Nicole Gibbs
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Nicole Gibbs is an American tennis
player and a 2010 graduate of Crossroads college preparatory school. She plays professional WTA and ITF events while maintaining her amateur status. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 356, which she reached on September 13, 2010. Her career high WTA ranking in doubles is 403, which she reached on July 5, 2010. She played 5 Junior Grand Slams as a junior player and played the number 1 position for the US gold medal World Team Tennis team(14&U) in 2007. In the WTA she has played 2 premier qualifiers, the 2009 LA Open, and the 2010 Stanford Open qualifier, where she won a round. She also played the qualifier of 2 US Opens (2009, 2010) winning a round in 2010, and played the mixed doubles main draw of the 2010 US Open with Sam Querrey as her partner. She was a hitting partner as part of the 2009 US Fed Cup Finals team in Italy.
Nicole is currently a Sophomore at Stanford University and plays on the Stanford Women's team. 2010-11: All-American in singles ... All-Pac-10 Second Team honoree ... ITA Northwest Region Player to Watch ... NCAA Championships All-Tournament Team selection ... earned a final national singles ranking of No. 12 ... advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Singles Championships, defeating back-to-back top-10 opponents before falling to eventual champion and top-ranked Jana Juricova of California in a hard-fought three-setter ... wrapped up the year with a team-best 46-6 overall record, becoming the first Cardinal player to reach the 40-win plateau since Erin Burdette and Gabriela Lastra both accomplished the feat in 2001-02 ... unbeaten in 27 dual matches, finishing 2-0 at No. 2, 16-0 at the No. 3 position, 8-0 at the No. 4 spot ... 21-4 against nationally-ranked opponents ... 19-6 in tournament matches ... 3-5 in three-set matches ... won 25 consecutive matches from Jan. 26-Apr. 30 ... won 19 sets by a score of 6-0 this year ... did not lose back-to-back matches all season ... highest-ranked opponent she defeated was teammate and No. 3 Hilary Barte 6-4, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships ... notched a runner-up finish at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships ... advanced to the semifinals of the Freeman Memorial Invitational Championships and Pac-10 Championships ... ranked No. 32 nationally in doubles, teaming with Kristie Ahn to finish 21-9 overall and 14-4 in duals as Stanford's No. 2 team ... the duo was 5-4 against nationally-ranked opponents ... reached the doubles final of the ITA Northwest Regional Championships in October.
Personal: Parents are Paul and Leslie ... has one sister, Shannon ... father, Paul, played tennis at Ball State and aunt, Karis, played tennis at Miami (Ohio) ... hobbies include listening to music and chillin with friends.
Nicole has two ITF titles, winning a $10K in Mexico at age 14, and a $25K Doubles title with Kristie Ahn in 2010.
Tennis
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player and a 2010 graduate of Crossroads college preparatory school. She plays professional WTA and ITF events while maintaining her amateur status. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 356, which she reached on September 13, 2010. Her career high WTA ranking in doubles is 403, which she reached on July 5, 2010. She played 5 Junior Grand Slams as a junior player and played the number 1 position for the US gold medal World Team Tennis team(14&U) in 2007. In the WTA she has played 2 premier qualifiers, the 2009 LA Open, and the 2010 Stanford Open qualifier, where she won a round. She also played the qualifier of 2 US Opens (2009, 2010) winning a round in 2010, and played the mixed doubles main draw of the 2010 US Open with Sam Querrey as her partner. She was a hitting partner as part of the 2009 US Fed Cup Finals team in Italy.
Nicole is currently a Sophomore at Stanford University and plays on the Stanford Women's team. 2010-11: All-American in singles ... All-Pac-10 Second Team honoree ... ITA Northwest Region Player to Watch ... NCAA Championships All-Tournament Team selection ... earned a final national singles ranking of No. 12 ... advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Singles Championships, defeating back-to-back top-10 opponents before falling to eventual champion and top-ranked Jana Juricova of California in a hard-fought three-setter ... wrapped up the year with a team-best 46-6 overall record, becoming the first Cardinal player to reach the 40-win plateau since Erin Burdette and Gabriela Lastra both accomplished the feat in 2001-02 ... unbeaten in 27 dual matches, finishing 2-0 at No. 2, 16-0 at the No. 3 position, 8-0 at the No. 4 spot ... 21-4 against nationally-ranked opponents ... 19-6 in tournament matches ... 3-5 in three-set matches ... won 25 consecutive matches from Jan. 26-Apr. 30 ... won 19 sets by a score of 6-0 this year ... did not lose back-to-back matches all season ... highest-ranked opponent she defeated was teammate and No. 3 Hilary Barte 6-4, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships ... notched a runner-up finish at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships ... advanced to the semifinals of the Freeman Memorial Invitational Championships and Pac-10 Championships ... ranked No. 32 nationally in doubles, teaming with Kristie Ahn to finish 21-9 overall and 14-4 in duals as Stanford's No. 2 team ... the duo was 5-4 against nationally-ranked opponents ... reached the doubles final of the ITA Northwest Regional Championships in October.
Personal: Parents are Paul and Leslie ... has one sister, Shannon ... father, Paul, played tennis at Ball State and aunt, Karis, played tennis at Miami (Ohio) ... hobbies include listening to music and chillin with friends.
Nicole has two ITF titles, winning a $10K in Mexico at age 14, and a $25K Doubles title with Kristie Ahn in 2010.