2015-16 Women's Tennis Roster
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Woolcock, Belinda
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Belinda Woolcock
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Distance Education
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Bio
Career Record:
All-Time Dual Match Singles Record by Position
Of Note
COLLEGIATE HONORS
SENIOR (2016-17)
JUNIOR
Spring 2016
SOPHOMORE
Spring 2015
FRESHMAN
Spring 2014
PRIOR TO FLORIDA
PERSONAL
| 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
NCAA: Roland Thornqvist Press Conference 5-5-24
Sunday, May 05
NCAA: Coach Thornqvist & Rachel Gailis 5-4-24
Saturday, May 04
Roland Thornqvist Postmatch NCAA Second Round 5-6-23
Saturday, May 06
Roland Thornqvist Postmatch NCAA First Round 5-5-23
Friday, May 05
