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Sara Ziodato

5'10''
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Graduate Student
Class
Trieste, Italy
Hometown
Istituto Scolastico Magnum
High School
Baylor
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Sara Ziodato - Women's Tennis - Virginia Cavaliers

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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
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