2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster
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Chie Kezuka
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Hinode
- Hometown:
- Fujisawa, Japan
Awards & Honors
2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team (22)
No. 5 Singles Big 12 Individual Champion (22)
No. 3 Doubles Big 12 Individual Champion (22)
Division I ITA Universal Player of the Week (22)
CSC Academic All-District (23)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (21, 22, 23)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (20)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F19, S20, F20, S21, F21, S22, F22)
ISU Scholar-Athlete (20, 21, 22)
ITA Scholar-Athlete (20, 21, 22, 23)
Farm Strong Team (20)
2023-24 (Graduate Senior)
Eclipsed 150 career wins across singles and doubles play... Went 14-9 and 18-10 in singles and doubles play, respectively, with marks of 6-5 and 10-5 during the dual match season... Posted a 10-5 mark playing alongside Federica Trevisan at the No. 1 position of the doubles lineup, including a win over the 60th-ranked doubles team from Charlotte and a 5-2 record against AAC opponents... Won the consolation finals bracket at the ITA Regionals alongside Trevisan... Did not have a three-set match finish during the dual match season, but led by a break or more in the third set in matches against North Texas and FIU... Reached the consolation quarterfinals at the ITA Regionals.
2022-23
Posted overall records of 18-13 in singles play and 14-8 in doubles action ... went 8-5 playing alongside Ange Oby Kajuru and finished the season ranked No. 75 nationally ... duo won the ITA Central Region doubles tournament to advance to the ITA National Fall Championships where they went 1-2 ... clinched three matches for the Cyclones, including the NCAA Tournament second round win against No. 22 Wisconsin by defeating Charmaine Seah, 6-1, 6-3 ... also clinched ISU's win against No. 9 Vanderbilt at the ITA National Indoor Championships with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) win against Amy Stevens ... finished her Cyclone career with a 76-47 singles record and 42-38 in doubles play ... ranked 10th all time with 118 career wins ... broke the school record with 16 career conference singles wins ... her 76 singles wins rank No. 3 in school history ... also ranked No. 4 in ISU history with 52 dual match singles victories.
2021-22
Put together one of the best seasons in school history, finishing with an overall record of 47-9 (.839) ... became the first player in school history to be named a Big 12 Individual Singles Champion (No. 5 singles) ... earned All-Big 12 Second-Team honors in doubles action ... went 26-4 in singles action, including 18-1 during the dual season while playing primarily at the No. 5 spot (16-1) in the lineup ... her 26 singles wins are the third-most in a single season in school history ... broke the school record with eight conference singles victories, finishing 8-1 against Big 12 foes ... owns a school-record 34 wins at No. 5 singles ... opened the spring with wins in her first 16 decisions ... clinched a team-high six matches ... of her 26 singles wins, 18 came in straight sets ... was 21-5 in doubles play, including 17-3 during the dual season while playing alongside Ange Oby Kajuru at No. 3 doubles ... in doubles action, the duo started the season with wins in their first eight decisions and tied the school record with seven wins in conference action ... 17 dual meet doubles victories this season rank among the top 10 all time.
2020-21
Posted a 15-16 overall record in singles, including an 11-7 mark during the dual season ... was 8-5 at No. 5 singles and 3-2 playing at No. 4 singles ... posted a team-high five match clinching wins, including the deciding wins in the Big 12 Tournament against No. 29 Texas Tech and the NCAA Tournament against No. 24 South Carolina ... against the Lady Raiders, defeated Nell Miller, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5, as ISU won at the Big 12 Tournament for the first time in school history ... in the Cyclones' first NCAA Tournament appearance, defeated the Gamecocks' Ana Cruz, 6-0, 6-1 .... also clinched the Cyclones' first-ever win against TCU, beating Addy Guevara, 7-5, 6-2 ... owns a career singles record of 32-30.
2019-20
Finished her freshman season 17-14 overall in singles action, including 10-3 in dual play ... had a streak of seven consecutive wins in decisions ... earned the decisive three-set win against Iowa's Danielle Burich to snap ISU's 39-match losing streak to the Hawkeyes ... rallied against Burich after dropping the first set to win in come-from-behind fashion ... went 2-1 in singles action against conference foes, defeating Nicole Roc of West Virginia and Tijana Spasojevic of Texas ... was 6-1 in three-set matches in singles play ... was 7-18 in doubles action playing largely alongside Margarita Timakova.
High School
Prepped at Hinode ... owns a UTR career high of 11.15 and arrives at ISU ranked No. 692 in the ITF World Tennis Singles Ranking ... was a quarterfinalist at the Kyoto ITF Pro Tournament in 2018.
Personal
Born May 28, 2000 ... daughter of Takando and Akiko Kezuka ... majoring in liberal studies.
| Singles | Overall | Tour | Dual | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 17-14 | 7-11 | 10-3 | - | - | - | - | 10-3 | - |
| 2020-21 | 15-16 | 4-9 | 11-7 | - | - | - | 3-2 | 8-5 | - |
| 2021-22 | 26-4 | 8-3 | 18-1 | - | - | 1-0 | 1-0 | 16-1 | - |
| 2022-23 | 18-14 | 5-6 | 13-8 | - | - | - | - | 3-0 | 10-8 |
| 2023-24 | 14-9 | 8-4 | 6-5 | - | - | 0-2 | 6-3 | - | - |
| TOTAL | 90-57 | 32-33 | 58-24 | - | - | 1-2 | 10-5 | 37-9 | 10-8 |
| Doubles | Overall | Tour | Dual | #1 | #2 | #3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 7-18 | 5-10 | 2-8 | - | - | 2-8 |
| 2020-21 | 0-7 | 0-6 | 0-1 | - | 0-1 | - |
| 2021-22 | 21-5 | 4-2 | 17-3 | - | 1-0 | 16-3 |
| 2022-23 | 14-8 | 12-5 | 2-3 | 2-3 | - | - |
| 2023-24 | 18-10 | 8-5 | 10-5 | 10-5 | - | - |
| TOTAL | 60-48 | 29-28 | 31-20 | 12-8 | 1-1 | 18-11 |
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