Mary Stoiana
{{Short description|American tennis player (born 2003)}}
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| birth_place = Southbury, Connecticut, U.S.
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| height = 5 ft 6 in
| college = Texas A&M (2021–)
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Mary Stoiana (born May 6, 2003) is an American tennis player. She plays college tennis for the Texas A&M Aggies and has been ranked as high as {{nowrap|No. 1}} in NCAA Division I singles and doubles.
She has won one singles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour.
Early life and junior career
Stoiana was born in Southbury, Connecticut.{{cite web|url=https://12thman.com/sports/womens-tennis/roster/mary-stoiana/12107|title=Mary Stoiana – Women's Tennis|website=12thman.com|publisher=Texas A&M University|access-date=2023-11-05}} She began playing tennis at age four, learning from her father as he taught her older brother.{{cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/mary-stoiana/800576155/usa/jt/s/overview/|title=Mary Stoiana Tennis Player Profile (Juniors)|publisher=International Tennis Federation|access-date=2023-11-05}} She competed in United States Tennis Association (USTA) Junior Sections from age nine,{{cite news|url=https://www.usta.com/en/home/stay-current/newengland/junior-sectionals-2019.html|title=New England Juniors Win Sectional Titles|last=Maimonis|first=James|date=2019-07-01|publisher=United States Tennis Association|access-date=2023-11-05}} and played on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Circuit from 2018 to 2021, winning three singles titles and one doubles title. She attracted notice from Texas A&M coaches with her seventh-place finish at the USTA Girls' 18 National Clay Court Championships in July 2019. Until that summer, she attended Pomperaug High School, when she began being homeschooled to dedicate more time to tennis.{{cite news|url=https://www.newstimes.com/sports/highschool/article/It-was-definitely-worth-it-Southbury-s-16266448.php|title='It was definitely worth it,' Southbury's Mary Stoiana's tennis journey from public school to home school and beyond|last=Vanoni|first=Maggie|date=2021-06-22|newspaper=The News-Times|access-date=2023-11-05}} She committed to A&M in September 2020. Babolat ranked her as the {{nowrap|No. 11}} recruit of the class of 2021.
College career
Stoiana began playing college tennis for A&M in 2021. She played most of her first year in the team's {{nowrap|No. 3}} spot in singles, compiling 34 wins and 4 losses. She clinched the dual matches that gave A&M the Southeastern Conference (SEC) regular season title and SEC Championship. In doubles, she went 28–5 partnering mostly with junior Carson Branstine. She was named to the All-SEC second team and the SEC All-Freshman team.{{cite news|url=https://www.secsports.com/article/33821247/2022-sec-women-tennis-awards-announced|title=2022 SEC Women's Tennis Awards Announced|publisher=Southeastern Conference|access-date=2023-11-05|date=2022-04-28}} A&M reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships.
Playing in A&M's {{nowrap|No. 1}} spot as a sophomore, Stoiana went 38–6, with a doubles record of 28–4.{{cite news|url=https://theeagle.com/sports/college/aggiesports/tennis/texas-a-ms-diminutive-mary-stoiana-making-national-impact-in-womens-tennis/article_29e09dce-f045-11ed-921b-477b7a6bee6c.html|title=Texas A&M's diminutive Mary Stoiana making national impact in women's tennis|last=Cessna|first=Robert|date=2023-05-11|newspaper=The Bryan-College Station Eagle|access-date=2023-11-05|url-access=subscription}} She helped A&M defend its SEC regular season title, receiving SEC Player of the Week honors a record seven times, and was selected to the All-SEC first team and named SEC Player of the Year.{{cite news|url=https://12thman.com/news/2023/4/18/womens-tennis-stoiana-awarded-fourth-consecutive-sec-player-of-the-week-honor.aspx|title=Stoiana Awarded Fourth-Consecutive SEC Player of the Week Honor|last=Thornton|first=Sam|date=2023-04-18|website=12thman.com|publisher=Texas A&M University|access-date=2023-11-05}} She beat national {{nowrap|No. 3}} Lea Ma in A&M's loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship.