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2020-2021: Finished 15-4 in dual matches … 14-4 at No. 1 and 1-0 at No. 2 … Went 14-7 in doubles matches … Named SBC Women’s Tennis Player of the Year … First-team all-Sun Belt in singles … Selected second-team all-Sun Belt with doubles partner Nikola Kohoutova … Earned ITA 2021 All-Academic team honors.

2019-20 (COVID-19 SEASON): Finished 9-6 overall, 5-4 in dual matches … 5-3 at No. 1, 0-1 at No. 2 … Earned ITA All-Academic honors and Individual ITA Achievement honors … Received First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference Singles … Advanced to finals at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic on Nov. 1. … Reached semifinals in No. 1 flight at the UWF Fall Fling on Oct. 11.
Went 8-5 in doubles overall, 4-3 in dual matches … Advanced to semifinals in doubles with partner, Nikola Kohoutova at the UWF Fall Fling on Oct. 11.

2018-19: 22-4 overall, 16-2 in dual matches… 1-0 at No. 1, 14-2 at No. 2, 1-0 at No. 3… Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year… First Team All-Sun Belt Conference… Ranked second in the conference in win percentage overall (.889) and at No. 2 (.875)… Tied for second on the team in dual wins and tied for first in victories overall… Went 7-0 in league play, and was one of three to go unbeaten in Sun Belt matches (min. 5 wins)… All but four wins in spring season came in straight sets, and went 3-1 in three-set matches… After splitting first two dual matches, posted 10 consecutive victories… Wrapped up win streak with back-to-back victories, dropping three games total vs. Jennifer Brown of Coastal Carolina and Pei Ju Hsieh of Troy… Won top singles flight at Samford Fall Round Robin, going 3-0 after dropping first set on two occasions… Advanced to final of Roberta Alison Fall Classic.
16-12 in doubles overall, 11-9 in dual matches… 3-2 at No. 1, 8-7 at No. 2… Posted 8-5 mark overall and 3-2 record at top flight with Milka Pasanen… Won first three matches at No. 1, including 6-2 win vs. Troy in quarterfinals of Sun Belt Tournament… Opened spring season with four straight victories with Yurie Takanishi… Claimed flight championship with Pasanen at Samford Fall Round Robin.

2017-18: 26-2 overall, 21-0 in dual matches… 2-0 at No. 2, 14-0 at No. 3, 4-0 at No. 4, 1-0 at No. 5… First Team all-Sun Belt Conference… Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year… Put together one of the greatest spring seasons in USA history, setting a school records for dual win percentage overall and at the No. 3 flight… Overall win percentage (.929) is fourth in school history and overall wins are tied for fifth… Her 14 victories on court 3 are tied for third at South Alabama, and 21 dual wins on the year are tied for ninth… Eighteen of 21 wins in the spring, including first 15, were in straight sets… Went 6-0 against Sun Belt competition, with five straight-sets wins… Moved up to No. 2 flight to defeat Jiayuan Xue of Troy 7-5, 6-4, and outlasted Rikeetha Pereira of Southern Miss 6-0, 2-6, 6-2… Won flight at Ragin’ Cajuns Invitational by rallying from first-set deficits in semifinal and final… Two losses in the fall came to opponents from Wisconsin and Southern California… Blanked Claudia Oravcova of Louisiana Tech 6-0, 6-0 on court 3.
18-8 in doubles overall, 12-6 in dual matches… 3-1 at No. 1, 9-4 at No. 2, 0-1 at No. 3… Went 10-4 overall and 6-3 in dual matches with Alina Zolotareva, and 6-2 at No. 2 with Alexandria Stiteler… Finished third in flight at Ragin’ Cajuns Invitational with Nikola Kohoutova… Paired with Zolotareva for 2-0 record at Samford Fall Invitational… Reached final of Roberta Alison Fall Classic with Zolotareva, defeating teams from DePaul and Southern California before falling to duo from Clemson.

High School: Graduate of Yachiyo High School… Won the All-Japan Junior Tennis Tournament.

Personal: Full name is Yu Fujioka… Born Sept. 10, 1998 in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan… Daughter of Shinji and Kimie Fujioka… Has two older sisters… Listening to music and watching movies are hobbies… Favorites – movie: “Beauty and the Beast”; athlete: Roger Federer; food: sushi; class: English.

Major: Accounting