Sade Atkinson

Photo by: Parker Waters

Photo by: Ben Solomon

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Manukura HS
Hometown:
Masterson, New Zealand

2017-18: Tabbed to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Played No. 1 singles and registered a 7-14 overall record including a 5-11 mark in dual matches…Won the first set of an unfinished match against 77th-ranked Taylor Russo of No. 13 Auburn (1/27)…Registered a team-leading 16 doubles wins, which included an 11-9 mark the No. 1 position during the spring.

2016-17: Named an American Athletic All-Conference selection ... Earned the team's Most Improved Award after playing just a few matches in the Wave's singles lineup as a sophomore to going 16-8 in dual matches between the No. 2-3 positions ... Went 5-1 at No. 2 singles & 11-7 at No. 3 ... Won a season high seven straight before falling to Vera Bessanova of USF in the conference tournament ... Picked up first career ranked win with a three-set victory over No. 51 Natalie Suk of Ole Miss ... Reached the Round of 16 at the ITA Southern Regional ... Co-led the team in doubles victories with an 18-5 mark ... Went 13-2 alongside Ivone Alvaro with a 5-1 mark at No. 1 doubles ... Produced a 4-0 mark in doubles against conference opposition ... One time American Athletic Conference Player of the Week ... The American's Player of the Month for October after winning both the singles and doubles titles at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic...off the court, was named to the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Member of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2016 and spring 2017.

2015-16: Earned the most overall and dual doubles victories on the team alongside partner Ipek Birol, achieving a 15-13 and 7-11 records, respectively, with the latter all at the No. 1 position ... Biggest doubles win came against No. 53 Joana Vale Costa and Ryann Foster of LSU ... Clinched two doubles points, vs Syracuse and vs Colorado, with the latter leading to a 4-3 team victory ... In singles, Atkinson went 7-7 overall and 0-4 in dual action...off the court, was named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

2014-15: Doubles specialist for Tulane in her freshman season, taking over the No. 1 position along with fellow freshman Naz Karagoz on Feb. 13 ... Went 9-5 in dual matches which included a seven match win streak from Feb. 21-March 28 ... Produced one ranked win after defeating No. 62 Stephanie N'tcha/Carita Moolman of Samford ... Helped clinch doubles point and eventual team wins vs. No. 59 New Mexico and No. 69 Yale ... Went undefeated (3-0) against American Conference opponents during regular season, defeating pairs from Cincinnati, SMU and USF ... Recorded a 2-1 mark in dual singles action, earning wins vs McNeese and Xavier.

Notes: Made the New Zealand U-18 team in both 2012 and 2013 ... Won the Grade 4 ITF doubles title ... Won the New Zealand U-16's National title and the U-16's doubles championship ... Won her first WTA doubles point in Egypt ... Beat Emma Hayman who was ranked 686 in the world.

Personal: Born in Masterson, New Zealand ... Has a younger sister ... Hobbies include going to the gym, boxing walking along the beach and listening to music ... Favorite athlete is Jo Wilfried Tsonga ... Future plans include traveling to as many countries as possible and giving back to the community.

Atkinson's Career Singles Statistics

Year	Overall	Dual	Tour	Conf.	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6
2014-15	2-1	2-1	-	-	-	-	-	1-0	-	1-1
2015-16	7-7	0-4	7-3	0-3	-	-	0-1	-	0-1	0-2
2016-17	25-14	16-8	9-6	2-1	-	5-1	11-7	-	-	-
2017-18	7-14	5-11	2-3	0-4	4-11	1-0	-	-	-	-
Total	41-36	23-24	18-12	2-8	4-11	6-1	11-8	1-0	0-1	1-3

Atkinson's Career Doubles Statistics

Year	Overall	Dual	Tour	Conf.	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
2014-15	10-6	9-5	1-1	3-0	7-4	2-1	-
2015-16	16-15	7-11	9-4	0-3	7-11	-	-
2016-17	23-10	18-5	5-5	4-0	8-4	10-1	-
2017-18	16-13	11-9	5-4	2-2	11-9	-	-
Total	65-44	45-30	20-14	9-5	33-28	12-2	-