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Former Wahoo Emma Navarro Wins First WTA Title at Hobart International

Former UVA women's tennis star Emma Navarro captured her first WTA-level title at the Hobart International in Australia

Matt Newton

Former Wahoo Emma Navarro Wins First WTA Title at Hobart International
Former Wahoo Emma Navarro Wins First WTA Title at Hobart International /

Former Virginia women's tennis star and 2021 NCAA Singles Champion Emma Navarro captured the first WTA title of her professional career on Saturday as she defeated No. 1 seed Elise Mertens 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 to win the Hobart International in Australia. 

Navarro is off to a strong start to the 2024 season, going 8-1 and reaching the Auckland semifinals last week before she made her run to the title at the Hobart International. The former Cavalier is now ranked the No. 31 women's singles player in the world, the best ranking of her career. 

Navarro, 22, is set to make her Australian Open main-draw debut next week as the No. 27 seed in the field and will face China's Xiyu Wang in the first round. 

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MATT NEWTON

Matt launched Virginia Cavaliers On SI in August of 2021 and has since served as the site's publisher and managing editor, covering all 23 NCAA Division I sports teams at the University of Virginia. He is from Downingtown, Pennsylvania and graduated from UVA in May of 2021.

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