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Martina Genis Salas Season 2025-26

Height5-9
ClassSophomore
HometownTarragona, Spain

ITA Stats Page

  • 2026 ITA Doubles All-American

2025-26

  • ITA Doubles All-American after advancing to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship (with Annabelle Xu)
  • ITA Atlantic Regional Doubles Champion (with Annabelle Xu)
  • Ranked No. 26 in the preseason ITA Doubles Rankings with Annabelle Xu, moving up to No. 10 at the end of the fall
  • Ranked No. 52 in singles heading into spring dual match season
  • Advanced to the semifinal of singles at the ITA Atlantic Regional
  • Advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA East Sectional
  • Named an alternate for the NCAA Singles Championship
  • Picked up two ranked wins at the Kitty Harrison Invitational, topping No. 61 Shavit Kimchi of Duke and No. 42 Tatum Evans of UNC (9/14)
  • Advanced to the second round of the doubles main draw at the ITA All-American (9/27)
  • Advanced to the second round of prequalifying singles at the ITA All-American (9/21)
  • Went 11-4 in singles and 12-2 in doubles in the fall
  • Began the spring season with back-to-back wins in straight sets against Richmond (1/13) and UNC Greensboro (1/15)
  • Went 2-0 on doubles court two with Xu over ITA Kickoff Weekend, including a 6-1 victory over No. 20 USC's 51st-ranked pair Jana Hossam and Krishna Mahendran (1/24)
  • Won 6-3 against No. 1 Georgia's Anastasiia Lopata and Patricja Paukstyte in the ITA Indoors First Round (2/6)
  • Enjoyed a two-win weekend as she defeated No. 18 Clemson's Talia Neilson-Gatenby 6-2, 6-3 on court four (3/12) followed by a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Georgia Tech's Olivia Carneiro on court five (3/14)
  • Earned her first ranked singles victory of the season with a bounce-back 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 win over No. 23 Cal's No. 104 Naomi Xu on court six (4/3)
  • Dominated Stanford's Emma Sun 6-2, 6-0 on six (4/5)
  • With Xu, won 7-6 (4) against No. 14 NC State's 70th-ranked Jasmine Conway and Anna Zyryanova, and then picked up an instrumental 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Victoria Osuigwe as the Cavaliers clinched the ACC regular season title (4/12)

2024-25

  • ITA Atlantic Region Rookie of the Year
  • NCAA Doubles Qualifier, advancing to the second round
  • Went 25-14 in singles and 29-11 in doubles
  • Led the Cavaliers in ACC singles wins with seven
  • Went 28-9 on the season in doubles with Annabelle Xu
  • Won the third-place playoff match at the ITA East Sectional to qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship (11/10)
  • Ranked No. 30 in the ITA Preseason Doubles rankings with Annabelle Xu
  • Reached career-high No. 23 in ITA Doubles rankings with Annabelle Xu on Feb. 5
  • Ranked No. 15 in the ITA Preseason Newcomer rankings
  • Picked up her first collegiate win at the Kitty Harrison Invitational against Shona Nakano of Charlotte (9/15)
  • Advanced to the singles quarterfinals at the ITA Atlantic Regional (10/22)
  • Advanced to the Round of 16 in singles at the ITA East Sectional (11/09)
  • Made dual match debut against Duquesne, topping Alexandra O’Brien on court four in straight sets
  • Picked up highest ranked doubles win of her career, defeating No. 49 Reese Miller and Julia Fliegner of then-No. 7 Michigan 7-5 on doubles court two (2/1)
  • Recorded first career ranked singles victory against No. 123 Artemis Aslanisvili of then-No. 19 Clemson 6-4, 7-5 on court five (2/21)
  • Defeated No. 84 Alejandra Cruz and Given Roach of Georgia Tech 6-4 with Xu on doubles court two (2/23)
  • Won six straight doubles matches with Xu from April 4 to May 3 (in completed matches)
  • Logged second ranked singles win against No. 67 Eleana Yu in straight sets on court four, helping the Cavaliers defeat then-No. 4 Duke to reach the ACC Championship (4/19)
  • Finished the season on an eight-match win streak (in completed matches)
  • All-ACC Academic Team
  • ITA Scholar-Athlete

Background

  • Ranked as high as No. 36 in the ITF World Junior Rankings
  • Competed in both singles and doubles at Junior Wimbledon in 2023
  • Won seven junior titles, three in singles and four in doubles
  • Won all four of her doubles titles in 2023, including taking the title in Valencia, Spain, while partnering with current Cavalier Blanca Pico Navarro
  • Won both the singles and doubles draws in her home tournament in Tarragona, Spain in 2023
  • Played in nine ITF W15 tournament main draws, advancing to the semifinals in Dijon, France, in September 2023 and the quarterfinals in Sabadell, Spain, in March 2024

Personal

  • Enrolled in the McIntire School of Commerce

VIRGINIA CAREER STATS

SINGLES DOUBLES
Year Overall Dual ACC Overall Dual ACC
2024-25 25-14 15-8 7-2 29-11 17-6 9-2
2025-26 19-10 8-6 5-1 26-7 14-5 8-3
Career 44-24 23-14 12-3 55-18 31-11 17-5
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Freshman
2024-25

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