2020-21 Women's Tennis Roster
Cortina Pou, Alba
Alba Cortina Pou
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Blanes, Spain
- High School:
- Catalunya
- Prev School:
- Texas Tech
Bio
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
Jenny Mainz Retirement Press Conference
Thursday, April 13
Women's Tennis vs. Georgia Recap
Friday, April 15
Women's Tennis Season Preview with Head Coach Jenny Mainz
Monday, August 16
Women's Tennis Senior Day Ceremony
Saturday, April 03
