Prior to Penn: Placed sixth at the European Winter Cup in Montecatini, Italy in 2005...Placed seventh at the European Summer Cup in Le Touquet, France in 2005...Ranked No. 1 in the under-16 Russian national rankings in 2004 and 2005...Won the under-18 doubles competition at the ITF tournament in Pancevo, Serbia and Montenergo in 2005...Took first place in the under-18 Spartakiade of Russian Students in Cheliabinsk, Russia in 2005...Was selected as a "Hope of Russian Tennis"award recipient by former Russian president Boris Yelysin in 2004 and 2005.
Personal: Son of Victoria Visotskaya Bekker and Alexander Bekker...Brother Mikhail Bekker is a senior on the men's tennis team...Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.