2022-23 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Fangran, Tian
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Tian Fangran
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- CNU Yuxin School
- Hometown:
- Beijing, China
Bio
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• NCAA singles champion (2023)
• 2-time ITA All-America selection – 2024 (doubles), 2023 (singles)
• 2-time NCAA singles qualifier (2023, 2024)
• NCAA doubles qualifier (2024 w/ Elise Wagle)
• Honda Sport Award for Tennis finalist (2023)
• ITA Rookie of the Year (2023)
• ITA Southwest Regional Rookie of the Year (2023)
• Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year (2024 w/ Elise Wagle)
• Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year (2023)
• 2-time All-Pac-12 honoree (First Team - 2023, 2024)
• 5-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (last March 19, 2024)
• 2-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2024, 2023)
• CSC Academic All-America® honoree (First Team - 2024)
• CSC Academic All-District Team member (2024)
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2024)
• 5-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2024)
• Career-high ITA singles ranking: 4 (Sept. 5, 2023)
• Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 10 (May 29, 2024 w/ Elise Wagle)
2023-24
18-5 singles record (all dual matches) … 15-4 doubles mark (15-3 in dual matches) … logged team high in dual-match singles wins … Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship … achieved ITA All-American status for doubles … qualified for NCAA Championships singles tournament … with partner Elise Wagle, qualified for NCAA Championships doubles tournament … finished No. 33 in ITA singles rankings (May 29) and reached season-high No. 4 (Sept. 5) … with Wagle, finished season-high No. 10 in ITA doubles rankings (May 29) … Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year with Wagle … All-Pac-12 First Team honoree … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... voted onto CSC Academic All-America® first team … member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 1 … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 1 (12-3); also finished on Court 2 (3-0) … collected conference-high four Pac-12 Player of the Week awards (March 19, March 12, March 5, Jan. 23), including three in a row from March 5-19; no other player was honored more than once … went 9-4 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-1, 6-1 decision over No. 41 Hannah Viller Moeller of California in Pac-12 Championships semifinal round (April 26) … won 11 consecutive singles decisions from Feb. 23-April 5, including 6-0, 6-4 result over No. 26 Angelica Blake of Stanford (March 31); match ended in 4-3 win … with Wagle, went 6-2 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-2 decision over No. 52 Connie Ma/Alexandra Yepifanova of Stanford (March 31) … with Wagle, went 5-1 versus top-20 doubles pairs during dual-match play, 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) … with Wagle, clinched team-high eight doubles points, including 6-4 winner-take-all result over Dariya Detkovskaya/Erika Matsuda of Washington (March 9) … posted three match-clinching points, including 6-2, 6-4 decision over No. 60 Snow Han of USC (March 1) … with partner Bianca Fernandez, posted 7-6(2) winner-take-all result over Malaika Rapolu/Tanya Sasnouskaya of Texas to clinch doubles point (Jan. 19) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Winter 2024 and Spring 2024.
2022-23
30-7 singles record (16-2 in dual matches) … 16-10 doubles mark (14-6 in dual matches) … logged team highs in total wins, singles wins and dual-match singles wins … registered 15-0 singles record during regular-season portion of dual-match campaign … claimed second NCAA singles title in program history, defeating No. 50 Layne Sleeth of Oklahoma, 6-4, 6-2, in final round (May 27); beat No. 60 Thasaporn Naklo of Iowa State (May 22 - 6-4, 6-4), No. 53 Natasha Subhash of Virginia (May 23 - 6-4, 6-0), No. 29 Alexandra Yepifanova of Stanford (May 24 - 7-5, 6-3), No. 36 Kari Miller of Michigan (May 25 - 6-4, 6-2) and No. 11 Maddy Sieg of USC (May 26 - 6-3, 6-2) en route to championship match … achieved ITA All-America status for singles … named Honda Sport Award for Tennis finalist … finished season-high No. 8 in ITA singles rankings (May 31) … named ITA Rookie of the Year … named ITA Southwest Regional Rookie of the Year … Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year … All-Pac-12 First Team honoree … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 1 … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 3 (10-2); also finished on Court 2 (4-4) … earned Pac-12 Player of the Week award (April 18) after turning in 4-0 week that included 7-6(1), 6-7(6), 6-3 win versus No. 11 Janice Tjen that decided 4-3 result over No. 5 Pepperdine … with partners Ava Catanzarite and Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, won nine consecutive doubles decisions and 11 of 12 from March 26-April 21/May 6 … went 17-6 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-3, 1-0, retired (March 16) and 6-4, 6-3 (April 21) victories against No. 8/4 Sieg during regular season … with Lutkemeyer, clinched two doubles points, including 7-5 winner-take-all result over Marianna Argyrokastriti/Chelsea Fontenel of Arizona State (April 8) … defeated No. 20 Irina Cantos Siemers of Ohio State 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 (March 12) … posted team-high-tying four match-clinching points, including 6-2, 6-1 decision over Allison Zipoli of Rice (Feb. 10); match ended in 4-3 score … took down No. 71 Ava Markham of Wisconsin 7-5, 6-1 (Oct. 2) and No. 64 Holly Staff of Vanderbilt 6-3, 6-2 (Oct. 3) in singles qualifying at ITA All-American Championships … earned first career singles victory with 6-3, 6-0 decision over No. 106 Laylo Bakhodirova of East Tennessee State to reach prequalifying second round at ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 30) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2022, Winter 2023 and Spring 2023.