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Kudelova, Martina
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Martina Kudelova
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Knezpole, Czech Republic
- High School:
- Prevov High School
- Major:
- Psychology
- Birthday:
- 7/5
Bio
Career Record
Redshirt Senior (2023)
| Â Year | Â Overall Singles | Â Dual Singles | Â Overall Doubles | Â Dual Doubles |
| Â 2018-19 | Â 13-4 | Â 7-9 | Â 10-6 | Â 9-6 |
| Â 2019-20 | Â 12-9 | Â 6-4 | Â 10-3 | Â 7-1 |
| Â 2020-21 | Â 10-7 | Â 9-5 | Â 6-6 | Â 6-6 |
| Â 2021-22 | Â 11-14 | Â 10-9 | Â 7-12 | Â 6-8 |
| Â 2022-23 | Â 10-15 | Â 7-11 | Â 10-15 | Â 8-11 |
| Â Total | Â 56-49 | Â 39-38 | Â 43-42 | Â 36-32 |
Redshirt Senior (2023)
- Opened the 2022 Fall season at the Fort Myers, Fla. Bedford Cup with losses to FGCU and Stetson in singles play while going 1-2 in doubles action
- Picked up a R-64 win, over UCF, at the ITA Championships held in Atlanta, Ga, and then fell to UNF in the R-32, while in doubles, she and partner Katerina Filip suffered a R-32 loss to Georgia Tech
- Closed out the Fall Tournament schedule with two singles victories, over Missouri and USF, but fell to FIU at the FIU Hidden Dual, while she split doubles contests playing with two different teammates
- Opened the 2023 Dual match season with 83 career singles matches played with tied the program's all-time top spot
- Picked up a 6-3 victory teaming with Amber McGinnis versus Miami (Ohio) and captured a two-set victory on court one
- Downed her court one UNF singles opponents 7-5, 6-2, but fell in doubles play teaming with Amber McGinnis
- Rolled over Kansas State 6-1, 6-2, but was not as fortunate in doubles play
- At the 2023 ITA Kickoff Weekend, hosted by Texas A&M, fell doubles play and then faced the nation's No. 9 ranked singles player, who won in straight sets
- Captured court one doubles, versus Northern Arizona working with Carla Galmiche, but dropped the same court in singles play
- Singles match versus host Arizona was not finished; however she and Galmiche fell in doubles play
- She and Galmiche ended the three-match weekend 2-1 in doubles play with the duo downing Fresno State and she proved victorious in singles play picking up a 6-1, 6-1 win on court two
- Worked with Katerina Filip to capture court two doubles versus USF, but fell on the top court
- Next three matches were a challenge as the team battled not only their opponents but the flu
- Returned to action and teamed with Carla Galmiche to take court one from Kennesaw State and won her court one match in straight sets
- Downed Colorado State doubles court one pair 6-3, but fell in three set in singles play
- Fell in both doubles and singles play versus VCU
- Picked up a singles win on court one over Wichita State after falling on doubles court one
- Columbia proved too much winning both the doubles and singles matches
- Teamed with Carla Galmiche versus Louisiana Tech in the C-USA Championship and worked singles court one, falling in both
- Earned C-USA Second Team All-Conference honors
- Concluded her five-year career playing in more matches than any player in program history
- Saw her first doubles match of the 2022 season go unfinished but then captured her Middle Tennessee match, on court one, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
- Played the second dual match of the day, due to expected weather, and made quick work of her court one doubles opponent, defeating Georgia State 6-2 and did the same on court one singles, winning 6-1, 6-2
- Closed out the FGCU Invite with a victory over Minnesota's No. 1Â player, 6-3, 7-6 (6-0), after falling in doubles play
- Earned C-USA Athlete of the Week honors
- Dropped her matches at Miami and versus the nation's No. 1 team Texas
- Defeated Rice in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 and took her doubles match to a tiebreaker before falling in the ITA Kickoff Weekend
- Surrendered her matches in the home-season opener versus FGCU
- Captured her singles match at Wichita State in straight sets following an unfinished doubles match
- Faced off against the nation's No. 68 ranked player on Kansas State's court one, but fell 6-3, 6-3 and her doubles match was not completed
- Was defeated in both UNF matches, both played on court one, but she pushed her singles match to three sets, ultimately falling 7-5 in the final
- Had an easy go of it with a 6-1 win over Missouri on court one doubles, but dropped her singles match 7-6 (7-4), 6-2, also on court one
- Downed her South Alabama opponent 6-4, 6-4 to put FAU up 2-0 and her doubles match was not completed as the point was already clinched
