Sara Ziodato
5'10''
Height
Graduate Student
Class
Trieste, Italy
Hometown
Istituto Scolastico Magnum
High School
Baylor
Previous School
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2024-25
- Granted a fifth year of eligibility by the NCAA
- Ranked No. 13 in the ITA Preseason Doubles rankings with Meggie Navarro
- Ranked No. 48 in the ITA Preseason Singles rankings
2023-24
- Third straight season posting 20 or more singles victories, first time reaching the 30-win mark
- Went 30-12 in singles, the 19th player in program history to record 30 or more singles victories in a season
- Had a 12-2 record at No. 4 singles
- 23-11 in doubles this year
- Ranked as high as No. 53 in singles (3/5)
- Ranked No. 71 in doubles at the end of the season (3/29)
- Finished her career with an 82-36 record in singles (including her season at Baylor) and 48-34 in doubles
- Won the A2 Singles Flight at the Fall Ranked Spotlight tournament in Cary, going 5-0 in singles
- Also won her singles bracket at the Fall Ranked Spotlight tournament, going 3-0 partnering with Hibah Shaikh
- Advanced to the singles quarterfinals at the ITA Atlantic Regional
- All-ACC Academic Team
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
2022-23
- Presented the “Teammate of the Year” award for women’s tennis at the 2023 Hoos Choice Awards
- Led the Cavaliers in singles victories with 27, going 27-11 including a 9-4 record in ACC play
- Played the majority of her matches on court five, but played at least one match on courts 2-6 through the year
- Went 17-14 in doubles, including a 9-7 dual match record (all at No. 3)
- Went 8-1 in her final 10 singles matches of the year
- VaSID Second Team All-State in Singles
- All-ACC Academic Team
- ITA Scholar Athlete
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
2021-22
- Went 23-11 in singles, including a 10-3 record in conference play; 6-8 in doubles, going 3-4 in dual matches
- Won the clinching point in the Cavaliers’ 4-3 upset of No. 3 NC State during the regular season, defeating Nell Miller 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-1
- Closed out the regular season on a five-match win streak in singles
- Started her Cavalier career with a win against Alesya Yakubovich of Old Dominion at the Wahoowa Invitational (9/19)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 at Baylor
- Went 2-2 in singles, playing on courts 4-6
- Went 2-1 in doubles playing on court 3
Juniors
- Career-high junior ranking of 75
- Won a pair of Grade 4 junior singles titles in 2018, the Slovenian Junior Open and the Justine Henin Junior Cup, also taking the doubles title at the latter
- Competed in the Junior French Open and Junior Wimbledon
Personal
- Applied Statistics major
- Recipient of the 2021-22 Llewellyn and Sarah Watts Miller Scholarship
CAREER STATS
SINGLES | DOUBLES |
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Year | Overall | Dual | ACC | Overall | Dual | ACC |
2020-21 at Baylor | 2-2 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | ||
2021-22 | 23-11 | 18-7 | 9-3 | 6-8 | 3-4 | 3-3 |
2022-23 | 27-11 | 16-7 | 9-4 | 17-14 | 9-7 | 4-4 |
2023-24 | 30-12 | 18-8 | 7-5 | 23-11 | 13-8 | 4-4 |
Career | 82-36 | 54-24 | 25-12 | 48-34 | 27-20 | 11-11 |