North Carolina State University Athletics
2016-17 Women's Tennis Roster
Martina Frantova
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Bratislava, Slovakia
- High School:
- Mississippi State
SENIOR (2017):
• All-ACC Second Team selection.
• Qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championship where she and her partner, Anna Rogers, advanced to the Sweet 16. This marked the first time a doubles tandem from NC State moved passed the first round.
• Finished the season at No. 12 on ITA's doubles poll with Rogers, the highest end-of-season rank from any tandem in NC State history.
• Earned 23 doubles wins during the dual season, the second-most in program history behind Rogers.
• At the NCAA Tournament, helped her team advance to the Second Round by defeating No. 79 Alyssa Tobita of Oregon.
• Upset No. 3 Caroline Brinson/Ellen Perez (Georgia) in the NCAA Tournament.
• Tallied 12 singles victories, including four over conference opponents.
• Defeated six ranked competitors, highlighted by a win over No. 65 Anastasia Rychagova of Kansas.
• Consistently ranked in the ITA singles poll, peaking at No. 30.
JUNIOR (2016):
• Played the No. 1 singles and doubles positions throughout the season.
• Earned ACC Co-Player of the Week in final week of regular-season play
• All-ACC Second Team selection
• Fourth player in program history to earn NCAA Singles Championship bid
• Named 2016 ITA Carolina Region Player to Watch
• Defeated 11 nationally-ranked singles opponents, half of which held higher rankings highlighted by wins over No. 42 Anna Shkudun of No. 24 Syracuse and No. 41 Kaitlyn McCarthy of No. 8 Duke
• Netted career highest-ranked doubles victory alongside partner Tayla Stenta in first round of NCAA Regional over No. 15-ranked duo and 2016 Pac-12 Doubles Champion Ebony Panoho and Alexandra Osborne of No. 23 Arizona State
• Crowned champion of the USTA Clay Court Invitational during the fall tournament season where she defeated four ranked opponents including No. 5 Josie Kuhlman of Florida and No. 37 Kennedy Schaffer of Georgia
AT MISSISSIPPI STATE:
• Finished with 13-11 singles record and 14-12 doubles record
• Held spots in the lineup at No. 3 for singles and No. 1 for doubles throughout the season
• Earned ranked wins over doubles teams from LSU and South Carolina
• No. 52 in doubles on ITA national rankings
• No. 17 in singles and No. 4 in doubles on ITA Southern Regional rankings
PREP:
• Eighty combined singles and doubles wins from ITF circuit events
• Career-high WTA rankings of 837 (singles) and 694 (doubles)
• Reached quarterfinals of six ITF tournaments in 2013
• All-ACC Second Team selection.
• Qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championship where she and her partner, Anna Rogers, advanced to the Sweet 16. This marked the first time a doubles tandem from NC State moved passed the first round.
• Finished the season at No. 12 on ITA's doubles poll with Rogers, the highest end-of-season rank from any tandem in NC State history.
• Earned 23 doubles wins during the dual season, the second-most in program history behind Rogers.
• At the NCAA Tournament, helped her team advance to the Second Round by defeating No. 79 Alyssa Tobita of Oregon.
• Upset No. 3 Caroline Brinson/Ellen Perez (Georgia) in the NCAA Tournament.
• Tallied 12 singles victories, including four over conference opponents.
• Defeated six ranked competitors, highlighted by a win over No. 65 Anastasia Rychagova of Kansas.
• Consistently ranked in the ITA singles poll, peaking at No. 30.
JUNIOR (2016):
• Played the No. 1 singles and doubles positions throughout the season.
• Earned ACC Co-Player of the Week in final week of regular-season play
• All-ACC Second Team selection
• Fourth player in program history to earn NCAA Singles Championship bid
• Named 2016 ITA Carolina Region Player to Watch
• Defeated 11 nationally-ranked singles opponents, half of which held higher rankings highlighted by wins over No. 42 Anna Shkudun of No. 24 Syracuse and No. 41 Kaitlyn McCarthy of No. 8 Duke
• Netted career highest-ranked doubles victory alongside partner Tayla Stenta in first round of NCAA Regional over No. 15-ranked duo and 2016 Pac-12 Doubles Champion Ebony Panoho and Alexandra Osborne of No. 23 Arizona State
• Crowned champion of the USTA Clay Court Invitational during the fall tournament season where she defeated four ranked opponents including No. 5 Josie Kuhlman of Florida and No. 37 Kennedy Schaffer of Georgia
AT MISSISSIPPI STATE:
• Finished with 13-11 singles record and 14-12 doubles record
• Held spots in the lineup at No. 3 for singles and No. 1 for doubles throughout the season
• Earned ranked wins over doubles teams from LSU and South Carolina
• No. 52 in doubles on ITA national rankings
• No. 17 in singles and No. 4 in doubles on ITA Southern Regional rankings
PREP:
• Eighty combined singles and doubles wins from ITF circuit events
• Career-high WTA rankings of 837 (singles) and 694 (doubles)
• Reached quarterfinals of six ITF tournaments in 2013
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