2024-25 Women's Tennis Roster
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Fakih, Kate
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Kate Fakih
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Connections Academy
- Hometown:
- Pasadena, Calif.
Bio
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• ITA All-America selection – 2025 (doubles)
• NCAA singles qualifier (Fall 2024)
• NCAA doubles qualifier (Fall 2024 w/ Olivia Center)
• ITA Southwest Regional Rookie of the Year (2025)
• All-Big Ten honoree (Second Team – 2025)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team honoree (2025)
• 2-time Big Ten Player of the Week (last Oct. 23, 2024)
• 5-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (last April 16, 2025)
• Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (Fall 2024)
• Career-high ITA singles ranking: 33 (twice, last April 22, 2025)
• Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 2 (April 8, 2025 w/ Olivia Center)
2024-25
28-11 singles record (14-6 in dual matches) … 31-9 doubles mark (17-6 in dual matches) … achieved ITA All-America status for doubles … logged team highs in total wins and singles wins … tied for team high in dual-match singles wins (Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, Elise Wagle)… tied for team high in doubles wins (Olivia Center) … tied for team high in dual-match doubles wins (Center, Lutkemeyer)… qualified for NCAA Championships singles tournament … reached final round of NCAA Championships doubles tournament with Center, defeating No. 18 DJ Bennett/Ava Hrastar of Auburn, Gabriella Broadfoot/Maddy Zampardo of NC State, No. 5 Alina Mukhortova/Maria Sholokhova of Wisconsin and No. 84 Ludmila Kareisova/ Anaëlle Leclercq-Ficher of Ole Miss … finished No. 47 in ITA singles rankings (May 21) and reached season-high No. 33 (twice, last April 22) … with Center, finished No. 13 in ITA doubles rankings (May 21) and reached season-high No. 2 (April 8) … named ITA Southwest Regional Rookie of the Year … All-Big Ten Second Team honoree … unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman Team pick … posted majority of singles decisions on Court 4 (9-3); also finished on Courts 2 (0-1) and 3 (5-2) … posted majority of completed doubles matches on Court 2 (17-4); also finished on Court 1 (0-2) … collected conference-high five Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards (April 16, April 9, March 5, Feb. 12, Jan. 29) and conference-high-tying two Big Ten Player of the Week awards (Oct. 23, Sept. 25) … posted team-high six match-clinching points, including 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 winner-take-all result over Tianna Rangan of Wisconsin (April 5) … clinched team-high nine doubles points with Center, including 6-3 result over No. 39 Anastasiia Grechkina/Alexia Harmon of Pepperdine (Feb. 26) … won 11 consecutive singles decisions from Jan. 3-March 14, including 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 result over No. 115 Anita Sahdiieva of LSU in ITA National Team Indoor Championships consolation match (Feb. 8) … logged 13-6 record against nationally-ranked doubles opponents with Center, including 6-4 win versus No. 32 Anastasia Bozova/Stefania Rogozinska Dzik of LMU (Jan. 21) … with Center, claimed doubles title at ITA West Sectional Championships; beat No. 35 Amelia Honer/Marie Weissheim of UC Santa Barbara 2-6, 6-2, 1-0(4) in semifinal round (Nov. 8) … defeated No. 107 Mao Mushika of California 7-6(5), 6-4 to reach singles final round at ITA West Sectional Championships (Nov. 8) … with Center, defeated No. 60 Claudia De Las Heras/Kailey Evans of San Diego 6-7(7), 6-3, 1-0(8) to reach doubles final round at ITA Southwest Regonal Championships (Oct. 20) … logged seven wins against ranked singles opponents, including 6-3, 7-6(1) decision over No. 68 Lucciana Perez of Texas A&M to reach qualifying second round at ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 22) … earned first career singles victory with 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 decision over Eileen Wang of Pennsylvania to reach prequalifying second round at ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 20) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2024.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Graduated from Connections Academy … Blue Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached No. 6 in 2024 … reached career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 56 in January 2024 … reached singles semifinal round at ITF W35 Bakersfield, CA event in 2024 … qualified for girls’ draws at Australian Open (singles, doubles), French Open (doubles) and US Open (singles, doubles) events in 2024; also made 2023 US Open doubles field … with partner Olivia Center, earned entry into US Open women’s doubles main draw by capturing Girls’ 18 title at 2023 USTA Billie Jean King National Championships in San Diego … swept singles and doubles (with Center) titles at ITF J300 Zapopan event in 2023.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Marwan and Annette (Sunga) … has one younger brother, Luke … born in Astana, Kazakhstan … decided to attend UCLA because it presents a balance between outstanding athletics and world-class academics ... describes her greatest athletic thrill to date as competing in 2023 US Open women’s doubles field … admires former basketball player Kobe Bryant and Aryna Sabalenka … undeclared major.
