2017-18 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Jada Hart
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Riverside Virtual School
- Hometown:
- Colton, Calif.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 4-time ITA All-America selection - 2021 (doubles), 2020 (singles, doubles), 2019 (singles), 2018 (doubles)
• 2-time Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year (2021 w/ Abbey Forbes, 2017 w/ Terri Fleming)
• ITA Southwest Region Senior Player of the Year (2021)
• 4-time All-Pac-12 honoree (First Team - 2019, Second Team – 2017, 2018, 2021)
• 6-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (last Feb. 11, 2021)
• 2-time ITA Indoors All-Tournament selection (Singles No. 3 – 2020, 2021, Doubles No. 1 w/ Elysia Bolton – 2020)
• 2-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2021)
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2021)
• Pac-12 All-Academic selection (Honorable Mention - 2018)
• 9-time Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member (last Spring 2021)
• Career-high Oracle/ITA singles ranking: 9 (twice, last Nov. 13, 2019)
• Career-high Oracle/ITA doubles ranking: 1 (3 times, last Jan. 13, 2021 w/ Elysia Bolton)
2020-21
Utilized additional year of eligibility granted by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic … 11-4 singles record (11-3 in dual matches) … 17-5 doubles mark (15-4 in dual matches) … Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship outright for first time in program history … team did not compete during fall … qualified for NCAA Championships singles tournament … with partner Elysia Bolton, reached quarterfinal round of NCAA Championships doubles tournament, defeating No. 22 Estela Perez-Somarriba/Isabella Pfennig of Miami and No. 1 Fiona Arrese/Akvile Paražinskaite of Kentucky … finished No. 60 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (June 2) and reached season-high No. 19 (Jan. 19) … with Bolton, finished No. 28 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings and reached season-high No. 1 (Jan. 13); also reached No. 51 with partner Abbey Forbes (March 24) … achieved ITA All-America status for doubles … Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year with Forbes … named ITA Southwest Region Senior Player of the Year … Second-Team All-Pac-12 honoree … named ITA Scholar-Athlete … earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 2 (8-2); also finished on Courts 1 (1-0) and 3 (2-1) … completed doubles matches came exclusively on Court 1 … earned Pac-12 Player of the Week award (Feb. 11) after collecting singles wins over No. 45 Lexi Ryngler of Pepperdine and No. 94 Lulu Sun of Texas at ITA National Team Indoor Championships … went 4-3 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-2, 6-4 win against No. 21 Jessica Failla of No. 6 Pepperdine (April 14) … posted 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 winner-take-all decision over Sammi Hampton of No. 34 Arizona State (April 2) … with Bolton, went 4-2 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-1 win against No. 53 Anna Bright/Julia Rosenqvist of No. 19 California in ITA Kickoff Weekend first round (Jan. 24) … with Forbes, clinched four doubles points, including 6-3 winner-take-all result over Haley Giavara/Valentina Ivanov of California (April 10); also sealed two doubles points with Bolton, including 6-2 decision over No. 39 Jayci Goldsmith/Tatiana Makarova of Texas A&M in ITA Kickoff Weekend championship match (Jan. 25) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021.
2019-20
19-6 singles record in shortened season (7-2 in dual matches) … 17-3 doubles mark (9-1 in dual matches) … with partner Elysia Bolton, defeated No. 1 Anna Rogers/Alana Smith of NC State, 6-4, 6-3, to claim doubles title at Oracle/ITA National Fall Championships (Nov. 10) … finished No. 17 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (March 3) and twice reached season-high No. 9 (Sept. 16, Nov. 13) … with Bolton, finished and twice reached No. 1 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (Feb. 18, March 3) … achieved ITA All-America status for singles, doubles ... named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 3 … completed doubles matches came exclusively on Court 1 … with Bolton, selected to ITA National Team Indoor Championships All-Tournament Team (doubles No. 1) after earning wins versus Emilee Duong/Josie Frazier of Illinois, No. 15 Victoria Allen/Petra Hule of No. 9 Florida State, No. 25 Emily Arbuthnott/Angelica Blake of No. 1 Stanford and No. 6 Sara Daavettila/Alexa Graham of No. 2 North Carolina … went 6-5 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) win versus No. 1 Katarina Jokic of Georgia to reach semifinal round at Oracle ITA Masters (Sept. 27) … with Bolton, went 7-1 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-0, 6-4 win versus No. 11 Lauren Alter/Tatum Rice of Arkansas to reach semifinal round at Oracle ITA National Fall Championships (Nov. 8); also beat No. 11 Alter/Rice, 8-2, to reach doubles consolation final round at ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 12) … with Bolton, defeated No. 19 Arbuthnott/Blake of No. 9 Stanford, 6-1, to clinch doubles point (March 7) … with Bolton, won 11 consecutive doubles decisions from Nov. 6-Feb. 10 … defeated No. 95 Bojana Markovic of Hawai’i, 6-4, 6-3, to reach singles final round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 20) … took down No. 49 Mia Horvit of South Carolina, 7-5, 6-2, to reach singles second round at ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 9) … beat Natasha Subhash of Virginia, 6-2, 6-1, to reach singles final round at Oracle ITA Masters (Sept. 28) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2019, Winter 2020 … received Maggie Gilbert Academic Perseverance Award at UCLA Scholar-Athlete Banquet.
