Evgeniya Levashova Season 2019-20

Height5-7

ClassJunior

HometownMoscow, Russia

Previous SchoolPepperdine University

JUNIOR (2020-2021)

Named to The American All-Conference Team, was part of a record four Knights named to the squad in a single season.
Went 12-6 in singles and 9-5 in doubles in her first full campaign as a Knight (shortened 2020 was her first season with UCF)
Named to the American Athletic Conference Championship's Most Outstanding Player.
Finished the season ranked No. 110 in the Oracle/ITA singles rankings, climbing as high as No. 85 during the season.
Saw time at the top four spots in singles, but primarily played at the No. 3 spot, going 7-3 there.
Saw time at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, primarily playing No. 3 where she went 6-2.
Paired with Nadja Bay Christians a majority of the time in doubles, going 7-5 with her. Went 2-0 with Nandini Sharma, both at the No. 3 spot in the lineup.
Went 2-1 in singles in the AAC tournament, including earning the clinching victory in the AAC title match to seal UCF's second consecutive conference title.
Went 2-0 in doubles in the AAC tournament, earning wins over Houston and Tulsa's second pairs.
Went 1-1 in singles in the NCAA Tournament, earning a victory over No. 23 Miami's Daevenia Achong in straight sets at the No. 3 spot in the lineup.
Went 0-2 in doubles in the NCAA Touranment.
Named to dean's list in spring 2021

JUNIOR (2019-2020)*

Went 10-1 in singles and 9-2 in doubles in her first season as a Knight
Collected eight wins at the No. 1 singles position and went 2-0 at the second lineup spot
Won the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week three times during the campaign, making her the first Knight to win the award more than twice in a season
Started her UCF career with six straight singles wins, beating No. 1s from Cornell, Utah, No. 9 FSU and UC Santa Barbara while beating No. 2s from No. 18 Texas A&M and Nebraska.
Finished the season on a four match winning streak, beating the No. 1s from No. 29 Old Dominion, Tulane, SMU and No. 22 Baylor
Won her first three doubles matches as a Knight. Had three separate three-match winning streaks.
Played all three doubles positions at some point, going 2-1 at doubles No. 1, 5-1 at the second spot, and 2-0 at the third doubles position
Did not play in the tournament season
Clinched two matches during the dual match season, tying the team high for the year
Climbed as high as No. 108 in the Oracle/ITA singles rankings
Climbed as high as No. 44 in the Oracle/ITA doubles rankings with partner Domenika Turkovic

SOPHOMORE (2018-2019, AT PEPPERDINE)

Climbed as high as No. 11 in the singles rankings during the 2018-19 season.
She was a part of the No. 1 doubles tandem in the nation to open up the 2019 spring campaign.
Posted a 16-4 mark in singles, going 3-1 during the dual match season, all at the No. 2 singles position. She went 9-4 against ranked opposition through the 2018-19 season.
Earned a doubles record of 12-3, including a 3-1 mark at the No. 1 doubles position during the spring. Went 4-1 against ranked opposition through the 2018-19 season.

FRESHMAN (2017-2018, AT PEPPERDINE)

Named WCC Freshman of the Year
All-WCC Singles First Team – 2018
All-WCC Doubles Second Team – 2018
WCC Singles Player of the Week – 4/10/18
Reached the NCAA Singles Championship round of 64
Finished the season ranked No. 64 in the ITA singles rankings and ranked as high as No. 48 throughout the season
Finished the season ranked No. 66 in the ITA doubles rankings alongside Dzina Milovanovic and ranked as high as No. 58 during the season
Compiled a 26-4 overall singles record with a 21-3 dual record
Played in positions 2-6 with an 8-1 output in the No. 3 position and a 9-1 record in the No. 4 position.
Her 21 dual wins in the 2018 season is tied-10^th in the Pepperdine women’s tennis record books for most single-season wins
In doubles, amassed a 14-11 overall record with a 13-6 dual record, playing mostly in the No. 2 position for an 11-5 record
Defeated No. 10-ranked Makenna Jones in singles and No. 20-ranked Alle Sanford and Sara Daavettila in doubles of No. 5 North Carolina in the ITA National Indoor Championships final on February 12.

PRIOR TO UCF:

Earned a career-high ITF ranking of #8 after marking a 78-35 career singles records in juniors action and a #1 ranking in her home country of Russia
Earned a career-high WTA ranking of #550
She posted a 64-29 doubles record throughout her juniors career
In singles competition in 2015, she took home the title at the IX ITF Junior Benicarlo tournament in Spain after five victories with four ending in two-set results. She also won the Cop Gatorade 2015 tournament in Venezuela with five straight-set victories
In doubles, she won the Abierto Juvenil Mexicano tournament in Mexico, the Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final in Spain, the IX ITF Junior Benicarlo tournament in Spain, the Mundial Juvenil de Tenis Barranquilla in Columbia and the Cop Gatorade 2015 tournament in Venezuela in 2015.

FUN FACTS

"I chose UCF because it seems like an amazing school with incredible student athletes on the team."

*Season shortened by COVID-19 outbreak

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