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2025-26 Women's Tennis Roster

Nevena Kolarevic

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Belgrade, Serbia
  • Highschool Illinois State

Biography

Nevena Kolarevic prepares to hit a forehand2025-26
• Named the 2025-2026 Atlantic 10 Women’s Tennis Most Outstanding Performer and First Team All-Atlantic 10.
• Received the Hobbs Family Award as Fordham's top female student-athlete.

• Finished season ranked seventh among all singles players in the Northeast Region.
• Teamed with Julianne Nguyen to become the first Fordham women's tennis players, and only the third Atlantic 10 athletes, to compete in the NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Individual Championships.
• The doubles pair qualified for the NCAAs by winning the 2025 ITA Northeast Regional doubles title.
• Teamed with Nguyen to finish the season ranked third among all doubles pairs in the Northeast Region.
• Just the fourth A-10 player to win back-to-back Performer of the Year accolades.
• Also qualified in singles and doubles for the 2025 ITA All-American Championships where she became the first player from Fordham to win an ITA All-American match, defeating Maria Andrienko from the University of Alabama, 6-4, 6-2.
• Dominated her competition at the 2026 A-10 Women's Tennis Championship, helping Fordham reach the title match.
• She picked up a 6-0, 6-1 victory on Court 1 against Davidson in the semifinals, before winning 6-2, 6-2 at the same position during the championship final against VCU.
• Captured the Atlantic 10 individual Masters tournament title during the fall.
• Compiled a 28-6 singles record with eight of those wins at first singles.
• Led Rams with 28 singles wins.
• Finished season with a 24-8 doubles mark, the seocnd most doubles wins on the squad.
• Went undefeated in A-10 play since arriving at Fordham University.
• Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team.
• An ITA Scholar-Athlete.
• Named to Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2024-25
• Named an ITA Player to Watch in the Northeast region.
• Named the 2024-2025 Atlantic 10 Women’s Tennis Most Outstanding Performer and First Team All-Atlantic 10.
• Named the team's Player of the Year.

• Finished the year ranked seventh among all Division I singles players in the Northeast region, the highest ever ranking for a Ram.
• Teamed with sophomore Julianne Nguyen to rank sixth among all doubles teams in the region.
• Compiled a 25-3 record on the year in singles, winning 13 straight matches to finish undefeated in spring competition. 
• Led team with 23 singles wins.
• A two-time A-10 Player of the Week,.
• Won 22 doubles matches and added an A-10 Doubles Championship with Nguyen in the fall.
• Led team with 22 doubles wins.
• Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll. 

Before Fordham
• A transfer from Illinois State.
• Won an MVC individual title for the second-straight year in 2023, after defeating Mille Haagensen of Drake by a score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to win the Flight 2 championship at the MVC Individual Championship in October.
• A 2024 First-Team MVC All-Academic Team selection.
• Recorded a nine-match winning streak from early February to the beginning of March.
• 2023-24 Record: 23-6 in Singles; 19-6 in Doubles.
• 2023 MVC Freshman of the Year.
• Amassed an overall record of 24-8 during the 2022-23 season in singles action, including a 16-4 mark during the spring dual season.
• Went undefeated in Flight 3 to take home the championship at the 2022 MVC Individual Championships in Springfield, Mo.

Before College
• Was ranked No.4 in senior rankings in Serbia and played in the semifinals of the senior national championship.
• Posted a career-best ITF juniors ranking of 727.
• Had a Europe under 14 ranking of 73.
• Played in the semifinal in Sofia, Bulgaria, at the ITF juniors.
• Won a Europe tournament Under 16 in Malta.

Major
•  An Economics major.

CAREER
SINGLES     Total    1     2     3     4     5     6   Dual  Tour  Conf
2022-23     24-8
2023-24     23-6
2024-25     25-3   12-0   1-0   ---   ---   ---   ---  13-0  12-3  3-0         
2025-26     28-6    8-5   1-0   ---   ---   ---   ---   9-5  19-1  2-0
Totals    100-23   20-5   2-0   ---   ---   ---   ---  22-5  31-4  5-0                     

 
CAREER
DOUBLES     Total    1     2     3   Dual  Tour  Conf
2024-25     22-10   9-5   ---   1-0  10-5  12-5  4-0     
2025-66     24-8    9-6   ---   ---   9-6  15-2  3-0
Totals     46-18  18-11   ---   --- 19-11  27-7  7-0

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Junior

    5'6"
  • 2025-26Senior

    5'11"