2024-25 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Elise Wagle
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Laurel Springs School
- Hometown:
- Niskayuna, N.Y.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2-time ITA All-America selection – 2024 (doubles), 2023 (doubles)
• NCAA singles qualifier (Fall 2024)
• 4-time NCAA doubles qualifier (Fall 2024 w/ Kimmi Hance, Spring 2024 w/ Tian Fangran, 2023 w/ Hance, 2022 w/ Elysia Bolton)
• 2-time Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year (2024 w/ Tian Fangran, 2023 w/ Kimmi Hance)
• 2-time All-Pac-12 honoree (Honorable Mention - 2024, 2023)
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team member (2025)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (Feb. 5, 2025)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 16, 2024)
• 3-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2025, 2024, 2022)
• CSC Academic All-America® honoree (Second Team - 2024)
• 3-time CSC Academic All-District Team member (2023-25)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2025)
• 2-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2024, 2023)
• 11-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Winter 2025)
• Career-high ITA singles ranking: 49 (Feb. 20, 2025)
• Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 4 (April 25, 2023 w/ Kimmi Hance)
2024-25
21-10 singles record (14-5 in dual matches) … 20-8 doubles mark (14-5 in dual matches) … tied for team high in dual-match singles wins (Kate Fakih, Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer) … qualified for NCAA Championships singles tournament … with partner Kimmi Hance, reached second round of NCAA Championships doubles tournament, defeating No. 16 Jessica Alsola/Mao Mushika of California … finished No. 54 in ITA singles rankings (May 21) and reached season-high No. 49 (Feb. 20) … with Hance, finished No. 12 in ITA doubles rankings (May 21) and reached season-high No. 6 (Dec. 3) … named to Big Ten All-Tournament Team after beating No. 41 Lily Jones of Michigan as part of 2-0 singles showing and adding doubles win against No. 20 Jessica Bernales/Lily Jones of Michigan alongside Hance … member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 3 (9-3); also finished on Courts 2 (2-0) and 4 (3-2) … earned Big Ten Player of the Week award (Feb. 5) after clinching doubles point and team win against No. 18 California; teamed with Bianca Fernandez to beat No. 48 Lan Mi/Berta Passola Folch and later took down No. 63 Lan Mi … won 10 consecutive singles decisions from March 23-May 3, including 6-3, 6-3 result over No. 122 Nao Nishino of Ohio State (March 28) … logged seven wins against ranked singles opponents, including 6-3, 7-6(3) decision over No. 54 Bridget Stammel of Vanderbilt in NCAA Championships second round (May 3) … went 11-4 against nationally-ranked doubles opponents with Hance, including 6-3 win against No. 9 Celia-Belle Mohr/Sophia Webster of Vanderbilt in NCAA Championships second round (May 3) … posted four match-clinching points, including 6-3, 6-3 decision over Matilde Morais of Michigan State (March 23) … clinched six doubles points with Hance, including 7-6(7) winner-take-all decision over No. 61 Kida Ferrari/Megan Heuser of Illinois in ITA National Team Indoor Championships consolation match (Feb. 9) … with Hance, defeated No. 16 Jessica Alsola/Mao Mushika of California 6-3, 6-2 to reach doubles final round at ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 27) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025 … received Athletic Director’s Academic Excellence Award at UCLA Scholar-Athlete Banquet.
2023-24
17-13 singles record (11-8 in dual matches) … 19-9 doubles mark (14-4 in dual matches) … Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship … achieved ITA All-America status for doubles … with partner Tian Fangran, qualified for NCAA Championships doubles tournament … reached season-high No. 113 in ITA singles rankings (Feb. 7) … with Tian, finished No. 10 in ITA doubles rankings (May 29); reached season-high No. 5 with partner Kimmi Hance (Sept. 5) … All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... voted onto CSC Academic All-America® second team … member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... majority of singles decisions came on Court 4 (6-5); also finished on Courts 3 (3-0) and 5 (2-3) … posted majority of completed doubles matches on Court 1 (13-4); also finished on Court 2 (1-0) … earned Pac-12 Player of the Week award (April 16) after fending off two match points en route to 5-7, 7-6(7), 6-3 decision over No. 94 Anna Campana that decided 4-3 road win against No. 7 Pepperdine; also teamed with Tian to beat No. 2 Savannah Broadus/Janice Tjen 6-3 and secure doubles point … posted team-high eight match-clinching points, including 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 result over No. 79 Eryn Cayetano of USC that sealed Pac-12 regular-season championship (April 19) … went 6-2 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents with Tian, including 6-2 decision over No. 52 Connie Ma/Alexandra Yepifanova of Stanford (March 31) … went 5-1 versus top-20 doubles pairs during dual-match play with Tian, beating No. 2 Savannah Broadus/Janice Tjen of Pepperdine (April 11 – 6-3), No. 5 Matka Komac/Avelina Sayfetdinova of Texas in NCAA Championships second round (May 4 – 6-4), No. 11 Sofia Cabezas/Elza Tomase of Tennessee in NCAA Championships quarterfinal round (May 17 – 7-6[3]), No. 18 Eryn Cayetano/Emma Charney of USC (April 19 – 6-2) and No. 19 Taisiya Pachkaleva/Sabina Zeynalova of Texas in NCAA Championships third round (May 10 – 6-2) … clinched team-high eight doubles points with Tian, including 6-4 winner-take-all result over Dariya Detkovskaya/Erika Matsuda of Washington (March 9) … with Hance, defeated Carlota Molina/Isabella Tcherkes-Zade of LMU to clinch doubles point (Feb. 23) … went 5-2 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 7-6(4), 6-1 decision over No. 60 Ayumi Miyamoto of Oklahoma State in ITA Kickoff Weekend first round (Jan. 27) … defeated Malwina Rowinska of Florida 6-4, 6-4 to claim Aria Draw singles title at Freeman Memorial Championships (Jan. 14) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2023, Winter 2024 and Spring 2024.
