Pepperdine University Athletics

HONORS & AWARDS:
WCC Singles Player of the Week — (1/20/26, 3/17/26)
WCC Doubles Team of the Week — (2/3/26, 3/10/26)

BY THE NUMBERS:
Career-high singles ranking: 23 (3/17/26)
Career-high doubles ranking: 15 (with Sonja Zhiyenbayeva, 3/17/26)
Longest singles win streak: 2 (1/18/26-1/23/26)
Longest doubles win streak: 5 (with Sonja Zhiyenbayeva & Alexia Harmon, 3/3/26-present)

2025-26: 2x WCC Doubles Team of the Week honoree ... Has twice earned WCC Singles Player of the Week (Jan. 20, Mar. 17) ... Played at the No. 1 singles position all season for the Waves ... Has a 4-5 record in singles this season ... Had tabbed a 7-3 doubles record and is 6-1 alongside Sonja Zhiyenbayeva ... Earned first collegiate victory over No. 2 Carmen Herea to help the Waves defeat No. 12 Texas (Jan. 18) ... Picked up a win against Clemson at ITA Kickoff Weekend (Jan. 23) ... Took down No. 32 Jana Hossam as Pepperdine defeated No. 6 USC (Feb. 22) ... Defeated No. 11 Berta Passola Folch in a win over No. 15 Cal (Mar. 15) ... Has gone 3-0 against ranked doubles tandems this season ... Highest ranked doubles win was over No. 17 Teah Chavez/Haphzibah Oluwadare of No. 2 Ohio State (Mar. 11).

CAREER: Career-high WTA rankings of 397 in singles and 213 in doubles ... Won singles title at 2024 W15 Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina ... Made a pair of other semifinals in 2024 at W15 Bol 4 and W15 Antalya ... Logged six other ITF quarterfinal appearances in singles ... Won four ITF doubles titles in 2024 at W35 Torino, W50 Zagreb, W75 Sibenik and W15 Monastir.

SLOVENIA: Competed for Slovenian National Team from 12U level up ... Silver Medalist in girls doubles in 2017 European Youth Olympic Games in Hungary ... Won Bronze in European Championships at 14U, 16U and 18U level ... Competed in 2022 Billie Jean King Cup with Slovenia ... Earned 2020 Novo Mesto Region Sport Person of the Year.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Bostjan Falkner and Maja Oberstar Falkner ... Has one younger brother, Jan ... Majoring in communications ... Career goal is to play professional tennis and then stay in coaching to work with youth players and organizations ... Chose Pepperdine for the academics, tennis coaching staff and the community that the University has.

FAVORITES: Favorites include Novak Djokovic and Luka Doncic (athletes), Rocky (movie), Anything is Possible (book), Friends (TV show), Shawn Mendes (musical artist), burgers (food) & basketball (sport besides tennis).