Esther Adeshina

/ Women's Tennis

Lauren Anzalotta

/ Women's Tennis

Catherine Aulia

/ Women's Tennis

Leyla Britez Risso

/ Women's Tennis

Ashtin Hara

/ Women's Tennis

Daria Kuczer

/ Women's Tennis

Rebeka Mertena

/ Women's Tennis

Eleonora Molinaro

/ Women's Tennis

Olivia Symons

/ Women's Tennis

Elza Tomase

/ Women's Tennis

Esther Adeshina

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Bracknell, Great Britain

RECORD AND HONORS

Career Singles Record: 70-38
Career Doubles Record: 89-54
2024 Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award Recipient
2024 Ann Lebedeff Leadership Recipient
2023-24 Division I ITA Scholar Athlete
2023-24 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 CSC Academic All-District
2022-23 Division I ITA Scholar Athlete
2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 Division I ITA Scholar Athlete
2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 Division I ITA Scholar Athlete
2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

2023-24- SENIOR

Singles: 23-11
Doubles: 27-13

SPRING SEASON (DUAL ACTION)

Totaled her final singles victory against Jeanette Mireles (TAMU), 6-3, 6-4 in the NCAA Semifinal match. (5/18)
Handed Kristina Novak (No. 1 Oklahoma State) her first defeat of the season, 6-4, 6-3 in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. (5/11)
Collected a doubles 6-3 victory against Miyamoto/Gonzalez (No. 1 Oklahoma State) in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. (5/11)
Doubled up with wins against No. 21 Duke with a singles win against Karolina Berankova, 6-1, 6-2, and a doubles win against Berankova/Jackson, 6-3, alongside Alana Wolfberg in the second round of the NCAA tournament. (5/5)
Tallied a singles win against Murray State's Marit Kreugel, 6-2, 6-1, in the first round of the NCAA tournament. (5/4)
Concluded the regular season with nine singles wins in dual season action and five in SEC play.
Finished the regular season with the most dual-season doubles victories with 14, alongside Wolfberg.
Secured a 6-1, 6-0 singles win over Ellie Myers of Kentucky. (4/12)
Claimed a 6-0 doubles victory over No. 65 Kentucky alongside partner Alana Wolfberg. (4/12)
Posted a perfect 4-0 weekend against No. 34 Ole Miss and Mississippi State. (4/5) (4/7)
Took down Petra Sedlackova and Anna Parkhomenko from No. 23 Alabama with partner Alana Wolfberg in a 6-1 defeat. (3/31)
Notched her 20th doubles win of the season against Lucciana Perez and Jeanette Mireles (TAMU) in a dominant 6-2 triumph. (3/17)
Secured back-to-back doubles wins at No. 22 South Carolina and No.18 Florida. (3/8) (3/10)
Dominated against No. 43 Arkansas with a singles victory over Kacie Harvey, 6-1,6-1, and a doubles victory over Stara/O'Donnell, 6-4. (3/1)
Tallied a 6-4, 6-1 singles victory over Maelie Monfils (FSU). (2/18)
Logged her 16th doubles victory on the season aganist Tilbuerger/Lincer (UCF) 6-3 with partner, Alana Wolfberg. (2/16)
Secured her 60th career singles win against Alessandra Caceres (ETSU) 6-1, 6-2. (2/10).
Notched two doubles wins during ITA Kickoff Weekend against No. 25 Vanderbilt and No. 18 USC with Wolfberg.
Eclipsed her 75th doubles victory against Blanch/Wooten (Wake Forest) 6-3 with partner, Alana Wolfberg (1/21)
Clinched two singles victories during the season opener against Furman and Chattanooga (1/14)
Won her first doubles match of the spring season with partner, Alana Wolfberg 6-1 against Thornton/Dawson from Furman (1/14)

FALL SEASON (INDIVIDUAL ACTION)

Finished the fall ranked at No. 19 in doubles with partner Sofia Cabezas
Qualified for the ITA All-American Championship for the third consecutive year
Reached the doubles semifinals of the ITA Ohio Valley Regional with partner, Sofia Cabezas
Dominated in singles at the UT Home Invitational, earning three straight-sets victories in the doubles category
Achieved ten singles victories and 11 doubles wins
Tallied two undefeated tournaments in doubles at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic and H-E-B Invitational
Started the fall ranked No. 47 in doubles with Eleonora Molinaro

