Michaela Gordon Season 2020-21

In The News

• 5/22/20: Cracked Racquets Podcast (CrackedRacquets)

Career Accolades

• Two-time NCAA team champion (2018-19)
• Two-time Pac-12 champion (2018-19)
• Three-time Pac-12 Tournament champion (2018-19, 2022)
• Four-time ITA All-American (2018-20)
• ITA Northwest Region Most Improved Senior (2021)
• Three-time All-Pac-12 First Team (2018-19, 2021)
• Three-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (March 31, 2021; Jan. 21, 2020; April 3, 2018)
• Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year - Stanford's first recipient since 2012 (2019)
• NCAA All-Tournament Team - No. 2 doubles (2019)
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Year - Stanford's first recipient since 2011 (2018)
• Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year, pairing with Emily Arbuthnott (2018)
• ITA National Rookie of the Year (2018)
• Three-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019-21)
• Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020-21)
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention (2019)

As a Fifth-Year Senior (2022) • Pac-12 Tournament Champions

• Played doubles in three NCAA Tournament matches with Valencia Xu, going 2-1
• Helped Stanford win the doubles point vs. Southeast Missouri State (May 6) and UC Santa Barbara (May 7)
  • 7-6(4) win over the Gauchos clinched the point

As a Senior (2021) 

• ITA Northwest Region Most Improved Senior
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (March 31)
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Earned No. 36 final national ranking in singles
• Finished 10-7 overall and 10-7 in duals, playing all of her matches at the No. 1 spot
• Provided team-high three clinchers
• 0-1 in three-set matches, 5-6 against Pac-12 opponents, 4-5 against ranked opponents
• In doubles, paired with Niluka Madurawe as Stanford's No. 1 team to finish 10-6 overall and 10-6 in duals

As a Junior (2019-20)

• ITA All-American in singles
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan. 21)
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Earned No. 12 final national ranking in singles
• Shared team lead in victories with a 19-5 overall record and was 4-3 in duals, playing all her matches at the No. 1 spot
• Clinched one match
• 2-2 in three-set matches, 2-1 against Pac-12 opponents, 7-4 against ranked opponents
• Captured ITA Northwest Regional Championships singles title for the third straight season
• Claimed Freeman Memorial Championships singles crown
• In doubles, paired with Janice Shin as Stanford's No. 2 team to finish 7-4 overall and 4-2 in duals

As a Sophomore (2018-19) • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions • Pac-12 Tournament Champions

• ITA All-American in singles
• NCAA All-Tournament Team (No. 2 doubles)
• Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year, Stanford's first recipient since 2012
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Earned No. 10 final national ranking in singles
• Finished 24-11 overall and 15-5 in duals, including a 12-5 record at the No. 1 spot
• Clinched four matches, including NCAA semifinal win against North Carolina (May 18)
• 3-3 in three-set matches, 13-9 against ranked opponents, 13-2 against Pac-12 opponents
• Repeated as ITA Northwest Regional Championships singles champion
• In doubles, paired with Emily Arbuthnott as Stanford's No. 1 team to finish 22-8 overall, 17-4 duals and earn No. 34 final national ranking
• With Arbuthnott, won consolation title at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships
• Participated in NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships

As a Freshman (2017-18) • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions • Pac-12 Tournament Champions

• ITA All-American - Singles and Doubles
• ITA National Rookie of the Year
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, Stanford's first recipient since 2011
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year, pairing with Emily Arbuthnott
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 3)
• Earned No. 21 final national ranking in singles
• Finished 22-11 overall, advancing to second round of NCAA Singles Championship
• 12-9 in duals, playing all of her matches at the No. 1 spot
• Clinched four matches, including Stanford's 1,000th win in school history, in the form of a 4-0 victory in the Pac-12 semifinals against Washington State (April 27)
• Won career-high eight matches to open the season
• ITA Northwest Regional Championships singles champion, winning the event in her debut
• 3-6 in three-set matches, 9-9 against nationally-ranked opponents, 11-3 against Pac-12 opponents 
• Defeated Cal Poly's Mackenzie Worsnop 6-0, 6-0 in her collegiate debut at ITA Northwest Regional Championships (Oct. 19)
• In doubles, paired with Emily Arbuthnott as Stanford's No. 1 team to finish 17-8 overall, 9-6 duals and earn final No. 6 national ranking
• Duo qualified for NCAA Championships and claimed the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships in November

International Competition 

• Gold medal representing Team USA at Master'U BNP Paribas - World Team Championships (Dec. 2019)

Prior to Stanford

• Attended Laurel Springs School
• Two-time Wimbledon girls quarterfinalist
• Competed in all four junior slams, in addition to major events in Europe, Asia and Central America
• Ranked among the top-five in Tennis Recruiting Network Babolat class of 2017 rankings, peaking at No. 1 in March 2017
• Played extensively on USTA Pro Circuit, reaching as high as No. 600 in the WTA rankings
• Consistent player at the junior level, ranking in the ITF junior Top-100 for three years and reaching No. 21

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