2018-19
19-10 singles record (13-5 in dual matches) … 33-9 doubles mark (21-5 in dual matches) … logged team highs in doubles wins and dual-match doubles wins … reached quarterfinal round of NCAA Championships singles tournament, defeating No. 33 Meible Chi of Duke, No. 24 Michaela Gordon of Stanford and No. 25 Katarina Stresnakova of Oklahoma State … with partner Elysia Bolton, reached second round of NCAA Championships doubles tournament, defeating No. 9 Sadie Hammond/Kaitlin Staines of Tennessee … finished season-high No. 14 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (May 29) … with Bolton, finished No. 12 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (May 29) and twice reached season-high No. 11 (April 2, May 1); also reached No. 51 with partner Ayan Broomfield (March 19) … achieved ITA All-America status for singles … First-Team All-Pac-12 honoree … singles decisions came exclusively on Court 1 … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (18-3); also finished on Court 1 (3-2) … voted Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 2) after posting unbeaten singles (3-0), doubles (2-0) records and beating four top-30 opponents in the process … went 11-8 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including consecutive wins against No. 28 Gordon of No. 7 Stanford, No. 30 Julia Rosenqvist of No. 15 California and No. 45 Ashley Lahey of No. 9 Pepperdine … posted three match-clinching points, including 6-4, 6-3 decision over No. 12 Eden Richardson of No. 28 LSU in NCAA Championships second round (May 5) … with Bolton, went 8-7 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-1 defeat of No. 12 Makenna Jones/Cameron Morra of No. 1 North Carolina in quarterfinal round at NCAA Championships (May 17) … with Bolton, clinched seven doubles points, including 6-3 result over No. 4 Angela Kulikov/Rianna Valdes of No. 15 USC (April 20) … with Bolton and Broomfield, won 12 consecutive doubles decisions from March 13-April 26, including 6-2 result over No. 17 Jessica Failla/Anastasia Iamachkine of No. 20 Pepperdine (March 13 with Broomfield).
2017-18
As a redshirt sophomore, posted a 27-11 record in singles (16-6 in dual matches) and 29-15 in doubles (14-11 in dual matches) ... spent most of her time at singles No. 2, where she had a 14-6 record ... went 2-0 in two matches at No. 1 ... named an ITA Doubles All-American alongside partner Terri Fleming ... All-Pac-12 Second Team selection ... also made the Pac-12 All-Academic Team ... ended the year ranked No. 12 in doubles alongside Fleming ... after debuting at No. 38 on Feb. 20, Fleming/Hart appeared in each ITA doubles rankings ... appeared in the top-10 in four separate rankings, including a season-high No. 6 on Apr. 24 ... competed in the NCAA Doubles Championships with Fleming as the No. 7 seed, bowing out in the round of 32 after a 2-6, 6-3, 7-10 loss to Syracuse's No. 8-ranked Gabriela Knutson/Miranda Ramirez ... ended the year ranked a season-high No. 27 in singles; she was tabbed No. 73 in the ITA preseason rankings and stayed in the rankings all year ... also competed in the NCAA Singles Championship, making her the lone Bruin to compete in both the Singles and Doubles tournaments ... led the squad in overall doubles victories (29) ... was 14-10 at doubles No. 1 ... had a season-high nine straight doubles wins from Sept. 30 to Nov. 5 ... was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week on two occasions: on Feb. 13 (two singles victories at ITA Championships) and on Apr. 24 (2-0 in both singles and doubles against No. 10 Pepperdine and No. 47 USC) ... the pair of honors moved her career tally of Pac-12 weekly honors to four ... in singles, had an 11-7 record against ranked opponents, one of two Bruins (Shibahara) over the .500 mark ... had an unbelievable end to the regular season, going 4-0 in both singles and doubles while chipping in the match-clincher against both USC and Arizona ... was 2-0 in singles in the NCAA Tournament, with wins coming against No. 6 Ole Miss's Sabrina Machalova (ranked No. 79 in singles) and No. 4 Georgia Tech's Kenya Jones (No. 60) ... lost her first singles matchup in conference play, but rebounded to go an unbeaten 7-0 the rest of the way against Pac-12 opponents in the regular season ... was instrumental in UCLA's comeback win over No. 10 Pepperdine on Apr. 18, topping No. 16 Ashley Lahey 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to help the Bruins erase a 3-1 deficit ... standout doubles wins include against No. 2 Arbuthnott/Gordon (Stanford) on Apr. 28, No. 9 Jeanjean/Pairone (Arkansas) on Sept. 31, and No. 8 Stefani/Sherif (Pepperdine) on Apr. 18 … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Winter 2018 and Spring 2018.
