The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2021-22 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Sabina Zeynalova
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Major:
- Psychology
Pronunciation: ZAY-nuh-low-vuh
• 2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2024 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Qualified for the 2023 NCAA Doubles Championships
• 2023 All-Big 12 First Team in doubles (with Charlotte Chavatipon)
• 2023 All-Big 12 Second Team in singles
• 2023 Big 12 Individual Champion at No. 3 singles
• 2023 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team at No. 3 singles
• 2023 Academic All-Big 12
• 2023 CSC Academic All-District Team
• 2022-23 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2022 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team at No. 3 singles
• 2022 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team at No. 3 doubles (with Bella Zamarripa)
• 2022 All-Big 12 First Team Singles
• 2022 All-Big 12 Freshman Team
• 2022 Big 12 Individual Champion at No. 3 singles
• 2021-22 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2021-22 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• Fall 2021 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Signed her commitment to compete for The University of Texas Women's Tennis program in August 2021
AS A SENIOR (2024-25)
Fall
• Did not play in the fall due to injury
• Entered the fall ranked No. 19 in singles and No. 21 in doubles with Ashton Bowers
AS A JUNIOR (2023-24)
• Finished 5-6 in singles, all at No. 1, with all but one of those matches against top-65 opponents and all but two versus top-45 foes
• Registered an 8-5 doubles record, including 8-4 at No. 1 and 0-1 at No. 2
• Missed singles play from March 3 to May 5 due to injury, along with doubles play from March 3 to May 4 with the exception of matches on April 18 and 19
• Reached a career-high ITA singles ranking of No. 20 on March 5 before finishing the season No. 42
• Reached a career-high ITA singles ranking of No. 11 with Taisiya Pachkaleva on February 20 and March 19 before finishing the season No. 21
• Clinched overall matches against No. 12 Ohio State and No. 15 Oklahoma
• Clinched doubles points versus Florida State, No. 4 Georgia, No. 9 Texas A&M, and No. 12 Ohio State
• Secured three consecutive top-20 singles wins against No. 17 Anastasiya Komar of Oklahoma State (6-3, 6-4), No. 14 Irina Cantos Siemers of Ohio State (6-4, 3-6, 6-3), and No. 13 Carolyn Ansari of Auburn (6-3, 6-3)
• Named Big 12 Player of the Week (March 3) after defeating No. 38 Dana Guzman in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1, in the deciding match to clinch a 4-3 win over No. 15 Oklahoma
• Opened doubles dual match play with six consecutive wins with Taisiya Pachkaleva, including three straight decisive victories over No. 50 Maria Sholokhova and Alina Mukhortova of No. 25 Wisconsin (6-1), No. 58 Aysegul Mert and Dasha Vidmanova of No. 4 Georgia (6-3), and No. 3 Mary Stoiana and Mia Kupres of No. 9 Texas A&M (6-1)
• Additionally posted doubles wins over No. 24 Sydni Ratliff and Luciana Perry of No. 12 Ohio State (6-2) and No. 46 Angelica Blake and Alexis Blokhina of No. 3 Stanford (6-1)
Fall
• Did not play singles in the fall and went 5-2 in doubles, all with Tanya Sasnouskaya
• Competed in doubles at the ITA National Fall Championships and went 1-1
• Doubles runner-up at the ITA Texas Regional Championships after winning four-straight matches
AS A SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
• Finished the season No. 67 in the ITA singles rankings.
• Posted a 17-5 dual match record in singles, playing primarily at No. 3 where she was 14-4.
• Registered a 17-6 dual match record in doubles, including a 12-6 mark at No. 1 with Charlotte Chavatipon.
