2019-20 Women's Tennis Roster
Hand, Clarissa
Clarissa Hand
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Laurel Springs School
- Hometown:
- Moorestown, N.J.
Bio
2021: Highest ranked Northwestern singles competitor … 14-6 in singles (two unfinished) … 10-8 in doubles (five unfinished) … Won her first singles match in the NCAA Tournament 6-3, 6-3 against Xavier (5/7) … Won three-straight singles matches to start the season against players from No. 8 NC State, No. 16 Wake Forest and No. 3 Texas … Won five-straight doubles matches between Mar. 14 and Apr. 11 upon forming a team with her sister Christina.
2018-19: Made her first collegiate appearance in the Wildcat Invite in a doubles match victory over Pittsburgh 6-4 ... Defeated Keisha Clousing of DePaul to advance to the Quarterfinals of the ITA Midwest Regional and beat Guilla Pairone of Michigan to advance to the semifinals … Won all three doubles matches with partner Lee Or at LSU Tiger Fall Classic … Defeated No. 51 pair Yuna Ito and Ulyanna Shirokova at Miami Invite ... The Moorestown, N.J., native opened the spring season up by topping No. 7 Estela Perez-Somarriba (Miami) in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. It was only the second time Perez-Somarriba dropped a singles match at home and the first time since Sept. 23, 2017.… Recorded a 6-0 win against UIC in doubles play … Defeated nationally-ranked No. 19 Eden Richardson of No. 18 LSU in straight sets (7-6 (2-0), 7-6 (2-0)) … Finished doubles dual regular season strong, winning seven of her last ten matches and amassing a 7-2 Big Ten record with partner Lee Orr … Picked up six ranked singles wins … First NU rookie to win multiple Big Ten Athlete of the Week honors in the same season since 2006 … Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year, becoming the first Wildcat to do so since 2015…Named to All-Big Ten team … First Northwestern rookie to earn a berth to the NCAA singles championship since 2007, advanced to the second round.
High School: Rated as a five-star recruit and ranked No. 31 by TennisRecruiting.net … Reached singles round of 16 and doubles semifinals at 2017 Girls' 18 USTA National Indoor Championships … Advanced to quarterfinal at 2017 USTA National Level 2 … Won Girls' 18 doubles title at 2017 USTA National Level 3 … Won Girls' 18 singles title at 2015 USTA National Selection Tournament … Captured singles crown at 2015 South Carolina ITF … Reached singles quarterfinals and was doubles runner-up at 2015 Girls' 16 USTA National Championships … Doubles runner-up at 2015 Girls' 16 USTA National Clay Court Championships … Won doubles title at 2013 Girls' 14 USTA National Clay Court Championships.
Personal: Born Clarissa Quyen Hand on 2/27/00 … Daughter of Kim Hoang and Charles Hand.
2018-19: Made her first collegiate appearance in the Wildcat Invite in a doubles match victory over Pittsburgh 6-4 ... Defeated Keisha Clousing of DePaul to advance to the Quarterfinals of the ITA Midwest Regional and beat Guilla Pairone of Michigan to advance to the semifinals … Won all three doubles matches with partner Lee Or at LSU Tiger Fall Classic … Defeated No. 51 pair Yuna Ito and Ulyanna Shirokova at Miami Invite ... The Moorestown, N.J., native opened the spring season up by topping No. 7 Estela Perez-Somarriba (Miami) in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. It was only the second time Perez-Somarriba dropped a singles match at home and the first time since Sept. 23, 2017.… Recorded a 6-0 win against UIC in doubles play … Defeated nationally-ranked No. 19 Eden Richardson of No. 18 LSU in straight sets (7-6 (2-0), 7-6 (2-0)) … Finished doubles dual regular season strong, winning seven of her last ten matches and amassing a 7-2 Big Ten record with partner Lee Orr … Picked up six ranked singles wins … First NU rookie to win multiple Big Ten Athlete of the Week honors in the same season since 2006 … Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year, becoming the first Wildcat to do so since 2015…Named to All-Big Ten team … First Northwestern rookie to earn a berth to the NCAA singles championship since 2007, advanced to the second round.
High School: Rated as a five-star recruit and ranked No. 31 by TennisRecruiting.net … Reached singles round of 16 and doubles semifinals at 2017 Girls' 18 USTA National Indoor Championships … Advanced to quarterfinal at 2017 USTA National Level 2 … Won Girls' 18 doubles title at 2017 USTA National Level 3 … Won Girls' 18 singles title at 2015 USTA National Selection Tournament … Captured singles crown at 2015 South Carolina ITF … Reached singles quarterfinals and was doubles runner-up at 2015 Girls' 16 USTA National Championships … Doubles runner-up at 2015 Girls' 16 USTA National Clay Court Championships … Won doubles title at 2013 Girls' 14 USTA National Clay Court Championships.
Personal: Born Clarissa Quyen Hand on 2/27/00 … Daughter of Kim Hoang and Charles Hand.
SINGLES
| Season | Overall W-L | Dual Match |
Fall |
Conference | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2018-19 | 13-14 | 12-13 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 12-12 | 0-1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019-20 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 2-3 | -- | -- | 2-1 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2021 | 12-4 | 12-4 | -- | 9-3 | -- | 1-2 | 11-2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 29-24 | 26-18 | 3-4 | 14-9 | 12-12 | 1-3 | 13-3 | -- | -- | -- |
DOUBLES
| Season | Overall W-L | Dual Match |
Fall |
Conference | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018-19 | 16-8 | 14-8 | 2-0 | 8-2 | 12-8 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| 2019-20 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-2 | -- | 0-3 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | 10-8 | 12-7 | -- | 9-3 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 5-2 |
| Career | 16-13 | 14-11 | 2-2 | 8-2 | 12-11 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
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