Player Bio: Anne Yelsey

  Anne Yelsey
Anne Yelsey
Player Profile
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Newport Beach, Calif.
High School:
Corona del Mar
Height:
5-7

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2006-07 (Senior): Missed the majority of the fall season due to injury ... Ranked No. 11 in the preseason rankings ... played only one singles match, falling to Miami's Laura Vallverdu 7-6 (3), 6-2 in the main draw of the ITA All-American ... Ranked No. 5 in doubles with Lindsay Burdette ... Together, they posted a 3-2 mark and reached the semifinals of the ITA Northwest Regional.

2005-06 (Junior): Named the 2006 ITA National Doubles Team of the Year along with partner Alice Barnes ... Earned All-America honors in singles and doubles ... Earned Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention recognition ... Finished the season with a No. 15 ranking in singles and a No. 1 ranking in doubles with Alice Barnes ... Withdrew from the NCAA Singles Championship after the team competition to concentrate on doubles ... Notched a perfect 23-0 record in dual matches, primarily at the No. 4 spot ... Won 24-straight matches between January and April, including three matches at the Team Indoors to help Stanford capture the title in February ... Advanced to the quarterfinals at the Pac-10 Championship ... Advanced to the quarterfinals of the Riviera/ITA All-American and earned a spot at National Indoors ... Upset No. 1 Jennifer Magley of Florida in her first match of the season at the All-American ... Captured the consolation championship at the National Indoor Championship in Columbus, Ohio ... Won the Pac-10 Doubles Championship with Barnes ... The tandem finished 42-4, capturing titles at the Freeman Memorial and the Pac-10 Championships ... The duo also advanced to the finals at the ITA Northwest Regional, the semifinals of the NCAA Championships and the quarterfinals of the Riviera/ITA All-American ... They posted a 24-1 record in dual competition, including an exciting 9-7 victory over No. 2 Melissa Applebaum and Audra Cohen of Miami in the NCAA Team finals ... Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team at No. 1 doubles ... Picked up a 6-2 record in the fall season, including five victories over nationally-ranked opponents ... Advanced to the semifinals of both the Riviera/ITA All-American and the ITA Northwest Regional ... Selected to play on the 2006 USTA Summer Collegiate Team, which is administered by the USTA and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

2004-05 (Sophomore): Advanced to the finals of the NCAA Doubles Championship with Amber Liu, before falling to teammates Alice Barnes and Erin Burdette in the title match ... Recipient of the 2005 Block "S" Outstanding Female Sophomore Award ... Earned All-America honors for singles and doubles ... Finished the season at No. 45 in the ITA Singles rankings and No. 11 in the ITA Doubles rankings with Liu ... Also No. 41 in the ITA Doubles rankings with Alice Barnes after the pair won the Pac-10 Doubles Championship in Ojai ... Finished with a 32-7 overall record and a 21-2 dual record ... Won 19 of her last 21 matches, the only losses coming to Barnes in the semifinals of the Pac-10 Championships and eventual NCAA Champion Zuzana Zemenova in the round of 16 in the Singles Tournament ... Captured a runner-up finish in the second singles flight at the Pac-10 Indoor Championships ... Opened the fall with a 6-4, 6-3 win over No. 88 Victoria Domina of Eastern Michigan at the Riviera/ITA All-American Main Draw ... Posted three-straight wins at the ITA Northwest Regional before falling to eventual-champion Suzi Babos of California ... Scored a pair of 6-1, 6-0 wins at the ITA Northwest Regional en route to the round of 16 appearance.

2003-04 (Freshman): Ranked No. 101 in final ITA singles rankings ... Tallied a 14-3 singles overall record, including a 6-0 mark in dual action ... Claimed the Pac-10 Invitational singles title with wins over UCLA's Nina Yaftali (6-0, 6-1), Monica Weisener of California (6-0, 6-1) Stanford's Joanna Kao (6-2, 6-1) and Jessica Shu of California (6-0, 6-1) ... Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Northwest Regional Championships with a 4-1 record overall ... Tallied wins at regionals over Idaho's Patricia Ruman (6-1, 6-2), No. 12 Chloe Carlotti of Fresno State (5-7, 6-4, 6-4), Stanford's Kao (6-1, 6-2) and Stanford's No. 11 Anderson (6-4, 6-3) before falling to No. 4 Sasha Podlolzina of California in the semifinals (6-0, 6-2).

Prior to Stanford: Won the doubles title at the United States Tennis Association's Girls' 18 National Hard Court Championship to earn a spot in the main draw at the U.S. Open ... Won the singles and doubles titles at the 2003 Easter Bowl Girls' 18 Championship ... Two-time doubles champion at the USTA Supernational Clay Court Championship ... Varsity letterwinner four years and captained the squad during her senior season ... Was named the team's Most Valuable Player three years ... Earned All-America honors ... Was named the 2003 National High School Coaches Player of the Year.

Personal: Daughter of Arthur and Karen ... Brother, Josh, competed on the Yale track and field team. Sister, Rachel, is a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania ... Enjoys surfing, watching movies and spending time with her family ... Majoring in psychology, minoring in Art History.

Yelsey's Career Statistics
Singles
Year123456OverallDual
2003-04---1-01-04-014-36-0
2004-05----11-110-132-721-2
2005-06-1-06-016-0--31-423-0
TOTALS-1-06-017-012-114-277-1450-2
Doubles
Year123OverallDual
2003-041-01-020-228-422-2
2004-056-113-12-030-521-2
2005-0624-11-0-43-425-1
TOTALS31-215-122-2101-1368-5