2017-18 Women's Tennis Roster
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Wong, Vanessa
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Vanessa Wong
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bio
» Set UW record for career singles wins and singles + doubles wins
» 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee
» 2022 All-Pac-12 Second Team
» 2021 All-Pac-12 First Team
» 2021 ITA Region Senior Player of the Year
» 2021 NCAA Singles Qualifier
» 2019 All-Pac-12 Second Team
» 2018 All-Pac-12 Second Team
» 2018 NCAA Singles and Doubles Qualifier
Wong Features
» Dear Washington (GoHuskies.com; July 26, 2022)
Favorite way to end a rally: Drop shot!
Favorite pro tennis player: Roger Federer
Any random hobbies? Puzzles and Mario Kart
Best class taken at UW: EDUC 200: Wellness and Resilience
Career aspirations: To start my own business!
Favorite movies/shows: White Collar, Prison Break, Suits, Modern Family
I watch too much: YouTube
Favorite sport besides tennis: Soccer
Most-played artist on Spotify: Sam Smith and Billie Eilish
Career high Junior ITF ranking of 90 entering UW ... U12, U14, U16 and U18 Canadian Nationals Singles and Doubles Champion ... competed in the Junior US Open in 2015 and 2015 Junior Fed Cup, finishing in third for Team Canada.
» 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee
» 2022 All-Pac-12 Second Team
» 2021 All-Pac-12 First Team
» 2021 ITA Region Senior Player of the Year
» 2021 NCAA Singles Qualifier
» 2019 All-Pac-12 Second Team
» 2018 All-Pac-12 Second Team
» 2018 NCAA Singles and Doubles Qualifier
Wong Features
» Dear Washington (GoHuskies.com; July 26, 2022)
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SEASON-BY-SEASON HIGHLIGHTS |
2020-21 (Senior)
- Became the winningest Husky in history, breaking both the singles wins record and the combined singles and doubles wins record
- Broke the 21-year-old career singles wins record in her final match, getting win number 112 in Washington’s NCAA Championships first round match against Baylor, as she defeated Isabella Harvison at No. 1 singles, 7-5, 6-2
- Tied Kristina Kraszewski’s wins record on Senior Day, defeating San Francisco’s Maria Martinez Vaquero, 7-6 (4), 7-5
- Finished with 192 combined singles and doubles wins, eclipsing the previous mark of 184
- Was one of two Washington nominees for the NCAA Woman of the Year award
- An All-Pac-12 Second Team selection, becoming the third Husky with four All-Pac-12 Team honors
- Played every match of the season at the No. 1 singles spot, going 12-9, and was 19-13 overall on the year in singles
- Started the fall season ranked No. 14 nationally, was out of the rankings early in dual play but returned on Apr. 13 and was ranked No. 92 in the final poll
- Highest ranked win of the year was an upset of No. 14 Connie Ma of Stanford, 7-5, 6-2, on Apr. 8
- Won four-straight No. 1 matches all in straight sets over Julia Andreach of Notre Dame, 96th-ranked Karine-Marion Job of Kansas State, Pauline Ernstberger of Boise State, and Giulia Morlet of Arizona State, in a 4-3 win that was UW’s first in Tempe since 2003
- Was up a set against ranked opponents in two matches at ITA National Team Indoors when her match was suspended, leading No. 39 Lea Ma of Georgia, 7-5, 4-3, and leading No. 49 Selin Ovunc of Auburn, 7-6 (8), 2-2
- In the fall, made the semifinals of the Jack Kramer Invite and the quarterfinals of the ITA Northwest Regionals
- Was an auto qualifier to the main draw of ITA All-America Championships, but lost her opener to 20th-ranked Valeriya Zaleva (UCF), 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
- In doubles, also played at the No. 1 spot in every match, teaming with Hikaru Sato for a 10-5 record, and with Nika Zupancic for a 1-2 record
- Was ranked No. 85 with Sato on Apr. 13
- With Sato, knocked off 33rd-ranked Alsola/Wiersholm of Cal on Apr. 9, and then beat No. 62 Bayerlova/Murphy of Washington State on Apr. 20
- Pac-12 doubles wins over Arizona’s Fry/Iglupas (with Sato) and Utah’s 54th-ranked Goncharova/Dush (with Zupancic)
- In the fall in doubles, teamed with Asrid Olsen, going 4-2, making the final of the Jack Kramer Invite and the round of 16 at ITA Northwest Regionals
- Earned ITA All-Academic distinction
2020-21 (Senior)
- A stellar season, earning All-Pac-12 First Team honors for the first time with an 18-5 overall record, 17-4 in dual matches
- Ended the season ranked a career-high No. 23 nationally, and No. 2 in the Northwest Region
- Named the ITA Northwest Region Senior Player of the Year