- She and Katerina Filip captured their doubles match versus Temple to help earn the doubles point for the Owls. She was up in singles play, on court one when the match was clinchedÂ
- Worked with Filip to capture the court one doubles point, then turned her attention to singles play, where she captured the top court 6-4, 6-3, leading to a 7-0 win over Butler
- Had a positive day versus a ranked VCU with a 6-3 doubles win on court one and a three-set win on the same court
- Fell in three sets to Houston and her doubles match was not completed prior to the point being clinched, both on court one
- Battled back to secure a three-set win versus Boston and her doubles match's completion was not necessary for the Owls to secure the point
- Hard day versus Yale with a 6-4 loss on doubles court one and a two-set loss on singles court one
- Doubles point was secured prior to her matches completion and she fell in straight sets to UCF
- She and Filip battled to win doubles court one 7-6 (9-7) versus Brown and then fought to win, on the same court, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2). Both points contributed to FAU's 4-3 win over Brown
- Both matches at FIU were unfinished and at USF she fell in doubles play and was up 7-5, 4-4 in singles play prior to the Owls clinching the match
- Captured C-USA Player of the Week honors the final regular-season week, April 6
- At the C-USA Championship neither match was completed on the first day with FAU defeating Middle Tennessee 4-0 and advancing. The following day versus Rice, she and Filip fell in doubles play and her singles match was not completed, after she won the first set
- In the season’s gauntlet stretch spanning March 3-12, she won four matches and was up in the fifth match prior to it being clinched
- Finished the season with an 11-9 mark, with five matches ending before she was finished, including her last four
- Recognized by C-USA as a First Team All-Conference selection
- Opened 2021 in a familiar spot, on court No. 1, but didn't see the match end the way she would prefer by topping Miami, which is the nation's No. 2 player
- Saw only one of her two doubles matches to completion on the three-match road trip to Las Vegas, but on the flip side she captured two of three matches in straight sets and her third was pushed to three sets but concluded unfinished after the Owls had captured the contest
- Worked with May Kimhi on the No. 3 doubles court where the duo fell 6-1 and then moved to No. 2 singles where she was up 6-4, 3-0 to FSU's player, ranked No. 92 nationally, before the match ended unfinished due to the clinch rules
- Worked with May Kimhi to win their doubles match and captured her singles match on court No. 1 6-4, 6-2
- Fell in both doubles and singles to UNF. Court No. 3Â doubles score was 7-5 and the singles match was 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
- Teamed with May Kimhi on court No. 3 for a loss to UCF and pushed her singles opponent, ranked No. 42 nationally, to a first set tiebreak and ultimately fell in straight sets
- Won her doubles match with May Kimhi on court No. 2 versus FAMU and took her singles match 6-1, 6-3
- She and May Kimhi fell to USF in court No. 3 doubles play, but she quickly dispensed of her court No. 2 singles opponent in straight sets
- Worked with May Kimhi on court No. 3, but fell 6-1 and then defeated her court No. 2 USF opponent in straight sets
- Downed her court No. 1 UNF opponent in straight sets
- Worked with Radka Buzkova to capture court No. 1 and then won on the same court in three sets versus James Madison
- For the second-straight day Kudelova worked with Radka Buzkova on court No. 1, but fell 6-3 to Charlotte and then she pushed her No. 1 singles match versus the nation's 64th best collegiate player to three sets but it was left unfinished, once the match was clinched
- One part of the duo who held a 4-3 score over a Miami doubles team that was ranked No. 34 nationally, ultimately the point was clinched prior to the double match being completed and then she worked on court No. 2 to face Miami's player, ranked No. 17 nationally and fell 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
- Led the team into the Conference USA Championship as the Owls No. 1 player in both singles and doubles. In match one versus North Texas she and Radka Buzkova won 6-4 and she won her singles match 6-2, 6-4. In the second match of the tourney, the duo's doubles match was not finished and she defeated the nation's No. 83 player and Charlotte's No. 1 player 6-4, 6-2. And on the final day, she and Buzkova captured their doubles match 7-5 and she fell to ODU's No. 1, who was ranked No. 123 6-2, 7-6 (15-13)
