2016-17 Women's Tennis Roster

Jim Burgess
Jim Burgess
Bill Kallenberg
Kathy Cafazzo
Tim Casey
Tim Casey
Courtney Culbreath
Tim Casey
Kathy Cafazzo
Kathy Cafazzo

Belinda Woolcock

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • High School Distance Education
  • Hometown Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Career Record:
Year Overall Singles Dual Singles SEC Singles NCAA Singles Overall Doubles Dual Doubles SEC Doubles NCAA Doubles
13-14 28-9 10-4 5-3 1-0 21-13 10-10 5-5 3-3
14-15 28-11 14-6 5-5 2-0 23-13 14-8 6-4 3-1
15-16 28-8 13-5 7-2 0-1 14-3 8-2 3-2 1-0
16-17 29-11 16-6 7-2 3-0 32-7 24-3 10-1 5-0
Totals 113-39 53-21 24-12 6-1 90-36 56-23 24-12 12-4
 
All-Time Dual Match Singles Record by Position 
Year #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Overall
2014 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 7-4 3-0 10-4
2015 0-0 0-0 0-1 10-3 4-2 0-0 14-6
2016 1-0 11-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 12-3
2017 16-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 16-6
Totals 17-6 11-3 0-1 10-3 11-6 3-0 52-18



Of Note
  • Earned her bachelor’s degree in April of 2017 in Sport Management
  • Joined the professional tennis tour following the NCAA Championships
 
COLLEGIATE HONORS
  • 2017 Honda Sport Award for Tennis Winner
  • 2017 Honda Sport Award for Tennis Nominee (1 of 4)
  • 2017 NCAA Singles Finalist
  • Most Outstanding Player of 2017 NCAA Championships
  • 2017 ITA Region Senior Player of the Year—Southeast Region
  • 2017 First Team All-SEC
  • 2017 All-American (Singles)
  • 2017 Spring Academic Honor Roll
  • 2016 All-American (Singles)
  • 2016 First Team All-SEC
  • 2016 Evelyn Puckett Most Improved Award (Team Award)
  • 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • Earned berth into 2015 NCAA Singles Championship
  • SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 25)
  • 2014 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
  • 2014 Evelyn Puckett Award - Most Improved Player (team award)
 
SENIOR (2016-17)
  • Final ITA Singles Rank: 5
  • Final ITA Doubles Rank: 52 (with Josie Kuhlman)
  • 2017 Honda Award Winner for Tennis
  • First Gator to reach the NCAA Singles Final since 2002
  • First Gator to reach the NCAA Singles Semifinal since 2015
  • Most Outstanding player of the 2017 NCAA Championships
  • 2017 NCAA All-Tournament Team—No. 1 Singles Position
  • 2017 NCAA All-Tournament Team—No. 3 Doubles Position
  • 2017 ITA National Team Indoor Championships All-Tournament Team
  • Selected to NCAA Singles Championships for third time in career
  • 29th Gator to win 100 career singles matches
  • SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 15, 2017)
  • Most Valuable Player (team award)
  • Played No. 1 singles position in every dual match after having played the top spot only once in her career prior to this year
  • 7-2 SEC singles record
  • 21-10 vs. ranked opponents
  • captured her 100th career singles win (29th Gator to do so) that was the clincher at Missouri (March 26)
  • SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 22, 2017)
  • 32 doubles wins was third-most on the team
  • she and Kuhlman won a team-leading 24 doubles dual matches, 5-0 in NCAA matches
  • 2016 & 2017 First Team All-SEC
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll status each of her last three years
  • ITA Southeast Region Senior Player of the Year
 
JUNIOR
Spring 2016
  • Final ITA singles ranking: 15
  • Final ITA doubles ranking: 42
  • Clinched two matches for the Gators over No. 18 Kentucky and No. 37 Ole Miss
  • Clinched four doubles points with Kuhlman 
Fall 2015
  • Won five matches to reach the main draw singles quarterfinal at the ITA All-American
  • Singles semifinalist at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships
  • Won the doubles title with Josie Kuhlman at the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional in Athens, Ga.
  • Reached the doubles quarterfinals at the USTA/ITA National Indoors with Kuhlman
 
SOPHOMORE
Spring 2015
  • Final ITA National Singles Rank: 48
  • Final ITA Southeast Region Singles Rank: 8
  • Final ITA National Doubles Rank: 79 (with Spencer Liang)
  • Final ITA Southeast Region Doubles Rank: 7 (with Liang)
Fall 2014
  • Preseason (September) ITA National Singles Ranking: 89
  • Won her respective singles draw at the Duke Fab Four Invitational
  • Preseason (September) ITA National Doubles Ranking: 13 (with Keegan)
  • Finalist in her respective doubles draw with Spencer Liang at the Duke Fab Four Invitational
 
