2021-22 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Abbey Forbes
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Laurel Springs School
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2-time ITA All-America selection - 2021 (singles), 2020 (singles)
• Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year (2021)
• Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year (2021 w/ Jada Hart)
• ITA Southwest Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship award winner (2022)
• ITA Southwest Region Rookie of the Year (2020)
• 2-time All-Pac-12 honoree (First Team - 2021, 2022)
• 5-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (last March 1, 2022)
• 2-time NCAA singles qualifier (2021, 2022)
• ITA Scholar-Athlete (2020)
• 2-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2021, 2022)
• Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar (2021)
• 7-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2022)
• Career-high ITA singles ranking: 2 (Sept. 7, 2021)
• Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 23 (March 9, 2022 w/ Ava Catanzarite)
2021-22
14-5 singles record (12-2 in dual matches) … 9-7 doubles mark (all dual matches) … with Kimmi Hance, logged team high in dual-match singles wins … qualified for NCAA Championships singles tournament … finished No. 23 in ITA/Tennis-Point singles rankings (June 2) and reached season-high No. 2 (Sept. 7) … with partner Ava Catanzarite, reached season-high No. 23 in ITA/Tennis-Point doubles rankings (March 9) … received ITA Southwest Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship award … All-Pac-12 First Team honoree … earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll … posted majority of singles decisions on Court 1 (11-2); also finished on Court 2 (1-0) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (7-6); also finished on Court 1 (2-1) … earned Pac-12 Player of the Week award (March 1) after recording two singles wins – including one match clincher against No. 5 Eryn Cayetano of USC – and teaming with Catanzarite to beat No. 19 Salma Ewing/Snow Han of Trojans to seal doubles point … went 6-4 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-3, 6-4 victory against No. 11 Shiori Fukuda of Pepperdine (April 6) … posted two match-clinching points, including 6-3, 6-2 decision over Giulia Morlet of Arizona State (March 12) … with Catanzarite, went 3-1 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-3 win against No. 75 Mananchaya Sawangkaew/Martina Zerulo of Oklahoma State in NCAA Championships second round at Stillwater, Okla. (May 8) … with Catanzarite, clinched five doubles points, including 6-3 winner-take-all decision over No. 11 Victoria Flores/Lisa Zaar of Pepperdine (Feb. 5) … won eight consecutive singles decisions and 11 of 12 from Jan. 26/Feb. 21-May 8, including 6-1, 6-4 result over No. 91 Michaela Bayerlova of Washington State (April 2) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2022.
2020-21
24-3 singles record (21-2 in dual matches) … 13-2 doubles mark (all dual matches) … logged team highs in total wins, singles wins and dual-match singles wins … Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship outright for first time in program history … team did not compete during fall … reached quarterfinal round of NCAA Championships singles tournament, defeating No. 39 Chloe Beck of Duke, No. 18 Irina Cantos Siemers of Ohio State and No. 33 Emma Antonaki of Mississippi State … finished season-high No. 4 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (June 2) … with partner Jada Hart, finished No. 79 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (June 2) and reached season-high No. 51 (March 24) … achieved ITA All-America status for singles … Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year … Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year with Hart … All-Pac-12 First Team honoree … earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 1 (20-2); also finished on Court 2 (1-0) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 1 (11-2); also finished on Courts 2 (1-0) and 3 (1-0) … collected conference-high three Pac-12 Player of the Week awards (March 16, April 12, April 20) … went 18-3 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-1, 6-4 win against No. 1 Ashley Lahey of Pepperdine (March 12); went 3-0 versus Lahey … posted two match-clinching points, including 6-2, 6-3 decision over No. 65 Salma Ewing of USC (April 16) … with Hart, clinched four doubles points, including 6-3 winner-take-all result over Haley Giavara/Valentina Ivanov of California (April 10); also secured one doubles point with partner Abi Altick … won 15 consecutive singles decisions and 21 of 22 from Feb. 13-April 25/May 25, including 6-3, 6-1 decision over No. 5 Kenya Jones of Georgia Tech in third round at NCAA Championships (May 16) … beat No. 5 Anna Turati of Texas, 7-5, 6-1, at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 6) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021 … earned Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar recognition ... collected Bruin Leadership Award at UCLA Scholar-Athlete Banquet.
