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2016-17 Women's Tennis Roster
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Petra Granic
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Dopisna Opca Gimnazija
- Hometown:
- Split, Croatia
- Major:
- Advertising
Bio
- Singles qualifier for the 2017 ITA National Fall Championships
- 2017 Big 12 Conference All-Freshman Team
- 2017 All-Big 12 Second Team (singles)
- 2016-17 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
CAREER RECORDS (through freshman season)
Singles: 24-9
Doubles: 15-13
Dual-Match Singles: 17-4
AS A FRESHMAN (2016-2017)
- Defeated South Carolina’s Caroline Dailey (6-0, 2-6, 6-2) in UT's 4-3 loss to the Gamecocks at the NCAA Championships
- Posted a win against Texas Tech’s Alex Valenstein (6-2, 6-2) in UT's 4-2 loss to the Lady Raiders at the Big 12 Championships
- Knocked off TCU’s Aleksandra Zenovka (7-6 [4], 6-2) in UT's 4-3 win over the Horned Frogs at the Big 12 Championships
- Defeated Kansas State’s Ines Mesquita (6-3, 6-2) and helped Texas to a 4-0 win
- Defeated Kansas’ Janet Koch (6-1, 6-2) helping Texas secure the 4-1 victory
- Posted a win against Iowa State’s Regina Espindola (6-1, 6-0) helping Texas get the 4-0 win
- Aided in UT's 4-0 win against West Virginia by defeating Christina Jordan (6-1, 6-3)
- Beat TCU’s Sofiko Kadzhaya (6-4, 6-2) helping Texas get the 4-0 win
- Notched a win against Oklahoma’s Malene Stripp (6-0,6-2) helping Texas secure the 4-1 win
- Knocked off Fresno State’s Galina Bykova (6-4, 7-5) helping Texas get the 7-0 victory
- Upset Stanford's eighth-ranked Melissa Lord (7-5, 6-3) in UT's 4-2 road loss to the Cardinal
- Defeated Tulsa’s Mahitha Dadireddy (6-2, 6-2) in the Horns' 5-0 win over the Golden Hurricane
- Defeated Tulane’s Sade Atkinson (6-0, 6-1)
- Knocked off Miami’s #94 Estela Perez-Somarriba (3-6, 6-2, 7-5) helping Texas secure the 5-2 win
- Defeated Michigan’s Mira Ruder-Hook (6-3, 7-5)
- Helped Texas to a 4-1 victory over Columbia after defeating Andrea Kevakian (6-3, 6-3)
- Notched two wins against W&M’s Lauren Goodman (6-2, 2-6, 10-2) and Minnesota’s Annemarie Emme (6-2, 6-3) at the Kitty Harrison Invitational.
- Defeated SMU’s Sarai Monarrex Yesaki (6-4, 6-3) and Rice’s Priya Niezgoda (6-3, 6-4) at the ITA Texas Regional Championship.
- Went undefeated at the Rice Invitational beating UTA’s Jessica Birowski (3-6, 6-3, 6-2), Alabama’s Maddie Pothoff (3-6, 7-6[6], 6-0), and Rice’s Savannah Durkin (3-6, 6-4, 6-3)
BEFORE TEXAS
- Four-time Croatian national champion, girls' under-12, under-14 (indoors and outdoors) and under-16
- Ranked as high as No. 970 in the WTA singles rankings
PERSONAL
Born Jan. 2, 1998 in Split, Croatia ... Svjetlana and Ante ... has three older sisters: Anamarija, Antonija and Adriana ... major is advertising.
