Avelina Sayfetdinova

Yekaterina Dmitrichenko

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Metka Komac

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Mariya Polishchuk

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Camryn Stepp

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Cristina Tiglea

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Photo by: TEXAS TECH ATHLETICS

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Avelina Sayfetdinova

Height:
5-9
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Moscow, Russia

Career Record

Year	Overall Singles	Tournament Singles	Dual Singles	Big 12 Singles	Overall Doubles	Tournament Doubles	Dual Doubles	Big 12 Doubles
21-22	22-12	11-4	11-8	4-4	21-11	10-3	11-8	6-3
22-23	17-13	5-6	12-7	4-3	22-13	9-6	13-7	6-1
23-24	17-10	3-3	14-7	5-3	30-7	10-3	20-4	10-2
24-25	8-11	1-2	7-9	5-4	26-6	8-2	18-4	10-1
Totals	64-46	20-15	44-31	18-14	99-37	37-14	62-23	32-7

Career Dual Singles Record By Position

Year	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Overall
2022	--	--	11-8	--	--	--	11-8
2023	1-0	11-7	--	--	--	--	12-7
2024	--	1-1	13-6	--	--	--	14-7
2025	7-9	--	--	--	--	--	7-9
Totals	8-9	12-8	24-14	--	--	--	44-31

Career Dual Doubles Record By Position

Year	#1	#2	#3	Overall
2022	10-8	--	1-0	11-8
2023	13-7	--	--	13-7
2024	20-4	--	--	20-4
2025	18-4	--	--	18-4
Totals	61-23	--	1-0	62-23

Career High Rankings:
Singles - 44 (2/9/2022)
Doubles - 4 (3/18/25)

HONORS & AWARDS

All-Big 12 First Team Doubles (2025)
All-Big 12 Second Team Singles (2025)
Big 12 Tournament Champion (2025)
Big 12 Regular-Season Champion (2025)
Qualified for the 2024 NCAA Doubles Championships
Doubles Champion at ITA Texas Regionals (2024)
Doubles Flight Champion at Furman Fall Classic (2024)
First ITA Doubles All-American in program history with teammate Metka Komac
Quarterfinalist at NCAA Doubles Championships (2024)
NCAA Doubles Tournament At-Large Bid, 5-8 seed (2024)
Unanimous All-Big 12 First Team Doubles (2024)
Big 12 Position Champion at No. 1 Doubles (2024)
Elite Eight Doubles Appearance at ITA Fall Nationals (2023)
Singles Quarterfinalist at ITA Texas Regionals (2023)
All-Big 12 Second Team Singles (2023)
All-Big 12 Second Team Doubles (2023)
Big 12 Position Champion at No. 1 Doubles (2023)
Big 12 Player of the Week (March 7, 2023)
Won the doubles title at the Baylor Invitational (2022)
Second Team All-Big 12 Doubles (2022)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2023)

