2020-21 Women's Tennis Roster
Alba Cortina Pou
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Blanes, Spain
- High School:
- Catalunya
- Prev School:
- Texas Tech
ACCOLADES
- 2020 SEC Women's Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- 2020, 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-American
- 2020, 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
- 2020 SEC Women's Tennis Community Service Team
- 2x SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 5, 2020 & Feb. 12, 2020)
- 2019 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 ITA Southern Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award Winner
- 4x ITA Scholar-Athlete
- 4x SEC Academic Honor Roll
- NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient
2020-21 (Graduate Student)
- Went 15-7 overall in singles, winning the first eight dual matches played
- Recorded an 8-0 record playing at No. 3 singles
- Earned an overall record of 18-8 and a dual record of 17-6 in doubles
- Went undefeated when playing at No. 2 doubles with partner Sasha Gorchanyuk
- Opened the season with a tournament win with doubles partner Anna Parkhomenko at the SEC Challenge #1
2019-20 (SENIOR)
- Finished the 2019-20 season with a 17-6 singles record, while going 14-5 in doubles
- First player in program history to be named Southeastern Conference Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks (Feb. 5 & 12)
- Started the 2020 dual match season with a perfect 11-0 singles record, finished with a team-best 13-2 mark while primarily playing at the No. 3 spot in the lineup
- Went 10-1 at the No. 3 singles spot
- Ended 2020 with another team-best in doubles wins with a 14-3 record in dual match play, including a 10-3 mark with partner Sasha Gorchanyuk
- Earned a ranked singles win over No. 55 Tatum Rice of Arkansas at the Rice Invitational (9/28)
2018-19 (JUNIOR)
- Ended the season with a 20-9 singles and a team-best 16-6 mark in dual match action
- Earned one nationally-ranked singles win against No. 113 Alannah Griffin of Auburn (3/22)
- Played primarily in the No. 3 spot this season while compiling a 9-5 mark in that position
- Won her first eight matches and 10 of her first 11 to begin the 2019 season
- Clinched three of the Crimson Tide’s six SEC victories and had a 4-3 SEC mark
- She and doubles partner Luca Fabian tied for a team-best 18-13 mark in doubles competition, including a team-high 13 wins in dual match competition, while playing at the No. 2 spot
- Team-high five wins in SEC doubles play with Fabian
- Had one nationally-ranked doubles win against No. 76 Jacobs/Fiquet of Kentucky (3/8)
2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)
- Amassed a 17-5 overall record in singles and went 11-15 in doubles
- Registered a 14-3 mark in singles and an 8-12 record in doubles in dual play
- Went 7-1 in singles and 4-8 in doubles in the conference
- Tied for second on the team with the most overall singles victories, along with ranking second on the squad with the most singles victories in dual play
- Tied for first on the team with the most singles wins in conference play
- Went 2-0 at No. 4, 6-2 at No. 5 and 6-1 at No. 6 in singles
- Went 2-3 at No. 1 and 6-9 at No. 2 in doubles
- Led the Crimson Tide to an upset victory over then-No. 32 Texas A&M by clinching the fourth match after defeating TAMU’s Tatiana Makarova, 1-6, 7-5, 7-5, to give the Tide its second conference win of the season (4/15)
- Led the Tide to its first conference victory of the season after winning at No. 5, 7-5, 6-4, over Missouri’s Ellia Wright to clinch the match and snap a six-match skid (4/8)
2016-17 (at TEXAS TECH)
- Posted a 5-1 record in singles play and an undefeated 2-0 record against Big 12 opponents
- Teamed up with Alex Valenstein in the No. 3 doubles position for Texas Tech
- Went 15-5 in dual matches and 6-1 in the Big 12
- Clinched the doubles point with teammate Valenstein in several wins
- Also had the first doubles win in several matches, including the 4-2 win over Oklahoma State
- Went 9-7 in singles play and 6-6 in doubles during the fall
- Advanced to the Round of 16 in her first collegiate tournament (Midland Invitational; 9/18)
- Won the Singles Flight 2 Draw of the Oklahoma Fall Invitational (9/30-10/2), defeating Tulsa’s Martha Matoula 6-3, 6-3
- Advanced to the Round of 16 Singles Consolation Draw at the ITA Texas Regional Championships
PREP HIGHLIGHTS
- Attended Institut Obert de Catalunya in Blanes, Spain
- Played for Real Club de Tenis Barcelona under head coach Marc Pallarès
- Had a No. 32 best open Spanish ranking and held a 1,116 doubles ranking by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA)
- Amassed 14 regional championships from 2015-16 in her native Spain and was a semifinalist at two WTA $10k doubles tournaments
- Also a quarterfinalist in three U16 Tennis Europe events which included the U16 Spanish Championship
PERSONAL
- Born Jan. 10, 1998
- Daughter of Jordi Cortina Montserat and Dora Pou Espes
- Has one sister, Aina
- SAAC Representative
- A member of the Emerging Tide Leaders Academy
- Double majoring in finance and marketing
CORTINA POU'S CAREER RESULTS (AT ALABAMA)
Year Singles Doubles
2017-18 17-5 11-15
2018-19 20-9 18-13
2019-20 17-6 14-5
Total 54-20 43-33
Friday, April 10
Thursday, April 13
Friday, April 15
Monday, August 16
