2021-22
As a senior, went 0-2 overall, including both matches in the fall … Earned varsity letter.
2020-21
Junior season canceled by Ivy League due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20
As a sophomore, finished 1-1 in singles matches and 1-1 in doubles matches before suffering a season-ending injury … Earned varsity letter.
2018-19
As a first-year, compiled an 11-7 overall singles record and combined 7-5 in doubles … Went 9-6 in tournament play in the fall and 2-1 in dual matches … Led team with nine tournament singles victories … Saw action at No. 4 singles (1-0) and No. 5 singles (1-1) … Won three straight matches at the Cissie Leary Invitational in Philadelphia (Sept. 21-23).
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2018 graduate of George Walton Comprehensive High School in Marietta, Ga. … Five-star recruit … Ranked among the nation’s top-30 in the USTA rankings and among the top-35 in the TennisRecruiting.net ratings … Ranked the nation’s No. 35 recruit by TennisRecruiting.net … Placed in the top-12 at the USTA National Clay Courts in 2017 … Finished in the top-8 at the USTA National Clay Court Championships in 2016 … Captured first place in both singles and doubles at the USTA National Open in Norman, Okla. … Placed second at the USTA Southern Level 1A Tournament in Birmingham, Ala. … Won 10 USTA National Selection tournament medals … Consistently ranked among the top-5 in the USTA Southern Section … Represented the Southern Section in the USTA Intersectional Tournament and finished in the second place … Three-time first-place finisher in the Southern Cup and won Most Valuable Player honors in 2017 while representing Georgia … Owns 35-17 USTA record … Earned a variety of academic honors including AP Scholar with Distinction and Georgia Connections Principal Honor Roll … Also was named to the Walton High School Principal Honor Roll and earned a Walton High School Academic Letter … Ranked among the top-30 students in her class out of a 650-graduating class at Walton … Involved in various volunteer activities and community service including at St. Anne’s Church in Marietta, a Tennis Special Olympics event at Emory University and as a volunteer tennis coach at her previous tennis academy.
PERSONAL
Born Yekaterina Alferova on October 9, 2000 in Singapore … Daughter of Alexey Alferov and Linda Kurniawan of Marietta, Ga. … Has a younger sister Yelizaveta (6) … Both parents attended the University of Utah … Father is from Russia, mother is from Singapore and both met in college … Nicknames include Y2K and Y-kat … She was nicknamed Y2K by her first tennis coach because she was born in 2000 and has both a Y and a K in her first name … Hobbies and interests include traveling, hiking, kayaking, biking, reading, trying new foods and learning about history … Also plays the flute … Mother is her role model because she is selfless, compassionate, humble and genuine … Plays left-handed … Favorite sports memory was representing Team Georgia at the 2017 Southern Cup for the third straight year and winning team MVP … Chose Columbia because the university provides the best opportunities academically, culturally, socially and professionally, along with the fact that Columbia offers an Ivy League experience in New York City … Favorite things about New York City include the fact that there is always something new to try and that opportunities and options are endless … Chose Columbia over offers from Dartmouth, Harvard, Brown, Yale and Cornell … Enrolled at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science … Majors in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research.
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
|
SINGLES |
DOUBLES |
| Year |
Overall |
Dual |
Tour |
Ivy |
Overall |
Ivy |
| 2018-19 |
11-7 |
2-1 |
9-6 |
0-0 |
7-5 |
0-0 |
| 2019-20 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
| 2020-21 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2021-22 |
0-2 |
0-0 |
0-2 |
0-0 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
| Career |
12-10 |
2-1 |
10-9 |
0-0 |
8-6 |
0-0 |