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Attended CNU Yuxin School in Beijing, China ... Universal Tennis Rating: 10.50 … won Girls’ singles title at 2019 Australian Open Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-Off event, earning wild-card entry into 2020 Australian Open Junior Championships … qualified for 2019 French Open Junior Championships singles draw … with partner Dayeon Back, picked up two doubles titles at ITF W15 Antalya events in 2021; also reached singles final round … collected singles championship at ITF J5 Phnom Penh event in 2020 … won Girls’ singles title at TVS ITF Junior Tennis Tournament in 2018 … advanced to Girls’ singles quarterfinal round at ITF J1 Nonthaburi event in 2020 … made Girls’ singles semifinal round at ITF J2 Causeway Bay event in 2019 … with partner Kuan Yi Lee, earned Girls’ doubles championship at ITF J4 Shenzhen event in 2019 … with partner Cong Ying Zhao, captured Girls’ doubles championship at ITF China Junior 7 event in 2018 … reached Girls’ singles final round at ITF China Junior 13 event in 2017 … began playing in ITF Junior Grade 2 Tournaments at age of 14.
PERSONAL
Daughter of FangJin and TianSong … has one younger brother, Fang Tianyi … decided to attend UCLA because it upholds high academic standards and offers the chance to achieve high levels of athletic success … describes her greatest athletic thrill to date as representing home country China at the 2019 Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals in Orlando, Fla. … admires Simona Halep … hobbies and interests include reading and ice skating ... aspires to be professional athlete … psychology major.
• NCAA singles champion (2023)
• 2-time ITA All-America selection – 2024 (doubles), 2023 (singles)
• 2-time NCAA singles qualifier (2023, 2024)
• NCAA doubles qualifier (2024 w/ Elise Wagle)
• Honda Sport Award for Tennis finalist (2023)
• ITA Rookie of the Year (2023)
• ITA Southwest Regional Rookie of the Year (2023)
• Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year (2024 w/ Elise Wagle)
• Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year (2023)
• 2-time All-Pac-12 honoree (First Team - 2023, 2024)
• 5-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (last March 19, 2024)
• 2-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2024, 2023)
• CSC Academic All-America® honoree (First Team - 2024)
• CSC Academic All-District Team member (2024)
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2024)
• 5-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2024)
• Career-high ITA singles ranking: 4 (Sept. 5, 2023)
• Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 10 (May 29, 2024 w/ Elise Wagle)
2023-24
18-5 singles record (all dual matches) … 15-4 doubles mark (15-3 in dual matches) … logged team high in dual-match singles wins … Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship … achieved ITA All-American status for doubles … qualified for NCAA Championships singles tournament … with partner Elise Wagle, qualified for NCAA Championships doubles tournament … finished No. 33 in ITA singles rankings (May 29) and reached season-high No. 4 (Sept. 5) … with Wagle, finished season-high No. 10 in ITA doubles rankings (May 29) … Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year with Wagle … All-Pac-12 First Team honoree … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... voted onto CSC Academic All-America® first team … member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 1 … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 1 (12-3); also finished on Court 2 (3-0) … collected conference-high four Pac-12 Player of the Week awards (March 19, March 12, March 5, Jan. 23), including three in a row from March 5-19; no other player was honored more than once … went 9-4 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-1, 6-1 decision over No. 41 Hannah Viller Moeller of California in Pac-12 Championships semifinal round (April 26) … won 11 consecutive singles decisions from Feb. 23-April 5, including 6-0, 6-4 result over No. 26 Angelica Blake of Stanford (March 31); match ended in 4-3 win … with Wagle, went 6-2 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-2 decision over No. 52 Connie Ma/Alexandra Yepifanova of Stanford (March 31) … with Wagle, went 5-1 versus top-20 doubles pairs during dual-match play, 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) … with Wagle, clinched team-high eight doubles points, including 6-4 winner-take-all result over Dariya Detkovskaya/Erika Matsuda of Washington (March 9) … posted three match-clinching points, including 6-2, 6-4 decision over No. 60 Snow Han of USC (March 1) … with partner Bianca Fernandez, posted 7-6(2) winner-take-all result over Malaika Rapolu/Tanya Sasnouskaya of Texas to clinch doubles point (Jan. 19) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Winter 2024 and Spring 2024.
