2016-17 Women's Tennis Roster
Tina Bokhua
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Moscow, Russia
Bio
BOKHUA’S HONORS/HIGHLIGHTS
2016-17
2015-16 (at Colorado)
2014-15 (at Colorado)
2016-17 (JUNIOR):
Entered the spring ranked 57th in the ITA preseason rankings (Jan. 4)…Went 16-13 overall in singles, including 11-9 in dual matches only...Went 5-4 in SEC matches only...Saw action at the Nos. 2-6 lines, played most matches at No. 3, where she went 5-3...Was 2-6 against ranked opponents...Clinched the Aggies’ 4-2 victory at No. 12 Miami in the championship match of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend as Texas A&M earned a berth to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship...Went 5-8 overall in doubles, including 2-4 in dual matches only...Was 3-5 with Macarena Olivares in all matches, including 1-2 in dual matches only…Was 2-3 overall and 1-2 in dual matches only with Stefania Hristov.
2016 FALL RESULTS:
Entered the fall season ranked 102nd in the ITA singles rankings…Went 5-4 in singles and 3-4 in doubles…Was invited to compete in the season-opening Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships, but fell in the first round of the singles pre-qualifier…Recorded the first singles victory of her A&M career with a 6-4, 6-3 win against Minying Liang of North Texas in the round of 64 at the ITA Texas Regional Championship…Also defeated Astrid Gehre of Texas Arlington in the round of 32 and 58th-ranked Wendy Zhang—the highest ranked win of Bokhua’s A&M career—in the round of 16 to reach the quarterfinals, where she fell to 91st-ranked and Texas A&M teammate Rachel Pierson…Led all players with at the David Kent Invitational No. 4 Singles flight with a 2-0 record to close out the fall competition schedule….In doubles, went 2-3 with Macarena Olivares and 1-1 with Stefania Hristov.
AT COLORADO
2015-16 (SOPHOMORE): Was 13-6 overall in singles and 7-7 in doubles before leaving the team midway through the season…Posted a 4-3 record against nationally-ranked singles opponents…In addition to her win over fifth-ranked Josie Kuhlman of Florida in the fall, upset No. 85 Andrea LeBlanc of New Mexico, No. 62 Julia O’Loughlin of Denver and No. 45 Anastasiya Rychagova of Kansas…Paired with Nuria Ormeño Ruiz to win 6-4 over Northern Colorado’s 40th-ranked doubles pair on Feb. 12…Became CU’s first-ever Pac-12 Player of the Week on Feb. 1 after upsetting O’Loughlin and also winning against Boise State…Achieved a No. 42 national ranking on Feb. 10, the highest ranking of her career 2015 FALL RESULTS: Posted a 5-5 singles record and 3-2 doubles mark…Upset fifth-ranked Josie Kuhlman of Florida 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (5) at the ITA All-American Championships…Reached the Round of 16 at the ITA Mountain Region Championships after wins over Jordan Denesik of Northern Arizona and Mercedes Lopez Velez of UNLV. Entered the spring tied for third in the ITA Mountain Regional Rankings in singles.
2014-15 (FRESHMAN): Named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Mountain Region Rookie of the Year, becoming the fifth CU regional Rookie of the Year since 2004…Played the majority of her initial spring season at the top singles position, collecting seven victories, five of them against the mountain region…Ended the season No. 4 in the ITA Mountain Region singles rankings…Played all but one spring singles match at the No. 1 line, with the other being at No. 2…Won eight singles matches, including seven at No. 1, and won 12 singles matches overall during the year…Picked up first Pac-12 singles victory defeating Elizaveta Luzina (Washington State) in straight sets (6-3, 6-4) on Mar. 29…Clinched three team wins at No. 1 singles (Kansas State, Jan. 31; Colorado State; Feb. 1; Washington State: Mar. 29)…Won her first four singles matches of dual play and 7 of her first 10 matches before injuries sidelined her from the top singles spot…Pushed then-No. 2 and NCAA Round of 16 singles participant Maegan Manasse (California) to three sets (3-6, 6-4, 0-1[5]) and then-No. 22 nationally ranked and NCAA Round of 16 singles player Sabrina Santamaria (USC) to three sets (7-5, 4-6, 0-1[2])…In doubles, ended the season ranked No. 4 in the Mountain Region with teammate Julyette Steur…Picked up a team-high seven wins with Steur at No. 1 doubles, the most wins at any position by any CU team…Won eight spring doubles overall, tying for the spring high…Clinched three doubles team wins with Steur (Air Force; Jan. 30; Wichita State: Feb. 6; UMKC; Feb. 7)…Teamed with Kyra Wojcik to become one of two CU doubles tandems to reach Pac-12 Tournament main draw quarterfinals, a school-first after defeating O’Sullivan/Panoho (Arizona State), 8-4, in the Round of 16 main draw international bracket.
2014 FALL RESULTS: Won four of eight singles matches and six of nine doubles matches…Advanced to the finals of the Green Singles Bracket of the North Texas Wild West Shootout (Oct. 31-Nov. 2)…Won doubles matches with Alex Aiello, three at CU Invitational (Sept. 25-28) and another at the North Texas Wild West Shootout.
