Getting To Know Stacey Fung
January 21, 2016 | Women's Tennis
Freshman Stacey Fung has begun her career at Washington with dominant fashion so far, amassing a record of 25-4 in singles and doubles combined. She wasted no time since coming to Seattle with a strong fall season, defeating two ranked opponents in straight sets, No. 54 Sophie Watts of Fresno St. at the Jack Kramer Invitational and No. 65 Apichaya Runglerdkriangkrai of Pepperdine at the Washington Invitational. A finalist at the Jack Kramer Invitational, a 10-2 singles record during the fall led to her regular season rank of 65th in the country to start the regular season. Before Washington the Vancouver, B.C. native was consistently ranked the No. 1 player in her home Province, and had earned a No. 1 ranking in Canada for doubles. A three time Canadian National Doubles champion, Fung has won one ITF singles title and holds a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 769.
With the regular season beginning earlier this month, Fung took a break from the action to answer a few questions in order for us to get to know her a little better:
What drew you to tennis?
Nothing in particular, I first started tennis because my dad played tennis in a men's league so my parents decided to sign my brother and I up for after school lessons.
What's been your favorite tennis moment?
My favorite tennis moment is between winning Canadian Doubles Nationals with one of my good friends, or getting to represent British Columbia in Canada Summer Games, which was one of my first experiences of playing tennis as a team sport.
What drew you to the University of Washington?
The academic and athletic prestige, the beautiful campus and how friendly the team and coaches were when I came to visit.
What are your goals while at Washington?
I hope to achieve keeping a 3.5 GPA and am currently interested in trying to get into the business school. I also hope to become an All-American and have our team ranked in the top 20.
What's your favorite song to warm up to?
“Roses” by The Chainsmokers or “Classic Man” by Jidenna. Anything that's fast that can get my feet going.
What is your favorite thing to do in your spare time?
Go for a hike, going out with friends, sleeping, or watching Netflix.
What're some of your favorite TV shows?
Suits, 90210, White Collar, How I Met Your Mother and Prison Break.
Have there been any difficulties in transitioning from Canada to the US?
No, luckily I don't live too far away from home, and Vancouver and Seattle are very similar, so the adjustment hasn't been too difficult for me.
What's been your favorite thing about Seattle so far?
Besides things in the city like Pikes Place Market, I went on a hike to Snow Lake, and the scenery on the hike up and the lookout point at the top was amazing.
Pepsi or Coke?
Coke
Dogs or cats?
Dogs!
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