All-Big 12 First Team Doubles
• 2024 ITA Texas Region Player to Watch
Highest Doubles Ranking: 17 (2024)
Highest Singles Ranking: 7 (2026)
2025-2026 (Junior)
Singles Record: 20-8 // 15-6 Duals
Doubles Record: 19-11 // 12-5 Duals
2026 ITA All-American and the first All-American in singles for Baylor since 2022 ... 2026 Big 12 Player of the Year, becoming just the seventh Bear in program history to earn the honor and the first since 2022 ... led Baylor to its first NCAA Quarterfinals appearance since 2022, clinching a comeback victory on Court 1 against Pepperdine in the Super Regional round ... named to the 2026 All-Big 12 First Team Singles ... ended the 2025-26 season on a 10-match winning streak with a 20-8 overall record and a 15-6 dual mark, all on Court 1, finishing ranked No. 10 with a season-best of No. 7 ... went 8-1 against nationally ranked opponents, including wins over No. 3 Jay Friend of Arizona, No. 6 Aiden Kim of Ohio State, No. 12 Yassine Dlimi of UCF, No. 21 and No. 17 DK Suresh of Wake Forest, while recording a perfect 4-0 in Big 12 conference singles play ... earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors three times during the spring season ... compiled a 23-12 overall doubles record, including a 20-8 dual record across multiple pairings during the spring season … Helped Baylor claim key doubles point victories of nationally ranked squads like No. 15 UCF, No. 16 Illinois, No. 38 Memphis, and No. 4 TCU.
2024-2025 (Sophomore)
Singles Record: 22-17 // 12-13 Duals
Doubles Record: 21-10 // 17-7 Duals
Notched seven ranked wins in his fall campaign … He began the fall season at the ITA All-American Championships (9/21) with singles wins against Kentucky’s Jack Loutit (#77) in straight sets and Stanford’s Max Basing (#73) in three … Paired with Zsombor Velcz, Badenhorst defeated Florida’s Jin/Nirundorn (#37), Stanford’s Godsick/Banerjee (#32), Michigan’s Young/Kittay (#17), and California’s Wright/Chang (#13) at the All-American Championships (9/21) … Made the NCAA Individual Championships in singles and doubles … Went undefeated at the ITA Central Sectional Championship in singles … Played every match on Court One during the spring season with a 12-13 record … Went 6-9 against nationally ranked players … Recorded a 3-2 singles record in conference play, including defeating Arizona State’s #36 Bor Artnak in the Big 12 Quarterfinals … Paired with Luc Koenig for all of spring season, defeated Maxi Homberg and 72nd ranked Li Carlsson Halldin 6-2 to help the Bears defeat 28th ranked Pepperdine 4-3.
2023-24 (Freshman):
Singles Record: 14-6 // 14-6 Duals
Doubles Record: 13-9 // 13-9 Duals
Named the 2024 ITA Texas Region Player to Watch … Began his time at Baylor in January and rode a hot streak of eight singles matches won to start the spring season … Earned a highest singles ranking of No. 75 … Defeated rival TCU’s Sebastian Gorzny (#30) in straight sets to earn his highest ranked singles victory (3/10) … Overall tallied three ranked wins in singles in his first year … Helped Baylor defeat No. 5 USC by taking down his opponents in singles and doubles … Played on Courts One, Two and Three, posting a 10-6 record on Court Three … Competed alongside Luc Koenig for 17 matches in doubles and recorded an 11-6 record and 2-4 in the conference with the duo … Held a six match long streak in doubles wins … Swept the ITF M15 Hillcrest titles in singles and doubles during the summer offseason.
BEFORE BAYLOR: Signed with a Universal Tennis Rating of 12.87 and was the highest-ranked South African juniors player in his age bracket ... He went as high as No. 23 in the ITF juniors rankings with nine singles titles and six titles in doubles, two while partnered with Luc Koenig ... The South African represented his country at the Davis Cup in February and already has career-high ATP marks of No. 1505 in singles and No. 1527 in doubles.
PERSONAL: Son of Louw and Annie Badenhorst ... Has two siblings- Kaylee and Michelle.
