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Taylor Johnson (Photo: Don Liebig)
Photo by: Don Liebig, UCLA Photography
Taylor Johnson (Photo: Scott Chandler)
Photo by: Scott Chandler
Taylor Johnson (Photo: Scott Chandler)
Photo by: Scott Chandler
Taylor Johnson (Photo: Scott Chandler)
Photo by: Scott Chandler
Taylor Johnson (Photo: Don Liebig)

Taylor Johnson

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Connections Academy
  • Hometown:
    Prescott, Ariz.

UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• ITA Indoors All-Tournament selection (Doubles No. 3 w/ Abi Altick – 2021)
• 3-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019-2021)
• 3-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2020-22)
• 10-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Winter 2022)
• Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 37 (Sept. 17, 2019 w/ Abi Altick)

2021-22
3-3 singles record … 4-2 doubles mark … earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll … with partner Vanessa Ong, beat Snow Han/Danielle Willson of USC, 6-2, at Women of Troy Invitational (Oct. 9) … defeated Kayla Wilkins of Arizona, 6-1, 6-2, at Women of Troy Invitational (Oct. 8) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2021, Winter 2022.

2020-21
5-1 singles record (all dual matches) … 8-4 doubles mark (all dual matches) … Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship outright for first time in program history … team did not compete during fall … named ITA Scholar-Athlete … earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 6 … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 3 (7-4); also finished on Court 2 (1-0) … with partner Abi Altick, selected to ITA National Team Indoor Championships All-Tournament Team (doubles No. 3) after earning wins versus Charlotte Chavatipon/Marta Perez Mur of Texas and Taisiya Pachkaleva/Lisa Zaar of Pepperdine; latter clinched doubles point … with Altick, clinched two doubles points, including 6-3 decision over Abigail Desiatnikov/Jordan McBride of San Diego (Feb. 13) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2020, Winter 2021.

2019-20
8-5 singles record in shortened season (1-0 in dual matches) … 12-5 doubles mark (5-2 in dual matches) … with partner Abi Altick, reached season-high No. 37 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (Sept. 16) … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted singles decision on Court 6 … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (4-1); also finished on Court 3 (1-1) … defeated Juliet Zhang, 6-2, 6-3, to clinch win versus Minnesota in ITA Kick-Off Weekend first round (Jan. 24) … with Altick, clinched two doubles points, including 6-2 result over Sasha Hill/Emmanuelle Salas of Florida State at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 8) … with partner Abbey Forbes, defeated Anna Bright/Alexis Nelson of California, 6-2, to clinch doubles point (Feb. 21) … with Altick, beat Eryn Cayetano/Danielle Willson of USC, 6-4, 6-2, to reach doubles final round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 21) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020.

2018-19
11-10 singles record (6-8 in dual matches) … 17-4 doubles mark (14-3 in dual matches) … with partner Abi Altick, finished No. 86 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings and reached season-high 82 (May 1) … named ITA Scholar-Athlete … posted singles decisions on Courts 5 (5-2) and 6 (1-6) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 3 (13-3); also finished on Court 2 (1-0) … beat Camila Tumosa, 6-3, 6-2, to clinch win versus Loyola Marymount in ITA Kick-Off Weekend championship match (Jan. 27) … with Altick, beat No. 51 Melissa Lord/Niluka Madurawe of Stanford, 6-3, in final round at Pac-12 Championships (April 27) … clinched team-high eight doubles points with Altick, including 7-6(6) winner-take-all decision over Sara Daavettila/Alle Sanford of North Carolina in quarterfinal round at NCAA Championships (May 17); also secured one doubles point with partner Alaina Miller … with Miller, defeated Solymar Colling/Maria-Paula Torres of San Diego, 6-1, to reach doubles final round at National Collegiate Tennis Classic (Nov. 12) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Winter 2019, Spring 2019.

PRIOR TO UCLA
Graduated from Connections Academy … Blue Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting. net; reached No. 1 in 2017 and 2018 ... reached doubles quarterfinal round at each of four Grand Slam junior tournaments … claimed Girls’ 18 singles title at 2018 Southern California Junior Sectional Championships (Level 1) in Fountain Valley, Calif. … took singles title at 2018 USTA National Hard Court Championships in San Diego … won doubles title at 2017 USTA Billie Jean King Girls’ 18 National Championships in San Diego to earn automatic bid into US Open … posted runner-up finish in Girls’ 18 doubles competition at 2017 Easter Bowl in Indian Wells, Calif. … Girls’ 18 singles finalist at 2017 USTA International Spring Championships in Carson, Calif. … notched runner-up result in Girls’ 18 doubles tournament at 2016 USTA International Spring Championships in Carson, Calif. … claimed Girls’ 16 singles title at 2015 Henry Talbert Junior Championships (SCTA Level 1) in Palm Desert, Calif. … posted USTA National Selection Tournament championship performances in February (Girls’ 14 doubles) and November (Girls’ 16 singles) of 2014 … took Girls’ 14 singles title at 2014 Southern California Junior Sectional Championships in Fountain Valley, Calif. … veteran of ITF tournaments, including Girls’ 18 doubles wins at International Grass Court Championships (2015), Evert American (2014) and Atlanta (2014).

PERSONAL
Daughter of Randy and Trynna … has two older brothers, Steven (Moore) and Travis, and one older sister, Rachel (Moore) … decided to attend UCLA because she loved the tennis program and everything it presented, while proximity of its campus and athletic facilities gave her “everything [she] wanted” … describes her greatest athletic thrill to date as recording first-round, three-set win at 2016 US Open Junior Championships in front of crowd of supporters … admires Billie Jean King and former basketball player Kobe Bryant … hobbies and interests include cooking, reading, going to the beach, playing with her dog, hanging with friends and family and photography … is a fan of music artists from past decades like Frank Sinatra and The Beatles … father was drafted by NBA’s San Diego Clippers and played professional basketball in Europe, while mother was all-state track performer in high school and uncles played football at Arizona State and Kansas ... communications major.

CAREER SINGLES RECORD CAREER DOUBLES RECORD
YEAR DUAL TOUR OVERALL DUAL TOUR OVERALL
2018-19 6-8 5-2 11-10 14-3 3-1 17-4
2019-20 1-0 7-5 8-5 5-2 7-3 12-5
2020-21 5-1 0-0 5-1 8-4 0-0 8-4
2021-22 0-0 3-3 3-3 0-0 4-2 4-2
TOTALS 12-9 15-10 27-19 27-9 14-6 41-15
UCLA W. Tennis Postmatch - Olivia Center & Kate Fakih (Nov. 23, 2024)
Sunday, November 24
Media Availability - Coach Sampras Webster (May 15, 2024)
Thursday, May 16
NCAA First and Second Rounds
Friday, May 03
Postmatch Interviews: Fangran Tian/Rance Brown (May 27, 2023)
Saturday, May 27