2019-20 Women's Tennis Roster
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Budin, Maria
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Maria Budin
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Colston's School
- Hometown:
- Bristol, United Kingdom
Bio
Honors at Rice
2022-23 (Senior)
Spring: Tied for the team lead with 11 wins in singles (11-7), including a 4-1 mark at the fourth line… 2-2 in conference matches… Delivered the clinching point vs. #36 FIU with a tiebreak win (3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3)… Provided the key early response in the Owls’ 4-2 comeback over #41 Charlotte at the C-USA championship with a straight-set win after the 49ers took the doubles point. Fall: Opened the fall tournament season ranked 16th in doubles with Diae El Jardi and the duo was 5-3.. They advanced to the round of 16 at the ITA Women's All-American Championship in Cary, North Carolina… Finished the fall with a 4-2 record in singles, including a sweep of three matches at the Rice Invitational.
2021-22 (Junior)
Spring: Second on the team with a career-best 14 wins in singles (14-4) including a 9-4 mark at the fifth line. and in doubles (14-5) where she joined Diae El Jardi in qualifying for the NCAA Doubles Championship… First doubles qualifiers for Rice since 2016… Final ranking was the highest finish since Natalie Beazant and Dominique Harmath were ranked 27th in 2013… Led the team with five clinch points, the last completing a 4-0 sweep of #69 FAU in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Championship… 7-1 at home in singles… Earned All-C-USA first-team honors in doubles with El Jardi and the duo were named the C-USA Women’s Tennis Athletes of the Week after downing Texas A&M’s fifth-ranked team of Jayci Goldsmith and Tatiana Markarova… The win was the first of three vs. teams ranked in the top 35… Also downed Charlotte’s Margaux Maquet and Lucia Quiterio (#31) and SMU’s Jackie Nylander and Hadley Doyle (#33)… Made their NCAA debut against North Carolina’s Cameron Morra and Carson Tanguilig and bounced back from a slow start to force a tiebreaker before falling 1-6, 7-5, 6-10… Fall: Limited to four matches in the fall, posting a 2-0 record in both singles and doubles.
2020-21 (Sophomore)
Spring: Won the Kay Person Keating Award as the team MVP after posting a 11-6 mark in singles, primarily at the fifth (6-3) and sixth lines (5-2) and combining with Diae El Jardi to post a 13-5 doubles mark at the first line... Second team All-Conference USA selection with El Jardi… Won her last four singles matches including both at the C-USA Championship… 13 wins at the first doubles line are the most for the Owls since Natalie Beazat and Dominique Harmath were 20-6 in 2013… Duo were 4-2 vs. ranked opponents (all in the top 55), the most since Beazant and Harmath were 6-6 vs. ranked opponents in 2013… Highest ranked win came vs. Texas Tech’s Lisa Mays and Kaitlin Staines… Also picked up a singles win vs. Tech that day and was named Conference USA Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week for her efforts as Rice defeated Texas Tech for the first time in eight years. Fall: Posted a 2-3 mark in singles and 3-3 record in doubles during the abbreviated fall season.
2019-20 (Freshman)
Spring: Posted a 5-3 mark in singles and 5-5 in doubles during the dual season… Posted the first singles point of the match twice (UTA and Sam Houston) and provided the clinch point vs. Texas State… Combined with Diae El Jardi for a 5-4 dual doubles record with three of their wins clinching the doubles point (Lamar, UTA and TCU)... Fall: Posted a 4-4 record in singles and a 5-3 mark in doubles in her collegiate debut… Picked up her first collegiate singles win with a 5-7, 6-1, 10-5 win over UTA’s Polina Akimova at the Rice Invitational… Ended the fall by winning two of three singles matches at the Longhorn Invitational… Teamed with Diae El Jardi to advance to the third round of the ITA Texas Regionals in double
Juniors
Joined the Owls with a career-best ITF Junior ranking of 311 and has one ITF Junior singles and five doubles titles to her credit. She was ranked in the top 15 in the British U18 rankings. She was also ranked as high as sixth in the Lawn Tennis Association British Women's Tour final year-end rankings. She was a winner on the Women's Bolton British Tour in 2018.
Personal
Born: October 6 in Bristol, United Kingdom... Parents: Darko and Olga Budin... A graduate of Colston's School in Bristol, she was named the school's best sportswoman in 2019 and received the tennis prize in each of the last three years. … One brother... Rice major: Psychology.
- Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- C-USA Women's Tennis All-Academic Team (2022, 2023)
- ITA Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- Conference USA Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week (2/10/21), (3/2/22)
- All C-USA Doubles (first team) 2022 (second team) 2021
- Kay Pearson Keating Award (Team MVP) 2021
- NCAA Doubles Qualifier 2022
- Oracle/ITA Final rankings:
- Doubles: 30/Diae El Jardi (2022)
2022-23 (Senior)
Spring: Tied for the team lead with 11 wins in singles (11-7), including a 4-1 mark at the fourth line… 2-2 in conference matches… Delivered the clinching point vs. #36 FIU with a tiebreak win (3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3)… Provided the key early response in the Owls’ 4-2 comeback over #41 Charlotte at the C-USA championship with a straight-set win after the 49ers took the doubles point. Fall: Opened the fall tournament season ranked 16th in doubles with Diae El Jardi and the duo was 5-3.. They advanced to the round of 16 at the ITA Women's All-American Championship in Cary, North Carolina… Finished the fall with a 4-2 record in singles, including a sweep of three matches at the Rice Invitational.