2022-23
15-5 singles record (11-4 in dual matches) … 22-8 doubles mark (15-5 in dual matches) … tied for team high in dual-match doubles wins (Kimmi Hance) … achieved ITA All-America status for doubles … with partner Hance, qualified for NCAA Championships doubles tournament … with Hance, finished No. 12 in ITA doubles rankings (May 31) and reached season-high No. 4 (April 25) … Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year with Hance … All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection … member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 4 (5-1); also finished on Courts 3 (1-0), 5 (2-3) and 6 (3-0) … completed doubles matches came exclusively on Court 1 … clinched team-high seven doubles points with Hance, including 6-3 result over No. 39 Naomi Cheong/Snow Han of USC (April 21) … went 10-5 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents with Hance, including 6-3 win against No. 1 Savannah Broadus/Janice Tjen of Pepperdine (April 12) … defeated Hania Abouelsaad 6-1, 6-0 to clinch win at Washington State (March 5) … with Hance, defeated No. 17 Ange Oby Kajuru/Chie Kezuka of Iowa State 6-3 in ITA Kickoff Weekend first round (Jan. 28) … beat Aura Fang of UNLV 6-0, 6-3 to claim Venetian Draw singles title at Freeman Memorial Championships; knocked off No. 121 Raquel Gonzalez of Oklahoma State 6-2, 6-4 in semifinal round (Jan. 14) … with Hance, beat No. 6 Broadus/Tjen 7-5, 2-6, 1-0(7) to claim doubles title at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 23); knocked off No. 22 Patricija Spaka/Domenika Turkovic of Arizona State 8-3 to reach semifinal round (Oct. 21) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2022, Winter 2023 and Spring 2023.
2021-22
14-8 singles record (8-6 in dual matches) … 17-8 doubles mark (10-5 in dual matches) … with partner Elysia Bolton, qualified for NCAA Championships doubles tournament … with Bolton, finished No. 52 in ITA doubles rankings (June 2) and reached season-high No. 16 (Feb. 9); also reached No. 57 with partner Vanessa Ong (March 23) … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 5 (6-5); also finished on Court 4 (2-1) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 1 (10-4); also finished on Court 2 (0-1) … totaled four wins versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents with Bolton, including 6-2 result over No. 13 Angelica Blake/Connie Ma of Stanford in Pac-12 Championships semifinal round (April 22) … clinched team-high six doubles points with Bolton, including 6-0 decision over No. 62 Michaela Bayerlova/Maxine Murphy of Washington State in Pac-12 Championships quarterfinal round (April 21) … defeated Yolanda Lin 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 to clinch win versus Washington (April 1) … with Bolton, posted 6-2 result over No. 18 Wiktoria Rutkowska/Isabella Tcherkes-Zade of LMU to clinch doubles point (Jan. 26) … with Bolton, defeated No. 11 Victoria Flores/Lisa Zaar of Pepperdine 6-3 to reach doubles semifinal round at Freeman Memorial Championships (Jan. 15) … with Ong, defeated Flores/Zaar by walkover to claim doubles title at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 26); knocked off No. 11 Shiori Fukuda/Taisiya Pachkaleva of Pepperdine 6-3 in third round (Oct. 23) … earned first career singles victory with 6-3, 6-3 decision over Lexi Ryngler of Arizona at Women of Troy Invitational (Oct. 8) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2021, Winter 2022 and Spring 2022.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Graduated from Laurel Springs School … Blue Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached high of No. 15 in 2018 … with partner Katja Wiersholm, won Girls' 16 doubles title at 2019 USTA Billie Jean King National Championships in San Diego … with partner Carson Tanguilig, captured Girls' 16 doubles crown at 2018 Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships in Plantation, Fla. … with partner Valencia Xu, took doubles title at 2018 USTA Girls' 16 National Clay Court Championships in Memphis, Tenn. … won singles crown at 2017 USTA Girls' 14 National Clay Court Championships in Plantation, Fla. … with Tanguilig, seized Girls' 12 doubles championship at 2016 Easter Bowl in Indian Wells, Calif.
PERSONAL
Admires Roger Federer ... economics major.
| CAREER SINGLES | CAREER DOUBLES | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVR | DUAL | TOUR | OVR |
| 2021-22 | 8-6 | 6-2 | 14-8 | 10-5 | 7-3 | 17-8 |
| 2022-23 | 11-4 | 4-1 | 15-5 | 15-5 | 7-3 | 22-8 |
| 2023-24 | 11-8 | 6-5 | 17-13 | 14-4 | 5-6 | 19-10 |
| 2024-25 | 14-5 | 7-5 | 21-10 | 14-5 | 6-3 | 20-8 |
| TOTALS | 44-23 | 23-13 | 67-36 | 53-19 | 25-15 | 78-34 |
