2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Luescher, Sophie
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
Sophie Luescher
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Padagogische Mittelschule Kreuzlingen
- Hometown:
- Seengen, Switzerland
Bio
JUNIOR (2023-24)
- Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 6, 2024)
Earned a 13-17 overall singles record … Named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Feb. 6 after going unbeaten over a combined four singles and doubles matches, helping UO defeat Eastern Washington and Saint Mary's ... Faced 11 nationally ranked singles players … Played all 21 dual matches in the No. 1 spot … Won six straight matches in the fall, including three wins at the ITA Northwest Regionals … Went 15-12 overall in doubles with an 8-9 dual record … Faced eight ranked doubles teams throughout the season … Partnered with Candela Aparisi for a fall doubles win against Portland … Earned a fall win over Portland State with Karin Young … Won two matches in the No. 1 spot with Nina Geissler … Went 7-6 with Uxia Martinez Moral, going 2-3 at No. 1 … Paired with Jo-Yee Chan for 10 matches and four wins … Earned a 6-4 conference win with Chan over Washington State in a 4-3 Duck victory.
SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
Posted a 7-13 combined singles record to go with an 11-12 doubles record … Reached a doubles ranking as high as No. 77 along with partner Uxia Martinez Moral … The duo went 8-9 at the No. 1 doubles positing during the dual season, including a win over the then-No.-4 duo in the country in California’s Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm … Played every dual match at the No. 1 spot in the order in both singles and doubles … Went 5-10 at the first spot in the lineup in the dual singles season with an 8-9 spring doubles record … Faced six nationally ranked singles opponents and seven ranked doubles squads … Won a pair of three-set matches, including a come-from-behind victory over Salma Ziouti of Arizona (0-6, 6-4, 6-3) to helped UO to a road win over the then-43rd-ranked Wildcats on March 3 … Overcame an opening-set loss to defeated Utah’s Katya Townsend, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3 in the Ducks’ 4-2 win over No. 50 Utah … in the Pac-12 Tournament, took down Colorado’s Antonia Balzert at the top spot, 6-1, 6-4 … In the doubles dual season, won six of her first nine outings with Martinez Moral, including four straight from Feb. 4-17 … The pair’s 6-4 win over Arizona’s Reece Carter/Belen Nevenhoven helped UO to a 4-1 road win over the Wildcats … The duo earned a 6-3 triumph over Colorado’s top doubles team of Antonia Balzert/Aya El Sayed on March 17, helping the Ducks sweep the Buffaloes … Fall: Won two matches at the annual ITA Northwest Regionals singles bracket … Won three doubles matches at the ITA Northwest Regionals with partner Ares Teixido Garcia, advancing to quarterfinals of the annual event.
FRESHMAN (2021-22)
-Second-Team All-Pac-12
Became the ninth freshman in school history to earn all-conference honors after being named second-team All-Pac-12 … Ranked No. 12 in singles in the final ITA Northwest Regional rankings … Also finished No. 10 in the region among doubles pairs along with Uxia Martinez Moral … Led the team in singles wins, going 20-9 overall while finishing 13-7 in the dual season, playing all spring at the No. 1 spot … Just the sixth freshman in program history to win at least 20 singles matches … Went 12-13 in doubles play, going 8-7 in doubles, all at the No. 1 spot … UO went 11-2 when she won a singles match during the dual season … vs. Charlotte (Jan. 29): Picked up first career singles win over a ranked opponent, beating No. 43 Margaux Maquet 6-2, 6-4 … at Denver (Feb. 6): Teamed up with Martinez Moral to clinch the doubles point, 7-6(6), before delivering the clincher in singles with a 7-5, 6-2 victory to lead UO to a 4-2 road win … vs. Arizona State (March 20): Came back to win in three sets in the deciding singles match, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to give UO a 4-3 win over the No. 25 Sun Devils … vs. Washington (March 27): Helped the Ducks to a sweep of the No. 20 Huskies on Senior Day with a 7-5, 6-1 win to give UO a 3-0 lead … Also paired up with Martinez Moral to win 6-1 to clinch the doubles point … at Utah (April 1): Sparked a 4-3 comeback win on the road with a 7-6(6), 6-3 win over No. 124 Linda Huang to earn her second ranked victory of the season … vs. Colorado (April 20): Put the Ducks on the board with a 6-2, 6-3 win at the No. 1 spot to help UO to a 4-3 win in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament … Fall: Ended the tournament season with a 7-2 singles record while going 4-6 in doubles … Husky Invitational (Oct. 8-10): Got collegiate career off to a perfect start in singles, going 3-0 with a pair of straight-set wins and one three-set victory … ITA Northwest Regional (Oct. 22-25): Reached the quarterfinals of the doubles draw paired with Allison Mulville, picking up wins over pairs from Stanford, Santa Clara and Washington … Got to round three of the singles draw after back-to-back sweep victories.
BEFORE OREGON
Arrived at Oregon ranked in the top 150 of the ITF World Junior Rankings at No. 134 and reached as high as 114th in the world in 2020 ... Third player in the top 200 of the ITF junior rankings that Nagle has signed in the last two years ... Took home six ITF titles throughout her junior career ... Won two ITF singles events in Cairo and Oberentfelden in 2019, winning in straight sets in all but one of those matches in both victories ... Also an accomplished doubles player, winning four times in ITF U18 events, with three wins coming in 2018 and one in 2019 ... Two-time Swiss junior champion, winning the U18 title in 2019 after taking home the U16 championship two years before that ... Won her country’s junior doubles title at both U14 and U16 and was the U18 vice champion in 2019 ... Qualified for the European Youth Olympic Festival and holds a National Swiss Olympic Talent Card.
- Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 6, 2024)
Earned a 13-17 overall singles record … Named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Feb. 6 after going unbeaten over a combined four singles and doubles matches, helping UO defeat Eastern Washington and Saint Mary's ... Faced 11 nationally ranked singles players … Played all 21 dual matches in the No. 1 spot … Won six straight matches in the fall, including three wins at the ITA Northwest Regionals … Went 15-12 overall in doubles with an 8-9 dual record … Faced eight ranked doubles teams throughout the season … Partnered with Candela Aparisi for a fall doubles win against Portland … Earned a fall win over Portland State with Karin Young … Won two matches in the No. 1 spot with Nina Geissler … Went 7-6 with Uxia Martinez Moral, going 2-3 at No. 1 … Paired with Jo-Yee Chan for 10 matches and four wins … Earned a 6-4 conference win with Chan over Washington State in a 4-3 Duck victory.
SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
Posted a 7-13 combined singles record to go with an 11-12 doubles record … Reached a doubles ranking as high as No. 77 along with partner Uxia Martinez Moral … The duo went 8-9 at the No. 1 doubles positing during the dual season, including a win over the then-No.-4 duo in the country in California’s Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm … Played every dual match at the No. 1 spot in the order in both singles and doubles … Went 5-10 at the first spot in the lineup in the dual singles season with an 8-9 spring doubles record … Faced six nationally ranked singles opponents and seven ranked doubles squads … Won a pair of three-set matches, including a come-from-behind victory over Salma Ziouti of Arizona (0-6, 6-4, 6-3) to helped UO to a road win over the then-43rd-ranked Wildcats on March 3 … Overcame an opening-set loss to defeated Utah’s Katya Townsend, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3 in the Ducks’ 4-2 win over No. 50 Utah … in the Pac-12 Tournament, took down Colorado’s Antonia Balzert at the top spot, 6-1, 6-4 … In the doubles dual season, won six of her first nine outings with Martinez Moral, including four straight from Feb. 4-17 … The pair’s 6-4 win over Arizona’s Reece Carter/Belen Nevenhoven helped UO to a 4-1 road win over the Wildcats … The duo earned a 6-3 triumph over Colorado’s top doubles team of Antonia Balzert/Aya El Sayed on March 17, helping the Ducks sweep the Buffaloes … Fall: Won two matches at the annual ITA Northwest Regionals singles bracket … Won three doubles matches at the ITA Northwest Regionals with partner Ares Teixido Garcia, advancing to quarterfinals of the annual event.
FRESHMAN (2021-22)
-Second-Team All-Pac-12
Became the ninth freshman in school history to earn all-conference honors after being named second-team All-Pac-12 … Ranked No. 12 in singles in the final ITA Northwest Regional rankings … Also finished No. 10 in the region among doubles pairs along with Uxia Martinez Moral … Led the team in singles wins, going 20-9 overall while finishing 13-7 in the dual season, playing all spring at the No. 1 spot … Just the sixth freshman in program history to win at least 20 singles matches … Went 12-13 in doubles play, going 8-7 in doubles, all at the No. 1 spot … UO went 11-2 when she won a singles match during the dual season … vs. Charlotte (Jan. 29): Picked up first career singles win over a ranked opponent, beating No. 43 Margaux Maquet 6-2, 6-4 … at Denver (Feb. 6): Teamed up with Martinez Moral to clinch the doubles point, 7-6(6), before delivering the clincher in singles with a 7-5, 6-2 victory to lead UO to a 4-2 road win … vs. Arizona State (March 20): Came back to win in three sets in the deciding singles match, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to give UO a 4-3 win over the No. 25 Sun Devils … vs. Washington (March 27): Helped the Ducks to a sweep of the No. 20 Huskies on Senior Day with a 7-5, 6-1 win to give UO a 3-0 lead … Also paired up with Martinez Moral to win 6-1 to clinch the doubles point … at Utah (April 1): Sparked a 4-3 comeback win on the road with a 7-6(6), 6-3 win over No. 124 Linda Huang to earn her second ranked victory of the season … vs. Colorado (April 20): Put the Ducks on the board with a 6-2, 6-3 win at the No. 1 spot to help UO to a 4-3 win in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament … Fall: Ended the tournament season with a 7-2 singles record while going 4-6 in doubles … Husky Invitational (Oct. 8-10): Got collegiate career off to a perfect start in singles, going 3-0 with a pair of straight-set wins and one three-set victory … ITA Northwest Regional (Oct. 22-25): Reached the quarterfinals of the doubles draw paired with Allison Mulville, picking up wins over pairs from Stanford, Santa Clara and Washington … Got to round three of the singles draw after back-to-back sweep victories.
BEFORE OREGON
Arrived at Oregon ranked in the top 150 of the ITF World Junior Rankings at No. 134 and reached as high as 114th in the world in 2020 ... Third player in the top 200 of the ITF junior rankings that Nagle has signed in the last two years ... Took home six ITF titles throughout her junior career ... Won two ITF singles events in Cairo and Oberentfelden in 2019, winning in straight sets in all but one of those matches in both victories ... Also an accomplished doubles player, winning four times in ITF U18 events, with three wins coming in 2018 and one in 2019 ... Two-time Swiss junior champion, winning the U18 title in 2019 after taking home the U16 championship two years before that ... Won her country’s junior doubles title at both U14 and U16 and was the U18 vice champion in 2019 ... Qualified for the European Youth Olympic Festival and holds a National Swiss Olympic Talent Card.
Karin Young: "It's all so new and exciting"
Tuesday, May 03
Courtney Nagle: "I'm super excited for this team."
Tuesday, May 03
Sophie Luescher: "It's a really nice feeling."
Tuesday, May 03
Petra Salko Life after University of Oregon
Monday, December 30
