Janja Kovacevic

Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Photo by: Jon Crispin

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Class:
Freshman
Height:
5-9
High School:
Sportska Gimnazija
Hometown:
Zemun, Serbia

2019-20 • Senior

Spring
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Won her lone doubles match, doing so at No. 1 alongside Martina Bocchi with a 6-2 victory over Boston College’s Dasha Possokhova and Loren Haukova
• Appeared at No. 1 singles during the spring opener at Boston College before suffering an injury
• Season cut short by NCAA's nation-wide cancellation of athletics in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Fall
• Finished 8-4 in singles play and 7-5 on the doubles courts
• Bested Chuyang Guan from Dartmouth College with a 6-3, 6-2 win at the Brown Invitational
• Also teamed with Martina Bocchi for a 6-1 win in doubles over Dartmouth’s Chuyang Guan and Jingyi Peng during the Brown Invitational
• Won a 6-7, 7-5, 1-0 (1) match versus Brown University’s Britany Lau at the Brown Invitational
• Secured a 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 three-set victory over Jamie Wei (Stony Brook) during the Brown Invitational
• Battled past Boston College’s Natasha Irani 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 at the Bulldog Invitational
• Posted a 6-0, 6-3 outcome over Denver’s Camille Verden-Anderson during the Bulldog Invitational
• Became the first UMass student-athlete to appear at the ITA All-American Championships with her Pre-Qualifying Round match against Arkansas’ Lauren Alter (10/5)
• Tallied a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Penn’s Amanda Chan in the ITA Northeast Regional Championship Round of 64
• Advanced through to the ITA Northeast Regional Championship Round of 16 in doubles action
• Teamed with Martina Bocchi for wins over Buffalo’s Ambre Amat and Pia Schwarz, 8-2, and Niagara’s Erika Sofia Gonzalez and Megan Gamble, 8-7 (6) in order to reach the Sweet Sixteen
• Took home a pair of singles wins from the Big Green Invite, one each over Dartmouth College’s Ashley Hess and Chidimma Okpara

2018-19 • Junior

Spring
• Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team
• Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Athletic Director's 4.0 Club
• Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (2/13)
• Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week (2/26)
• Voted squad's MVP by her teammates
• No. 17-ranked player in the Northeast (ITA)
• Member of Chi Alpha Sigma
• Finished the year ranked No. 17 in the ITA Northeast Region
• Led the team at the top of the line-up once again in singles and doubles
• Dominant on the season with 11-5 records in singles and doubles while playing alongside Martina Bocchi
• Achieved an eight-match winning streak in singles action
• Clinched a nail-biter Dartmouth, defeating Racquel Lyn 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 at the No. 1 position, to claim UMass’ first win against the Ivy League side since the 2006 season
• Assisted in UMass’ comeback victory against rivals UConn by defeating Jacquelyn Fitz-Randolph 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), fighting back from 6-2 and 5-1 down in the tiebreakers respectively
• Had an eight-match winning streak in doubles alongside Martina Bocchi
• Achieved two 6-0 shutouts in the season against Binghamton and Quinnipiac
• Received a pair of Atlantic 10 Player of the Week recognitions after achieving two undefeated weekends, both of which included back-to-back team victories

Fall
• Played primarily at the top spot in the singles and doubles lineups
• Claimed seven singles wins throughout the season
• Started the season undefeated in singles at the Brown Invitational as she claimed victories against Rutgers’ Maya Jacobs 6-3, 7-6 (5), Brown’s Devon Jack 6-0, 6-3 and Stony Brook’s Jamie Wei 6-3, 6-1
• Surpassed her seeding of 17-24 and reached the ITA Northeast Regional Championships Round of 16
• Defeated Columbia’s Jennifer Kerr who was seeded 9-16, by a 6-2, 6-2 margin on her way to the fourth round
• Achieved a seeding of 9-16 alongside teammate Jodie Annie Lawrence-Taylor in the doubles draw

2017-18 • Sophomore

Spring
• Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team
• Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 21)
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Athletic Director's 4.0 Club
• Played in the No. 3 singles spot
• Went 15-4 during the season, claiming the most wins by a single player on the team
• Collected six victories in a row at the beginning of the season, including a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1) comeback against Brown’s Devon Jack
• Voted Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week on Feb. 21 after an impressive weekend which saw her drop only two games over the course of four matches
• Played at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles alongside Ruth Crawford and Martina Bocchi
• Won nine doubles matches throughout the season, seven of which came with Bocchi

Fall
• Was 8-4 in singles action, playing in the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 spots
• Won four doubles matches alongside Ruth Crawford while playing in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots
• First win of the season was a 6-1, 6-0 outcome over Stony Brook's Anne-Kathrin Hierl at No. 3 singles, which began a seven-match win streak
• Went undefeated at the Bulldog Invitational with wins over Boston College's Jackie Urbinati 6-1, 6-1, Brown's Juliana Simon 6-1, 6-1 and Harvard's Annika Ringblom 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Helped Massachusetts to a 4-3 dual match victory over Connecticut on the Mullins Center Tennis Courts with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Summer Walker at No. 3 singles
• Downed Wagner's Vedika Anand 6-0, 7-5 in the first round of the ITA Northeast Regional Championships for the final of her seven consecutive victories

2016-17 • Freshman

Spring
• Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year
• Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Spent the Spring playing at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles
• Won six singles matches during the season
• First singles victory in a dual match came against Quinnipiac’s No. 2 Rachel Horton 6-3, 6-2 on Jan. 28
• Posted back-to-back wins at Georgetown (2/10) and George Washington (2/11) in the No. 3 and No. 2 singles, respectively
• Joined Ana Yrazusta for doubles action throughout the season and picked up 14 wins
• Opened the spring season with a seven-match win streak in doubles
• Went undefeated at the top spot together
• Contributed to the team’s second-ever Atlantic 10 Championship
• Led the Minutewomen at No.1 singles and No. 2 doubles, alongside Yrazusta, during the NCAA Championships First Round where she went toe-to-toe with Belinda Woolcock, the No. 6 ranked college player that year (5/13)

Fall
• Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Went 6-2 in singles action and added four doubles victories during the Fall slate
• Began her college career with a five-match win streak in singles
• Played at the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles spots, while also playing at No. 1 and No. 2 for doubles tilts
• Defeated players from UConn, Harvard, Cornell, Brown, Rutgers and Stony Brook
• Earned a seeding of 9-16 at the ITA Northeast Regional Championships

Before Massachusetts

• Achieved a WTA singles ranking of 1,211
• Was the No. 1 ranked player for the Serbian Adults bracket before her arrival at the University of Massachusetts
• Ranked as the No. 1 player for the Under-18 group in 2014
• Held the No. 2 ranking for the Under-16 group in 2013
• Reached the Serbian National Championship semifinals on three occasions in each of those categories

Personal

• Majoring in computer science and mathematics with an information technology minor
• Daughter of Gavrilo and Marijana
• Has one brother, Stefan