2015-16 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Diana Kussainova
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Almaty, Kazakhstan
2017-18: Tallied a 6-7 record in sophomore campaign ... played at No. 3, 4, 5, 6, earning a 5-6 dual match mark and going 3-3 over A-10 opponents ... earned a 6-1, 6-1 win over UMass at the No. 6 position at the A-10 Championship semifinal ... posted a 7-7 doubles record with a 7-7 dual match mark ... Fall 2017 GW Athletic Academic Dean's List member.
2016-17: Posted stellar fall season for Colonials, posting a perfect 8-0 singles mark in tournament play...Won solo flight titles at Elon and UVa invitationals...Tallied 0-4 doubles mark in fall...Ranked tied for No. 114 in ITA singles rankings to start 2016...Ranked No. 16 in ITA Atlantic Region in first rankings of 2016...Did not play in spring due to injury...GW Athletics Academic Dean's List member.
High School: Attended Boca Raton Community High School...Did not play on a high school team...Won Girls' 18 Singles Indian Spring Country Club Level 7 tournament in 2014..Ranked in the top 100 USTA Florida from 2013-15...Won Girls' 18 Singles Clayton Feig Memorial Super Series Level 6 tournament in 2012... Defeated Russia's ITA No. 81 ranked Anna Koval in 2012...Triumphed over a total of four WTA top-500 ranked players. Personal: Born Diana Kussainova on July 17, 1997 in Almaty, Kazakhstan... Daughter of Yelena Soldatenko and Ernar Kussainov ... intends to major in Communication and Language & Communication Sciences with a minor in sustainability.
