2020-21 Women's Tennis Roster
Alexa Bortles
- Class:
- Senior
- Experience:
- 4L
- Hometown:
- Alpharetta, Ga.
- High School:
- Georgia Connections Academy
Bio
ALL-AMERICAN 2018
ALL-SEC 2018
ITA SCHOLAR ATHLETE 2019, 2020, 2021
SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL 2018 2019, 2020, 2021
SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM 2021
SOUTHERN REGION ARTHUR ASHE JR. SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD 2020
2020-21 (SENIOR):
Began the spring season ranked No. 24 in doubles alongside Sabina Machalova (1/13/21) ... Peaked in the doubles rankings at No. 20 with Anna Vrbenska (4/14/21) ... Competed at No. 1 Doubles in all Ole Miss matches ... Earned 13 dual doubles victories ... Defeated the No. 3 ranked duo in the nation, Daavattilla and Graham (No. 1 North Carolina) alongside Machalova (1/23/21) ... Earned two ranked wins in back-to-back matches with Vrbenska at No. 14 Mississippi State on April 2 (No. 14 Adaoglu/Racine) and versus No. 21 Vanderbilt on April 8 (No. 54 Ross/Staff) ... Won one singles dual match at No. 3 singles versus North Alabama (2/12/21) ... Won eight matches in the fall (6-2 in doubles).
2019-20 (SENIOR):
Ranked as high as 17 in doubles with junior partner Sabina Machalova ... Won six of her final seven matches of the shortened season, including five in a row ... Was 3-1 against ranked opposition in singles this year, including two wins in SEC play ... Won five of last six matches in doubles with Machalova, including a pair of Top 25 ranked wins in No. 22 Alter/Rice (Arkansas) and No. 13 Staines/McGiffin (Tennessee) ... Clinched the match for Ole Miss over Texas Tech, including winning her first set tiebreak ... Finished year 11-7 in singles (7-3 in spring and 3-1 in SEC) ... Went 14-9 in doubles on the year and 8-3 in spring, playing every match but one with Machalova.
2018-19 (JUNIOR):
Began season ranked No. 16 in doubles with freshman Isolde de Jong ... Finished as ITA Southern Region Runner-Up in doubles with de Jong, falling in three to reigning National Champions Richardson/Golovin of LSU ... Finished year 13-17 in singles and 17-14 in doubles, partnering with five different teammates ... Won 2nd-round contest against Florida’s Dimitrova in SEC Tournament ... Also ranked in doubles with sophomore Sabina Machalova ... Named a 2019 ITA Scholar-Athlete.
2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)
ITA All-American ... Earned All-SEC First Team honors ... Seeded No. 5-8 in NCAA Doubles Championship ... Concluded season ranked No. 7 in doubles with Arianne Hartono ... Teamed with Hartono for a 23-13 overall record, 13-7 at No. 1 doubles ... Helped lead the Rebels to first 20-win season since 1999, NCAA Sweet Sixteen, most SEC wins (9-4), best regular season SEC finish (5th) since 2012 and final ranking of No. 8 ... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Spring 2017 (FRESHMAN)
Joined the team in January and made an immediate impact in singles and doubles ... Teamed with Arianne Hartono to finish the year ranked No. 25 in doubles ... Participated in the NCAA Doubles Championship ... Helped lead the Rebels to their ninth consecutive NCAA appearance and the second round ... Posted a 10-7 overall record in singles ... Clinched two wins, including the Rebels' first-round SEC Tournament win againt Missouri ... Went 7-6 at No. 1 doubles with Hartono, including four nationally-ranked wins ... Made the AD's Honor Roll.
PRIOR TO OLE MISS
WTA Ranking of 895 in doubles ... Played on the ITF Pro Circuit, including posting a win over Cal-Berkeley’s top player, who was ranked No. 7 in the nation in the preseason ... Won the Saint Martin ITF doubles title in Guadeloupe, France in January, 2016 ... In junior tennis, reached the finals of the under-16 National Clay Court Championships in doubles and the quarterfinals in singles and finals in doubles of the under-16 Eddie Herr Championships ... Won the Southern Closed Championships in under-16 and had a two-year record of 63-0 in the South ... Competing all over South America and Europe, won an ITF Grade 4 title in Costa Rica in 2013
PERSONAL
Daughter of Tisa Stafford and Rick Bortles ... Born July 3, 1998 ... Majoring in Journalism/Sports Broadcasting ... Enjoys golfing with her dad, traveling and watching the Jacksonville Jaguars and Ole Miss baseball ... Cousin Colby Bortles played third base for the Rebels, and her cousin Blake is the starting quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars ... Dad Rick, was a wrestler at Georgia Tech ... Stepdad, Grant Stafford, who is from South Africa, played on the ATP men’s tour reaching a career-high 53 in the world.
