Women's Tennis

  Whitney Chappell

Whitney Chappell

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Knoxville, Tenn.

High School:
Webb School of Knoxville

Height:
5-4

Experience:
2L

Major:
Biomedical Science

2007 Fall (Junior):
Finished the fall with an 8-4 singles record, 7-6 doubles...Half of the ITA Preseason No. 47 doubles team with partner Fani Chifchieva...Won eight-of-12 singles matches...Won three consecutive consolation matches at SEC Fall Coaches Classic...Partnered with Chifchieva to win three-of-four doubles matches at Maryland Fall Invitational...Teamed with Gaby Beelen to win four-of-nine doubles matches.

2007 Spring (Sophomore):
Finished the spring 13-8, 5-6 SEC, in singles play ...Competed primarily in the four spot winning nine-of-17 matches...Had two wins in the three spot and two wins in the five spot...Went 4-0 in first four dual matches of season...Defeated Jo-Ann Van Aerde of No. 69 Louisville 3-6, 6-3, 6-2...Defeated Christina Keesey of Ohio State 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, in the three spot...Earned first SEC win over Renee Joseph of Mississippi State...defeated Gabriela Duch of No. 39 South Florida 4-6, 7-6, 3-1....Earned second SEC victory 7-5, 6-1, over Christyn Lucas of No. 32 South Carolina...Strung together four consecutive wins, including three over SEC opponents Nanar Airapetian of No. 58 Arkansas, Hannah Robinson of No. 39 LSU and Bianca Svensson of No. 72 Alabama...Won three doubles matches and lost four when partnered with Kelly Adams...Went 6-6 with Fani Chifchieva in doubles...Went 1-1 with Jil Hastenrath in doubles.

2006 Fall (Sophomore):
Finished the fall with a 4-8 singles record... Picked up a 6-1, 6-1 win over Alabama's Shelley Goodwin at the Roberta Alison Invitational... Won a consolation match against Nika Koukhartchouk of Ole Miss, 6-0, 6-2 at the ITA Regionals... Earned a 6-3, 6-0 win over Staten Spencer of LSU in the opening round of SEC Fall Coaches Classic... Went 5-4 in doubles with Koning... Won four-straight matches, including an 8-3 victory over Joseph/Feit of Mississippi State... Beat Schutte/Zubor of Tennessee, 8-6 at SEC Coaches Classic.

2006 Spring (Freshman):
Concluded spring with a 9-13 mark in singles play... Finished the year 10-15 overall... Played seven matches at No. 1, finishing 2-5... Also finished 5-6 at No. 2 and 2-2 at No. 3... Won two of final three matches and the first three matches of the spring... Only Auburn player ranked all season, ranking No. 89 in singles on Feb. 22 after winning three of her first four matches... Defeated Mississippi State's Martina Banikova, 6-1, 6-1, in the No. 2 match... Following winning the No. 1 match over Ole Miss' Virginia Tomatis, 6-1, 6-2... Earned third straight win by topping Louisville's Maria Klokotzky in the No. 1 match, 7-5, 6-1... Defeated North Florida's Lauren Cockbill, Stetson's Maja Miladinovic and Florida State's Ania Rynarzewska to open the year 3-0... Also defeated Southern Illinois' Zuzana Palovic, 6-1, 6-2, in the No. 3 match... Topped South Alabama's Jelena Krivacevic, 7-6, 6-2, and Samford's Katie McMiller, 6-3, 6-3... Finished 9-12 in doubles in the spring and 12-13 overall... Paired with Tori Almagno to finish 6-6... Went 3-0 with Irina Pljusznyin... Also paired with Alex Haney and Erin Gray and finished 0-3 with each... Paired with Almagno to win three matches in a row, including two conference wins... Topped Kentucky's team of Coventry and Escamilla, 9-8, Vanderbilt's tandem of Taylor and Yahner, 8-4, and Troy's duo of Strauss and Masviba, 8-5... With Pljusznyin, the duo defeated Alabama's team of Bentley and McElveen, 8-2... The duo also topped Southern Illinois' team of Bredniak and Maher, 8-1, and Samford's team of Jackson and McMiller, 8-3.

2005 Fall (Freshman):
Finished 1-2 in singles play... Missed the first three tournaments due to injury... Defeated Georgia Tech's Kelly Anderson in first round of Seminole Classic, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4... Lost semifinal match in three sets to Houston's Yolandi Terblanch, 6-3, 2-6, 10-6... Finished 3-1 in doubles play... Paired with Tori Almagno for all four matches at SEC Fall Coaches Classic... Duo advanced to the finals before losing 9-7 to Vanderbilt's Caroline Ferrell and Courtney Ulery.

Prior to Auburn: Four-year letterwinner at Webb School of Knoxville... Won the 2003 Tennessee Division II singles title... Member of 2003 and 2004 state championship team... National High School All-American... Three-time All-Region Player of the Year.

Personal: Born on August 31, 1987 in Knoxville, Tenn... Daughter of Bill and Cheryl Chappell... Has one brother, Will ... Marjoring in biomedical sciences.

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