2020-21 Women's Tennis Roster
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Antonaki, Emmanouela
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Emmanouela Antonaki
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School/Previous School:
- Ekpaidentiku Auagenuisi
- Hometown:
- Athens, Greece
Bio
Career
Singles Record: 84-44 // 54-26 dual // 19-17 SEC
Doubles Record: 74-46 // 42-30 dual // 15-18 SEC
Highest National Singles Ranking: 19th (3/24/21)
Highest National Doubles Ranking: 41st (9/7/21)
Awards/Honors
ITA Southern Region Rookie of the Year (2019)
Second Team All-SEC (2019)
All-Freshman SEC (2019)
SEC Freshman of the Week (3/5/19)
ITA Southern Region Player to Watch (2020)
First Team All-SEC (2021)
SEC Player of the Week (1/28/21)
ITA All-American (2021)
Second Team All-SEC (2022)
Graduate (2022-23)
Singles Record: 5-5
Doubles Record: 5-3
Highest National Singles Ranking: 52nd (9/6/22)
FALL:
In singles, collected four wins at the ITA Southern Regional in Baton Rouge, Louisiana … Defeated Tulane’s Lily Walther 6-2, 6-4; beat Louisiana Tech’s Olga Bienzobas 6-4, 6-3; took down Mississippi State’s Alexandra Mikhailuk 6-1, 6-3; and dominated LSU’s Maggie Cubitt 6-1, 6-3 … Earned a 6-3, 6-4 win against Louisville’s Rhea Verma at the John Cade Invitational … In doubles, claimed a victory with partner Gia Cohen at the ITA All-American Championships in Cary, N.C. … Beat Sally Pethybridge and Iva Zelic of Portland 8-6 … Earned two wins at the ITA Southern Regional in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with partner Gia Cohen … Defeated Louisiana Tech’s tandem of Ana Rodrigues and Leonie Schuknecht 8-2 as well as UAB’s duo of Sydney Clarke and Maggie White 8-7(1) … Collected two victories at the John Cade Invitational with partner Gia Cohen … Beat the tandem Jamilah Snells and Cici Xin of Louisville 8-7(6) and beat Memphis’ 55th-ranked duo of Emily Meyer and Aran Teixido 8-7(5).
Senior (2021-22)
Singles Record: 22-16 // 15-10 dual // 5-8 SEC
Doubles Record: 21-15 // 14-9 dual // 6-5 SEC
Highest National Singles Ranking: 22nd (9/7/21)
Awards/Honors
Second Team All-SEC (2022)
SPRING:
Recorded a 15-10 ledger in singles play throughout the spring … Was named to Second Team All-SEC … Had three separate win streaks of at least three matches during the spring … Played exclusively in the No. 1 and No. 2 singles spots during dual match play … Earned 10 wins at the No. 1 spot which was the most wins at any spot of anyone on the team … Defeated five ranked opponents during dual match play, four of which came against opponents ranked higher than her … Her five ranked singles wins were the most of anyone on the team … Took down No. 75 Loudmilla Bencheikh 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in MSU’s upset win over 31st-ranked Alabama (Mar. 20) … Led the team with nine matches won in three-sets as well as five tiebreakers won in singles play … Held a 14-9 mark in doubles play during the spring … Was most often paired with Marta Falceto where they earned a record of 8-6, also led the team with six SEC wins during the spring season … Won six straight alongside Falceto from Mar. 27 - Apr. 20 … The duo of Antonaki and Falceto upset Florida’s 34th-ranked duo of Alicia Dudeney and Bentee Spee 6-1 on the road (Mar. 27) … Earned five straight wins playing with Tamara Racine from Jan. 15 - Feb. 19 … Achieved 20 singles wins and 20 doubles wins in a single year, the third time she has done so in her career.
FALL:
Earned two ranked wins in singles play and one ranked win in doubles play … Led the team with 14 total wins throughout the fall … Held a 4-1 mark in singles against players from the Southern Region … Came back to beat No. 50 Megan Davies of South Carolina at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic (Sept. 18) … Dropped the first set 4-6, but dominated the next two 6-0, 6-1 … Defeated No. 28 Chloe Beck of Duke in a thrilling three-set match 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(3) at the ITA All-American (Oct. 6) … Had a team-leading four wins in matches that went to three sets … Also led the team in singles tiebreakers won with two … Was mostly paired up with Tamara Racine throughout the fall and together they earned six victories … They took down Wake Forest’s 38th-ranked tandem of Anna Campana and Carolyn Campana 9-8(5) at the ITA All-American (Oct. 7) … Advanced to the semifinals for singles and doubles play with Racine at the ITA Southern Regional Championships(Oct. 14-19) … Achieved a 3-0 mark in doubles play at the John Cade Invitational (Nov. 5-7).
