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Emina Bektas
Emina Bektas

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Indianapolis, Ind.

High School:
New Braunfels


04/21/2013

Four in a Row: Wolverines Win Big Ten Tennis Title

Four in a Row: Wolverines Win Big Ten Women's Tennis Title

04/19/2013

Wolverines Drop Penn State, One Win from Big Ten Title

Women's Tennis Drops Penn State, One Win from Big Ten Title

04/17/2013

This Week in Michigan Women's Tennis: Penn State, Ohio State

This Week in Michigan Women's Tennis: Penn State, Ohio State

04/14/2013

Michigan Breezes Past Hawkeyes for 12th Win in Past 13

Women's Tennis Breezes Past Hawkeyes for 12th Win in Past 13

04/13/2013

U-M Utilizes Five Singles Wins to Beat No. 12 Nebraska

Women's Tennis Utilizes Five Singles Wins to Beat No. 12 Nebraska

05/11/2013

Women's Tennis NCAA Regional Champs

Michigan advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 with a 4-0 win over Notre Dame in the regional final.

04/19/2013

Women's Tennis Knocks Off PSU

U-M prevailed 5-2 in the home regular-season finale against Penn State.

03/30/2013

Women's Tennis Beats No. 17 Purdue

The Wolverines won all six singles matches to prevail, 6-1, over No. 17 Purdue.

01/26/2013

Women's Tennis Blanks Brown

The Wolverines shut out Brown in the ITA Kick-Off opener (Jan. 26, 2013).

Sophomore (2012-13) ... Earned second varsity letter ... All-Big Ten first team (unanimous) ... ITA Midwest Region Player to Watch ... Two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Week ... Singles ... Finished the season with a No. 33 singles ranking from the ITA ... 26-10 overall record ... 21-5 dual-match record, going 20-5 at No. 1 and 1-0 at No. 2 ... Earned a berth in the NCAA Singles Championship, falling in the first round ... Went 2-0 at the Big Ten Touranament (April 26-28) ... Clinched six of Michigan's wins on the season ... Went 10-1 in Big Ten play ... Doubles ... Ranked No. 4 with Brooke Bolender in the final ITA doubles rankings ... Received a No. 5-8 seed for the NCAA Doubles Championship, falling in the first round ... 29-9 overall record ... 22-5 dual-match record, going 21-4 at No. 1 with Brooke Bolender and 1-1 at No. 3 with Kristen Dodge ... With Bolender, went 8-3 at the No. 1 spot in Big Ten play.

Freshman (2011-12) ...Earned first varsity letter ... Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year ... All-Big Ten first team (unanimous selection) ... Big Ten Athlete of the Week (Feb. 14, Jan. 31, Jan. 17, Oct. 26) ... Earned All-America honors in singles ...Singles ... 32-10 overall record ... 21-5 dual-match record ... Ranked as high as No. 5 (Feb. 16) in the ITA poll ... Posted a 3-0 record at the Big Ten Tournament (April 27-29) ... Avenged a regular-season loss with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win against Indiana's No. 71 Leslie Hureau in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals ... Earned a 6-2, 6-2 decision against Nebraska's No. 43 Mary Weatherholt (April 13) ... Registered back-to-back wins over top-50 opponents, defeating North Carolina's No. 33 Zoe De Bruycker (3-6, 6-4, 6-4, March 18) and Notre Dame's No. 49 Shannon Mathews (6-1, 4-6, 6-4, March 21) ... Boasted an 11-match winning streak (Jan. 14-Feb. 22) ... Defeated Georgia's No. 2 Chelsey Gullickson (6-2, 7-5) at the ITA National Indoors (Feb. 10-12) ... Earned back-to-back over Vanderbilt's No. 23 Jackie Wu (6-1, 4-6, 6-4, Feb. 3) and Tennessee's No. 24 Natalie Pluskota (6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3, Feb. 5) ... Went 3-0 at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 14-16), including a 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 win over Washington's No. 10 Denise Dy ... Captured the USTA/ITA Midwest Regional singles title (Oct. 22-25) with a perfect 5-0 record ... Defeated three ranked opponents en route to the regional crown, including a 6-4, 6-2 decision over Northwestern's No. 58 Brittany Wowchuk in the final ... Went 1-1 in collegiate debut at the ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 4-6) ... Doubles ... 33-10 overall record ... 24-4 dual-match record ... Ranked as No. 7 in the March 27 in ITA poll ... Currently owns 11-match win streak ... Cruised past Illinois' No. 53 Marisa Lambropoulos/Melissa Kopinski, 8-0, at the Big Ten Tournament (April 28) ... Earned three straight wins over ranked teams, defeating Illinois' No. 48 Marisa Lambropoulos/Melissa Kopinski (8-6, April 7), Northwestern's No. 76 Linda Abu Mushrefova/Veronica Corning (8-6, April 8) and Nebraska's No. 44 Madeleine Geibert/Stefanie Weinstein (9-8 (8), April 13) ...Recorded an 8-4 win over Notre Dame's No. 1 Kristy Frilling/Shannon Mathews ... Earned an 8-5 decision against Georgia's No. 2 Gullickson/Gilchrist (Feb. 12) ... Defeated Yale's No. 16 Brook/Yu, 8-2, at the ITA Kickoff Weekend (Feb. 28-29) ... Paired with Bolender to advance to the semifinals at the USTA/ITA Midwest Regional (Oct. 21-24).

Prep... Graduated from New Braunfels High School (2011) ... Did not play high school tennis ... Trained at the John Newcombe Tennis Academy in New Braunfels, Texas ... ranked as high as No. 5 among high school seniors by tennisrecruiting.net.

National/International... Listed as the No. 2 singles player and No. 1 doubles player in the USTA Girls' 18 Midwest section rankings ... ranked No. 4 in the USTA Girls' 18 national rankings ... captured singles and doubles titles at the 2009 July USTA National Open in El Paso, Texas ... singles finalist and doubles champion at the 2009 May USTA National Open in El Paso ... two-time doubles champion at USTA National Open in Waco, Texas (2009, '10) ... two-time doubles champion at the USTA Spring National Championships (2009, '10) ... K-Swiss Junior Tennis Championships singles champion (2010) and runner-up (2008) ... twice singles champion at Midwest Closed Junior Championships (2008, '10) ... 2008 Midwest Closer Indoor Championships singles champion ... two-time singles finalist at 2008 USTA National Open events ... singles champion at the 2007 St. Louis Gateway Junior Championships ... won nine straight consolation matches to place fifth at the 2009 USTA National Clay Court Championships.

Personal... Emina Bektas was born March 30, 1993 ... daughter of Jasmin and Selma Bektas ... enrolled in the School of Kinesiology ... undeclared major.

Career Statistics

Singles Overall Dual Tourn. Big Ten* #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
2011-11 32-10 21-5 11-5 8-3 21-5 -- -- -- -- --
2012-13 26-10 21-5 5-5 10-1 20-5 1-0 -- -- -- --
Career 58-20
42-10 16-10
18-4 41-10 1-0 -- -- -- --
Doubles Overall Dual Tourn. Big Ten* #1 #2 #3
2011-12 33-10 24-4 9-6 10-1 24-4 -- --
2012-13 29-9 22-5 7-4 8-3 21-4 -- 1-1
Career 62-19 46-9 16-10 18-4 45-8 -- 1-1

* Big Ten Conference dual-match record (regular season)