2016-17
18-10 singles record (11-7 in dual matches) … 27-8 doubles mark (16-4 in dual matches) … logged team high in doubles wins … with partner Ena Shibahara, qualified for NCAA Championships doubles tournament … reached season-high No. 81 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (March 7) … with Shibahara, finished No. 19 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (May 31) and reached season-high No. 4 (March 7); also finished No. 31 with partner Terri Fleming (May 31) and reached season-high No. 22 (March 21) … Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year with Fleming … Second-Team All-Pac-12 honoree … posted majority of singles decisions on Court 3 (5-5); also finished on Court 4 (6-2) … completed doubles matches came exclusively on Court 1 … collected two Pac-12 Player of the Week awards (Jan. 30, April 10) … posted three match-clinching points, including 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 decision over Rianna Valdes of No. 22 USC (Feb. 18) … with Fleming, clinched six doubles points, including four in a row from March 31-April 8; also sealed two doubles points with Shibahara, including 6-3 result over No. 1 Mami Adachi/Aldila Sutjiadi of No. 20 Kentucky in first round at ITA Kick-Off Weekend (Jan. 28) … with Fleming and Shibahara, won 12 consecutive doubles decisions from Feb. 4-April 8 … with Shibahara, defeated Vladica Babic/Carla Tur Mari of Oklahoma State, 6-3, 6-3, to reach final round of USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships (Nov. 5) … with Fleming, knocked off Sammi Hampton/Kassidy Jump of Arizona State, 8-7(4), to seize ITA Blue doubles title at Cal Nike Fall Invitational (Oct. 2) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Winter 2017 and Spring 2017.
2015-16
Redshirted ... with partner and fellow Bruin Ena Shibahara, captured doubles crown at 2016 US Open Junior Championships.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Graduated from Riverside Virtual School … trained with USTA Player Development from 2009 through 2016 under coaches Adam Peterson, Chris Tontz and Leo Azevedo.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Nathan and Gigi Ann (Simpson) ... has two older brothers, Robert and Richard, and one older sister, Natalie ... loves playing tennis “because it is an individual sport and it makes me challenge myself mentally to see where I place myself among other great tennis players.” ... admires Roger Federer and Serena Williams ... graduate student in UCLA Transformative Coaching and Leadership Academy.
| CAREER SINGLES RECORD | CAREER DOUBLES RECORD | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL |
| 2015-16 | Redshirted | |||||
| 2016-17 | 11-7 | 7-3 | 18-10 | 16-4 | 11-4 | 27-8 |
| 2017-18 | 16-6 | 11-5 | 27-11 | 14-11 | 15-4 | 29-15 |
| 2018-19 | 13-5 | 6-5 | 19-10 | 21-5 | 12-4 | 33-9 |
| 2019-20 | 7-2 | 12-4 | 19-6 | 9-1 | 8-2 | 17-3 |
| 2020-21 | 11-3 | 0-1 | 11-4 | 15-4 | 2-1 | 17-5 |
| TOTALS | 58-23 | 36-18 | 94-41 | 75-25 | 48-15 | 123-40 |
