Upcoming Event: Women's Tennis at Kitty Harrison Invitational on September 12, 2025
Women's Tennis
at Kitty Harrison Invitational
2021-22 Women's Tennis Roster
Chen, Kelly
Kelly Chen
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cerritos, Calif.
Bio
Honors: ITA All-America (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) ... NCAA Singles Championship Qualifier (2018, 2019, 2021) ... Second Team All-ACC (2018, 2019, 2021) ... ACC Freshman of the Year (2018) ... ITA Carolina Region Freshman of the Year (2018) ... ITA Scholar Athlete (2021) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2021)
2021-22: 2022 USTA All-SoCal College Team … Tabbed All-ACC Second Team for the fourth time … Became just the 16th player in program lore to collect four separate All-ACC honors … NCAA All-Tournament Team (No. 4 Singles) … Ranked as high as No. 25 in the ITA singles ranking … Spent most of the season playing in flight four singles … Tied for second on the squad with 25 wins (Sept. 17-Oct. 24) … Notched an overall record of 25-12 and 15-5 in dual matches … 9-4 in ACC play … Registered a team best six match-clinching points, including ones in the season finale against No. 1 UNC (April 15), the ACC semifinal match vs. Miami (April 23) and NC State (May 20) in the NCAA Quarterfinal … Closed the season winning final six matches … Went 5-5 against nationally ranked opponents … Posted a 12-4 mark in doubles action, going 4-2 in dual matches … Concluded Duke career ranked sixth all-time on the singles list (134-48) and fifth all-time in total victories (singles and doubles) with a 222-93 record … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Honor Roll.
2020-21: Became just the third Blue Devil in program history to become a four-time ITA All-American ... Reached the round of 16 in the NCAA Singles Championship ... Named Second Team All-ACC for the third time ... Went 13-13 in singles, with a 9-11 mark in dual matches and 6-7 in the ACC ... Primarily played No. 1 singles, facing 17 ranked opponents ... Earned two victories against top-10 opponents, defeating No. 5 Jada Hart (UCLA), 2-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5 and No. 8 McCartney Kessler (Florida), 6-4, 6-4 in back-to-back matches at the NCAA Singles Championship ... Delivered the clinching win against No. 8 Baylor in the NCAA Tournament, defeating No. 67 Mel Krywoj 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 ... Reached a high ranking of No. 8 in the nation ... Went 17-5 in dual matches in doubles, including 8-2 in the ACC ... Played primarily with Georgia Drummy at No. 3 doubles, reaching a high of No. 35 in the nation ... Won nine straight matches from Jan. 23 to Mar. 14 ... With Ema Lazic, defeated the No. 41 team in the country (Vivian Glozman/Amber O'Dell, Virginia), 6-3 ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20: Collected ITA All-America honors … Played to a 21-6 overall ledger in singles before the season was cut short due to COVID-19 … Went 7-1 in dual matches and 3-0 in conference play … Spent time mainly on court one (6-1) and court two (1-0) in the spring … Posted an 8-5 record versus nationally-ranked foes … Started the fall season ranked No. 5 by the ITA … Took down 2019 NCAA Singles Tournament runner-up Katarina Jokic of Georgia in Duke’s quarterfinal win in the ITA Indoor National Championships … Was on her way to taking down the No. 1 player in the country (Pepperdine’s Ashley Lahey) 3-6, 6-3, 5-3 before Duke clinched the match at the ITA Indoor National Championships … Went 14-8 overall in doubles and 8-4 in dual matches and 3-0 in the ACC … Teamed up with Chloe Beck to form a successful doubles pairing … Competed in the fall during the ITA Fall Nationals, ITA Regional Championships and ITA All-American.