2022-23
30-7 singles record (16-2 in dual matches) … 16-10 doubles mark (14-6 in dual matches) … logged team highs in total wins, singles wins and dual-match singles wins … registered 15-0 singles record during regular-season portion of dual-match campaign … claimed second NCAA singles title in program history, defeating No. 50 Layne Sleeth of Oklahoma, 6-4, 6-2, in final round (May 27); beat No. 60 Thasaporn Naklo of Iowa State (May 22 - 6-4, 6-4), No. 53 Natasha Subhash of Virginia (May 23 - 6-4, 6-0), No. 29 Alexandra Yepifanova of Stanford (May 24 - 7-5, 6-3), No. 36 Kari Miller of Michigan (May 25 - 6-4, 6-2) and No. 11 Maddy Sieg of USC (May 26 - 6-3, 6-2) en route to championship match … achieved ITA All-America status for singles … named Honda Sport Award for Tennis finalist … finished season-high No. 8 in ITA singles rankings (May 31) … named ITA Rookie of the Year … named ITA Southwest Regional Rookie of the Year … Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year … All-Pac-12 First Team honoree … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 1 … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 3 (10-2); also finished on Court 2 (4-4) … earned Pac-12 Player of the Week award (April 18) after turning in 4-0 week that included 7-6(1), 6-7(6), 6-3 win versus No. 11 Janice Tjen that decided 4-3 result over No. 5 Pepperdine … with partners Ava Catanzarite and Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, won nine consecutive doubles decisions and 11 of 12 from March 26-April 21/May 6 … went 17-6 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-3, 1-0, retired (March 16) and 6-4, 6-3 (April 21) victories against No. 8/4 Sieg during regular season … with Lutkemeyer, clinched two doubles points, including 7-5 winner-take-all result over Marianna Argyrokastriti/Chelsea Fontenel of Arizona State (April 8) … defeated No. 20 Irina Cantos Siemers of Ohio State 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 (March 12) … posted team-high-tying four match-clinching points, including 6-2, 6-1 decision over Allison Zipoli of Rice (Feb. 10); match ended in 4-3 score … took down No. 71 Ava Markham of Wisconsin 7-5, 6-1 (Oct. 2) and No. 64 Holly Staff of Vanderbilt 6-3, 6-2 (Oct. 3) in singles qualifying at ITA All-American Championships … earned first career singles victory with 6-3, 6-0 decision over No. 106 Laylo Bakhodirova of East Tennessee State to reach prequalifying second round at ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 30) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2022, Winter 2023 and Spring 2023.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Attended CNU Yuxin School in Beijing, China ... Universal Tennis Rating: 10.50 … won Girls’ singles title at 2019 Australian Open Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-Off event, earning wild-card entry into 2020 Australian Open Junior Championships … qualified for 2019 French Open Junior Championships singles draw … with partner Dayeon Back, picked up two doubles titles at ITF W15 Antalya events in 2021; also reached singles final round … collected singles championship at ITF J5 Phnom Penh event in 2020 … won Girls’ singles title at TVS ITF Junior Tennis Tournament in 2018 … advanced to Girls’ singles quarterfinal round at ITF J1 Nonthaburi event in 2020 … made Girls’ singles semifinal round at ITF J2 Causeway Bay event in 2019 … with partner Kuan Yi Lee, earned Girls’ doubles championship at ITF J4 Shenzhen event in 2019 … with partner Cong Ying Zhao, captured Girls’ doubles championship at ITF China Junior 7 event in 2018 … reached Girls’ singles final round at ITF China Junior 13 event in 2017 … began playing in ITF Junior Grade 2 Tournaments at age of 14.
PERSONAL
Daughter of FangJin and TianSong … has one younger brother, Fang Tianyi … decided to attend UCLA because it upholds high academic standards and offers the chance to achieve high levels of athletic success … describes her greatest athletic thrill to date as representing home country China at the 2019 Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals in Orlando, Fla. … admires Simona Halep … hobbies and interests include reading and ice skating ... aspires to be professional athlete … psychology major.
| CAREER SINGLES RECORD | CAREER DOUBLES RECORD | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL |
| 2022-23 | 16-2 | 14-5 | 30-7 | 14-6 | 2-4 | 16-10 |
| 2023-24 | 18-5 | 0-0 | 18-5 | 15-3 | 0-2 | 15-5 |
| TOTALS | 34-7 | 14-5 | 48-12 | 29-9 | 2-6 | 31-15 |
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
