Carolina Laydner

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Height:
5-4
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Florianópolis, Brazil

Junior (2025-26)
Led the team with 15 overall singles wins and finished 11-3 at line one … set a school record with a .786 line one win percentage … finished the year with 9.94 UTR score, the highest among all NCAA players from Brazil … picked up her first win of the season 6-3, 6-2 against Incarnate Word … picked up two more wins vs. Northwestern State and Stephen F. Austin, both at line one … had four straight wins with three of them being at line two vs. Abilene, Texas State and FIU … picked up a comeback victory at UAB, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 to start a string of eight consecutive wins from March 11-April 16 … all eight wins in the streak came at line one with five happening in straight sets.

Freshman (2023-24)
Finished the fall with a 10-5 record in singles play in tournament action ... posted an impressive 11-4 singles record in dual action with wins at lines four (5-1), five (4-2) and six (2-1) ... her .733 winning percentage was tops on the team ... won her first career match at line four in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 against Southeastern Oklahoma State ... opened her career by winning each of her first four decided singles matches with three coming at line four ... came from behind to win 4-6, 7-5, 10-5 at line five against No. 39 FIU ... won in straight sets 6-0, 6-3 in the regular season finale against Temple ... picked up a 6-3, 6-4 win at line five singles to help UNT earn a win over East Carolina in the opening round of the AAC Tournament ... teamed up with Lou Chalard for a 6-2 win in the second round of the AAC Tournament at line three doubles.

Prior to UNT
Has been ranked as high as 143rd in the world in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior rankings ... played in the main draw singles of the Australian Junior Open ... won a pair of singles titles and three doubles titles throughout her ITF Junior career ... a perennial member of the Brazilian Junior National team ... posted 60 wins at the ITF junior level and appeared in both the singles and doubles Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings.