Pepperdine University Athletics

HONORS & AWARDS:
WCC Freshman of the Week — (1/20/26, 1/27/26, 2/3/26, 2/24/26, 3/10/26)
WCC Doubles Team of the Week — (2/3/26, 3/10/26)

BY THE NUMBERS:
Career-high singles ranking: 122 (3/3/26)
Career-high doubles ranking: 26 (with Živa Falkner, 3/3/26)
Longest singles win streak: 5 (1/16-2/15/26 / 2/22/26-present)
Longest doubles win streak: 4 (with Živa Falkner, 3/3/26-present)

2025-26: 5x WCC Freshman of the Week honoree ... Named WCC Doubles Team of the Week twice with Živa Falkner ... Has started collegiate career with a 10-1 singles record ... Is currently 7-3 in doubles this spring ... Began career with a five-match winning streak (Jan. 16-Feb. 15) ... Earned first singles win against Illinois (Jan. 16) ... Logged first ranked win over No. 73 Ria Bhakta of Clemson at ITA Kickoff Weekend (Jan. 23) ... Earned wins against No. 12 Texas (Jan. 18), No. 2 Texas A&M (Jan. 30) and Arizona State (Feb. 15) ... Won in straight sets against No. 6 USC (Feb. 22) ... Won first WCC match against No. 68 Washington State (Mar. 3) ... Defeated Caroline Driscoll of No. 24 Stanford (Mar. 6) ... Logged win over No. 57 Mao Mushika of No. 10 Cal (Mar. 8) ... Defeated No. 3 Luciana Perry to help Pepperdine take down No. 2 Ohio State (Mar. 11) ... Has gone 6-1 with Falkner in doubles ... Is 3-0 against ranked doubles pairings ... Had highest-ranked doubles win over No. 17 Teah Chavez/Haphzibah Oluwadare of No. 2 Ohio State (Mar. 11).

CAREER: Career-high WTA rank of 630 in singles and 754 in doubles ... Made four singles semifinals and three finals ... Won two ITF women's singles titles in 2024 ... Picked up her first title win at the W15 Antalya ... Won the W15 Madrid.

JUNIORS: Was ranked as high as 15th in the ITF world junior rankings ... Played in all four junior doubles grand slams ... Won seven junior singles titles and 10 doubles titles ... Best singles tournament win was the J300 Villena in 2024 ... Best doubles title win was the J500 Cairo with Asylzhan Arystanbekova in 2024.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Ewald Kur and Ermiona Zhiyenbayeva ... Has one sister, Victoria, and three half-brothers: Askar, Marius and Patrick ... Her half-brother, Patrick, played tennis at Azusa Pacific ... Plans on majoring in sports medicine ... Career goal is to be the best version of herself.

FAVORITES: Enjoys reading and going to the beach outside of playing tennis ... Favorites include Novak Djokovic and Jasmine Paolini (pro tennis players), Supernatural (TV show), Travis Scott, Bad Bunny and Denzel Curry (musical artists) and cycling (sport besides tennis).