Selin Ovunc Season 2024-25

Selin Ovunc Season 2024-25

Height5-7
ClassGraduate Student
HometownAnkara, Turkey

All-SEC First Team (2022)
SEC Player of the Week (April 13, 2022)
NCAA Singles Selection (2022)
ITA All-American (2021)
All-SEC Second Team (2021)
SEC All-Newcomer Team (2021)
NCAA Singles Championship Round of 16 (2021)
NCAA Doubles Championship Selection (2021, 2022)
ITA Southern Regional Rookie of the Year (2020)
Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023)


As a Senior
Fall 2023:
Finished fall ranked No. 30 doubles with partner DJ Bennett ... Reached main draw doubles quarterfinal round of ITA All-American Championships with Bennett from the qualifying round ... Won respective doubles draw at Kitty Harrison Invitational with partner Kaitlyn Carnicella ... Earned three ranked doubles victories including against No. 6 Blake/Blokhina of Stanford and No. 23 Jittakoat/Magrini of Fresno State with partner Bennett ... Recorded ranked singles win over No. 36 Emma Jackson of Duke

As a Junior
Spring 2022:
Ranked No. 41 in the final national singles rankings; was ranked as high as No. 34 during the spring season ... Finished at No. 12 overall in doubles along with Ariana Arseneault; climbed as high as No. 9 ... Went 15-18 overall in singles, 21-12 in doubles ... In dual matches, was 10-13 in singles, 15-7 in doubles ... Posted a 7-6 singles record and 9-1 doubles mark in SEC play ...  Played entire spring season at No. 1 singles position ... Earned eight ranked wins in the spring ... Best weekend of the season came in matches at South Carolina and Florida ... Defeated No. 2 Sarah Hamner of SC, 7-5, 6-4, then clinched the Tigers' first-ever win at Florida with a 6-4, 7-5 win over No. 15 McCartney Kessler ... For her efforts that weekend, she was named SEC Player of the Week ... Along with a prior win over No. 70 Safiya Carrington of LSU, made it four straight ranked wins with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 win over No. 30 Rebeka Mertena of Tennessee ... Had another win over No. 2 Hamner early in the season, a 6-4, 6-7, 7-5 win at the Carolina Kickoff ... Other ranked wins: No. 75 Anna Campana (Wake Forest), 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 ... No. 70 Cristina Mayorova (Clemson), 6-3, 6-0 ... No. 94 Emma Antonaki (Mississippi State), 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 ... Clinched the Tigers' win over Missouri with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-0 win over Bronte Murgett ...  In doubles, teamed with Arseneault to defeat nation's No. 2 team twice ... Defeated No. 2 Killingsworth/Brylin of Wake Forest 6-3 at Carolina Kickoff ... Earned 6-3 win over No. 2 Goldsmith/Makarova of Texas A&M ... Back-to-back wins over top-20 opponents, defeating No. 17 Kuczer/McGiffin (Tennessee), 6-1, then taking down No. 16 Coppoc/Hertel (Georgia), 6-3, two days later ... Clinched doubles point in six matches ... Named to All-SEC First Team ... No. 1 in final regional singles rankings ... No. 1 in regional doubles rankings ... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Fall 2021: Played in three fall tournaments ... Went 3-5 in singles and 4-4 in doubles ... Qualified for ITA All-American Championships main draw ... Went 2-1 in singles and 3-0 in doubles at ASU Thunderbird Invitational.



