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Overview - Two-time All-American ... Smart player ... Uses the court well and
mixes up shots ... Great ground strokes ... Hits a heavy ball ... Solid backhand ...
Expected to play among the top-three singles and top-two doubles positions.
Fall 1999 - Debuted at No. 29 in singles and No. 2 in doubles (w/Cooper) in
the ITA preseason rankings ... Saw limited action due to various injuries,
playing only two singles and doubles matches.
1998-99 - Returned from a shoulder injury which kept her out of the lineup
during all of UCLA's dual matches in 1998 ... Finished second on the team in
victories with 26, ending the season 26-13 overall ... Owned a 24-10 overall
doubles mark, earning All-America honors ... Posted a 5-2 singles record in
fall action ... First-Team Pac-10 All-Academic selection ... Also earned
honorable mention All-Pac-10 accolades ... Reached the semifinals of the ITA
Regionals, losing to teammate No. 21 Cristina Popescu ... Won the doubles draw
with Annica Cooper ... Owned a perfect 5-0 fall doubles mark ... Saw a majority
of her action at No. 2 singles in dual match play, going 12-5 ... Also went
5-3 at the No. 3 slot for a 17-8 dual match record ... Posted two dual match
victories over No. 4 Teryn Ashley of Stanford ... Reached the second round in
both singles and doubles at the NCAA Championships ... In singles, defeated
Central Florida's Maria Widyadharma 6-3, 6-2 before falling to Florida's
Whitney Laiho 7-5, 6-3 ... Teamed with Cooper at the NCAAs, losing to Duke's
Goldstein/Webb 6-1, 6-2 ... Finished the season ranked No. 43 in singles and
No. 5 in doubles.
1997-98 - Projected to play in the No. 1 slot in her first season at UCLA,
however suffered a shoulder injury in December which caused her to miss the
entire dual match season ... Made her UCLA dual match debut at No. 5 with a
victory in the NCAA Regional against Marquette ... Also played, but did not
complete her match, in the No. 5 slot during the first round of the NCAA
Team Championships ... Enjoyed an impressive fall in singles and doubles ...
Entered the preseason ranked No. 15 and climbed to No. 4 in fall edition ...
Named the ITA National Player of the Month for November ... Won the Rolex So.
Calif. Regional ... Claimed the consolation title at the Riviera All-American
Championships ... Won 10 consecutive matches to register a 10-1 record in fall
tournaments ... One of those matches was a straight-set victory over No. 2
Vicky Maes of Arizona in the ITA Regional semifinal ... In doubles, entered
the preseason ranked No. 23 with Cristina Popescu and climbed to No. 12 with
Annica Cooper in fall edition ... Won five consecutive matches to claim the
Rolex So. Calif. Regional with Cooper ... Defeated then-No. 14-ranked team of
Lawrence/Csapo of Pepperdine to claim Regional title.
1996-97 (at Florida) - All-American in singles ... Advanced to the third round
of the NCAA Singles Championships losing to eventual national champion Lilia
Osterloh of Stanford ... Reached the second round in doubles ... Achieved final
national ranking of No. 15 in singles and No. 20 in doubles ... Named the ITA
South Region Rookie of the Year ... Concluded year ranked No. 5 in both
singles and doubles in the South Region ... Garnered first team
All-Southeastern Conference honors at No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles ...
Recorded a 40-10 overall singles record, including a 26-5 mark in dual
matches ... Logged an 8-3 record at No. 1 singles and went 11-2 at the No. 2
slot ... Compiled a 17-8 record versus ranked opponents ... Received a wild card
entry to the Rolex Indoor Championships, advancing to the quarterfinals
before losing to No. 7 Katie Schlukebir of Stanford ... Won 18 consecutive
singles matches from March 2 through April 19 ... Teamed with fellow rookie
Traci Green for a 20-2 dual match record, including a 14-2 mark in the No. 2
position ... Duo went 4-1 against ranked opponents, including an 8-4 upset
over then-No. 2 Moros/Taylor from Texas ... Finished with an overall doubles
record of 27-6 ... Reached the semifinals of the SEC Coaches Fall Classic ...
Won the consolation bracket of the Gator Fall Classic ... Advanced to the
quarterfinals of the Rolex South Regional ... Teamed with fellow freshman M.C.
White during fall doubles ... Doubles finalist at Gator Classic and
semifinalist at Rolex Regional.
High School / Juniors - Entered college as the No. 1 ranked player in the
USTA Girls 18s division for singles and doubles in 1995 ... Member of U.S.
National Team from 1993-95 ... Played singles and doubles at the 1996
Wimbledon, U.S., French and Italian Open juniors tournaments ... Won the 1995
Easter Bowl Girls' 18 Championships ... Finished 1994 season ranked No. 10 in
the ITF world junior rankings ... Singles finalist at 1994 Canadian and Japan
Open junior championships ... Reached semifinals of the 1993 French Open
junior championships in singles before losing to eventual champion and
current world No. 1 Martina Hingis 6-4 in the third set ... Won the 1992
National Girls' 16 Championship singles title ... Involved with the USTA
Training Assistance Program in 1991-92 and 1996 ... Named Athlete of the Year
and High School All-American her senior year.
Personal - Full name is Amanda R. Basica ... Born June 20, 1978 ... Parents are
Val and Becky Basica ... Sister Amber played tennis at USC ... Began playing
tennis at the age of six at the Jack Kramer Club ... Enjoys skiing, shopping,
reading and going to movies.
