Rutuja Bhosale

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Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
BMCC College
Hometown:
Pune, India

BHOSALE’S HONORS/HIGHLIGHTS
2016-17

First in Texas A&M history, along with partner Rachel Pierson, to earn ITA All-America honors in doubles
NCAA Doubles Championship No. 5-8 seed (with Rachel Pierson)
School-record No. 9 in final ITA doubles rankings (with Rachel Pierson)
All-time Texas A&M-high No. 4 doubles ranking on April 11 (with Rachel Pierson)
No. 1 in final ITA Texas Region doubles rankings (with Rachel Pierson)
NCAA Singles Championship selection
No. 60 in final ITA singles ranking (No. 7 in Texas Region)
All-SEC Second Team
SEC Player of the Week (2/1)
SEC Academic Honor Roll

2015-16

All-SEC Second Team
No. 65 in final ITA singles rankings (No. 4 Texas Region)
No. 53 in final ITA doubles rankings (with Anna Mamalat)
No. 6 in final ITA Texas Region doubles ranking (with Anna Mamalat)
SEC Academic Honor Roll

2014-15

All-SEC Second Team
NCAA Singles Championship alternate
ITA Scholar Athlete
SEC Academic Honor Roll
SEC Player of the Week (3/25)
No. 70 in final ITA singles rankings (No. 9 Texas Region)

2013-14

SEC Freshman of the Week (2/26)
No. 81 in ITA final doubles rankings (with Anna Mamalat)

AT TEXAS A&M
2016-17 (SENIOR)
Became Texas A&M’s first doubles All-American along with senior partner Rachel Pierson after receiving No. 5-8 seed at the 2017 NCAA Doubles Championship...The pair set a school record for highest all-time doubles ranking with a No. 4 showing on April 11…They also broke the school record for highest final doubles ranking, finishing the season No. 9 to shatter the previous record of No. 15 set in 2015 by Pierson and Eva Paalma…No. 1 in the ITA Texas Region final doubles rankings…Bhosale and Pierson were only the third doubles team in A&M history to ever reach the NCAA Doubles Championship round of 16 and came up just short of becoming the program’s first duo to ever reach the quarterfinals after falling to 16^th-ranked Ryann Foster and Joana Valle Costa of LSU, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6...Led the Aggies in doubles victories, finishing the season 28-13…Finished her career with a 91-40 doubles record, ranking ninth in the all-time school career records for most doubles wins…Went 26-12 overall with Pierson, including 14-9 in dual matches, all at the No. 1 line…The pair went 8-10 against ranked opponents, including a career-high 6-2 victory over then-No. 8 Alizee Michaud and Taylor Russo of Auburn on March 17…Competed in the NCAA Singles Championship for the first time in her career, but drew No. 5 Ena Shibahara of UCLA in the first round and fell in straight sets…Was No. 60 in the final singles rankings, a career high for an end-of-season ranking…Went 20-14 overall in singles, including 7-9 against ranked opponents…Tied for second on the team for most wins in dual matches only with a 14-10 record…Went 14-9 at the No. 2 line…Was 6-4 in SEC matches only…Posted highest ranked win of her career with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over No. 11 Elena Christofi to clinch A&M’s highest-ever ranked team win and first-ever victory over then-No. 2 Georgia...Named to the All-SEC second team for a third consecutive year…Was named SEC Player of the Week on Feb. 1 after going a combined 6-0 in singles and doubles and helping the Aggies advance to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship…Named to the Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll for a third consecutive year.

