2016-17 Women's Tennis Roster
Naz Karagoz
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Ozel Istek Kemal Ataturk Vakfi
- Hometown:
- Istanbul, Turkey
2016-17: Earned a 12-17 overall record with an 8-11 mark in dual matches ... Played No. 1 singles, where she went 8-10 ... Went undefeated in the month of January at 6-0 ... Produced a 15-14 overall doubles record with a 12-7 mark in dual play ... Notched an 8-4 record at No. 1 doubles alongside Elena Muller ... Knocked off both No. 43 Foster/Valle Costa of LSU and No. 35 Granic/Wagland of Texas ... Earned first career doubles ranking, checking in at No. 76 ... Memeber of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club spring 2017.
2015-16: Recorded a 9-18 overall singles record with a 4-11 mark in dual play ... Went 2-0 at the AAC Championships, which included Tulane's lone point against conference champs Tulsa, defeating No. 121 Ksenia Laskutova, 6-4, 6-2 ... Clinched the 4-3 win at Houston and the 4-1 win over UConn in the first round of the conference tournament ... In the fall, Karagoz netted four straight wins to capture the Blue Draw the Arizona Invitational ... In doubles, Karagoz achieved the second most dual wins (6) with partner Elena Muller, earning two clinches along the way.
2014-15: American Athletic All-Conference Selection ...Won the team's Newcomer Award ... Achieved a 15-11 overall record ... Produced the third most dual wins on the squad with a 10-7 record ... Primarily played the No. 3 position, where she went 9-2 ... Started the spring with back-to-back clinches in the Green Wave's 4-3 wins over Akron and Penn State, resulting in an American Athletic Conference Tennis Athlete of the Week Award ... Tallied a season high five match win streak from Feb. 28-March 28, which was capped by a victory over USF's Jessica Chaves to help seal the victory over the Bulls ... Earned six straight-set wins ... Karagoz's fall was highlighted by three consecutive victories at the ITA Southern Regional that propelled the freshman to the Round of 16 ... Accomplished a 9-5 dual record in doubles ... Earned a seven match win streak from Feb. 21-March 28, which included a win over No. 62 Stephanie N'tcha/Carita Moolman of Samford ... Helped clinch doubles point and eventual team wins over No. 59 New Mexico and No. 69 Yale.
High School: In 2013, reached a966 WTA singles ranking and 399 by the ITF ... Member of the Club Instanbul of the ENKA International Tennis Academy ... Garnered a career high ITF singles ranking of 269 in 2012 ... Joined the Turkish Tennis Federation in 2012 and is also a member of the Turkish National team ... Led her team to the ISF World Championship in Australia and represented her country at the 2012 Summer-Winter European Cups.
Personal: Born January 24, 1996, in Instanbul, Turkey ... Daughter of Sevilay Eraslan and Alaaddin Karagoz ... Began playing tennis at the age of four ... Father, Alaaddin, is a former top ranked Turkish tennis player who competed several years in the Davis Cup ... Mother, Sevilay, played basketball for the Besiktas team in Turkey for 19 years ... Hobbies include making/listening to music, reading and hanging out with friends ... Favorite athlete is Serena Williams ... Plans on pursuing pro career then eventually finding a job in the United States.
Karagoz's Career Singles Statistics
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tour | Conf. | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 |
| 2014-15 | 15-11 | 10-7 | 5-4 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 9-2 | 0-1 | - | - |
| 2015-16 | 9-18 | 4-11 | 5-7 | 1-0 | 0-7 | 2-1 | 2-3 | - | - | - |
| 2016-17 | 12-17 | 8-11 | 4-6 | 0-3 | 8-10 | 0-1 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 36-46 | 22-29 | 14-17 | 3-3 | 8-19 | 3-4 | 11-5 | 0-1 | - | - |
Karagoz's Career Doubles Statistics
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tour | Conf. | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 |
| 2014-15 | 10-11 | 9-5 | 1-6 | 3-0 | 7-4 | 2-1 | - |
| 2015-16 | 14-9 | 6-5 | 8-4 | 1-2 | - | 5-5 | 1-0 |
| 2016-17 | 15-14 | 12-7 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 4-3 | - |
| Total | 39-34 | 27-17 | 12-17 | 5-3 | 15-8 | 11-9 | 1-0 |
