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Career Accolades

  • Pac-12 champion (2023)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Tournament champion (2022-23)
  • ITA All-American - Singles (2023)
  • Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year (2023)
  • Two-time All-Pac-12 (2022-23)
  • Three-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan. 31, 2023; March 28, 2023; Feb. 13, 2024)
  • 2024 ITA National Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament Team (No. 3 singles, No. 2 doubles)
  • Two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2023)
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2023)

As a Junior (2023-24)

  • Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 13)
  • ITA National Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament Team (No. 3 singles, No. 2 doubles)

As a Sophomore (2022-23) • Pac-12 Champions • Pac-12 Tournament Champions

  • ITA All-American - Singles
  • Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year
  • All-Pac-12 First Team
  • Two-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan. 31, 2023; March 28, 2023)
  • ITA Scholar-Athlete
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Finished 36-8 overall in singles, tied for the most wins on the team, including a 21-3 mark in dual matches, the most on the team
    • Played primarily on court one, going 11-2, along with a 5-1 record on court two and 6-0 on court three
  • Ended the season ranked 28th nationally in singles and 73rd in doubles with Sara Choy
  • Featured a 17-match win streak from early February to early May
  • Went 15-1 against Pac-12 opponents, not dropping a match to a conference foe until losing to the eventual NCAA Singles champion from NCAA in the individual postseason
  • Led the team with a 14-4 record against ranked opponents
    • Highest ranked win came over teammate and No. 7 Connie Ma in the fall
  • Won the ITA Northwest Regionals in singles
  • Went 4-1 in three-set matches
  • Clinched five matches: Florida State (Jan. 28), at USC (March 25), at Oregon (April 7), San Diego (April 9) and Weber State (May 5)
  • Advanced to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championship, earning two ranked wins
  • Partnered primarily with Sara Choy on court two in doubles, going 10-7
    • Also went 2-3 with Valencia Xu in dual matches and 1-1 with Emma Sun

As a Freshman (2021-22) • Pac-12 Tournament Champions

  • All-Pac-12 Second Team
  • ITA Scholar-Athlete
  • Finished 34-8 overall in singles, the most wins on the team, including a 20-4 mark at the No. 2 spot
    • Most singles wins by a Stanford player since 2013
    • Most wins at either of the top-two seed lines since 2015 and most by a freshman since 2000
  • Final national ranking of No. 22
  • Went 13-3 against Pac-12 foes, 10-7 against ranked opponents and 5-1 in three-set matches
    • Highest ranked win came against No. 8 Natasha Subhash of Virginia
  • Clinched four wins for the Cardinal: against UC Davis (Jan. 20), Texas (Feb. 25), Oregon (April 21) and Arizona State (April 23)
  • Qualified for the NCAA Singles tournament, advancing to the second round
  • Advanced to the championship match at ITA Northwest Regionals and won the consolation draw at ITA National Fall Championships, beating three ranked opponents
  • Posted a 21-14 overall record in doubles play, playing 23 dual matches and going 14-9 at the No. 2 spot
    • Went 8-3 against Pac-12 opponents
  • Was 9-6 at No. 2 with Valencia Xu and 5-3 with Sara Choy

Prior to Stanford

  • Reached a ranking of No. 1 by Tennis Recruiting
  • Runner-up at the 2019 US Open Juniors
    • Made a run to the finals as a qualifier, becoming the first ever to do so
  • Also competed at French Open and Wimbledon Juniors
  • Won one singles and one doubles title on the ITF junior circuit
  • Features a career-high WTA singles ranking of 958
    • Career-high ITF juniors ranking was 10

Personal

  • Daughter of Natalia Yepifanova and Yuri Kirkel
  • Has an older sister: Yekaterina
  • Born in New London, Conn.

SINGLES

Year123456OverallDual
2021-22-20-4----34-820-4
2022-2311-25-16-0---36-821-3
TOTALS11-225-56-0---70-841-7


DOUBLES

Year123OverallDual
2021-22-14-9-21-1414-9
2022-231-012-11-21-1313-11
TOTALS1-026-20-42-2727-20