2016 FALL RESULTS: Entered the fall ranked a career-high 45th in the ITA national singles rankings…Went 6-3 in singles, including a 6-4, 6-3 victory over 71^st-ranked Maeva Razakasoa of Long Beach State in the first round of the qualifying singles draw at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships…Was 13-3 in doubles, posting an 11-2 record with Pierson and a 2-1 mark with senior Stefania Hristov…Went 5-1 with Pierson at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships, where they won three matches in the pre-qualifying doubles draw to advance to the qualifying draw…Won their first two matches in the qualifying draw and came within one victory of reaching the main draw…Finished the fall season 4-0 against ranked opponents, all with Pierson, including a 6-4 victory over 13^th-ranked Nour Abbes and Miki Kobayashi of Washington at the Texas A&M/David Kent Invitational….Entered the spring No. 15 in the preseason ITA Texas Region singles rankings and a then-career-high No. 17 in the preseason ITA national doubles rankings with Pierson, as well as fourth in the ITA Texas Region doubles rankings.

2015-16 (JUNIOR)
Earned All-SEC Second Team honors for second consecutive year...Was No. 53 in doubles with senior Anna Mamalat and No. 65 in singles in the Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis final rankings, both then-career highs for a final ranking…In the final Texas Region rankings, was No. 4 in singles and No. 6 in doubles with Mamalat…Had entered the spring season ranked 106^th in the nation and No. 7 in the Texas region in singles and No. 8 with Mamalat in the Texas region doubles rankings…Led Texas A&M in doubles victories with a 25-6 overall record, tying for ninth in the all-time Texas A&M season records with a .806 winning percentage…Was 24-5 with Mamalat…The pair led the team in wins with a 16-3 dual match record, including a team-best 7-1 mark in SEC matches only…Finished 2016 riding a team season-high nine-match win streak…The duo went 3-0 against ranked opponents, including their season-high 6-1 victory over 31^st-ranked Melissa Lord and Carol Zhao of Stanford in the second round of the NCAA Championship…Tied for the team lead in singles victories with a 20-12 overall record, as well as a 14-8 ledger in dual matches only, going 7-4 at the No. 2 line and 7-4 at No. 3…Ended SEC play riding a four-match win streak in singles, including three ranked wins to finish 7-5 in SEC matches only, going 4-3 at No. 2 and 3-2 at No. 3…Extended her win streak to five to tie her longest win streak in 2015-16 with a straight-set victory at No. 2 in Texas A&M’s NCAA first-round win against Denver…Named to the Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll for a second consecutive year.

2015 FALL RESULTS: Entered the fall No. 50 in the ITA national singles rankings…Went 6-4 in singles to tie for the second most wins by an A&M player in tournament play…Reached the round of 16 at the USTA/ITA Texas Region Championship before falling in three sets to teammate Domenica Gonzalez…Closed out the fall by posting a 3-0 record while playing the No. 1 flight at the SMU Blue & Red Challenge…Led the team in doubles victories with a 9-3 record in tournament competitions…Went 8-2 with partner Anna Mamalat, including 5-1 at the ITA Texas Region tournament in which the duo reached the championship match.

