Nida Kamal

Photo by: SFA Athletics

Photo by: SFA Athletics

Photo by: SFA Athletics

Photo by: Hardy Meredith | SFA Photography

Height:
5-2
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Rajhans Vidyalaya
Hometown:
Mumbai, India

2019 (Junior) | Concluded the season by going 6-10 in singles play and 4-6 in Southland Conference singles matches...In doubles action, posted a 5-13 record with a 2-7 showing in Southland Conference matches...Played exclusively in flight five in singles play and competed in flights two and three in doubles play...Captured her first singles win of the year by defeating New Orleans' Mar Gendra 6-2, 5-7, 10-7 (3/1)...Competing alongside Darinka Tiboldi, claimed her first doubles win of the year on opening day by defeating Alcorn State's duo of Bianca Birkenstock and Klavdija Bukovec by a 6-1 score (1/26).

2018 (Sophomore) | All-Southland Conference Second Team Singles (number six)...Through her first season in an SFA uniform, posted a 6-9 record in singles action which included a 5-5 showing in Southland Conference matches...Played on lines four, five and six in singles play...Finished the season with a 6-8 record in doubles play that included a 3-7 showing in Southland Conference matches...Won four of her last five singles matches...Played exclusively on the number-one doubles line.

2017 (Freshman) | ITA Scholar-Athlete...Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll...Attended Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C....Was a member of the Eagles' women's tennis team and played exclusively in doubles matches during her first collegiate campaign...Posted a 3-2 record in the number-three double flight...Helped Winthrop capture a share of the Big South regular season championship in addition to the 2017 Big South Tournament title - the 19th in the history of the program...Along with the rest of the Eagles, advanced to the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

High School | Stood out in two sports - basketball and tennis - during her prep career at Rajhans Vidyalaya...Named a team captain for both basketball and tennis as a freshman...Ranked fifth in the state in tennis as a freshman...Vaulted up to 16th in the under-14 national tennis rankings as a sophomore...Laid claim to a National Doubles title during her junior year and rose as high as 14th in the under-16 national rankings...Advanced all the way to the semifinal round of the Asian Tennis Federation tournament as a senior...Climbed to as high as 663rd in the ITF juniors rankings, 13th in the nation in the under-18 age bracket.

Personal | Born Nida Shahid Kamal on March 20, 1998...Daughter of Shamim and Shahid Kamal...Has one brother...Plans to major in international business at SFA.