Completed Event: Tennis versus Blue Gray National Tennis Classic on September 12, 2025 ,
Final
Tennis
Blue Gray National Tennis Classic
Iowa State University Athletics
2015-16 Tennis Roster
Budai, Samantha
Samantha Budai
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Sir Frederick Banting
- Hometown:
- London, Ontario
Bio
Awards & Honors
Farm Strong Member (17)
2016-17
Finished her career as one of the best to ever play for the Cyclones ... became first Cyclone to earn a national ranking, topping out at No. 100 ... concludes career second in overall wins (138), third in overall singles wins (65) and third in overall doubles wins (73) ... final career record of 138-93 ... her 93 losses are the fewest by any of the 13 Cyclones with 100 career wins ... as a senior, finished 13-9 in singles action, including 7-6 at the No. 1 slot ... was 19-12 in doubles action, which included a 12-7 record at the top slot in dual play with teammate Maty Cancini ... had a nine-match win streak in singles action from late fall into early spring ... finished as runner-up in top bracket at Gopher Invite ... was unbeaten at SIUE Indoor Invite.
2015-16
Enters her senior season ranked seventh in school history in overall career wins with a 110-86 career record...has the fewest losses of the 13 players in school history to win at least 100 matches...also ranks No. 12 with 52 career singles wins and No. 6 with 58 doubles victories...was 16-15 this season while playing the top singles slot for the Cyclones...also went 23-9 in doubles action at the top spot...the 23 doubles wins are the eighth-most in ISU single-season history...played doubles season largely with Liza Buss, going 5-0 and winning the Drake Jamboree in the fall...the duo finished third at the Juan Varon Memorial Invitational...the duo defeated the 90th-ranked Texas Tech team of Alex Valenstein/Gabriela Talaba, 6-3...posted a dominant performance in beating Kansas State's Ana Garcia Navas, 6-0, 6-4...100th career win win came in doubles action with Buss against Minnesota's Paula Rincon-Otero and AnneMarie Emme.
2014-15
Went 16-17 in singles play as a sophomore…. earned an 8-9 record at No. 1 singles….teamed up with Ksenia Pronina for 14 doubles wins, including three conference wins over duos from West Virginia, Kansas and Oklahoma….defeated Carolina Costamagna of Kansas State to help Iowa State to one of two conference wins during regular season play.
2013-14
Finished 20-15 overall in her inaugural season as a Cyclone…went 9-8 at No.2 singles…teamed up with Ksenia Pronina to go 10-9 at No. 1 doubles in the spring season…took down West Virginia’s Kaja Mrgole in the team’s lone conference victory.
Before ISU
Ranked among top-20 17-18 year olds in Canada…advanced to the semifinals of 2012 U18 national championships…won Provincials in 2011…won London Open in 2011 and 2012…played volleyball and badminton in addition to tennis at Sir Frederick Banting High School.
Personal
Born May 7, 1995…daughter of Carman and Yvette Budai…has one sister, Nikolette...anthropology major.
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