2014-15 (SOPHOMORE)
Narrowly missed out on the NCAA Singles Championship as the tournament’s sixth alternate…The ITA Scholar Athlete led Texas A&M in singles victories with a 23-13 overall record and a team-best 15-6 mark in dual matches only…Also led the Aggies with a 10-3 record in SEC matches only and earned All-SEC second team honors...Was No. 70 in the final ITA national singles rankings after reaching a career-high No. 52 ranking on April 7… Was No. 9 in the final Texas Region singles rankings…Played the No. 2-4 lines in dual matches, posting a winning record at each position, including a 6-0 record at No. 4…Recorded a personal best nine-match win streak, which included three consecutive ranked victories…The streak also consisted of a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 come-from-behind win at the No. 2 line against 85th-ranked Kiah Generette in the last match standing to clinch A&M’s 4-3 victory at No. 7 Baylor on March 19, as well as her highest ranked win of the dual season, a 6-3, 6-3 victory over No. 41 Belinda Woolcock of Florida at the No. 4 line on March 24 to help her earn SEC Player of the Week honors on March 25…Went 8-8 overall against ranked opponents in all matches…Posted highest ranked win of singles career just prior to the dual match season with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over No. 12 Taylor Davidson of Stanford to reach the semifinals at the National Collegiate Tennis Classic in January…Went 19-10 overall in doubles, including 15-5 in dual matches – all with sophomore teammate Saska Gavrilovska -- to tie for the team lead for most wins…The duo, which went 6-4 in SEC matches only, garnered a season-high No. 68 ranking on April 7...They went 3-0 against ranked opponents, including a career-high 8-5 victory over 31st-ranked Josie Kuhlman and Peggy Porter of Florida at the No. 3 line on March 24...Bhosale and Gavrilovska were 5-2 at the No. 2 line and 10-3 at No. 3...They went 3-0 in NCAA tournament matches and ended the season riding a season-high four-match win streak…Named to the 2015 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2014 FALL RESULTS: Went 5-6 in singles, including a victory against 96^th-ranked and No. 7 seed Cindy Nguyen of Hawaii, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, in the opening round of prequalifying singles at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships…Won her first two matches at the USTA/ITA Texas Regional Championships to advance to the round of 32, where she fell to 31^st-ranked and No. 3 seed Stefanie Tan of TCU…Also won two matches at the Jack Kramer Intercollegiate Tournament to advance to the round of 16…Went 3-4 in doubles, including 2-2 with Stefania Hristov…The pair was seeded eighth at the ITA Texas Regional Championships and won two matches before falling to Aggie teammates and top-seeded Ines Deheza and Rachel Pierson in the quarterfinals…Entered the spring No. 4 in the ITA Texas Region doubles rankings with Hristov.

2013-14 (FRESHMAN)
Entered the spring ranked No. 51 in the ITA national doubles rankings and No. 6 in the ITA Texas Region doubles rankings with sophomore Ines Deheza…Played the majority of the spring season with sophomore Anna Mamalat, and the pair was a season high No. 81 ranking in the ITA final national doubles rankings, as well as No. 8 in the final ITA Texas Region rankings...Finished the year with the third most doubles victories on the team, posting a 19-11 overall record, including a 2-4 mark against ranked opponents…Was 13-6 in doubles in dual matches only, going 11-3 with Mamalat and 2-3 with Deheza...Went 10-0 at the No. 3 line with Mamalat, including 4-0 in SEC matches…Saw action at both the No. 2 and 3 lines and was a combined 5-3 in SEC doubles matches, all with Mamalat...Went 15-11 overall in singles, including 1-5 against ranked opponents…Appeared in the singles lineup in 24 of 28 dual matches, seeing action at the Nos. 3-6 lines...Posted an 11-8 singles record in the spring, including a 5-3 mark in SEC singles matches only…Longest win streaks were four in singles and six in doubles...Named the SEC Freshman Player of the Week on Feb. 26.

2013 FALL RESULTS: Began the fall season ranked No. 10 in the ITA preseason freshman/newcomer rankings…In her A&M debut, posted ranked wins in both doubles and singles at the Duke Fab Four Invitational…Paired with Ines Deheza to defeat 42nd-ranked Ashley Dai and Tessa Lyons of North Carolina in her doubles debut and then defeated 92nd-ranked Lyons in straight sets in her first singles match as an Aggie on Sept. 13…Finished the fall 4-3 in singles and 6-5 in doubles…Went 2-3 against ranked doubles opponents, pairing with Deheza for both ranked wins…Their highest ranked victory was against No. 42 Ashley Dai and Tessa Lyons of North Carolina on Sept. 13.

PREVIOUS ATHLETIC BACKGROUND: Participated in the 2013 Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China in August and knocked off the No. 1 seed, Ching-Win Hsu, who was ranked No. 12 in the International Tennis Federation junior world rankings and had been ranked as high as No. 6 in the world earlier in the year...Is a two-time member of India’s Fed Cup Team, going 4-0 in the 2012 singles pool play…Advanced to the quarterfinals in both singles and doubles at the 24th Mitsubishi-Lancer International Junior Championships in the Philippines in March…Teamed with Camilla Rosatello of Italy to win the doubles title at the 2013 $10,000 Valladolid in Spain…Entered A&M ranked No. 441 in the ITF combined rankings, having been ranked a career-high No. 55 in the world on March 26, 2012…Was 718 in singles and No. 874 in the 2013 year-end World Tennis Association ranking.

