ITA Singles All-American (2025)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2025)
NCAA Singles Championship Round of 16 (2024-25)
As a Freshman
Spring 2025: Named to SEC All-Freshman team ... Recorded 24-10 overall singles record, 14-10 dual match record and 6-6 SEC record ... Played primarily at No. 4 singles position ... Went 21-6 in doubles overall, 18-5 in dual matches and 11-1 in SEC matches with partner Angella Okutoyi ... Played exclusively at the No. 2 doubles position ... Earned two ranked singles victories during spring including over No. 20 Carson Tanguilig ... Earned singles victories in the Tigers' top 15 wins over No. 11 USC, No. 8 North Carolina, No. 15 Vanderbilt, No. 11 LSU and No. 13 Vanderbilt in the SEC Championship ... Recorded three ranked doubles wins during spring ... Clinched team victories over UAB, LSU and Vanderbilt in the SEC Championship ... Reached ITA singles ranking as high as No. 22 and finished season ranked No. 58 ... Reached ITA doubles ranking as high as No. 46 and finished season ranked No. 60 with partner Angella Okutoyi
Fall 2024: Recieved ITA Singles All-American honors by reaching round of 16 at NCAA Singles Championship ... Earned bid to NCAA Doubles Championship by winning ITA Southern Regional Singles Championship ... Posted 8-1 singles record and 4-1 doubles record ... Reached doubles finals of ITA Southern Regional Championships with Angella Okutoyi ... Posted two ranked singles wins ... Posted ranked doubles win over No. 10 Anita Sahdiieva and Kenna Erickson of LSU with partner Okutoyi ... Was ranked preseason No. 32 in doubles with Okutoyi by the ITA ... Ranked No. 13 in the ITA Newcomer Rankings before the fall season
Prior to Auburn: Won ITF 15K Monastir doubles title with Angella Okutoyi in 2024 ... Winner of one ITF singles title and two ITF doubles titles in 2022 ... Winner of two J5 junior tournaments in Cairo, Egypt ... Holds career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 706 and doubles ranking of No. 637 ... Represented Egypt in the Billie Jean King Cup three years ... Doubles gold medalist at the 2024 African Games
Personal: Full name is Merna Mostafa Refaat Elkotb ... Parents are Mostafa Refaat Elkotb and Doaa Ahmed Tawfik ... Has two brothers, Ahmed and Mohamed ... Majoring in Business ... Played tennis and swam at El Alsson American School ... Attended Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Martine Transport ... Birthday is August 16
| Refaat's Career Stats | |||||||||||||||
| SINGLES | DOUBLES | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Overall | Dual | SEC | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | Overall | Dual | SEC | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 |
| 2024-25 | 24-10 | 14-10 | 6-6 | -- | 1-0 | 2-0 | 13-9 | -- | -- | 23-6 | 19-5 | 11-1 | -- | 19-5 | -- |
| Career | 24-10 | 14-10 | 6-6 | -- | 1-0 | 2-0 | 13-9 | -- | -- | 23-6 | 19-5 | 11-1 | -- | 19-5 | -- |