2020-21 Women's Tennis Roster
Jones, Makenna
Makenna Jones
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Greenville, S.C.
- High School:
- Travelers Rest
Bio
CAREER
2021 NCAA Doubles National Champion • Four-time ITA All-America selection; singles (2018, 2019), doubles (2019, 2021) • Tied for eighth at UNC with 115 career singles victories • Owns the 10th best winning percentage in school history at 76.7 percent with a 115-35 career record • Sixth at Carolina with 111 career doubles victories • One of four players in program history to compile 100 singles and doubles victories (Hayley Carter, Sara Anundsen and Jessie Aney are the others) • Member of three ITA National Team Indoor Championships in 2018, 2020 and 2021 • Member of four ACC Championship clubs (2017-19, ’21) • All-ACC first team selection in 2018 and 2019 • 2018 ACC Championship MVP • Represented the women’s tennis team as part of UNC’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council • Graduated in May 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in exercise and sport science with an emphasis on sport administration • Enrolled in the sport administration graduate program at Carolina.
SENIOR SEASON (2020-21)
2021 NCAA Doubles National Champion playing alongside Elizabeth Scotty • ITA All-America in doubles • Named on 2021 ITA Collegiate All-Star Team • Third team All-ACC • Finished the season ranked No. 39 in singles and No. 1 in doubles with Elizabeth Scotty • Recorded a 16-4 overall singles record (14-3 in dual matches, 9-0 vs. the ACC) • Was 18-2 in doubles (11-2 at No. 2, 6-1 vs. the ACC) with Elizabeth Scotty • Earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Singles Championship and was the No. 4 seed at 2021 NCAA Doubles Championship • Became just the second doubles team at UNC to win a national title • Defeated five ranked teams on the way to the crown, including a win over No. 19 Kylie Collins and Lulu Sun of Texas in the finals • Jones and Scotty went 10-0 against ranked teams • Won the ACC Championship for the fourth time • Won the ITA Team Indoor Championship for the third time.
SENIOR SEASON (2019-20)
Named to the ITA Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament Team • ACC Academic Honor Roll member • Named an Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete • Finished the season ranked No. 52 in singles and No. 8 in doubles with Cameron Morra and No. 15 with Alle Sanford • Owned a 14-4 overall singles record (11-1 in dual matches, 4-1 vs. ACC) • Was 12-1 in doubles with Alle Sanford and 9-3 playing alongside Cameron Morra • Won the ITA Team Indoor Championship for the second time.
JUNIOR SEASON (2018-19)
ITA All-America in singles and doubles • All-ACC First Team • All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll member • No. 5 seed at NCAA Singles Championship • Seeded 5-8 at NCAA Doubles Championship with Cameron Morra, the tandem lost to eventual national champion Andrews/Broomfield of UCLA in the quarterfinals • Finished the season ranked No. 5 in singles and No. 10 with Morra in doubles • Owned a 26-10 overall singles record • 18-6 (14-6 at No. 1) in dual matches, 7-3 vs. the ACC • 14-5 singles record vs. top-50 ranked players; 9-4 vs. top-25 and 2-2 vs. top-10 • Defeated No. 13 Gabriela Knutson (Syracuse) and No. 12 Maria Mateas (Duke) at ACC Championship • Also won matches against No. 26 Oleksandra Korashvili (Oklahoma) and No. 25 Katarina Stresnakova (Oklahoma State) at NCAA Team Championship • Had a 24-5 overall doubles record with Morra, including 14-3 in dual matches • Won the ACC Championship for the third-straight season.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017-18)
ITA All-America in singles • ITA Carolina Region Player to Watch • Honda Sports Award finalist • ACC Championship Most Valuable Player • All-ACC First Team • All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection • No. 2 seed in the NCAA Singles Championship • Finished the season ranked No. 4 in singles and was ranked as high as No. 51 in doubles with Chloe Ouellet-Pizer • 35-5 overall singles record gave her the fourth most wins by a Tar Heel sophomore in program history • 24-2 in dual matches • Joined former All-America Jamie Loeb (2014) as the only two Carolina players to notch a perfect 14-0 record against the ACC • Went 15-3 in doubles with Marika Akkerman • Ranked as high as No. 2 in singles on 5/3 • Won 18-straight singles matches from 3/2-5/23 that included a 12-0 record at No. 1 singles • Reached the second round of the NCAA Singles Championship • Won her flight to open season at both the Duke Bonk Invitational and Furman Fall Classic • Won the ACC Championship for the second year in a row • Won the ITA Team Indoor Championship for the first time.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016-17)
All-ACC Academic Team • Finished the season ranked No. 111 in singles • Posted a 24-12 overall singles record • 19-5 record in dual matches and 11-2 against the ACC • Had an 11-3 record at No. 5 singles • 11-8 overall doubles record • Recorded a 9-2 mark with Sara Daavettila • Defeated three ranked singles players, including No. 19 Astra Sharma (Vanderbilt) • Had a 10-match singles winning streak and went 17-4 in final 21 decisions of the season • Won the ACC Championship for the first time.
JUNIOR/PREP
Considered a blue chip recruit by tennisrecruiting.net • Ranked as high as No. 4 in her class in 2016 • Named 2015 Southern Region Player of the Year • Earned the South Carolina Wilton McKinney Award • Reached the semifinals of the Shape Magazine Invitational in 2016, a wild card tournament to gain entry into the WTA Tour’s Volvo Car Open • Led Travelers Rest High School to a team state title in 2013 • Won state singles titles in both 2013 and ’14 • Daughter of Kelly and Tami Jones • Father, Kelly, is the head coach of the men’s tennis program at Furman University, and reached a No. 1 doubles rankings on the ATP Tour in October 1992, while her mother, Tami Whitlinger-Jones, was a top-50 singles player and a two-time All-America at Stanford.
