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H-E-B Women's Pro Tennis Open
Women’s Tennis preview: H-E-B Women’s Pro Tennis Open
10.23.2021 | Women's Tennis
Five Longhorns earn wildcard entries into this year’s field at the Texas Tennis Center.
AUSTIN, Texas — The DropShot Professional Tennis Tournament Series announced that five players from The University of Texas women's tennis team will compete in the H-E-B Women's Pro Tennis Open on October 25-31 as wildcards. The tournament will take place at the Texas Tennis Center, and players will be competing for coveted world tennis ranking points and a $25,000 purse. Admission is free of charge.
Singles qualifying will begin on Monday, October 25 and main draw singles will start on Tuesday, October 26. The presentation of the inaugural Women's Catalyst Award presented in partnership with Google and the Austin Community Women's Foundation is set for Wednesday, October 27.
This year boasts the toughest competition yet for this series of Austin-based tournaments with all main draw direct acceptance singles players having between 587 and 138 World Tennis Association (WTA) ranking points. Sixty players in all will be participating in the tournament including Austin's highest-ranked WTA player, Fernanda Contreras, and five UT players as wildcards:
- Charlotte Chavatipon, No. 46 in preseason ITA singles and No. 9 in preseason ITA doubles rankings; went 28-1 in singles as a freshman and earned NCAA All-Tournament Team honors at No. 4 singles and No. 3 doubles
- Kylie Collins, No. 67 in preseason ITA singles and No. 25 in preseason ITA doubles rankings; earned ITA doubles All-America and NCAA All-Tournament Team honors at No. 1 doubles as a freshman; went 17-3 in singles as a freshman; 8-1 singles record this year and won the ITA Texas Regional singles title
- Malaika Rapolu, 26-3 singles record last year; 5-3 singles record this year and advanced to the semifinals at the ITA Texas Regional
- Fernanda Labraña, 23-2 singles record last year; 3-0 singles record this year and won the Flight 5 singles title at the Furman Fall Classic
- Bella Zamarripa, No. 55 in preseason ITA doubles ranking; 4-4 singles record this year and advanced to the consolation final at the ITA Texas Regional
"Having a professional tournament on our campus affords our players the opportunity to compete with and against some of the best up-and-coming talent in the world," said Howard Joffe, University of Texas Women's Tennis Head Coach. "It is also a wonderful chance for local tennis fans to come out and watch and support our players and see professional-level tennis being played at our gorgeous facility."
"This year's tournament will have some of the most promising young players in the country competing," said DropShot Series Tournament Director, Christo Van Rensburg. "In addition to having two Austin players, women from all throughout the world will be descending upon the Lone Star State for DropShot's most exciting tournament yet, and we look forward to putting on a great series for our great city."
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