Biography
CAREER
• Graduated with the most singles wins (82) in UNT history
• Graduated with the most dual match UNT singles wins in a single season (18) in 2017
• Graduated with the most total UNT singles wins in a year (31) in 2016-17
• Graduated with the second-most UNT singles wins in a total year (21) in 2015-16)
• Earned a career-best and program-record No. 41 ITA national singles ranking on March 8, 2018
• Kononova and Kutubidze's No. 19 national ITA Doubles ranking on Feb. 9, 2019 is a career-best and program-record
• 2018 ITA Texas Regional Doubles Champion with partner Tamuna Kutubidze, the first regional champions in program history
• 81-36 all-time singles record
• When paired with Tamuna Kutubidze in doubles, the two are 69-25 all-time
• Went 19-11 in doubles with Tamuna Kutubidze as a freshman (2015-16)
• Went a program-record 24-4 in doubles with Tamuna Kutubidze as a sophomore (2016-17), including a program-best 17-1 in dual matches and 17 straight dual match doubles wins.
• Went 7-6 in doubles with Tamuna Kutubidze as a junior (2017-18)
• Her No. 41 national singles ranking on March 8, 2018 is a school record
• Her and Tamuna Kutubidze's 24-4 record in doubles in 2016-17 is a school-record for total year double wins and winning percentage (.857).
• Her and Tamuna Kutubdize's 17-1 dual match doubles record at No. 1 in 2017 is a school record for most dual match doubles wins and the longest dual match doubles winning streak
• Her and Tamuna Kutubidze's 17 consecutive doubles matches won is a school-record
• Graduated with the school record for victory over the highest ranked singles opponent when she beat the No. 2 ranked player in the country in Andrea Lazaro of FIU on Feb. 23, 2018
• Her victory over No. 16 Lily Miyazaki of Oklahoma on Feb. 10, 2017 was the school record for a victory over the highest ranked opponent until she broke that a year later
• Posted a 31-9 total year singles record her sophomore season
• Owns the school record for longest singles winning streak at nine consecutive matches (Jan. 28, 2017 - Feb. 25, 2017)
2018-19
• Earned a No. 43 national ranking in the preseason poll
• One of 32 women selected to compete in the 2018 Oracle ITA Masters Championship in Malibu, becoming the first North Texas women's tennis player to be invited to the national tournament
• For the second straight year, she won her first round singles match at the ITA All-American Championship in the qualification draw a year after she became the first UNT women's tennis player to accomplish that
2017-18
• Selected for the NCAA Championships, becoming the first North Texas women's tennis player to reach the tournament
• Broke her own school record on Feb. 23 when she defeated the No. 2 nationally ranked player from FIU, the highest ranked player a UNT tennis player has ever beat
• Defeated North Carolina's star freshman Alle Sanford in straight sets on Sept 16 at the Hall of Fame ITA Grass Court Invitational, Sanford ended the regular season as the No. 27 nationally ranked player
• Was ranked as high as No. 41 in the country, a program-record
• Became the first UNT women's tennis player to advance to the second round of the ITA All-American Championship after beating Arizona State's Kelley Anderson in straight sets
• Became the first UNT tennis player to earn an invite to the Hall of Fame ITA Grass Court Invite in late September
• Voted First Team All-Conference in singles for a third straight season
• Voted Second Team All Conference in doubles with her doubles partner Minying Liang
• Posted a 9-6 record in duel matches
• Went 8-3 at No. 1 doubles with Minying Liang
• Moved into third-place on the program's all-time singles win list with her April 12 win over SMU's Liza Buss
• Reached the semifinals of the ITA Texas Regional doubles tournament with partner Tamuna Kutubidze
• Won the Milwaukee Classic Doubles championship with partner Tamuna Kutubidze
• Earned a spot in the 2017 Oracle Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Fall Championships in Indian Wells, Calif.
• Named a 2018 ITA All-Academic Student-Athlete for posting a 3.50+ GPA
2016-17
• Set the program record for dual match singles victories with 18
• Her .782 winning percentage (18-5) is the second highest in program history and was .006 off the record
• Kononova and her doubles partner set the program-record for dual match doubles victories with 17
• Kononova and Kutubidze's .944 winning percentage (17-1) in dual match doubles is a program record
• Kononova and Kutubidze's 17 straight wins at No. 1 doubles is a program record
• Her five wins over ranked singles opponents is a single season dual match program record
• Her straight set victory on Feb. 10 against Oklahoma's No. 16 nationally ranked Lily Miyazaki is the highest ranked opponent a Mean Green tennis player has beaten in program history
• Reached as high as No. 61 in the ITA rankings, which is a program record
• Owns a 7-3 record all-time versus ranked opponents
• Named C-USA First Team All-Conference for singles
• Named C-USA First Team All-Conference for doubles
• Ended the year ranked No. 78
• Won nine singles matches in a row from early Febuary to early March
• Named C-USA Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week three times
• Won a 2017 Scrappy for Female Student Athlete of the Year
• Her win over the No. 16 ranked player won the Scrappy for Best Individual Performance of the Year
• Named a 2017 ITA All-Academic Student-Athlete for posting a 3.50+ GPA
2015-16
• Went 8-11 in spring dual matches while playing exclusively at the No. 1 spot as a freshman
• Named a First Team Conference USA selection in singles and doubles
• Two-time Conference USA Player of the Week (February 23, March 15)
• Was 2-1 versus ITA top-125 players this spring
• Claimed the match-clinching point against VCU
• Finished with a 12-6 record in spring doubles, all at the No. 1 position
• Joined partner Tamuna Kutubidze in defeating #48 Emily Smith and Katherine Ip, 6-3
• Compiled a 7-6 singles record and 8-4 doubles mark in fall play
• Won the doubles draw alongside partner Tamuna Kutubidze at the Wild West Open Shootout II
• Earned a spot on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll for maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or better
High School/International Highlights
• Has won a total of five Russian National titles
• Defeated Anastasia Chikalkina (No. 177 ITF Jr. /No. 1035 WTA) 6-3, 6-1
• Took down Tatiana Nikoaeva (No. 288 ITF Jr.) 6-4, 6-4
• Defeated Aleksandra Kuznetsova (No. 295 ITF Jr.) 6-3, 7-5
• Qualified for Kazan, Russia 10k
• Defeated No. 2 seed Anastasia Rudakova (No. 438 WTA) 6-4, 6-3