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).

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. Qualifying and prequalifying brackets as well as main draw doubles have consolation rounds for players who drop their first-round matches.

Because the two finalists from the consolation singles draw earn invitations to the NCAA Singles championship, every main draw player who drops a match earns a spot in the consolation draw, effectively making it a double-elimination tournament.

Freshman Marina Genis Salas and sophomore Blanca Pico Navarro started play on Saturday (Sept. 21) in prequalifying singles. Seniors Elaine Chervinsky and Mélodie Collard began on Monday (Sept. 23) in qualifying while junior Annabelle Xu earned a spot in the main draw that began on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Grad student Sara Ziodato also qualified for the singles main draw but withdrew ahead of the start of competition.

Collard, Chervinsky, Ziodato and junior Meggie Navarro were all in the main doubles draw with Collard and Chervinsky earning the No. 2 seed.

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

MAIN DRAW

Annabelle Xu rebounded from dropping a tiebreaker to decide her first set against NC State’s Gabia Paskaukas to take her second two sets 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the second round of singles. She fell 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 against 5-seed Ange Oby Kajuru in the second round, dropping into the consolation bracket where she was eliminated with a loss against Sofia Biolay of UCF.

Collard dropped her main draw opener in straight sets to fall into the consolation bracket. She rebounded with a 6-0, 6-0 victory against No. 11 Anastasiya Komar of Oklahoma State in the backdraw to advance to Friday’s second round. It was the highest-ranked win of her career. She then topped Katie Codd of Duke and Sabine Rutlauka of Penn on Friday to advance to Saturday’s Round of 16 where she retired down a set against Kailey Evans of San Diego.

Collard and Elaine Chervinsky advanced to the doubles second round with a straight-set win against a duo from UCSB before falling in the second round. Navarro and Ziodato dropped their opener and then were edged in the first round of the consolation matches.

QUALIFYING

Collard advanced through qualifying to earn a spot in the singles main draw. She picked up two victories, topping  Ria Bhakta of Clemson is straight sets in the opening round before winning a three-set battle against Xin Tong Wang of Wichita State in the qualifying final. Elaine Chervinsky advanced to the qualifying final with a three-set win against Ahmani Guichard of UCLA before falling against Kailey Evans of San Diego.

PREQUALIFYING

Blanca Pico Navarro and Martina Genis Salas both fell in the first round of prequalifying.

SINGLES RESULTS

64- #21 Annabelle Xu (VA) def. Gabia Paskauskas (NCST) 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-2
64 – #36 Grace Piper (USC) def. #91 Melodie Collard (VA) 6-2, 6-0
32- [5] #5 Ange Oby Kajuru (OK ST) def. #21 Annabelle Xu (VA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3

C32Q – #91 Melodie Collard (VA) def #11 [9] Anastasiya Komar (OK ST) 6-0, 6-0
C32 – #35 Sophia Biolay (UCF) def.#21 Annabelle Xu (VA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
C32 – #91 Melodie Collard (VA) def. #49 Katie Codd (DUKE) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
C16Q – #91 Melodie Collard (VA) def. #70 Sabine Rutlauka (Penn) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
C16 – #89 Kailey Evans (USD) def. #91 Melodie Collard (VA) 6-1, ret.

Q64 – #91 Melodie Collard (VA) def. [1] #58 Ria Bhakta (CLEM) 6-1, 6-3
Q64 – #74 Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. #110 Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Q32 – #91 Melodie Collard (VA) def. Xin Tong Wang (WICH ST) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Q32 – #89 Kailey Evans (USD) def. #74 Elaine Chervinsky (VA) 6-2, 7-6 (5)

PQ 128 – McKenna Schaefbauer (ILL) def. Martina Genis Salas (VA) 7-5 , 6-4
PQ 128 – Alina Mukhortova (WISC) def. Blanca Pico Navarro (VA) 6-1, 6-4
PQC – Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. Lamija Avdic (SEA) 6-1, 6-7, 7-6
PQC – Zeynep Erman (CIN) def. Blanca Pico Navarro (VA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2

DOUBLES RESULTS

32- [2] #3 Melodie Collard/Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. #35 Amelia Honer/Anna-Marie Weissheim (UCSB) 6-2, 6-3
32 – #29 Celia-Belle Mohr/Sophia Webster (VANDY) def. #13 Sara Ziodato/Meggie Navarro (VA) 7-5, 6-2
16 – Lily Fairclough/Grace Piper (USC) def. [2] #3 Melodie Collard/Elaine Chervinsky (VA) 2-6, 6-3, 10-7

C32 – [7] #9 Megan Heuser/Lice Xu (ILL) def. #13 Sara Ziodato/Meggie Navarro (VA) 7-6 (2), 6-3