Jennifer Brady had only two career wins on the Women’s Tennis Association’s main tour heading into the Australian Open. The former Bruin, ranked No. 116 in singles, more than doubled that win total after one week at the year’s first Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne. Read more...

Photo: Former Bruin Jennifer Brady, who entered the Australian Open ranked No. 116 in the world and with only two career main tour wins, upset the tournament’s No. 14 seed en route to the fourth round. (Daily Bruin file photo)

UCLA women’s tennis has one central goal in mind to start off the season. Fight off the injuries. “I think the biggest thing I’m hoping for is that everyone stays healthy,” said coach Stella Sampras Webster, going into her 22nd season as UCLA head coach. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s tennis coach Stella Sampras Webster enters her 22nd year at the helm. She has an overall record of 383-143 and two national titles in 2008 and 2014. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Beginning in September, the UCLA women’s tennis team has prepared for the 2017 season with a series of tournaments, which have tested its skill and determination. Read more...

Photo: Junior Kristin Wiley fell to Stanford’s Emma Higuchi, 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the National Collegiate Tennis Classic in Rancho Mirage, California. (Daily Bruin file photo)

With the turn of the new year, UCLA women’s tennis hopes to expand on its efforts from last year, after its abrupt ending laid the case for unfinished work to be done. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Alaina Miller had a 14-6 record in dual match singles last year, including seven wins at the No. 3 slot. She also won the title at the Pac-12 Doubles Invitational with her partner, junior Terri Fleming. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Jada Hart and Ena Shibahara almost had another national championship. As teammates in women’s doubles, redshirt freshman Hart and freshman Shibahara suffered a 6-3, 6-4 defeat Sunday to Kentucky in the finals match of the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt Freshman Jada Hart (right) and freshman Ena Shibahara made it to the last round of USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships before losing to Kentucky. (Creative Commons photos by si.robi via Wikimedia Commons)

For years, UCLA women’s tennis has been a dominant force, not losing more than seven matches in a season in the last five years. As the team prepares for the start of its season in January, the tournaments in November will be tests of the girls’ preparation. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Ena Shibahara (left) and redshirt freshman Jada Hart (right), the 2016 US Open girls’ doubles champions, will face Columbia University’s Star Makarome and Alexandra Solovyev in the first round of the National Indoor Intercollegiate doubles draw. (Courtesy of Paul Ballard/ZooTennis)