Madura Ranganathan

Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Perks Sec. School
Hometown:
Cimbatore, India

2009-10
Named North Texas[apos] first Sun Belt All-Conference player ... Played exclusively from the No. 1 and No. 2 slots in singles ... Collected a 10-11 record in the spring , including a 6-4 record from the No. 2 spot ... Was a big part of the first Mean Green win over a ranked team when she took down Texas Tech[apos]s Kelsy Garland 6-2, 7-6 ... Defeated Lafayette[apos]s Audra Woodland in the No. 1 spot in tough three set match, 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 ... Teamed up with Narine Kazarova in the Sun Belt Championship to take North Texas[apos] lone doubles win 8-0 ... Finished the spring season 11-9 in doubles, splitting time between Kazarova and Paula Dinuta ... Fought through a tough fall, finishing with a singles record of 2-4 and doubles record of 4-4 ... Took down the ninth-ranked duo of Broosova and Borsanyi at the ITA Texas Regional 9-7 with Irina Paraschiv.

2008-09
Earned a preseason No. 16 singles ranking and a final No. 13 doubles ranking with Irina Paraschiv in the ITA Southwest Region ... Finished with a 10-10 singles record playing mostly from the No. 2 spot during the spring ... Knocked off the nation[apos]s No. 58 player Mariana Muci of No. 48 FIU (6-4, 1-6, 6-3) ... Picked up a win in the SBC Tournament versus Troy[apos]s Mirte De Bakker ... Played at No. 1 doubles in every match except one ... Turned in a solid record at 14-7 with two partners ... Formed the No. 8 doubles team in the Southwest Region with Irina Paraschiv for the first part of the season ... Grabbed two wins against SBC opponents with Paraschiv ... Tallied a 8-3 mark with Amy Joubert for the second half of the spring ... Finished with a 9-5 singles record in the fall ... Defeated Monika Hadvigerova of Texas-Arlington in the

finals at the Rice Classic after dropping the finals match to her at the Mean Green Invitational ... Beat Texas A&M[apos]s Stephanie Davidson in the Main Draw at the ITA Southwest Regionals (2-6, 7-5, 6-2) ... Posted wins against Simone Templeton of Texas Tech and Kristen Reid of Southern Methodist at the Mean Green Invitational ... Posted a 9-4 record with Irina Paraschiv as the No. 1 doubles team ... Won final against UT-Arlington[apos]s team at Rice Classic ... She and Paraschiv posted wins over teams from Houston, No. 10 seeded Baylor, and No. 8 seeded Texas A&M before losing to Texas.

2007-08
Received a No. 30 ranking in the Southwest Region by the ITA ... Was second on the team in wins (13) ... Knocked off two ranked opponents, Maria Mizyuk of Nevada (7-5, 5-7, 10-7) and Liset Brito of Florida International (3-6, 7-5, 10-8) ... Went 10-9 from the No. 1 spot and 3-0 from the No. 2 spot in the Spring ... Posted a 5-2 record in the Sun Belt ... Won five straight matches twice during the spring ... Played on to No. 1 doubles teams in the spring ... Teamed with Catalina Cruz going 7-5 with a 3-2 Sun Belt record ... Went 3-5 with partner Amy Jouberts registering a 2-0 mark against Sun Belt foes ... Participated in five tournaments during the fall and recorded a 10-6 record in singles ... Her 10 victories were the third most on the team ... Won the 'A' Flight Consolation title at the H-E-B Baylor Invitational with a victory against Christina Keesey from Ohio State (7-6, 6-2) to earn her first collegiate crown in only her second tournament ... Defeated players from Kentucky, TCU and UTSA to come back and advance to the finals after losing to Jana Bielikova of Baylor in her opening match ... Finished first place in singles flight with during the North Texas Classic ... Participated in five tournaments for doubles and recorded a 6-8 record.

High School
Attended Perks Secondary School ... Earned a No. 98 World Juniors ranking ... Was previously ranked No.1 ranking in India in U18 Girl[apos]s rankings ... Made the finals of clay court nationals and semisfinals of hard court nationals ... Was awarded the Most Valuable Player Award by the Tamilnadu Association twice ... Was a member of the Indian Fed Cup Junior Team as well as the International Federation Asian Team that toured Europe ... Upon coming to Denton, was ranked No. 738 in the ITF world women[apos]s ranking ... Is the only female from the state to be selected for the month-long camp at the Bolleteri Academy in Florida ... Graduated No.2 in her class.

Personal
Daughter of Dr. Usha Elango and Elango Ranganathan ... Born on September 14, 1988 ... Has one brother, Hariram Ranganathan.