ALL-SEC 2018
ITA SCHOLAR ATHLETE 2019, 2020, 2021
SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL 2018 2019, 2020, 2021
SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM 2021
SOUTHERN REGION ARTHUR ASHE JR. SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD 2020
2020-21 (SENIOR):
Began the spring season ranked No. 24 in doubles alongside Sabina Machalova (1/13/21) ... Peaked in the doubles rankings at No. 20 with Anna Vrbenska (4/14/21) ... Competed at No. 1 Doubles in all Ole Miss matches ... Earned 13 dual doubles victories ... Defeated the No. 3 ranked duo in the nation, Daavattilla and Graham (No. 1 North Carolina) alongside Machalova (1/23/21) ... Earned two ranked wins in back-to-back matches with Vrbenska at No. 14 Mississippi State on April 2 (No. 14 Adaoglu/Racine) and versus No. 21 Vanderbilt on April 8 (No. 54 Ross/Staff) ... Won one singles dual match at No. 3 singles versus North Alabama (2/12/21) ... Won eight matches in the fall (6-2 in doubles).
2019-20 (SENIOR):
Ranked as high as 17 in doubles with junior partner Sabina Machalova ... Won six of her final seven matches of the shortened season, including five in a row ... Was 3-1 against ranked opposition in singles this year, including two wins in SEC play ... Won five of last six matches in doubles with Machalova, including a pair of Top 25 ranked wins in No. 22 Alter/Rice (Arkansas) and No. 13 Staines/McGiffin (Tennessee) ... Clinched the match for Ole Miss over Texas Tech, including winning her first set tiebreak ... Finished year 11-7 in singles (7-3 in spring and 3-1 in SEC) ... Went 14-9 in doubles on the year and 8-3 in spring, playing every match but one with Machalova.
2018-19 (JUNIOR):
Began season ranked No. 16 in doubles with freshman Isolde de Jong ... Finished as ITA Southern Region Runner-Up in doubles with de Jong, falling in three to reigning National Champions Richardson/Golovin of LSU ... Finished year 13-17 in singles and 17-14 in doubles, partnering with five different teammates ... Won 2nd-round contest against Florida’s Dimitrova in SEC Tournament ... Also ranked in doubles with sophomore Sabina Machalova ... Named a 2019 ITA Scholar-Athlete.
2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)
ITA All-American ... Earned All-SEC First Team honors ... Seeded No. 5-8 in NCAA Doubles Championship ... Concluded season ranked No. 7 in doubles with Arianne Hartono ... Teamed with Hartono for a 23-13 overall record, 13-7 at No. 1 doubles ... Helped lead the Rebels to first 20-win season since 1999, NCAA Sweet Sixteen, most SEC wins (9-4), best regular season SEC finish (5th) since 2012 and final ranking of No. 8 ... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Spring 2017 (FRESHMAN)
Joined the team in January and made an immediate impact in singles and doubles ... Teamed with Arianne Hartono to finish the year ranked No. 25 in doubles ... Participated in the NCAA Doubles Championship ... Helped lead the Rebels to their ninth consecutive NCAA appearance and the second round ... Posted a 10-7 overall record in singles ... Clinched two wins, including the Rebels' first-round SEC Tournament win againt Missouri ... Went 7-6 at No. 1 doubles with Hartono, including four nationally-ranked wins ... Made the AD's Honor Roll.
PRIOR TO OLE MISS
WTA Ranking of 895 in doubles ... Played on the ITF Pro Circuit, including posting a win over Cal-Berkeley’s top player, who was ranked No. 7 in the nation in the preseason ... Won the Saint Martin ITF doubles title in Guadeloupe, France in January, 2016 ... In junior tennis, reached the finals of the under-16 National Clay Court Championships in doubles and the quarterfinals in singles and finals in doubles of the under-16 Eddie Herr Championships ... Won the Southern Closed Championships in under-16 and had a two-year record of 63-0 in the South ... Competing all over South America and Europe, won an ITF Grade 4 title in Costa Rica in 2013
PERSONAL
Daughter of Tisa Stafford and Rick Bortles ... Born July 3, 1998 ... Majoring in Journalism/Sports Broadcasting ... Enjoys golfing with her dad, traveling and watching the Jacksonville Jaguars and Ole Miss baseball ... Cousin Colby Bortles played third base for the Rebels, and her cousin Blake is the starting quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars ... Dad Rick, was a wrestler at Georgia Tech ... Stepdad, Grant Stafford, who is from South Africa, played on the ATP men’s tour reaching a career-high 53 in the world.
| CAREER STATISTICS | ||||
| Year | Overall Singles | Dual Singles | Overall Doubles | Dual Doubles |
| 2020-21 | 3-10 | 1-4 | 13-11 | 7-9 |
| 2019-20 | 11-7 | 7-3 | 14-9 | 8-3 |
| 2018-19 | 13-17 | 6-10 | 17-14 | 7-8 |
| 2017-18 | 14-12 | 7-11 | 23-13 | 13-7 |
| Spring 2017 | 10-7 | 10-7 | 14-12 | 14-11 |
| TOTALS | 51-53 | 31-35 | 81-59 | 49-38 |