Bea Machado Santos

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lisbon, Portugal
High School:
Escola Secundaria Pedro Nunes
Prev School:
Texas Tech

CAREER HONORS

2017 Second Team All-SEC
2016 Second Team All-SEC
2016 ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award

SENIOR (2016-17)

Earned a berth in the 2017 NCAA Doubles Tournament with partner Amina Ismail, becoming first Tiger duo to qualify for the tournament since 2003.
Finished the season ranked No. 20 alongside Ismail in the final ITA National Doubles Rankings, reaching as high as No. 10 during the campaign.
Became the fifth senior since 2012 to compete in the ITA All-American Championships in Los Angeles, Calif. (Oct. 5, 2016)
Recorded her 100^th career match victory in the first round of singles play at the USTA/ITA Central Region Championships (Oct. 13, 2016)
Reached the semifinals in doubles play at the USTA/ITA Central Region Championships along with her partner Amina Ismail.
Finished her senior season with 31 victories, 20 of which came in doubles play, earning Second Team All-SEC honors.
Beat four ranked opponents in singles play, most notably No. 20 Erin Routliffe of Alabama in Mizzou's 4-3 over over the Crimson Tide.
Recorded 14 wins in doubles dual match play, the most of any Tiger, and picked up victories with three different partners: Ismail, Spearman and Raley.
Went undefeated (6-0) in the second position during doubles play in her senior season.

JUNIOR (2015-16)

Finished the season with a 42-33 overall record, posting a 21-17 mark in singles play and a 21-16 line in doubles action.
Earned Second Team All-SEC honors, becoming the second member of Mizzou Tennis to be named to an All-SEC team following Cierra Gayton-Leach who was named to the Second-Team All-SEC in 2014.
Received an at-large bid to the NCAA Singles Tournament, becoming the first Mizzou player to qualify for the tournament since Urska Juric received the nod in 2003.
Was awarded the ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award for the central region, given to player who have “exhibited outstanding sportsmanship and leadership as well as scholastic, extracurricular and tennis achievements.”
Contributed solid production at the No. 1 singles position, posting a 14-9 record at the position and a 15-9 overall record in singles play during the spring season.
Recorded five SEC wins and six wins over ranked opponents in singles play, both team highs.
Spent eight weeks in the Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Singles Rankings, cracking the top-125 on March 8 and ranking in as high as No. 53 twice.
Defeated two-time SEC Player of the Year Brooke Austin (Florida) on March 5. Austin was ranked No. 12 at the time, ranked as high as No. 3 during the season and only suffered one SEC singles loss on the season, to Santos.
Defeated No. 21 Andie Dikosavlijevic (Auburn) in straight sets on March 18.
Went 8-4 in doubles play at the No. 1 position with teammate Kelli Hine while the duo spent four weeks ranked in the Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Doubles Rankings.
With partner Brianna Lashway, defeated No. 32-ranked Andie Daniell/Erin Routliffe (Alabama) in doubles play on March 20.
Captured two titles at the Mizzou Invite in September, winning the No. 2 singles title and the No. 1 doubles title with teammate Brianna Lashway.

SOPHOMORE (2014-15)

Accumulated a 30-24 overall record this season, including a 14-17 singles record and 16-7 doubles record.
Her 30 total wins during 2014-15 campaign were the most among Mizzou tennis competitors.
Additionally, her 16 doubles wins led the Tigers for the season (8-3 Spring 2015, 8-4 Fall 2014).
T-1st on the team with 10 spring singles victories, and T-1st with three SEC singles wins.
Victorious in each of her first six spring singles matches.
Finished the Spring 2015 season with back-to-back singles wins at 2015 SEC Tournament.
Went a perfect 5-0 between #4, #5, and #6 singles play this spring.
Tallied two SEC doubles victories, T-1st on Mizzou joining teammates Brianna Lashway & Cassidy Spearman.
Earned two event championships during Fall 2014 season, including one at singles and one at doubles.

FRESHMAN / TEXAS TECH (2013-14)

Went 26-11 overall in his first-year campaign, including 16-5 in doubles and 10-6 in singles competition.
Ended the fall season on a four match winning streak and won the Turquoise Singles title at the Lobo Fall Invitational.
In the spring, won four-of-five matches to start the dual season, including wins against Big 12 opponents from Oklahoma, Kansas and Kansas State.
In doubles, went 10-3 in dual action, with a 7-2 mark in Big 12 Conference play.
Santos and teammate Lynn Kiro paired in late March, and went undefeated in Big 12 matches to win the conference's No. 3 doubles title.
Altogether, the duo went 9-1 to end the season, including an 8-4 win over Ole Miss' Julia Jones and Zalina Khairudinova in the NCAA Tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL (ESCOLA SECUNDARIA PEDRO NUNES)

Was the Portuguese Under-18 singles national champion and a member of the U-18 national team champion, where she played No. 1 singles.
Selected to represent Portugal at the U-18 European Individual Championships and the U-18 European Team Championships.
2012 doubles regional champion in Portugal.
Won national doubles titles in U-12, U-14 and U-16.
The youngest player awarded a wild card to the qualifying of the WTA Estoril Open in 2010.
Ranked seventh in Portugal and No. 1014 in the world as a junior.

PERSONAL

Beatriz Machado Santos was born on June 8, 1995.
Pronounced BEE-uh-treez Muh-Ch-doh SAN-tos.
Graduate of Escola Secundária Pedro Nunes, and coached by Gonçalo Serra and Manuel Costa Matos.
Started playing tennis at age 7.
Favorite surface to play on is clay.
Was recruited by Texas Tech, Florida State, Clemson, TCU, and Maryland coming out of high school.
Daughter of Pedro and Valeria Santos