Upcoming Event: Women's Tennis at North Florida on January 16, 2026 at 1 p.m.
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Amber McGinnis
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Pompano Beach, Fla.
- High School:
- Sunrise Tennis Academy
- Birthday:
- 1/31/2003
At FAU
Redshirt Junior (2022-23)
Freshman (2020-21)
| Year | Overall Singles | Dual Singles | Overall Doubles | Dual Doubles |
| 2021-22 | 6-15 | 3-12 | 6-18 | 5-14 |
| 2022-23 | 6-11 | 4-7 | 2-9 | 1-4 |
| 2023-24 | 12-15 | 9-11 | 13-8 | 10-7 |
| Total | 24-41 | 16-30 | 21-35 | 16-25 |
Redshirt Junior (2022-23)
- Rounded out the fall with a 3-4 tournament record
- Doubles match ended before completion and she fell in singles play to Northwestern
- Picked up a 6-1, 6-3 singles win versus Stetson, after falling in doubles play
- Forced a tiebreak in doubles play before surrendering to FGCU and then picked up a 6-2,6-2 win in singles to help the Owls pull out the win
- Earned a point in singles play with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Georgia State, but fell in doubles
- Singles match did not finish after the Owls clinched and doubles versus DePaul was not played
- She and Panna Bartha captured court #1 doubles prior to falling to USF singles
- Victorious in both singles and doubles play over North Texas
- Captured both matches versus South Alabama with a 6-4 court #3 doubles win and a 6-2, 6-3 win on court #6 giving the Owls the third point of the match
- Came from being down the first set, 2-6, to clinching the UNF match with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 win, but her doubles match was not completed with the point already decided
- She and Panna Bartha contributed to capturing the doubles point over Tulane with a 6-2 win and she was a 6-2, 6-1 court #6 winners as well
- Worked with Panna Bartha to take court #3 6-4 over Furman and then clinched the match with a 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 win in singles play
- Part of a team that shutout Penn on doubles court #3 6-0 to help clinch the much needed point for the Owls, but fell in singles play
- She and Panna Bartha were 6-1 winners versus Yale, but she fell in singles play
- Worked through doubles but illness prevented her from playing singles versus UTSA
- Still battling illness, she and Panna Bartha suffered a lost in doubles play and she fought for three sets but fell to BU in singles as well
- Pushed Memphis match to three sets and fell in doubles play as well
- Captured her singles match with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 win versus VCU and fell in doubles play
- Pushed both Rice matches with doubles being called up 6-5 when called and then forced a second-set tiebreaker and a third set on court #5 falling 6-1, 7-6(7-4), 6-1
- Was a 6-4 doubles winner working with Carla Galmiche versus FIU and then fell in three on singles court #4
- Breezed through WKU doubles and then closed out her final match at home, on senior day, as the last match with a 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-3) score
- Worked with Carla Galmiche to take a 6-3 doubles court #3 win over UAB at the AAC championships, but fell on court #4
- Fell to Memphis in the AAC quarterfinals in singles play while her doubles match ended once the point was clinched
- Was 0-2 in the Bedford Cup Tournament, hosted by FGCU in Fort Myers, Fla., and worked with Maya Shanok in a doubles loss to FGCU
- Picked up a qualifying win in the ITA Regionals singles play and then added a doubles victory over USF and a loss to UF
- Closed out the Fall season with a 1-2 result at the FIU Hidden Dual in singles play and dropped three doubles matches playing with three different partners
- Worked with Martina Schmidt for a 6-3 doubles win on court one and captured a two-set victory over Miami (Ohio) on court four
- At the 2023 ITA Kickoff Weekend event, host by Texas A&M, McGinnis faced the nation's No. 51 ranked individual, who won the match in straight sets
- Dropped both singles and doubles play in the first of three matches played in two days, the first versus Northern Arizona
- Fell to host Arizona in straight sets
- Match with Carla Galmiche on court two versus South Alabama was not completed but she completed a comeback win on court four to take the math 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
- LIU doubles match was not completed, but she captured singles court four 6-2, 6-2
- Worked with Katerina Filip on doubles court three and worked on singles court four but neither match was finished versus Kennesaw State
- Fell to Louisiana Tech at the 2023 C-USA Championship in singles play
- Joined the Owls in the Summer of 2021
- Worked with fellow freshman Millie-Mae Matthews to capture court three doubles versus Middle Tennessee and fell in a hard-fought singles match on court five, 6-7 (7-5), 5-4, 1-0 (10-7)
- Versus Georgia State, she and Matthews prevailed 7-5, but GSU won court five singles
- Worked versus Minnesota but saw the Gophers prevail
- Continued to work at Miami and Texas, the nation's No. 1 team, and shifted efforts towards doubles versus Rice and FGCU
- Fell in both doubles matches while in the state of Kansas and her singles match versus Kansas State was unfinished
- Teamed with Martina Kudelova for court one doublesat UNF, but the duo fell 6-1, she then captured court five with a 7-5, 6-1 win
- Doubles play with Matthews was not completed, and she fell to Missouri 6-3, 6-2
- She and Matthews collected a quick doubles victory to help the Owls and then saw her singles match on court four go unfinished versus South Alabama
- Both matches versus Temple were neck-and-neck and neither were completed prior to the match being clinched
- Doubles match versus Butler was halted due to the point being clinch. She then followed up with a 6-1, 6-1, court four, win
- Fell in doubles play to VCU, but captured a long singles match with a score of 7-6 (7-5), 7-5
- Versus Houston she and her doubles partner fell prior to her hard loss in straight sets 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
- Dropped both matches to Boston
- Suffered losses in both matches, the three-set singles match to Yale by retirement
- Saw her doubles match go to UCF and was on the verge of splitting sets in singles prior to the match concluding because the match was clinched
- She and Lexi Silna dropped their doubles match versus Brown and she moved up to court four, but fell in straight-sets
- Continued to work with Silna on doubles court three but fell to FIU and suffered a similar fate on singles court four
- She and Silna took court three versus USF and she was up 6-4, 5-2 prior to her court five singles match ending with the Owls taking the match 4-0
- At the C-USA Championship, her singles match on court three versus Middle Tennessee was scored as unfinished while she fell to Rice on court three in the second round
Freshman (2020-21)
- Signed with the Gators on Nov. 12, 2020
- Played for Roland Thornqvist
- Began working with the Gators in the spring of 2021
- Tallied a 1-8 mark in Gainesville, primarily playing on court six
- Posted a 2-7 mark in dual match doubles
- Collected her first collegiate career singles victory in UF's season-opening win over Georgia State
- Notched her first collegiate doubles victory in the same match vs. Georgia State
- Earned a degree from Florida Virtual School
- Rated a 5-star recruit by TennisRecruiting.net, McGinnis was ranked as the No. 54 overall player in the 2020 recruiting class
- One of the best prep players in all of Florida, McGinnis was designated as the No. 11 player in the Southeast region according to the same outlet
- Carried a UTR Rating of 10 and won the USTA 16U National Doubles Championship in 2019
- Best ranking was No. 1 in the state of Florida for 16U.
- Garnered sportsmanship awards throughout junior career and finished No. 5 among Florida 18U players and won the gold ball in doubles
- Finished top-25 in the USA 16s
- A right-handed hitter, McGinnis was the first in-state player to sign with the UF in four years
- Exploring the social and behavioral sciences as a major
- Daughter of Pete and Joanne McGinnis
- Born January 31 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- Hobbies include redesigning clothing, turning something old into something new and useful
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