2022-23 - JUNIOR

Singles: 22-8
Doubles: 21-14

SPRING SEASON (DUAL ACTION)

Earned her 50th collegiate doubles victory, toppling NC State's No. 1 doubles pair of Shnaider/Smith, 6-3, on Court 1 with Mertena.
Dominated in singles at Furman (2/3), earning Tennessee's first singles point of the match in a 6-0, 6-3 thrashing of Alexa Griffith on Court 6.
Posted a perfect day of doubles in the doubleheader against Western Carolina (2/1), winning 6-0 and 6-0 in her matches with Rebeka Mertena. Also carded her first dual singles victory of the 2023 campaign in that match, besting Leilandy Ipunesso, 6-0, 6-3, on Court 3.

FALL SEASON (INDIVIDUAL ACTION)

Started the fall with the No. 10 doubles ranking with Rebeka Mertena and qualified for the ITA All-American Championship for the second consecutive year.
Earned a ranked doubles victory at All-Americans, taking down Oklahoma State's 43rd-ranked pairing of Miyamoto/Novak
Reached the doubles semifinals of the ITA Ohio Valley Regional with Catherine Aulia
Dominated in singles as the Tennessee Fall Invitational, earning three straight-sets victories over Zoe Hammond of Kentucky, Margaret Navarro of Virginia and Rosie Garcia Gross of Georgia Tech.
Rounded out the individual portion of the schedule with a 3-0 record in singles, and a 2-1 line in doubles at the Michigan Invitational in early January.

2021-22 - SOPHOMORE

Singles: 17-13
Doubles: 21-11

SPRING SEASON (DUAL ACTION)

Finished the spring with the No. 23 ranking in doubles with Rebeka Mertena.
Capped her season with a victory over the top-ranked doubles pair in the country, Daniel/Miller from NC State, 6-3 in the Second Round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
Earned her final singles victory of the season against VCU (5/7) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, defeating Anja Draskovic, 6-2, 6-1.
Notched her first top-10 career doubles victory, defeating #9 Ovunc/Arseneault of Auburn (4/22) at the SEC Tournament, 6-3, to help the Lady Vols claim a crucial doubles point in the upset victory.
Dominated Adeline Flach at Auburn (4/15), winning UT's only point of the match, 6-2, 6-2, on Court 5
Went on a six-match doubles win streak, defeating A&M, Arkansas, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Alabama to round out the regular season.
Earned Tennessee's first doubles win of the match at Arkansas (4/1), 6-3, over Laura Rijkers and Lenka Stara in what proved to be a critical doubles point for UT.
Cruised past Taylor Bridges of LSU (3/27), 6-3, 6-3, to win the Lady Vols' third point of the match.
Took down 48th-ranked Carson Branstine/Mary Stoiana of Texas A&M (3/25) on Court 2 by a 6-1 scoreline.
Won her first top-25 doubles match of the year with Elza Tomase, downing #18 Dudeney/Spee from Florida (3/13), 6-1, on Court 2. Continued her singles success on 4 taking down Carly Briggs, 6-3, 6-1.
Mounted a come-from-behind doubles victory against Ole Miss (3/6). She and Elza Tomase once trailed 2-5 and fended off four match-points, to beat Miza/Leclercq-Ficher, 7-6(1). Parlayed that momentum into a 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 win over Reka Zadori on Court 4.
Began SEC play at the No. 4 spot in singles, defeating Chloe Cirotte of Mississippi State (3/4), 7-5, 6-4
Played in her highest career singles spot at No. 2 and cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Rose Pastoret of Bellarmine in the second match of the doubleheader
Was unfinished in the first match against Bellarmine at 6-1, 2-1 against Madison Devillez, but played 35 singles games against Indiana and Bellarmine and won 32 of them (91.4 percent)
Earned victories in both her doubles matches against Bellarmine (2/20), winning 6-0 with Daria Kuczer on court 1 in the first match and 6-0 on court two with Kylie Duckworth in the second match.
Came out on fire against Mila Mejic of Indiana (2/19), winning 6-0, 6-1 to grab the Lady Vols third point of the match.
Dominated in her first completed singles match of the season, carving up Peyton Pesavento at Wake Forest, 6-2, 6-3, on Court 6.
Clinched the doubles point in the season opener against Charlotte (1/21) with Eleonora Molinaro, winning 6-2 over Safont/Petruzelova on Court 3
Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll and a 2021-22 Division I ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete

FALL SEASON (INDIVIDUAL ACTION)

Ranked as the fifth-best doubles pair in the country with Daria Kuczer in the ITA preseason rankings
Played eight singles matches in a two-week window from Oct. 21 to Oct. 30 after only playing the Debbie Southern Fall Classic prior.
Won four of five singles bouts at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional in Mufreesboro.
Played in the main draw at the ITA All-American Championship in doubles
Faced four-straight ranked opponents from Sept. 18 to Oct. 8 in doubles, three of which were in the top 25.
Switched doubles partners late in the fall and went a perfect 4-0 with Elza Tomase

2020-21 - FRESHMAN

Singles: 8-6
Doubles: 20-16

FALL SEASON

Won her final four singles matches of the fall season spanning the UT Fall Invite and the June Stewart Invitational.
Defeated Reka Zadori of Ole Miss at the Music City Scramble (10/11/20) to log her first collegiate singles win.
Collected doubles wins with partner Tenika McGiffin in both the Music City Scramble and the UT Fall Classic.

SPRING SEASON

Closed her freshman season with a dominant, 6-1 win over No. 17-ranked Sofia Munera and Natasha Subhash of Virginia with partner Daria Kuczer (5/8/21).
Downed JMU's Jona Roka and Kylie Moulin, 6-2, with Daria Kuczer in Tennessee's NCAA Championships first-round win (5/7/21).
Earned a 6-4 doubles win with Daria Kuczer over the No. 84-ranked duo of Taylor Bridges and Paris Corley from LSU in the SEC Tournament (4/21/21).
Picked up a 6-3 doubles triumph over Mississippi State's Emma Antonaki and Marta Falceto to open the SEC Tournament (4/20/21).
Earned her fourth-straight doubles win by teaming with Carly Briggs to defeat Alabama's Anne Marie Hiser and Sydney Riley, 6-4 (4/10/21).
Won her third-straight doubles match with Briggs over Carolyn Ansari and Selin Ovunc of Auburn, 6-2 (4/8/21).
Defeated the Missouri tandem of Ellie Wright and Bronte Murgett alongside Carly Briggs at No. 2 doubles (4/4/21).
Partnered with Carly Briggs to down Arkansas' Jackie Carr and Kelly Keller, 6-1, at No 3 doubles (4/2/21).
Clinched the doubles point against South Carolina with partner Daria Kuczer on court No. 1 (3/5/21).
Picked up her first SEC and ranked doubles win over Mississippi State's 41st-ranked team of Magda Adaloglou and Tamara Racine at No. 1 doubles (2/26/21).
Teamed with Daria Kuczer to pick up a 6-3 win over ETSU's Alejandra Morales and Mayya Gorbunova in her first career appearance at No. 1 doubles (2/18/21).
Defeated Wake Forest's Anna Campana and Cassie Wooten, 6-4, while paired with Daria Kuczer at No. 2 doubles (1/31/21).
Won a pair of doubles matches during the ITA Kickoff Weekend at the No. 2 spot with Daria Kuczer (1/23/21-1/24/21).
Won two singles and two doubles (with Daria Kuczer) matches in the doubleheader against UT Martin (1/15/21).
Won one singles and doubles match in the Duke Winter Classic, downing Duke's Ema Lazic to earn her fourth career three-set singles victory (1/12/21).

PRIOR TO TENNESSEE

Played in the main draw of the 2017 Wimbledon Junior Championships in singles and doubles
Competed for Great Britain in the U12 and U14 summer and winter cups, the U16 winter cup and the U18 summer cup.
Played in the European Championships in U14 in Czech Republic and U16 in Russia
Winner of Grade 5 ITF junior events in Austria, Cyprus and Great Britain (singles and doubles)
Winner of Grade 5 ITF junior event in Norway (singles)
Winner of four Grade 4 ITF junior events in doubles in Denmark, Cyprus and Great Britain
Semifinalist in doubles at the WTA $25,000 event in Roehampton, Great Britain