Junior (2020-21)
Singles Record: 18-6 // 14-5 dual // 5-4 SEC
Doubles Record: 14-8 // 12-8 dual // 4-5 SEC
Highest National Singles Ranking: 19th (3/24/21)
Awards/Honors
ITA All-American (2021)
First Team All-SEC (2021)
SEC Player of the Week (1/28/21)
FALL:
Did not Compete
SPRING:
Went 18-6 in singles with a team-best 14-5 record in singles dual match play … Earned the highest ITA single’s ranking of her career at 14th (March 30) ... Made it to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Women’s Singles Tournament ... Becoming only the second Bulldog to do so… Earned ITA All-American honors … Only the fifth player in program history to do so … Won a team-high 11 straight matches from Jan. 5 - Feb. 20 to start her season… Defeated six ranked opponents throughout the spring … two of which came in the NCAA Women’s Singles Tournament … Had the highest ranked win of her career against 12th-ranked Giulia Pairone (Florida State) in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Singles Tournament, won the match in straight sets (6-4, 6-4) … Spent most of her time at the No.2 singles spot where she posted an 8-2 record … Had a 14-8 ledger in doubles in the spring ... Went 11-2 paired with Alexandra Mikhailuk, the most wins of any MSU doubles pair ... Achieved a perfect 10-0 non-conference record in doubles play (all with Mikhailuk) … Went 5-2 in the No. 2 doubles spot when paired with Mikhailuk … Also obtained a 1-1 mark when paired with Marta Falceto in the No. 3 doubles spot.
Sophomore (2019-20)
Singles Record:14-13 overall // 8-4 dual // 3-0 SEC
Doubles Record: 14-7 overall // 5-3 dual // 1-1 SEC
Highest National Singles Ranking: 41st (9/11/19)
Highest National Doubles Ranking: 45th (11/13/19)
Awards/Honors
ITA Southern Region Player to Watch
FALL:
Posted a 6-9 record in singles and 9-5 record in doubles in the fall campaign ... Clinched one win over a ranked opponent at the Thunderbird Invitational against 75th-ranked Ilze Hattingh of Arizona State (Nov. 8) ... Defeated three-straight opponents at the ITA Southern Regional Championships (Oct. 18-19) to advance to the round of eight ... Advanced to the Flight 3 doubles finals, alongside Mikhailuk, at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic (Sept. 20-21) ... Partnered with Mikhailuk to tally five wins in the fall.
SPRING:
Held an 8-4 record in singles dual match play, including a perfect 3-0 ledger in SEC action ... Won five-straight matches to close the 2020 season, including two against ranked opponents ... Her two ranked victories came in consecutive matches as the sophomore upset Vanderbilt's 31st-ranked Georgia Drummy, before defeating No. 59 Johanna Silva in MSU's 4-3 upset of No. 33 Tennessee ... Spent the entire season at the top two spots in the lineup ... Recorded a 5-2 mark in doubles alongside Alexandra Mikhailuk.
Remainder of season canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.
Freshman (2018-19)
Singles Record: 25-13 // 17-7 dual // 6-5 SEC
Doubles Record: 20-13 // 12-11 dual // 4-8 SEC
Highest National Singles Ranking: 55th (11/14/18)
Highest National Doubles Ranking: 42nd (2/6/19)
Awards/Honors
NCAA Singles At-large Qualifier
ITA Southern Region Rookie of the Year
All-SEC Second Team
SEC All-Freshman Team
SEC Freshman of the Week (3/6/2019)
FALL:
Led the Bulldog newcomers through the fall with 8-5 singles and 8-2 doubles marks ... Deemed the ITA’s 10th-ranked newcomer in the season’s opening poll (Sept. 11) ... Finished her inaugural fall campaign as the only SEC rookie to take down two top-60 opponents in singles ... Earned her first career win, her first against a ranked opponent, for the Maroon & White in her debut on Sept. 21 against Florida State’s 55th-ranked Ana Oparenovic 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 ... In doubles, bested three straight opponents, including 59th-ranked Omirou/Brylin of Wake Forest, to capture the Debbie Southern Fall Classic Flight 2 doubles title alongside Magda Adaloglou ... Advanced to Round of 16 pre-qualifying at the ITA All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, California ... Advanced to the second round in doubles qualifying at the ITA All-American Championships paired with Adaloglou with an 8-4 triumph over the 60th-ranked Koonik/Van Der Ploeg of Wyoming ... Advanced to ITA Southern Regional Championships doubles Round of 16 ... Capped her fall stretch with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Washington’s 25th-ranked Vanessa Wong, making the victory the highest-ranked win by a freshman in program history ... With Adaloglou, went 5-2 overall with a 2-1 mark against ranked opponents.
