| Fani Chifchieva |
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 | Class: Junior
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 | Hometown: Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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 | High School: Professional High School of Agriculture
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 | Height: 5-9
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 | Birthdate: 08/27/1987
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Awards & honors
2007, 2008 ITA All-American
2008 SEC Women's Tennis Athlete of the Year
2007, 2008 First-Team All-SEC
2007 ITA South Region Freshman of the Year
2007-08 (Sophomore)
Earned ITA All-American honors after advancing to the semifinals at the NCAA Championships ... Tied for third on the Auburn all-time single season victories list with 27 ... Recorded a 10-1 SEC singles record and 27-3 overall ... Went 16-8, 4-5 SEC in doubles action ... Twice named SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 19 and March 6) ... Defeated No. 2 Aurilija Misivecuite of Arkansas ... Defeated LSU's No. 15 Megan Falcon ... Topped No. 27 Julia Cohen of Florida ... Clinched Auburn's 4-3 win over Ohio State in first round of NCAA Championships ... Downed the No. 2 and 6 seeded players, winning four matches to earn a spot in the semifinals at the NCAA Singles Championships ... Paired with Whitney Chappell, Dunja Djuranovic, Jil Hastenrath, Alex Haney and Melissa Koning in doubles action ... Ranked as the No. 11 singles player by ITA preseason poll ... Roberta Alison Fall Classic Crimson Bracket singles champ.
2006-07 (Freshman)
Became the first ITA All-American in Auburn women's tennis history after winning her way into the round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championship ... Finished spring with a 19-8, 8-3 SEC singles record ... Won nine consecutive singles matches from Feb. 23 - March 25, upsetting four top-50 players ... Named SEC Athlete of the Week (March 20) ... Defeated Daria Petrovoc of NC State 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, in the NCAA South Regional Tournament ... Paired with Jil Hastenrath (3-2), Whitney Chappell (6-6) and Alex Haney (1-1) in doubles action ... Played in the ITA Women's All-American individual qualifier and doubles pre-qualifier.
2005
Redshirted.
Personal
Born Aug. 27, 1987 ... Daughter of Angel and Tinka Chifchievi ... Major: Spanish.