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  Matt Kandath
Matt Kandath

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Gansevoort, N.Y.

High School:
The Albany Academy

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 170

Major:
Undeclared

05/20/2012

No. 11 Stanford Falls To No. 2 Virginia 4-0 In NCAA Quarters

Cardinal (20-9) reaches NCAA quarterfinals for second straight year

05/18/2012

No. 11 Stanford Rallies For 4-1 Win In NCAA Round of 16

No. 11 Cardinal into the quarterfinals for the second straight year

05/15/2012

What You Need To Know: No. 11 Stanford vs. No. 6 Kentucky

No. 11 Stanford and No. 6 Kentucky play Friday at 1 p.m. PT

05/13/2012

No. 11 Men's Tennis Punches Ticket To NCAA Round of 16

No. 11 Cardinal next faces No. 6 Kentucky in NCAA round of 16

04/27/2012

No. 10 Men's Tennis Falls To No. 1 USC, 4-0

Stanford is now 17-8 heading into the postseason

2010-11: Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection ... registered a 19-16 overall record ... 14-9 in duals, compiling a 7-2 mark at the No. 5 position and a 6-7 ledger at the No. 6 spot ... 5-7 in tournament matches ... 3-5 in three-set matches ... won a season-high four straight matches during the month of April ... collected victories in two NCAA Tournament matches, posting wins over opponents from Texas A&M and Virginia ... partnered primarily with Denis Lin in doubles, finishing 23-10 overall and 14-6 in duals at the Nos. 2 and 3 spots of the lineup ... the tandem advanced to the semifinals of the Pacific Coast Doubles Championships in early March, while also reaching the quarterfinals of the Sherwood Cup in mid-January and Pac-10 Championships in late April.

2009-10: Finished with a 16-10 overall record and was 9-5 in duals ... played most of his matches at the No. 5 spot, compiling a 7-4 mark ... 6-4 against Pac-10 opponents ... 1-3 in three-set matches ... 1-3 against nationally-ranked opponents, with the lone victory coming against No. 32 Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan of Washington by a 7-6 (4), 6-1 count at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships ... won a season-high seven straight matches during the month of April, finishing 7-1 to close out the year ... picked up his first collegiate victory on Oct. 23, defeating Alex Kotlyar of San Francisco 6-1, 6-4 in the opening round of the ITA Northwest Regional Championships ... partnered with fellow rookie Denis Lin to comprise Stanford's No. 3 doubles team, finishing 18-9 overall and 15-5 in duals ... the duo also reached the quarterfinals of the Pacific Coast Doubles.

Prior to Stanford: Highest junior rankings were as follows: ATP (1331), ITF (53) and USTA (11 in boys' 18's and 6 in boys' 16's) ... USTA National Open champion (boys' 18's in 2007, boys' 16's in 2006 and boys' 14's in 2005) ... two-time New York state high school champion (2008, 2007) ... finalist at the ITF Grade 3 Costa Rica in March 2008 ... finalist at the ITF Grade 3 Canada in October 2007 ... doubles champion of ITF Grade 1 Kentucky International Tennis Derby in September 2008 ... doubles finalist at ITF Grade 1 Canadian Open in August 2009 ... doubles finalist at ITF Grade B1 Pan Am in October 2008.

Personal: Parents are David and Cynthia Kandath ... National AP Scholar ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... 2009 USTA Okechi Womeodu Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Winner ... The Sports Foundation of New York's Capital Region (2009 Scholar-Athlete winner) ... Cum Laude Society at Albany Academy in April 2009.

Career Statistics
Singles
Year123456OverallDual
2009-10---0-17-42-016-109-5
2010-11---1-07-26-719-1614-9
TOTALS---1-114-68-735-2623-14

Doubles

Year123OverallDual
2009-101-02-012-518-1115-5
2010-11-9-45-224-1114-6
TOTALS1-011-417-742-2229-11

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