2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster
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Tiglea, Cristina
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Cristina Tiglea
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Milan, Italy
Bio
Career RecordÂ
| Year | Overall Singles | Tournament Singles | Dual Singles | Big 12 Singles | Overall Doubles | Tournament Doubles | Dual Doubles | Big 12 Doubles |
| 21-22 | 14-7 | 7-2 | 7-5 | 2-4 | 15-15 | 7-5 | 8-10 | 5-3 |
| 22-23 | 17-13 | 7-5 | 10-8 | 3-4 | 23-12 | 13-6 | 10-6 | 2-3 |
| 23-24 | 19-10 | 6-4 | 13-6 | 7-2 | 24-9 | 6-3 | 18-6 | 10-2 |
| Totals | 50-30 | 20-11 | 30-19 | 12-10 | 62-36 | 26-14 | 36-22 | 17-8 |
Career Dual Singles Record By Position
| Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Overall |
| 2022 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7-5 | 7-5 |
| 2023 | -- | 1-0 | 5-4 | 4-4 | -- | -- | 10-8 |
| 2024 | 13-6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 13-6 |
| Totals | 13-6 | 1-0 | 5-4 | 4-4 | -- | 7-5 | 30-19 |
Career Dual Doubles Record By PositionÂ
| Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | Overall |
| 2022 | 0-3 | 8-7 | -- | 8-10 |
| 2023 | -- | 10-6 | -- | 10-6 |
| 2024 | -- | 18-6 | -- | 18-6 |
| Totals | 0-3 | 36-19 | -- | 36-22 |
Career High Rankings:
Singles - 39Â (4/2/2024)
Doubles - 24Â (11/16/2022)
HONORS & AWARDS
- Academic All-Big 12 (2023-24)
- NCAA Singles Tournament At-Large Bid (2024)
- All-Big 12 First Team Singles (2024)
- Big 12 Position Champion at No. 2Â Doubles (2024)
- 2x Big 12 Player of the Week (2/20/2024 & 3/12/2024)
- Doubles Semifinalist at ITA Texas Regionals (2023)
- Round of 16 doubles appearance at the ITA Fall Nationals (2022)
- Doubles Co-MVP at the Texas A&M Invitational (2022)
- Doubles finalist at ITA Texas Regionals (2022)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2023)
JUNIOR (2023-24):
Spring 2024
- Helped the Lady Raiders to a program record 10 conference wins and a fourth-place finish in the Big 12 … Aided Tech to its 12th–consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance as well as a second-round berth after sweeping Denver in the first round … Also helped the team make the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament ... Finished the season with a No. 56 ITA singles ranking ... Finished second on the team with a 19-10 overall singles record and a 13-6 dual record, playing all matches at court one ... Led the team with nine ranked wins while going 7-2 in conference play ... Put together an overall 24-9 doubles record and an 18-6 dual record, all at court two ... Tied for the team-lead with 10 Big 12 doubles wins, while ranking second on the team in overall doubles victories
- Helped the Lady Raiders clinch the doubles point in the opening match of the spring season, alongside teammate Mariya Polishchuk at court two, with a 6-2 victory over Liberty’s Marina Davtyan and Maria Turchetto
- Clinched the match for Texas Tech over Liberty with a 6-2, 7-5 singles victory over Maria Juliana Parra Romero in her court one debut
- During ITA Kickoff Weekend, earned a ranked win over No. 67 Maria Sholokhova (Wisconsin), 6-3, 6-4, at court one
- Clinched the Lady Raiders’ doubles point against Auburn with a 6-3 victory on court two
- Aided in the Lady Raiders’ 4-0 victory over Jacksonville State with 6-0 doubles win at court two to help claim the doubles point
- Earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors after a strong weekend in Santa Barbara … Won all three of her singles contests, which included a pair of ranked wins on court one versus No. 64 Amelia Honer (UCSB) and No. 118 Reece Carter (Arizona) … Also grabbed a match-clinching win in doubles play against Arizona, as she and Mariya Polishchuk downed Teja Tirunelveli and Kayla Wilkins, 6-3
- Clinched the doubles point in the Lady Raider’s 4-0 match victory over Furman with a 6-3 doubles win on court two
- Won a doubles match in the Lady Raider’s 4-1 match victory over Wake Forest, 6-4, on court two
- Opened the Lady Raider’s 6-0 match victory over Houston with a 6-0 doubles victory on court two … Added a point on the board with a 6-4, 6-1 singles win on court one
- Clinched the doubles point against UCF with a 7-6 (4) win at court two … Also clinched the match victory by scoring the final singles point in a 6-4, 6-2 victory at court one
