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2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster

Nikita Bortnichek

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Doha, Qatar
  • High School American School of Doha

Biography

Honors and Awards
W&M Provost Award (2023-24, 2024-25)
CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (2023-24, 2024-25)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024-25)
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2023-24)

Sophomore Season (2024-25)
Posted 11 singles wins on the year, going 3-4 against CAA opponents … Played at every position from No. 2 to No. 5 … Picked up singles wins at the Liberty Dual (9/27-29/24) and the River City Open (10/4-6/24) … Won two consecutive singles matches to advance to the quarterfinals of the William and Mary UTR Tournament (11-1/3/24) … Defeated All-CAA Third Team selection Alex Martinez Sanz of Monmouth (3/9/25) … Picked up key singles wins against Campbell (3/28/25) and Richmond (4/15/25) … Played at every doubles position … Alongside Alexander Karman, recorded an 8-0 win in the first round of the main doubles draw at the ITA Atlantic Region Championships (10/10-12/24) … Went 1-1 in doubles at the William and Mary UTR Tournament (11-1/3/24), advancing to the quarterfinals … Alongside Raz Katz at No. 2, picked up doubles wins against Hampton (2/12/25) and Yale (2/21/25) … With Katz, beat All-CAA Second Team duo Oskar Antinheimo and Veljko Krstic of Elon (3/30/25) … Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll distinction during the fall semester … Selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.

Freshman Season (2023-24)
Posted a 9-8 singles record and a 7-7 doubles mark … Went 3-3 at the No. 6 singles position during the dual-match campaign … Clinched W&M’s win over Youngstown State (2/9) with a win over David Alvarez Moreno at No. 6 … Picked up at win in the Tribe’s season opener vs. FAU (1/25), downing John Bernard in three sets at No. 6 … Notched a straight-sets win at No. 6 in W&M’s 4-0 win over Longwood (3/30) … During the fall, went 3-0 at the River City Open (10/6-8) … Went 2-0 in singles at the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club Collegiate Invitational (9/22-24) … Won doubles Flight B with Albert Hansen at the Seahawk Invitational (9/15-17) behind three wins … A W&M Provost Award winner … Selected to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll with High Honors during the fall… Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete. 

Prep/Juniors
Won the Qatar Men Singles and Doubles championship … Ranked in the top-20 U16 in Russia …  Won the ITF Junior Doubles title at the J5 Amman event in Jordan in June of 2022 … An ITF Junior Doubles Finalist at the J5 Islamabad in February of 2022 … Competed in ITF World Tennis Tour events in 2022 and 2023 … A ITF Junior Doubles Semifinalist at J4 Al Zahra (October of 2022), J5 Islamabad (February of 2022), J3 Tehran (May of 2022) and J4 Leiria (August of 2022) … Was a singles semifinalist at the ITF Junior J5 Islamabad event in February of 2022.
 
Personal
Born in Moscow, Russia … Lived in Doha, Qatar since 2019 … Passionate about playing music (guitar and bass) and chess.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

  • 2024-25Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2025-26Junior

    6'0"