Mia Kupres

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Mia Kupres
Mia Kupres (May 2024) 01.jpg
Kupres with Texas A&M in 2024
Country (sports)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Residence Montreal, Quebec, Canada [1]
Born (2004-01-12) January 12, 2004 (age 20) [2]
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
College Texas A&M (2023–)
Prize money$35,639
Singles
Career record28–26
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 759 (October 14, 2024)
Current rankingNo. 759 (October 14, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open  Junior2R (2022)
French Open  Junior1R (2022)
Wimbledon  Junior2R (2022)
US Open  Junior3R (2022)
Doubles
Career record27–13
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 205 (September 9, 2024)
Current rankingNo. 208 (October 14, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  Junior2R (2022)
French Open  Junior2R (2022)
US Open  JuniorQF (2022)
Last updated on: October 13, 2024.

Mia Kupres (born January 12, 2004) is a Canadian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 205, achieved on 9 September 2024.

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Kupres has won three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour.

She plays college tennis for the Texas A&M Aggies.

Early life

Kupres was born in Edmonton, Canada, in 2004. [3] Her parents emigrated from Serbia in 1998. [4] She took up tennis at age six and trained at the Saville Community Sports Centre. [1] [5] At age 15, she moved to Montreal to practice at the National Training Centre. [6]

College

Kupres began playing for the Texas A&M Aggies in the spring of 2023. [3] She went 19–4 in singles mostly at court three and four, which led the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in dual match singles wins. [3] She began her doubles partnership with Mary Stoiana in March. [7] She clinched the win over No. 4 Georgia to help the No. 2 Aggies go undefeated in conference play that season. [8] [9] She was a record five-time SEC Freshman of the Week and named to the All-SEC second team and SEC All-Freshman team. [3]

Kupres went 23–9 in singles in the 2024 season, earning first-team All-SEC honors. [3] Kupres and Stoiana were ranked as high as No. 3 in doubles and made the quarterfinals of the 2024 NCAA Championships, earning All-American honors. [3] [10] Kupres helped the Aggies win their first NCAA team championship that season. [11]

Career

Juniors

Kupres won the Outdoor Junior National Championships in singles at the under-14 and under-18 levels. [12] [13] She competed on the ITF Junior Circuit from 2017 to 2022, winning two singles titles and two doubles titles, and reached a peak ranking of No. 33. [14] She was one of the top prospects of her age in Canada and signed a letter of intent to play at Texas A&M University in 2021. [15] She played all of the junior Grand Slam tournaments in 2022, reaching the third round in singles and doubles at the US Open. [14]

Professional

Kupres made her debut on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour in doubles at the W25 event in Gatineau, Quebec, in July 2019. [16] She qualified for the singles main draw for the first time at the W15 event in Prokuplje, Serbia, in July 2021. [16] She won her first ITF doubles title at the W15 event in Oberpullendorf, Austria, in December 2022. [16] Partnering Ariana Arseneault, Kupres won the 2024 Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby, defeating Liang En-shuo and Park So-hyun in the final. [17]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
W35 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Aug 2024 Saskatoon Challenger, CanadaW35Hard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kayla Cross 6–4, 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (1–1)
W35 tournaments (1–0)
W15 tournaments (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Dec 2022 ITF Oberpullendorf, AustriaW15Hard (i)Flag placeholder.svg Ksenia Laskutova Flag of Austria.svg Arabella Koller
Flag of Austria.svg Mavie Österreicher 		7–5, 7–5
Loss1–1 Oct 2023 Challenger de Saguenay, CanadaW60Hard (i) Flag of Denmark.svg Johanne Svendsen Flag of the United States.svg Robin Anderson
Flag of the United States.svg Dalayna Hewitt 		1–6, 4–6
Win2–1 Jul 2024 Championnats de Granby, CanadaW75Hard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ariana Arseneault Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Liang En-shuo
Flag of South Korea.svg Park So-hyun 		6–4, 2–6, [10–6]
Win3–1Aug 2024 Saskatoon Challenger, CanadaW35Hard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ariana Arseneault Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Kuwata
Flag of the United States.svg Maribella Zamarripa 		6–4, 6–3

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References

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  11. ↑ "NCAA Update: Branstine Returns to Lead Texas A&M to Title". Tennis Canada. May 23, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
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  13. ↑ "2019 Under 18 Rogers Outdoor Junior Nationals Champions Crowned". Tennis Canada. August 20, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  14. 1 2 "Mia Kupres Tennis Player Profile (juniors)". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  15. ↑ Whitley, Nick (November 17, 2021). "Women's Tennis Signs Two to National Letters of Intent". Texas A&M Aggies . Retrieved May 13, 2024.
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