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC BACKGROUND: Was a member of the Russian Junior National Team…Highest International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior ranking was No. 295…Highest Russian ranking was No. 9…Placed third in the 2011 under-16 single Russian championships and second place in the 2013 under-18 doubles…Won the 2014 ITF junior tournament (Grade 4) in Finland and also the ITF Grade 4 doubles in Belarus…Among her other runner up finishes was the 2013 Grade 4 tournament in Finland; Grade 5 in Russia in 2011 and 2012; and a 2012 doubles in Belarus (Grade 5 ITF); and in Russia in 2011 and 2012 (Grade 5 ITF).
PERSONAL: Is the daughter of Gia Bokhua and Galina Sopun…Began playing tennis when she was 7 years old…Chose to attend Texas A&M because of the coaches, teammates and the community…Born July 25, 1996 in Moscow, Russia.
BOKHUA UP CLOSE:
Favorites:
Favorite tennis player: Sharapova
Favorite food: Sushi
Miscellaneous Questions:
The person I would most like to meet: Steve Jobs
The most famous athlete I have met: Maria Sharapova
My dream job is: My dream job is where I am going to get paid a lot.
Languages I speak fluently are: Russian
The teammate who…
The teammate who will surprise people the most this year: I will
The teammate who can always make me laugh: Stef, Saska, Rachel
BOKHUA’S ITA CAREER RANKINGS:
(as of May 31, 2017)
Singles
#42C Feb. 10, 2016
#57 Jan 1, 2017
#70 C March 8, 2016
#102 Sept. 13, 2016 (Preseason – Fall)
#107 C March 22, 2016
#110 C Feb. 23, 2016
#111 C April 5, 2016
#120 C April 12, 2016
BOKHUA’S RANKED WINS:
(as of May 31, 2017)
Singles
#5C Josie Kuhlman, Florida (Oct. 9, 2015)
#45C Anastasiya Rychagova, Kansas (Feb. 7, 2016)
#58 Wendy Zhang, Rice (Oct. 22, 2016)
#62C Julia O’Loughlin, Denver (Jan. 30, 2016)
#64 Alex Najarian, Michigan (Feb. 12, 2017)
#85C Andrea LeBlanc, New Mexico (Jan. 22, 2016)
Doubles
(with Nuria Ormeno Ruiz at Colorado)
#40C Beth Coton/Remi Immler, Northern Colorado (Feb. 12, 2016)
C —at Colorado
2016-17
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
2015-16 (at Colorado)
- Pac 12 Player of the Week (Feb. 1)
2014-15 (at Colorado)
- ITA Mountain Region Rookie of the Year
2016-17 (JUNIOR):
Entered the spring ranked 57th in the ITA preseason rankings (Jan. 4)…Went 16-13 overall in singles, including 11-9 in dual matches only...Went 5-4 in SEC matches only...Saw action at the Nos. 2-6 lines, played most matches at No. 3, where she went 5-3...Was 2-6 against ranked opponents...Clinched the Aggies’ 4-2 victory at No. 12 Miami in the championship match of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend as Texas A&M earned a berth to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship...Went 5-8 overall in doubles, including 2-4 in dual matches only...Was 3-5 with Macarena Olivares in all matches, including 1-2 in dual matches only…Was 2-3 overall and 1-2 in dual matches only with Stefania Hristov.
2016 FALL RESULTS:
Entered the fall season ranked 102nd in the ITA singles rankings…Went 5-4 in singles and 3-4 in doubles…Was invited to compete in the season-opening Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships, but fell in the first round of the singles pre-qualifier…Recorded the first singles victory of her A&M career with a 6-4, 6-3 win against Minying Liang of North Texas in the round of 64 at the ITA Texas Regional Championship…Also defeated Astrid Gehre of Texas Arlington in the round of 32 and 58th-ranked Wendy Zhang—the highest ranked win of Bokhua’s A&M career—in the round of 16 to reach the quarterfinals, where she fell to 91st-ranked and Texas A&M teammate Rachel Pierson…Led all players with at the David Kent Invitational No. 4 Singles flight with a 2-0 record to close out the fall competition schedule….In doubles, went 2-3 with Macarena Olivares and 1-1 with Stefania Hristov.
AT COLORADO
2015-16 (SOPHOMORE): Was 13-6 overall in singles and 7-7 in doubles before leaving the team midway through the season…Posted a 4-3 record against nationally-ranked singles opponents…In addition to her win over fifth-ranked Josie Kuhlman of Florida in the fall, upset No. 85 Andrea LeBlanc of New Mexico, No. 62 Julia O’Loughlin of Denver and No. 45 Anastasiya Rychagova of Kansas…Paired with Nuria Ormeño Ruiz to win 6-4 over Northern Colorado’s 40th-ranked doubles pair on Feb. 12…Became CU’s first-ever Pac-12 Player of the Week on Feb. 1 after upsetting O’Loughlin and also winning against Boise State…Achieved a No. 42 national ranking on Feb. 10, the highest ranking of her career 2015 FALL RESULTS: Posted a 5-5 singles record and 3-2 doubles mark…Upset fifth-ranked Josie Kuhlman of Florida 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (5) at the ITA All-American Championships…Reached the Round of 16 at the ITA Mountain Region Championships after wins over Jordan Denesik of Northern Arizona and Mercedes Lopez Velez of UNLV. Entered the spring tied for third in the ITA Mountain Regional Rankings in singles.
