Biography
HONORS & AWARDS:
ITA All-American (Singles) — 2022, 24
All-WCC singles first team – 2022, 23, 24
All-WCC singles honorable mention – 2021
All-WCC doubles first team – 2022, 23, 24
All-WCC doubles honorable mention – 2021
WCC Singles Player of the Week – 4/6/21, 1/17/23, 4/25/23, 1/16/24, 1/30/24, 2/13/24
WCC Doubles Team of the Week – 4/20/21, 4/27/21, 3/29/22, 4/26/22, 3/12/24, 4/16/24
WCC All-Academic first team — 2021, 22, 23
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Gold) – 2022
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Silver) – 2020, 21
Pepperdine Scholar Athlete – 2020, 21, 22
ITA Scholar-Athlete – 2022
Female Wave of the Year — 2022-23
PEPPERDINE 2023-24: Was an ITA All-American in singles ... Ended the season ranked #19 in the ITA singles rankings, but was ranked as high as sixth during the season ... Became the third player under Head Coach Per Nilsson to compete in at least three NCAA Singles Championships ... Earned a 9-16 seed in the NCAA Singles Tournament and earned All-American honors for the second time in her career ... Was an All-WCC First Team singles and doubles selection ... Earned three WCC Singles Player of the Week awards and two WCC Doubles Team of the Week awards with Jasmine Conway ... Finished the year with an 18-6 overall record, a 16-4 mark in dual match play and a 10-6 record against ranked foes while playing in the top two spots of the Waves' lineup ... Had four wins over top-25 singles opponents ... Opened her final year of college tennis with a 6-2, 6-1 win over then-No. 2 Ange Oby Kajuru of Oklahoma State (1/12) ... Clinched Pepperdine's 4-0 sweep of LSU during ITA Kickoff Weekend with her 6-0, 6-4 win over #56 Kinaa Graham (1/27) ... Beat #13 Anastasiya Komar of Oklahoma State 6-2, 6-4 (2/3) ... Went 3-0 at the ITA Indoor National Championships against ranked opponents from Virginia, California and USC ... Clinched Pepperdine's 4-2 win at #9 Ohio State with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over #12 Irina Cantos Siemers (3/8) ... In Pepperdine's semifinal run, went 2-1 which included a straight-set win over USC's #99 Snow Han in the Super Regional ... While playing with Anna Campana in doubles, helped pull off an improbable comeback down 5-1 in the breaker to clinch the doubles point over USC's Emma Charney and Snow Han in the Super Regional.
PEPPERDINE 2022-23: Ended the season ranked #45 in singles and #59 in doubles with Bunyawi Thamchaiwat by the ITA ... Was an All-WCC First Team singles selection and an All-WCC Second Team selection in doubles ... Posted a record of 15-3 overall record in singles, including a 12-2 record in dual singles play while playing primarily in the first and second lines ... Went 10-2 in the regular-season against ranked singles opponents ... Won her flight of the Freeman Memorial Championship with three wins over ranked opponents ... Notched her first win over a top-10 opponent with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 win over #9 Carson Tanguilig of North Carolina in the first round of the ITA Indoor National Championships ... Clinched the match over #14 UCF with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Jantje Tilbuerger ... Helped Pepperdine clinch the doubles point against #21 Oklahoma, then clinched the match for the Waves with a 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 win over #106 Carmen Corley ... Posted a perfect 6-0 record in West Coast Conference singles play ... Clinched the match against #29 San Diego with a 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 win over #96 Solymar Colling ... On her senior day, helped Pepperdine clinch against San Francisco and win the WCC Regular Season title with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Maria Vaquero ... That feat also helped her win WCC Singles Player of the Week ... Made the WCC All-Tournament team in singles and doubles ... Fell in the first round of the NCAA Singles Tournament with a 6-4, 6-4 loss to #5 Alexa Noel of Miami (Fla.) ... Was a two-time WCC Singles Player of the Week award winner ... In the classroom, was a WCC All-Academic First Team selection, a WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll (Gold) recipient and a Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2021-22: Earned ITA All-American status in singles after a run to the quarterfinals at the NCAA Singles Championship … Ranked #17 by the ITA in singles and #50 by the ITA in doubles with Victoria Flores … Went 38-11 in overall singles matches, including 18-5 in dual competition … Her 38 wins placed her fourth on the overall single-season wins list … Holds the second-highest overall career winning percentage in Pepperdine history at .819 (77-17) … Went 10-4 in ranked singles matches during the dual season, including a straight-set win over #17 Alexandra Yepifanova from Stanford in the Waves’ win in March … Won the ITA Southwest Regional in the fall … Competed at the ITA Fall National Championships … Had a 15-12 overall doubles record, including a 7-9 dual record from the top spot … All-WCC first team in both singles and doubles … Two-time WCC Doubles Team of the Week with Flores … WCC All-Academic first team … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Gold) … An ITA Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2020-21: Ranked #75 nationally by the ITA in singles ... All-WCC honorable mention in singles ... All-WCC second team in doubles ... WCC Singles Player of the Week (4/6) ... Earned a 19-0 singles streak from February 13 to May 19 as a sophomore … Clinched the match against #25 Stanford in Palo Alto with a 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(6) tiebreak for the Waves … Two-time WCC Doubles Team of the Week (4/20, 4/27) ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... WCC All-Academic first team.
PEPPERDINE 2019-20: Broke into the ITA rankings at #124 in the 2/5/20 release … Went 7-2 in dual singles at the four and five court positions as a freshman … Earned the Women’s Collegiate Invitational championship in the blue draw over North Carolina’s Akina Yarlagadda.
JUNIORS: Highest ranking in ITF Pro Circuit was #370 (WTR) in singles and #885 (WTA) and #197 (WTR) … Earned a doubles title in the Stockholm 15k and made it to the finals of the Antalya 15k … Made it to two semifinals in singles competition at both Stockholm and Antalya tournaments … Highest ranking in ITF Juniors was #369, reaching two singles finals in the Jurmala open and Kramafors and earning six doubles titles … Was the 2018 Swedish Championship doubles winner and singles runner-up in U18 division … Represented the Sweden national team in the 2014 Winter Cup as well as the 2015 European Youth Olympic Games.
PERSONAL: Majoring in international studies (management) ... Daughter of Cilla and Karl Zaar … Has one older brother Emil who played tennis at Cowley College in Kansas … Played junior tennis at the same club as former Pepp standout Simon Aspelin … Loves hanging out with friends, traveling and hiking … Loves tennis because “it makes me forget everything around me and force me to be right where I am, fighting and giving my all.”
FAVORITES: Favorite professional athlete is Serena Williams … Favorite book is Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito … Favorite TV show is How I Met Your Mother … Favorite food is Italian … Favorite professional team is Hammarby IF … Favorite movie is Inception … Favorite musical artist is Drake … Biggest sports hero is Billie Jean King … Favorite sport other than tennis is basketball.
CHOSE PEPPERDINE BECAUSE: “I chose Pepperdine for the intensity of their program, vision and way they work, along with a good atmosphere that provides good opportunities.”
