Faris Khan

No. 13 Duke opened the NCAA Team Championship with a 4-0 victory over UNC Asheville on Friday afternoon at Ambler Tennis Stadium.

No. 14 Duke men's tennis hosts No. 38 Louisville and No. 52 Notre Dame this weekend for two ACC contests.

The sophomore doubles pair of Faris Khan and Niroop Vallabhaneni lead the team with seven dual wins.

Faris Khan celebrates after earning a point against North Carolina

Faris Khan claimed the singles title in the A2 Draw of the Wake Forest Invite

Faris Khan competes during the Bonk Invite

Faris Khan claimed the singles title in the B Draw of the Duke Bonk Invitational

Faris Khan gets ready to hit the ball during Duke's match with UNC Wilmington

Height:
6-0
Weight:
165
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Delray Beach, Fla.
High School:
Florida Virtual

Honors:
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
All-ACC Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
ACC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Robert C. Taylor Leadership Award (2024)

DUKE CAREER: Lettered four seasons (2021-22-23-24) ... four-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), three-time All-ACC Academic Team (2022, 2023, and 2024) and two-time CSC Academic All-District selection … earned the team’s Robert C. Taylor Leadership Award in 2024 … concluded career with a 44-24 overall singles record with a 27-19 dual-match ledger … finished ACC play with a 12-9 mark … went 1-4 against nationally ranked opponents … in doubles play, posted a 44-43 record, including a 32-31 dual-match mark … posted a 11-14 ACC ledger and a 25-24 record in court three … finished 1-4 against nationally ranked opponents with lone victory against No. 13 Adam Walton and Pat Harper of No. 6 Tennessee, 7-6 (6), in Duke’s 2022 NCAA Tournament Second Round match.

2023-24: All-ACC Academic team and ITA Scholar-Athlete recipient ... named to the CSC Academic All-District Team … earned the team’s Robert C. Taylor Leadership Award … finished with an overall singles ledger of 4-6, including a 4-4 mark in dual matches … compiled a 1-2 record in ACC play … registered two match-clinching wins against No. 22 North Carolina and UNC Asheville in the NCAA Team Championship First Round … recorded back-to-back wins over No. 22 North Carolina’s Anuj Watane and No. 16 NC State’s Jakub Katuch in straight sets 6-1, 6-2 and 6-2, 6-0, respectively … tallied a 6-0, 6-3 match-clinching victory over Rafa Serra of UNC Asheville … in doubles play, recorded a 20-12 overall mark, including a 14-9 dual-match ledger with four different teammates in Michael Heller, Alexander Visser, Connor Krug and Teddy Truwit … went 5-4 in ACC play … finished 7-3 with Truwit and 8-8 with Krug … recorded wins in first five doubles matches during the Tom Chewning Invitational and ITA Carolina Regional Championship … strung together four consecutive wins with Krug from November 5 to February 2 … ended the year with three-straight wins over Alexander Kiefer and Dylan Dietrich of No. 2 Virginia (6-4), Cian Ingles and Bruno Serra of UNC Asheville (6-4) and Roan Jones and Andrii Zimnokh or No. 20 Alabama (6-1).

2022-23: All-ACC Academic team and ITA Scholar-Athlete recipient ... named to the CSC Academic All-District Team … finished with an overall singles ledger of 12-7, including an 8-5 mark in dual matches … compiled a 4-1 record in ACC play and a 7-2 mark on court six … tied for third on the team in match-clinching wins with four … claimed wins in six of last 10 matches that went final, with four of those wins being in two sets … garnered a match-clinching three-set win over Jamie Connel of No. 19 Florida State 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 … helped Duke advance to its first NCAA Tournament Super Regional appearance since 2015 with a match-clinching victory over Samuel Paquette of No. 41 Cornell 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 … in doubles play, recorded a 7-11 overall mark, including a 6-7 dual-match ledger, with teammates Jake Krug and Niroop Vallabhaneni … secured lone ACC victory with Vallabhaneni over Matt Campbell and Will Kasten of Boston College 6-4 … recorded a 6-2 win with Vallabhaneni over Melios Efstathiou and Juan Lopez de Azcona of No. 20 Wake Forest to help lift Duke to the ACC Championship match.

2021-22: All-ACC Academic team and ITA Scholar-Athlete recipient ... finished tied for second on the team with 19 overall singles victories (19-7), including an 8-6 dual match record … compiled an 11-1 tournament ledger and a 4-2 record in ACC play … posted a 5-2 mark on court three and a 3-4 tally on court four … recorded a 5-4 mark in last 10 matches … won three of five matches that went to three sets … helped Duke capture a win over No. 17 North Carolina by besting Henry Lieberman 3-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3) … defeated Oren Vasser of Miami 6-4, 6-3 for first ACC victory of the season … claimed two singles titles at the James Bonk Invitational and the Wake Forest Invite … compiled a 14-12 overall doubles mark, and a 9-10 dual ledger … finished with an ACC record of 3-6, including wins over Virginia Tech, Boston College and No. 29 Louisville … played on all three courts, earning marks of 4-3 (court one), 2-4 (court two) and 3-3 (court three) … with teammate Niroop Vallabhaneni, went 1-4 against nationally ranked opponents, with lone victory against No. 13 Adam Walton and Pat Harper of No. 6 Tennessee, 7-6 (6), in Duke’s NCAA Tournament Second Round match … started the year 4-0 and won the Wake Forest Invite doubles title with Vallabhaneni.

2020-21: ITA Scholar-Athlete recipient ... concluded the year with a 9-4 overall mark during singles action, including an 5-1 dual record on court six … finished ACC play with a 3-4 tally … won opening seven singles matches, including a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 come-from-behind victory over No. 114 of No. 19 Kentucky … bested Brandon McKinney of Georgia Teach 6-3, 7-6 (10) for first ACC victory of the season … won three of four matches that went to three sets … in doubles action, finished with an 4-8 mark, including two ACC wins over Boston College and Florida State … competed mostly on court three, teaming up the majority of the time with Luca Keist, Niroop Vallabhaneni and Andrew Dale … won two of final four doubles matches, including a 7-6 (2) tiebreak decision over Chase Wood and Andreja Petrovic of Florida State.

Prior to Duke: Ranked in the top-five of class of the Top U.S. Junior standings, before dealing with a knee injury ... singles finalist at the 2014 and 2016 USTA National Clay Courts and Hart Courts, a 2014 National Hard Courts doubles champion before teaming up with twin brother Zane to claim the doubles title at the 2016 USTA National Clay Courts ... 2016 Bolton Teen Tennis semifinalist ... selected to represent the United States at the Junior Davis Cup where he went undefeated individually as the team placed third.

Personal: Born Feb. 11, 2002 … son of Farah Khan ... twin brother, Zane, is a professional tennis player.