CAREER
• Played in 102 career matches and 11 fall tournaments
• Went 55-65 in singles with a 15-13 fall record and 40-52 in the spring
• Posted a 1-4 mark at No. 2, 7-20 at No. 3, 14-12 at No. 4, 7-5 at No. 5 and 11-7 at No. 6
• Finished with a 36-55 clip in doubles action with a 9-9 record in the fall and 26-46 in the spring
• 2021 Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree
2021-22 | AS A FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR
• Appeared in 22 matches in the spring and four fall events
• Set a career high for wins in doubles and singles
• Went 19-12 in singles action
• Tallied an 11-8 record in the spring with a 2-1 mark at No. 5 and 10-7 at No. 6
• Went 4-5 in Big Ten play and recorded first career win in the Big Ten Tournament
• Notched an 8-11 record in doubles – 2-2 at No. 2 and 3-7 at No. 3
• Finished 4-7 in Big Ten action, going 1-1 in the Big Ten Tournament
• Paired with Carmen Gallardo Guevara 11 times for a 4-7 record and Csilla Fodor twice for a 1-1 mark
2020-21 | AS A SENIOR
• Played in 21 matches
• Went 4-13 in singles overall and 2-9 in dual play
• Finished with a 1-3 record at No. 3 and 2-6 at No. 4
• Posted a 7-12 clip in doubles and 4-10 in Big Ten contests, all at No. 3
• Played 16 doubles matches with Rut Galindo and five with Zeynep Naz Ozturk
• Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree
2019-20 | AS A JUNIOR
• Appeared in 13 matches in the spring and four tournaments in the fall
• Went 8-15 in singles and 7-12 in doubles
• Evenly split 10 matches in the fall
• Picked up a win at No. 2, 3 and 4 in the spring
• Went 6-6 in fall doubles and 1-6 in the spring
• Played eight matches at No. 1 doubles
• Paired with Nikol Dobrilova for 12 dual contests and Csilla Fodor once
2018-19 / AS A SOPHOMORE
Season Notes
• Played in 23 singles matches and 22 doubles matches
• Appeared at No. 2 in two matches, No. 3 in 20 matches, and No. 4 in one match
• Defeated No. 114 Anna Vrbenska of Ole Miss (1/26), 7-6(5), 6-2
• Split doubles partnership between two teammates – Caitlin Calkins (14 matches), and Zala Dovnik (eight matches)
• Recorded 14 matches at No. 2 and eight matches at No. 3
• Notched six singles matches and one doubles match in the fall
2017-18 / AS A FRESHMAN
Awards & Honors
• Big Ten Women’s Tennis Sportsmanship Award
Season Notes
• When partnered with Seira Shimizu, the duo is 6-4 in doubles duals
• Finished the season 17-5 in singles
• Won nine of last 10 matches in single play
• Played as the primary No. 4
• Won her first singles dual of her college career against Valparaiso
BEFORE PURDUE
• Career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 1090 in the world ... No. 1083 in doubles
• Won the Azusa Pacific University SoCal ITA Summer Circuit title (2016) and the Under-18 final at the ITF Jamaica Junior International (2014)
• Finalist at the ITA Summer Circuit - Cal State LA event (2017) and in the Girls' 18 at the Ojai Tennis Tournament (2015) ... finalist at three additional ITF Junior Circuit tournaments
• Spent four years training and studying at the Weil Tennis Academy in Ojai, California
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Seira Shimizu
• Major: Undecided
• Birthday: January 25, 1999
• City Born: Saitama, Japan
• Parents: Naoko and Teruaki Shimizu