Player Bio: Aleksandra Malovic - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Women's Tennis
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2009-10 (Senior): Wrapped up a strong career helping the Huskies back to a third-straight NCAA Championships ... third on the team with 19 singles wins, posting a 19-12 record in both singles and doubles play ... named to the Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team and an ITA Scholar Athlete ... went 12-6 in dual play in singles, 10-5 at No. 6 and 2-1 at No. 5 ... had one of the best weeks of her career in her final home matches, sweeping Stanford and Cal at sixth singles, first defeating Veronica Li of Stanford 7-6 (5), 6-1, and then downing Tayler Davis of Cal, 6-3, 6-0 on Senior Day ... also had Pac-10 singles wins over Leyla Entekhabi of USC, Sabine Fuchs of Oregon, and Marina Nicolas of Washington State ... clinched Washington's top win of the year, a 4-3 win over 16th-ranked South Carolina, with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 win over Adriana Pereira at No. 6 singles ... compiled an 11-7 doubles mark in dual matches, playing with four different partners ... played most often with Lina Xu, going 8-5 overall including a six-match win streak from Feb. 7 to Mar. 6 ... also went 4-3 teaming with Samantha Smith, and the two reached the finals of the Pac-10 Championships Invitational with wins over Cor/Skowronski of Oregon, Andrew/Pulido of USC, and Chang/Radeva of Cal before losing a close 8-6 final to Hoffpauir and Seguso of UCLA ... teamed with Smith to win their No. 3 doubles match over Kryuchkova and Johnson of Utah in the NCAA Championships first round ... also made round of 16 in doubles with Venise Chan at the ITA NW Regionals in the fall.
2008-09 (Junior): Enjoyed best season yet and was especially solid in the second half of the season, as she won 13 of her final 16 matches to finish 24-13 overall and 14-6 at No. 6 singles ... earned straight set wins in UW's two NCAA tourney wins, including a 6-3, 6-4 win over USC's Lyndsay Kinstler that helped knock out the Pac-10 champs ... also earned a three-set win at No. 5 singles against Arizona's Claire Rietsch, helping secure a 4-3 UW win ... advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-10 Championships invitational draw, beating Oregon's Stephanie MacFarlane, Ashlee Brown of Arizona State, and Logan Hansen of Stanford ... was 3-0 on UW's Hawai'i trip, beating players from Cal Poly, Hawai'i, and Illinois in straight sets ... six of her seven dual losses came in third sets, and three were third-set tiebreaks ... was 20-15 overall in doubles play with five different partners ... had the most success with Venise Chan, going 8-5 at No. 2 doubles and being ranked a high of 78th ... with Chan, beat three ranked teams, including two different ranked teams from USC ... upset 30th-ranked Wetmore and Seguso of UCLA, 8-6, helping UW win the doubles point from the Bruins ... was 4-2 in the fall with Samantha Smith, reaching the round of 16 at Regionals before falling to the No. 1-ranked team in the nation from Fresno State ... also went 7-6 in dual play with Lina Xu ... earned Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team distinction for the first time.
2007-08 (Sophomore): Played No. 2 singles for the Huskies in every match in her first full year of college tennis ... was 8-14 in dual matches at No. 2, and 15-18 overall ... started dual play 4-1, winning all matches in straight sets ... defeated Pac-10 foes Anna Powaska of Oregon on Mar. 1, Aleksandra Stefanova of WSU on Mar. 14, and Claire Rietsch of Arizona on Apr. 4 ... pushed Stanford All-American Lindsay Burdette to the brink, losing 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 ... took a set off 26th-ranked Kelcy McKenna of Arizona State in their dual match ... lost in the first round of the Pac-10 Championships to 7th-ranked Marina Cossou, 6-2, 6-1 ... played No. 3 doubles most of the season with Vanja Radunovic, going 7-8 in the three spot ... earned a weekend doubles sweep against Purdue and Illinois with Radunovic on Feb. 16-17 ... teamed with Melinda Wong to earn an 8-6 win at third doubles against Arizona's Masschelein and Toporowska ... had a team-leading seven singles wins during the fall, winning Flight 2 of the Husky Invite over Boise State's Stacey Housley in the final ... also won the Husky Invite doubles title along with Venise Chan, going 5-1 overall with Chan in the fall.
2006-07 (Freshman):
Before Washington and Personal: Spent 2006 competing in the junior ITF in Europe.
Coach Hultquist on Malovic:
Fast Facts
Nickname: Aleks, Malo
One-handed or two-handed backhand?: Two-handed
Best thing about being a Husky: Being a part of the big Husky family. It's a huge honor to be a part of a community that has such a great tradition of excellence, hard work and pride.
Best thing about Seattle: Driving downtown by car on I-5 on a sunny day and seeing the sun being reflected on the city and the water. Gorgeous!
Favorite place to study: Every test I find a new place to study.
Best thing about the coaching staff: The coaches really care a lot about the program and show it.
Favorite Husky moment thus far: Playing in the NCAA tournament my sophomore year.
Favorite pro player: Tennis player: Rafael Nadal; Any pro athlete: Kaka
Current cell phone ringtone: Kenny Chesney - "never wanted nothing more"
Best piece of advice you've received during tennis career: Work hard.
If you could travel anywhere, where would you go: I really want to road trip through the US and end up in Florida.
What UW class has taught you the most? Thus far: Sociology of the family.
Favorite game to play at recess in elementary school: Dodge ball
Favorite non-Husky sports team to watch: AC Milan and Piet Zoomers/Dynamo (hometown volleyball team)
YEAR
SINGLES (dual/overall)
DOUBLES (dual/overall)
2006-07 1-3/1-5 2-2/2-3 2007-08 8-14/15-18 8-11/14-15 2008-09 17-7/24-13 15-11/20-15 2009-10 12-6/19-12 11-7/19-12 Career 38-30/59-48 36-31/55-45
Did not compete until late in the dual season due to eligibility issues, going 1-3 in dual play and 1-5 overall ... first two dual matches came at No. 1 singles vs. Top-20 players Susie Babos of Cal and Theresa Logar of Stanford, losing both ... first career singles win came in UW's 5-2 win over Washington State, where she defeated Amy Toth, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5, at No. 2 singles ... lost two three-set affairs at the Pac-10 Championships to Sabrinca Capannolo of Arizona State and Claire Ilcinkas of Cal ... teamed with Allison Rainey in doubles, going 2-3 for the year ... both doubles wins came at the No. 3 spot, swinging the doubles point to Washington in Pac-10 wins over Oregon and Washington State.
"Aleks has a lot to her game, and if she can just be mentally tough on the court, she could be playing in the top of our lineup. She's not far off. She's got a good all-around game, she just needs to believe in it."