- Put a point on the board for Tech against No. 1 Oklahoma State by defeating No. 7 Anastasiya Komar, 6-2, 6-4, on court one, the highest ranked win of her career ... Clinched the doubles point for Texas Tech in a 5-2 match victory over Kansas State with a 6-2 doubles victory over Maralgoo Chomsomjav and Manami Ukita on court two ... Clinched the match for Texas Tech with a 6-3, 7-5 singles victory over No. 105 Vanesa Suarez of Kansas State on court one ... Going undefeated this week with two ranked singles wins led to Tiglea winning Big 12 Player of the Week
- Won the first doubles match of the day against Kansas with a 6-1 victory versus Heike Janse Van Vuuren and Jocelyn Massey on court two
- Helped Tech secure the doubles point after defeating Iowa State’s Valeska San Martin and Gala Arangio, 6-1, at court two
- Clinched the doubles point in the Lady Raiders' win over BYU with a 6-1 victory at court two against Bobo Huang and Kaavya Sawhney ... Added a win in singles with a ranked victory at court one over No. 87 Bobo Huang, 6-1, 7-5
- Helped the Lady Raiders win the doubles point over TCU with a 6-1 doubles victory over Jade Otway and Isabel Pascual at court two … Clinched the 4-3 match victory for the Lady Raiders over TCU with a 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (19) singles victory over Jade Otway on court one
- Clinched the doubles point for Tech in the sweep of Baylor with a 6-3 doubles victory over No. 66 Isabella Harvison and Liubov Kostenko
- Aided in the sweep of West Virginia after winning in doubles, 6-1, to clinch the point for the Lady Raiders
- Helped sweep Cincinnati with a 6-2 doubles win at court two to clinch the point ... Added a 6-1, 6-1 singles win at court one over Rozalia Gruszczynska to clinch the match
- In the Big 12 Tournament, won her doubles match against Cincinnati’s Vic de Samucewicz and Callie Flanagan by a score of 6-0 to help win the point … Clinched the victory for Texas Tech at court one over Rozalia Gruszczynska of Cincinnati in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1
- Made the NCAA Singles Championships, going up against No. 6 Fiona Crawley of UNC in the first round
Fall 2023
- Grabbed her first tournament singles win of the fall over Old Dominion’s Sofia Johnson, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, in the pre-qualifying singles draw of the ITA All-American Championships
- Recorded a victory in the qualifying doubles draw at the ITA All-American Championships with Mariya Polishchuk over Arizona State’s Marianna Argyrokastriti and Giulia Morlet, 8-7 (2)
- Captured victories in the singles draw of the ITA Texas Regionals over Sam Houston State’s India Fenieys, 6-1, 6-2, and the University of Texas-Arlington’s Tara Gorinsek, 7-5, 6-4
- In the same tournament, her and Mariya Polishchuk made a run to the semifinals, defeating pairings from Houston, 8-4, Tarleton State, 8-4, the University of Texas-Arlington, 8-7 (2), and six-seed Baylor, 8-4
- Ended the fall season with a career-high singles ranking of No. 69
SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
Spring 2023
- Closed out the year ranked No. 81 in doubles by the ITA with teammate Metka Komac
- Tied for third on the team with a 17-13 overall singles record and fourth with a 10-8 dual record ... Primarily played at court three where she collected a 5-4 record in dual matches
- Was second on the team in overall doubles wins going 23-12 on the year and posted a 10-6 record in dual matches, all at court two
- Collected one match clinch on the season
- Went undefeated in singles and doubles to open the season at home, including a win at court three over Zuzanna Szczepanska (UTEP), 6-4, 6-4 ... Also helped clinch the doubles point at court two with Olivia Peet when they beat the UTEP duo of Eve Daniels and Carlotta Mencaglia, 7-6 (6)
- Helped the Lady Raiders advance to the ITA Kickoff Regional Finals with a win over Tulsa's Lian Benedejcic, 6-2, 6-1
- Helped the Lady Raiders sweep both UC Santa Barbara and Arizona with two doubles victories at court two ... Paired with Peet, the duo would clinch the doubles point against the Gauchos with a 6-2 win over Khrebtova and Gonzalez-Ballbe ... Also clinched the point against Arizona when she and Peet beat Midori Castillo-Meza and Reece Carter with a bagel, 6-0 ... Recorded a singles win later in the match with a 7-6 (3), 6-1 victory against Kayla Wilkins at court four