- Played a competitive Fall Tournament season and posted a 6-5 mark in singles play and a 3-2 doubles record while working with Natalia Boltinskaya (1-2) and Radka Buzkova (2-0)
- Captured her season opening singles match versus FGCU and worked with Natalie Kallmunzerova for a double win
- Both singles and doubles play was recorded as unfinished with the match decided
- Worked with Natalie Kallmunzeerova to quickly defeat Liberty on court 3, 6-1 and then dropped her first match of 2020 with a 6-0, 6-3 decision on court No. 1Â
- Doubles match at UM was unfinished with the point decided, then moved to singles where she faced the nation's top player in Estela Perez-Somarriba and forced a third and deciding set which Perez-Somarriba captured at 6-3, 1-6, 6-1. Kudelova drew praise from head coach Caroline Wheelen following the match
- Worked with Karin Kozlejova to record a 6-1 doubles win over Oakland and went on to pick up a straight set singles win
- Versus an 8-1 UNF squad saw her doubles match go unfinished and fell at No. 1 singles 6-2, 6-2
- Teamed with Karin Kozlejova to defeat Charlotte's No. 2 doubles team 7-5, which secured the doubles point for the Owls and clinched the match for FAU with a 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 win at No. 2 singles
- Worked with two different doubles partners over the weekend with losses to both UT Arlington and Yale, both on court three, but with different partners. Versus UT Arlington she fell in three sets 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 on court No. 2, but was victorious on court No. 3 versus Yale with a 6-2, 6-4
- Joined the squad in January
- Tallied a 1-2 record in the first three matches, picking up a vital point in a road win at USF and falling to No. 15 FSU and No. 17 Miami
- Moved to the No. 1 spot and picked up a straight-set win in the Owl Cup Hidden Dual over Northwestern State
- Ended the last weekend of February with a 2-1 record and an unfinished match. Captured the UNF contest at No. 1 singles 6-4, 6-2 while her FIU match was unfinished. She and Kimhi worked together in doubles play, but fell to FIU 7-5 at No. 3 and defeated UNF 6-0 at No. 2
- Captured her singles match versus Toledo 6-0, 6-4 and teamed with May Kimhi for a 6-2 loss at No. 2 doubles
- Named C-USA Player of the Week after a marathon of matches, starting with a two-set win over C-USA foe Charlotte and a three-set win over a No. 42-ranked Syracuse player, who leads a team ranked No. 29. The week ended with two singles wins over Boston University and Liberty, all playing on court one. Her lone loss came at the hands of VCU. She recorded four doubles decisions and posted a 2-2 record with Charlotte and BU on the positive side
- Made quick work of both LIU Brooklyn and Pitt surrendering just three games in two matches with a 6-0, 60 win over LIU and a 6-2, 6-1 win over Pitt. Doubles play was much the same taking the matches along side Kimhi 6-3, 6-4, respectively
- Closed out the regular season with a two set win over Princeton's Stephanie Schrage. The win puts her on a six match win streak and completes her regular-season dual match record of 11-4 (9-1 in her last 10 matches)
- Led the team at the No. 1 spot with a 2-0 C-USA Championship record. That record included an unfinished match that end at 6-1, 5-4 in the first round. In both the quarterfinals and the semifinals, she won in straight sets, including a win over #41 Rice and a player ranked No. 70
- In singles play, Kudelova teamed with May Kimhi to win 2-of-3 matches. The first against WKU was 6-0, the quarterfinals versus Charlotte was 7-6 (7-4) and they fell in the semifinals 6-1
- Ended the year on an with game win streak and with a 13-4 overall mark and a 12-4 dual match record. She was 11-3 on court 1
- Was 10-6 in doubles, playing with three different partners. She and May Kimhi were 7-5 on courts 2 and 3
- Named C-USA Freshman of the Year
- Prerov High School
- Psychology major
- Born July 5, 1998
- Speaks Czech, Slovak, and English
- Hobbies include: Reading, music, shopping
- Lists greatest tennis achievements as:Â Capturing the European Team Championship under 16 (team Czech Republic), finishing in third place at the European Team Championship under 18 (team Czech Republic), ranked among the top five for those born in 1999 (Czech Republic), finishing second at the Championship of the Czech Republic under 18, finishing third at the Women's Championship of the Czech Republic
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