SPRING:
Became just the third freshman in program history to qualify for the NCAA Individual Championship – only the second ever in singles ... Posted a team-high 17 singles wins in dual match play – all at the top two spots in the lineup – en route to SEC All-Freshman and Second Team All-SEC laurels ... Won 11 in a row from Jan. 26 - March 3, capped off by a straight-set win over Florida’s 33rd-ranked McCartney Kessler in MSU’s first-ever win over the Gators (March 3) ... Ousted South Carolina’s 38th-ranked Paige Cline straight sets (March 2) ... Teamed up with fellow Athens, Greece, product Anastasia Rentouli to go 15-11 overall and 12-11 in dual matches, including clinching the doubles point at Ole Miss (March 10).
Pre-College
Came to Starkville after being the top-ranked junior player in Greece for two years ... Member of the 2018 Greek Federation Cup team ... Named 2017 junior and women's national singles champion, as well as junior doubles champion ... Won four ITF junior singles crowns and one doubles title in Greece, Cyprus and Malta ... Climbed the ITF world junior rankings to as high as No. 195 and is ranked No. 1212 in the ITF world women's singles rankings ... Named Ekpaidentiku Auagennisi Athlete of the Year.
Personal
Born on August 1, 2000, to her parents, Margarita and Manolis ... Native of Athens, Greece ... Raised with her four siblings - Nikos, Alexandra, Koriua and Eugenia ... Graduated from Ekpaidentiku Auagennisi in Athens in June 2018 … Majoring in business.
Singles Record: 84-44 // 54-26 dual // 19-17 SEC
Doubles Record: 74-46 // 42-30 dual // 15-18 SEC
Highest National Singles Ranking: 19th (3/24/21)
Highest National Doubles Ranking: 41st (9/7/21)
Awards/Honors
ITA Southern Region Rookie of the Year (2019)
Second Team All-SEC (2019)
All-Freshman SEC (2019)
SEC Freshman of the Week (3/5/19)
ITA Southern Region Player to Watch (2020)
First Team All-SEC (2021)
SEC Player of the Week (1/28/21)
ITA All-American (2021)
Second Team All-SEC (2022)
Graduate (2022-23)
Singles Record: 5-5
Doubles Record: 5-3
Highest National Singles Ranking: 52nd (9/6/22)
FALL:
In singles, collected four wins at the ITA Southern Regional in Baton Rouge, Louisiana … Defeated Tulane’s Lily Walther 6-2, 6-4; beat Louisiana Tech’s Olga Bienzobas 6-4, 6-3; took down Mississippi State’s Alexandra Mikhailuk 6-1, 6-3; and dominated LSU’s Maggie Cubitt 6-1, 6-3 … Earned a 6-3, 6-4 win against Louisville’s Rhea Verma at the John Cade Invitational … In doubles, claimed a victory with partner Gia Cohen at the ITA All-American Championships in Cary, N.C. … Beat Sally Pethybridge and Iva Zelic of Portland 8-6 … Earned two wins at the ITA Southern Regional in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with partner Gia Cohen … Defeated Louisiana Tech’s tandem of Ana Rodrigues and Leonie Schuknecht 8-2 as well as UAB’s duo of Sydney Clarke and Maggie White 8-7(1) … Collected two victories at the John Cade Invitational with partner Gia Cohen … Beat the tandem Jamilah Snells and Cici Xin of Louisville 8-7(6) and beat Memphis’ 55th-ranked duo of Emily Meyer and Aran Teixido 8-7(5).
