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  Zerene Reyes
School: University of Florida
Year: Senior
Home Town: Mexico City
Home State:
Home Country:
High School: Dante Alighieri
Height: 4-10
Weight:
Birth Date: Tuesday, August 17, 1982
Dominant Hand: Left
Major:
Singles Record: 105-16
Doubles Record: 102-26

CAREER NOTES: Career-high ITA singles ranking: 24 (April 28, 2003)... Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 7 (Final 2003 with Jennifer Magley) ... Doubles All-American in 2003.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2002-03)
Awards:
Doubles All-American doubles ... Earned bid to play in the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships ... Rheau Stakeley Sportsmanship Award (team award) ... Dorothy Anderson Scholarship Award, presented annually to the Gator who displays best combination of academics and character on and off the court ... First Team All-SEC in singles (No. 4 position)
Singles: Final ITA National Rank: 27; Season-high ITA Rank: 24 (April 28); Final ITA South Region Rank: 4; Primary Dual Match Positions: Nos. 3 and 4
Spring: Withdrew from the NCAA Singles Championship from fatigue and injury after the team tournament ... Posted a 24-3 dual match record, including a 16-1 mark at the Nos. 4 and 5 spots ... won 19 straight points during her NCAA Second Round match against Tulane's Erika Valdes en route to a 6-1, 6-1 win ... played four matches at a career-high No. 2 spot, posting a 3-1 record ... impressive two-match performance in the SEC Tournament, defeating Tennessee's Melissa Schaub 6-1, 6-0 in the quarterfinals and Georgia's Lori Grey 6-2, 6-0 in the final ... recorded her 50th career win in the season finale against South Carolina's Danielle Wiggins, where she rallied down 5-1 on the receiving end in the first set and from a 4-0 deficit in the second to win 7-5, 4-4 after Wiggins retired with cramps ... had a then-team-long 16-match win streak snapped March 26 with a 6-2, 6-2 loss to No. 19 Amanda Johnson of Duke March 26 at the No. 2 position ... went 3-0 in the National Team Indoors, including a 6-4, 6-2 win over Duke's No. 81 Katie Blaszak in the final (Feb. 9) ... reached the quarterfinals of the Collegiate Kick-Off Classic where she lost to No. 13 Alice Barnes of Stanford 6-0, 6-2 and then fell to UNC's Marlene Mejia in the first round of consolation, marking the first time she has lost back-to-back matches in her career.
Fall: Compiled a 10-3 record... stormed through the qualifying draw of the Riviera All-American, winning three rounds to earn her way into the main draw where she went 1-1, defeating Fresno State's 24th-ranked Chloe Carlotti 6-4, 6-0 before falling to Duke's 15th-ranked Amanda Johnson 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the round of 16 ... reached the quarterfinals of the adidas Invitational before bowing out to Northwestern's 23rd-ranked Marine Piriou.

Doubles: Final & Season-high ITA National Rank: 7 (with Jennifer Magley); Final ITA South Region Rank: 2 (with Magley); Primary Dual Match Position: No. 1 (with Magley)
Spring: Advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championships with Jennifer Magley, posting convincing straight-set wins in the opening three rounds, including their 6-3, 6-2 upset win over third-seeded Sarah Riske and Aleke Tsoubanos from Vanderbilt in the quarterfinals ... Paired with Magley for all dual match action ... posted wins at the No. 1 position in each of UF's last four rounds of the NCAA Team Championships, including wins over the No. 1, 3 and 8-ranked teams in the country ... began the dual match season playing at the No. 3 spot, but was moved to the No. 1 spot after the other two tandems were changed for the March 21 Clemson match and played there for the remainder of the year ... was 11-4 at the No. 1 spot, including the 8-4 clinching win over Vanderbilt's third-ranked pair of Riske and Tsoubanos in the NCAA Quarterfinals and the 8-5 win over Stanford's top-ranked Lauren Barnikow and Erin Burdette in the title match ... provided the 8-4 clinching win over Tennessee's fifth-ranked Vilmarie Castellvi and Melissa Schaub in UF's SEC Semifinal victory ... two losses to Georgia's third- and second-ranked Cioroch and Smith (8-5 and 8-6 in SEC final) and to Duke's fourth-ranked Julie DeRoo and Amanda Johnson (8-4) ... 13-2 in clinching-point situations, including clinching opportunities in the NCAA Final, the NCAA Quarterfinal (won 8-4 over third-ranked Vanderbilt team), the NCAA Round of 16 (won 8-1), the NCAA Second Round (lost 8-6 to 10th-ranked Tulane team), the above mentioned SEC Semifinal win and in the regular season finale against South Carolina's Kathy Boyanovich and Jodi Kenoyer (8-0) ... stunned Tennessee's No. 6 duo of Castellvi and Schaub 8-5 that clinched the doubles point for UF in its 4-3 team victory ... posted a 10-match win streak, including three clinching matches, from Feb. 15 to March 23 ... rallied from a 7-5 deficit to win 9-7 and clinch the doubles point against South Alabama's Jager and Jarova Jan. 26 ... defeated No. 19 North Carolina pair of Pinchbeck and Bunn en route to reaching the finals of the Collegiate Kickoff Classic Jan. 20, losing to Tennessee's No. 22 pair of Castellvi and Schaub.
Fall: Posted a 6-3 record while playing all matches with Magley... Won three matches to reach the final of the SEC Coaches Fall Classic Nov. 9 where she lost 8-6 to Tennessee's pair of Enchina and Maharaj...Won two matches to reach the quarterfinals of the Omni Hotels South Regional where she dropped an 8-6 decision to Applebaum and Robbins of Miami (Fla.).

