2021-22 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Zupancic, Nika
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
Nika Zupancic
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Otocec, Slovenia
Bio
» 2019 NCAA Doubles Championships (First Round)
Zupancic Features
» Dear Washington (GoHuskies.com; June 7, 2022)
Zupancic Features
» Dear Washington (GoHuskies.com; June 7, 2022)
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SEASON-BY-SEASON HIGHLIGHTS |
2021-22 (Senior)
- Major contributor in the top half of the lineup as the Huskies returned to the NCAA tournament
- Was 12-7 in dual singles matches and 18-9 overall for the year, going 1-2 at No. 2 singles and 11-5 at No. 3 singles
- Earned an individual ITA singles ranking of No. 98 on Feb. 9
- Had several of the biggest wins of the season, including the clinching win over UCLA’s 49th-ranked Sasha Vagramov, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, to secure UW’s first ever road win at UCLA and a trip to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships
- Had singles wins in all of UW’s 4-0 start to Pac-12 play, including in the 4-3 road wins at the desert schools, defeating Sedona Gallagher of ASU, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2, and Midori Castillo-Meza of Arizona, 7-6 (1), 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Straight set road wins over Lindsay Hung of Utah and Maria Campos of Colorado in two more UW wins
- After being hampered late in the season due to injury, fought hard for a 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 win in her final home match on Senior Day against Chiho Mushika of San Francisco
- In the fall, went 3-0 at the Husky Invitational and made the quarterfinals of the Jack Kramer Invite
- In doubles, was 9-11 overall and 7-9 in dual matches, going 1-2 at No. 1 with Vanessa Wong, 4-4 at No. 2 with Sarah-Maude Fortin, 1-1 at No. 2 with Kelly Leung, 1-1 at No. 2 with Yolanda Lin, and 0-1 at No. 2 with Ashley Chang
- Had huge doubles wins with Fortin in the ITA Kickoff Weekend 4-3 wins over Denver and UCLA, defeating Denver’s Melville/Riedmiller, 6-4, and UCLA’s Catanzarite/Forbes, 7-5
- With Leung, helped clinch doubles in a 4-3 win at Arizona with a 6-4 win over Prelle/Wilkins
- Ranked win with Wong at No. 1, defeating No. 54 Goncharova/Dush of Utah, 6-3
- Earned ITA All-Academic distinction and a spot on the Pac-12 All-Academic Spring Honor Roll
2020-21 (Junior)
- Returned to the squad at the start of spring quarter after missing the fall and winter due to the Covid pandemic
- Went 5-2 in singles, all at the No. 4 spot, and was also 5-2 in doubles matches, going 2-2 at No. 2 doubles with Sedona Gallagher and 3-0 at No. 3 doubles with Tara Chilton
- In her first match of the year on Apr. 2 at Colorado, clinched doubles point with Chilton, and added a No. 4 singles win in 5-2 win over Colorado
- Clinched the win over No. 44 Oregon with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win against Uxia Martinez Moral
- A 6-2, 7-5 win over Washington State’s Savanna Ly-Nguyen as UW won, 4-1
- Helped UW defeat Arizona in the Pac-12 tournament first round with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Abby Amos
- A Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll recipient
2019-20 (Sophomore - Shortened due to Covid-19)
- A 7-5 singles record in dual matches including a 2-0 mark at No. 4, and a three-match winning streak at No. 5
- 6-2 in doubles play in spring dual matches
- 2-0 at No. 2 with Katarina Kopcalic and 4-2 at No. 3 with Zoey Weil
2018-19 (Freshman)
- Final ITA Doubles Ranking of 35
- Reached NCAA Doubles Championship Tournament with Stacey Fung
- Walk-on was awarded scholarship midway through freshman season
- Finished season with 22-8 singles record including 13-3 mark in dual matches
- Finished 7-0 in Pac-12 dual matches at #6 singles
- Opened collegiate career with 6-1 record in singles play
- Clinched the fourth point and a victory against #14 NC State with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Rebol in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships
- Went 26-11 in dual matches, tying for the second-most single-season doubles victories in program history
- 20-10 doubles record with Fung including a 12-7 mark at #1 doubles
- Teamed with Fung to knock off the No. 1 ranked doubles team of John-Baptiste/Hattingh of Arizona State 7-6 (6) at the Pac-12 Tournament
- Reached the doubles semifinal of the ITA Northwest Regional Championship with Fung
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STATISTICS |
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Washington 4, Southern California 1 | Big Ten Tournament Highlights
Wednesday, April 30
2025 Go BIG! for Washington Day
Friday, February 28
UW Officially Joins the Big Ten
Thursday, August 01
Rapid Fire with UW Women's Tennis
Saturday, May 18
