Ohio State Career Honors – 2017 Big Ten Doubles Champion … 2015, 16, 17 Academic All-Big Ten … 2015, 16, 17 OSU Scholar-Athlete
2017-18 (Redshirt-Senior)
Finished 2017-18 campaign with a singles record of 5-3 as well as ending with a 1-1 record at the No. 6 singles spot … Mendez went 30-5 overall in doubles play, posting a record of 28-5 playing alongside Hunter Tubert … Mendez and Tubert went split their two matches against nationally ranked opponents including a victory over Yuya Ito and Harrison Scott of No. 13 Texas … Finished last season winning 9 of his final 10 doubles matches
2016-17 (Redshirt-Junior)
Posted a 16-4 doubles record and a 6-2 mark in singles … Was 3-0 in dual singles matches and has yet to lose a dual match singles match in his career … Went 1-1 in singles match at the ITA Midwest Regional Championship and then advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Singles Championship … Rolled through the Big Ten Doubles draw, winning all four matches with partner Hunter Tubert … Won all three of his dual singles matches and dropped just 11 games in those three matches … Opened the spring portion of the doubles season by winning seven-straight matches … Won both his doubles matches in two team victories over Oklahoma, first at the ITA Indoors and then at home in early March
2015-16 (Redshirt-Sophomore)
Finished the year with a 10-3 singles record including going 4-0 in dual singles matches … Lost just two doubles matches and only one dual match … Had a 14-1 dual doubles record and an 11-1 mark with partner Hugo Di Feo … Won three matches in the pre-qualifier at the ITA All-American Championships and then received a Lucky Loser spot in the qualifying draw … Defeated No. 88 David Biosca of ETSU 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 and then No. 111 Ben Wagland of Georgia 7-6, 6-1 to advance to the finals of the qualifier … Teamed with Hunter Tubert and made a run to the semifinals of the doubles draw at the ITA Midwest Regional Championship … Lost just four games in three doubles victories over Dayton, Butler and Xavier … Claimed a big 6-4 doubles win with Di Feo in the Buckeyes 4-1 win at No. 13 Oklahoma … Claimed his first Big Ten singles win of the year with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Colin Harvey at MSU … Joined Steinbach for his first Big Ten doubles victory over Myles Schalet and Gabe Tishman of Michigan … Routed Matt Bouggy of Purdue 6-0, 6-0 for his second Big Ten singles win of the season … Won his first two NCAA Tournament matches to help the Buckeyes advance to the Round of 16 for the 11th-straight season
2014-15 (Redshirt-Freshman)
Singles 13-4 (7-1 Dual) … Doubles 8-6 (6-2 Dual) … Was a perfect 3-0 at the No. 5 singles position and 4-1 at No. 6 … Won each of his last three singles matches … Was 2-2 in conference play in doubles matches and won his only B1G singles match … Advanced to the second round of the singles draw at the Big Ten Indoor Championship and then won both his consolation matches … Teamed with Riley Reist to take down Alberto Zanotti and Alex Pasareanu of Northwestern in the round of 16 at the B1G Indoors … Won twice in both doubles and singles to start the year against NKU and YSU … Picked up a win at No. 6 singles against Xavier … Defeated Jordan Szabo of Texas A&M in three sets … Played his first doubles match with Torpegaard and rolled to an 8-3 victory over Doug Zade and Jasper Koenen of MSU … Won his first singles match in over a two months with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Madon Bourbon of Wright State … Claimed his first Big Ten singles win with a 6-0, 6-4 win over Andres Estenssoro of Iowa … Won 8-4 with Mikael Torpegaard over Aron Hiltzik and Ross Guignon of Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament Championship match … Posted a solid 6-3, 6-0 win over Sergio Arevalillo of Buffalo in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.
2013-14 (Freshman)
Redshirted
Prior to Ohio State
US junior ranking: Mendez is No. 1 in South Carolina, No. 6 in the south and had the highest national ranking of his career in 2013 at No. 21.
Personal: Son of Oscar and Lisa Mendez … majoring in business … would like to attend law school after graduation … enjoys reading, swimming and playing basketball.
