Chidimma Okpara

Stanford Career Accolades

  • Pac-12 Tournament champion (2024)
  • Two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2024-25)

As a Graduate Student (2024-25)

  • ITA Scholar-Athlete
  • Went 7-14 overall in singles, including 7-13 in duals
    • Was 1-3 at No. 4, 6-5 at No. 5 and 0-5 at No. 6
  • Finished 4-6 against ACC opponents
  • Tied for second on the team with three clinchers: Saint Mary's (Feb. 26), Virginia Tech (March 21) and Miami (March 28)
  • Season-high four-match winning streak came from February 26 to March 14
  • Went 9-12 in doubles, including 8-11 in duals
    • Was 4-2 in duals with Valencia Xu on court two, 4-8 with Morgan Shaffer on court three and 0-1 with Alexandra Yepifanova on court three
  • Picked up a ranked doubles win with Shaffer, beating No. 74 Serafima Shastova and Monika Wojcik of Syracuse on court three, 6-1
  • Set the tone in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Texas Tech, pairing with Shaffer to win 6-3 over Andreea Lila and Jermine Sherif and help secure the doubles point
    • Snapped a seven-match losing streak and picked up their first win since March 21

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

  • ITA Scholar-Athlete
  • Finished 6-1 overall in singles, with a dual win coming at the No. 6 position against Pacific (Feb. 16) 
    • 2-0 in three-set matches and 2-0 against Pac-12 opponents
  • Defeated BYU's Kendall Kovick at the Cal Fall Invite for her first victory at Stanford (Sept. 29) 
  • Went 4-2 in doubles, playing five matches with Emma Sun and in one dual with India Houghton
    • Dual victory came against UMass in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at the No. 3 spot, 6-0

Prior to Stanford

  • A 2023 graduate from Dartmouth with a degree in neuroscience
  • Two-time All-Ivy Singles second team and team MVP (2022, 2023)
  • Played at No. 1 singles for the Big Green each of the last two seasons, going 15-22 overall, including 9-19 in duals
    • Went 15-25 in doubles, including 11-22 in duals
  • No season as a sophomore in 2020-21 due to COVID-19
  • Went 10-6 in singles (5-2 dual) and 9-9 in doubles (3-5 dual) during a freshman season shortened by COVID-19 in 2019-20
    • Ended 2020 on a five-match unbeaten streak, playing at the Nos. 3-5 spots
  • Academic All-Ivy as a junior in 2022 and an ITA Scholar-Athlete as a sophomore in 2021

Personal

  • Brother, Chisom, transferred from Harvard to Stanford in men's basketball prior to the 2024-25 season
    • Averaged 16.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game as a sophomore at Harvard in 2023-24
  • Entered Dartmouth as a freshman at 17 years old
  • Ranked as high as No. 29 on Tennis Recruiting

SINGLES

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 Overall Dual
2024-25 - - - 1-3 6-5 0-5 7-14 7-13
2023-24 - - - - - 1-0 6-1 1-0
2022-23 5-13 - - - - - 5-13 5-13
2021-22 4-6 - - - - - 10-9 4-6
2019-20 1-0 - 1-0 1-1 2-1 - 10-6 5-2
TOTALS 10-19 - 1-0 2-4 8-6 1-5 38-43 22-34


DOUBLES

Year 1 2 3 Overall Dual
2024-25 - 4-2 4-9 9-12 8-11
2023-24 - - 1-0 4-2 1-0
2022-23 2-12 - - 2-12 2-12
2021-22 - 9-10 - 13-13 9-10
2019-20 1-1 1-2 1-2 9-9 3-5
TOTALS 3-13 14-14 6-11 37-48 23-38
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2023-24
5-11 / -