Connie Ma Season 2021-22

In The News

• 5/19/22: Stanford's Connie Ma takes on her first NCAA Tennis Championships - Dan Levinsohn (USTA)

Career Accolades

• Pac-12 champion (2023)
• Two-time Pac-12 Tournament champion (2022-23)
• ITA National Rookie of the Year (2022)
• ITA All-American - Singles (2022)
• 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)
• Two-time All-Pac-12 First Team (2022-23)
• 2024 ITA National Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament Team (No. 2 singles, No. 2 doubles)
• ITA Scholar-Athlete (2023)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2023)
• 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)

• ITA National Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament Team (No. 2 singles, No. 2 doubles)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 23)

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)
• 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

DOUBLES