Temple University Athletics
2015-16 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Belkssir, Hicham

Hicham Belkssir
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rabat, Morocco
- High School:
- Ryad Al Naarifa
Bio
2015-16: Finished the season 19-7 overall in singles play, going 14-4 in dual compeititions ... Went 12-8 in doubles play with partner Vineet Naran, mainly at the first flight ... Posted a 7-3 record in the fall, including a 5-3 tournament record … competed in three tournaments (Joe Hunt Invitational, ITA All American, and ITA Regional Championship) … posted a 2-2 fall doubles record with partner Nicolas Paulus.
2014-15: Posted a 19-7 overall record, including an 8-11 dual record at the third, fourth and fifth flights … finished the season 8-8 with doubles partner Nicolas Paulus … competed in all four tournaments in the fall (Navy Invitational, UPenn Invitational, Lehigh Invitational, and ITA Atlantic Regional Championship) ... Named to Temple's Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA above 3.0.
2013-14: Posted a 20-15 singles record overall, with a 11-4 record in tournament play and 6-2 record competing in flight three...Had an impressive fall for the Owls, going 11-4 through five tournaments...won the sixth singles flight at the Navy Invitational with a 3-0 record...followed that up by taking the Jersey flight title at the Princeton/Farnsworth Invitational, going 4-0 on his way to the singles title...SAAC representative.
2012-13: Completed a solid freshman campaign with an overall singles record of 8-18...played anywhere from the second to the fifth flight with most of his success coming at No. 5...put together a five match singles win streak from 3/24-4/16, all at the fifth flight...competed in all three of Temple’s fall tournaments (Navy Blue Invite, Penn Invitational and USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional Championship)...won his first collegiate match in the opening round of the USTA/ITA regional...named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (S’13).
PERSONAL: Majoring in finance.
Belkssir's Career Stats:
Singles
Doubles
2014-15: Posted a 19-7 overall record, including an 8-11 dual record at the third, fourth and fifth flights … finished the season 8-8 with doubles partner Nicolas Paulus … competed in all four tournaments in the fall (Navy Invitational, UPenn Invitational, Lehigh Invitational, and ITA Atlantic Regional Championship) ... Named to Temple's Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA above 3.0.
2013-14: Posted a 20-15 singles record overall, with a 11-4 record in tournament play and 6-2 record competing in flight three...Had an impressive fall for the Owls, going 11-4 through five tournaments...won the sixth singles flight at the Navy Invitational with a 3-0 record...followed that up by taking the Jersey flight title at the Princeton/Farnsworth Invitational, going 4-0 on his way to the singles title...SAAC representative.
2012-13: Completed a solid freshman campaign with an overall singles record of 8-18...played anywhere from the second to the fifth flight with most of his success coming at No. 5...put together a five match singles win streak from 3/24-4/16, all at the fifth flight...competed in all three of Temple’s fall tournaments (Navy Blue Invite, Penn Invitational and USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional Championship)...won his first collegiate match in the opening round of the USTA/ITA regional...named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (S’13).
PERSONAL: Majoring in finance.
Belkssir's Career Stats:
Singles
YEAR | Overall | Dual | Tourn. | Conf. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
2015-16 | 19-7 | 14-4 | 5-3 | 0-3 | - | 1-0 | - | 3-1 | 7-1 | 3-2 |
2014-15 | 12-17 | 8-11 | 4-6 | 1-2 | - | - | 5-8 | 2-3 | 1-0 | - |
2013-14 | 20-15 | 9-11 | 11-4 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1-1 |
2012-13 | 8-18 | 7-12 | 1-6 | 3-4 | - | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 5-4 | - |
Totals | 59-57 | 38-38 | 21-19 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 4-6 | 11-12 | 6-7 | 13-8 | 4-3 |
Doubles
YEAR (Partner) | Overall | Dual | Tourn. | Conf. | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2015-16 (Naran) | 12-8 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 11-7 | 1-1 | - |
2015-16 (Dorash) | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | - | - | - |
2015-16 (Paulus) | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | - | 1-0 | - |
2014-15 (Paulus) | 11-14 | 8-8 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 8-8 | - | - |
2013-14 (Marquart) | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | - | - |
2013-14 (Paulus) | 9-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 4-6 | 3-1 |
2013-14 (Vasconez) | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | - | - | - |
2012-13 (Januvka) | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | - | - | - |
2012-13 (Marquart) | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | - | - | - |
2012-13 (Rams) | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | - | - | 0-1 |
2012-13 (Vasconez) | 2-6 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2-5 | 0-1 | - |
Totals | 40-50 | 32-31 | 8-19 | 1-10 | 23-21 | 6-8 | 3-2 |
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