2017-18 Women's Tennis Roster
Elena Christofi
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Costeas-Geitonas School
- Hometown:
- Athens, Greece
CAREER BESTS
• ITA Singles Ranking: No. 8 (2016-17)
• ITA Doubles Ranking: No. 6 with Morgan Coppoc (2018-19)
• Single-Season Singles Wins: 29 (2016-17)
• Single-Season Dual Singles Wins: 17 (2017)
• Single-Season Doubles Wins: 23 (2016-17 & 2017-18)
• Single-Season Dual Doubles Wins: 20 (2019)
• Career Singles Record: 91-34
• Career Dual Singles Record: 56-16
• Career Doubles Record: 107-47
• Career Doubles Dual Record: 61-22
GRADUATE SEASON (2020-21)
Helped Bulldogs win the SEC Regular Season and Tournament titles and advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships, posting a final record of 23-2 and final ITA national ranking of No. 4...Final singles record of 19-4 and went 23-5 in doubles...Posted a 21-4 doubles mark with Morgan Coppoc and duo ended year ranked No. 41 nationally...Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll...Clinched two matches this season, first came against No. 35 South Carolina and then No. 17 Auburn on Senior Day...Surpassed 100 career doubles wins after defeating Ellie Wright and Bronte Murgett of Missouri. Ranks top-10 in career doubles wins in program history...Best win of the season came against No. 15 Cameron Morra and Fiona Crawley of No. 1 North Carolina, 6-4 with Coppoc...Finished the 2020 fall season going 8-2 with four singles and four doubles wins… Graduated during the fall of 2020 with a degree in finance… Pursuing a masters in financial planning...Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and part of ITA All-Academic Team
SENIOR SEASON (2019-20)
Had a singles record of 5-1 and a doubles record of 3-3 before the cancellation of the 2020 season…Reached a singles ranking high of…Named a NCAA 2020 Woman of the Year Nominee…Earned ITA All-American status in doubles for the second time in her career (2017)…Was the Georgia recipient of the Boyd McWhorter Post-Graduate Scholarship…Named Marilyn Vincent Scholar Athlete given to the graduating female senior with the highest GPA…Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll…Oracle ITA Fall Nationals Consolation Champion…Finished fall season with a ranking of No. 7…Recipient of the Solms Family Scholarship donated by Bill and Peggy Solms…Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Representative
JUNIOR SEASON (2018-19)
Named Second Team All-SEC…Went 20-7 overall in singles and 22-11 overall in doubles…Finished the year ranked No. 57 in ITA doubles…Named SEC All-Tournament Team…Named ITA Indoor All-Tournament…Three match clinchers in singles, including the 4-3 win over Vanderbilt in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships…Recipient of the Ramsey Scholarship for Academic & Athletic Excellence…Received an ITA Preseason Doubles Ranking of No. 6 with Morgan Coppoc…Finished the fall season with a 4-3 singles record and a 2-6 doubles record…Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for the summer semester…Named to the Dean’s List on J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for the spring semester…Named to the Spring SEC of Academic Honor Roll…Student Athlete Advisory Committee Representative
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017-18)
Named to the All-SEC Second Team…Finished 12-12 in singles, and 23-9 in doubles overall…Earned a spot in the NCAA Doubles Championship with Morgan Coppoc…Concluded the season ranked No. 13 with Coppoc, going 21-9 overall including a 6-1 SEC mark…Christofi/Coppoc tallied 11 ranked wins including six within the top-25 and the highest coming against No. 5 Arianne Hartono/Alexas Bortles of Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament…Began season with an ITA preseason doubles ranking of No. 34 with Coppoc, and ranked 10th in singles…Compiled a 9-5 doubles record with Coppoc to conclude the fall season ranked sixth in ITA doubles…Went 10-5 in doubles overall and 6-6 in singles during fall play…Finished the fall and spring semesters with a 4.0 GPA, earning a spot on the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll…Named to the Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll…Recipient of the Leighton Ballew Women’s Tennis Scholarship Endowment
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016-17)
Posted a team-best 29-7 singles record including 17-3 in dual matches and 14-3 at No. 2 in the lineup, also went 23-12 in doubles…Earned ITA All-America honors in doubles… Reached the Elite Eight of NCAA Doubles Championships with Kennedy…Named All-SEC First Team & Co-Freshmen of the Year…Named ITA Southeast Regional Rookie of the Year…Posted a team-best 29-7 singles record including 17-3 in dual matches and 14-3 at No. 2 in the lineup, also went 23-12 in doubles…Fifth-highest ranked freshman in singles, ending the year at No. 24 plus No. 26 in doubles with Kennedy Shaffer…Led SEC in wins on No. 2 singles with nine…In doubles, Shaffer/Christofi’s seven SEC wins tied for the most wins on court No. 2…SEC Freshman of the Week twice in March the week of March 6 & 20…2016 ITA Southeast Regional Singles Title…Reached the 2016 ITA Southeast Regional Doubles Championship match with partner Kennedy Shaffer but fell in third-set tiebreaker…Earned a berth into the NCAA Singles Championships…Excellent student, named ITA Scholar-Athlete and posted a 4.0 GPA in the spring semester to make the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletic Honor Roll…Named to the Dean’s List of the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletic Honor Roll in the fall…The UGA Scholar Athlete for women’s tennis
JUNIORS/HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Costeas-Geitonas School…Earned ITA Junior life-best ranking of 61 and career-best WTA Doubles Ranking of 826 in the world…Competed in all four junior grand slams (the US Open, Wimbledon, French Open and Australian Open) including reaching the 2016 Wimbledon and 2016 French Open junior doubles quarterfinals…Went 3-0 while representing Greece on its Fed Cup Team in 2016, posting wins over Madagascar, Malta and Tunisia as the squad finished second in pool play of the Europe/Africa Zone Group III and fifth overall…Trained at Filothei (Greece) Tennis Club and completed studies at Costeas-Geitonas School in Pallini, Greece
PERSONAL
Born Aug. 9, 1998…Daughter of Antreas & Efi Christofi…Family: Has one sister, Iro, who coaches at a club in Greece and one brother, Giannis…Graduated with a degree in Finance and currently pursuing a masters in Financial Planning