2018-19: Named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-America selection for the second straight year … Tabbed Second Team All-ACC … Compiled an impressive 35-9 overall record as a sophomore … Went 10-2 for the Blue Devils in ACC competition … Accumulated an 18-5 overall leger against nationally-ranked opponents … Started the year ranked No. 12 by the ITA … Cruised to a 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-1 victory over No. 14 Sara Daavettila (North Carolina) in the finals of the ACC Championship … Had an incredible run in the NCAA Singles Championship … Defeated three higher ranked foes during the individual championships (No. 10 Anna Rogers – NCSU, No. 6 Fernanda Contreras – Vanderbilt, No. 20 Sara Daavettila – North Carolina) … Fell to No. 2 Katarina Jokic of Georgia in the semifinals … Won 12 consecutive matches dating back to April 10th … Split time between courts 2 and 3 … Teamed up with Ellyse Hamlin to form a successful doubles pair … Went 18-14 overall in doubles and 9-1 in conference play … Reached the highest ranking of No. 47 with Hamlin … Defeated fourth-ranked Lauryn John-Baptist/Ilze Hattingh of Arizona State (6-3) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
2017-18: Named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-America selection … Became the 12th Blue Devil to be named ACC Freshman of the Year following a perfect 14-0 showing in ACC competition and a 40-8 overall ledger … Collected ITA Carolina Region Freshman of the Year honor … Selected Second Team All-ACC as a rookie … Became the first Blue Devil to reach the round of 16 in the NCAA Singles Tournament since 2014 … Capped her first year at Duke ranked No. 28 by the ITA in singles play and reached the highest ranking of No. 22 … Defeated three conference wins over nationally ranked opponents … Bested Georgia Tech’s No. 64 Kenya Jones (6-3, 6-4), North Carolina’s No. 82 Jessie Aney (6-0, 6-3) and No. 2 Makenna Jones of North Carolina (6-3, 6-4) … Amassed 10 singles victories over ranked foes through the fall and spring … Teamed up with Sam Harris to form a successful doubles partnership to win 11 matches during the spring slate … Held the top spot in the country four weeks in a row … Reached the quarterfinals of the Riviera ITA All-American Championships with two upsets, besting Oklahoma State’s No. 15 duo of Vladica Babic/Sofia Blanco and South Carolina’s No. 7 tandem of Hadley Berg/Paige Cline … The duo advanced to the ITA Fall National Championship main draw semifinal by defeating Georgia’s 34th-ranked opponent of Elena Christofi/Morgan Coppoc.
Prior to Duke: Reached the finals of the 2017 Girls 18s Hard Courts…Played in the 2017 US Open Singles Qualifying and the US Open Juniors Singles…Reached the singles finals of Pan American ITF in 2015…Played at the 2015 US Open Juniors Singles…Reach the singles quarterfinals of the 2015 International Spring Championships and the 2015 International Hard Courts ITF…Played in the 2014 US Open Juniors singles and doubles…Won the 2014 Girls 18s Singles Winter Nationals…Reached the semifinals in doubles of the 2014 Eddie Herr ITF and the doubles quarterfinals of the 2014 Pan American ITF…Went all the way through qualifying to win the 2014 singles 10K ITF Challenger in Austin, TX…Finished in sixth place in singles at the 2014 Girls 18s Clay Court Championships…Won the 2014 US Open Southern California Prequalifying and reached the quarterfinals of the US Open Wildcard event…Reached the semifinals in both singles and doubles of the 2014 International Spring Championships…Played into the semifinals of the 2014 Indian Wells Prequalifying…Reached the singles quarterfinals of the 2014 G1 ITF Coffee Bowl in Costa Rica…Won the 2013 G4 ITF Singles Tournament…Placed third in the 2013 Girls 18s Winter Nationals…Won the 2013 ITF G5 Singles and Doubles in Edmonton, Canada…Reached the finals in both singles and doubles of the 2013 G4 ITF tournament…Finished in second place in Girls 14s doubles at Easter Bowl in 2013…Won the 2012 Girls 14s singles and was the third place finisher at Winter Nationals.
Personal: Born Kelly Sue Chen on May 9, 1999…Daughter of Marden and Elaine Chen…Has two older sisters, Tiffany and Beverly.
| Singles | Doubles | |||||
| Year | Dual | Conference | Overall | Dual | Conference | Overall |
| 2017-18 | 25-1 | 14-0 | 40-8 | 15-7 | 8-1 | 26-11 |
| 2018-19 | 22-4 | 10-2 | 35-9 | 15-13 | 4-8 | 18-14 |
| 2019-20 | 7-1 | 3-0 | 21-6 | 8-4 | 3-0 | 14-8 |
| 2020-21 | 9-11 | 6-7 | 13-13 | 17-5 | 8-2 | 18-8 |
| Career | 63-17 | 33-9 | 109-36 | 55-29 | 23-11 | 76-41 |
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
