2022-23 Women's Tennis Roster
Lea Ma
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- IMG Academy
- Hometown:
- Dix Hills, N.Y.
CAREER BESTS
• ITA Singles Ranking: No. 18 (2020)
• ITA Doubles Ranking: N/A
• Single-Season Singles Wins: 18 (2020)
• Single-Season Dual Singles Wins: 15 (2021)
• Single-Season Doubles Wins: 20 (2021)
• Single-Season Dual Doubles Wins: 16 (2021)
• Career Singles Record: 51-19
• Career Dual Singles Record: 29-8
• Career Doubles Record: 35-10
• Career Doubles Dual Record: 19-5
JUNIOR SEASON (2021-22)
Concluded the season ranked No. 38 in ITA singles with a 16-8 overall record and went 6-2 in doubles overall… Went 10-4 at the No. 1 spot, including wins over No. 4 Irina Cantos Siemers and No. 12 Jaeda Daniel… Named First Team All-SEC… Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll... Recorded a team second-best eight wins versus ranked opponents… Won SEC Player of the Week… Concluded the fall season with a 10-4 singles mark... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and part of ITA All-Academic Team.
SOPHOMORE 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 17-5 including 15-3 at No. 2 in the lineup and final national ranking of No. 30... Went 20-4 in doubles including 16-4 at No. 3 with Meg Kowalski... Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll...Received a 5-8 seed for the NCAA Doubles Tournament with Jokic and fell in the first round... Clinched four matches for the Bulldogs including NCAA Round of 16 dual with Virginia, beating ninth-ranked Natasha Subhash in a third-set tiebreaker {2-6,6-3,7-6(4)}... Earned at-large bid to the NCAA Singles Tournament and reached the Round of 32... Named the 2021 SEC Newcomer of the Year...Named First Team All-SEC... Named to the SEC All-Tournament Team... Named SEC Newcomer of the Week for the week of Feb. 24... Opted out of the 2020 fall season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and part of ITA All-Academic Team.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2019-2020)
Had a singles record of 4-1 and a doubles record of 3-1 before the cancellation of the 2020 season… Had a singles ranking high of 18… Named to the SEC First Year Spring Academic Honor Roll… Named ITA Southeast Region Rookie of the Year… SEC Freshman of the Week for the week of Jan. 29… Finished fall season with a No. 19 ranking in singles… Finished fall season 14-5… Earned a spot at the Oracle ITA Fall Nationals.
BEFORE GEORGIA
Attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. and spent time training at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. and the Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC) in College Park, Md.,… Rated the No. 3 junior nationally by Tennis Recruiting Network in 2018 and 2019 along with being a “Blue Chip” recruit… Ranked as high as No. 19 combined in the 2018 International Tennis Federation Juniors and finished the year at No. 23… Competed at the 2019 Roland Garros Juniors including reaching the quarterfinals in the doubles… Two-time competitor in the U.S. Open Juniors and has played in the Wimbledon and Australian Open Juniors… Reached the Round of 16 at the 2019 U.S. Open Juniors and the 2018 Wimbledon Juniors including a win over then No. 1 ranked junior Clara Tauson of Denmark… A singles semifinalist and doubles finalist at the 2019 Adidas Easter Bowl event in Indian Wells (Calif.) and advanced to the singles quarterfinals at the 2019 USTA National Championships in San Diego… Represented the United States at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina… A singles finalist at the 2018 COPA Barranquilla Capital de Vida tournament in Colombia and singles quarterfinalist at the 2018 Orange Bowl Tournament… One of five American ladies chosen by the USTA to compete in three ITF events in Paraguay and Brazil in 2016 .
PERSONAL
Born Feb. 1, 2001… Daughter of Karen and Peter Ma… Major: Intended Sports Management… Right-handed.