- Qualified for the NCAA Singles Championships, dropping a first round match to No. 8-seed McCartney Kessler of Florida
- Played every match at No. 1 singles, with six wins over ranked opponents based on the time of the match, and seven wins based on year-end rankings
- Had a 6-7, 6-3, 6-1 win in a hidden dual against Oregon’s Janice Tjen, who ended the year ranked No. 6
- Based on year-end rankings, had wins over No. 6 Tjen of Oregon, No. 27 Haley Giavara of California, No. 36 Michaela Gordon of Stanford, No. 45 Ilze Hattingh of Arizona State, No. 56 Mel Krywoj of Balor, No. 69 Michaela Bayerlova of Washington State, No. 99 Jelena Lukic of Arizona, and No. 111 Noemi Cheong of USC
- Was 13-7 at No. 1 doubles going 5-1 with Sedona Gallagher and 8-6 with Sarah-Maude Fortin
- Only faced one ranked doubles team at the time of the match, and defeated 50th-ranked Hattingh/John-Baptiste of ASU, 6-0
- With Fortin, a 6-4 win over San Diego’s No. 1 duo of Goldsmith/Colling which ended the year ranked 88th
- A clutch 7-6 (3) win at No. 1 doubles with Fortin of WSU’s Bayerlova/Sato
- A Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll recipient
- Began spring with highest career ranking at No. 66 in ITA Rankings; ranked No. 82 when season suspended
- Teamed with Natsuho Arakawa at No. 1 doubles to beat Kansas' No. 28 ranked doubles team (2/16/20)
- Opened spring with perfect 10-0 record including impressive 6-1, 7-5 win over Princeton's #24 Brianna Shvets
- Reached Singles Round of 16 at ITA NW Regional
- Perfect 4-0 doubles record in dual matches with Natsuho Arakawa
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll selection.
2018-19 (Sophomore)
- All-Pac-12 Second Team
- Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
- Final ITA singles ranking of 88
- Recorded 27 or more singles wins for the second-straight season, finishing 27-8 including a 20-4 mark in dual matches
- 6-3 record against nationally-ranked opponents
- Won 13-straight matches including winning all of her first 11 dual matches.
- Earned first victory over ranked opponent, beating #79 Janet Koch of #7 Kansas in the Huskies upset over the Jayhawks
- Closed out the season with five-straight singles wins including beating two ranked players in the Pac-12 Tournament
- Upset #29 Elysia Bolton 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-2 in the Pac-12 Tournament Semifinals, coming back from a 5-1 deficit in the second to earn the victory
- Went 16-14 in doubles competition, including a 12-9 mark in dual matches at #2, playing 17 with Zoey Weil (8-9) and four with Kenadi Hance (4-0)
2017-18 (Freshman)
- Final ITA singles ranking of 50 and doubles ranking of 34 (with Miki Kobayashi)
- Advanced to the second round of the 2018 NCAA Women's Tennis Singles Championships
- Competed in the NCAA Women's Tennis Doubles Championships with Miki Kobayashi
- All-Pac-12 Second Team
- Put together eight singles wins over players ranked in the top 100
- Ranked as high as No. 36 in singles and no. 20 in doubles
- Took down the No. 36 doubles duo from Cal to help get the doubles point, also winning her singles match in the first win over the Bears since 2005
- Beat No. 1 Larner/Lipp from Northwestern with Miki Kobayashi
- Teamed up with Miki Kobayashi to take down the No. 1 doubles duo from Duke
- Defeat No. 56 Eden Richardson in two sets in part of the upset of No. 20 LSU
- Upset No. 23 Felicity Maltby from Texas Tech in singles
- Received a preseason ITA ranking of No. 115
- Won the singles title at the Jack Kramer Club Invitational
- Earned wins against No. 100 Giulia Pairone from Arkansas and No. 78 Shweta Sangwan from Oregon at the Husky Invite
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GETTING TO KNOW VANESSA |
Favorite way to end a rally: Drop shot!
Favorite pro tennis player: Roger Federer
Any random hobbies? Puzzles and Mario Kart
Best class taken at UW: EDUC 200: Wellness and Resilience
Career aspirations: To start my own business!
Favorite movies/shows: White Collar, Prison Break, Suits, Modern Family
I watch too much: YouTube
Favorite sport besides tennis: Soccer
Most-played artist on Spotify: Sam Smith and Billie Eilish
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PERSONAL |
Career high Junior ITF ranking of 90 entering UW ... U12, U14, U16 and U18 Canadian Nationals Singles and Doubles Champion ... competed in the Junior US Open in 2015 and 2015 Junior Fed Cup, finishing in third for Team Canada.
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