- Aided Texas Tech to a runner-up finish at the Blue Gray Tennis Classic ... Helped sweep No. 58 Yale when she defeated Vivian Cheng at court three, 6-3, 6-1Â
- Helped the Lady Raiders defeat UT Arlington with a 6-3, 6-0 win against Tara Gorinsek at court three to clinch the match for Tech ... Also added a doubles win with a 6-1 victory at court two
- Clinched the doubles point against No. 48 SMU with Peet as the duo defeated Taylor Johnson and Drew Morris at court two, 7-6 (4)
- Won the doubles point for Tech with a 6-4 victory at court two over Florentine Dekkers and Farhat Quamar (KSU) ... Earned singles wins against Carmen Roxana Manu (KU) and Vanesa Suarez (KSU) to help Tech defeat No. 20 Kansas and Kansas State by 6-1 scores
- Aided Tech to the doubles point after defeating Isabella Harvison and Anita Sahdiieva at court two, 6-4
- Defeated Michaela Kucherova in straight sets, 7-6 (5), 7-5, at court three en route to a team sweep of West Virginia
Fall 2022
- Led the Red Raiders with 12 doubles wins in the fall, while also tallying a 6-3 singles record
- Notched a doubles runner-up finish at the ITA Texas Regionals to qualify for the ITA Fall National tournament... Paired with Metka Komac, the duo collected four doubles wins over teams from ACU, SMU, Rice and North Texas to make a doubles finals appearance... Tiglea also reached the singles Round of 16 at regionals after defeating Gabriela Cortes (Houston) and Aleksandra Zlatarova (UTSA)
- Posted two singles wins at both the Baylor Invitational and Texas A&M Fall Invitational
- Made a Round of 16 doubles appearance at the ITA Fall Nationals with Komac after the duo beat California's Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (8), in the Round of 32
- Earned Doubles Co-MVP honors at the Texas A&M Fall Invitational after tallying two wins over the weekend against Utah's Madison Tattini and Anastasia Goncharov as well as Rice's Diae El Jardi and Federica Trevisan
- Went 7-3 in doubles with Komac to end the season ranked No. 24 in the nation by the ITA
FRESHMAN (2021-22):
- Recorded a record of 7-5 in her first season with the Lady Raiders
- Opened her career with a pair of appearances at line five before moving to singles six
- Made her Tech debut in the first match of the home schedule against UTEP (Jan. 21)
- Won her first career college decision against No. 29 UCSB, winning three and three (Mar. 4)
- Made it back-to-back victories when she downed SMU’s Drew Morris (Mar. 6)
- Recorded her first career Big 12 victory when she downed Sofia Cabezas of Iowa State in straight sets, 6-1/6-3 (Mar. 25)
- Helped Tech earn the victory at TCU when she cruised to a one and two victory on court six
- Made her postseason debut at the Big 12 Tournament where she downed Alana Wolfberg, winning 11 of the last 12 games of the match (Apr. 22)
- Also played line two doubles with partner Margarita Skriabina
- Recorded a clutch 6-2 win with Skriabina to help the Lady Raiders clinch the doubles point over South Carolina (Jan. 27)
- Won back-to-back doubles matches to run her unbeaten streak with Skriabina to six, when the duo downed Ole Miss’ doubles two pair, 6-3
- Recorded a second streak of six unbeaten matches with four victories from Mar. 18-27
- Played doubles and singles action in both of Tech’s NCAA Tournament matches.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
- Trained at Quanta Club and attended high school at Istituto Caggiari
- Hailing from Milan, Italy, Tiglea held a Universal Tennis Rating of 10 and a career high of 11.13.
- She boasted a career high junior ranking of 335 and a career-best ITF pro ranking of 980
- Racked up 10 singles wins and four doubles wins and advancing in seven of her 12 singles tournament appearances since 2017
- Reached two professional doubles semifinals and three quarterfinals
- Since 2018, reached the singles main draw round of 16 at the Monastir 5 ITF event in 2018 and Monastir 3 ITF in 2019
- In doubles, she advanced to the Schio ITF tournament main draw quarterfinals.
Highlights vs. Boston U (NCAA First Round)
Friday, May 02
Postmatch Press Conference - NCAA First Round
Friday, May 02
Tennis Educational Video
Thursday, May 01
Tic-Tac-Toe Serving Game
Thursday, May 01
