Saturday, September 20
Cary, N.C.
UCLA
vs
ITA All-American Championships
Kate Fakih (Photo: Jenny Xu)
Photo by: Jenny Xu
Women's Tennis Posts Season-Opening Results
October 02, 2025 | Women's Tennis
CARY, N.C. โ Five members of the UCLA women's tennis team rang in the 2025-26 season last week at the ITA All-American Championships, contested at Cary Tennis Park. Bruins competed in the prequalifying, qualifying and main-draw stages of singles, as well as the doubles main draw.
Ahmani Guichard was the Bruins' standout performer in the initial days of the event, winning four of her five matches played. Kate Fakih added a pair of ranked victories after main-draw action began. Mayu Crossley made her UCLA debut, while Olivia Center and Bianca Fernandez also posted results.
Guichard advanced out of singles qualifying, but had her run ended by No. 72 Mia Slama of NC State. The Bruin recovered to beat No. 99 Divna Ratkovic of Rice in the consolation rounds. Center dealt Eva Alvarez Sande a 6-3, 6-1 defeat in the opening round of singles prequalifying.
No. 81 Crossley and No. 25 Fakih each fell to a ranked counterpart in three sets to start main-draw play. Fakih bounced back emphatically, though, taking down No. 42 Elana Yu of Duke and No. 31 Emily Sartz-Lunde of Michigan in the consolation bracket.
ITA All-American Championships
9/20-9/28/2025 at Cary, NC (Cary Tennis Park)
Ahmani Guichard was the Bruins' standout performer in the initial days of the event, winning four of her five matches played. Kate Fakih added a pair of ranked victories after main-draw action began. Mayu Crossley made her UCLA debut, while Olivia Center and Bianca Fernandez also posted results.
Guichard advanced out of singles qualifying, but had her run ended by No. 72 Mia Slama of NC State. The Bruin recovered to beat No. 99 Divna Ratkovic of Rice in the consolation rounds. Center dealt Eva Alvarez Sande a 6-3, 6-1 defeat in the opening round of singles prequalifying.
No. 81 Crossley and No. 25 Fakih each fell to a ranked counterpart in three sets to start main-draw play. Fakih bounced back emphatically, though, taking down No. 42 Elana Yu of Duke and No. 31 Emily Sartz-Lunde of Michigan in the consolation bracket.
ITA All-American Championships
9/20-9/28/2025 at Cary, NC (Cary Tennis Park)
| Singles competition | |
| Prequalifying | |
| PQ1 | ย ย Patricia Grigoras (Penn State) def. Bianca Fernandez (UCLA) 6-2, 6-4 |
| PQ1 | ย ย Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) def. Uma Bakaityte (Rice) 6-3, 6-0 |
| PQ1 | ย ย Olivia Center (UCLA) def. Eva Alvarez Sande (Washington State) 6-3, 6-1 |
| PQ2 | ย ย Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) def. B. Bergqvist Larsson (South Carolina) 6-1, 7-5 |
| PQ2 | ย ย Prisca Abbas (Charlotte) def. Olivia Center (UCLA) 1-6, 6-0, 6-3 |
| PQ3 | ย ย Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) def. Claire An (Duke) 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (8-6) |
| Prequalifying Consol | |
| PQC1 | ย ย Mia Liepert (Minnesota) def. Bianca Fernandez (UCLA) 7-6 (10-8), 6-2 |
| Qualifying | |
| Q1 | ย ย #72 Mia Slama (NC State) def. Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
| Qualifying Consolati | |
| QC1 | ย ย Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) def. #99 Divna Ratkovic (Rice) 6-1, 7-5 |
| Main Draw | |
| 64 | ย ย #31 Emily Sartz-Lunde (Michigan) def. #81 Mayu Crossley (UCLA) 6-3, 5-7, 6-0 |
| 64 | ย ย #90 Alyssa Ahn (Stanford) def. #25 Kate Fakih (UCLA) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 |
| Consolation | |
| C32Q | ย ย #118 Valery Gynina (Florida) def. #81 Mayu Crossley (UCLA) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 |
| C32Q | ย ย #25 Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. #42 Eleana Yu (Duke) 6-3, 6-1 |
| C32 | ย ย #25 Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. #31 Emily Sartz-Lunde (Michigan) 6-3, 6-4 |
| C16Q | ย ย #37 Anastasiia Grechkina (Pepperdine) def. #25 Kate Fakih (UCLA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 |
| Doubles competition | |
| Main Draw | |
| 32 | ย ย #9 Melodie Collard/Vivian Yang (Virginia) def. #16 Mayu Crossley/Bianca Fernandez (UCLA) 6-3, 6-3 |
| Consolation | |
| C16Q | ย ย #15 Emma Charney/Lily Fairclough (USC) def. #16 Mayu Crossley/Bianca Fernandez (UCLA) 6-3, 6-4 |
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