Fernanda Contreras - Women's Tennis - Vanderbilt University Athletics

Fernanda Contreras Season 2018-19

Class Senior
Hometown Austin, Texas
High School Westlake High School
Bio

Career Records
• 136-30 overall singles record
• 71-17 dual match singles record

Rankings
• Highest Singles Ranking: No. 3 (4/5/18)
• Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 4 W/ Astra Sharma (5/30/18)

Honors
• Finished career as Vanderbilt’s record holder for most season singles wins (43)
• Finished career as Vanderbilt’s record holder for most career singles wins (136)
• 2019 All-American
• 2019 ITA Regional Cissie Leary Award Winer
• 2019 ITA Regional Senior of the Year
• 2019 First Team All-SEC
• 2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2018 SEC Tournament MVP
• 2018 First-Team All SEC
• 2018 Community Service Team
• 2018 SEC All-Tournament Team
• 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2017 Second Team All-SEC
• 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2016 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
• 2016 SEC All-Freshman Team
• Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week (1/27, 4/18)

As a Senior (2018-2019)
• 32-11 season singles record
• Only dropped three matches at home
• Undefeated in Regional play
• Seven match win streak
• Competed primarily at No. 1 in the lineup
• 2018 Oracle ITA Masters semifinals
• ITA All-American Championship semifinals
• Undefeated in singles at June Stewart Invitational, Bulldog Classic and Miami Spring Invite
• Quarterfinals of Oracle ITA National Fall Championships
• Round of 16 at NCAA Singles Championships
• Set record for most career singles wins (136)

As a Junior (2017-2018)
• No. 4 in doubles play with partner Astra Sharma
• 35-9 in doubles play
• NCAA Division 1 Individual Championships with partner Sharma
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Beat No. 3 ranked doubles team, UNC to advance to Round of 16 in doubles at the NCAA Division 1 Individual Championships
• 43-10 in singles play
• Semifinals of the 2017 NCAA Division 1 Individual Championships
• Semifinals of 2017 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships
• Champion of the Rivera/ITA singles tournament
•. First Commodore to win Rivera/ITA singles tournament
• Champion of doubles play at the 2018 Central American Games

As a Sophomore (2016-2017)
• Only dropped two dual matches (18-2)
• Concluded 2017 team on 12-match win streak (3/24-5/22)
• Clinched SEC Tournament Championship over Florida
• Earned four ranked wins
• Career-high victory came over UF’s No. 40 Kourtney Keegan
• Career-high singles ranking at No. 69
• Career-high doubles ranking at No. 52
• 16-6 in dual match doubles mainly with partner Rosca

As a Freshman (2015-2016)
• First Commodore dual-match doubles and singles win came against Denver on Jan. 23
• 29-5 overall in singles play in her premiere season
• Only one SEC loss on the season
• Clinched competitions against No. 25 Northwestern and No. 14 Texas A&M
• Competed primarily at No. 6
• 10-4 (6-3) doubles record with Sellyn

The Contreras File
• Began officially playing tennis at age nine
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Captain of the Westlake High School tennis team in 2013, 2014 and 2015 Coached by Kim Riley
• Earned Texas singles and mixes doubles champion status
• National Honor Society, Spanish Club Vice President, and Westlake class Senate
• Trained at St. Stephens Tennis Academy
• Lists Roger Federer and Justine Henin her favorite tennis players
• Chose Vanderbilt because it felt like home and for its mix of academics and athletics
• Garnered offers from Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech, Kentucky, Yale, Rice and TCU
• Lists her grandparents as her biggest influences
• Uncle and Grandfather played collegiate tennis
• Grandfather, Francisco Contreras, played for the USC Trojans, winning an NCAA team title, as well as two NCAA doubles championships in 1955 and 1956
• Contreras went on to make it to the semifinals of Wimbledon in mixed doubles and competed with team Mexico in the Davis Cup
• In the 2014 season the future Commodore reached her highest ranking yet, coming in at No. 42
• Played under head coach Kim Riley at Westlake High School
• Won the 2014 state 5-A Singles and Mixed Doubles Championships with partner Charles Tan
• Second ranked player in the state of Texas and the No. 52 in the country
• 34-4 high school singles record; 12-2 against fellow five-star recruits
• 13-0 record against four-stars
• Reached finals/semifinals in seven of nine tournaments