Alexandra Yepifanova Season 2024-25

Career Accolades

• Pac-12 champion (2023)
• Three-time Pac-12 Tournament champion (2022-24)
• Two-time ITA All-American - Singles (2023-24)
• ITA Northwest Region Player to Watch (2024)
• Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year (2023)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-America second team (2024)
• Two-time All-Pac-12 first team (2023-24)
• All-Pac-12 second team (2022)
• ITA Indoors All-Tournament Team - No. 3 singles (2024)
• ITA Indoors All-Tournament Team, pairing with Connie Ma - No. 2 doubles (2024)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
• Three-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2022-24)
• Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)
• Three-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan. 31, 2023; March 28, 2023; Feb. 13, 2024)

As a Junior (2023-24) • Pac-12 Tournament Champions

• ITA All-America - Singles
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-America second team
• ITA Northwest Region Player to Watch
• All-Pac-12 first team
• ITA Indoors All-Tournament Team - No. 3 singles
• ITA Indoors All-Tournament Team, pairing with Connie Ma - No. 2 doubles
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 13)
• Finished 26-8 overall in singles, including a 17-4 mark in dual matches
  • Played primarily on court three, going 12-3, along with a 1-0 record on court two and 4-1 on court two
• Ended the year ranked a season-best No. 20 in singles
• Featured a late-season, nine-match win streak, beginning with the regular-season finale and running through the Round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championship
  • Each of the nine wins came against a ranked opponent
• Went 9-2 against Pac-12 opponents
• Was 16-4 record against nationally-ranked opponents
  • Highest ranked wins came over No. 5 Ange Oby Kajuru of Oklahoma State (Feb. 11) and No. 5 Kari Miller of Michigan (May 20)
• Advanced to the quarterfinals at the NCAA Singles Championship, earning three ranked wins
• A semifinalist at ITA Northwest Regionals in singles
• Went 4-3 in three-set matches
• Clinched five matches: Arizona State (March 8), USC (March 30), California (April 19), USC (April 26) and LSU (May 4)
• Played doubles with Connie Ma, going 25-11 overall, including a 9-6 mark at the No. 1 spot and 7-1 at No. 2
  • Highest ranked doubles win came in the opening round of the NCAA Doubles Championship against No. 9 Jaedan Brown/Kari Miller of Michigan
  • Duo reached the Round of 16 in the NCAA Doubles Championship
• Went 10-5 against Pac-12 opponents and 7-5 against nationally-ranked opponents
• Finished the season ranked No. 13 nationally in doubles and reached as high as No. 10 (May 2)

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
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Two-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan. 31, 2023; March 28, 2023)
• 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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	Overall	Dual
2021-22	-	20-4	-	-	-	-	34-8	20-4
2022-23	11-2	5-1	6-0	-	-	-	36-8	21-3
2023-24	1-0	4-1	12-3	-	-	-	26-8	17-4
TOTALS	12-2	29-6	18-3	-	-	-	96-24	58-11

DOUBLES

Year	1	2	3	Overall	Dual
2021-22	-	14-9	-	21-14	14-9
2022-23	1-0	12-11	-	21-13	13-11
2023-24	9-6	7-1	-	26-11	16-7
TOTALS	10-6	33-21	-	68-38	43-27