2019-20 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Taylor Johnson
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Sophomore
- 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 |
