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2019-20 Women's Tennis Roster
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Turati, Bianca
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Bianca Turati
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Liceo Scientifico Leonardo Da Vinci
- Hometown:
- Barzano, Italy
- Major:
- Sport Management
Bio
- Ascended to No. 1 in the ITA singles rankings on Feb. 7, 2018, became first top-ranked Longhorn since 1995
- 2018 Big 12 Player of the Year
- Singles semifinalist at the 2017 ITA National Fall Championships
- 2017 & 2018 NCAA Championships singles qualifier
- 2017 Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year
- 2017 ITA Texas Region Rookie of the Year
- 2017 & 2018 All-Big 12 First Team (singles)
- 2017 Big 12 Conference All-Freshman Team
- 2016-17 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
CAREER RECORDS (through sophomore season)
Singles: 45-11
Dual-Match Singles: 27-9
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017-18)
Singles: 28-4
Dual-Match Singles: 16-2
AS A FRESHMAN (2016-17)
Singles: 17-8
Doubles: 10-11
Dual-Match Singles: 11-7
AS A FRESHMAN (2016-2017)
- Qualified for the 64-player singles draw at the NCAA Championships
- Defeated South Carolina’s Ingrid Gamarra Martins (6-1, 6-2) in UT's 4-3 loss to the Gamecocks at the NCAA Championships
- Defeated TCU's 57th-ranked Seda Arantekin (1-6, 6-3, 6-4) to clinch Texas' 4-3 win over the Horned Frogs at the Big 12 Championships
- Knocked off Kaja Mrgole (6-2, 7-5) aiding in UT's 4-0 win over West Virginia
- Defeated TCU’s 82nd-ranked Seda Arantekin (6-2, 7-5) in UT's 4-0 home win over the Horned Frogs
- Helped Texas to a 7-0 win over Fresno State with her win over Katerina Stloukalova (6-1, 6-4)
- Defeated Stanford’s #65 Taylor Davidson (6-3, 6-4) in UT's 4-2 road loss to the Cardinal
- Posted a win against Tulsa’s Ksenia Laskutova (6-1, 6-1) in UT's 5-0 win over the Golden Hurricane
- Defeated Denver’s #96 Bianca Mok (6-2, 6-1) at the Blue-Gray Tennis Classic
- Helped Texas to a 5-2 victory over Miami defeating with her win over the sixth-ranked Sinead Lohan
- Defeated Columbia’s Rima Asatrian (6-1, 6-1) in UT's 4-1 at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend event
- Notched three wins at the National Collegiate Tennis Classic, defeated Wichita State’s Gabriela Porubin (6-2, 6-1), Stanford’s #67 Emma Higuchi (6-2, 7-5), and USC’s Angela Kulikov (5-4, ret.)
- Went 3-0 at the Kitty Harrison Invitational where she defeated W&M’s #70 Ekaterina Stepanova (6-4, 6-0), Iowa’s Zoe Douglas (6-1, 6-3), and Minnesota’s Caroline Ryba (6-3, 6-3).
PERSONAL
Born June 17, 1997 in Como, Italy ... daughter of Giuseppe Turati and Silvia Morandini ... has one older sister, Sara and is joined on the Texas women's tennis team by her twin sister, Anna.
