2014-15 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Simona Parajova
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Gymnazium Okrvzna
- Hometown:
- Zvolen, Slovakia
2015 NCAA Singles Championship - 2nd Round
2015 ITA Texas Region Most Improved Senior Player of the Year
2015 All-Big 12 Singles Team
2014 Big 12 No. 2 Singles Champion
2014 All-Big 12 Singles Team
2014 Academic All-Big Second Team
2014 Big 12 Player of the Week (3/18)
2013 Big 12 No. 3 Singles Champion
2012 All-Mountain West Singles
2014-15 (SENIOR SEASON): Named to the All-Big 12 Singles Team for the second straight season after posting an overall record of 25-5, including a perfect 5-0 record in conference action ... earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Singles Championship bracket ... won 12 straight matches throughout the spring season and suffered only three losses ... posted a 16-2 record at the No. 2 position in dual matches ... finished the season ranked No. 49 in the final Oracle/ITA poll after climbing to as high as No. 38 ... opened the season ranked No. 88 in the national poll and was able to capture the consolation crown at the USTA/ITA Texas Regional Championship in the fall ... posted a 6-3 record against nationally ranked opponents ... in postseason action, Parajova recorded three victories with a win over Neda Koprcina of Texas in the Big 12 quarterfinals and an NCAA Singles Championship first round win over No. 55 Lauren Marker of Arizona ... paired with Aleksandra Zenovka, Sofiko Kadzhaya and Stefanie Tan in doubles action ... went 19-8 overall in doubles matches with a 14-8 mark in matches played with Kadzhaya ... went 2-0 with Zenovka and 3-0 with Tan ... Parajova and Kadzhaya strung together 14 straight wins from Feb. 16 to April 24 ... played mainly at the No. 3 position with Kadzhaya ... finished her career with 92 singles victories, which ranks No. 7 all-time in program history ... also named ITA Texas Region Most Improved Senior Player of the Year.
2013-14 (JUNIOR SEASON): No. 2 Big 12 Singles Champion with a conference record of 7-2 ... finished second on the team in overall wins with a 23-6 record ... went 18-2 all at No. 2 singles ... won 11 straight matches from January 18 to March 14 ... six of the 11 matches were won in straight sets ... only lost two matches in dual matches and then finished out the season with seven straight wins including two over ranked opponents ... earned a preseason ITA ranking of No. 103 and was ranked in three polls during the spring including No. 121 in the final poll ... brought down five ranked opponents, including one over No. 21 Natalie Beazant ... semi-finalist at the USTA/ITA Texas Region Singles Championship ... paired with Stefanie Tan, Monika Sirilova, Sofiko Kadzhaya and Mimi Fotopoulos in doubles action ... finished 14-12 overall and recorded nine wins in dual matches ... played mainly at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles positions ... posted seven wins at No. 2 doubles ... paired up with Fotopoulos to defeat Pippa Horn and Juliana Gajic 8-2 of No. 22 Texas in the second round of the Big 12 Championships.
2012-13 (SOPHOMORE SEASON): The 2013 Big 12 Champion at No. 3 singles, recording an in-conference record of 7-2 ... finished season second on the Frogs in wins with a 23-9 mark in singles ... spent almost a month in the ITA Singles Rankings with a peak of No. 95 in the last week of February ... made the semifinals of the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational during fall season ... defeated two ranked opponents in as many days with her victories over No. 124 Ale Granillo of Pepperdine and No. 51 Georgina Sellyn of Vanderbilt ... had a stretch of 10 singles win in 11 matches which included six victories over Big 12 opponents ... defeated North Texas' Barbora Vykydalova at No. 2 singles in straight sets in the first round of the NCAA Tennis Championships ... took No. 68 Cristina Stancu of Texas A&M to a third set before the match went unfinished ... in doubles, recorded a 6-6 record playing mostly at No. 3 ... TCU won the doubles point in all six matches Parajova's doubles duo won ... paired with Gabi Barbosa for five of her wins and Monika Sirilova for her other victory.
2011-12 (FRESHMAN SEASON): Tallied a strong start to her TCU career in singles and doubles ... Went 21-9 overall in singles, including a 13-6 mark in the spring ... Won the first four matches of her TCU career during the fall at the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational ... Also had a strong showing at the USTA/ITA Texas Regionals ... Grabbed three wins at that event, all in straight sets ... Opened the spring with straight-set wins over Syracuse's Alessondra Parra and Texas State's Melissa Hadad ... Won five in a row during the middle of the season, all in straight sets ... Won 6-4, 6-2 over Florida State's Mia Vriens ... Closed the year on a three-match winning streak ... Scored a 6-3, 6-4 win over Katie Gater of Rice ... Scored one of TCU's four points in the MW semifinal match with a 6-1, 6-3 triumph over Wyomin's Simona Synkova ... Her dramatic 6-0, 5-7, 6-4 win over San Diego State's Emma Cioffi clinched the Mountain West title for TCU ... Named Mountain West Player of the Week after the championships ... Also named to the All-Mountain West singles squad ... Went a remarkable 16-2 in doubles with partner Gaby Mastromarino... Duo won the first six matches it played together, including an 8-0 win over Abbi Melrose and Whitney Wofford of Oklahoma ... Won 12-straight matches before the NCAA Championships ... Went 6-0 against conference opponents with wins over Air Force, Boise State, San Diego State, UNLV, Wyoming, Colorado State and New Mexico ... Picked up two wins at the MW championships, including a key 8-6 triumph in the semifinals against Wyoming to clinch the doubles point.
High School/Amateur: Garnered career-high WTA rankings of 917 in singles and 756 in doubles ... Ranked as high as No. 175 in the ITF junior rankings ... Qualified for the finals of $10,000 event in Poland ... Competed in the ITF Federations Cup.
Personal: Born April 10, 1992 in Zvolen, Slovakia ... Parents names are Javoslav Paraj and Maria Parajova ... Attended Gymnazium Okrvzna, Zvolen ... Hobbies include shopping, eating, sports and music.
CAREER STATISTICS
SINGLES
|
Season |
Overall | Tourn. | Dual | Conf. | vs. Nat'l | #1 |
#2 |
#3 |
#4 |
#5 | #6 |
| 2011-12 | 21-9 | 8-3 | 13-6 | 3-2 | 0-4 | -- | 8-4 | 5-2 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2012-13 | 23-9 | 5-3 | 18-6 | 7-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 13-5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2013-14 | 23-6 | 5-4 | 18-2 | 7-2 | 5-3 | -- | 18-2 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014-15 | 25-5 | 9-3 | 16-2 | 5-0 | 6-3 | -- | 16-2 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 92-29 | 27-13 | 65-16 | 22-6 | 13-11 | 1-0 | 46-9 |
18-7 |
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DOUBLES
|
Season |
Overall | Tourn. | Dual | Conf. | vs. Nat'l | #1 |
#2 |
#3 |
| 2011-12 | 22-5 | 4-2 | 18-3 | 6-0 | -- | -- | 2-0 | 16-3 |
| 2012-13 | 6-6 | -- | 6-6 | 1-1 | -- | -- | 1-1 | 5-5 |
| 2013-14 | 14-12 | 5-3 | 9-9 | 2-4 | 0-2 | -- | 7-7 | 2-2 |
| 2014-15 | 19-8 | 4-1 | 15-7 | 8-0 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 1-5 | 11-2 |
| Career | 61-31 | 13-6 | 48-25 | 17-5 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 11-13 | 34-12 |