• Named the Big 12 Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week (March 28) by leading the Longhorns to two Big 12 victories over No. 6 Iowa State and No. 72 West Virginia and posting a perfect 3-0 individual record
• Won six straight singles decisions from March 12 to March 28
• Rallied for a 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 win at No. 3 over Jade Otway of No. 61 TCU. Otway raced out to a 5-0 advantage in the opening set, before Zeynalova answered by winning six-straight games to take a 6-5 lead
• Posted an impressive 6-2 doubles victory with Charlotte Chavatipon at No. 1 over the No. 67-ranked tandem of Yu-Chin Tsai and Helena Narmont of No. 61 TCU
• Added a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No.2 over Ting-Pei Chang of No. 72 West Virginia
• Earned a 6-3 doubles victory alongside Charlotte Chavatipon at No. 1 over Camilla Bossi and Ting-Pei Chang of No. 72 West Virginia
• Recorded a dominant 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 2 against No. 53-ranked Ange Oby Kajuru of No. 6 Iowa State
• Posted a 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 1-0 (10-5) victory at No. 3 over Roxana Manu of No. 19 Kansas
• Earned a 6-1 doubles victory at No. 2 with Charlotte Chavatipon over Maria Titova and Tamari Gagoshidze of No. 19 Kansas
• The duo of Zeynalova and junior Charlotte Chavatipon posted a 6-1 victory at No. 2 against the pair of Florentine Dekkers and Farhat Quamar of Kansas State
• Earned a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 3 over No. 109-ranked Alana Wolfberg of No. 34 Oklahoma State
• Claimed a 6-3, 6-4 victory at No. 3 over No. 97 Carmen Corley of No. 20 Oklahoma
• Added a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 3 against Diae El Jardi of Rice
• Tallied an impressive 6-2 doubles victory with Charlotte Chavatipon at No. 1 over Rice's No. 50-ranked tandem of Diae El Jardi and Allison Zipoli
• Recorded a 6-2 doubles victory at No. 1 alongside Charlotte Chavatipon over Angelica Blake and Alexis Blokhina of No. 22 Stanford
• Posted a 6-1, 6-3 victory at No. 2 over Sarah-Maude Fortin of Washington
• Earned a 6-3 doubles victory with Marlee Zein at No. 3 over Sarah-Maude Fortin and Jennifer Kerr of Washington
• Recorded a dominant 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 3 over No. 17-ranked Snow Han of No. 24 USC. Han won the opening game of the match, before Zeynalova responded by claiming the next 12 games
• Clinched the doubles point against No. 24 USC with a 6-3 win alongside Sabina Zeynalova at No. 3 against Grace Piper and Nathalie Rodilosso
• Teamed up with Marlee Zein and recorded a hard-fought 7-6 (7-2) doubles win at No. 3 over Danielle Tuhten and Isabella Harvison of Baylor
• The tandem of Zeynalova and Charlotte Chavatipon posted a 6-1 victory at No. 1 over Pang Jittakoat and Meshkatolzahra Safi of Fresno State. Chavatipon and Zeynalova raced out to a 4-0 lead before closing out the 6-1 win
• Earned a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 3 against Charlotte Russell of Tulane
• Claimed a comfortable 6-1 doubles victory at No. 1 over Lahari Yelamanchili and Charlotte Russell of Tulane with Charlotte Chavatipon
• Posted a 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 3 against Jackie Nylander of SMU
• Earned an impressive 6-1 doubles victory with Charlotte Chavatipon at No. 1 against the No. 32-ranked pair of Jackie Nylander and Taylor Johnson of SMU
• Finished off sweep against UNT with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Gloria Alogo at No. 3
• Recorded a 6-2, 6-3 win against Mia Mack of Miami
• Dropped a hard-fought 7-5 doubles decision to the No. 8-ranked pair of Amelia Rajecki and Nell Miller of NC State with Nicole Rivkin
• Tallied a 6-0 doubles win over Isabella Pfennig and Mia Mack of Miami with Marlee Zein
AS A FRESHMAN (2021-22)
• Finished the season No. 66 in the ITA singles rankings
• Compiled a 23-1 singles record in dual match play, including 16-1 at No. 3, 6-0 at No. 4 and 1-0 at No. 5
• Registered at 12-10 doubles record in dual match play with a 9-6 mark at No. 3, and 3-4 at No. 1
• Posted eight wins over ranked singles opponents, including straight-sets victories in her last four matches during the NCAA Championships over No. 114 Carolyn Ansari of No. 14 Auburn in the Round of 16, No. 72 Elaine Chervinsky of No. 5 Virginia in the quarterfinals, No. 35 Reilly Tran of No. 1 North Carolina in the semifinals, and No. 97 Ivana Corley of No. 2 Oklahoma in the final
• Clinched doubles with Bella Zamarripa at No. 3 in the NCAA final against Oklahoma, while extending the Texas overall lead to 3-1 with her singles win
Before Texas
• Achieved a career-high ITF junior singles ranking of No. 44 (Jan. 25, 2021)
• No. 1 player in Ukraine's Under-18 rankings, won two ITF junior singles and four ITF junior doubles titles
• Competed in singles and doubles at both the 2021 Junior Wimbledon and 2021 Junior French Open
