Fani Chifchieva Class: Junior Hometown: Plovdiv, Bulgaria High School: Professional High School of Agriculture Height: 5-9 Birthdate: 08/27/1987 Experience: 1L

Spring 2008 (Sophomore):
Selected as an ITA All American for the second consecutive year ... Named SEC Women's Tennis Athlete of the Year as well as First-Team All-SEC after putting together a 10-1 conference singles record ... Went 21-2 overall in regular season singles action ... Went 16-8, 4-5 SEC in doubles action ... Named SEC Player of the Week on Feb. 19 and March 6 ... Is second on the Auburn all-time single season victories list with 27 total ... After dropping her first match to No. 3 Amanda McDowell of Georgia Tech strung together 17 consecutive singles victories, including six over SEC opponents ... Defeated No. 2 Aurilija Misivecuite of Arkansas 6-0, 6-4 ... Defeated No. 15 Megan Falcon of LSU 6-2, 6-4 ... Topped Nika Koukhartchouk 6-2, 6-0 ... Defeated Martina Banikova of Mississippi State 6-2, 6-2 ... Notched a win over No. 87 Nina Munch Soogaard of No. 15 TCU to help Auburn score the upset ... Defeated No. 22 Amanda Taylor of Vanderbilt 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (11) ... Topped Sarah Woestmann of Kentucky 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 ... Defeated Kellie Schmidt of Marshall 6-2, 6-1 ... Suffered only conference loss to Caitlin Whoriskey of Tennessee 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 ... Defeated Kelley Hyndman of Georgia 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 ... Topped No. 27 Julia Cohen of Florida 6-1, 7-6 (6) ... Notched a win over No. 44 Gira Schofield of South Carolina 7-6 (3), 6-4 ... Earned final regular season win over Tiffany Welcher of Alabama ... Notched one win in the SEC tournament over Schofield of South Carolina 6-4, 6-3 ... Clinched Auburn's 4-3 win over Ohio State in first round of NCAA's ... Advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Individual Singles Championship ... Defeated Beier Ko of Harvard 6-3, 7-5 in the round of 64 ... Topped Kelcy Tefft of Notre Dame 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the round of 32 ... Matched up with the No. 2 seeded Ani Mijacika of Clemson and prevailed 6-2, 6-4 ... Faced the No. 6 seed Amanda Fink of Southern California and won 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-0 ... Fell to Amanda McDowell 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals ... Paired with Whitney Chappell to win five doubles matches, four in conference play ... Also paired with Dunja Djuranovic, Jil Hastenrath, Alex Haney and Melissa Koning to go 11-5 in doubles action.

2007 Fall (Sophomore):
Finished fall with 6-1 singles, 3-1 doubles record... Ranked as the No. 11 singles player by ITA preseason poll...Half of the ITA preseason No. 47 doubles team along with partner Whitney Chappell...Roberta Alison Fall Classic Crimson Bracket Singles Champion ...Strung together six consecutive wins, going undefeated until her final match...Won three-of-four singles matches with partner Chappell at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic.

2007 Spring (Freshman):
Named 2007 ITA All-American, the first in Auburn's history...Honored as the ITA South Region Freshman of the Year...Named First Team All-SEC...Named SEC Athlete of the Week, March 20...Finished spring with a 17-7 singles record in the one spot...After starting the season unranked, became the No. 16 singles player in the nation by the end of the regular season...Strung together nine consecutive singles victories from Feb. 23 to March 25 defeating four ranked singles players including two higher ranked opponents...Went 9-5 in the SEC at the one singles spot...Defeated Kim Coventry of Kentucky 6-2, 6-3 for first SEC victory...Defeated Amanda Fish of Vanderbilt 6-3, 6-1...Upset No. 30 Martina Banikova of MSU 6-2, 2-6, 6-4...Defeated Ilona Somers of Ole Miss 6-3, 1-6, 6-4...Defeated No. 18 Shadisha Robinson of South Florida 6-1, 7-5 to move from 39 to 30 in the ITA rankings...Defeated No. 36 Monika Dancevic of Georgia 3-6, 7-5, 4-2...Defeated No. 31 Blakely Griffith of Tennessee 6-3, 3-6, 6-1...Defeated No. 37 Elna Kaluder of Arkansas 6-3, 6-3...Defeated Mari Muller of Alabama 6-1, 6-2...Defeated Daria Petrovoc of NC State 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the NCAA South Regional Tournament...Went 3-2 in doubles with partner Jil Hastenrath...Went 6-6 with doubles partner Whitney Chappell, with three SEC wins...Split two matches when paired with Alex Haney in the one doubles spot.

2006 Fall (Sophomore):
Finished with an 8-6 singles record... Won six of her first seven matches, including five in-a-row... Advanced to the round of 32 of the ITA Women's All-American qualifier, defeating Sara Anundsen of North Carolina in the opener... Made it to the semifinals of her bracket at the SEC Coaches Classic... Went 8-4 in doubles with Haney... Advanced to the quarterfinals of the pre-qualifier of the ITA All-American on the doubles side... The duo won three of their last four with a 3-1 record at the SEC Coaches Classic.

Prior to Auburn
Redshirted during the 2006 spring season.

Personal
Born Aug. 27, 1987 ... Daughter of Angel and Timka Chifchieva ... Majoring in Spanish.