2019-20 Women's Tennis Roster
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Bowtell, Anna
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Anna Bowtell
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- St. Gerard's High School
- Hometown:
- Delgany, Ireland
Bio
Honors at Rice
- Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll 2018, 2019, 2020
- C-USA Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week (2/26/20)
- C-USA Outstanding Doubles of the Championship 2019
- All C-USA Singles (first team) 2020 (second team) 2019, 2021
- All C-USA Doubles (first team) 2020 (second team) 2019
- C-USA All-Freshman 2018
2021-22 (Senior)
Summer: Selected to play for Ireland in the 2021 Billy Jean King Cup (formerly the Fed Cup)... Posted a 3-2 record in singles playing in Region III Africa/Europe pool play in Vilnius, Lithuania.
2020-21 (Senior)
Tied for second on the team with an 11-6 record, primarily at the fourth line (6-2) and earned second team All C-USA honors… Has reached double figures in dual singles wins for the fourth consecutive season… Has a combined singles record in tournaments and duals of 77-27 and is 10 wins from matching Elle Lewis (87-64) for 10th on the Owls career singles chart… Second on the team with four singles clinch points, including one in the 2021 C-USA quarterfinals… 2-1 in singles and 3-1 in doubles in C-USA play… C-USA Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week for the final weekend of the season… Combined with Victoria Smirnova for an 8-6 mark in doubles (4-1 vs. C-USA foes). Fall: Finished 2-3 in singles and 3-3 in doubles a pair of tournaments for the Owls in the fall.
2019-20 (Junior)
Led the Owls with a 10-1 mark in dual action and a 20-4 singles mark during the year and posted an undefeated doubles record in dual action (5-0)… Earned All C-USA first team honors in both singles and doubles... Season ended with her on a nine-match winning streak… Earned her first C-USA Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week honor the week of 2/26 after posting straight set wins vs. Texas State and LSU … Top doubles win in dual action was a tiebreak win over Kansas’ Julia Deming and Vasiliki Karvouni to clinch the point against the 31st ranked Jayhawks… Fall: Posted a 7-3 record in singles and a 3-2 mark in doubles in fall action… Closed her singles competition by winning three of four matches at the Longhorn Invitational in November… Reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Texas Regional in doubles with Victoria Smirnova before falling to top seeds Tatiana Makarova and Jayci Goldsmith.
2018-19 (Sophomore)
Third on the team with a 12-6 record, primarily at the fifth line (5-1)… Won four of her last five and six of her last eight decisions to close the year… Was 2-0 at the C-USA Championship in singles and 3-0 doubles with Victoria Smirnova where they provided the clinch for all three doubles points on their way to earning Outstanding Doubles of the Championship… Clinched the Owls semifinal win vs. FAU and shook off a first set loss vs. ODU in the title match to hold a 3-1 lead in the third set when the match was clinched… Provided two clinch points in singles during the year and four doubles clinch points. Fall: Reached the finals of the ITA Texas Regional doubles with Victoria Simirnova before falling to North Texas’ Maria Kononova and Tamuna Kutubidze in the final…Finished with an unbeaten mark in three matches in Flight Two of the Rice Invitational and combined with Smirnova to win the Flight Three doubles title at the same even
2017-18 (Freshman)
Spring:Earned C-USA All-Freshman honors after finishing second on the team with 13 wins in singles during the dual season (13-3), including a 3-1 mark against C-USA opponents Scored the Owls final point in the C-USA title match with a 6-4, 7-6 (8) win over FIU's Nerma Caluk, handling Caluk just her third loss of the dual season Tied with fellow freshman Michaela Haet for the team lead with three clinch points, including a three-set win over Texas A&M's Dorthea Faa-Hviding, 6-7 (8), 6-1, 6-3 to give Rice a 4-3 win 5-4 in doubles action. Fall: Tied for the team lead with 10 singles wins in tournament play... Defeated Kylie Moulin of Alabama, 7-5/6-4 to take the Flight 5 singles title at the Rice Invitational..
High School/Juniors
Captured one singles and two doubles ITF junior titles in 2016... Reached the quarterfinals of the Dublin ITF $15K in 2017... Irish junior u14/18 champion... Irish National Indoor u18 champion in 2015 & 2016. Represented Ireland in Fed Cup in 2016. Senior Irish Close champion 2017.
Personal
Born: Dublin, Ireland... Father: Paul Bowtelll, Mother: Trina Bowtell Graduate of St Gerards High School, Bray, Co Wicklow. Two brothers, one sister. Older brother Mark played tennis at LSU, older sister Amy played professionally, reaching an ITF ranking of 392.
| Singles | Tour | Dual | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 10-3 | 13-4 | 6-2 | 3-2 | 4-0 | |||
| 2018-19 | 8-4 | 12-7 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 5-2 | |||
| 2019-20 | 10-3 | 10-1 | 8-0 | 2-1 | ||||
| 2020-21 | 3-3 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 6-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 | |
| 2021-22 | 2-0 | 13-4 | 1-1 | 9-2 | 3-1 | |||
| TOTAL | 33-10 | 59-22 | 1-1 | 6-5 | 33-8 | 15-7 | 4-1 |
| Doubles | Tour | Dual | #1 | #2 | #3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 3-4 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 4-3 | |
| 2018-19 | 10-3 | 14-6 | 0-2 | 14-4 | |
| 2019-20 | 4-3 | 5-0 | 5-0 | ||
| 2020-21 | 2-3 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 8-6 | |
| 2021-22 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | ||
| TOTAL | 19-14 | 35-17 | 2-4 | 33-13 |
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