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Mariam Kurdadze

Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
64 Secondary School
Hometown:
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia

Career Note: Career Note: A three-year letterwinner who begins her senior campaign with career records of 65-28 in singles play and 53-22 in doubles action...a three-time All-Conference USA selection...named first-team All C-USA and All-Louisiana and was the Louisiana Sports Writers Association[apos]s Freshman of the Year in 2009 and was a second-team performer in 2010 and 2011. 2010-11: Played in 25 singles matches and 35 doubles contests as a junior and chalked up a 20-14 singles mark and a doubles record of 21-13 with Emma Levy...named to the All-Conference USA second team and ranked as the No. 8 singles player in the Southern Region[apos]s final poll...posted a 12-8 dual-match record at the top of the Green Wave lineup for the year and boasted an 8-6 singles mark in tournament play...her 12 dual-match wins rank tied for third on the team and was the only player to play every match in the same position...participated in the prestigious Riviera/ITA Women[apos]s All-American Championships in both singles and doubles with Levy...defeated LSU[apos]s 60th-ranked Whitney Wolf, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2, for her lone win over a nationally ranked opponent...of her 20 singles wins, 15 came in straight sets and she held her opponent to one or fewer points twice (6-0, 6-0 vs. Carmen Nelson of Xavier-New Orleans on Jan. 29 and 6-1, 6-0 vs. Julie Mazinova of Louisiana-Lafayette on April 9)...enjoyed a season-best four-match winning streak from Feb. 27 through March 15 and also tallied thee-match streaks on a trio of occasions...along with Levy, the duo completed the year ranked third in the Southern Region with a 21-13 doubles record, including a 10-10 showing during the dual-match season...all 20 dual-match doubles outings came at the No. 1 position where they won five of the last six contests to wrap up the regular season...the tandem had a season-best five-match winning streak from Oct. 8-23, including 3-0 sweep to win the Wimbledon Draw of the Roberta Alison Classic on Sept. 24-25...produced an 8-3 win over Akron[apos]s 23-ranked duo of Zara Harutyunyan and Angelina Jogasuria on March 15...off the court, was named to the C-USA Commissioner[apos]s Academic Honor Roll and Tulane[apos]s 3.0 Club. 2009-10: Saw action in 35 matches as a sophomore...named first-team All-Conference USA and All-Louisiana after recording a 26-9 singles record and an 18-11 mark in doubles play...ranked as high as the No. 6 singles player in Southern Region by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association...paced the squad in singles wins (26) and tied for the team lead with a 4-2 C-USA record...went 18-4 in No. 1 singles play with her 18 wins and .818 winning percentage ranking second among league players with more than three appearances atop their teams[apos] respective lineups...of her 26 wins, 20 came in straight sets...selected to play in the prestigious Riviera/ITA Women[apos]s All-American Championship...had a six-match winning streak from March 6-20, a five-match streak from March 22-April 22, and four-match winning streaks from Sept. 19-26 - which included a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 win over nationally-ranked Aleks Malvarchikova of SMU at the Rice Invitational on Sept. 26 - and from Jan. 22-Feb. 10...in doubles, teamed with Emma Levy to lead the team in wins (18) after going 6-5 in tournament play and 12-6 at the No. 1 position during the spring...duo had a four-match winning streak from March 6-17 and won three straight on three occasions - including a sweep of the Flight A Doubles Draw of the Alonti Cougar Fall Classic on Nov. 8...off the court, was named to the C-USA Commissioner[apos]s Academic Honor Roll and Tulane[apos]s 3.0 Club. 2008-09: Played in all 25 spring matches as a true freshman...named Louisiana Sports Writers Association Freshman of the Year, first-team All-Conference USA and first-team All-Louisiana after going a combined 19-5 in singles play and 14-8 in doubles action...led the team in singles wins (19) and a 6-1 record in C-USA play...went 10-3 as at No. 1 singles while recording a 9-2 mark at No. 2...opened the spring with five straight wins, had a nine-match winning streak from Feb. 13-March 17 and closed out the year by winning all four contests that were played to completion...in doubles, paced the squad in wins (14), including a 5-2 mark against C-USA opponents...posted a 7-6 record at No. 1 and went 7-2 at No. 2...teamed with Lindsay Dvorak to go 13-6 with a 6-4 record at No. 1 doubles and a 7-2 showing at No. 2...also played with Elizabeth Hamlin to go 1-2 at the top of the line-up...started 4-1 in doubles play and had a six-match winning streak from Feb. 13-March 12...did not play during the fall season due to injury...off the court, was named to the C-USA Commissioner[apos]s Academic Honor Roll and Tulane[apos]s 3.0 Club. High School: Attended 64 Secondary School but did not play prep tennis as school did not sponsor athletics...ranked No. 6 nationally and No. 2 in her age group in Georgia...reached No. 23 ranking in Europe in under-16 age group...member of the Georgian National Team...played World Tennis Association competition since 2005, reaching a WTA ranking of 1203 in Sept. 2007...also was the Georgian national champion in the under-12-14 swimming classification. Personal: Born Mariam Miko Kurdadze on Jan. 17, 1990 in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia...daughter of Goeha Kurdadze and Kedevan Arobashuili...has a twin brother, Nikoloz...majoring in business finance and marketing. Kurdadze[apos]s Career Singles Statistics

Year	Overall	Dual	Tour	C-USA	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6
2008-09	19-5	19-5	0-0	6-1	10-3	9-2	---	---	---	---
2009-10	26-9	18-4	8-5	4-2	18-4	---	---	---	---	---
2010-11	20-14	12-8	8-6	1-1	12-8	---	---	---	---	---
Career	65-28	49-17	16-11	11-4	40-15	9-2	---	---	---	---

Kurdadze[apos]s Career Doubles Statistics

Year	Overall	Dual	Tour	C-USA	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3
2008-09	14-8	14-8	0-0	5-2	7-6	7-2	---
2009-10	18-11	12-6	6-5	4-2	12-6	---	---
2010-11	21-13	10-10	11-3	1-1	10-10	---	---
Career	53-22	36-24	17-8	10-5	29-22	7-2	---