Upcoming Event: Women's Tennis versus James Madison on March 18, 2026 at 10 a.m.
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Women's Tennis
vs. James Madison
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Lara Smejkal
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Otocec, Slovenia
- Birthday:
- 08/07/04
Career Record
At Florida Atlantic
Sophomore (2025-26)
| Â Year | Â Overall Singles | Â Dual Singles | Â Overall Doubles | Â Dual Doubles |
| Â 2024-25 | Â 10-4 | Â 8-3 | Â 16-5 | Â 15-3 |
| Â Total | Â 10-4 | Â 8-3 | Â 16-5 | Â 15-3 |
At Florida Atlantic
Sophomore (2025-26)
- She and Malwina Rowinska worked together on court #1 to shutout North Florida in the season opener and she captured court #3Â with a 7-5, 6-2 victory
- Recorded a second shutout, in as many matches, on doubles court #1 versus Georgia Southern and recorded a 6-0, 6-3 win on singles court #2
- She and Malwina Rowinska gave up the first games of 2026, but prevailed with a 6-2 victory over Rice on court #1 and then Smejkal remained on court #1 to suffer a 6-1, 6-3 loss
- Captured court #1 singles in straight sets but her doubles contest was not completed versus Syracuse
- Remained undefeated on court #1 doubles with a 6-2 win versus FGCU, but fell on singles court #1 in three sets
- Fell to Miami's top doubles team and suffered a 6-2, 7-6(7-4) loss on singles court #2
- Downed UCF on doubles court #1 by a 6-2 score, while her singles contest was not completed
- Worked on her own and attended classes at Florida Atlantic as a student with no intention to play college tennis, beginning in January of 2024
- Joined the team in the Fall of 2024
- Was 2-1 in tournament play, including wins over Missouri and DePaul at the FIU Invite
- She and Malwina Rowinska worked together to capture court #1 over #26 Miami and had a similar result versus Minnesota
- She and Rowinska won their FGCU match 7-5, but her singles match was not finished
- Worked with Rowinska for a court #1 6-4 win versus North Florida and then captured singles court #3 6-4, 6-3 in the Owls' win
- Was a 7-5 victor at Stetson, but wasn't able to finish out a win after the Owls' clinched
- She and Rowinska captured #1 6-4 proving pivotal in the Owls' securing the doubles point, the momentum and ultimately the win over No. 20 UCF and then won her singles match 6-3, 6-4
- Captured both doubles and singles matches versus Boston University, Charlotte and South Florida
- She and Malwina Rowinska fell for the first time in their loss to ETSU and the duo was up 5-4 over Delaware when the point was clinched while in singles play her ETSU singles match was abandoned after she was up 1-0 in the third set and versus Delaware she was a 6-0, 7-6(8-6) winner
- Continued winning ways with a 7-5 doubles win on court one versus host Memphis and then fought for a 7-5, 7-6(8-6) singles win on court three that helped the Owls clinch the road victory
- Neither match at Tulane was played to completion with either the point or match being clinched
- Worked with Malwina Rowinska to upset No. 33 Tulsa team on court one by a 7-6(7-4) score which helped the Owls secure the doubles point and she did the same with a 6-2, 7-6(7-4) singles win on court three
- She and Malwina Rowinska captured doubles court one and were instrumental in the Owls locking in the doubles point versus FIU. She dropped a three-set match to FIU, but saw FAU become the first regular season team to remain undefeated in the University's history
- Captured her first round AAC match over UTSA in straight sets while she and Malwina Rowinska contributed to the Owls' doubles point
- Earned a three-set win in the AAC semifinal over Tulsa while she and Malwina Rowinska fell in doubles play
- Named to the Florida Atlantic Female All-Freshman team
- In NCAA Tournament first round action she and Malwina Rowinska fell to ODU on court one and her singles match was unfinished
- Worked with Lara Smejkal in the NCAA Tournament's second round to defeat Duke's No. 20 ranked pair and then she dropped her singles match versus the nation's No. 25 ranked player
- Earned ITA Scholar Athlete Honors
- Doubles semi-finalist of Women's 40k in Otocec Slovenia (May 2023)
- Represented Slovenia in the Billie Jean King Cup in 2022
- ITF Juniors career high ranking of 107
- ITF J1 San Diego doubles champion (March 2022)
- ITF J4 Boca Raton doubles champion (November 2021)
- ITF J3 Mostar singles runner up (September 2021)
- ITF J4 Radomlje doubles runner-up (August 2021)
- ITF J4 Maribor singles and doubles champion (August 2021)
- ITF J4 Domzale singles champion (August 2021)
- Three-time Bobby Curtis Doubles Champion (12s and 14s mixed doubles champion; 18s girls doubles champion)
- 14s US hard court doubles champion
- 14s US clay court champion and third place in doubles
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