SENIOR (2024-25)
Spring 2025

Finished the season with a 26-6 overall record in doubles and an 18-4 dual doubles record, all coming at court one … Also added 11 ranked doubles wins to rank second on the team in that category ... Was ranked as high as No. 4 in the spring by the ITA in doubles with Mariia Hlahola, which is a new program record doubles ranking … Went 8-11 overall in singles and 7-9 in dual matches, all coming at the top of the lineup … Led the team in dual doubles wins (18) and in Big 12 doubles wins with a 10-1 record during conference … Ranked second on the team in overall doubles wins (26) … Both her and teammate Hlahola led all doubles pairings with a 26-5 record together
In the season-opening doubleheader, paired up with Hlahola at court one to take down No. 17 Abby Nugent and Clara Owen, 6-3, to clinch the doubles point against Xavier … Then recorded a singles win at court one over Elizabeth Pendergast, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 1-0 (12), to help sweep Xavier … Against ACU, clinched the doubles point with Hlahola at court one over Olivia Sears and Masha Vrsalovic, 6-2 to aid Tech to its second sweep of the day
Helped the Lady Raiders to their first top-10 win in seven years against No. 10-ranked NC State after clinching the doubles point at court one against No. 5-ranked Gabriella Broadfoot and Maddy Zampardo, 6-4
Clinched the doubles point at the top court against Oregon’s Patsy Daughters and Karin Young, 6-4, to help win the match, 4-3, over the Ducks
Earned a doubles win at court one over Arizona’s No. 28 Midori Castillo-Meza and Martyna Ostrzygalo, 6-2, to help win the doubles point in the Lady Raiders’ sweep
Earned a doubles win at court one over Kansas pair Heike Janse Van Vuuren and Gracie Mulville, 6-2, to help win the doubles point in the Lady Raiders’ Big 12 opener
Clinched the doubles point at the top court against BYU’s Bobo Huang and Sue Yan Tan, 6-4, before going on to defeat Grace Levelston on court one, 7-6 (1), 6-4
Earned a doubles win at the top court over Baylor’s No. 15-ranked pair of Liubov Kostenko and Cristina Tiglea, 6-4, before taking down Tiglea for the second time of the match on court one, 6-4, 6-0
Earned a doubles win over UCF’s No. 30-ranked pair of Olivia Lincer and Hannah Rylatt, 6-3, on the top court … Went on to clinch the match over No. 110-ranked Lincer at court one, 7-6 (7), 7-5, giving Lincer her first dual loss of the year
Earned a doubles win over Colorado’s No. 45-ranked pair of Ema Bubalo and Anya Nelson, 6-0, on the top court, before going on to defeat Mila Stanojevic, 6-4, 6-0, on court one to aid in a Lady Raiders’ victory
Earned a double’s point over Arizona’s No. 37-ranked duo of Danielle Tuhten and Josie Usereau, 6-2, at court one to claim the Big 12 regular-season title
At the Big 12 Tournament, clinched the doubles point over Baylor’s No. 31-ranked duo of Liubov Kostenko and Cristina Tiglea on the top court, 6-4 … Then, went on to beat Kostenko again on the top court, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the finals … Earned a doubles win over UCF’s No. 41-ranked duo of Olivia Lincer and Hannah Rylatt on court one, 6-2, to aid in Tech winning the Big 12 Tournament title
Clinched the doubles point for the Lady Raiders in the first round of the NCAA Tournament over Boston University’s pair of Gabriella Mikaul and Uma Bakaityte, 6-1

Fall 2024

Opened the fall ranked No. 99 in singles and No. 42 in doubles with Hailey Murphy in the ITA preseason rankings
Finished the fall with an ITA doubles ranking of No. 15 with teammate Mariia Hlahola
Earned a ranked singles win at the Furman Fall Classic with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory against No. 108 Gabriella Broadfoot of NC State ... Also on her doubles flight with Mariia Hlahola after defeating teams from Kentucky, Alabama and NC State at the tournament
Won the doubles title with teammate Mariia Hlahola at ITA Texas Regionals ... The tandem picked up wins over Sofia Fortuno and Maria Andrea Lora Meza (Texas State), 8-1, Sophie Llewellyn and Kayla Schefke (SMU), 8-2, Ashton Bowers and Vivian Ovrootsky (Texas), 8-5, No. 12 Isabel Pascual and Jade Otway (TCU), 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (5), and No. 47 Tomi Main/Yu-Chin Tsai (TCU), 6-3, 6-4, to claim the trophy and qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championships

