Caitlyn Williams

Height:
5-8
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Knoxville, Tenn.
High School:
Alpha Omega Academy

RECORD & HONORS

Career Singles Record: 29-25
Career Doubles Record: 57-35
Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 9 (2/28/2012 with Natalie Pluskota)

AWARDS
2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2013 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2012 SEC Freshman of the Week (3/7)
SINGLES TITLES
2011 Furman Fall Classic (Flight Four) DOUBLES TITLES
2014 Tennessee Fall Invite
2013 Tennessee Fall Invite
2011 Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic

2014-15 - SENIOR

Singles Record: 4-4
Doubles Record: 17-5
FALL SEASON

Opened her fall season ranked in doubles at No. 16 with Joanna Henderson by the ITA. She and Henderson went 5-1 together in the fall. They also won the Tennessee Fall Invite doubles title for the second year in a row together.
She advanced to the semifinals of the Ohio Valley Regional Championships with Henderson in doubles before losing 6-3, 6-0 to the No. 17 ranked doubles team of Sydney Colton and Courtney Campbell from Vanderbilt
Bounced back from her only lost in the fall with a 8-2 win over Gabriella De Santis and Sandy Niehaus of Ohio State who were ranked No. 32 in the country

SPRING SEASON

Played every match in the No. 1 spot for doubles with fellow senior Joanna Henderson, going 10-2.

Went on a six-match winning streak from February 1-March 27 in doubles.

Helped Tennessee secure its first conference win of the season over Missouri by winning in doubles over the duo of Clark/Lashway and a 7-5, 6-1 win over Beatriz Machado Santos, clinching the match for the Lady Vols.

Beat the duo of Berg/Dailey from South Carolina 8-6 during the final weekend of the regular season.

Earned bid to the NCAA Doubles Championships.

Fell in round of 32 to Stanford's 10th-ranked Doyle/Tsay 6-0, 6-7 (5), 6-2.

2013-14 - JUNIOR

Singles

Captured match point in team's victory over LSU (April 4), defeating Noel Scott 7-6 (5), 6-2

Defeated #55 Kelsey Dieters of Kentucky 7-6(4), 7-5 (Oct. 27)

Doubles

Finished the season ranked No. 45 in the country alongside Joanna Henderson
Went 7-1 during the Fall with doubles partner Joanna Henderson
Won back-to-back doubles matches with Joanna Henderson, beating LSU 8-2 (April 4) and Arkansas 8-1 (April 6)
Won against Kentucky 8-3, NC State 8-1 and Ohio State 8-6 during the Tennessee Fall Invite (Oct. 27) en route to doubles tournament champion honors

Competed in the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional going 1-1 with Henderson beating Fox/Lewis of Kentucky (Oct. 19)
Had a clean sweep at the Furman Fall Classic along side Henderson beating teams from Furman, Florida State and Clemson (Sept. 27)

2012-13 - SOPHOMORE

Singles

Took down Antonia Foehse (Alabama) 6-1, 6-4 (4/19)
Cruised to a win over Naomi Tran (Miss. St.) 6-0, 6-1 (4/18)
Dropped No. 102 Maya Jansen (Alabama) 6-1, 6-4 (4/12)
Defeated Brittany Harrell of Prairie View A&M 6-1, 6-3 (3/29)
Dropped UK's E. Morin-Kougoucheff 6-2, 6-3 (3/22)
Managed a strong win over Gabby Steele (OSU) 6-3, 7-5 (2/17)

Defeated Indiana's Alecia Kauss 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), (2/15)
Won 6-2, 7-5 over Utah's Lucia Kovarcikova at the UVA Winter Invitational (1/19)
Defeated NC State's Nicole Martinez 6-4, 6-4 in the Tennessee Fall Classic (10/26)
Won her first singles match of the Fall season at the Furman Fall Classic against FSU's Francesca Segarelli (9/21)

Doubles

Out-matched Emily Zabor/Natalia Maynetto (Alabama) 6-5 (4/19)
Partnered with Jesse Grace, defeated Petra Ferancova/Sarai Flores (Miss. St.) 8-0 (4/18)
Went on a three match win streak with partner Joanna Henderson in the month of March
Dropped a hard fought match against Indiana's Carolyn Chupa/Katie Klyczek #2 doubles team 8-5 (2/15)
No. 2 doubles with Joanna Henderson d. Sarah Lee/Mimi Nguyen of Michigan, 8-3 (2/1)
Competed in the ITA Kickoff with partner Joanna Henderson (1/27)

Went 2-1 during the UVA Winter Invitational with partner Joanna Henderson defeating Najera-Salas/Smith of Utah and Wowchuk/Niu of Northwestern (1/21)
Defeated opponents from South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio State and Memphis
Went 5-3 throughout the Fall in doubles competition
Partnered with Caitlyn Williams for Fall doubles matches

2011-12 - FRESHMAN

Singles

Held out for fall and was limited throughout season due to injuries
Played from multiple positions, primarily from No. 4 spot, finishing with a 10-8 record
Won career-high four consecutive matches in February
Led team with five match-clinching points, four of which came consecutively (Indiana, OSU, UCF, SCAR)

Also clinched UT's 4-0 NCAA First Round win over VCU with individual 6-4, 6-3 win over Salome Kvitashvili
South Carolina match came down to her court, which she won 6-4, 6-4
Opened career with lone-ranked win, defeating Virginia's Erin Vierra (No. 75) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles

Finished season ranked 25th with Pluskota and was as high as ninth during rookie year
Won 13 matches as a freshman (13-10), including three ranked wins, two in the Top Five
8-4 win over No. 5 Kristy Frilling and Shannon Mathews (Notre Dame) capped original career-high four-match winning streak
Highest-ranked win of career came against No. 3 Kaitlyn Christian/Sabrina Santamaria (USC)

Also won four straight in late March/early April, including 8-4 victory vs. 75th-ranked Auburn duo in SEC Tournament First Round
Has clinched six doubles points, including over VCU duo to help give UT 1-0 lead in NCAA First Round match
Made her UT debut at the Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic alongside Joanna Henderson
Posted 1-1 record
Won first match at UT, 8-4, over JoHanna Manningham and Julia Sabacinski of Notre Dame

PRIOR TO TENNESSEE

Ranked as a five-star, blue chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net
Was the 19th-ranked player in the nation and part of the fifth-best recruiting class in the country
Ranked as high as No. 67 in the world in the ITF Girls 18s singles rankings wans was top-rated player in the nation in girls' 16s

Named the Southern Girl Player of the Year in 2005, 2007 and 2009
Finalist in the Girls 16s doubles of the Orange Bowl and singles finalist in the Girls 16s Eddie Herr
Won professional futures doubles title in Sumter, S.C.

PERSONAL

Deep family tennis ties
The Williams family was selected as the Tennessee tennis family of the year in 2006
Mother, Michelle DePalmer-Williams played for the Lady Vols from 1980-84 and was an All-American in 1981
Grandfather, Mike DePalmer, was the head men's tennis coach at UT from 1981-84 and is in the ITA Hall of Fame

Brother, Rhyne, played for the men's tennis team at UT from 2009-11 and earned All-American honors in both seasons
Father, Bob, played at Duke (1984-87) and earned All-ACC honors in 1987
Sister, Jennifer, played at Birminham Southern College
Recipient of the Pat B. Felts Deferred Tennis Scholarship Endowment