2010-11 Women's Tennis Roster
Christi Liles
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Univ. of Miami Online HS
- Hometown:
- Largo, Fla.
Honors:
- 2008 Texas A&M P.D. Gandy Award (led team in combined singles and doubles victories - 53)
"Christi plays a very important role on this team with her leadership and how she strengthens the middle of our lineup in singles. She also gives us options and is like our wildcard in doubles, because she has shown that she can compete with a lot of different people at any position and come up with the wins...Christi has increased her work ethic and is determined and ready to have the best year of her career." -- Coach Bobby Kleinecke
An intelligent and experienced competitor who is not afraid to go for the shots when the match is on the line...Hits with two hands off both sides...Is a respected leader on the team and was voted team captain by her peers...Had an impressive fall and is confident and determined to step up and make things happen for the team and have a great senior season...Is a third generation Aggie.
2010 FALL RESULTS: Went 4-5 in singles and 6-4 in doubles...Advanced to the quarterfinals in singles and the semifinals in doubles with Janelle Cuthbertson at the season-opening Midland Racquet Club Invitational...Reached the quarterfinals with Nazari Urbina at the Texas Regional...Also played one doubles match each with Morgan Frank and Lauren Santacroce.
2009-10 (JUNIOR): Played the No. 4-6 singles lines and went 9-14 in dual matches after missing the entire fall season with a back injury...Was 4-6 at No. 5 and 5-4 at No. 6...Went 14-10 in doubles matches, including 9-5 at No. 3 with Sheri Olivier...Was 3-3 with Morgan Frank at the No. 2 line, including an 8-2 victory over 43rd-ranked Anna Maskaljun and Alisa Razina of UNLV...FALL: Did not compete in the fall due to injury..
2008-09 (SOPHOMORE): Posted a 15-18 overall singles record, including a 10-14 mark at the No. 3-5 singles lines in dual matches, as well as a 5-5 ledger in Big 12 matches only...Longest winning streak was five matches, all at No. 3, where she went 5-13...Was 16-16 overall in doubles competitions, including 10-14 in dual matches, as well as 7-4 in Big 12 matches only...Saw action at both the No. 1 and No. 2 lines...Went 3-6 with Janelle Cuthbertson and Elzé Potgieter at No. 1...Tallied a 6-3 record at No. 2 with Morgan Frank, including a 5-1 mark in conference play...FALL: Went 5-4 in singles during the fall season and advanced to the round of 16 in singles at the ITA Southwest Regional before falling to 15th-ranked Megan Falcon of LSU...Played all eight fall tournament doubles matches with Potgieter...They were crowned Flight I doubles champions at the season-opening Milwaukee Tennis Classic after going 3-0...The pair advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Southwest Regional and finished the fall with a 6-2 record.
2007-08 (FRESHMAN): Led the team in singles wins with a 29-8 overall record, tying for eighth in the A&M single season records for most wins and ranking 10th all-time with a .783 winning percentage...Was 19-5 in dual matches, seeing action at the No. 2 through No. 4 positions...Played the most dual matches at No. 2 singles, where she went 10-3...Was 9-2 in Big 12 matches, including 7-2 at the No. 2 spot...Longest singles winning streak was six from Feb. 10 to March 1...Streak included a win against 98th-ranked Renata Kucerkova of Fresno State...Also had a win against No. 105 Cosmina Ciobanu of Notre Dame (March 22)...Ended the season having won five of her final six matches...In doubles matches, posted a 24-14 record, including 14-10 in dual action...Played the No. 2 line with sophomore Elzé Potgieter and went 7-2 in Big 12 matches and 11-2 overall...The pair ended the season having won seven of their last eight matches...Began the spring playing No. 1 doubles with Tiffany Clifford...The pair went 5-8 and was ranked as high as No. 60 in the nation...Was ranked tied for 13th in singles and 10th in doubles with Potgieter in the final ITA Southwest Regional rankings released in May...FALL: During the 2007 fall season, went 10-3 in singles to lead the team with a .769 winning percentage and tied for the team lead for most wins...Posted a 10-4 record in doubles action in the fall...Began her collegiate career by capturing the doubles title at the season-opening Milwaukee Tennis Classic with Clifford...Reached the quarterfinals in the singles main draw at the ITA Southwest Regional after knocking off No. 3 seed and 61st-ranked Macall Harkins of TCU, 6-4, 6-3, in the Round of 16...Also advanced to the regional quarterfinals in doubles with partner Michelle Sammons...Concluded the fall by winning the Flight B singles bracket at the Harvard Invitational...Ranked a team-high No. 12 in singles and listed No. 10 in doubles with Clifford in the ITA Southwest Region rankings, released in December 2007.
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE: Was a two-time champion and three-time finalist in doubles at the USTA Super National Clay Courts...Also won a gold ball in doubles at the USTA Super National Spring Championships and earned a total of four gold balls and three silver balls in juniors doubles competitions...Won the 18s doubles title at the Jerry Simmons American ITF and was a quarterfinalist with partner Jennifer Stevens at the 2006 Easter Bowl in Palm Springs, Calif...Also was an accomplished singles player in juniors, having advanced to the semifinals in 18s at the 2004 National Open in Naples, Fla., as well as reaching the quarterfinals at the 2001 USTA Super National Clay Court Championships...Ranked as high as No. 307 in the International Tennis Federation combined rankings...Most memorable moment of juniors career is winning nationals four times.
PERSONAL: Christina Alicia Liles is the daughter of Richard and Elaine Liles...Follows in the footsteps of her father, uncle and grandfather, who also attended Texas A&M...Has an older sister, Alex, who played one year of tennis at the University of Florida and two years at Pepperdine...Christi began playing tennis when she was eight...Made official recruiting visits to Ohio State and Auburn, but chose to attend Texas A&M, because "I love the girls on the team, and they have my major (construction science)"... Hobbies include movies, baking, and Monday night gossip with the girls...Is a member of Texas A&M's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC)...Majoring in construction science...Career ambition is to "get as far as I can in life on my own and one day have a family"...Born December 12, 1988, in San Antonio, Texas.
Liles Up Close
Favorites:
Favorite Aggie tradition: the 12th Man
Favorite class subject: any class with John Nichols
Favorite quote: happiness is free
Favorite athlete (any sport): Dwight Howard
Favorite professional sports team (any sport): Tampa Bay Bucs
Favorite food: sushi
Favorite TV show: Gossip Girl
Favorite book: Twilight
Favorite movie: Gladiator
Favorite part about the sport of tennis: competing
Favorite sport to play other than tennis: I wish I were good at basketball
Favorite Karaoke song to sing: I don't sing. I try to do the backup dancing, haha
Miscellaneous:
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: getting through this much college
The person I would most like to meet: Jesus
People have told me that I look like (name of celebrity): Kate Hudson
When I was little, I dreamed of being an: actress
Something I've always wanted to do but haven't: been in a deep-sea shark cage
The reality show I would most like to participate in is: Dancing With the Stars
Few people know that I: was homeschooled much of my life
My best non-athletic talent: my clumsiness
My most prized possession: my grandma's rosary
My dream job is: to have my own HGTV show
Being at A&M has taught me: southern hospitality
After I graduate, I plan to: get a job
