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2020-21 Women's Tennis Roster

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Emilee Duong

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Placentia, Calif.
  • High School Valencia High School

Biography

Career Statistics

Singles Doubles
Season Overall Big Ten Overall Big Ten
2017-18 28-10 6-2 17-13 6-4
2018-19 10-13 7-3 15-10 6-5
2019-20 5-5 1-0 6-8 0-1
2020-21 10-10 6-8 7-13 4-8
Total 53-38 20-13 45-44 16-18

Rankings History

Career-High Singles Ranking: 117 (Sept. 11, 2018; Fall)
Career-High Doubles Ranking: 45 (with Jaclyn Switkes; Nov. 15, 2017; Fall) 

Senior - 2021

  • Won her doubles match on court two with Sasha Belaya in a 4-3 win over Minnesota
  • Clinched a victory over Iowa with her win on court three 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-1
  • Won her singles and doubles match with Sasha Belaya in a Senior Day upset of #7 Northwestern

Junior - 2019-20  

  • Played at No. 1 doubles position and clinched a doubles point
  • Earned a 6-2, 6-2 singles victory over #50 Kansas

Sophomore - 2018-19  

  • Played primarily at No. 5 singles and and clinched Illinois' regular season 6-1 victory over Minnesota
  • Put together an impressive 7-3 singles record in Big Ten play
  • Played at both No. 1 and No. 2 doubles during the year and finished with a record of 15-10, including two wins over nationally ranked opponents

Freshman - 2017-18  

  • Sits at No. 10 in the Illinois record books with 28 overall singles wins during the season 
  • Clinched seven doubles points with junior Jaclyn Switkes 
  • Clinched three Illini match wins, including two against Big Ten opponents, Michigan State and Iowa 

High School | Junior Tennis 

  • Nationally-ranked Top 35 prospect, No. 7 prospect in California 
  • Won the National Selection L2 G18 Doubles title in Las Vegas (2017) and Hawaii (2016) 
  • Led Valencia High School to a 2015 CIF Division III title in 2015 

Personal 

  • Daughter of Nien and Katie Duong 
  • Has one sister, Lianne 
  • Chose Illinois because of the prestigious engineering program and the tennis team 
  • Favorite athlete: Li Na 
  • Intends to major in mechanical engineering 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Senior