Connie Ma

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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
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