Senior (2021-22)
Singles Record: 22-16 // 15-10 dual // 5-8 SEC
Doubles Record: 21-15 // 14-9 dual // 6-5 SEC
Highest National Singles Ranking: 22nd (9/7/21)
Awards/Honors
Second Team All-SEC (2022)
SPRING:
Recorded a 15-10 ledger in singles play throughout the spring … Was named to Second Team All-SEC … Had three separate win streaks of at least three matches during the spring … Played exclusively in the No. 1 and No. 2 singles spots during dual match play … Earned 10 wins at the No. 1 spot which was the most wins at any spot of anyone on the team … Defeated five ranked opponents during dual match play, four of which came against opponents ranked higher than her … Her five ranked singles wins were the most of anyone on the team … Took down No. 75 Loudmilla Bencheikh 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in MSU’s upset win over 31st-ranked Alabama (Mar. 20) … Led the team with nine matches won in three-sets as well as five tiebreakers won in singles play … Held a 14-9 mark in doubles play during the spring … Was most often paired with Marta Falceto where they earned a record of 8-6, also led the team with six SEC wins during the spring season … Won six straight alongside Falceto from Mar. 27 - Apr. 20 … The duo of Antonaki and Falceto upset Florida’s 34th-ranked duo of Alicia Dudeney and Bentee Spee 6-1 on the road (Mar. 27) … Earned five straight wins playing with Tamara Racine from Jan. 15 - Feb. 19 … Achieved 20 singles wins and 20 doubles wins in a single year, the third time she has done so in her career.
FALL:
Earned two ranked wins in singles play and one ranked win in doubles play … Led the team with 14 total wins throughout the fall … Held a 4-1 mark in singles against players from the Southern Region … Came back to beat No. 50 Megan Davies of South Carolina at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic (Sept. 18) … Dropped the first set 4-6, but dominated the next two 6-0, 6-1 … Defeated No. 28 Chloe Beck of Duke in a thrilling three-set match 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(3) at the ITA All-American (Oct. 6) … Had a team-leading four wins in matches that went to three sets … Also led the team in singles tiebreakers won with two … Was mostly paired up with Tamara Racine throughout the fall and together they earned six victories … They took down Wake Forest’s 38th-ranked tandem of Anna Campana and Carolyn Campana 9-8(5) at the ITA All-American (Oct. 7) … Advanced to the semifinals for singles and doubles play with Racine at the ITA Southern Regional Championships(Oct. 14-19) … Achieved a 3-0 mark in doubles play at the John Cade Invitational (Nov. 5-7).
Junior (2020-21)
Singles Record: 18-6 // 14-5 dual // 5-4 SEC
Doubles Record: 14-8 // 12-8 dual // 4-5 SEC
Highest National Singles Ranking: 19th (3/24/21)
Awards/Honors
ITA All-American (2021)
First Team All-SEC (2021)
SEC Player of the Week (1/28/21)
FALL:
Did not Compete
SPRING:
Went 18-6 in singles with a team-best 14-5 record in singles dual match play … Earned the highest ITA single’s ranking of her career at 14th (March 30) ... Made it to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Women’s Singles Tournament ... Becoming only the second Bulldog to do so… Earned ITA All-American honors … Only the fifth player in program history to do so … Won a team-high 11 straight matches from Jan. 5 - Feb. 20 to start her season… Defeated six ranked opponents throughout the spring … two of which came in the NCAA Women’s Singles Tournament … Had the highest ranked win of her career against 12th-ranked Giulia Pairone (Florida State) in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Singles Tournament, won the match in straight sets (6-4, 6-4) … Spent most of her time at the No.2 singles spot where she posted an 8-2 record … Had a 14-8 ledger in doubles in the spring ... Went 11-2 paired with Alexandra Mikhailuk, the most wins of any MSU doubles pair ... Achieved a perfect 10-0 non-conference record in doubles play (all with Mikhailuk) … Went 5-2 in the No. 2 doubles spot when paired with Mikhailuk … Also obtained a 1-1 mark when paired with Marta Falceto in the No. 3 doubles spot.
