WOMEN’S TENNIS FILE
» Women’s tennis ranks as one of Duke’s most successful programs, with 18 ACC championships, 11 final fours and the 2009 NCAA title.
» Coach Jane Preyer put Duke tennis on the map during her six-year run (1986-91) as the Blue Devils went 38-4 in the ACC and won four straight league titles.
» Duke was the ACC’s most dominant program from 1988 through 2001 with 14 consecutive ACC Tournament crowns. Duke did not lose a single ACC match during the decade of the 1990s and at one point won 116 league matches in a row.
» Current coach Jamie Ashworth, in 26 years, has won 574 matches with nine ACC titles and nine final fours. He took over as head coach during the middle of the 1997 season and has led his club to every NCAA tourney since.
» Two Blue Devils have won NCAA singles championships, Vanessa Webb in 1998 and Mallory Cecil in 2009.
» Webb is Duke’s all-time winningest player with a 161-25 singles record (.866 winning percentage). She won the Honda Award as national player of the year and was the ACC female athlete of the year.
» Duke has reached the NCAA final four in three of the last four tournaments (2018-19-22).
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