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Minying Liang, Tamuna Kutubidze, Maria Kononova

Photo by: Mark Woods

Photo by: Mark Woods

DENTON TEXAS, March 31: University of North Texas Mean Green Tennis v Memphis Universtiy in Denton on March 31, 2018 (Photo Rick Yeatts Photography/Colin Mitchell)

Photo by: Mark Woods

Tamuna Kutubidze

Height:
5-7
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Tbilisi Green School
Hometown:
Tbilisi, Georgia

CAREER
• Won a 158 combined singles and doubles matches at North Texas, which when she graduated was is the second-most all-time
• Her and Maria Kononova's 69 career doubles wins were the program record when they graduated
• Graduated second all-time in career singles wins with 69
• Her and Maria Kononova in 2019 became the first Mean Green doubles team to earn a bid to the 32-team NCAA Doubles National Championships
• Her and doubles partner Maria Kononova graduated with the program doubles record for career winning percentage (.726)
• Her and doubles partner Maria Kononova graduated with the program doubles record for single-season wins (24)
• Her and doubles partner Maria Kononova graduated with the program doubles record for single-season winning percentage (.857 in 2016-17)
• Her and doubles partner Maria Kononova graduated with the program doubles record for single-season dual match victories (17 in 2016-17)
• Her and doubles partner Maria Kononova graduated with the program doubles record for most consecutive wins (17 in 2016-17)
• On Feb. 20, 2019 her and doubles partner Maria Kononova graduated with the program doubles record for highest national ranking (19)
• Won the 2018 ITA Texas Regional Doubles Champion with partner Maria Kononova, the first regional championship in program history
• Reached at least the semifinal round of the ITA Texas Regional Doubles Championship all four years
• Named First Team All-Conference in doubles three times (freshman, sophomore and senior season)
• Named First Team All-Conference in singles as a freshman and as a senior
• Named Second Team All-Conference in singles as a sophomore and junior
• All-time career singles record 69-36
• All-time career doubles record with Maria Kononova is 69-26
• Earned a career-best ITA Singles ranking of No. 57 on Feb. 20, 2019
• Went 19-11 in doubles with Maria Kononova as a freshman (2015-16)
• Went 24-4 in doubles with Maria Kononova as a sophomore (2016-17)
• Went 7-6 in doubles with Maria Kononova as a junior (2017-18)
• Went 19-5 in doubles with Maria Kononova as a senior (2018-19)

2018-19
• Finished ranked No. 59 in the nation for doubles with doubles partner Maria Kononova
• Finished ranked No. 114 in the nation for singles
• Named C-USA First Team All-Conference Singles
• Named C-USA First Team All-Conference Doubles with Maria Kononova
• Posted a 20-6 singles record for the entire year
• Went 14-5 in dual matches splitting time at the No. 1 and No. 2 spot in the lineup
• Reached the quartefinals of the ITA Texas Regional single draw
• Posted a 23-10 record in all doubles matches for the year
• Her a doubles partner Maria Kononova reached the NCAA National Doubles Tournament making them the first to do so in program history
• Kutubidze and Kononova won the ITA Texas Regional Doubles championship
• Her and doubles partner Maria Kononova earned a bid to the NCAA Fall National Tournament where they advanced to the round of 16
• Named C-USA Female Tennis Athlete of the Month for September and October
• Won the Rice Invite Flight One Singles Championship after going 3-0
• Defeated Alabama's No. 70 nationally ranked Andie Daniell at the Rice Invite on Sept. 21

2017-18
• Named second-team all-conference for singles
• Finished the year with an 11-9 singles record all at the No. 2 spot
• Led the team with 10 dual match victories
• Went 7-5 at the No. 2 spot in the lineup
• Was undefeated at 3-0 at the No. 1 spot when filling in for injured Maria Kononova
• Went 5-0 in doubles when paired with Haruka Sasaki
• Reached the semifinals of the ITA Texas Regional doubles tournament with partner Maria Kononova
• Won the Milwaukee Classic Doubles championship with partner Maria Kononova
• Earned a spot in the 2017 Oracle Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Fall Championships in Indian Wells, Calif.

2016-17
• Finished the year with an 11-9 singles record all at the No. 2 spot
• Named first team all-conference for doubles and second team all-conference for singles
• Kutubidze and her doubles partner Maria Kononova set the program records with 17 doubles wins and a .944 doubles winning percentage
• Missed the start of the dual season recovering from an injury
• North Texas' primary No. 2 singles player

2015-16
• Finishes with a 13-4 record in dual singles, including an 11-3 record on Court 2
• Named a First Team Conference USA selection in singles and doubles
• Ends the year on an eight-match win streak in singles play
• Defeated #92 Katherine Ip of Rice in the C-USA semifinal; 6-4, 6-1
• Has a team-best three match-clinching victories on the year
• 13-6 in spring doubles, partnering with Maria Kononova and Agustina Valenzuela
• Joined partner Maria Kononova in defeating #48 Emily Smith and Katherine Ip, 6-3
• Compiled a 8-5 singles record and 8-4 doubles mark in fall play
• Won the doubles draw alongside partner Maria Kononova at the Wild West Open Shootout II
• Earned the C-USA Academic Medal for maintaining a GPA of 3.75 or better

High School/International Highlights
• Claimed a best WTA ranking of No. 1149
• Top ITF junior ranking of No. 495
• Was No. 1 in Georgia U16 and is currently No. 1 in Georgia U18
• Had wins over ITF No. 80 (1/20/14) and WTA No. 338 (7/30/14)
• Won the 13th Abu Dhabi Country Club (ITF Grade 4) doubles in January 2014
• Was a semifinalist at UAE ITF Junior Championships (Grade 4) in January 2014
• Semifinalist at Armenia Incourt Cup (ITF Grade 5) in July 2014