Sophomore (2019-20)
Singles Record:14-13 overall // 8-4 dual // 3-0 SEC
Doubles Record: 14-7 overall // 5-3 dual // 1-1 SEC
Highest National Singles Ranking: 41st (9/11/19)
Highest National Doubles Ranking: 45th (11/13/19)
Awards/Honors
ITA Southern Region Player to Watch
FALL:
Posted a 6-9 record in singles and 9-5 record in doubles in the fall campaign ... Clinched one win over a ranked opponent at the Thunderbird Invitational against 75th-ranked Ilze Hattingh of Arizona State (Nov. 8) ... Defeated three-straight opponents at the ITA Southern Regional Championships (Oct. 18-19) to advance to the round of eight ... Advanced to the Flight 3 doubles finals, alongside Mikhailuk, at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic (Sept. 20-21) ... Partnered with Mikhailuk to tally five wins in the fall.
SPRING:
Held an 8-4 record in singles dual match play, including a perfect 3-0 ledger in SEC action ... Won five-straight matches to close the 2020 season, including two against ranked opponents ... Her two ranked victories came in consecutive matches as the sophomore upset Vanderbilt's 31st-ranked Georgia Drummy, before defeating No. 59 Johanna Silva in MSU's 4-3 upset of No. 33 Tennessee ... Spent the entire season at the top two spots in the lineup ... Recorded a 5-2 mark in doubles alongside Alexandra Mikhailuk.
Remainder of season canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.
Freshman (2018-19)
Singles Record: 25-13 // 17-7 dual // 6-5 SEC
Doubles Record: 20-13 // 12-11 dual // 4-8 SEC
Highest National Singles Ranking: 55th (11/14/18)
Highest National Doubles Ranking: 42nd (2/6/19)
Awards/Honors
NCAA Singles At-large Qualifier
ITA Southern Region Rookie of the Year
All-SEC Second Team
SEC All-Freshman Team
SEC Freshman of the Week (3/6/2019)
FALL:
Led the Bulldog newcomers through the fall with 8-5 singles and 8-2 doubles marks ... Deemed the ITA’s 10th-ranked newcomer in the season’s opening poll (Sept. 11) ... Finished her inaugural fall campaign as the only SEC rookie to take down two top-60 opponents in singles ... Earned her first career win, her first against a ranked opponent, for the Maroon & White in her debut on Sept. 21 against Florida State’s 55th-ranked Ana Oparenovic 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 ... In doubles, bested three straight opponents, including 59th-ranked Omirou/Brylin of Wake Forest, to capture the Debbie Southern Fall Classic Flight 2 doubles title alongside Magda Adaloglou ... Advanced to Round of 16 pre-qualifying at the ITA All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, California ... Advanced to the second round in doubles qualifying at the ITA All-American Championships paired with Adaloglou with an 8-4 triumph over the 60th-ranked Koonik/Van Der Ploeg of Wyoming ... Advanced to ITA Southern Regional Championships doubles Round of 16 ... Capped her fall stretch with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Washington’s 25th-ranked Vanessa Wong, making the victory the highest-ranked win by a freshman in program history ... With Adaloglou, went 5-2 overall with a 2-1 mark against ranked opponents.
SPRING:
Became just the third freshman in program history to qualify for the NCAA Individual Championship – only the second ever in singles ... Posted a team-high 17 singles wins in dual match play – all at the top two spots in the lineup – en route to SEC All-Freshman and Second Team All-SEC laurels ... Won 11 in a row from Jan. 26 - March 3, capped off by a straight-set win over Florida’s 33rd-ranked McCartney Kessler in MSU’s first-ever win over the Gators (March 3) ... Ousted South Carolina’s 38th-ranked Paige Cline straight sets (March 2) ... Teamed up with fellow Athens, Greece, product Anastasia Rentouli to go 15-11 overall and 12-11 in dual matches, including clinching the doubles point at Ole Miss (March 10).
Pre-College
Came to Starkville after being the top-ranked junior player in Greece for two years ... Member of the 2018 Greek Federation Cup team ... Named 2017 junior and women's national singles champion, as well as junior doubles champion ... Won four ITF junior singles crowns and one doubles title in Greece, Cyprus and Malta ... Climbed the ITF world junior rankings to as high as No. 195 and is ranked No. 1212 in the ITF world women's singles rankings ... Named Ekpaidentiku Auagennisi Athlete of the Year.
Personal
Born on August 1, 2000, to her parents, Margarita and Manolis ... Native of Athens, Greece ... Raised with her four siblings - Nikos, Alexandra, Koriua and Eugenia ... Graduated from Ekpaidentiku Auagennisi in Athens in June 2018 … Majoring in business.
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