2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster
Forbes, Abbey
Abbey Forbes
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
- High School:
- Laurel Springs
- Prev School:
- UCLA
Bio
CAREER (at UNC)
Member of the 2024 ACC Championship team • Earned a bid the the NCAA Doubles tournament with Reilly Tran • Ended the 2024 season ranked No. 113 in singles • Ended the 2024 season ranked No. 37 in doubles with Reilly Tran • Won the doubles consolation tournament at the 2023 ITA Fall Championships with Reilly Tran • Finished the season with a 15-10 record in singles play and a 23-8 doubles record • Ranked as high as No. 41 by the ITA in singles • Ranked as high as No. 7 by the ITA in doubles with Reilly Tran • Named to the 2024 All-ACC Doubles Third Team with Reilly Tran • All-ACC Academic Team selection • Member of the 2023 NCAA National Championship team • Ended the 2023 season ranked No. 39 in singles • Earned an at-large bid to 2023 NCAA Singles Championship • Named to the 2023 ITA Indoor Championships All-Tournament team (Doubles with Reilly Tran) • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2024.
CAREER (at UCLA)
• Two-time ITA All-America; singles (2020, 2021) • Career singles record of 61-11 (44-5 in dual matches) • Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year (2021) • Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year (2021 w/ Jada Hart) • ITA Southwest Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship award winner (2022) • ITA Southwest Region Rookie of the Year (2020) • Two-time All-Pac-12 honoree (First Team - 2021, 2022) • Five-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (last March 1, 2022) • Two-time NCAA singles qualifier (2021, 2022) • ITA Scholar-Athlete (2020) • Two-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2021, 2022) • Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar (2021) • Six-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2021) • Career-high ITA singles ranking: 2 (Sept. 7, 2021) • Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 23 (March 9, 2022 w/ Ava Catanzarite).
JUNIOR SEASON (2021-22 at UCLA)
All-Pac-12 First Team • ITA Southwest Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship award • Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll • Finished the season ranked No. 23 in singles and No. 23 in doubles with Ava Catanzarite • Recorded a 14-5 overall singles record (12-2 in dual matches) • Was 9-7 in doubles (all dual matches) • Received an at-large bid to the NCAA Singles Championship • Earned Pac-12 Player of the Week award (March 1) after recording two singles wins – including one match clincher against No. 5 Eryn Cayetano of USC – and teaming with Catanzarite to beat No. 19 Salma Ewing/Snow Han of Trojans to seal doubles point • Went 6-4 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-3, 6-4 victory against No. 11 Shiori Fukuda of Pepperdine (April 6).
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2020-21 at UCLA)
ITA All-America in singles • Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year • Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year with Jada Hart • All-Pac-12 First Team • Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll • Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar • Bruin Leadership Award • Collected three Pac-12 Player of the Week awards • Finished the season ranked No. 4 in singles and No. 79 in doubles with Jada Hart • Recorded a 24-3 overall singles record (21-2 in dual matches, 20-2 at No. 1) • Was 13-2 in doubles (all dual matches) • Led team in total wins, singles wins and dual-match singles wins • Went 18-3 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-1, 6-4 win against No. 1 Ashley Lahey of Pepperdine (March 12); went 3-0 versus Lahey • Reached quarterfinal round of NCAA Singles Championship, defeating No. 39 Chloe Beck (Duke), No. 18 Irina Cantos Siemers (Ohio State) and No. 33 Emma Antonaki (Mississippi State) • UCLA captured Pac-12 regular-season championship outright for first time in program history.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2019-20 at UCLA)
ITA All-America in singles • ITA Southwest Region Rookie of the Year • ITA Scholar-Athlete • Finished the season ranked No. 8 in singles • Recorded a 23-3 overall singles record (11-1 in dual matches, 10-1 at No. 2) • 11-4 doubles mark (5-3 in dual matches) • Led team in singles wins and dual-match singles wins • Went 10-2 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-3, 6-1 win versus No. 12 Cameron Morra of North Carolina to reach quarterfinal round at Oracle ITA National Fall Championships (Nov. 8).
JUNIOR/PREP
Considered a Blue Chip Recruit by tennisrecruiting.net • Ranked as high as No. 2 in 2018 • Earned entry into US Open main draw by capturing Girls’ 18 doubles title at 2019 USTA Billie Jean King National Championships in San Diego; reached quarterfinal round of Girls’ 18 singles tournament • Gained entry into 2017, 2018 and 2019 US Open junior tournament main draws • Won doubles title at 2019 Junior Wimbledon tournament • Advanced to Girls’ 18 singles and doubles rounds of 16 at 2018 USTA Billie Jean King National Championships in San Diego • Reached Girls’ 18 doubles quarterfinal rounds at 2017, 2018 Easter Bowl tournaments in Indian Wells, Calif. • Advanced to Girls’ 18 singles quarterfinal round at 2017 Orange Bowl Tennis Championships in Plantation, Fla. • Won doubles title at 2017 USTA Girls’ 18 National Clay Court Championships in Memphis, Tenn. • Posted final-round showings at 2017 USTA Girls' 18 National Clay Court Championships (Girls’ 18 singles), 2016 USTA National Winter Championships (Girls’ 18 singles), 49th Easter Bowl (Girls’ 16 singles - 2016) and 2015 Eddie Herr International Championships (Girls’ 16 doubles) • Named to USTA Junior Leadership Team in 2017 • Earned DeWitt Redgrave III Junior Achievement Award and Ozaki/Hastings Junior Sportsmanship Award from USTA Southern Section in 2017.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Roger and Denise (Lawson-Forbes) • Has two younger brothers, Luke and Matthew • First member of her family born in United States of America (parents were born in Jamaica) • Relatives include Jonathan Linton, who played running back for the Tar Heels from 1994-97 and later with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills from 1998-2000 and Karina LeBlanc, the former head of women’s soccer for CONCACAF and current GM of the NWSL’s Portland Thornes. LeBlanc represented Canada at five FIFA Women’s World Cups and won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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