St. John's University Athletics
2020-21 Women's Tennis Roster
Livianu, Jessica
WSOC at Saint Joseph's Highlights
Sunday, August 24
Open Practice Press Conference 8.5.2025
Tuesday, August 05
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Wednesday, July 16
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Wednesday, June 04
Jessica Livianu
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Laurel Springs School
- Hometown:
- Brooklyn, N.Y.
Bio
As A Graduate Student (Spring 2021): Finished her spring season with a 3-1 record in singles play from the No. 1 slot... Finished the year on a two-match win streak in singles... Went undefeated in doubles play, posting a 3-0 record, while partnering with Najah Dawson and Emilie Haakansson... Named to the All-BIG EAST First Team for the fourth time in her career.
As a Senior (2019-20): Defeated Oakland’s Ava Thielman in the first round of the Oracle ITA Masters in Malibu, Calif. (Sept. 26) … Reached the qualifying draw finals of the ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 5) … Finished her senior campaign with a perfect, 13-0 record during dual-match play … A one-time BIG EAST Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week winner (Feb. 11) … Finished the season with 12 straight-set victories.
Spring 2019: Named to the BIG EAST All-First Team ... Earned BIG EAST Player of the Year for the third-consecutive season … Finished her 2019 campaign with a perfect, 17-0 record during dual-match play … A one-time BIG EAST Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week winner … Finished the season ranked ninth in the Northeast Region for singles play.
Fall 2018: Captured her second-straight flight title at the Columbia Invitational by finishing a perfect 3-0 at the event (Sept. 17)... Reached the consolation semifinals round of the Oracle ITA Masters; defeated Illinois State's Veronika Golonova, 7-5, 6-3, and LIU-Brooklyn's Anna Grigoryan, 6-4, 6-4, after losing in the first round of the main draw ... Reached the semifinal round of the ITA Northeast Regionals in singles play after winning her first three matches of the draw (Oct. 16).
Spring 2018: Named to the BIG EAST All-First Team ... Earned BIG EAST Player of the Year for the second-consecutive season … Finished her 2018 campaign with a 16-2 record during dual-match play … A three-time BIG EAST Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week winner … Advanced to the NCAA DI Individual Singles Championships two years in a row … Finished the season ranked fifth in the Northeast Region for singles play.
Fall 2017: Finished the fall sesaon ranked 24th by ITA Tennis ... Captured a flight title at the Columbia Invitational by finishing a perfect 3-0 at the event ... Became the first member of the BIG EAST Conference to reach the quarterfinals of the Oracle ITA Masters when she defeated Madara Straume of UNC Wilmington and the No. 4 overall seed, Kaitlyn McCarthy, of Duke ... Captured another pair of wins at the ITA Women's All-American Championships with two three-set victories.
Spring 2017: Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Earned BIG EAST Player and Freshman of the Year ... Put together one of the greatest freshman seasons in St. John's history ... Finished with a 23-3 singles record ... Was a perfect 8-0 in BIG EAST play ... Reached as high as 25th in the ITA Tennis Rankings ... Qualified for the NCAA DI Individual Championships ... Defeated top-16 ranked Luisa Stefani of Pepperdine and USC's Gabby Smith before falling in three sets.
Before St. John's: Attended the Laurel Springs School in Ojai, Calif. … was ranked No. 152 in the ITF Juniors Tennis list … was noted as a Blue Chip tennis recruit … reached the round of 32 or better in four different 2015 ITF International competitions … was crowned singles champion twice in the U.S. Juniors National competition … chose St. John’s over Columbia, Penn, Harvard, Texas A&M, Texas and UCLA.
Personal: Daughter of Bagdana Romansky-Livianu and David Livianu … has a younger brother, Jacob (15) … mother Bagdana Romanksy-Livianu was a professional tennis player … lists cooking, baking, movies, snowboarding, swimming and archery as her hobbies … was a UNICEF ambassador … almost always eats fettuccini alfredo as a pregame ritual … lists her mother as the most influential person in her athletic career ... lists Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniak as her favorite professional athletes.
As a Senior (2019-20): Defeated Oakland’s Ava Thielman in the first round of the Oracle ITA Masters in Malibu, Calif. (Sept. 26) … Reached the qualifying draw finals of the ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 5) … Finished her senior campaign with a perfect, 13-0 record during dual-match play … A one-time BIG EAST Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week winner (Feb. 11) … Finished the season with 12 straight-set victories.
Spring 2019: Named to the BIG EAST All-First Team ... Earned BIG EAST Player of the Year for the third-consecutive season … Finished her 2019 campaign with a perfect, 17-0 record during dual-match play … A one-time BIG EAST Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week winner … Finished the season ranked ninth in the Northeast Region for singles play.
Fall 2018: Captured her second-straight flight title at the Columbia Invitational by finishing a perfect 3-0 at the event (Sept. 17)... Reached the consolation semifinals round of the Oracle ITA Masters; defeated Illinois State's Veronika Golonova, 7-5, 6-3, and LIU-Brooklyn's Anna Grigoryan, 6-4, 6-4, after losing in the first round of the main draw ... Reached the semifinal round of the ITA Northeast Regionals in singles play after winning her first three matches of the draw (Oct. 16).
Spring 2018: Named to the BIG EAST All-First Team ... Earned BIG EAST Player of the Year for the second-consecutive season … Finished her 2018 campaign with a 16-2 record during dual-match play … A three-time BIG EAST Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week winner … Advanced to the NCAA DI Individual Singles Championships two years in a row … Finished the season ranked fifth in the Northeast Region for singles play.
Fall 2017: Finished the fall sesaon ranked 24th by ITA Tennis ... Captured a flight title at the Columbia Invitational by finishing a perfect 3-0 at the event ... Became the first member of the BIG EAST Conference to reach the quarterfinals of the Oracle ITA Masters when she defeated Madara Straume of UNC Wilmington and the No. 4 overall seed, Kaitlyn McCarthy, of Duke ... Captured another pair of wins at the ITA Women's All-American Championships with two three-set victories.
Spring 2017: Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Earned BIG EAST Player and Freshman of the Year ... Put together one of the greatest freshman seasons in St. John's history ... Finished with a 23-3 singles record ... Was a perfect 8-0 in BIG EAST play ... Reached as high as 25th in the ITA Tennis Rankings ... Qualified for the NCAA DI Individual Championships ... Defeated top-16 ranked Luisa Stefani of Pepperdine and USC's Gabby Smith before falling in three sets.
Before St. John's: Attended the Laurel Springs School in Ojai, Calif. … was ranked No. 152 in the ITF Juniors Tennis list … was noted as a Blue Chip tennis recruit … reached the round of 32 or better in four different 2015 ITF International competitions … was crowned singles champion twice in the U.S. Juniors National competition … chose St. John’s over Columbia, Penn, Harvard, Texas A&M, Texas and UCLA.
Personal: Daughter of Bagdana Romansky-Livianu and David Livianu … has a younger brother, Jacob (15) … mother Bagdana Romanksy-Livianu was a professional tennis player … lists cooking, baking, movies, snowboarding, swimming and archery as her hobbies … was a UNICEF ambassador … almost always eats fettuccini alfredo as a pregame ritual … lists her mother as the most influential person in her athletic career ... lists Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniak as her favorite professional athletes.