Valencia Xu

Career Accolades

  • Pac-12 champion (2023)
  • Three-time Pac-12 Tournament champion (2022-24)
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-America first team (2024)
  • All-Pac-12 second team (2023)
  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention (2024)
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-America second team (2023)
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
  • Three-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2022-24)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2024)

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

  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-America first team
  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
  • ITA Scholar-Athlete
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Finished 20-6 overall in singles, going 11-4 in dual matches, primarly on court six (5-4)
    • Also won at No. 3 (1-0), No. 4 (3-0) and No. 5 (2-0)
  • Went 9-1 against Pac-12 opponents, 1-3 against ranked foes and 3-2 in three setters
    • Ranked win was over No. 47 Jessica Alsola of California at ITA Northwest Regionals (Oct. 14)
  • Clinched two matches: Texas A&M (Jan. 14) and Arizona (April 25)
  • Played doubles with Katherine Hui, going 20-6 overall, including 19-6 in duals and an 18-6 mark at the No. 3 spot
    • Pair was 9-3 against Pac-12 opponents, 3-1 in the NCAA Tournament and 2-0 against nationally-ranked opponents
    • Ranked wins came against No. 42 Parker Fry and Grace Piper of USC (March 30) and No. 78 Melissa Sakar and Catherine Gagnon of Washington (April 14)
    • Posted seven consectuive wins from late March to late April
  • Also won dual doubles matches with Alexis Blokhina at No. 2 (UC Davis), Ana Geller at No. 3 (Oregon) and India Houghton at No. 3 (UC Santa Barbara)
  • Was 4-1 paired with Eleana Yu outside of the dual season and was 2-1 with Houghton during the fall

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

  • All-Pac-12 second team
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-America second team
  • ITA Scholar-Athlete
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Finished 26-8 overall in singles, going 15-6 in dual matches, primarly on court five
    • Started and finished hot, winning first eight and last six matches of the season
  • Went 9-3 against Pac-12 opponents and 3-1 against ranked foes
    • Highest ranked win was over No. 41 Ava Catanzarite of UCLA
  • Won all three completed matches in the NCAA Tournament
  • Tied for the team lead with six clinched matches: Kansas State (Jan. 27), San Francisco (March 8), Washington State (April 15), USC (April 29), Ohio State (May 12) and Texas A&M (May 17)
  • Partnered primarily with Connie Ma on court three in doubles, going 17-3

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

  • ITA Scholar-Athlete
  • Finished 26-3 overall in singles, going 16-2 in dual matches, primarily at the No. 5 spot
    • Won 20 of 21 first matches
  • Final national ranking of No. 111
  • Totaled an 8-1 record against Pac-12 opponents and went 3-0 against ranked opponents
    • Was 3-1 in three-set matches
    • Highest ranked win came over No. 42 Maria Titova of Kansas at the Torero Tennis Classic
  • Clinched four matches, wins over Arkansas (Jan. 28), USC (March 25) Washington (April 8) and UCLA (April 22)
  • Was 19-13 overall in doubles play, playing in 22 dual matches
    • Went 7-4 against Pac-12 opponents
  • Went 9-2 at the No. 2 spot with Alexandra Yepifanova, 2-1 at No. 3 with Michaela Gordon, 1-1 at No. 3 with India Houghton and 1-1 at No. 3 with Niluka Madurawe
    • Helped win the doubles point in the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament with Gordon

Prior to Stanford

  • Reached a ranking of No. 3 nationally by Tennis Recruiting
  • Won the doubles championship at the 2021 Easter Bowl
  • Competed at the Junior US Open, Wimbledon and French Open
  • Won three doubles and two singles titles on the junior ITF circuit
  • Only played high school tennis as a junior, earning first-team All-State honors

Personal

  • Daughter of Carol Chen and David Xu
  • Born in Englewood, N.J.

SINGLES

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 Overall Dual
2021-22 - - - 1-0 15-2 - 26-3 16-2
2022-23 - - - 3-0 13-6 - 26-8 15-6
2023-24 - - 1-0 3-0 2-0 5-4 20-6 11-4
TOTALS - - 1-0 7-0 30-8 5-4 72-17 42-12


DOUBLES

Year 1 2 3 Overall Dual
2021-22 - 9-6 4-3 19-13 13-9
2022-23 1-0 1-3 17-3 27-8 19-6
2023-24 - 2-0 20-6 29-8 22-6
TOTALS 1-0 12-9 41-12 75-29 54-21
Xu
2021-22
5-6 / -
Xu_XWsEB
2022-23
5-6 / -
XU_VALENCIA
2023-24
5-6 / -