• NCAA Today's Top 10 Award recipient
• 2019 ITA All-American (doubles)
• 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-American (second team)
• 2019 Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2019 All-Big 12 Doubles (first team)
• 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District (first team)
• 2019 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipient
• 2018 ITA All-American National Champion (doubles)
• 2017 NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner
• 2019 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2018 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2017 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 (first team)
• 2018 Academic All-Big 12 (first team)
• 2017 Academic All-Big 12 (first team)
• 2016 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• Eight-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection
2018-19 (Senior):
Finished career with 77-41 singles record and 77-39 doubles mark…Earned first ITA All-America honors in doubles, going a career-best 29-8 in final season…Also honored for academics, earning CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-America recognition and Big 12 Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year award…Became the second Bear in program history to be an All-American on the court and in the classroom in the same season, joining Mark Williams in 2000…Became first Bear since 2010 to earn CoSIDA Academic All-District honors…With partner Sven Lah, compiled a 28-7 record and became the first duo in program history to be ranked No. 1 in the ITA doubles rankings during the regular season…Finished season ranked No. 2 after advancing to the NCAA Doubles quarterfinals…Earned All-Big 12 doubles first team honors after going 4-1 with Lah in league play…Duo posted the second-most wins as a doubles team in program history with 28 victories…Lah and Bendeck went 15-4 against ranked foes, playing primarily at the No. 1 spot…Highest ranked win came against No. 6 Reese Stalder and Bertus Kruger of TCU, winning 6-4 on March 29…Recorded last win in the NCAA Doubles Championship Round of 16 against Auburn’s Brandon Laubser and Tad Maclean, winning 7-6(5), 6-1…Finished with a 16-7 singles record, going 14-5 during the spring season…Played primarily at No. 6 singles, went 12-4 in that spot…Finished season with eight wins in his last 10 matches, including a match-clinching victory over Roscoe Bellamy of No. 11 UCLA in the NCAA Super Regional…Went 2-1 in Big 12 play, earning wins over TCU and Oklahoma State…Opened spring play with six straight wins…Helped BU defeat No. 20 Michigan in the NCAA Second Round with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Gabe Tishman…Finished fall season at No. 5 in the ITA doubles rankings after capturing the program’s first ITA All-American doubles championship title…Went 11-1 with teammate Sven Lah, including 8-0 at the ITA All-American Championships to win the national title…Went a perfect 5-0 against ranked opponents…In the championship final, came back and defeated Ohio State’s Kyle Seelig and Alex Kobelt in three sets, 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 1-0(4)…Became only the second Big 12 team to capture the doubles title and first since 2003…Highest ranked win came against No. 13 Alex Bakshi and Jake Van Emburgh of Oklahoma in the round of 32, 7-6(1), 6-2…Went 3-0 in the qualifying draw to earn spot in main draw…Went 3-0 at the ITA Regionals and booked spot in semifinals with 8-5 victory over Texas’ Yuya Ito and Colin Markes…Pulled out prior to semifinal match due to injury…In singles, went 2-2 in fall action…Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team for the third consecutive year…Earned Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Baylor Dean’s List recognition during both semesters...Earned Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12’s highest academic honor...Became Baylor's first-ever four-time ITA Scholar-Athlete honoree in July...Earned NCAA Today's Top 10 Award on Dec. 17, the most prestigious honor given by the NCAA and was awarded to only 10 student-athletes across all three divisions and every championship sport.
2017-18 (Junior):
Posted a 13-9 singles and 10-8 doubles record…Played in 11 dual matches before suffering injury midway through spring season…Played primarily at bottom three spots in singles action, going 4-2 during the spring…Helped BU post first true road win at Washington with three-set win over Seb Hawken at the No. 6 spot…Closed out singles season with straight-set wins over Abilene Christian’s Paul Domanski and Hunter Holman on Feb. 24…Posted 6-4 dual-match doubles record with three different partners, playing primarily with teammate Bjoern Petersen…Posted 6-4 win with Petersen at the No. 2 spot over eighth-ranked Jose Gracia and Lucas Poullain in the team’s 4-1 rout of No. 21 Florida State on Jan. 28…Ranked as high as No. 45 in the country with Petersen, playing in three matches with ranking…Posted last doubles wins over Abilene Christian on Feb. 24…Entered the fall season ranked nationally at No. 68…Went 7-6 in singles play and 1-1 against ranked opponents…Defeated No. 65 Kenny Tao of Harvard in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, at the Ivy-Plus Invitational… Finished 3-3 in doubles play, playing primarily with Will Little, posting a 3-2 record...Played for Team Honduras for the second-straight year at the Davis Cup and was the clinching point that helped the team ascend to Group II for the first time in their country’s history…Earned spot on Academic All-Big 12 First Team for second consecutive season…Named to the fall and spring Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and Baylor Dean's List...Earned ITA Scholar-Athlete Award for the third straight season...Helped team earn distinction for the 11th consecutive year.
