2018-19 Women's Tennis Roster
Marta Gonzalez
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- IES Europa
- Hometown:
- Madrid, Spain
CAREER BESTS
• ITA Singles Ranking: No. 10 (2018-19)
• ITA Doubles Ranking: N/A
• Single-Season Singles Wins: 24 (2018-19)
• Single-Season Dual Singles Wins: 9 (2017 & 2019)
• Single-Season Doubles Wins: 21 (2016-17)
• Single-Season Dual Doubles Wins: 14 (2017)
• Career Singles Record: 93-39
• Career Dual Singles Record: 32-23
• Career Doubles Record: 51-27
• Career Doubles Dual Record: 27-15
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 13-2 with a No. 78 ranking and 7-1 in doubles...Went 4-2 in dual matches including 1-0 at No. 4 and 3-2 at No. 5 in the lineup...Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll...Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and part of ITA All-Academic Team
SENIOR SEASON (2019-20)
Had a record of 5-3 in singles and a record of 1-3 in doubles before the cancellation of the 2020 season…Had a singles ranking high of 13…Was the Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award Recipient…Was named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll…Clinched match against No. 11 Virginia at the ITA National Indoor Tournament on Feb. 7…Finished the fall season ranked No. 46 in singles…Finished the fall season ranked No. 60 with Morgan Coppoc…Big 12 versus SEC Challenge Champion…Pepperdine Collegiate Invitational Semi-Finalist…Recipient of the Doyle E. Mote Women’s Tennis Scholarship donated by Lillian Jensen Mote
JUNIOR SEASON (2018-19)
Went 24-14 in singles on the season for a new career season-high mark in wins…Earned ITA All-America Singles honors…Named First Team All-SEC…Finished with ITA singles ranking of No. 24…Defeated USC’s No. 51 Salma Ewing in first round of NCAA singles, before falling to eventual semifinalist No. 20 Cameron Morra of UNC… Had the second-most ranked singles wins on the team with 13 …Clinched NCAA Super Regional win over No. 16 Michigan, defeating No. 80 Giulia Pairone …Went 15-11 in doubles on the season …Contained team-best 14-3 fall record in singles…Earned an At-Large Bid for the ITA National Fall Championships in Surprise, Arizona…Advanced to the singles semifinals of the ITA Southeast Regional Championships after notching her highest ranked win in her career in the quarterfinals against Florida State’s No. 11 Carla Touly, 6-3, 7-6(4)…At the Bulldog Classic, she went 2-0 in singles including her seventh ranked win…On the doubles side at the ITA Southeast Regionals, she along with Morgan Coppoc went 3-1 with a semifinals showing after playing just one match together prior… Started 2018 fall strong at the Big 5 Challenge by winning her singles flight, going undefeated 4-0 - all against ranked opponents…Earned J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for the spring…Received a ITA Preseason Singles Ranking of No. 76
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017-18)
Went 21-10 in singles with six ranked wins…A member of the dual single lineup to the Georgia team that went 18-7, and advanced to the program’s 32nd-consecutive NCAA Championships, eighth straight Sweet Sixteen, and finished a NCAA Quarterfinalist…Named to the All-SEC Second Team… Eight of her 10 singles losses were against ranked foes…Defeated two top-50 ranked opponents; #44 Emma Higuchi (Stanford) and #41 Maria Kononova (North Texas) …Ranked as high as No. 49 in ITA Singles, finished at No. 108 …Started the season No. 105 in ITA Preseason Singles Rankings and concluded the fall at No. 51…Tallied the second-best singles record of the fall with a 16-5 showing…Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for the spring semester…Earned Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition… Recipient of the Doyle E. Mote Women’s Tennis Scholarship Endowment
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016-17)
Helped team go 19-6 with a final ITA Ranking of No. 6, advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16, the ITA National Team Indoor semifinals and second in the SEC…Posted a 19-5 singles record including 8-3 at No. 5 in the lineup and 21-10 in doubles including 14-6 at No. 3 with Mariana Gould…Highest ranked win in doubles was over No. 38 Axon/Turner of Auburn…Went 1-1 against ranked opponents to advance to the Round of 16 in the ITA Southeast Regionals…Qualified for the main draw at the One Love Tennis Open in Atlanta in 2016…Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletic Honor Roll in the fall and spring
JUNIORS/HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked as high as No. 20 in Spain and owns career-best WTA ranking of 681 in singles and 915 in doubles…Won a $10K event at Palmas del Gran Canaria in 2015 with wins over WTA players ranked 347, 450 and 483…Competed for Spain’s National Team during junior career…Trained at Universidad Europea TeniSpain in Madrid and completed studies at IES Europa
PERSONAL
Born Sept. 16, 1998…Daughter of Begoña Encinas…Family: Has one brother, Enrique González…Major: Mechanical Engineering
