University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Katia Roubanova
Sophomore
London, England
Wycombe HS
Overview -- Returning All-American ... Best doubles player on team ... Serve and volleyer ... Huge forehand and serve ... Solid one-handed backhand ... Very passionate ... Quick hands and excellent reflexes at the net ... Sets up points well.
Fall 1997 -- Ranked No. 7 in preseason doubles (with partner Elizabeth Schmidt) and No. 50 in singles ... Did not play enough matches to maintain a singles or doubles ranking in fall edition ... Opened season with an upset of the top-seeded team of Chapman/Muzamel from Mississippi at Riviera All-American Championships ... Lost a three-setter to eventual tournament champions and the current No. 2 ranked tandem of Lawrence/Csapo from Pepperdine ... Lost both singles matches of fall.
Spring 1997 -- Joined the team in January after enrolling at UCLA for winter quarter and solidified the lineup ... Earned All-American honors in doubles with fellow rookie Elizabeth Schmidt ... Teamed with Schmidt at No. 1 doubles and concluded season ranked No. 16 in the nation and No. 3 in West Region ... Injury forced tandem to default in second round of NCAA Doubles Championship ... Advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-10 Championships in Ojai with a straight set win over Bleszynski/Scott of Stanford ... Also posted an impressive win over Osterloh/Schlukebir of Stanford in second meeting of season ... Played primarily No. 5 singles, posting a 13-4 record in that slot and adding a 2-0 mark at No. 4 ... Registered an impressive win over Stanford's Sandra DeSilva on April 24 to reach the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 Championships.
High School/Juniors -- Represented Great Britain in junior competitions all over the world for four years ... Achieved an ITF Junior World ranking of No. 23 in singles and No. 6 in doubles in 1996 as an under-18 player ... U18 National Champion ... Orange Bowl doubles finalist in 1996 ... No. 1 player on team at 1994 World Youth Cup in Tucson, Ariz. ... Played in numerous junior Grand Slam events highlighted by reaching the round of 16 at the 1995 Australian Open and 1996 Wimbledon and the quarterfinals of the 1995 Canadian Open ... Won the ISU Junior Nationals in 1995 and was a finalist in 1994 ... Participated in junior events in South America in 1996, reaching the singles semifinals and winning the doubles title at the Coffee Bowl and making the singles quarterfinal and doubles finals of the Banana Bowl ... Reached the final of a 1996 pre-Wimbledon ITF event at Thames Dilon ... Ranked No. 512 on the WTA computer at the beginning of 1995.
Personal -- Full name is Ekaterina Roubanova ... Born May 25, 1978 in Moscow, Russia ... Only child of Victor and Olga Roubanova ... Both parents played tennis and are now coaches ... Mother, Olga Morozova, is listed among the Women's Sports Legends in tennis ... Morozova was the first Russian to reach a Wimbledon final (mixed doubles in 1968), a major singles final (Italian Open in 1972) and win a U.S. national title (U.S. Indoor doubles in 1973) ... She also won the French Open Doubles title with Chris Evert and ranked No. 4 in the world in 1974 ... Admires Steffi Graf and Marcelo Rios ... Enjoys cooking, modern art, shopping, volleyball and going to the movies ... Undeclared major ... Considering the communications field and a career in sports management.
Roubanova's Career Singles Year @1 @2 @3 @4 @5 @6 Duals Tourn. Overall 1996-97 -- -- -- 2-0 13-4 -- 15-4 3-2 18-6 F 1997 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0-2 0-2 Totals -- -- -- 2-0 13-4 -- 15-4 3-4 18-8 Roubanova's Career Doubles Year @1 @2 @3 Duals Tourn. Overall 1996-97 9-7 -- -- 9-7 4-2 13-9 F 1997 -- -- -- -- 1-1 1-1 Totals 9-7 -- -- 9-7 5-3 14-10