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 ranked No. 8 nationally in doubles, the highest end of the year doubles ranking in Tech history ... Put together a 17-10 overall singles record and a 14-7 dual record, playing primarily at court three ... Added a 5-3 singles record in Big 12 play and went 13-6 at court three ... Paired with Metka Koamc all season, the duo broke the program record for most wins at court one with a 20-4 record at the position ... Finished with a 30-7 overall doubles record with a team-best six ranked victories and 10-wins in Big 12 play ... Made it the furthest in the NCAA Doubles Championships in program history with a quarterfinals finish and became the first ITA Doubles All-Americans in the process
Helped the Lady Raiders to a 6-1 match victory over Liberty with a 6-0, 2-6, 6-2 singles victory over Marina Davtyan on court three
During ITA Kickoff Weekend, clinched the doubles point for Tech with a 6-4 win against Virginia on court one
Helped the Lady Raiders to a 4-0 match victory over Jacksonville State by clinching the doubles point with a 6-2 victory on court one … Also clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-3 singles victory on court three over Dariana Prato
Went a perfect 3-0 in singles play (all on court three) and 2-0 in doubles during the UC Santa Barbara tournament … First defeated Arizona’s Teja Tirunelveli, 6-2, 6-4, before topping USCB’s Kira Reuter, 7-5, 6-3, and Kansas’ Heike Van Vuuren, 7-6 (0), 6-4 … Continued her success with teammate Metka Komac as the duo remained unbeaten in doubles play with wins over Arizona and Kansas
Won the opening doubles match 6-1 with Metka Komac on court one in the Lady Raiders 4-0 match victory over Furman … Also added a point in singles with a 6-2, 6-3 victory on court three
Clinched the doubles point with a 7-5 victory on court one in the Lady Raider’s 4-1 match victory over Wake Forest … Also clinched the match victory with a 7-6 (3), 7-5 singles victory on court three
Clinched the doubles point with a 7-6 (5) win on court one in the Lady Raiders’ match against Alabama
Clinched the doubles point in the Lady Raiders’ 6-0 victory over Houston with a 6-4 win on court one … Added a point on the board with a 6-1, 6-1 victory at court three
Opened the Lady Raiders’ 4-2 match victory over UCF with a 6-4 doubles win with Metka Komac on court one
Helped the Lady Raiders win the doubles point in the 5-2 match victory over Kansas State with a 6-2 doubles victory over Veronika Kulhava and Tereza Polakova on court one to open the match ... Added another point for Tech against K-State with a 6-3, 7-5 singles victory over Manami Ukita on court three
Led the Lady Raiders to a 4-3 victory by clinching the doubles point against Kansas’ Gracie Mulville and Kyoka Kubo with a 7-5 victory on court one
Clinched the doubles point for the Lady Raiders with a 6-2 victory over Iowa State’s Anna Kuearum and Isabella Dunlap … Put up the third point for Texas Tech with a singles win against Ashlee Narker, 6-1, 6-3, on court three
Helped the Lady Raiders win the doubles point over BYU with a 6-1 victory against No. 40-ranked duo Emilee Astle and Kendall Kovick at court one
Clinched the doubles point over TCU with a 6-3 doubles victory over Yu-Chin Tsai and Chiho Mushika
Helped the Lady Raiders win the doubles point in the sweep of Baylor with a 6-4 doubles victory over Zuzanna Kubacha and Sierra Berry
Picked up a ranked doubles win against No. 19 Dana Guzman and Roisin Gilheany of Oklahoma at the top court, 6-2 ... Followed this up with a ranked victory against No. 97 Alina Shcherbinina at court three, 7-6 (5), 6-1
Aided in the sweep of West Virginia after winning in doubles, 6-0, for the point then defeating Maja Dodik at court three, 6-2, 6-4 for the Lady Raiders' third point of the match
In the Big 12 Tournament, clinched the doubles point against Cincinnati by a score of 6-1 at the top court … Won her doubles match against BYU by a score of 6-0 against No. 41-ranked Emilee Astle and Kendall Kovick to help win the point … Recorded a win in singles to help sweep the Cougars with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Kendall Kovick
Helped the Lady Raiders win their first round match in the NCAA Tournament against Denver with a 6-4 victory at court one to clinch the doubles point ... Also added a 6-2, 6-2 win in singles at court two over Britt Pursell for Tech's third point of the day
Made a quarterfinals appearance at the NCAA Doubles Championships with wins over No. 30 Forbes/Tran of UNC, 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (2), and No. 56 Mandelikova/Quadre of FIU, 7-5, 6-1 ... Fell to the eventual national champions in the Elite 8 in No. 14 Mert/Vidmanova of Georgia, 6-3, 4-6, 0-1 (9)

