Ben Vandixhorn

Height:
6-2
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Libertyville, Ill.
High School:
Libertyville

Honors and Awards:

2018-19 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2017-18 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2016-17 Spring Academic All-Big Ten

2018-19: Earned two singles victories over Chicago State in a week, winning in straight sets at both the No. 1 spot (2/3) and No. 6 spot (2/10) … Won at the No. 5 singles spot and No. 3 doubles spot against UIC (2/17) … Appeared at the No. 5 singles spot against UIC (3/10) …Appeared at the No. 3 doubles spot against Iowa (3/30) … Won (6-1) at No. 3 doubles against Nebraska (3/31) … Appeared at No. 3 doubles with partner Simen Bratholm at No. 20 Michigan (4/5) … Won again at No. 3 doubles at Michigan State (4/7)...Appeared at No. 3 doubles against Ohio State [4/12] and Penn State [4/14] … Won at No. 3 doubles at Wisconsin [4/19] and again at Minnesota [4/21] … Extended win streak to three at No. 3 doubles against Purdue [4/25] ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2017-18: Played at the top spot in the doubles lineup alongside Dominik Stary throughout the season ... Appeared at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 in singles competition, recording wins at each ... Finished second on the squad with nine wins in dual play ... Also tallied nine victories in doubles play.

2016-17: Compiled 15 singles wins on the season ... Played at No. 4, No.5 and No. 6 singles ... Finished with a 6-1 mark when playing at the fourth spot in the lineup ... Added four doubles wins on the season.

2016 Match Point vs. Illinois

2015-16: 16-4 in dual matches in his first collegiate season ... Overall winning percentage of .778 (21-6) ranks ninth in program history for a single season ... Reached the 20-win mark with a straight set victory over Illinois at the Big Ten Tournament (4/30) ... Scored four consecutive match-clinching points, doing so against Wisconsin (4/1), Minnesota (4/3), Nebraska (4/8) and Iowa (4/10) ... Beat Illinois' Asher Hirsch at No. 5 to clinch Northwestern's 4-3 win over No. 8 Illinois (3/12) ... Played mostly No. 6 singles for Northwestern during his true freshman season ... Advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Singles Tournament in Iowa City (11/8).

High School: Ranked No. 79 in the nation in 2014 by TennisRecruiting.net ... Team MVP and all-state selection as a junior ... Team captain ... Four-year letterwinner ... Honor roll student ... National Honor Society member.

Personal: Born Benjamin William Vandixhorn on 10/22/96 ... Son of Jeff and Cami Vandixhorn ... Father played tennis at Wheaton College ... Major is Economics and minor is Business Institutions.

Vandixhorn's Stats

SINGLES RESULTS

Season	Overall W-L	Dual Match	Fall	Conference	1	2	3	4	5	6
2015-16	21-6	16-4	5-2	6-0	---	---	---	1-0	5-2	10-2
2016-17	15-15	13-14	2-1	5-5	---	---	---	6-1	6-13	1-0
2017-18	12-15	9-12	3-3	2-8	---	1-0	4-9	4-3	---	---
2019-19	4-1	3-0	1-1	0-0	---	---	---	---	1-0	2-0
Career	52-37	41-30	11-7	13-13	---	1-0	4-9	11-4	12-15	13-2

DOUBLES RESULTS

Season	Overall W-L	Dual Match	Fall	Conference	1	2	3
2015-16	2-3	0-1	2-2	0-0	---	---	0-1
2016-17	4-5	4-4	0-1	2-1	---	3-1	1-3
2017-18	11-19	9-16	2-3	2-8	9-16	---	---
2018-19	7-7	5-6	2-1	4-4	---	---	5-6
Career	24-34	18-27	6-7	8-13	9-16	3-1	6-10