PERSONAL: Rutuja Bhosale began playing tennis when she was 9 years old…Most memorable moment of A&M career is playing her first away match against No. 3 North Carolina as a freshman…Hobbies include reading and listening to music…Fluent in Hindi, Marati and English…Volunteered at Aggies CAN food drive…Majored in university business studies with a minor in human resources and recreation, parks and tourism sciences…Graduated May 2017…Born March 27, 1996, in Shrirampur, India.

BHOSALE UP CLOSE:
Favorites:
Favorite tennis player: Roger Federer
Favorite athlete (any sport): Saina Nehwal (Badminton)
Favorite app: Instagram
Favorite type of music: None in particular
Favorite food: Maharashtrian (Indian)
Favorite TV show: None in particular
Favorite book: None in particular
Favorite movie: None in particular
Favorite Disney character: Stitch
Favorite part about the sport of tennis: Get to travel!
Favorite sport to play other than tennis: Basketball
Favorite thing about Texas A&M: There is something to learn everywhere.
Favorite vacation spot: Spain

Miscellaneous Questions:
My nickname is: Rutu, Ru
The person who has had the greatest impact on my athletic career: My parents
The accomplishment (athletic or non-athletic) that I am most proud of: Playing for my country
The person I would most like to meet: Hemsworth Brothers.
The most famous athlete I have met: Roger Federer
The most famous non-athlete I have met: Hema Malini (Indian actress)
Song most listened to: Kabira
Languages that I speak fluently: Marathi, Hindi, English
When I was little, I dreamed of being a: Teacher
Early bird or night owl: Both
Something I've always wanted to do but haven't: Skydive
The reality show I would most like to participate in is: Dance India Dance
I can’t believe I watch this TV show: Kumkum Bhagya
My best non-athletic talent: Interior designing
My most prized possession: My parents
After I graduate, I plan to: Try and play professional
My dream job is: To become police commissioner

The teammate who…
The teammate who will surprise people the most this year: Saska and Eva
The teammate who can always make me laugh: Stefania
The teammate most likely to be on People’s “Best Dressed” list: Ines
The teammate who would be the best candidate for “The Voice”: Rachel
The teammate who would be the best candidate for “Survivor”: Domenica

BHOSALE’S ITA CAREER RANKINGS:
(as of May 31, 2017)

Singles
#45      Sept. 13, 2016 (Preseason – Fall)
#50      Sept. 15, 2015 (Preseason – Fall)
#51      April 18, 2017
#52      April 7, 2015
#53      May 4, 2017
#54      April 25, 2017
#54      April 14, 2015
#57      March 24, 2015
#57      March 10, 2015
#57      Feb. 10, 2015
#59      Feb. 24, 2015
#60      May 31, 2017 (Final)
#64      April 21, 2015
#65      June 1, 2016 (Final)
#66      May 1, 2015
#69      May 5, 2016
#70      June 3, 2015 (Final)
#74      April 19, 2016
#75      Feb. 21, 2017
#75      April 26, 2016
#79      April 11, 2017
#85      March 7, 2017
#91      March 28, 2017
#105    April 12, 2016
#106    Jan. 5, 2016 (Preseason – Spring)
#107    April 4, 2017

Doubles
(with Rachel Pierson)
#4*      April 11, 2017
#6        April 4, 2017
#7        May 4, 2017
#7        April 18, 2017
#8        April 25, 2017
#9**    May 31, 2017 (Final)
#12      March 21, 2017
#14      Feb. 21, 2017
#16      Feb. 8, 2017
#17      Jan. 4, 2017 (Preseason – Spring)
#19      March 7, 2017

