2021-22 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Ava Catanzarite
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2023, 2022)
• CSC Academic All-District Team member (2023)
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2023)
• 6-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2023)
• Career-high ITA singles ranking: 42 (Nov. 16, 2022)
• Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 23 (March 9, 2022 w/ Abbey Forbes)
2022-23
15-16 singles record (8-11 in dual matches) … 7-12 doubles mark (6-9 in dual matches) … reached season-high No. 42 in ITA singles rankings (Nov. 16) … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 3 (7-9); also finished on Court 2 (1-2) … completed doubles matches came exclusively on Court 2 … posted two match-clinching points, including 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 decision over Midori Castillo-Meza of Arizona (April 7) … with partner Sasha Vagramov, clinched two doubles points, including 6-3 result over Samantha Horwood/Katya Townsend of Utah (April 1) … totaled five wins versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-4, 6-3 result over No. 80 Anna Supapitch Kuearum of Iowa State in ITA Kickoff Weekend first round (Jan. 28) … logged wins against three nationally-ranked singles opponents at ITA All-American Championships: No. 116 Malkia Ngounoue of Kansas (Oct. 2 – 6-4, 5-7, 7-5), No. 76 Anessa Lee of Vanderbilt (Oct. 3 – 3-6, 6-2, 6-4) and No. 86 Casie Wooten of Wake Forest (Oct. 3 – 6-1, 6-4) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2022, Winter 2023 and Spring 2023 … earned spot on UCLA All-Academic Team.
2021-22
9-6 singles record (6-4 in dual matches) … 12-11 doubles mark (8-7 in dual matches) … with partner Abbey Forbes, reached season-high No. 23 in ITA doubles rankings (March 9) … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 6 (4-2); also finished on Court 5 (2-2) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (6-6); also finished on Court 1 (2-1) … with Forbes, went 3-1 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-3 result over No. 75 Mananchaya Sawangkaew/Martina Zerulo of Oklahoma State in NCAA Championships second round (May 8) … with Forbes, clinched five doubles points, including 6-2 decision over took down No. 19 Salma Ewing/Snow Han of USC (Feb. 25) … defeated No. 99 Hannah Viller Moeller of California 6-2, 6-3 (Feb. 21) … with Forbes, posted 6-3 winner-take-all result over No. 11 Victoria Flores/Lisa Zaar of Pepperdine (Feb. 5) … posted two match-clinching points, including 6-1, 6-4 decision over Peyton Dunkle of Cal Poly in ITA Kickoff Weekend first round (Jan. 28) … earned first career singles victory with 6-1, 6-2 decision over Belen Nevenhoven 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 Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School … Blue Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached high of No. 11 in 2021 … career-high ITF junior ranking: 125 … trained at Gomez Tennis Academy in Naples, Fla. … took women’s singles title at 2020 Casely 10K Clay Court Championships in Hollywood, Fla. … won Girls’ 16 doubles Gold Balls at 2019 Easter Bowl in Indian Wells, Calif. and 2018 National Winter Championships in Orlando, Fla. … swept ITF junior singles and doubles championships at J4 Kingston, J4 Nassau, J5 Le Diamant and J5 Saint-Francois tournaments in 2019 … with partner Sasha Wood, seized doubles title at ITF J3 Monterrey tournament in 2019; also captured ITF junior doubles crown with partner Gianna Pielet at J4 Delray Beach event in 2019 … with partner Allie Gretkowski, reached Girls’ 16 doubles final round at 2018 Orange Bowl International Championships in Plantation, Fla. … with partner Sydni Ratliff, earned Girls’ 16 singles Silver Ball at 2018 USTA National Clay Court Championships in Memphis, Tenn.; reached Girls’ 16 singles quarterfinal round … collected Girls’ 16 Bronze Balls at 2017 National Indoor Championships (with Ratliff) in Minneapolis and National Winter Championships (with partner Lana Mavor) in Orlando, Fla. … named USTA Net Generation Ambassador in 2018 and 2019.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jeffrey and Lisa … has one older brother, Jack, and one younger sister, Nora … decided to attend UCLA because it offers “premier and prestigious” academics and athletics, “amazing” resources, a location that “cannot be any better” and a tight-knit women’s tennis program … admires Roger Federer … hobbies and interests include photography, going to the beach and basketball … was trained gymnast until age of 10 and played basketball for five years ... communications major.
| CAREER SINGLES RECORD | CAREER DOUBLES RECORD | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL |
| 2021-22 | 6-4 | 3-2 | 9-6 | 8-7 | 4-4 | 12-11 |
| 2022-23 | 8-11 | 7-5 | 15-16 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 7-12 |
| TOTALS | 14-15 | 10-7 | 24-22 | 14-16 | 5-7 | 19-23 |
