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Career Accolades
- Pac-12 champion (2023)
- Three-time Pac-12 Tournament champion (2022-24)
- ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award (2024)
- College Sports Communicators Women's Tennis Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (2024)
- ITA National Rookie of the Year (2022)
- Two-time ITA All-American - Singles (2022, 2024)
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-America first team (2024)
- ITA Northwest Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award (2024)
- ITA Northwest Region Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award (2024)
- ITA Northwest Region Rookie of the Year (2022)
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2022)
- Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year, pairing with Angelica Blake (2022)
- Three-time All-Pac-12 first team (2022-24)
- ITA Indoors All-Tournament Team - No. 2 singles (2024)
- ITA Indoors All-Tournament Team, pairing with Alexandra Yepifanova - No. 2 doubles (2024)
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
- Two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2023-24)
- Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)
- Four-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 2, 2022; March 24, 2022; April 4, 2023; April 23, 2024)
As a Junior (2023-24) • Pac-12 Tournament Champions
- ITA All-American - Singles
- ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award (National)
- College Sports Communicators Women's Tennis Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
- ITA Northwest Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award
- ITA Northwest Region Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-America first team
- All-Pac-12 first team
- ITA Indoors All-Tournament Team - No. 2 singles
- ITA Indoors All-Tournament Team, pairing with Alexandra Yepifanova - No. 2 doubles
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- ITA Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 23)
- Finished 40-6 overall in singles, including a 21-2 mark in dual matches, primarily at No. 2
- Posted a 17-2 record on court two, a 3-0 record on court one and a 1-0 mark on court three
- Featured a team-best 24-5 record against ranked opponents
- Highest-ranked win of the season came against No. 28 Emma Charney of USC (March 30)
- Ended the year ranked a season-best No. 7 in singles
- Was a team-best 6-3 in three-set matches
- Clinched five matches: Colorado (Jn. 26), Florida (Feb. 9), Pacific (Feb. 16), Pepperdine (April 5) and California (April 27)
- Won 12 matches in a row from mid-January through late March
- Was 13-2 against Pac-12 opponents and dropped just one dual match to a conference opponent all season
- Won the 100th match of her career by beating No. 41 Alexandra Vecic of Georgia on May 17, 6-4, 6-1
- Advanced to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championship
- Was a finalist at ITA Northwest Regionals
- Played doubles with Alexandra Yepifanova, 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
- All-Pac-12 first team
- Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 4, 2023)
- ITA Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Finished 30-8 overall in singles, including a 15-6 mark in dual matches, primarily on courts one and two
- Posted a 9-3 record on court two and 6-3 on court one
- Went 9-1 against Pac-12 opponents in singles and 10-6 against ranked opponents
- Highest ranked win came against No. 5 Chloe Beck of Duke
- Ended the season ranked No. 33 nationally in singles
- Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Northwest Regionals and the ITA National Fall Championships in singles
- Clinched three matches: at Colorado (March 3), Arizona State (April 1) and Washington (April 14)
- Competed primarily at No. 3 doubles with partner Valencia Xu, going 17-3
- Also earned three wins on court three with Sara Choy and a win on court two with Angelica Blake
- Earned a berth to the NCAA Singles Championship but withdrew due to illness
As a Freshman (2021-22) • Pac-12 Tournament Champions
- ITA National Rookie of the Year
- ITA All-American - Singles
- ITA Northwest Region Rookie of the Year
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
- Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year, pairing with Angelica Blake
- All-Pac-12 first team
- Two-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 2; March 24)
- Finished 32-9 overall in singles, including a 15-5 mark at the No. 1 spot
- First freshman to play No. 1 singles for Stanford since 2018
- Finished the year ranked No. 12 nationally
- Featured a team-best 15-5 record against ranked opponents
- Highest-ranked win of the season came against eventual NCAA Singles champion Peyton Stearns from Texas (Feb. 25), 7-6(7), 2-6, 6-2, then ranked No. 4
- Went 10-4 against Pac-12 opponents
- Posted a 4-2 record in three-set matches
- Totaled a season-high 12-match win streak from early February to April
- Boasted the most wins at No. 1 singles for a Stanford player since 2015 and the most by a freshman playing No. 1 since 2008
- Earned a runner-up finish at the NCAA Singles tournament
- Became the 14th unseeded player in tournament history to make the championship match
- Fifth freshman in program history to make the championship match and first since 2003
- All five victories at the NCAA Singles tournament were against ranked opponents
- Won the ITA Northwest Region singles title and advanced to the quarterfinals at the ITA National Fall Championships
- Played doubles with Angelica Blake, going 24-7 overall including a 12-4 mark at the No. 1 spot
- Highest ranked doubles win came vs. No. 21 Patricija Spaka/Domenika Turkovic of Arizona State in the Pac-12 Tournament championship
- Went 8-1 vs. Pac-12 opponents
- Earned a spot in the NCAA Doubles Tournament with Blake, falling to Texas' Peyton Stearns/Allura Zamarripa in the first round
- Finished the season ranked No. 27 nationally in doubles
- Won the ITA Northwest Regionals doubles title with Ma and advanced to the Round of 16 at the ITA National Fall Championships
Prior to Stanford
- Ranked the No. 1 player in the nation by Tennis Recruiting
- Won both singles and doubles titles at the USTA Girls 18 Winter Nationals (2018)
- Competed in the 2018 US Open Junior Championships
- Won the 2018 Evansville 15K doubles title on the ITF circuit
- Was a finalist in singles
- Went 9-0 for USA in Junior Fed Cup competition
- Features a career-high WTA singles ranking of 633
Personal
- Daughter of Lan Xu and Changjun Ma
- Born in Pleasanton, Calif.
SINGLES
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Overall | Dual |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021-22 | 15-5 | - | - | - | - | - | 32-9 | 15-5 |
2022-23 | 6-3 | 9-3 | 1-0 | - | - | - | 30-8 | 15-6 |
2023-24 | 3-0 | 17-2 | 1-0 | - | - | - | 40-6 | 21-2 |
TOTALS | 24-8 | 26-5 | 2-0 | - | - | - | 102-23 | 51-13 |
DOUBLES
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | Overall | Dual |
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2021-22 | 12-4 | - | - | 24-7 | 12-4 |
2022-23 | - | 1-0 | 20-5 | 26-8 | 21-5 |
2023-24 | 9-6 | 7-1 | 0-1 | 29-13 | 16-8 |
TOTALS | 21-10 | 8-1 | 20-6 | 79-28 | 49-17 |