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2024-25 Women's Tennis Roster
Eleana Yu
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Mason, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Stanford
Bio
Honors:
NCAA Singles Qualifier (2024 Fall) ... ITA Scholar-Athlete (2024, 2025) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2025).
Career: Â
In two seasons of collegiate tennis, has totaled a 32-11 singles and 19-9 doubles mark ... has totaled five match-clinching wins.
2024-25 (at Duke): Â
ITA Scholar-Athlete and All-ACC Academic Team honoree ... turned in a solid first season with the Blue Devils ... tallied a 19-9 singles and 13-7 doubles record ... reached as high a No. 23 in singles national ranking, while earning a preseason ledger of No. 58 in doubles along with Emma Jackson ... finished the season ranked No. 71 in singles ... went 12-6 in dual match singles and posted a 5-3 ACC ledger ... advanced to the NCAA Singles Championship, before dropping a 6-7 (6-8), 4-6 decision to 10th-ranked Sarah Hamner of South Carolina ... reached the semifinals of the ITA Regional main draw to earn a spot in the NCAA Singles Championship ... at ITA Regionals, went 5-0 in singles with a win over 26th-ranked Carson Tanguilig of North Carolina ... totaled four ranked wins on the season ... teamed with Shavit Kimchi in doubles to collect a 5-1 record, including 3-0 mark in the NCAA Tournament ... defeated two ranked opponents at No. 2 doubles versus Auburn and Georgia ... went 2-1 teaming with Jackson at No. 3 doubles in dual match play ... posted five match-clinching singles wins against Boston College, 40th-ranked Yale, 37th-ranked Wake Forest, 25th-ranked Stanford and ninth-ranked Auburn ... helped guide Duke to a 12-0 record in the ACC and the regular season title.
Summer of 2024: Â
Won the ITA Summer Masters Series at Wake Forest in July with five singles victories ... closed the summer by claiming the ITA National Summer Championship singles title in Memphis, while also teaming with Emma Jackson to win the doubles crown. Â
2023-24 (at Stanford): Â
ITA Scholar-Athlete selection ... collected a 13-2 overall singles mark, including a 6-0 record in dual match action ... played at the No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 slots this past spring for the Cardinal ... in the preseason ITA rankings, was tabbed No. 4 in the newcomer singles list ... notched a 6-2 record in doubles action as a rookie.
Prior to Duke: Â
Owns an impressive resume that includes being a four-time United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Champion ... winner of the 2022 Girls 18s Billie Jean King National Championship along with a semifinalist in 2023 ... won national titles at U-14 (twice, hard court and Easter Bowl) and U-12 levels ... at age 17, Yu competed in the 2022 U.S. Open main draw and was the No. 1 ranked recruit every single year beginning in sixth grade, according to Tennis Recruiting ... owns a Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) career-high singles ranking of 646 and a doubles ledger of 935 ... a U.S. Open Junior doubles quarterfinalist in 2022 and competed in singles in 2021 and 2022 ... at 14 years old, made W15K Quarterfinals ... quarterfinalist of the Winter Nationals 16U at 13 years old.
Personal: Â
Born Eleana Yu ... daughter of Chao Yu and Wei Lu ... has one brother, Kevin ... her brother, Kevin, played tennis at Cal Tech from 2017-21 and won Male Athlete of the Year in 2019-20 ... collected a 4.55 grade-point average in high school ... majoring in economics.
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NCAA Singles Qualifier (2024 Fall) ... ITA Scholar-Athlete (2024, 2025) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2025).
Career: Â
In two seasons of collegiate tennis, has totaled a 32-11 singles and 19-9 doubles mark ... has totaled five match-clinching wins.
2024-25 (at Duke): Â
ITA Scholar-Athlete and All-ACC Academic Team honoree ... turned in a solid first season with the Blue Devils ... tallied a 19-9 singles and 13-7 doubles record ... reached as high a No. 23 in singles national ranking, while earning a preseason ledger of No. 58 in doubles along with Emma Jackson ... finished the season ranked No. 71 in singles ... went 12-6 in dual match singles and posted a 5-3 ACC ledger ... advanced to the NCAA Singles Championship, before dropping a 6-7 (6-8), 4-6 decision to 10th-ranked Sarah Hamner of South Carolina ... reached the semifinals of the ITA Regional main draw to earn a spot in the NCAA Singles Championship ... at ITA Regionals, went 5-0 in singles with a win over 26th-ranked Carson Tanguilig of North Carolina ... totaled four ranked wins on the season ... teamed with Shavit Kimchi in doubles to collect a 5-1 record, including 3-0 mark in the NCAA Tournament ... defeated two ranked opponents at No. 2 doubles versus Auburn and Georgia ... went 2-1 teaming with Jackson at No. 3 doubles in dual match play ... posted five match-clinching singles wins against Boston College, 40th-ranked Yale, 37th-ranked Wake Forest, 25th-ranked Stanford and ninth-ranked Auburn ... helped guide Duke to a 12-0 record in the ACC and the regular season title.
Summer of 2024: Â
Won the ITA Summer Masters Series at Wake Forest in July with five singles victories ... closed the summer by claiming the ITA National Summer Championship singles title in Memphis, while also teaming with Emma Jackson to win the doubles crown. Â
2023-24 (at Stanford): Â
ITA Scholar-Athlete selection ... collected a 13-2 overall singles mark, including a 6-0 record in dual match action ... played at the No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 slots this past spring for the Cardinal ... in the preseason ITA rankings, was tabbed No. 4 in the newcomer singles list ... notched a 6-2 record in doubles action as a rookie.
Prior to Duke: Â
Owns an impressive resume that includes being a four-time United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Champion ... winner of the 2022 Girls 18s Billie Jean King National Championship along with a semifinalist in 2023 ... won national titles at U-14 (twice, hard court and Easter Bowl) and U-12 levels ... at age 17, Yu competed in the 2022 U.S. Open main draw and was the No. 1 ranked recruit every single year beginning in sixth grade, according to Tennis Recruiting ... owns a Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) career-high singles ranking of 646 and a doubles ledger of 935 ... a U.S. Open Junior doubles quarterfinalist in 2022 and competed in singles in 2021 and 2022 ... at 14 years old, made W15K Quarterfinals ... quarterfinalist of the Winter Nationals 16U at 13 years old.
Personal: Â
Born Eleana Yu ... daughter of Chao Yu and Wei Lu ... has one brother, Kevin ... her brother, Kevin, played tennis at Cal Tech from 2017-21 and won Male Athlete of the Year in 2019-20 ... collected a 4.55 grade-point average in high school ... majoring in economics.
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| SINGLES | DOUBLES | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Dual | Conference | Overall | Dual | Conference | Overall |
| 2023-24 (at Stanford) | 6-0 | 2-2 | 13-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| 2024-25 (at Duke) | 12-6 | 5-3 | 19-9 | 7-4 | 2-1 | 13-7 |
| Totals | 18-6 | 7-5 | 32-11 | 7-4 | 2-1 | 19-9 |
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