WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue women's tennis head coach Laura Glitz announced the addition of two players to the roster for the 2024-25 season. The Boilermakers will welcome freshman Ida Clement from Germany who signed her National Letter of Intent, as well as UTSA transfer Fatima Gutierrez.
The duo will join Turkish international Ece Gencer on the Boilermakers, who preciously signed her NLI for Purdue back in November.
FATIMA GUTIERREZ
Jr. | 5-4 | Zapopan, Mexico
CAREER
• Transferred to Purdue in the summer of 2024
• Played first two seasons at UTSA
• Appeared in 44 matches for the Roadrunners in singles and doubles action
• In dual action, went 20-14 in singles career with a 23-14 mark in doubles play in first two seasons
2023-24 / AS A SOPHOMORE (AT UTSA)
• Appeared in 24 matches
• Garnered All-American Athletic Conference honors
• Posted an 11-5 mark in singles action
• Led the team with a 7-3 mark at No. 1 singles
• Finished 12-7 in the doubles lineup with a 10-4 mark at No. 2
• Guided UTSA to 17 wins, most by a Roadrunners squad since 2003
2022-23 / AS A FRESHMAN (AT UTSA)
• Appeared in 20 matches
• Collected nine wins in singles play, mostly at the third court
• Three victories were the clinching point and three were the first singles point
• Posted an impressive 11-7 record in doubles action, including six at the second court
• Earned C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
PREP
• Ranked No. 6 in the Mexican National Juniors list
• Overall ranked No. 6 in the Mexico National Women's ranking
• Highest ITF Juniors ranking was No. 301
• Won the J4 Zapopan 2022 and J5 Veracruz 2021 singles titles
• Crowned doubles champion four times in junior career – J5 Cuba in 2018, J4 Tampico in 2020, J5 Panama in 2021 and J5 Llanos de Curundu in 2021
• Represented Mexico in World Cup Qualifying in 2018 and 2019
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Fatima Yareli Gutierrez
• Date of Birth: Oct. 17, 2004
• Parents Names: Mario and Guadalupe Martinez
• Major: Psychology
• Languages Spoken: Spanish and English
• Places Lived: Guadalajara and Merida, Mexico
• Birthplace: Guadalajara, Mexico
• Hometown: Guadalajara, Mexico
• Siblings: Mario and Karla Gutierrez
IDA CLEMENT
Fr. | 5-10 | Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
PREP
• Attended Privatgynasium Schwetzingen
• Ranked No. 7 in her age group in Germany
• Placed No. 83 in the German women's rankings
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Ida Clement
• Birthdate: May 22, 2005
• Birthplace: Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
• Hometown: Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
• Parents: Guenter and Regine Clement
• Brother: Louis Clement