* -- Indicates Texas A&M all-time high doubles ranking
** -- Indicates Texas A&M record high for final doubles ranking

(with Ines Deheza)
#51      Jan. 2, 2014 (Preseason – Spring)
#56      Feb. 11, 2014

(with Saska Gavrilovska)
#68      April 7, 2015
#75      April 14, 2015
#80      March 24, 2015

(with Anna Mamalat)
#39      Sept. 8, 2014 (Preseason – Fall)
#44      March 22, 2016
#45      Feb. 10, 2016
#48      Feb. 23, 2016
#53      June 1, 2016 (Final)
#56      March 8, 2016
#61      April 5, 2016
#69      April 12, 2016
#72      April 19, 2016
#75      May 5, 2016
#77      April 26, 2016
#81      June 4, 2014 (Final)
#89      April 22, 2014

BHOSALE’S RANKED WINS:
(as of May 31, 2017)

Singles
#11      Elena Christofi, Georgia (April 16, 2017)
#12      Taylor Davidson, Stanford (Jan. 17, 2015)
#22      Caroline Price, North Carolina (Feb. 1, 2015)
#37      Chalena Scholl, Duke (Feb. 11, 2017)
#41      Belinda Woolcock, Florida (March 24, 2015)
#51      Kennedy Shaffer, Georgia (April 10, 2016)
#57      Jessica Golovin, LSU (April 15, 2016)
#69      Maci Epstein, Miami (Jan. 30, 2017)
#71      Andie Dikosavljevic, Auburn (March 17, 2017)
#71      Maeva Razakasoa, Long Beach State (Oct. 11, 2016)
#81      Georgiana Patrasc, Mississippi State (March 27, 2015)
#82      Natalie Suk, Ole Miss (April 2, 2017)
#85      Kiah Generette, Baylor (April 8, 2015)
#86      Georgiana Patrasc, Mississippi State (March 11, 2016)
#92      Tessa Lyons, North Carolina (Sept. 13, 2013)
#96      Cindy Nguyen, Hawaii (Sept. 27, 2014)
#102    Paige Cline, South Carolina (March 31, 2016)
#119    Zoe Katz, USC (Jan. 16, 2015)
#120    Mai El Kamash, Ole Miss (March 29, 2015)
#121    Julia Schiller, Wichita State (Nov. 6, 2015)
#124    Andie Daniell, Alabama (March 19, 2017)

Doubles
(with Rachel Pierson)
#8        Alizee Michaud/Taylor Russo, Auburn (March 17, 2017)
#11      Jasmine Lee/Lisa Marie Rioux, Mississippi State (March 31, 2017)
#13      Nour Abbes/Miki Kobayashi, Washington (Nov. 5, 2016)
#20      Joana Valle Costa/Ryann Foster, LSU (March 25, 2017)
#25      Erin Routliffe/Maddie Pothoff, Alabama (March 19, 2017)
#28      Lindsey Hodge/Wendy Zhang, Rice (Oct. 5, 2016)
#49      Shannon Hudson/Ana Oparenovic, Arkansas (Oct. 4, 2016)
#54      Katherine Ip/Priya Niezgoda, Rice (Nov. 4, 2016)

(with Ines Deheza)
#42      Ashley Dai/Tessa Lyons, North Carolina (Sept. 13, 2013)
#59      Karolina Rozenbert/Ebba Unden, Long Beach State (Oct. 1, 2013)

(with Saska Gavrilovska)
#31      Josie Kuhlman/Peggy Porter, Florida (March 24, 2015)
#48      Skylar Kuykendall/Abigail Owens, LSU (March 13, 2015
#55      Caroline Brinson/Hannah King, Georgia (March 1, 2015)

(with Anna Mamalat)
#31      Melissa Lord/Carol Zhao, Stanford (May 14, 2016)
#43      Jasmine Lee/Louise Ronaldson, Mississippi State (March 11, 2016)
#66      Silvia Garcia/Kennedy Shaffer, Georgia (April 22, 2016)