| Vanja Corovic |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Belgrade, Serbia
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| High School:
Gimnazija Svetisava
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| Height:
5-9
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| Experience:
3L
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• 2008 NCAA Doubles Championships participant
• 2008 All-Big 12 singles and doubles
• 2007 NCAA Singles Championships participant
• 2007 Big 12 Freshman and Newcomer of the Year
• 2007 All-Big 12 singles and doubles
AS A JUNIOR (2008-09)
•totaled a 12-8 overall singles record, including an 8-6 dual-match record, all at No. 1 singles
•registered a 16-10 overall doubles record and a 9-7 dual-match record at No. 1 doubles with Marija Milic
•defeated Baylor's Taylor Ormond (6-3, 6-2 ) at No. 1 singles in UT's 4-1 loss to the Bears in the finals of the Big 12 Championships
•knocked off Kansas State's Antea Huljev (6-4, 6-4) at No. 1 singles in the regular-season finale at Kansas State
•completed a weekend sweep of Missouri's Jessica Giuggioli (6-2, 6-3) and Colorado's Melisa Esposito (3-6, 6-3, 7-5) at first singles in UT's wins over the Tigers and Buffaloes
•dealt Texas Tech's Samantha van der Drift a 7-6, 6-1 defeat in UT's 4-3 win over the Red Raiders
•defeated DePaul's Anna Redesci (6-2, 6-2) in UT's 4-3 win over the Blue Demons
•knocked off Rice's Julie Chao in the Longhorns' season-opening win over the Owls
•outlasted Texas A&M's Morgan Frank (7-5, 3-6, 6-4) to reach the quarterfinals at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships
•defeated Baylor's Kasia Siwosz (6-1, 6-0) in the round of 64 and Rice's Julie Chao (6-1, 6-1) in the round of 32 at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships
AS A SOPHOMORE (2007-08)
•Teamed up with Marija Milic to defeat Cal-Poly's Steffi Wong and Brittany Blalock, 6-4, 6-4, in the opening round of the 32-team doubles draw at the NCAA Championships
•With Milic, fell to Clemson's Carol Salge and Ani Mijacika in the the doubles round of 16 at the NCAA Championships
•Defeated Florida State's 31st-ranked Katie Rybakova in UT's 5-2 win over the Seminoles in the round of 32 at the NCAA Championships
•Outlasted Texas A&M's Elze Potgieter in UT's 4-3 win over the Aggies in the semifinals of the Big 12 Championship
•Posted a 10-1 mark in Big 12 singles play
•Defeated Northwestern's seventh-ranked Maria Mosolova in three sets in UT's 5-2 loss to the Wildcats
•Defeated TCU's 62nd-ranked Nina Munch-Soegaard in UT's 5-2 win over the Horned Frogs
•Defeated Rice's Julie Chao in the finals to claim the main singles draw at the Rice Invitational
•Totaled a 25-11 overall doubles record with Marija Milic
•Teamed up with Milic to defeat Georgia Tech's Kristi Miller and Sasha Krupina to help UT clinch the doubles point in the Horns' 4-2 loss to the Yellow Jackets
AS A FRESHMAN (2006-07)
• Totaled a 25-12 overall singles record, including a 20-5 mark in dual-match play and a 10-1 conference record
• Participated in the 64-player singles draw at the 2007 NCAA Championship, where she suffered a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 defeat to Sacramento State's Katarina Zheltova
• Concluded the 2007 season with a No. 28 ITA singles ranking
• All-Big 12 singles and doubles (with Marija Milic) selection
• Defeated UC-Irvine's Becky Bernhard in straight sets in Texas' 4-0 win over the Anteaters in the first round of the NCAA Championship
• Upset Baylor's 10th-ranked Zuzana Zemenova (defending NCAA champion), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 in UT's 4-3 loss to the Bears in the finals of the Big 12 Championship
•Defeated Texas A&M's 30th-ranked Anna Lubinsky in straight sets in the Longhorns' 4-3 win over the Aggies in the semifinals of the Big 12 Championship
• Knocked off Texas Tech's Samantha Van der Drift in UT's 4-0 win over the Red Raiders in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinals
• Helped clinch the Longhorns' share of the Big 12 Conference regular season championship with a straight-set win over Kansas State's Viviana Yrureta in UT's win over the Wildcats
• Rallied for a 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 win over Texas A&M's Anna Lubinsky in Texas' 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Aggies in Austin
• Defeated Colorado's 47th-ranked Monica Milewski in UT's 6-1 win over the Buffaloes
• Opened the dual-match season with seven consecutive victories, including a 7-5, 6-2 win over Nebraska's 49th-ranked Imke Reimers
• Reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Southwest Regional Championship with wins over TCU's 45th-ranked Ana Cetnik, Texas A&M's Nicki Mechem and Texas-Arlington's Daniela Novakova
BEFORE TEXAS
• Ranked as high as No. 47 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior rankings and as high as No. 536 in the ITF women's rankings
PERSONAL
Daughter of Dragan and Danijela Corovic ... has one brother, Aleksandar, 18, and one sister, Sanja, 21 ... major iscorporate communication... born July 10, 1986 in Belgrade, Serbia.