AS A FRESHMAN (2001-02)
Awards:
ITA South Region Rookie Player of the Year ... SEC Freshman of the Year ... First Team All-SEC at the No. 3 singles position ... SEC Athlete of the Week (March 18-25)
Singles: Final ITA National Rank: 42; Final ITA South Region Rank: 6; Season-high ITA Rank: 39 (April 3); Primary Dual Match Position: No. 3
Spring: Joined the team in January and made an immediate impact, winning the first 15 matches of her collegiate career ... primarily played the No. 3 dual match position, posting a 17-1 record, including a 4-0 record in NCAA action capped by her 6-0, 6-2 against Stanford's 16th-ranked Lauren Barnikow to give UF its lone point in the NCAA Final ... 4-0 at the No. 4 spot ... lone loss was a 6-4, 6-1 decision to Georgia's Anne Nguyen on April 7 ... provided the winning dual match victory in seven UF wins during the regular season, including back-to-back victories on the road against Duke's 18th-ranked Julie DeRoo 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 and Wake Forest's 81st-ranked Katie Martzolf 7-6, 6-2, as the Gators won 4-3 and 6-1, respectively.
Fall: did not compete, joining the team in January 2002
Doubles: Final/Season-high ITA Rank: n/a; Final ITA South Region Rank: 13; Primary Dual Match Position: No. 3 (with Annika Bengtsson)
Spring: Paired with Annika Bengtsson for all but one time during the dual match season, as the duo competed at the No. 3 position in all matches except the season opener ... posted a 14-4 record in team play, including a 4-1 mark in the NCAA Championship ... on the winning end of seven of eight matches that clinched the doubles point for UF, including the NCAA Round of 16 and Semifinal.
Fall: did not compete, joining the team in January 2002

Prior to Florida
Zerene Reyes trained at the Performance Tennis Academy in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., from 1998 to 2001 ... earned her high school degree from Dante Alighieri in 2001 ... ranked no. 44 in the final 2000 ITA Junior World singles rankings and no. 37 in the doubles listing ... won the 2000 Copa Milo 18-and-Under singles title in Santiago, Chile, a Group 2 ITF event ... captured the 1998 and 1999 Eddie Herr doubles championship played in Bradenton, Fla. ... claimed the 1998 Orange Bowl 16-and-Under doubles tournament, played in Key Biscayne, Fla. ... played in the Junior French Open, Junior Wimbledon and US Open in 1999 and 2000, in addition to competing in the Italian Open Junior event, where in 2000 she reached the doubles semifinals and the third round of singles ... reached the quarterfinals of the 2000 (group 2 ITF) Argentina Bowl played in Mar de Plata, while advancing to the doubles final ... at the 2000 Asuncian Bowl in Paraguay, was a singles quarterfinalist and a doubles finalist (Group 1 ITF) ... ITF ranking in 2000 of No. 15 in singles and No. 14 in doubles ... ranked No. 1 in Mexico in the 10's, 12's and 14's age listings ... coached by Nicolas Guizar, Gustavo Granitto and Denis Peregrin.