2022-23 Women's Tennis Roster
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Kuczer, Daria
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Daria Kuczer
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Szczecin, Poland
- Prev School:
- Pepperdine
Bio
RECORD AND HONORS
Career Singles Record: 86-37Career Doubles Record: 83-56
HONORS
2023 First Team All-SEC
2023 SEC All-Tournament Team
SEC Player of the Week - 2/8/2023
2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 ITA Ohio Valley Regional Singles Runner-Up
2022 ITA Ohio Valley Regional Doubles Runner-Up
2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 Division I ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
2021 All-SEC Second Team
2022-23 - FIFTH YEAR
Singles Record: 23-6Doubles Record: 20-10
SPRING SEASON (DUAL ACTION)
- Currently sits at No. 38 in the ITA Singles Rankings, released on Feb. 8.
- Started SEC play with a 6-4 victory in doubles over Artimedi/Schwarte of Missouri (3/3) on Court 2.
- Picked up a crucial singles point in a 4-3 win over #19 UCF, defeating Jantje Tilbuerger on Court 3, 6-3, 6-2.
- Returned to Rocky Top and posted a 6-3 victory in doubles at No. 2 vs. Charlotte (2/17) with Molinaro.
- Earned her second top-25 victory of the season at NC State (2/5), dropping #25 Abigail Rencheli 7-5, 6-2, on Court 4.
- Clinched the doubles point in comeback fashion with Elza Tomase, 7-6(6), and bested Sara Snyder in a three-set bout on Court 4, 6-4, 1-6, (10-3), at Furman (2/3).
- Logged four wins against Western Carolina (2/1), taking both doubles matches with Leyla Britez Risso and earning victories of 6-3, 6-1, and 6-2, 6-0, on Court 2 against the Catamounts.
- Opened the 2023 duals season with a doubles victory against Wake Forest's Ahmad/Wooten, 6-2, with Eleonora Molinaro on Court 2.
- Earned her first-career ITA singles ranking, coming in at No. 55 in the final individual rankings of the fall on Nov. 16, 2022.
- Went unbeaten in doubles at the Michigan Invitational and claimed 2-of-3 singles matches and a ranked victory over No. 89 Lillian Gabrielsen of Ole Miss during the week.
- Earned a second-place finish in both singles and doubles at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional, qualifying for the ITA National Fall Championship in San Diego, California.
- Kicked off the fall in singles with a five-match win-streak, putting her into the singles final where she battled to a third set with teammate Elza Tomase before having to retire due to injury.
- Rattled off four-straight victories in doubles with Eleonora Molinaro at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional before retiring prior to the doubles final.
- Picked up a victory over 14th-ranked Alexandra Yepifanova of Stanford at the National Fall Championship, winning 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
- Went 3-3 against ranked opponents during the fall in singles after playing just three ranked singles foes for the first four years of her collegiate career.
- Achieved the No. 47 doubles ranking in the preseason with Eleonora Molinaro.
2021-22 - SENIOR
Singles Record: 20-12Doubles Record: 18-17
SPRING SEASON (DUAL ACTION)
- Finished the 2021-22 season ranked No. 19 in the ITA Doubles Rankings with Tenika McGiffin.
- Reunited with McGiffin for the 2022 NCAA Doubles Championship and advanced to the Round of 16 after upsetting #5 Brylin/Killingsworth, 6-4, 4-6, 10-4, for the second time this season in the opening round.
- Kept her doubles play rolling with Molinaro, defeating Sorkin/Karlova of VCU (5/7), 6-4, in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
- Teamed up with Eleonora Molinaro for a doubles victory over Widmanova/Nirundorn in the SEC Tournament semifinals (4/23), which proved to br critical for the doubles-point clinch.
- Kept her win-streak going, defeating Adeline Flach of Auburn (4/22) to help the Lady Vols pull off the upset victory over the second-seeded Tigers in the SEC Tournament.
- Nabbed back-to-back singles wins over Hiser from Alabama, defeating her again, 6-1, 6-3 in the opening round of the SEC Tournament in Gainesville, Fla. on April 21.
- Ended a slide with a singles and doubles victory at Alabama (4/17) in the regular season finale, defeating Anne Marie Hiser, 7-5, 6-1 in singles.
- Secured a doubles and singles victory in back-to-back matches against LSU (3/27) at home and Arkansas (4/1) on the road, including a ranked victory with McGiffin over #53 Rice/Cross of Arkansas, 7-5.
- Collected her 15th singles victory of the season against Gianna Pielet of Texas A&M (3/25), winning 6-4, 6-3 on Court 5.
- Continued her strong weekend against Ole Miss (3/6),cruising to a 6-1 doubles win against Machalova/Krzyzak. The moved to singles, defeating Rachel Krzyzak again, 7-6(3), 6-2.
- Picked up two wins against Mississippi State (3/4), taking down Antonaki/Racine, 6-2, in doubles with Tenika McGiffin before winning 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, for her fourth 3-set victory of the season over Alexandra Mikhailuk.
- Defeated Bellarmine's Channing Varnum, 6-0, 6-1 and was ahead of Maja Kozerski, 6-0, 5-0 when the match was clinched in a doubleheader (2/20).
- Rejoined fall partner Esther Adeshina to blank Rose Pastoret/Madison Devillez 6-0 in the first match of the doubleheader against Bellarmine (2/20).
- Continued her success with McGiffin in doubles, taking down 27th-ranked Laura Masic/Lara Schneider, 6-3, against Indiana (2/19).
- Earned her first singles win at ITA Kickoff Weekend in Columbus, Ohio, defeating LSU's Taylor Bridges 6-1, 6-0 (1/29).
- Earned the third ranked win of the month in doubles, downing No. 25 Taylor Bridges/Ena Babic of LSU, 6-3, with Tenika McGiffin (1/29).
