W. Tennis Signs Ana Madcur, Clara Tanielian
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami women’s tennis head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews announced Friday the signing of two student-athletes set to join the program this fall.
Ana Madcur of San Juan, Argentina and Clara Tanielian of Ensuès-la-Redonne, France have both inked with the Hurricanes. Madcur will come to Miami as a freshman, while Tanielian is a transfer who will be eligible for the 2015-16 season.
Madcur is currently ranked among the top 25 singles players in Argentina by the WTA and has reached as high as No. 709 in the world. She is ranked No. 19 in doubles in her home country and has risen as high as No. 636 internationally.
“Ana will offer incredible depth to our team,” Yaroshuk-Tews said. “Her values match those of this system and we are excited to have her on board.”
A graduate of Colegio Modelo de San Juan, Madcur earned her first WTA point at age 15 and she has picked up five singles victories over players who have been ranked in the top 500 in the world.
Madcur has reached five $10,000 doubles tournament semifinals, advancing to the championship in four of them. She won the title at both Villa Maria in Argentina in June 2014 and Santiago in Chile in November 2013. Madcur also has made five other $10,000 singles tournament quarterfinals.
The right-handed Madcur peaked at No. 114 in the ITF rankings when she was 16, before ending play at the junior level.
In the under-16 age group, Madcur was ranked as high as second in Argentina and fifth in the South America Tennis Confederation (COSAT). Prior to that, at the under-14 level, Madcur peaked at No. 4 in Argentina and No. 8 in COSAT.
Tanielian comes to Miami after previously taking college classes through Centre National d’Enseignment à Distance (CNED). She also graduated from CNED for high school.
“Clara is going to offer a diverse playing style and a level of maturity of an upperclassman,” Yaroshuk-Tews said. “Her transition will be fast and her impact direct.”
Currently, Tanielian is ranked among the WTA’s top 60 singles players in France and has achieved an international ranking as high as No. 1,176. She is in the top 35 her home nation in doubles and her highest world ranking is No. 845. Both of her peak international rankings have come in the last 10 weeks.
Tanielian has advanced to the semifinals of three $10,000 doubles tournaments, earning a championship victory at El Kantaoui 8 in Tunisia in March 2015. In four of the 10 $10,000 doubles tournaments she has participated in, Tanielian has at least made the quarterfinals.
The right-handed Tanielian has had a great deal of success in doubles tournaments in France, winning five major tournaments in a variety of age groups over multiple years. That includes a title at the French doubles cup at the under-18 level in 2014.
In 2013, Tanielian became one of the top-100 ranked singles players in France and made it to the semifinals of the singles regional championships. The following year, in addition to winning the doubles title, she advanced to the final match of the singles junior regional championships.
Madcur and Tanielian join a Hurricane team that returns six of its eight players who participated in dual matches during the 2015 season.
“I’m really excited to see these players gel with an already great group,” Yaroshuk-Tews said.
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