2021-22 Women's Tennis Roster
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Tara Chilton
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Reno, Nevada
- High School:
- IMG Academy (Fla.)
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SEASON-BY-SEASON HIGHLIGHTS |
2021-22 (Sophomore)
- In her sophomore season, was 9-7 in singles matches and 2-5 in dual play, going 0-1 at No. 4 singles, 1-3 at No. 5, and 1-1 at No. 6
- Had dual wins over Kenzington Mann of Eastern Washington and Aleksandra Kimitrijevic of Portland
- Started two matches at ITA National Team Indoors, falling at No. 5 singles to Auburn’s Georgie Axon, and splitting sets with Florida’s 87th-ranked Emma Shelton but did not finish
- Was 7-2 in singles in the fall, going 3-0 at the Husky Invitational and making the round of 32 at ITA Northwest Regionals, falling to 57th-ranked Mariia Kozyreva of Saint Mary’s
- 6-5 in doubles play, and 2-2 in dual matches, going 1-1 with Yolanda Lin, 1-0 with Sarah-Maude Fortin and 0-1 with Zoey Weil
- With Fortin, had a key doubles win in the 4-3 team win over Purdue, beating Milic/Gallardo Guervara, 6-2, at No. 2
- With Lin, earned a 6-3 win at No. 3 doubles over California’s Richardson/Rosenqvist as the Huskies won doubles
- Made the blue draw final with Hikaru Sato at the Gonzaga Invite
- Earned ITA All-Academic distinction and a spot on the Pac-12 All-Academic Spring Honor Roll
- Earned a starting spot in her first season, going 9-11 in dual singles matches and 10-8 in dual doubles matches
- Was 5-2 at the No. 6 singles spot, 4-7 at No. 5, and 0-2 at No. 4
- Two big wins in Pac-12 play, beating Colorado’s Fleur Eggink, 7-6, 6-4 and defeating Oregon’s Julia Eshet, 6-2, 6-4, both at No. 5 singles
- Won her first six singles matches, all in straight sets, against Idaho, Seattle U., Eastern Washington, and Portland State
- Played every doubles match at No. 3, going 4-5 with Zoey Weil, 3-2 with Sarah-Maude Fortin, 3-0 with Nika Zupancic, and 1-0 with Ashley Chang
- A 6-2 win with Weil at No. 3 doubles against No. 15 Baylor
- A 6-4 win with Weil against Arizona’s No. 3 pair in the Pac-12 team tourney
- With Fortin, defeated the No. 3 pairs of Arizona and No. 26 Arizona State on 3/12 and 3/14
- A Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll recipient
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GETTING TO KNOW TARA |
Favorite way to end a rally: Forehand winner
Favorite pro tennis player: Robin Stephenson
Favorite superhero: Spiderman
Random hobbies: Beating Vanessa Wong at Mario Kart
Best class taken at UW: Econ 200
Favorite movies: Harry Potter
Favorite sport besides tennis: Skiing
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PERSONAL |
Four-star recruit ranked as the No. 46 recruit nationally in the 2020 class ... originally from Reno, Nevada, but attended the IMG Academy in Florida as a junior and senior ... improved UTR from an 8 to a 10 in one season.
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STATISTICS |
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Washington 4, Penn State 1 | Big Ten Tournament Highlights
Thursday, April 23
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
