Upcoming Event: Women's Tennis at Kitty Harrison Invitational on September 12, 2025
Women's Tennis
at Kitty Harrison Invitational
2024-25 Women's Tennis Roster
Hovde, Liv
Liv Hovde
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Daniel Island, S.C.
Bio
Honors:
All-ACC Singles Third Team (2025) ... ACC Freshman of the Week (April 8, 2025) ... ACC Doubles Team of the Week (April 1, 2025) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2025).
2024-25:
All-ACC Singles Third Team selection ...All-ACC Academic Team ... signed with the team in December and played her first match in March for the Blue Devils ... ranked as high as No. 54 in singles and finished the year ranked No. 80 ... totaled a 6-7 overall singles and 17-1 doubles mark ... played No. 1 and No. 2 singles, while collecting three wins against ranked opponents ... registered her first top-20 win against Thea Rabman of North Carolina, 6-3, 6-4, to help Duke defeat fourth-ranked North Carolina, 4-2, on the road ... knocked off 25th-ranked Mao Mushika of California, 6-2, 6-4 ... totaled four ACC singles wins ... posted the match-clinching win against Florida State ... received ACC Freshman of the Week on April 8 ... teamed with Emma Jackson to earn ACC Doubles Team of the Week on April 1 ... Jackson and Hovde totaled an impressive 17-1 overall, 17-1 dual match and 10-1 ACC record together at No. 3 doubles ... they won their final 16 matches in a row and went 4-0 in the NCAA Tournament ... their 10 ACC wins ranked tied for second-most in a season in Duke history ... helped guide Duke to a 12-0 record in the ACC and the ACC regular season title.
Prior to Duke:
A former No. 1 recruit nationally, while featuring an Intercollegiate Tennis Federation (ITF) career-high ranking of No. 3 and a Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) career-high rankings of No. 245 in singles and No. 354 in doubles ... owns seven ITF titles ... the 2022 Wimbledon Girls’ Singles Champion with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Hungary’s Luca Udvardy ... claimed the ITF singles titles at the 2024 W35 Boca Raton, 2023 W25 Bethany Beach, 2022 W25 Fort Worth and 2022 W15 Lubbock events ... hosted doubles trophies at the 2024 W35 Loughborough, 2023 W25 Edmonton and the 2023 W25 Redding tournaments ... claimed the 2021 Easter Bowl 18s Championship.
Personal:
Born Liv Hovde ... daughter of Kai Hovde and Michelle Mitchell ... has one brother, Evan (16) ... her father, Kai, played college basketball at St. Olaf (1992-96) ... her mother, Michelle, played college basketball at the University of St. Thomas ... her cousin, Aleigha Arndt, is a redshirt sophomore on the James Madison women’s soccer team ... her cousin, Anessa Arndt, was a member of the Illinois women’s soccer team and graduated in 2025.
All-ACC Singles Third Team (2025) ... ACC Freshman of the Week (April 8, 2025) ... ACC Doubles Team of the Week (April 1, 2025) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2025).
2024-25:
All-ACC Singles Third Team selection ...All-ACC Academic Team ... signed with the team in December and played her first match in March for the Blue Devils ... ranked as high as No. 54 in singles and finished the year ranked No. 80 ... totaled a 6-7 overall singles and 17-1 doubles mark ... played No. 1 and No. 2 singles, while collecting three wins against ranked opponents ... registered her first top-20 win against Thea Rabman of North Carolina, 6-3, 6-4, to help Duke defeat fourth-ranked North Carolina, 4-2, on the road ... knocked off 25th-ranked Mao Mushika of California, 6-2, 6-4 ... totaled four ACC singles wins ... posted the match-clinching win against Florida State ... received ACC Freshman of the Week on April 8 ... teamed with Emma Jackson to earn ACC Doubles Team of the Week on April 1 ... Jackson and Hovde totaled an impressive 17-1 overall, 17-1 dual match and 10-1 ACC record together at No. 3 doubles ... they won their final 16 matches in a row and went 4-0 in the NCAA Tournament ... their 10 ACC wins ranked tied for second-most in a season in Duke history ... helped guide Duke to a 12-0 record in the ACC and the ACC regular season title.
Prior to Duke:
A former No. 1 recruit nationally, while featuring an Intercollegiate Tennis Federation (ITF) career-high ranking of No. 3 and a Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) career-high rankings of No. 245 in singles and No. 354 in doubles ... owns seven ITF titles ... the 2022 Wimbledon Girls’ Singles Champion with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Hungary’s Luca Udvardy ... claimed the ITF singles titles at the 2024 W35 Boca Raton, 2023 W25 Bethany Beach, 2022 W25 Fort Worth and 2022 W15 Lubbock events ... hosted doubles trophies at the 2024 W35 Loughborough, 2023 W25 Edmonton and the 2023 W25 Redding tournaments ... claimed the 2021 Easter Bowl 18s Championship.
Personal:
Born Liv Hovde ... daughter of Kai Hovde and Michelle Mitchell ... has one brother, Evan (16) ... her father, Kai, played college basketball at St. Olaf (1992-96) ... her mother, Michelle, played college basketball at the University of St. Thomas ... her cousin, Aleigha Arndt, is a redshirt sophomore on the James Madison women’s soccer team ... her cousin, Anessa Arndt, was a member of the Illinois women’s soccer team and graduated in 2025.
| SINGLES | DOUBLES | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Dual | Conference | Overall | Dual | Conference | Overall |
| 2024-25 | 6-7 | 4-5 | 6-7 | 17-1 | 10-1 | 17-1 |
Eleana Yu Post Match vs. Auburn
Saturday, May 10
Jame Ashworth Post Match vs. Auburn
Saturday, May 10
Ellie Coleman Post Match vs. FAU
Saturday, May 03
Jamie Ashworth Post Match vs. FAU
Saturday, May 03