Singles: 56-31 // 41-25 Duals (10-5 Big 12)
Doubles: 53-30 // 42-21 Duals (9-8 Big 12)
Awards/Honors
• 2026 Co-Big 12 Player of the Year
• 2026 ITA All-American
• 2026 All-Big 12 First Team Singles
• 2025 All-Big 12 First Team Singles
• 2025 All-Big 12 First Team Doubles
• 2024 ITA Texas Region Player to Watch
Highest Doubles Ranking: 17 (2024)
Highest Singles Ranking: 7 (2026)
2025-2026 (Junior)
Singles Record: 20-8 // 15-6 Duals
Doubles Record: 19-11 // 12-5 Duals
2026 ITA All-American and the first All-American in singles for Baylor since 2022 ... 2026 Big 12 Player of the Year, becoming just the seventh Bear in program history to earn the honor and the first since 2022 ... led Baylor to its first NCAA Quarterfinals appearance since 2022, clinching a comeback victory on Court 1 against Pepperdine in the Super Regional round ... named to the 2026 All-Big 12 First Team Singles ... ended the 2025-26 season on a 10-match winning streak with a 20-8 overall record and a 15-6 dual mark, all on Court 1, finishing ranked No. 10 with a season-best of No. 7 ... went 8-1 against nationally ranked opponents, including wins over No. 3 Jay Friend of Arizona, No. 6 Aiden Kim of Ohio State, No. 12 Yassine Dlimi of UCF, No. 21 and No. 17 DK Suresh of Wake Forest, while recording a perfect 4-0 in Big 12 conference singles play ... earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors three times during the spring season ... compiled a 23-12 overall doubles record, including a 20-8 dual record across multiple pairings during the spring season … Helped Baylor claim key doubles point victories of nationally ranked squads like No. 15 UCF, No. 16 Illinois, No. 38 Memphis, and No. 4 TCU.
2024-2025 (Sophomore)
Singles Record: 22-17 // 12-13 Duals
Doubles Record: 21-10 // 17-7 Duals
Notched seven ranked wins in his fall campaign … He began the fall season at the ITA All-American Championships (9/21) with singles wins against Kentucky’s Jack Loutit (#77) in straight sets and Stanford’s Max Basing (#73) in three … Paired with Zsombor Velcz, Badenhorst defeated Florida’s Jin/Nirundorn (#37), Stanford’s Godsick/Banerjee (#32), Michigan’s Young/Kittay (#17), and California’s Wright/Chang (#13) at the All-American Championships (9/21) … Made the NCAA Individual Championships in singles and doubles … Went undefeated at the ITA Central Sectional Championship in singles … Played every match on Court One during the spring season with a 12-13 record … Went 6-9 against nationally ranked players … Recorded a 3-2 singles record in conference play, including defeating Arizona State’s #36 Bor Artnak in the Big 12 Quarterfinals … Paired with Luc Koenig for all of spring season, defeated Maxi Homberg and 72nd ranked Li Carlsson Halldin 6-2 to help the Bears defeat 28th ranked Pepperdine 4-3.
2023-24 (Freshman):
Singles Record: 14-6 // 14-6 Duals
Doubles Record: 13-9 // 13-9 Duals
Named the 2024 ITA Texas Region Player to Watch … Began his time at Baylor in January and rode a hot streak of eight singles matches won to start the spring season … Earned a highest singles ranking of No. 75 … Defeated rival TCU’s Sebastian Gorzny (#30) in straight sets to earn his highest ranked singles victory (3/10) … Overall tallied three ranked wins in singles in his first year … Helped Baylor defeat No. 5 USC by taking down his opponents in singles and doubles … Played on Courts One, Two and Three, posting a 10-6 record on Court Three … Competed alongside Luc Koenig for 17 matches in doubles and recorded an 11-6 record and 2-4 in the conference with the duo … Held a six match long streak in doubles wins … Swept the ITF M15 Hillcrest titles in singles and doubles during the summer offseason.
BEFORE BAYLOR: Signed with a Universal Tennis Rating of 12.87 and was the highest-ranked South African juniors player in his age bracket ... He went as high as No. 23 in the ITF juniors rankings with nine singles titles and six titles in doubles, two while partnered with Luc Koenig ... The South African represented his country at the Davis Cup in February and already has career-high ATP marks of No. 1505 in singles and No. 1527 in doubles.
PERSONAL: Son of Louw and Annie Badenhorst ... Has two siblings- Kaylee and Michelle.
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