Mary Stoiana

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Mary Stoiana
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Stoiana in 2023
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg United States
Born (2003-05-06) May 6, 2003 (age 21)
Southbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
College Texas A&M (2021–)
Prize money$91,893
Singles
Career record39–21
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 297 (November 4, 2024)
Current rankingNo. 298 (November 11, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open Q2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record9–3
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 875 (October 14, 2024)
Current rankingNo. 895 (November 11, 2024)
Last updated on: November 11, 2024.

Mary Stoiana (born May 6, 2003) is an American tennis player. She plays college tennis for the Texas A&M Aggies and has been ranked as high as No. 1 in NCAA Division I singles and doubles.

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She has won one singles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour.

Early life and junior career

Stoiana was born in Southbury, Connecticut. [1] She began playing tennis at age four, learning from her father as he taught her older brother. [2] [3] She competed in United States Tennis Association (USTA) Junior Sections from age nine, [4] and played on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Circuit from 2018 to 2021, winning three singles titles and one doubles title. [2] She attracted notice from Texas A&M coaches with her seventh-place finish at the USTA Girls' 18 National Clay Court Championships in July 2019. [3] Until that summer, she attended Pomperaug High School, when she began being homeschooled to dedicate more time to tennis. [3] She committed to A&M in September 2020. [3] Babolat ranked her as the No. 11 recruit of the class of 2021. [3]

College career

Stoiana began playing college tennis for A&M in 2021. She played most of her first year in the team's No. 3 spot in singles, compiling 34 wins and 4 losses. [1] She clinched the dual matches that gave A&M the Southeastern Conference (SEC) regular season title and SEC Championship. [1] [5] In doubles, she went 28–5 partnering mostly with junior Carson Branstine. [1] She was named to the All-SEC second team and the SEC All-Freshman team. [6] A&M reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships. [5]

Playing in A&M's No. 1 spot as a sophomore, Stoiana went 38–6, with a doubles record of 28–4. [1] [5] She helped A&M defend its SEC regular season title, receiving SEC Player of the Week honors a record seven times, and was selected to the All-SEC first team and named SEC Player of the Year. [5] [7] She beat national No. 3 Lea Ma in A&M's loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship. [8] Second-seeded A&M again lost in the NCAA Championships quarterfinals. [9] She ended the season nationally ranked No. 2 in singles and doubles. [1] [10]

Stoiana was selected to the USTA Collegiate Summer Team in the summer of 2023. [11] At the ITF W15 event in Lakewood, California, in July, she partnered No. 1 college player Fiona Crawley of North Carolina and won the doubles title, and she reached the singles final but had to retire in the match against Hanna Chang. [10] [12] She received a wildcard into the qualifying tournament of the 2023 US Open. [10]

Stoiana won the ITA All-American Championships in Cary, North Carolina, in the fall of her junior year and earned the national No. 1 ranking in singles for the first time, becoming the first Aggie to do so. [13] She went 38–4 overall in singles and received multiple honors in 2024, including SEC Player of the Year again, ITA National Player of the Year, and the Honda Sports Award for the top college player. She led the Aggies to win their first NCAA Championship, being named the most valuable player of the tournament. She was an All-American in singles and doubles, reaching the singles semifinals and the doubles quarterfinals at the NCAA tournament.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
W75 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jul 2023ITF Lakewood, United StatesW15Hard Flag of the United States.svg Hanna Chang 1–1 ret.
Loss0–2 Jul 2024 Evansville Classic, United StatesW75Hard Flag of the United States.svg Sophie Chang 6–4, 6–7(5), 3–6
Win1–2Oct 2024 Edmond Open, United StatesW75Hard Flag of the United States.svg Alana Smith 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jul 2023ITF Lakewood,
United States		W15Hard Flag of the United States.svg Fiona Crawley Flag of the United States.svg Mary Lewis
Flag of the United States.svg Brandy Walker 		7–5, 6–7(3), [10–5]

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  8. ↑ "Georgia Claims 2023 SEC Tournament Championship". University of Georgia. April 23, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
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