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Julia Elbaba

5'5''
Height
Sophomore
Class
Oyster Bay, N.Y.
Hometown
Laurel Springs
High School
Julia Elbaba - Women's Tennis - Virginia Cavaliers

2015-16 (Senior Season)
• Set the UVA record in singles wins with 133 for her career, passing the mark set by Lindsey Hardenbergh in 2012
•  Earned All-America honors in singles for the fourth consecutive season as a No. 9-16 seed at the NCAA Singles Championship and advanced to the Round of 16
•  Named the national winner of the ITA Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship
• Named a VaSID first team selection
•  Earned All-ACC first-team honors for a UVA record fourth time
•  37-7 mark in singles play, including a 17-6 mark vs. nationally-ranked opponents
• 20-5 mark in dual match play, including a 10-3 record in ACC play at No. 2 singles
• 20-10 mark in doubles play, including a 12-6 mark in dual match play
•  Won the ITA Atlantic Regional in singles

2014-15 (Junior Season)

  • Reached a program-best No. 1 in the ITA singles rankings, holding it for three weeks (Jan. 6, Feb. 24, Mar. 10)
  • Posted a 30-7 singles record, including a 17-4 mark in dual play
  • Recorded a 19-8 doubles record, including a 5-0 mark with Skylar Morton
  • Earned ITA All-America singles honors for the third consecutive season after earning her second consecutive seed (No. 6) at the NCAA Singles Championship
  • Finished No. 5 in the final ITA singles rankings after being in the top-six nationally all season
  • Finished No. 36 in the final ITA doubles rankings with Morton
  • Earned All-ACC First Team honors for the third straight season after posting a 10-3 singles mark in league play
  • Named VaSID University Division Women’s Tennis Player of the Year and VaSID All-State First Team
  • Named to the VaSID All-State Doubles Second Team with Skylar Morton
  • Earned All-ACC Academic Women’s Tennis Team honors
  • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
  • Reached No. 22 in the ITA doubles rankings with Stephanie Nauta
  • Posted a 19-6 record against ranked singles opponents
  • Captured the singles championship at the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships
  • Advanced to the consolation singles final at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships
  • Captured the Orange Flight singles title at the UVa Fall Invite
  • Advanced to the singles final at the inaugural American Collegiate Invitational
  • Defeated France’s Julie Coin 7-6, 1-6, 6-3 in USTA Pro Circuit action at the $50K Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships in Lexington, Ky.
  • Also competed and posted singles wins at USTA Pro Circuit events in Delaware and Texas
  • Posted a 3-0 singles record and 1-0 doubles mark, helping Team USA to the championship at the Master’U BNP Paribas in Aix-en-Provence, France
  • Recognized on the ACC Academic Honor Roll

2013-14 (Sophomore Season)
• Posted a 31-6 singles record, including a 19-3 mark in dual play
• Recorded a 28-12 doubles record with Rachel Pierson
• Earned ITA All-America singles honors for the second consecutive season after earning her second consecutive seed (No. 4) at the NCAA Singles Championship
• Netted Virginia’s first ITA All-America doubles honor with Pierson as a No. 5-8 seeded tandem at the NCAA Doubles Championship
• Finished the season ranked No. 6 in singles and No. 12 in doubles with Pierson
• Named All-ACC First Team after posting a 9-2 mark at No. 1 singles in league play
• Named ACC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week on Feb. 4 and April 8
• Ranked a program-best No. 3 in the ITA singles and doubles rankings with Pierson
• Clinched Virginia’s second-ever win against a top-ranked opponent by defeating Beatrice Capra 7-5, 7-5 in a 5-2 win over then-No. 1 Duke on Feb. 21
• Posted a 17-5 record against ranked singles opponents
• Recorded an 8-5 win over then-No. 5 Caroline Price and Whitney Kay of North Carolina on March 8
• Advanced to the quarterfinals at the ITA National Indoor Singles Championship
• Captured the doubles title with Pierson at the USTA National Adult Open, held Dec. 26-31 at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
• Won the ITA Atlantic Region doubles title with Pierson and advanced to the quarterfinals at the ITA National Indoor Doubles Championship
• Captured the consolation singles title at the ITA All-American
• Claimed the Megan Moulton-Levy singles flight and the Katrin Guenther doubles flight at the Tribe Invitational
• Won the A-1 singles flight for the second consecutive year at the UVa Fall Classic
• Served as tri-captain with Stephanie Nauta and Caryssa Peretz

2012-13 (Freshman Season)
• Posted a 35-12 singles record, including an 18-9 mark in dual play
• Tallied a 29-8 doubles record, including a 16-5 mark with Hana Tomljanovic
• Earned Virginia’s second ITA All-American honor after becoming the first Cavalier to earn a seed (No. 9-16) at the NCAA Singles Championship
• Honored as the ITA National Rookie of the Year
• Named ITA Atlantic Region Rookie of the Year
• Voted to the All-ACC Women’s Tennis Team
• Earned ACC Women’s Tennis Freshman of the Year honors
• Named ACC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week on Jan. 22 and April 2
• Ranked as high as No. 4 in the ITA singles rankings, marking a school best
• Finished No. 15 in the final singles rankings
• Ranked No. 88 in doubles with Tomljanovic
• Advanced to the finals of the ITA All-American singles championship
• Won the A-1 singles flight at the UVa Fall Classic
• Her 35 wins marked a school record for first-year players and ranked second on the UVa single-season record list

Juniors
• Blue chip recruit by tennisrecruiting.net
• Reached the second round of the 2012 Junior Australian Open
• Two-time participant in the Junior U.S. Open
• Won a USTA Futures 10K event in New Orleans in July 2012
• Semifinalist at USTA Futures in Evansville in July 2012
• Won ITF junior singles and doubles titles in Costa Rica and Mexico in 2011

Personal
• Daughter of Lina and Fouad Elbaba