Sofie Oyen
| School: |
University of Florida |
| Year: |
graduated |
| Home Town: |
Leopoldsburg |
| Home State: |
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| Home Country: |
Belgium |
| High School: |
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| Height: |
5-3 |
| Weight: |
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| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
1-0 |
| Doubles Record: |
0-0 |
AS A FRESHMAN (2010-11)
Awards: Selected to the 2011 ITA All-Star Team ... NCAA All-Tournament Team, No. 2 Doubles ... All-Southeastern Conference First Team … SEC All-Freshman Team … SEC Freshman of the Week (April 12) … Earned No. 1 Doubles Ranking (three weeks, first on Jan. 4, 2011, with Allie Will) … Captured the 2010 ITA National Indoor Doubles Title (with Will) … won the ITA Southeast Regional Doubles Championship … only Gator to net a win in all six 2011 NCAA Team Championship dual matches ... two doubles titles
Singles: FINAL ITA National Singles Ranking: 110 … Season-High National Singles Ranking: 85 (April 19, 2011) … 22-11 overall and 15-8 in dual matches (9-0 in SEC dual matches) … played positions 2-4, with the majority at number three (13-6) … had won 10 consecutive matches before dropping a 6-3, 6-3 decision to Clemson’s Klara Vyskocilova in the NCAA Round of 16 … hit a tough patch early in the dual match season when she went 1-5, but ripped off a 10-match win streak immediately following it … provided the clinching SEC regular-season championship win with her 6-1, 6-3 victory against Tennessee’s Kata Szekely (April 10) … 10-4 versus ranked opponents … highest ranked opponent played: 18 (Stanford’s Nicole Gibbs, May 24, L 6-4, 7-5) …highest ranked opponent defeated: 44 (Texas’ Krista Damico, 6-1, 6-2, Oct. 6) … 2-4 in three-setters … 4-0 in clinching matches
FALL SEASON: ITA Preseason Singles Ranking: 2 in the inaugural National Freshman Singles Rankings … 7-3 record during the fall … reached the quarterfinals of the 64-player draw of the ITA Southeast Region, knocking off a pair of nationally-ranked opponents before falling to UF teammate and eventual champion Olivia Janowicz, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-1 … at the Riviera/ITA All-American won three rounds of pre-qualilfying and two in the qualifying draw – including the 6-1, 6-2 win against Texas’ 44th-ranked Krista Damico - before dropping a 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 decision to NC State’s Sanaa Bhambri in the final round before the main draw
Doubles: FINAL ITA National Doubles Ranking: 10 (with Allie Will); 29 (with Lauren Embree) … FINAL ITA Southeast Doubles Ranking: 4 (with Will) ... Season-High National Doubles Ranking: 1 with Allie Will (3 weeks, Jan. 4, Feb. 17, March 1) … 30-6 overall and 19-5 in dual matches … played with four different partners: Lauren Embree (9-0), Caroline Hitimana (2-1), Olivia Janowicz (3-1) and Allie Will (16-4) … played with each in dual match competition, settled in with Embree toward the end of the regular season … only Gator to net a win in all six NCAA Team Championship dual matches; teamed with Hitimana in the first round and with Embree the rest of the way and helped UF win the doubles point in all six NCAA matches ... teamed with Hitimana and Embree in the first and second rounds of the NCAAs, respectively, and earned the first victory of the match in both ... 9-5 versus ranked opponents … highest ranked opponent played: 2 (twice, defeated Alabama’s Guarachi and McLane 6-3, 7-6 (6) on Nov. 6; lost to Clemson’s Bek and Wong, 8-4, on Feb. 19) … highest ranked opponent defeated: 2 (Alabama’s Guarachi and McLane 6-3, 7-6 (6) on Nov. 6) … 1-0 in three-setters or tiebreaks … 2-0 in clinching doubles-point matches (2-0 with Will)
FALL SEASON: ITA Preseason Doubles Ranking: 18 (with Allie Will) … posted an 11-1 record, all with Will … won the USTA-ITA National Indoor Championships, defeating the Nos. 2, 3 and 5-ranked teams in the country en route to the title of the 16-team draw … defeated Clemson’s fifth-ranked Bek and Wong 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the final, after downing Alabama’s second-ranked Guarachi and McLane, 6-3, 7-6 (6) in the semifinals and Stanford’s third-ranked Barte and Burdette in the opening round … opened the year falling to Bek and Wong, 8-6, in the first round of the Riviera/ITA All-American, before winning 14 consecutive matches … captured the ITA Southeast Regional title
PRIOR TO FLORIDA
Graduated from Leonardo Lyceum in June of 2010 … enrolled at the University of Florida for the 2010 fall semester … 2010 Under 18 top-ranked player in Belgium … trained for eight years at T.C. Tessenderlo and at Antwerp in Belgium … earned a career-high WTA Tour singles ranking of 403 on Aug. 23, 2010, and a career-best doubles ranking of 537 on April 12, 2010 … won the singles title at the $10K ITF Rebecq (Belgium) in August 2010 … singles finalist at the $25K ITF Zwevegem (Belgium) in July 2010, winning two qualifying rounds before reaching the title match … one week later, advanced to the singles final at the $10K ITF Knokke (Belgium) … in 2008, advanced to the semifinals of Eddie Herr, where she lost to future Gator teammate Lauren Embree, but defeated fellow Gator newcomer Alex Cercone in the round of 16 with a tough 2-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5 win … at the 2009 Eddie Herr, reached the round of 32 in singles and the round of 16 in doubles, falling 10-8 in third set … represented Belgium’s Fed Cup team in 2009 against Slovakia and in 2010 versus Poland