• ITA All-America selection – 2025 (doubles)
• NCAA singles qualifier (Fall 2024)
• NCAA doubles qualifier (Fall 2024 w/ Olivia Center)
• ITA Southwest Regional Rookie of the Year (2025)
• All-Big Ten honoree (Second Team – 2025)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team honoree (2025)
• 2-time Big Ten Player of the Week (last Oct. 23, 2024)
• 5-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (last April 16, 2025)
• Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (Fall 2024)
• Career-high ITA singles ranking: 33 (twice, last April 22, 2025)
• Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 2 (April 8, 2025 w/ Olivia Center)
2024-25
28-11 singles record (14-6 in dual matches) … 31-9 doubles mark (17-6 in dual matches) … achieved ITA All-America status for doubles … logged team highs in total wins and singles wins … tied for team high in dual-match singles wins (Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, Elise Wagle)… tied for team high in doubles wins (Olivia Center) … tied for team high in dual-match doubles wins (Center, Lutkemeyer)… qualified for NCAA Championships singles tournament … reached final round of NCAA Championships doubles tournament with Center, defeating No. 18 DJ Bennett/Ava Hrastar of Auburn, Gabriella Broadfoot/Maddy Zampardo of NC State, No. 5 Alina Mukhortova/Maria Sholokhova of Wisconsin and No. 84 Ludmila Kareisova/ Anaëlle Leclercq-Ficher of Ole Miss … finished No. 47 in ITA singles rankings (May 21) and reached season-high No. 33 (twice, last April 22) … with Center, finished No. 13 in ITA doubles rankings (May 21) and reached season-high No. 2 (April 8) … named ITA Southwest Regional Rookie of the Year … All-Big Ten Second Team honoree … unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman Team pick … posted majority of singles decisions on Court 4 (9-3); also finished on Courts 2 (0-1) and 3 (5-2) … posted majority of completed doubles matches on Court 2 (17-4); also finished on Court 1 (0-2) … collected conference-high five Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards (April 16, April 9, March 5, Feb. 12, Jan. 29) and conference-high-tying two Big Ten Player of the Week awards (Oct. 23, Sept. 25) … posted team-high six match-clinching points, including 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 winner-take-all result over Tianna Rangan of Wisconsin (April 5) … clinched team-high nine doubles points with Center, including 6-3 result over No. 39 Anastasiia Grechkina/Alexia Harmon of Pepperdine (Feb. 26) … won 11 consecutive singles decisions from Jan. 3-March 14, including 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 result over No. 115 Anita Sahdiieva of LSU in ITA National Team Indoor Championships consolation match (Feb. 8) … logged 13-6 record against nationally-ranked doubles opponents with Center, including 6-4 win versus No. 32 Anastasia Bozova/Stefania Rogozinska Dzik of LMU (Jan. 21) … with Center, claimed doubles title at ITA West Sectional Championships; beat No. 35 Amelia Honer/Marie Weissheim of UC Santa Barbara 2-6, 6-2, 1-0(4) in semifinal round (Nov. 8) … defeated No. 107 Mao Mushika of California 7-6(5), 6-4 to reach singles final round at ITA West Sectional Championships (Nov. 8) … with Center, defeated No. 60 Claudia De Las Heras/Kailey Evans of San Diego 6-7(7), 6-3, 1-0(8) to reach doubles final round at ITA Southwest Regonal Championships (Oct. 20) … logged seven wins against ranked singles opponents, including 6-3, 7-6(1) decision over No. 68 Lucciana Perez of Texas A&M to reach qualifying second round at ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 22) … earned first career singles victory with 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 decision over Eileen Wang of Pennsylvania to reach prequalifying second round at ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 20) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2024.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Graduated from Connections Academy … Blue Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached No. 6 in 2024 … reached career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 56 in January 2024 … reached singles semifinal round at ITF W35 Bakersfield, CA event in 2024 … qualified for girls’ draws at Australian Open (singles, doubles), French Open (doubles) and US Open (singles, doubles) events in 2024; also made 2023 US Open doubles field … with partner Olivia Center, earned entry into US Open women’s doubles main draw by capturing Girls’ 18 title at 2023 USTA Billie Jean King National Championships in San Diego … swept singles and doubles (with Center) titles at ITF J300 Zapopan event in 2023.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Marwan and Annette (Sunga) … has one younger brother, Luke … born in Astana, Kazakhstan … decided to attend UCLA because it presents a balance between outstanding athletics and world-class academics ... describes her greatest athletic thrill to date as competing in 2023 US Open women’s doubles field … admires former basketball player Kobe Bryant and Aryna Sabalenka … undeclared major.
| CAREER SINGLES | CAREER DOUBLES | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVR | DUAL | TOUR | OVR |
| 2024-25 | 14-6 | 14-5 | 28-11 | 17-6 | 14-3 | 31-9 |
| TOTALS | 14-6 | 14-5 | 28-11 | 17-6 | 14-3 | 31-9 |
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
