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Canadian tennis player (born 2004) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mia Kupres (born January 12, 2004) is a Canadian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 205, achieved on 9 September 2024.
Country (sports) | Canada |
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Residence | Montreal, Quebec, Canada[1] |
Born | [2] Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | January 12, 2004
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
College | Texas A&M (2023–) |
Prize money | $35,639 |
Singles | |
Career record | 28–26 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 759 (October 14, 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 759 (October 14, 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open Junior | 2R (2022) |
French Open Junior | 1R (2022) |
Wimbledon Junior | 2R (2022) |
US Open Junior | 3R (2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 27–13 |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 205 (September 9, 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 208 (October 14, 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open Junior | 2R (2022) |
French Open Junior | 2R (2022) |
US Open Junior | QF (2022) |
Last updated on: October 13, 2024. |
Kupres has won three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour.
She plays college tennis for the Texas A&M Aggies.
Kupres was born in Edmonton, Canada, in 2004.[3] Her parents emigrated from Serbia in 1998.[4] She took up tennis at age six and trained at the Saville Community Sports Centre.[1][5] At age 15, she moved to Montreal to practice at the National Training Centre.[6]
Kupres began playing for the Texas A&M Aggies in the spring of 2023.[3] She went 19–4 in singles mostly at court three and four, which led the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in dual match singles wins.[3] She began her doubles partnership with Mary Stoiana in March.[7] She clinched the win over No. 4 Georgia to help the No. 2 Aggies go undefeated in conference play that season.[8][9] She was a record five-time SEC Freshman of the Week and named to the All-SEC second team and SEC All-Freshman team.[3]
Kupres went 23–9 in singles in the 2024 season, earning first-team All-SEC honors.[3] Kupres and Stoiana were ranked as high as No. 3 in doubles and made the quarterfinals of the 2024 NCAA Championships, earning All-American honors.[3][10] Kupres helped the Aggies win their first NCAA team championship that season.[11]
Kupres won the Outdoor Junior National Championships in singles at the under-14 and under-18 levels.[12][13] She competed on the ITF Junior Circuit from 2017 to 2022, winning two singles titles and two doubles titles, and reached a peak ranking of No. 33.[14] She was one of the top prospects of her age in Canada and signed a letter of intent to play at Texas A&M University in 2021.[15] She played all of the junior Grand Slam tournaments in 2022, reaching the third round in singles and doubles at the US Open.[14]
Kupres made her debut on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour in doubles at the W25 event in Gatineau, Quebec, in July 2019.[16] She qualified for the singles main draw for the first time at the W15 event in Prokuplje, Serbia, in July 2021.[16] She won her first ITF doubles title at the W15 event in Oberpullendorf, Austria, in December 2022.[16] Partnering Ariana Arseneault, Kupres won the 2024 Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby, defeating Liang En-shuo and Park So-hyun in the final.[17]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2024 | Saskatoon Challenger, Canada | W35 | Hard | Kayla Cross | 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 |
Legend |
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W60/75 tournaments (1–1) |
W35 tournaments (1–0) |
W15 tournaments (1–0) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Dec 2022 | ITF Oberpullendorf, Austria | W15 | Hard (i) | Ksenia Laskutova | Arabella Koller Mavie Österreicher |
7–5, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2023 | Challenger de Saguenay, Canada | W60 | Hard (i) | Johanne Svendsen | Robin Anderson Dalayna Hewitt |
1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Jul 2024 | Championnats de Granby, Canada | W75 | Hard | Ariana Arseneault | Liang En-shuo Park So-hyun |
6–4, 2–6, [10–6] |
Win | 3–1 | Aug 2024 | Saskatoon Challenger, Canada | W35 | Hard | Ariana Arseneault | Hiroko Kuwata Maribella Zamarripa |
6–4, 6–3 |
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