Women’s Tennis Completes Day One Of Kitty Harrison Invitational

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – University of North Carolina women's tennis opened the fall season Friday afternoon on day one of the Kitty Harrison Invitational hosted at Chewning Tennis Center. The Tar Heels claimed two of four doubles matches and an impressive six of six singles matches.

Carolina's singles victories are highlighted by Oby Kajuru and Mary Grace Rennard's first wins as Tar Heels. Theadora Rabman, Tatum Evans, Alanis Hamilton, and Claire Hill picked up the other singles wins for UNC.

Kajuru and Susanna Maltby made their debut as doubles partners where they claimed a 6-1 win over their opponents from Charlotte. Evans and Rabman were the other Tar Heel duo to pick up a doubles victory on Friday.

Carolina's Friday Results
Doubles

Sara Suchankova/Ni Xi (Charlotte) def. Reese Brantmeier/Alanis Hamilton (UNC) 7-6
Oby Kajuru/Susanna Maltby (UNC) def. Andrea Chacon/Lucia Aranda (Charlotte) 6-1
Tatum Evans/Theadora Rabman (UNC) def. Shona Nakano/Prisca Abbas (Charlotte) 6-4
Yelyzaveta Chainykova/Paula Dougherty (Charlotte) def. Claire Hill/Mary Grace Rennard (UNC) 6-4

Singles

Theadora Rabman (UNC) def. Ni Xi (Charlotte) 7-6, 6-4
Oby Kajuru (UNC) def. Sara Suchankova (Charlotte) 6-3, 6-2
Tatum Evans (UNC) def. Shona Nakano (Charlotte) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
Alanis Hamilton (UNC) def. Prisca Abbas (Charlotte) 6-2, 6-4
Claire Hill (UNC) def. Paula Dougherty (Charlotte) 6-4, 6-1
Mary Grace Rennard (UNC) def. Yelyzaveta Chainykova (Charlotte) 6-3, 6-1

Up Next
UNC will return to action on Saturday and Sunday morning as the Kitty Harrison Invitational continues play at the Chewning Tennis Center. The Tar Heels are set to begin each day at 9:30 a.m.

Tournament Central
Other teams in action at the invitational include Duke, Georgia, Old Dominion, and Virginia.

For complete results from the 2025 Kitty Harrison Invitational, click here. Live stats and live streaming are also available on GoHeels.com.

Admission is free all weekend.

The tournament is held in honor of Kitty Harrison, the longtime head coach of the Carolina women's tennis team from 1976 to 1998. Eight of Harrison's 22 teams were ranked among the top 25 nationally and, under her direction, Carolina won four ACC championships in a row from 1977 to 1980 and finished as the league runner-up four other times.

Harrison retired after the 1997-98 season as the winningest tennis coach in ACC history in terms of dual-match victories with a 22-year record of 351-224. She was inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004.

Women’s Tennis Completes Day One Of Kitty Harrison Invitational

Players Mentioned

Reese Brantmeier

Tatum Evans

Alanis Hamilton

Claire Hill

Oby Kajuru

Susanna Maltby

Theadora Rabman

Mary Grace Rennard

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