BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University women’s tennis team has wrapped up their fall schedule, but the program’s efforts to continue their national ranking climb continues with the signing of Hungarian Panna Bartha.
Bartha is the first to commit to the 2023-24 squad and will continue to play internationally through August of 2023.
QUOTABLE“I am extremely excited about Panna’s commitment to our program,” said Ricardo Gonzalez, FAU’s director of tennis. “The thing that impressed me the most about Panna was not necessarily her results in tennis, but more importantly, her as a person. “Of course, we are always wanting to bring great talent to our team, but when you can combine that with values that blend into our culture, it is a win-win situation. I am excited to help shape Panna’s future on and off the court. I am looking forward to the journey ahead of us.”
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- ITF career-high ranking 84
- 2022 Wimbledon participant
- Hungarian Championship: Under 18: five singles wins, and seven doubles wins
- Hungarian Championship women’s: 2021 singles runner-up and two wins in both 2021 and 2022
- Tennis Europe (G12 G14) couple finals in singles and holder of a few doubles trophies
- ITF J5 Fujarah (UAE) doubles trophy (November 2019)
- ITF J5 Székesfehérvár, Hungry singles and doubles runner-up (September 2020)
- ITF J4 Budapest, Hungary singles and doubles runner-up (October 2020)
- ITF J4 Budapest, Hungary doubles runner-up (November 2020)
- ITF J4 Domzale, Solvenia singles runner-up (August 2021)
- ITF J2 Székesfehérvár, Hungary doubles trophy
- ITF J2 Hammamet, Tunesia first place in both singles and doubles (January 2022)
- ITF J2 Bruchkoebel, Germany first place in doubles (June 2022)
- ITF J4 Pécs, Hungary runner-up in singles and first place in doubles (October 2022)
- European Championship (summer cup) team: 4th place (July 2021) in France
- Women 15K Badwaltersdorf, Austria doubles runner-up (August 2022)
FOLLOW ALONG
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