2021 NCAA Doubles National Champion • Four-time ITA All-America selection; singles (2018, 2019), doubles (2019, 2021) • Tied for eighth at UNC with 115 career singles victories • Owns the 10th best winning percentage in school history at 76.7 percent with a 115-35 career record • Sixth at Carolina with 111 career doubles victories • One of four players in program history to compile 100 singles and doubles victories (Hayley Carter, Sara Anundsen and Jessie Aney are the others) • Member of three ITA National Team Indoor Championships in 2018, 2020 and 2021 • Member of four ACC Championship clubs (2017-19, ’21) • All-ACC first team selection in 2018 and 2019 • 2018 ACC Championship MVP • Represented the women’s tennis team as part of UNC’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council • Graduated in May 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in exercise and sport science with an emphasis on sport administration • Enrolled in the sport administration graduate program at Carolina.
SENIOR SEASON (2020-21)
2021 NCAA Doubles National Champion playing alongside Elizabeth Scotty • ITA All-America in doubles • Named on 2021 ITA Collegiate All-Star Team • Third team All-ACC • Finished the season ranked No. 39 in singles and No. 1 in doubles with Elizabeth Scotty • Recorded a 16-4 overall singles record (14-3 in dual matches, 9-0 vs. the ACC) • Was 18-2 in doubles (11-2 at No. 2, 6-1 vs. the ACC) with Elizabeth Scotty • Earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Singles Championship and was the No. 4 seed at 2021 NCAA Doubles Championship • Became just the second doubles team at UNC to win a national title • Defeated five ranked teams on the way to the crown, including a win over No. 19 Kylie Collins and Lulu Sun of Texas in the finals • Jones and Scotty went 10-0 against ranked teams • Won the ACC Championship for the fourth time • Won the ITA Team Indoor Championship for the third time.
SENIOR SEASON (2019-20)
Named to the ITA Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament Team • ACC Academic Honor Roll member • Named an Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete • Finished the season ranked No. 52 in singles and No. 8 in doubles with Cameron Morra and No. 15 with Alle Sanford • Owned a 14-4 overall singles record (11-1 in dual matches, 4-1 vs. ACC) • Was 12-1 in doubles with Alle Sanford and 9-3 playing alongside Cameron Morra • Won the ITA Team Indoor Championship for the second time.
JUNIOR SEASON (2018-19)
ITA All-America in singles and doubles • All-ACC First Team • All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll member • No. 5 seed at NCAA Singles Championship • Seeded 5-8 at NCAA Doubles Championship with Cameron Morra, the tandem lost to eventual national champion Andrews/Broomfield of UCLA in the quarterfinals • Finished the season ranked No. 5 in singles and No. 10 with Morra in doubles • Owned a 26-10 overall singles record • 18-6 (14-6 at No. 1) in dual matches, 7-3 vs. the ACC • 14-5 singles record vs. top-50 ranked players; 9-4 vs. top-25 and 2-2 vs. top-10 • Defeated No. 13 Gabriela Knutson (Syracuse) and No. 12 Maria Mateas (Duke) at ACC Championship • Also won matches against No. 26 Oleksandra Korashvili (Oklahoma) and No. 25 Katarina Stresnakova (Oklahoma State) at NCAA Team Championship • Had a 24-5 overall doubles record with Morra, including 14-3 in dual matches • Won the ACC Championship for the third-straight season.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017-18)
ITA All-America in singles • ITA Carolina Region Player to Watch • Honda Sports Award finalist • ACC Championship Most Valuable Player • All-ACC First Team • All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection • No. 2 seed in the NCAA Singles Championship • Finished the season ranked No. 4 in singles and was ranked as high as No. 51 in doubles with Chloe Ouellet-Pizer • 35-5 overall singles record gave her the fourth most wins by a Tar Heel sophomore in program history • 24-2 in dual matches • Joined former All-America Jamie Loeb (2014) as the only two Carolina players to notch a perfect 14-0 record against the ACC • Went 15-3 in doubles with Marika Akkerman • Ranked as high as No. 2 in singles on 5/3 • Won 18-straight singles matches from 3/2-5/23 that included a 12-0 record at No. 1 singles • Reached the second round of the NCAA Singles Championship • Won her flight to open season at both the Duke Bonk Invitational and Furman Fall Classic • Won the ACC Championship for the second year in a row • Won the ITA Team Indoor Championship for the first time.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016-17)
All-ACC Academic Team • Finished the season ranked No. 111 in singles • Posted a 24-12 overall singles record • 19-5 record in dual matches and 11-2 against the ACC • Had an 11-3 record at No. 5 singles • 11-8 overall doubles record • Recorded a 9-2 mark with Sara Daavettila • Defeated three ranked singles players, including No. 19 Astra Sharma (Vanderbilt) • Had a 10-match singles winning streak and went 17-4 in final 21 decisions of the season • Won the ACC Championship for the first time.
JUNIOR/PREP
Considered a blue chip recruit by tennisrecruiting.net • Ranked as high as No. 4 in her class in 2016 • Named 2015 Southern Region Player of the Year • Earned the South Carolina Wilton McKinney Award • Reached the semifinals of the Shape Magazine Invitational in 2016, a wild card tournament to gain entry into the WTA Tour’s Volvo Car Open • Led Travelers Rest High School to a team state title in 2013 • Won state singles titles in both 2013 and ’14 • Daughter of Kelly and Tami Jones • Father, Kelly, is the head coach of the men’s tennis program at Furman University, and reached a No. 1 doubles rankings on the ATP Tour in October 1992, while her mother, Tami Whitlinger-Jones, was a top-50 singles player and a two-time All-America at Stanford.
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