Fall 2023

Finished the fall ranked second on the team with eight doubles victories
Started the fall season with a career-high ranking of No. 15 with Metka Komac in the ITA Preseason Doubles Rankings and was also ranked No. 113 in the ITA Preseason Singles Rankings ... Was the only Lady Raider to be ranked in both singles and doubles to begin the fall
Posted an ITA All-American Championships doubles win in the first round of the main draw over Tennessee’s Esther Adeshina and Sofia Cabezas, 7-6 (4), 6-3
In the singles main draw of the ITA Texas Regionals, defeated Rice’s Anushka Ashar, 6-1, 6-1, TCU’s Helena Narmoiunt, 6-0, 6-4, and UTSA’s Fatima Gutierrez, 6-3, 6-3
In the doubles main draw of the same tournament, her and partner Metka Komac defeated pairings from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 8-1, two pairings from TCU, 8-6 and 8-4, a duo from UTSA, 6-3, 6-2, and Tanya Sasnouskaya and Sabina Zeynalova from Texas, 7-5, 6-2, to win the doubles championship
Only the second doubles team in program history to take the doubles title at regionals
At the ITA Fall Nationals with Komac, the pairing made it to the Elite Eight with victories over Natasha Puehse and Santa Strombacha of Grand Canyon, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (11) and Luciana Perry and Irina Cantos of Ohio State, 6-4, 6-2
Ended the fall season ranked No. 5 in doubles with Komac, the highest doubles ranking in program history

SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
Spring 2023

Closed out the year ranked No. 30 in doubles by the ITA with teammate Metka Komac
Tied for third on the team with an overall singles record of 17-13 and a 12-7 record in dual singles ... Played primarily at court two where she picked up an 11-7 record and a team-high five wins against nationally ranked opponents ... Added four wins against conference opponents which helped her be named to the All-Big 12 Second Team in singles
Ranked third on the team in overall doubles wins going 22-13 and tied the team-high with 13 dual doubles wins ... Played at the top of the lineup all season in doubles and tallied a team-high six wins in conference play and a 6-4 record against nationally ranked doubles teams, including a top-10 victory against UCLA in the NCAA Tournament ... After going 6-1 in Big 12 play at court one, Sayfetdinova along with teammate Metka Komac would be named the Big 12 Champions at the position and also earn All-Big 12 Second Team Doubles
Collected a team-high four match clinches on the season
Earned two doubles wins and a ranked singles win at the Duel in the Desert tournament ... In singles, defeated No. 26 Malkia Ngounoue (Kansas) in straight-sets, 6-4, 7-5 ... Also posted doubles victories against teams from Kansas and Georgia
Clinched two matches to open the season after beating Brandelyn Fulenzi (UIW), 6-2, 6-3, and Veronika Lebisova (UTEP), 6-2, 6-4
Posted her third match clinch of the year against Tulsa to send Tech to the ITA Kickoff Weekend Regional Finals when she defeated Maria Berlanga, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4, at court two
Paired up with Metka Komac at court one to beat No. 10 Carolyn Ansari and Ariana Arseneault (Auburn), 6-2
Helped the Lady Raiders sweep Arizona after defeating Parker Fry and Salma Ziouti at court one with Komac by a 6-1 score to take the doubles point
Aided Texas Tech to a runner-up finish at the Blue Gray Tennis Classic ... First, helped the Lady Raiders sweep Arizona for the second time this year with another doubles win at court one over Fry and Ziouti, 6-2 ... Then, posted a singles win against Midori Castillo-Meza at court two, 6-1, 6-1
Helped the Lady Raiders defeat UT Arlington with a 6-2, 6-2 win against Sarina Reinertsen at court two ... Also clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 victory at court one
Picked up another doubles win against No. 48 SMU with Komac as the two won 6-4 against Maja Makoric and Jackie Nylander ... Also added a singles win over Taylor Johnson at court two by a score of 6-2, 6-3 to clinch the match for Tech
Helped the Lady Raiders win the doubles point over Oklahoma State with a 6-4 victory at court one against No. 31 Ayumi Miyamoto and Raquel Gonzalez
Collected a ranked doubles victory over No. 61 Heike Janse Van Vuuren and Malkia Ngounoue, 6-4, at court one to win the doubles point against the Jayhawks ... Earned a singles win against Maria Titova (KU) to help Tech defeat No. 20 Kansas by a 6-1 score
Aided Tech to the doubles point after defeating Paula Baranano and Daniella Dimitrov at court one, 6-2
Tallied a ranked doubles win against No. 41 Charlotte Chavatipon and Sabina Zeynalova (Texas), 6-4
Went undefeated with two ranked wins against TCU after picking up a doubles win over No. 81 Helena Narmount and Yu-Chin Tsai, 6-3, at court one, then collecting a singles win versus No. 105 Mercedes Aristegui at court two, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Clinched the doubles point by defeating Ting-Pei Chang and Camilla Bossi, 6-3, on court one … Defeated Ting-Pei Chang in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2 at court two en route to a team sweep of West Virginia
Defeated No. 112 Alana Wolfberg of Oklahoma State on court two, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, at the Big 12 Championships to tie the match at 3-all

