Women's Tennis at the ITA All-American

CARY, N.C. –  Virginia women’s tennis team members will compete at the ITA Women’s All-American Championship Sept. 21-29 at Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C.

The All-American is the first opportunity for players to qualify for this year’s NCAA Individual Championships. Ten singles players will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship (eight main draw quarterfinalists & two feed-in consolation finalists). Four doubles teams will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship through the All-American Championships (four main draw semifinalists).

Since 1983, the ITA Women’s All-American Championships have featured the nation’s top NCAA Division I players and have been a pioneer in women’s college tennis. In addition, the event has created milestones that have directly influenced the popularity of women’s collegiate tennis over the years.

The 2024 ITA Women’s All-American Championships will have a draw size of the following, Singles: Pre-Qualifying (128), Qualifying (64), Main Draw (64) and Doubles: Pre-Qualifying (32), Qualifying (32), Main Draw (32). Sixteen players will advance from prequalifying into the qualifying draw. Sixteen players will advance from the qualifying draw into the main draw. Each bracket also has consolation rounds for players who drop their first-round matches.

Freshman Marina Genis Salas and sophomore Blanca Pico Navarro start play on Saturday (Sept. 21) in prequalifying singles. Seniors Elaine Chervinsky and Mélodie Collard begin on Monday (Sept. 23) in qualifying while grad student Sara Ziodato and junior Annabelle Xu earned spots in the main draw that begins on Wednesday, Sept. 25.

Collard, Chervinsky, Ziodato and junior Meggie Navarro are all in the main doubles draw.

Tournament updates and results will be posted to this page during the tournament.

Results

PQ 128 – Martina Genis Salas (VA) vs.  McKenna Schaefbauer (ILL), Sat, 11 a.m.
PQ 128 – Blanca Pico Navarro (VA) vs. Alina Mukhortova (WISC), Sat, 10:30 a.m.