Romy Farah
Romy Farah

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Cali, Colombia

High School:
Columbia Instituto la campina

Height:
5-6

Major:
Language & Int'l Trade

Highlights: 2004 Furman Fall Classic flight four singles and flight two doubles champion.

Spring 2005: Named to the 2005 All-ACC team ...earned an invitation to the NCAA Singles Championships ...ranked 60th in the final ITA singles poll ...ranked 26th with Julie Coin in the final ITA doubles poll ...tied for eighth in school history with Coin for best winning percentage for a doubles team in a single season with a .800 mark ...same statistic ranks sixth all-time for a single season best set winning percentage

Singles: Posted a 19-10 record in dual matches, including a 9-1 mark in ACC play ...won two matches in the 2005 NCAA Team Championships, a defeat of Furman's Caroline Bentley in the opening round at flight two and an upset of 24th-ranked Kendall Cline of North Carolina in the final eight at flight two ...in ACC play at flight two unless otherwise noted, defeated Ashley James of Virginia Tech at flight three (6-2, 6-3), Kelly Anderson of Georgia Tech (7-6(5), 6-3), Elin Stahl Johansson of NC State (6-2, 6-0), #72 Ashlee Davis of Wake Forest (6-1, 6-2), Marianne Baker of Maryland (6-3, 7-5), Douglas Wink of Virginia (6-4, 6-1), Staci Stevens of Miami (6-2, 6-2), Roxanne Clarke of Florida State (6-1, 4-6, 10-3) and #22 Kendall Cline of North Carolina (6-3, 6-4) ...in the ACC Tournament at flight two, defeated#57 Ashlee Davis of Wake Forest the second round(6-2, 6-2) and Miami's Staci Stevens in the quarterfinals (6-3, 6-0) ...notable victories include a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 decision over Sarah Gregg in Clemson's 4-3 win over #4 UCLA in the USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championships and 6-4, 6-4 win over in-state rival Christyn Lucas of South Carolina

Doubles: Recorded a 21-8 record during the dual season and went 9-1 against ACC opponents ... with Julie Coin, ranked 26th in the final ITA doubles poll after compiling a 12-3 record at flight one during the dual season ...paired with Coin, upset conference foe Georgia Tech with 8-3 win over 11th-ranked Kristi Miller and Alison Silverio ...defeated four other conference opponents with Coin (Barbara Orlay and Elin Stahl Johansson of NC State, 8-3; Karin Coetzee and Alex Hirsch of Wake Forest, 8-4; Ramona But and Veronika Subertova of Maryland, 8-2; and Douglas Wink and Rachel Del Priore of Virginia, 8-0) ...posted an 8-1 win over in-state rival South Carolina's team of Danielle Wiggins and Magda Wojdylo at flight one with Coin ...won six matches at flight three with Carol Salge for a 6-4 overall record ...in regular season contests with Salge, defeated Caitlin Collins and Tanja Markovic of North Carolina (8-3) and Saras Arasu and Parker Goyer of Duke (8-3) ...with Salge, won both ACC Tournament match-ups over Wake Forest's Danielle Schwartz and Blakely Offutt in the Tigers' second round contest (9-7) and Miami's Patricia Starzyk and Caren Seenauth in the quarterfinals (8-1) ...in the NCAA Team Championships, with Salge at flight three, defeated Furman's Shannon Moore and Jacqueline Eckert in the opening round (8-6) and Caitlin Collis and Tanja Markovic of North Carolina in the final eight (8-3) ...with Daniela Alvarez, defeated 42nd-ranked Felice Lam and J.J. Larson of Virginia Tech in the first match of the season ...won her ninth conference match with Ioana Paun over Tapiwa Marobela and Natalie Tirapelli of Florida State, 8-3.

Fall 2004: Singles: Posted a 7-2 overall record in singles play ...won the Furman Fall Classic flight four championship after defeating Emily Vest of Middle Tennessee State, teammate Ioana Paun and Caitlin Collins of North Carolina ...played in the Riviera/ITA prequalifying tournament where she defeated Washington's Dinka Hadzic, Pepperdine's Bianca Dulghera and Maryland's Jennifer Dent before falling to Duke's Clelia Deltour ...advanced to the qualifying tournament as a "lucky loser" and upset #30 Sasha Podkolzina of California Doubles: Ranked 29th in the ITA preseason doubles poll with Julie Coin ...recorded four victories against only one loss with Coin ...teamed with Coin, captured the Furman Fall Classic flight two doubles championship ...the duo defeated the 33rd-ranked team of Nancy Kockott and Julie Smekodub from Tulane in the opening match of the qualifying round of the Riviera/ITA All-American tournament before losing in the second round.

Pre-Clemson: Ranked #2 in South America for 2000 and 2001... Columbia Junior National Champion in under-12, 14, 16 and 18 divisions from 1996 to 2002 ... was ranked #1 in doubles play in Cosat (South America) in 1999, 2000 and 2001 ...finished second twice in Cosat (South America tour) tournaments in 2000 ... advanced to the semifinals in Asuncion, Paraguay in 2000 ... won the under-16 division of the Gerdau Cup in Brazil in 2000 ... at ITF world cup tournaments in 2002, advanced to the round of 16 at the Gerdau Tennis Cup in Brazil and was a semifinalist in doubles competition at the Nicolas Macchiavello Almeida Cup and a semifinalist in both singles and doubles play at the Pony Malta Cup ... born May 1, 1985.

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