2014-15 (FRESHMAN): Named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Mountain Region Rookie of the Year, becoming the fifth CU regional Rookie of the Year since 2004…Played the majority of her initial spring season at the top singles position, collecting seven victories, five of them against the mountain region…Ended the season No. 4 in the ITA Mountain Region singles rankings…Played all but one spring singles match at the No. 1 line, with the other being at No. 2…Won eight singles matches, including seven at No. 1, and won 12 singles matches overall during the year…Picked up first Pac-12 singles victory defeating Elizaveta Luzina (Washington State) in straight sets (6-3, 6-4) on Mar. 29…Clinched three team wins at No. 1 singles (Kansas State, Jan. 31; Colorado State; Feb. 1; Washington State: Mar. 29)…Won her first four singles matches of dual play and 7 of her first 10 matches before injuries sidelined her from the top singles spot…Pushed then-No. 2 and NCAA Round of 16 singles participant Maegan Manasse (California) to three sets (3-6, 6-4, 0-1[5]) and then-No. 22 nationally ranked and NCAA Round of 16 singles player Sabrina Santamaria (USC) to three sets (7-5, 4-6, 0-1[2])…In doubles, ended the season ranked No. 4 in the Mountain Region with teammate Julyette Steur…Picked up a team-high seven wins with Steur at No. 1 doubles, the most wins at any position by any CU team…Won eight spring doubles overall, tying for the spring high…Clinched three doubles team wins with Steur (Air Force; Jan. 30; Wichita State: Feb. 6; UMKC; Feb. 7)…Teamed with Kyra Wojcik to become one of two CU doubles tandems to reach Pac-12 Tournament main draw quarterfinals, a school-first after defeating O’Sullivan/Panoho (Arizona State), 8-4, in the Round of 16 main draw international bracket.
2014 FALL RESULTS: Won four of eight singles matches and six of nine doubles matches…Advanced to the finals of the Green Singles Bracket of the North Texas Wild West Shootout (Oct. 31-Nov. 2)…Won doubles matches with Alex Aiello, three at CU Invitational (Sept. 25-28) and another at the North Texas Wild West Shootout.
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC BACKGROUND: Was a member of the Russian Junior National Team…Highest International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior ranking was No. 295…Highest Russian ranking was No. 9…Placed third in the 2011 under-16 single Russian championships and second place in the 2013 under-18 doubles…Won the 2014 ITF junior tournament (Grade 4) in Finland and also the ITF Grade 4 doubles in Belarus…Among her other runner up finishes was the 2013 Grade 4 tournament in Finland; Grade 5 in Russia in 2011 and 2012; and a 2012 doubles in Belarus (Grade 5 ITF); and in Russia in 2011 and 2012 (Grade 5 ITF).
PERSONAL: Is the daughter of Gia Bokhua and Galina Sopun…Began playing tennis when she was 7 years old…Chose to attend Texas A&M because of the coaches, teammates and the community…Born July 25, 1996 in Moscow, Russia.
BOKHUA UP CLOSE:
Favorites:
Favorite tennis player: Sharapova
Favorite food: Sushi
Miscellaneous Questions:
The person I would most like to meet: Steve Jobs
The most famous athlete I have met: Maria Sharapova
My dream job is: My dream job is where I am going to get paid a lot.
Languages I speak fluently are: Russian
The teammate who…
The teammate who will surprise people the most this year: I will
The teammate who can always make me laugh: Stef, Saska, Rachel
BOKHUA’S ITA CAREER RANKINGS:
(as of May 31, 2017)
Singles
#42C Feb. 10, 2016
#57 Jan 1, 2017
#70 C March 8, 2016
#102 Sept. 13, 2016 (Preseason – Fall)
#107 C March 22, 2016
#110 C Feb. 23, 2016
#111 C April 5, 2016
#120 C April 12, 2016
BOKHUA’S RANKED WINS:
(as of May 31, 2017)
Singles
#5C Josie Kuhlman, Florida (Oct. 9, 2015)
#45C Anastasiya Rychagova, Kansas (Feb. 7, 2016)
#58 Wendy Zhang, Rice (Oct. 22, 2016)
#62C Julia O’Loughlin, Denver (Jan. 30, 2016)
#64 Alex Najarian, Michigan (Feb. 12, 2017)
#85C Andrea LeBlanc, New Mexico (Jan. 22, 2016)
Doubles
(with Nuria Ormeno Ruiz at Colorado)
#40C Beth Coton/Remi Immler, Northern Colorado (Feb. 12, 2016)
C —at Colorado
Highlights: Texas A&M vs Vanderbilt
Thursday, October 10
Texas Postgame: Jamie Morrison, Ava Underwood, Logan Lednicky
Friday, September 27
Highlights: A&M vs. OBU
Wednesday, November 03