{{cite news|url=https://georgiadogs.com/news/2023/4/23/womens-tennis-georgia-claims-2023-sec-tournament-championship|title=Georgia Claims 2023 SEC Tournament Championship|date=2023-04-23|publisher=University of Georgia|access-date=2023-11-05}} Second-seeded A&M again lost in the NCAA Championships quarterfinals.{{cite news|url=https://12thman.com/news/2023/5/17/no-2-womens-tennis-falls-to-no-6-stanford-in-ncaa-quarterfinals.aspx|title=No. 2 Aggies' Stellar Season Ends in NCAA Quarterfinals|date=2023-05-17|website=12thman.com|publisher=Texas A&M University|access-date=2023-11-05}} She ended the season nationally ranked No. 2 in singles and doubles.{{cite news|url=https://www.kagstv.com/article/sports/ncaa/aggies/texas-am-tennis-standout-mary-stoiana-competing-at-us-open-qualifying-tournament/499-d6e7161f-2a6c-408b-aa3f-037e220efbd8|title=Texas A&M tennis standout Mary Stoiana competing at U.S. Open qualifying tournament|last=Peck|first=Ben|date=2023-08-21|publisher=KAGS|access-date=2023-11-05}}
Stoiana was selected to the USTA Collegiate Summer Team in the summer of 2023.{{cite news|url=https://12thman.com/news/2023/6/8/womens-tennis-stoiana-named-to-usta-collegiate-summer-team.aspx|title=Stoiana Named to USTA Collegiate Summer Team|last=Thornton|first=Sam|date=2023-06-08|website=12thman.com|publisher=Texas A&M University|access-date=2023-11-05}} At the ITF W15 event in Lakewood, California, in July, she partnered {{nowrap|No. 1}} college player Fiona Crawley of North Carolina and won the doubles title, and she reached the singles final but had to retire in the match against Hanna Chang.{{cite news|url=https://www.ustasocal.com/news/socal-pro-series-lakewood-hanna-chang-andre-ilagan/|title=Hanna Chang, Andre Ilagan Win Socal Pro Series Singles Titles in Lakewood|last=Pratt|first=Steve|date=2023-07-10|publisher=USTA Southern California|access-date=2023-11-05}} She received a wildcard into the qualifying tournament of the 2023 US Open.
Stoiana won the ITA All-American Championships in Cary, North Carolina, in the fall of her junior year and earned the national {{nowrap|No. 1}} ranking in singles for the first time, becoming the first Aggie to do so.{{cite news|url=https://theeagle.com/sports/college/aggiesports/tennis/a-ms-stoiana-wins-ita-championship/article_a76ec242-665c-11ee-8355-63372eb5dc7b.html|title=A&M's Stoiana wins ITA championship|date=2023-10-08|newspaper=The Bryan-College Station Eagle|access-date=2023-11-05}} She went 38–4 overall in singles and received multiple honors in 2024, including SEC Player of the Year again, ITA National Player of the Year, and the Honda Sports Award for the top college player. She led the Aggies to win their first NCAA Championship, being named the most valuable player of the tournament. She was an All-American in singles and doubles, reaching the singles semifinals and the doubles quarterfinals at the NCAA tournament.
ITF Circuit finals
=Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)=
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| 0–1 | Jul 2023 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Lakewood, United States | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Hanna Chang | 1–1 ret. |
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| 0–2 | Jul 2024 | style="background:#addfad;"|Evansville Classic, United States | style="background:#addfad;"|W75 | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Sophie Chang | 6–4, 6–7(5), 3–6 |
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| 1–2 | Oct 2024 | style="background:#addfad;"|Edmond Open, United States | style="background:#addfad;"|W75 | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Alana Smith | 7–5, 6–3 |
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| 1–0 | Jul 2023 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Lakewood, | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Fiona Crawley | {{flagicon|USA}} Mary Lewis | 7–5, 6–7(3), [10–5] |
References
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{{Honda Sports Award}}
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Category:People from Southbury, Connecticut
Category:American female tennis players
Category:Texas A&M Aggies women's tennis players