2016-17 (Sophomore):
Posted second-most singles wins on the team with a 24-12 record…Went 13-7 in dual-match play and 3-2 against ranked opponents…Ranked twice during the season, as high as 81 from January 13 to February 5 and ranked 120 from April 7 to April 9…Defeated No.108 Francisco Bendana of Incarnate Word in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, to help Baylor get the win on Jan. 21…Defeated Markus Kerner, 6-3, 6-2, as Baylor defeated No.23 SMU on Jan. 29…Downed B. Casares Rosa, 6-4, 6-3, to help Baylor defeat No.26 Cornell to advance to the NCAA Sweet 16 on May 13…Finished at 19-9 in doubles play, playing primarily with Johannes Schretter, posting an 11-3 record primarily at the No. 2 spot…Ranked in doubles from April 12 to May 18 with Schretter as well, as high as 64 on April 19…Recorded a 6-2 upset win over No.67 George Goldfoff and Leo Telles to help Baylor defeat No.8 Texas during Big 12 play…Won 6-1 over Lev Kazakov and David Volfson in Baylor’s win over No.26 Cornell in the NCAA Second Round…Had most successful fall season of any Bear with 11-2 singles record…Opened season by winning Napa Valley Tennis Classic...Was 3-0 in round robin play and then three collegiate foes, including Cal's 61st-ranked Bill Griffith, to take title...Produced 6-1 mark at ITA All-American Championships…Closed season with 3-1 record at ITA Texas Regional Championships to make the quarterfinals after three-set victory over TCU's 99th-ranked Jerry Lopez in Round of 16…named to Academic All-Big 12 First team…Earned to Big 12 Commissioners Honor Roll and Baylor Dean’s list both semesters…Named NCAA Elite 90 award winner for having highest GPA at the NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga...Earned ITA Scholar-Athlete Award to help team earn distinction for the 10th consecutive year.
2015-16 (Freshman):
Posted second-most singles wins on the team, boasting a 24-13 singles record in true freshman campaign...Went 17-8 in dual-match play and 1-4 against ranked opponents...Downed No. 108 Richard Pham to help Baylor earn the upset victory over No. 15 Columbia at the ITA Team National Indoors Championship on Feb. 14...Edged past Oklahoma State's Tristan Meraut 7-6 (10-8), 6-7 (8-10), 6-4 to push BU into the Big 12 semifinals for the 19th time in program history...Earned three-set victory over Florida State's Aziz Dougaz in the NCAA first round to cap off freshman season...Finished at 19-14 in doubles play, playing primarily with teammate Felipe Rios at the No. 2 spot...Recorded 6-3 upset win over No. 53 Alex Sendegeya and Bjorn Thomson of Texas Tech in regular season for only ranked win of season...Posted 5-3 singles record in first fall season with Baylor...Won two straight matches at USTA/ITA Regional Championships, taking down Incarnate Word's Ryan Hoverson and Lamar's Nikita Lis in straight sets...Paired with Will Little in fall doubles play, posting a 2-3 record...Earned spot on Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team after posting perfect 4.0 GPA...also named to Baylor Dean's List and Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll both semesters.
Prep/Juniors:
Named a five-star recruit from tennisrecruiting.net coming out of high school...Listed as high as No. 37 in the tennisrecruiting.net singles rankings in 2015...Listed as high as No. 663 in ITF singles rankings...Recorded an 11-3 singles record in ITF juniors...Advanced to the second round of the 2014 Metropolia Orange Bowl International Championship after a straight-set win in round one...Advanced to the fourth round of the 2015 USA F14 Futures after three straight-set victories in Vero Beach, Fla...Listed as high as No. 6 in Florida Men's Open Division.
Personal:
Given name is Jaime but goes by Jimmy...Born in Valencia, Spain...Son of Jaime Z. Bendeck and Maria del Carmen Bendeck...Graduated from Family Tree Private School in Hollywood, Fla...Double majoring in finance and entrepreneurship and corporate information.
