Wake Forest Athletics
2025-26 Women's Tennis Roster
Sankavi Gownder
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Connections Academy
- Hometown:
- Cypress, Texas
2026 (Junior)
Shined as a junior with a historic spring season... First Wake Forest player in 26 years to have a perfect ACC spring record (6-0) with at least five conference matches played to completion... Went 17-1 in singles for a .944 win percentage that resulted as the second-best in program history to Bea Bielik's .946 mark in 2002... Primarily played in fifth and sixth singles during her 24 appearances... Went 8-1 at the fifth spot and 8-0 at the sixth spot... Won all of her final 13 completed matches to cap the spring... Opened the season with her second career ranked win, downing No. 82 Elim Yan of Tennessee in a three-set showing (6-2, 1-6, 6-1)... Tallied eight wins in doubles.
2025 (Sophomore)
Recorded 10 wins during the 2025 season in singles action... Started the season on fire, going 10-2 in the first month of the spring season, primarily playing at both No. 5 and No. 6 singles... One of just four Demon Deacons to notch double-digit singles victories during dual match play... Appeared in two doubles matches on the season... All-ACC Academic Team... ITA Scholar Athlete
2024 (Freshman)
Had a very impressive first collegiate year...Ranked second on the squad in combined singles wins through the fall and spring (17), dual-match singles wins (14) and combined doubles wins for the fall and spring (15)...Spent the majority of her time at the No. 5 position within Wake Forest's singles lineup...Paired with senior Mia Ahmad and sophomore Whitley Pate mostly for doubles...Captured more doubles wins in non-dual match competition compared to any other Deacon, finishing with eight...Picked up her first career ranked singles win on Jan. 16 at South Carolina's annual Carolina Kickoff, downing No. 100 Eleonora Molinaro of Tennessee in a straight-sets decision...Had an exceptional four-week stretch of play from Feb. 23 to March 22, winning nine of 11 completed matches...All-ACC Academic Team
Personal
Daughter of Mohan and Lekha Gownder...Has an older sister, Kayal...Plans on majoring in Finance.
Shined as a junior with a historic spring season... First Wake Forest player in 26 years to have a perfect ACC spring record (6-0) with at least five conference matches played to completion... Went 17-1 in singles for a .944 win percentage that resulted as the second-best in program history to Bea Bielik's .946 mark in 2002... Primarily played in fifth and sixth singles during her 24 appearances... Went 8-1 at the fifth spot and 8-0 at the sixth spot... Won all of her final 13 completed matches to cap the spring... Opened the season with her second career ranked win, downing No. 82 Elim Yan of Tennessee in a three-set showing (6-2, 1-6, 6-1)... Tallied eight wins in doubles.
2025 (Sophomore)
Recorded 10 wins during the 2025 season in singles action... Started the season on fire, going 10-2 in the first month of the spring season, primarily playing at both No. 5 and No. 6 singles... One of just four Demon Deacons to notch double-digit singles victories during dual match play... Appeared in two doubles matches on the season... All-ACC Academic Team... ITA Scholar Athlete
2024 (Freshman)
Had a very impressive first collegiate year...Ranked second on the squad in combined singles wins through the fall and spring (17), dual-match singles wins (14) and combined doubles wins for the fall and spring (15)...Spent the majority of her time at the No. 5 position within Wake Forest's singles lineup...Paired with senior Mia Ahmad and sophomore Whitley Pate mostly for doubles...Captured more doubles wins in non-dual match competition compared to any other Deacon, finishing with eight...Picked up her first career ranked singles win on Jan. 16 at South Carolina's annual Carolina Kickoff, downing No. 100 Eleonora Molinaro of Tennessee in a straight-sets decision...Had an exceptional four-week stretch of play from Feb. 23 to March 22, winning nine of 11 completed matches...All-ACC Academic Team
Personal
Daughter of Mohan and Lekha Gownder...Has an older sister, Kayal...Plans on majoring in Finance.
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