As a Sophomore
Spring 2021:
Named the seventh All-American in Auburn women's tennis history - the second in singles - after advancing to the round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championship ... Ranked No. 50 in singles in the final ITA rankings; finished at No. 23 in doubles along with Taylor Russo ... Recorded an 8-9 mark in singles in dual matches; 10-10 overall in the spring ... Was 11-9 in doubles ... Played all singles matches at the No. 1 spot and split time in doubles between No. 1 and 2 ... Became the second Auburn player in history to advance past the second round of the NCAA Singles Championship ... Earned highest-ranked win of her career in first round, defeating No. 5 Kenya Jones of Georgia Tech, 7-5, 6-3 ... Made it a second straight ranked win a day later with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 win over Missouri's Bronte Murgett in the round of 32 ... Saw her postseason run come to an end with a 4-6, 0-6 loss to No. 60 Paris Corley of LSU ... Had two other ranked singles wins in the spring season ... Defeated No. 50 Taylor Bridges of LSU 7-5, 6-1 ... Avenged an earlier loss to No. 35 Indianna Spink of Arkansas with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win in the SEC Tournament to clinch the team win for Auburn ... Provided the clinching point in the Tigers' win over Alabama with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 win over Moka Ito ... Clinched the doubles point for Auburn in five matches ... Gave the Tigers an early lead at Georgia with a 7-6 (5) win over UGA's Christofi/Coppoc alongside Carolyn Ansari ... Also teamed with Ansari for the clinching point against Arkansas in the SEC Tournament with a 6-3 win over Alter/Spink ... Earned two ranked doubles wins with Taylor Russo ... Defeated Furman's 27th-ranked Kazarov/Adams 6-4 in the season-opener to clinch the doubles point in a 4-3 win ... Earned a 6-3 win over 29th-ranked Horvit/Davies of South Carolina ... Ranked as high as No. 10 in doubles with Russo during the season ... Selected to NCAA Doubles Championship with Russo ... Named to All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Newcomer Team ... Ranked No. 4 in singles in final ITA Southern Regional rankings ... Along with Russo, ranked No. 1 in doubles in the region.

Fall 2020: Played in two fall tournaments ... Went 5-1 in singles and 2-4 in doubles ... Won her first five singles matches, going 3-0 at the Music City Scramble and 2-1 at the June Stewart Invitational.

As a Freshman
Spring 2020: Named ITA Southern Regional Rookie of the Year ... Went 9-2 in singles in dual match play, including a 3-1 mark in SEC play ... Was 8-4 in doubles and 2-2 in SEC play with Taylor Russo ... Ranked as high as No. 9 nationally with Russo in doubles ... Ranked No. 14 in final published ITA doubles ranking when season was suspended ... Helped clinch doubles point vs. South Carolina with 6-3 win at No. 1 spot over 56th-ranked Mia Horvit/Megan Davies ... Clinched doubles point in Auburn win over Kentucky with 6-3 win at top spot ... Moved into ITA singles rankings at No. 64 in last published ranking of season ... Defeated two ranked opponents to open SEC play at second singles spot, earning SEC Freshman of the Week honors ... Downed 20th-ranked Megan Davies of South Carolina, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 ... Came back two days later and defeated Florida's 113th-ranked Victoria Emma 6-3, 6-3 ... Did not lose a singles match to an unranked opponent.

Fall 2019: Posted a 13-5 record in singles and 11-4 mark in doubles in fall tournament season ... Teamed with Taylor Russo to win ITA Southern Regional doubles title ... Defeated LSU's Eden Richardson and Nina Geissler on their home court 6-3, 6-2, to win the tournament championship, earning a bid to ITA Fall Nationals ... Won two doubles matches at ITA Fall Nationals in consolation bracket ... Defeated 14th-ranked team of Adaloglou and Racine of Mississippi State in ITA Southern Regional quarterfinal ... Advanced to singles final at Marliss Gruver Invite in first collegiate event ... Won two matches at ITA All-American Pre-Qualifying ... Played singles at ITA Fall Nationals, earning first collegiate win over ranked opponent with 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over No. 89 Kaitlin Staines of Tennessee ... Advanced to singles semifinals at ITA Southern Regional ... Went 3-0 at Orlando Invitational.

Prior to Auburn
Ranked No. 79 internationally among junior girls by the ITF … No. 1-ranked player in Turkey … Competed in the Junior Championships at Wimbledon in July … Competed in the main draw at the Roland Garros Junior French Championships … Won the DKS ITF Juniors singles main draw title in January in Kolkata, India … Has a UTR of 11.
 

Ovunc's Career Stats
SINGLES           DOUBLES
YearOverallDualSECNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5 No. 6OverallDualSECNo. 1No. 2No. 3
2019-2022-79-23-1--7-12-1------19-88-42-28-4----
2020-2115-118-94-78-9----------13-1311-95-77-54-30-1
2021-2215-1810-137-610-13----------21-1215-79-113-72-0--
2022-23------------------------------
Career52-3627-2414-1418-227-12-1------53-3334-2016-1028-166-30-1