ORLANDO, Fla. — Pepperdine women's tennis sophomore Anastasiia Grechkina is set to compete in the 2025 NCAA Division I Singles Championship Nov. 18-23 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.

Grechkina will begin with her round of 64 matchup Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET against Georgia's Anastasiia Lopata.

All matches for the Championship will be streamed live on ESPN+. When available, live scoring links will be posted on pepperdinewaves.com.

Grechkina qualified for the tournament through her singles title at the ITA Southwest Regionals this past month. She has posted a 16-2 singles record this fall, emerging as one of the top singles players in the nation and entering the tournament as the No. 6 seed overall. Six of the 16 victories this season have come against ranked opponents, as Grechkina was tabbed at No. 37 in the preseason ITA rankings released in August.

A premier first round matchup, Georgia's Lopata is ranked No. 9 in the ITA rankings and qualified after being co-champion alongside teammate Anastasiia Gureva at the ITA Southeast Regionals. The victor will take on either Auburn's Ava Esposito or USC's Krisha Mahendran in a round of 32 matchup Wednesday.

Hosted by the University of Central Florida and the USTA, this is the second year of a two-year pilot for the singles and doubles championships to be conducted in the fall, with the team championships continuing to be in the spring. All matches will be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a seven-point tiebreaker at six-games-all will be used for all matches.

Players who earn a singles round of 16 appearance or a doubles quarterfinal appearance will receive ITA All-American recognition following the tournament.

Singles Championship Schedule
Tuesday, Nov. 18 — Round of 64
Wednesday, Nov. 19 — Round of 32
Thursday, Nov. 20 — Round of 16
Friday, Nov. 21 — Quarterfinals
Saturday, Nov. 22 – Semifinals
Sunday, Nov. 23 — National Championship

This marks the second year of a two-year pilot program to hold the NCAA singles and doubles championships at the end of the fall season, as opposed to the end of the spring dual season in May.

It marks the second straight season in which the Waves have had a singles qualifier, as Savannah Broadus reached the round of 16 in 2024 to earn All-American status.

Full tournament information and brackets can be found here.

ABOUT PEPPERDINE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Pepperdine women's tennis has been a consistent powerhouse in the collegiate scene, reaching 40 NCAA Tournaments since 1982 including 28 straight appearances. Since 2018, the program has seen three national runner-ups between both singles and doubles while reaching an NCAA Regional as a team eight times in the past nine tournaments. The success at the conference level has been paramount with 33 WCC Championships including an active streak of 11 consecutive conference titles. With its 24 total All-Americans, the program has also consistently sent players to the pro circuit following their time in Malibu.
 
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