Helena Besovic
| School: |
TCU |
| Year: |
Senior |
| Home Town: |
Sarajevo, Bosnia |
| Home State: |
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| Home Country: |
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| High School: |
Ausias March |
| Height: |
5-10 |
| Weight: |
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| Birth Date: |
Tuesday, August 28, 1984 |
| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
Public Relations/Advertising/Spanish |
| Singles Record: |
67-19 |
| Doubles Record: |
47-24 |
Fall of 2004 – Finished the fall as the No. 1 ranked player in the Southwest Region in singles and teamed with Karla Mancinas to form the No. 2 ranked doubles team... named the October C-USA Women’s Tennis Player of the Month... had a team-leading 15-4 record in singles action and 8-3 doubles mark… posted a 6-3 singles record against ranked opponents… advanced to the singles semifinal of the Baylor Invitational with wins over No. 58 Blair DiSesa of Rice (6-1, 6-1) and No. 20 Petra Dizdar of Texas (6-2, 6-3) before falling to No. 31 Caroline Walter of Baylor (2-6, 6-2, 6-4) in the semifinal… teamed with Mancinas to move to the semifinal at Baylor before falling to Miller/Silverio of Georgia Tech… won four matches to move through the pre-qualifying draw at the ITA/Riviera All-America Championship… in the qualifier, she defeated No. 63 Jennifer Klaschka of Middle Tennessee State (6-2, 6-2) and No. 36 Mihaela Moldovan of Florida State (6-2, 6-1) before falling to No. 85 Nancy Kockett of Tulane (6-4, 0-6, 6-2), just one match short of the main draw… won six matches to win the ITA Southwest Regional, losing only one set in the entire tournament… defeated No. 120 Amanda Mang of LSU (6-1, 6-1) in the Round of 16 and No. 86 Helga Vieira of Texas A&M in the semifinal… beat Kendra Strohn of Texas (5-7, 6-3, 6-3) in the finals to advance t o the ITA National Indoor Championship… also was a doubles finalist with Mancinas at the SW Regional where the pair fell to Covello/Cerna of Baylor, 8-3… one of three TCU players to ever compete in the ITA National Indoors… fell to the No. 1 seed Audra Cohen in the opening round, 7-5 (5), 6-1 and No. 23 Shadisha Robinson of Georgia (7-5, 6-1) in the backdraw. At Ouachita Baptist University – Division II all-American… claimed runner-up honors in doubles and finished third in singles at the 2003 ITA Small College Champion-ship…ITA South Region Rookie of the Year… Gulf South Conference Freshman of the Year… finished the 2003-04 season with a 27-0 doubles record and a 22-2 mark in singles… helped lead team to back-to-back GCS titles. Personal – Born August 28, 1984… daughter of Zaim and Milica Besovic… attended Ausias March HS in Barcelona, Spain… majoring in public rel-ations/advertising and Spanish.
