Eszter Meri

Height:
5-5
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Trstena na Ostrove, Slovakia
Major:
Applied Movement Science

• 2025 FISU World University Games singles gold medalist
• 2024-25 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2025 SEC Community Service Team
• SEC Freshman of the Week (Jan. 29, 2025)
• Joined the team in August 2024
• Signed her commitment to compete for The University of Texas Women's Tennis program in June 2024

AS A FRESHMAN (2024-25)
• Posted a 12-12 singles record in the spring with an 12-10 mark in dual matches, including 5-8 at No. 2, 5-2 at No. 3 and 2-0 at No. 4
• Notched a 10-7 doubles record in the spring with a 8-7 mark in dual matches, including 0-1 at No. 2 and 8-6 at No. 3
• Was 1-3 in doubles dual matches with Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo, 1-0 with Vivian Ovrootsky, 2-1 with Sabina Zeynalova and 4-3 with Carmen Herea
• Had a high singles ranking of No. 54 on Mar. 18 and finished No. 68
• Won five straight singles matches from March 30 May 3
• Clinched overall matches over Baylor and No. 12 Oklahoma
• Clinched doubles dual matches over Maryland, Abilene Christian, No. 12 Oklahoma, No. 70 Arkansas and Missouri
• Notched five ranked singles wins over No. 45 Emma Charney of No. 17 USC, No. 12 Julia Garcia Ruiz of No. 12 Oklahoma, No. 71 Angella Okutoyi of No. 11 Auburn, No. 35 Bridget Stammel of No. 16 Vanderbilt and No. 42 Aysegul Mert of No. 1 Georgia
• Posted two ranked doubles dual match wins over No. 41 Gracie Epps and Marcela Lopez of No. 3 Oklahoma State and No. 53 Salakthip Ounmuang and Gloriana Nahum of No. 12 Oklahoma
• Won three straight doubles dual matches from February 9 to March 2

BEFORE TEXAS
• WTA career highs of 528 in singles and 1281 in doubles
• Has six wins against WTA Top 400 players topped by No. 155 Reka Luca Jani in the round of 32 in the W60 Liepaja in Latvia
• Juniors career high of 108
• Singles champion of the 2024 W15 Krsko in Slovenia, including a semifinals win over Salma Drugdova
• Advanced to the singles final of the W15 Mogyorod in Hungary
• In 2024, reached the quarterfinals of the W35 Klagenfurt in Austria, and the round of 32 of W35s in Redding, Calif., and Terrassa, Spain
• Won three singles titles in juniors, including the J2 Prague and J4 Budapest in 2019 and the OP Subotica in Serbia in 2018
• Also won the doubles title at the OP Subotica in 2018