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Max Exsted
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Savage, Minnesota
- High School:
- Excel High School
2025-26 // Freshman
HIGH SCHOOL/ITF:Â
PERSONAL: Born March 3, 2007, Max is the son of Chris and Jodi Exsted… Undecided… Played tennis in Mallorca, Spain for a year and a half at age 17… Won his first tennis tournament in Chicago at the age of four… Favorite sports team is the Minnesota Timberwolves
EXSTED'S CAREER STATS
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- All-Big Ten Second Team
- Big Ten All-Freshman Team
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week (4x)
- In singles, went 14-4 overall with a 8-1 record in Big Ten play.
- Played singles matches at the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 positions.
- At one point, had an eight-match win streak in singles.
- Clinched four matches for USC (UNLV, Indiana, Penn State, Illinois).
- In doubles, went 19-4 overall, primarily playing with Nate Trouve.
- Alongside Trouve in doubles, the pair went 15-2 overall, 7-0 in Big Ten play and was ranked as high as No. 51 in the ITA rankings.
- Career best ITA singles ranking: No. 67 (April 14, 2026)
- Joined the Trojans ahead of the 2026 spring dual season.Â
HIGH SCHOOL/ITF:Â
- Career-high ITF Junior Ranking of #12 (January, 20, 2025)
- Won four ITF Junior singles titles (2022 J4 Monterrey, 2022 J4 Daytona Beach, 2023 J100 Delray Beach, 2024 J200 Woodbridge)
- Won 12 ITF Junior doubles titles
- In 2025, won four ITF doubles titles (M15 Orlando, FL w/ Felix Corwin, M15 Orlando, FL w/ William Nolan, M15 Pontevedra w/ Enzo Wallart and M15 Kayseri w/ Ivan Marrero Cuberlo)
- Two-time Junior Australian Open doubles champion (2024 w/ Cooper Woestendick and 2025 w/ Jan Kumstat)
- Reached the second round of the 2025 Men’s U.S. Open in doubles
- Competed in Junior doubles at WimbledonÂ
- Won a bronze medal with Team USA at the Junior Davis Cup in Cordoba, Spain in 2023
- Ranked #8 recruit in the nation and #1 recruit from Minnesota
PERSONAL: Born March 3, 2007, Max is the son of Chris and Jodi Exsted… Undecided… Played tennis in Mallorca, Spain for a year and a half at age 17… Won his first tennis tournament in Chicago at the age of four… Favorite sports team is the Minnesota Timberwolves
EXSTED'S CAREER STATS
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| SINGLES | DOUBLES |
| OVERALL | DUAL | OVERALL | DUAL |
| YEAR | WIN | LOSS | PCT | WIN | LOSS | PCT | WIN | LOSS | PCT | WIN | LOSS | PCT |
| 2026 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 19 | 4 | .826 |
| TOTAL | 14 | 4 | .778 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 19 | 4 | .826 |
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