Class: SO-1L
Height: 5-5
Previous School: Linguistic Gymnasium
Hometown: Ufa, Russia
2006-07 (Sophomore)
Fall: Posted 4-4 singles mark and 1-3 doubles mark ... Picked up singles triumphs over Murray State's Lynsey Ottosen, Andrea Courtney of Southern Illinois and Louisiana-Lafayette's Angela Dangood before falling in finals at Ole Miss Classic ... Defeated Vanderbilt's Caroline Ferrell and dropped decisions to Florida International's Priscilla Castillo and Louisville's Jo-Ann van Aerde at June Stewart Invitational ... Also four doubles outings were played with Stephanie Parkison, including lone victory against Florida International (Pazo-Cutnik) at June Stewart Invitational.
2005-06 (Freshman)
Spring:Enrolled in January ... Won five singles and 10 doubles matches, playing almost exclusively at No. 3 in singles ... Won her first two career singles outings, victories over UT-San Antonio's Monika Drabkova and UT-Pan Am's Sheila Mabulac...Lost two straight before defeating Chattanooga's Talita Bragato, 6-3, 7-6 (4) ... Suffered losses to Troy, Vanderbilt and Ole Miss before winning 6-4, 6-3, over Tennessee Tech's Margot Carter ... Suffered a 6-3, 6-7 (5), 8-10, loss to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Erika Iriarte and a straight-set defeat to VCU's 126th-ranked Viktoria Konstantinova ... Lost in three sets to Arkansas State's Karen Saravia before defeating Ekin Zafir of Memphis ... Compiled 10-8 doubles mark playing with Pooja Kommireddi, Marlene Chemin and Claudia Szabo ... Compiled 9-5 record with Kommireddi, including victories over Chattanooga (Adams-Johnson), Troy (Bares-S. Elsisi), Indiana State (Caujolle-Lahlou), Memphis (Noble-Zafir) and North Texas (Giles-Wasson) at Sun Belt Championships ... Went 0-1 with Chemin and 1-2 with Szabo, with a victory against UT-San Antonio (Wallin-Mooney).
High School
Played for coach Smirnov Sergey at Linguistic Gymnasium ... Ufa Open champion in 2003 ... Russian Team Championship finalist in 2003-04.
Personal
Elvira Yusupova ... Daughter of Rashid and Tatyana Yusupova ... Born April 30, 1988.
