Maria Berlanga Bandera

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Class:
Senior
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Málaga, Spain
High School:
CIDEAD

CAREER NOTES: A four-year letterwinner at Tulsa … Had an overall record of 84-40 in singles matches and a 79-46 tally in doubles action for a total of 163 wins for the Golden Hurricane … Finished her career ranked 10^th for doubles wins (79) and 10^th for singles victories (84) in team history … Ranked as high as No.18 in the ITA Doubles Rankings (Feb. 5, 2025; Partner: Lily Hutchings) and No. 65 in the ITA Singles Poll (March 18, 2025).

2025 ITA Central Region Senior Player of the Year
2025 American Conference Player of the Year
2025 CSC Academic All-District Team
2024 ITA Central Regional Doubles Champion
2x American All-Conference (2024, 2025)
1x American Conference Player of the Week
3x American Academic All-Conference
2x ITA Scholar Athlete

2024-25: Led the Hurricane with a 26-8 singles tally to go with a 21-8 mark in doubles play. Had season best rankings of No. 18 in doubles and No. 65 in singles, and was The American’s top ranked player in both facets for most of the year.

Won the doubles title at the ITA Central Regional Championships with teammate Lily Hutchings, earning a bid to the inaugural fall NCAA Doubles Championships.
Competed in three total fall events, going 7-2 in singles and 6-1 in doubles.
Played atop the singles and doubles lineups in dual matches, going 19-6 as TU’s No. 1 singles player and 15-7 as part of the No. 1 doubles tandem.
Put together five wins over nationally-ranked singles players, including No. 47 Alina Shcherbinina (Oklahoma), No. 47 Josie Usereau (Arizona), No. 93 Carlina Gomez (Arkansas), No. 104 Xin Tong Wang (Wichita State) and No. 124 Sophie Llewellyn (SMU).
Clinched Tulsa’s 4-3 win at SMU. Was also the clinching point in the team wins over Arkansas State (1/12) and Temple (4/17).
Earned three wins over ranked doubles teams, including No. 33 Schwartzman/Martinez (Rice), No. 69 Mulville/Vuuren (Kansas) and No. 77 Wang/Roselli (Wichita State).
Led Tulsa with eight doubles point clinches.

2023-24: Led Tulsa with overall records of 21-10 in singles play and 17-15 in doubles action.

In dual matches, she went 14-7 in singles and 13-10 in doubles across both No. 1 positions.
Earned American Athletic Conference All-Conference honors.
Helped lead Tulsa to the 2024 UTR Sports NIT Championship title.
In the fall, appeared in the main singles and doubles draws in the ITA All-American Championships and reached the singles round of 16 at the ITA Central Regional Championships.
Formed TU’s No. 1 doubles pairing with teammate Lily Hutchings, going 13-10 and 2-1 against nationally ranked tandems.
Clinched the doubles point against Louisiana Tech (1/14), Memphis (1/28), Purdue (2/3) and Wyoming (5/6) in the quarterfinal of the NIT Championship.
Clinched the final point in the Hurricane’s 4-1 team victory over North Texas (4/12).

2022-23: Tied for a team-leading 18 singles wins, going 18-10 overall.

Won the doubles consolation bracket at the ITA Central Regional Championships with teammate Laia Conde Monfort.
Earned an 18-11 mark in doubles play.
Headlined the top of the double’s lineup with partner Lily Hutchings, going 13-7 together.
Earned her first career national doubles ranking (88) with Hutchings (4/4).
Named The American Women’s Tennis Player of the Week on March 7.

2021-22: Produced a 19-12 record in singles play, the second-most wins on the team.

Mainly played No. 3 singles, going 9-7.
Went 23-12 in doubles, including 17-8 from No. 1 doubles.
Clinched the win over Wichita State (02/16) with a 6-3, 6-4 victory at No. 2 singles.
Tallied two ranked doubles wins, defeating No. 77 Maria Ponomareva/Luvie Devier 6-4 (North Texas, 04/09) and No. 57 Hadley Doyle and Jackie Nylander (SMU, 04/22).

Berlanga's Career Results