2019-20
23-3 singles record in shortened season (11-1 in dual matches) … 11-4 doubles mark (5-3 in dual matches) … logged team highs in singles wins and dual-match singles wins … finished No. 8 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (March 3) and reached season-high No. 5 (Feb. 5) … achieved ITA All-America status for singles … named ITA Southwest Region Rookie of the Year ... named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 2 (10-1); also finished on Court 1 (1-0) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (4-2); also finished on Court 1 (1-1) … voted Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 25) after clinching doubles point with partner Taylor Johnson and defeating No. 50 Julia Rosenqvist, 7-5, 6-4, in 7-0 win versus California … went 10-2 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-3, 6-1 win versus No. 12 Cameron Morra of North Carolina to reach quarterfinal round at Oracle ITA National Fall Championships (Nov. 8) … posted two match-clinching points, including 6-3, 6-1 decision over Eva Marie Voracek of Loyola Marymount in ITA Kick-Off Weekend championship match (Jan. 25) … with partner Annette Goulak, clinched team high-tying three doubles points, including 6-1 result over Michaela Gordon/Janice Shin of Stanford at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 9) … won nine consecutive singles decisions and 17 of 18 from Oct. 17-Nov. 8/Feb. 21, including 6-0, 6-0 result over No. 39 Livia Kraus of Baylor to reach second round at Oracle ITA National Fall Championships (Nov. 6) … defeated No. 9 Jada Hart of UCLA, 7-6(3), 6-2, to take singles title at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 22); took down No. 34 Salma Ewing of USC, 6-3, 6-2, to reach semifinal round (Oct. 19) … with Goulak, beat No. 37 Johnson/Abi Altick of UCLA, 6-3, 6-4, to claim doubles title at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 22) … beat No. 17 Anna Turati of Texas, 6-4, 7-5, to reach singles semifinal round at Oracle ITA Masters (Sept. 27); knocked off No. 31 Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado of VCU, 6-1, 6-1, to reach quarterfinal round (Sept. 27) … earned first-career singles victory with 6-0, 6-0 decision over Amanda Nowak of Fairfield to reach second round at Oracle ITA Masters (Sept. 26) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Graduated from Laurel Springs School … Blue Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached high of No. 2 in 2018 … earned entry into US Open main draw by capturing Girls’ 18 doubles title at 2019 USTA Billie Jean King National Championships in San Diego; reached quarterfinal round of Girls’ 18 singles tournament … gained entry into 2017, 2018 and 2019 US Open junior tournament main draws … won doubles title at 2019 Junior Wimbledon tournament … advanced to Girls’ 18 singles and doubles rounds of 16 at 2018 USTA Billie Jean King National Championships in San Diego … reached Girls’ 18 doubles quarterfinal rounds at 2017, 2018 Easter Bowl tournaments in Indian Wells, Calif. … advanced to Girls’ 18 singles quarterfinal round at 2017 Orange Bowl Tennis Championships in Plantation, Fla. … won doubles title at 2017 USTA Girls’ 18 National Clay Court Championships in Memphis, Tenn. … posted final-round showings at 2017 USTA Girls' 18 National Clay Court Championships (Girls’ 18 singles), 2016 USTA National Winter Championships (Girls’ 18 singles), 49th Easter Bowl (Girls’ 16 singles - 2016) and 2015 Eddie Herr International Championships (Girls’ 16 doubles) … named to USTA Junior Leadership Team in 2017 … earned DeWitt Redgrave III Junior Achievement Award and Ozaki/Hastings Junior Sportsmanship Award from USTA Southern Section in 2017.
PERSONAL
Full name: Abigail Theresa Lawson Forbes … daughter of Roger and Denise (Lawson-Forbes) … has two younger brothers, Luke and Matthew … decided to attend UCLA because she “fell in love with the atmosphere” and wanted to be part of a program with individuals “so welcoming and driven to achieve something bigger than themselves”… lists her greatest athletic thrill to date as winning 2019 Junior Wimbledon doubles title… admires Serena Williams and basketball player LeBron James … hobbies and interests include working out, Netflix, touring hometown Raleigh, N.C. with her grandparents and spending time with friends … is first member of her family born in United States of America (parents were born in Jamaica) … relatives include retired Canada Soccer Women’s National Team goalkeeper, 2012 Olympic bronze medalist and Head of Concacaf Women’s Football Karina LeBlanc, and Jonathan Linton, who played running back for NFL’s Buffalo Bills from 1998-2000 … aspires to career in developmental science ... political science major.
| CAREER SINGLES RECORD | CAREER DOUBLES RECORD | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL |
| 2019-20 | 11-1 | 12-2 | 23-3 | 5-3 | 6-1 | 11-4 |
| 2020-21 | 21-2 | 3-1 | 24-3 | 13-2 | 0-0 | 13-2 |
| 2021-22 | 12-2 | 2-3 | 14-5 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 9-7 |
| TOTALS | 44-5 | 17-6 | 61-11 | 27-12 | 6-1 | 33-13 |