2021-22 (Junior)
Spring: Second on the team with a career-best 14 wins in singles (14-4) including a 9-4 mark at the fifth line. and in doubles (14-5) where she joined Diae El Jardi in qualifying for the NCAA Doubles Championship… First doubles qualifiers for Rice since 2016… Final ranking was the highest finish since Natalie Beazant and Dominique Harmath were ranked 27th in 2013… Led the team with five clinch points, the last completing a 4-0 sweep of #69 FAU in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Championship… 7-1 at home in singles… Earned All-C-USA first-team honors in doubles with El Jardi and the duo were named the C-USA Women’s Tennis Athletes of the Week after downing Texas A&M’s fifth-ranked team of Jayci Goldsmith and Tatiana Markarova… The win was the first of three vs. teams ranked in the top 35… Also downed Charlotte’s Margaux Maquet and Lucia Quiterio (#31) and SMU’s Jackie Nylander and Hadley Doyle (#33)… Made their NCAA debut against North Carolina’s Cameron Morra and Carson Tanguilig and bounced back from a slow start to force a tiebreaker before falling 1-6, 7-5, 6-10… Fall: Limited to four matches in the fall, posting a 2-0 record in both singles and doubles.
2020-21 (Sophomore)
Spring: Won the Kay Person Keating Award as the team MVP after posting a 11-6 mark in singles, primarily at the fifth (6-3) and sixth lines (5-2) and combining with Diae El Jardi to post a 13-5 doubles mark at the first line... Second team All-Conference USA selection with El Jardi… Won her last four singles matches including both at the C-USA Championship… 13 wins at the first doubles line are the most for the Owls since Natalie Beazat and Dominique Harmath were 20-6 in 2013… Duo were 4-2 vs. ranked opponents (all in the top 55), the most since Beazant and Harmath were 6-6 vs. ranked opponents in 2013… Highest ranked win came vs. Texas Tech’s Lisa Mays and Kaitlin Staines… Also picked up a singles win vs. Tech that day and was named Conference USA Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week for her efforts as Rice defeated Texas Tech for the first time in eight years. Fall: Posted a 2-3 mark in singles and 3-3 record in doubles during the abbreviated fall season.
2019-20 (Freshman)
Spring: Posted a 5-3 mark in singles and 5-5 in doubles during the dual season… Posted the first singles point of the match twice (UTA and Sam Houston) and provided the clinch point vs. Texas State… Combined with Diae El Jardi for a 5-4 dual doubles record with three of their wins clinching the doubles point (Lamar, UTA and TCU)... Fall: Posted a 4-4 record in singles and a 5-3 mark in doubles in her collegiate debut… Picked up her first collegiate singles win with a 5-7, 6-1, 10-5 win over UTA’s Polina Akimova at the Rice Invitational… Ended the fall by winning two of three singles matches at the Longhorn Invitational… Teamed with Diae El Jardi to advance to the third round of the ITA Texas Regionals in double
Juniors
Joined the Owls with a career-best ITF Junior ranking of 311 and has one ITF Junior singles and five doubles titles to her credit. She was ranked in the top 15 in the British U18 rankings. She was also ranked as high as sixth in the Lawn Tennis Association British Women's Tour final year-end rankings. She was a winner on the Women's Bolton British Tour in 2018.
Personal
Born: October 6 in Bristol, United Kingdom... Parents: Darko and Olga Budin... A graduate of Colston's School in Bristol, she was named the school's best sportswoman in 2019 and received the tennis prize in each of the last three years. … One brother... Rice major: Psychology.
| Singles | Tour | Dual | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 5-6 | 5-3 | 1-0 | 4-3 | ||||
| 2020-21 | 3-5 | 11-6 | 0-1 | 6-3 | 5-2 | |||
| 2021-22 | 2-0 | 14-4 | 2-0 | 9-4 | 3-0 | |||
| 2022-23 | 4-2 | 11-7 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 6-5 | |||
| TOTAL | 14-13 | 41-20 | 1-1 | 6-2 | 22-12 | 12-5 |
| Doubles | Tour | Dual | #1 | #2 | #3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 7-3 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 2-2 | |
| 2020-21 | 5-4 | 13-5 | 13-5 | ||
| 2021-22 | 2-0 | 14-5 | 14-5 | ||
| 2022-23 | 5-3 | 7-6 | 3-2 | 4-4 | |
| TOTAL | 19-10 | 39-21 | 30-12 | 7-7 | 2-2 |
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