2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster
Anika Yarlagadda
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- West Bloomfield, Mich.
CAREER
Member of the 2024 ACC Championship team • Member of the 2023 NCAA National Championship team • Member of the 2020, ’21, ’22 and '23 ITA National Team Indoor Championship teams • Named the 2023 ITA Most Improved Senior Award • Member of the 2021 ACC Championship team • Owns a 110-31 career singles record and a 40-12 career doubles record • Finished her career with the twelfth-most singles victories in UNC history (110) • Exercise and sport science major with a concentration in sport administration • Granted an additional year of eligibility after the 2019-20 season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
GRADUATE SEASON (2023-24)
Member of the 2024 ACC Championship team • Named to the 2024 All-ACC Singles second team • Ended the 2024 season ranked No. 26 in singles • Ended the regular season ranked No. 29 in doubles with Elizabeth Scotty • 23-8 record in singles • 13-1 record in doubles • Earned a bid to the 2024 NCAA Singles Championship • Earned All-American honors in 2024 • All-ACC Academic Team selection • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2024.
SENIOR SEASON (2022-23)
• Named the ITA Most Improved Senior Award Winner in 2023 • Named the Carolina Region Most Improved Senior Award Winner in 2023 • Ended the 2023 season ranked No. 41 in singles • 18-1 singles record in dual matches; 9-0 vs. the ACC
JUNIOR SEASON (2021-22)
All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll selection • Ranked as high as No. 57 in singles and No. 48 in doubles with Fiona Crawley • Had a 29-8 overall singles record (22-4 in dual matches, 10-2 vs. the ACC) • Helped guide Carolina to the No. 1 seed at the NCAA Team Championship and reach the semifinals for the second year in a row • Posted a 5-0 singles record in NCAA Championships and won clinch point against Florida (Super Regionals) and Pepperdine (Quarterfinals) • Won the ITA Team Indoor Championship for the third time • Won the clinch point in the semifinals against NC State and finals against Oklahoma • Named to NTIC All-Tournament Team.
ITA Scholar-Athlete • ACC Academic Honor Roll selection • Finished the season ranked No. 107 in singles • Recorded a 13-1 overall singles record (11-1 in dual matches, 5-1 vs. the ACC) • Was 3-1 in doubles • Helped Carolina earn the program’s first No. 1 seed at the NCAA Team Championship and reach the semifinals • Won the ITA Team Indoor Championship for the second time • Won the ACC Championship for the first time • Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma honorary society.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2019-20)
ACC Academic Honor Roll selection • Had a 15-7 overall singles record • 9-6 in tournament play and 6-1 in dual matches (3-1 vs. the ACC) • Won the clinch point against No. 10 Michigan (Feb. 1) and No. 13 Vanderbilt (Feb. 2) • Defeated No. 90 Chloe Gullickson of Virginia at Kitty Harrison Invitational • Reached the finals of the Blue Draw at the Women’s Collegiate Invitational at Pepperdine University • Had a 13-4 overall doubles record • Was ranked as high as No. 41 nationally with Alle Sanford after the duo went 4-1 in the fall with a win over No. 47 Campana/Carter of Wake Forest • Also went 5-3 with Sophia Patel, 3-0 with Kacie Harvey and 1-0 with Anna Harmon.
TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON (2018-19)
Enrolled at Carolina for 2019 spring semester but did not compete during the season • ACC Academic Honor Roll selection.
JUNIOR/PREP
Considered a blue chip recruit by tennisrecruiting.net • Ranked in the top-10 of the 2019 recruiting class, No. 3 in the RPI • No. 2 player in the Great Lakes region and the No. 1 player in the state of Michigan • won the 2018 International Grass Court Championships in Haverford, Pa. • Reached the Winter Nationals semifinals and won both singles and doubles titles in a Grade 4 event in Burlington Canada • Ranked inside the top 10 in her class for three years, reaching a high of No. 7 in 2018 • Owned the No. 1 RPI in 2017 • Had a UTR rating of 11.60 when she signed with the Tar Heels in December 2018.