FRESHMAN
Spring 2014
  • Final National Ranking: 122
  • Final Southeast Region Ranking: 15
  • Season-High National Singles Ranking: T-36 (Jan. 2, 2014)
  • 5-2 record in three-set matches this season (0-1 in dual matches)
  • posted her first NCAA singles decision - a 6-2, 6-2 win against Vanderbilt’s Ashleigh Antal that gave UF a 2-0 lead
  • defeated Virginia’s Marie Faure (7-6 (8-6), 6-2) in the first round of the National Team Indoors to clinch the match
  • defeated Stefania Hristov (Texas A&M), 6-2, 6-0, in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament
  • Highest ranked opponent defeated (entire season): No. 34 Beatrice Gumulya (Clemson), 7-6 (3), 6-2, Riviera All-American Qualifying round of 64 (Oct. 1)
  • Highest ranked opponent played (entire season): No. 14 Maho Kowase (Georgia), lost 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5), ITA SE Regional round of 16 (Oct. 19)
  • Final National Ranking: 17 (with Sofie Oyen)
  • Final Southeast Region Ranking: 3 (with Oyen)
  • Season-High National Doubles Ranking: 14 on Feb. 11, 2014 (with Sofie Oyen)
  • 10-10 record in dual matches (2-2 in NCAAs)
  • 6-3 in doubles-point dual match clinching matches (2-1 in NCAAs)
  • reached second round of NCAA Doubles Championships with Oyen
  • with Oyen upset Georgia’s No. 19 Kate Fuller and Silvia Garcia to clinch the doubles point in the NCAA Quarterfinal win
  • her 8-3 doubles-point-clinching win with Oyen against South Carolina State’s Victoriia Khatcei and Marketa Marcanikova in the NCAA First Round (May 9, 2014) was Oyen’s 100th career doubles victory
  • with Sofie Oyen, defeated Texas A&M’s No. 83 Ines Deheza and Saska Gavrilovska, 8-5, in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament
Fall 2013
  • Compiled team-best 18-5 record
  • Beat No. 108 Anna Mamalat of Texas A&M 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 at the Duke Fab Four Invite
  • Won three matches at the Riviera/ITA All-American Pre-Qualifying, including a 6-2, 6-2 victory over No. 97 Jordaan Sanford of DePaul
  • Beat two ranked opponents: Clemson’s No. 34 Beatrice Gumulya 7-6 (3), 6-2 and Iowa’s No. 65 Ruth Seabourne 6-0, 6-2, before falling to UCLA’s No. 80 Chanelle Van Nguyen in the round of 16 at the Riviera/ITA All-American qualifying event
  • Won four matches at the Bedford Cup before falling to teammate No. 75 Olivia Janowicz 6-4, 6-4 in the finals
  • Won two matches at the ITA Southeast Regional to advance to the round of 16
  • Won three matches to advance to the semifinals of the Dick Vitale Clay Court Classic
  • Compiled 11-2 record playing with Kourtney Keegan and Sofie Oyen
  • With Sofie Oyen, won three matches at the Duke Fab Four Invite
  • With Sofie Oyen, defeated No. 48 Alexandra Perper and Naomi Tran of Mississippi State 8-6 at the Riviera/ITA All-American Teamed with Kourtney Keegan to win three matches and then the finals of the Bedford Cup
  • Won three matches with Kourtney Keegan at the ITA Southeast Regional before falling to Georgia’s No. 50 Lauren Herring and Maho Kowase in the semifinals
  • Preseason (September) ITA National NEWCOMER Singles Ranking: 7
  • Preseason (September) ITA National Doubles Ranking: T-21 (with Sofie Oyen)
 
PRIOR TO FLORIDA
  • Earned diploma from Distance Education in Victoria and also studied at Wesley College
  • ranked No. 20 of Australian National women (25th ranking date in 2013) and No. 1-ranked girl in Australia for birth year 1995
  • ranked a career-high No. 113 in the ITF (Sept. 19, 2011)
  • ranked career-high No. 706 in WTA singles rankings (Oct. 8, 2012); No. 702 in doubles (July 22, 2013)
  • one of her most memorable achievements was when she represented Australia and won the Junior Fed Cup Title in Mexico, 2011
  • two-time 14 & Under Australian Tennis National Champion
  • 16 & Under Australian National Champion
  • competed at the 2013 Las Cruces $25K Women’s Challenger in New Mexico and won three rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw of the professional event, before winning her opening first round match against Ros-Polly Nguyen (FRA), 6-1, 6-1; dropped a tough 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 decision to second-seeded, world-top-300 player and eventual runner-up Petra Rampre (SLO) in the round of 16
  • in the same June 2013 event, played her way into the main draw of the doubles competition, where she and her partner advanced to the quarterfinals
  • won the 2012 Australian Platinum AMT in Sydney; finalist in 2013
  • won singles and doubles titles at the 2011 Radenska Open Junior ITF in Slovenia
  • 2011 Air Pacific Oceania Closed Junior Championships singles semifinalist; doubles champion
  • 2011 Airberlin German Juniors doubles finalist, falling 14-12 in the deciding set
  • represented Australia and won the Junior Fe
  • competed for Australia at the 2009 World Junior Tennis held in Prostejov, Czech Republic
  • trained at the National Academy in Melbourne, 2009-13, and was a member of the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club since 2009
  • significant coaches include Nicole Pratt and Simon Rea
 
PERSONAL
  • born Belinda Joan Woolcock on Jan. 24, 1995, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • daughter of Jane Barton and Geoff Woolcock
  • has two older sisters, Lisa and Sarah
  • began playing tournaments at the age of seven

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2016-17

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Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    5'8"

  • 2014-15Sophomore

    5'8"

  • 2015-16Junior

    5'8"

  • 2016-17Senior

    5'8"

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