Fall 2022

Began the season ranked No. 67 in singles in the ITA Preseason National Rankings
Went 6-3 in doubles and added three singles wins during the fall
Was the only Red Raider to defeat a ranked opponent in singles after beating No. 59-ranked Marlee Zein of Texas, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, at the Baylor Invitational and No. 63 Page Freeman (Notre Dame), 7-6 (3), 6-3 at the ITA All-American Championships
Earned six doubles wins in a row with Metka Komac and Yekaterina Dmitrichenko as they collected victories against teams from Texas, Baylor, Rice and Utah
Won the doubles title at the Baylor Invitational after compiling a perfect 5-0 record at the tournament

FRESHMAN (2021-22):

Played line three for the entirety of the season, going 17-11 overall
Peaked at No. 44 in the ITA Rankings and spent 20 weeks ranked
Finished the season ranked 90th in the final ITA Rankings
Began her Texas Tech career by going 2-1 at the San Diego Invitational (Jan. 14-16)
Recorded her first ranked victory when she defeated Maria Titova (No. 42) of Kansas in three sets (2-6, 7-6, 6-4) on Jan. 15
Won an epic second-set tiebreaker (9-7) to record her first straight set win against Houston on Feb. 18
Contributed her first Big 12 singles victory at Kansas State (Mar. 18) in three sets
Capped a five-match unbeaten streak and a four-match winning streak with a straight set victory over UTRGV (Mar. 27)
Notched her second ranked win over her freshman campaign when she dropped No. 56 Ivana Corley of OU back on Apr. 3
Made her NCAA Tournament debut on May 6, earning a straight set victory (7-5, 6-0) victory over LMU.

PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH

Sayfetdinova boasted a career-high WTA world doubles ranking of No. 859 and a high ITF world singles ranking of No. 923
Slotted with a career high Universal Tennis Rating of 11.6 at the time of her signing to Tech, she also was ranked as the No. 110 junior in the world
Having racked up nine ITF junior doubles titles, competed at the Australian Open in juniors and is a member of the Russian national team
In professional tournament action, has racked up 13 wins in 25 singles matches since 2017, while in doubles she has compiled nine wins in 17 appearances
Since 2017, has reached the singles main draw in seven of her professional tournament appearances, while reaching as far as the round of 16 a pair of times
In doubles, teamed up with Yekaterina Dmitrichenko and reached the 2019 Shymkent 8 ITF doubles final, marking one of four pro events in which she advanced to or past the doubles quarterfinals that year.