Themis Haliou
Availability status: Committed
University: Towson University
Country: Cyprus
Date of birth: 25th January 1999
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Weight: 150 lbs
Sex: Female
School: The English School
Graduation Year: 2018
College Enrollment Year: 2018
Qualifications:
High School Grades: Math: A, Greek: B, Economics: A, Chemistry: A, Geography: B;
SAT: 1250
Toefl: not taken yet
Top 5 Tournament Finishes:
Finalist 7th ITF Bahrain U18 Grade 5 2015
Finalist Riga Open U16 2014
1/4 Finalist 8th ITF Bahrain U18 Grade 5 2016
1/4 Finalist Herodotou Tennis Academy U18 Grate 4 2016
1/4 Finalist ITF Larnaca U18 Grade 4
National Ranking (Singles): 2nd (U18)
ITF Junior Ranking: 616 (May 1 2017)
UTR: 9 (May 1 2017)
Biggest Tennis Accomplishments:
Cyprus Fed Cup Team
European U16 Championships in Moscow
European U18 Championships 2017
Tennis Team Selections (National selections):
Cyprus National Team, Cyprus Fed Cup Team
Name your best ever tournament:
Having played Fed Cup for Cyprus
Name the 5 strongest players you have beaten:
Georgana Topalova (ITF 73rd / UTR 11), Donia Abdel Aziz (ITF 846th / UTR 9), Sara Ghazouly (ITF 938th / UTR 9), Nina Rudiukova (UTR 9), Celia Morel (UTR 9)
Give us 5 words that best describe you as an athlete:
determined, committed, competitive, positive, fighter
Tell us about your best memory of your athletic career:
Having represented my country in the Fed Cup. Playing for your country is the biggest honor you can have as an athlete and having represented Cyprus on multiple occasions has been until this day the biggest thrill of my athletic career!
Goals:
My goal is to receive a full scholarship to combine my education with my tennis career. I want to continue playing tennis at the absolute highest level and see how far I can get with my tennis, but also understand the importance of a quality education. Therefore, studying in the US and playing college tennis, is what I have always wanted to do!
Anything else we should know?
I won the Wolseley Head of House School Award and also finished 3rd in the senior girls shot put competition in Nicosia in 2016!