- Picked up another top-five win in doubles, defeating second-ranked Brooke Killingsworth and Anna Krylin of Wake Forest (1/23), 6-3, with Tenika McGiffin for her first doubles dual victory of the season.
- Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
- Finished off individual play with a doubles win over the No. 1-ranked team in the country, Elizabeth Scotty/Fiona Crawley from North Carolina, on Jan. 7
- Rattled off seven wins in the last two events of the year in singles, finishing the Tennessee Fall Invitational a perfect 4-0. She was the only player in the tournament to win four singles matches
- Earned the 50th win of her singles and doubles collegiate career on the same day (Oct. 30) at the Tennessee Fall Invitational, taking down Fiona Arrese, 6-1, 6-1, in singles. She then teamed up with Eleonora Molinaro for a 6-3 win over Wake Forest's Brylin and Pesavento for her 50th doubles victory
- Competed with partner Esther Adeshina in the ITA All-American Championship in doubles on Oct. 7 and 8
- Reached the fourth round of the ITA Ohio Valley Regional in singles before falling to Camila Romero of Memphis
2020-21 - JUNIOR
Singles Record: 26-8Doubles Record: 21-16
FALL SEASON
- Went undefeated in singles play and won two of three doubles matches with Carly Briggs in the Music City Scramble
- Won a pair of solo and doubles matches with Briggs matches at the UT Fall Invite
- Closed the fall with one singles and one doubles win at the June Stewart Invitational
- Opened dual-match play with seven-straight singles wins and six-straight doubles triumphs with partner Esther Adeshina.
- Won one doubles match with partner Esther Adeshina in the Duke Winter Classic
- Went undefeated in singles and doubles, with partner Esther Adeshina, in doubleheader against UT Martin and duel with Furman.
- Won one singles match and two doubles matches with Esther Adeshina in ITA Kickoff Weekend
- Defeated Wake Forest's Cassie Wooten 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (9-7) on court five and downed the duo of Anna Campana and Wooten 6-4 on court two with Esther Adeshina
- Downed NC State's Amelia Rajecki in a three-set battle on court six.
- Won both her singles and doubles matches against ETSU.
- Earned her first ranked doubles win with partner Esther Adeshina over Mississippi State's No. 41 Magda Adaloglou and Tamara Racine on court one.
- Clinched match-point against Ole Miss with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 triumph over Lillian Gabrielsen on court six.
- Clinched the doubles point with Esther Adeshina on court one and clinched match point on court five against Florida.
- Gave UT their third point against Florida, securing her first win over a ranked opponent downing No. 65-ranked Layne Sleeth 6-3, 7-5 on court five.
- Downed LSU's Eden Richardson on court five in straight sets (6-3, 6-3).
- Earned a three-set win over Vanderbilt's Marcella Cruz on court five to clinch match point.
- Downed Kentucky's Fiona Arrese in straight sets on court five.
- Blew past Arkansas' Morgan Cross on court four in straight sets.
- Easily downed Missouri's Elys Ventura 6-1, 6-2 on court four.
- Picked up a singles and doubles win over Auburn.
- Picked up a solo win over Texas A&M's Dorthea Faa-Hviding.
- Earned a doubles win with Esther Adeshina and a solo win on court four against Mississippi State to open the SEC Tournament.
- picked up a singles and doubles win against LSU.
- Opened the NCAA Tournament with a singles and doubles win against JMU.
- Closed the season with a dominant doubles win against No. 17-ranked Sofia Munera and Natasha Subhash of Virginia with partner Esther Adehsina.
Prior to Tennessee
2019-20 - SOPHOMORE (at PEPPERDINE)
Singles Record: 8-5Doubles Record: 9-7
- Finished sophomore season at an even .500 in dual singles on court six.
- Played in nine of the 11 contests for the Waves.
2018-19 - FRESHMAN (at PEPPERDINE)
Singles Record: 9-6Doubles Record: 15-6
- Garnered All-WCC honorable mention honors as a freshman.
- Earned WCC doubles pair of the week with partner Ashley Lahey (3/19).
- Went on a 9 match winning streak in singles from Feb. 24 to April 20.
- Went 9-4 in dual singles at the #4 and #5 positions and 14-6 in dual doubles.
JUNIORS
- Ranked No. 1 in Poland when she was in the 14U, 16U and 18U age groups respectively.
- Earned a Tennis Europe-high ranking of 63.
- Highest ranking in Junior ITF was 86.
- Earned her highest WTA ranking in 2018 in singles with 1,013 and in doubles with 558.
- Won two WTA doubles titles, the $15,000 Mragowo in doubles in Poland and the $15,000 Trnava in doubles in Slovakia in 2017.
- Polish National Champion in the following categories: 14U in singles and mixed doubles (2013), 16U in singles (2014), 18U in singles and doubles (2015, 2016), women’s adults in singles and doubles (2016), 23U in singles and doubles (2017).
- Won two bronze medals in singles and doubles at the 2017 European Junior Championships in Switzerland.
- Participant at two Junior Grand Slam tournaments in 2016 with the Australian and US Opens.
- Earned the following titles in Europe: Lods Cup in doubles (2013), Wroclaw Cup (2013), Marsa Tennis Europe 16U in doubles (2013).
PERSONAL
- Born Feb. 26, 1999 in Szczecin, Poland
- Daughter of Lucyna Malgorzata Kuczer and Jaroslaw Wieslaw Kuczer
- Older brother, David, who played tennis at SMU
- Father, Jaroslaw, played professional soccer in Europe
- Played in the team National Championships in Poland in the U12, 14, 16 and 18 divisions
- Competed in the European Juniors Championships as a U16 and 18
- Recipient of the Dennis Coughlin Scholarship Endowment
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