Pepperdine University Athletics

HONORS & AWARDS:
All-WCC First Team Singles — 2025
All-WCC First Team Doubles — 2025
WCC Singles Player of the Week — (1/28/25, 2/11/25)
WCC Doubles Team of the Week — (2/11/25, 2/18/25)

BY THE NUMBERS:
Career-high singles ranking: 52 (2/20/25)
Career-high doubles ranking: 39 (with Alexia Harmon, 2/20/25)
Longest singles win streak: 6 (1/17-2/15/25)
Longest doubles win streak: 7 (with Alexia Harmon, 4/6-4/26/25)

PEPPERDINE 2024-25 (FR): Put together a promising freshman campaign by going 16-7 in singles and 15-9 in doubles play ... Was a First-Team All-WCC selection in singles and doubles ... Rose to as high as 52nd in the ITA singles rankings and 39th in the ITA doubles rankings with Alexia Harmon ... Ended the year on a five-match win streak at the second position ... Clinched Pepperdine's NCAA Tournament win over Wake Forest with a 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) victory over Krystal Blanch ... Also clinched Pepperdine's WCC Championship title with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, come-from-behind win over No. 35 Kailey Evans of San Diego ... Finished with four wins over ranked singles opponents ... Went 3-2 in WCC play ... Upset No. 32 Catherine Aulia of Tennessee 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships to earn WCC Singles Player of the Week honors ... Was named WCC Singles Player of the Week after punching Pepperdine's ticket to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships with a three-set win over Arizona's No. 74 Midori Castillo-Meza ... Kicked off her collegiate career by winning her first six singles matches ... Was an effective doubles player with Alexia Harmon, going 13-8 with two ranked wins while playing all across the lineup ... Biggest doubles win was a 6-1 victory over North Carolina's No. 26 team of Thea Rabman and Tatum Evans during the ITA National Team Indoor Championships ... First collegiate singles win was a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Duke's Ellie Coleman.  

JUNIORS: A former top-5 player in Russia and a top-75 juniors player in the world ... Has a career-best WTA ranking of 727 in singles and 418 in doubles ... In juniors, won seven junior titles (two in singles, five in doubles), plus she won two pro doubles titles ...Played her way into the main draw of the 2021 Wimbledon Junior Championships and also competed at Roland Garros ... Won titles at the 2020 J5 Jelgava and 2021 J4 Karaganda tournaments ... Made the semifinals six times in juniors tournaments.

PERSONAL: Plans on majoring in business administration ... Daughter of Irina Zueva and Eduard Grechkin ... Has one sibling, Artem ... Career goals include becoming a professional tennis player and earning her a bachelor's degree ... Chose Pepperdine because "I knew a lot about this university and team, and I always liked it. Many things played a role for me to choose Pepperdine — for example, the location."

FAVORITES: Enjoys studying and reading outside of playing tennis ... Favorites include Elena Rybakina (pro tennis player), Charles Leclerc (pro athlete), Pride and Prejudice (book), Interstellar (movie), Eminem (music artist) and Formula 1, football and basketball (sports other than tennis) ... Favorite part about tennis is the feeling of being on court ... Is also ambidextrous.