Vanesa Suarez

K-State Tennis vs. Drake, January 20, 2024.

(Photo: Lexi Doherty/K-State Sports)

Photo by: Lexi Doherty/K-State Sports

Photo by: Lathe Cobb Photography

Photo by: Sophie Osborn

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Valencia, Venezuela

HONORS

2023-24 Academic All-Big 12 Team
2023 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
2022-23 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

Suarez's Career Records (updated April 22, 2024)
Overall Career Singles Record: 21-30
Career Singles Record in Tournaments: 7-6
Career Singles Record in Dual Matches: 14-24
Career Singles Record in Big 12 Matches: 6-13

Career Singles Record in Two-Set Matches: 12-21 (4-10 Big 12)
Career Singles Record in Three-Set Matches: 9-9 (2-3 Big 12)

Career Record vs. ITA Ranked Opponents: 7-11

Overall Career Doubles Record: 11-26
Career Doubles Record in Tournaments: 5-8
Career Doubles Record in Dual Matches: 6-18
Career Doubles Record in Big 12 Matches: 1-8

Career Positional Record
Singles
No. 1: 8-12
No. 2: 2-7
No. 3: 3-3
No. 4: 0-0
No. 5: 0-0
No. 6: 0-0

Doubles
No. 1: 4-9
No. 2: 0-6
No. 3: 1-2

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023-24)

Competed in doubles play with Tereza Polakova for the first time this season against UCF on April 5, losing 6-3.
Clinched the K-State win over West Virginia on March 30, defeating Love-Star Alexis in three sets, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Won her first Big 12 match of the spring, defeating TCU's Jade Otway 6-2, 7-5.
Playing in doubles with partner Maria Santos, they went 1-1 against BYU (March 7) losing 6-3 and Texas Tech (March 9) winning 6-1.
In the first ITA spring rankings she was featured at no. 92. That same week she recorded consecutive wins against Alabama (Feb. 9) and Indiana (Feb. 10). Defeated another ranked opponent, #50 Petra Sedlackova from Alabama in three sets, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Partnered up with Charlotte Keitel in doubles matches, her first since Jan. 20.
Her match went unfinished in the third set in K-State's loss against Denver (Feb. 2), but against Iowa (Feb. 3) she defeated pre-season ranked #109 Daianne Hayashida in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Started the season 3-0 in the no. 1 spot, winning against Wichita State (Jan. 26) with a three-set victory and winning again versus South Dakota (Jan. 28).
At the first match of the season against Drake (Jan. 20) she defeated Ines Stephani 6-3, 6-4 in the no. 1 spot.

FALL TOURNAMENTS

Defeated pre-season ranked #51 Dana Guzman from Oklahoma in three sets, 6-3, 4-6, 10-6 at the Big 12 Fall Invite.
During the ITA Central Regional in Lawrence she competed in just two singles matches, first beating Nebraska's Anfisa Danilchenko in a long three set match, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, before losing to #40 preseason ranked Ange Oby Kajuru from Oklahoma State, 1-6, 2-6. Also went 2-1 with partner Manami Ukita.
Competed in the ITA All-Americans with doubles partner Manami Ukita, going 1-1 on the weekend.
In the first fall invitational in Charlotte, she went 1-1 in three set singles matches, and dropped just her third match against a ranked opponent with Charlotte's #114 Lucia Quiterio, 4-6, 2-6.

AS A FRESHMAN (2022-23)

During the Big 12 Tournament on April 20, she almost defeated Baylor's ranked #103 Alina Shcherbinina, 6-3, 5-4, but the match went unfinished.
Defeated her fourth ranked opponent of the season, #117 Alana Wolfberg of Oklahoma State, in three sets, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Battled against #121 Carmen Corley of Oklahoma but the match was left unfinished 6-7.
Won her first match in the No. 2 spot on April 8 against Maria Titova of Kansas, 6-4, 6-1.
Competed against two consecutive ranked doubles teams with teammate Manami Ukita, was defeated by #67 Narmont/Tsai of TCU, but was left unfinished against #50 Komac/Sayfetdinova of Texas Tech 5-5.
Defeated her second straight ranked opponent, #101 Sabina Zeynalova of Texas 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 as the team's only point on March 17.
Was victorious against another ranked opponent, # 87 Miska Kadleckova of Iowa State 6-2, 6-3 on March 12.
Beat ranked opponent #74 Christina Hand of Northwestern on Feb. 19 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 10-6.
Started the spring season 2-2 in doubles matches with Rozalia Gruszczynska in the no. 1 spot.
Went on a three-match singles win streak in the fall, with two wins in the Big 12 Fall Championships.

PRIOR TO K-STATE

Competed in the Junior ITF in 2021 in 10 tournaments
Was 12-8 in doubles matches, winning the J5 Cancun in March.
Went 8-10 in singles matches, advancing to the main draw semifinals in J5 Cancun.