Upcoming Event: Women's Golf versus ANNIKA Intercollegiate on September 8, 2025
Women's Golf
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2024-25 Women's Tennis Roster
Irina Balus
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Bio
Honors:
NCAA Doubles All-America (2025) ... ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year (2025) ... All-ACC Singles Second Team (2025) ... All-ACC Doubles Second Team (2025) ... NCAA Singles Qualifier (2024 Fall) ... ACC Freshman of the Week (Jan. 18, 2025, Feb. 18, 2025) ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... All-ACC Academic Team.
2024-25:
NCAA Doubles All-America ... ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year ... earned All-ACC Second Team honors in both singles and doubles ... ITA Scholar-Athlete honoree ... All-ACC Academic Team selection ... a two-time ACC Freshman of the Week selection on Jan. 18 and Feb. 18 ... ranked as high as No. 8 in singles and No. 10 in doubles along with Ellie Coleman ... is one of only eight Blue Devil freshmen in program history to be ranked in the top 10 nationally in singles and was the highest ranked rookie at Duke since Maria Mateas (No. 8) in 2019 ... totaled a 17-11 singles and 21-15 doubles record as a rookie ... opened her collegiate career winning 13 of her first 15 singles matches ... advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Regionals main draw to earn a spot in the NCAA Singles Championship ... went 5-0 in singles at the ITA Regionals ... dropped a 6-2, 7-5 decision to 16th-ranked Julia Garcia Ruiz of Oklahoma in the NCAAs ... totaled 11 wins against ranked opponents in singles, including a win against ninth-ranked Luciana Perry of Ohio State, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 ... played No. 1 and No. 2 singles and logged a 10-9 record ... collected the match-clinching win against Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament ... teamed with Coleman to register a 21-15 overall and 7-5 ACC record in doubles ... earned Doubles All-America honors along with Coleman ... advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship, after defeating 32nd-ranked Tomase/Aulia of Tennessee and 20th-ranked Fairclough/Piper of Southern California ... earned the NCAA bid by reaching the finals of the ITA Regionals main draw ... the duo totaled six wins against ranked opponents ... became the seventh Blue Devil freshman to earn NCAA Doubles All-America accolades ... helped guide Duke to a 12-0 record in the ACC and the regular season title ... finished the season ranked No. 26 in singles and No. 23 in doubles with Coleman.
Prior to Duke:
Owns a career-best WTA singles ranking of 880 and Junior ITF ranking of 38 ... collected six singles titles in 2022 (J2 Piestany, J3 Stellenbosch and J3 El Prat de Llobregat) and 2021 (J3 Barcelona, J4 Aarhus and J5 Tartu) ... in 2024, advanced to the quarterfinals at the Shymkent ITF, Antalya 14 ITF, Sharm El Sheikh 5 ITF and Sharm El Sheikh 4 ITF ... competed in the Junior Australian Open in 2023 and 2022, Junior Wimbledon in 2022 and Junior U.S. Open in 2022 ... advanced to the round of 32 of the Junior Australian Open and Junior Wimbledon in 2022 ... fell in the round of 64 at the Junior Australian Open in 2023 and Junior U.S. Open in 2022 ... turned in a second-place finish at the 2022 European Team Championship in Granville, France, while representing her home country of Slovakia alongside Nikola Daubnerova and Nina Vargova ... advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2023 J200 Piestany as well as the 2022 J1 Repentigny ... collected the Women’s 2023 W15 Antalya ITF Doubles title along with Anika Jaskova ... brought home the Women’s 2022 ITA W15 Reims Double championship with Celine Naef ... captured five Junior Doubles titles in 2022 (J2 Piestany with Natacha Schou and JA Criciuma with Nikola Daubnerova) and 2021 (J3 El Prat de Llobregat with Celine Simunyu, J3 Barcelona with Salma Drugdova and J4 Skopje with Renata Jamrichova).
Personal:
Born Irina Balus ... daughter of Walter Balus and Zuzana Durajdova ... has one sister, Elisa.
NCAA Doubles All-America (2025) ... ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year (2025) ... All-ACC Singles Second Team (2025) ... All-ACC Doubles Second Team (2025) ... NCAA Singles Qualifier (2024 Fall) ... ACC Freshman of the Week (Jan. 18, 2025, Feb. 18, 2025) ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... All-ACC Academic Team.
2024-25:
NCAA Doubles All-America ... ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year ... earned All-ACC Second Team honors in both singles and doubles ... ITA Scholar-Athlete honoree ... All-ACC Academic Team selection ... a two-time ACC Freshman of the Week selection on Jan. 18 and Feb. 18 ... ranked as high as No. 8 in singles and No. 10 in doubles along with Ellie Coleman ... is one of only eight Blue Devil freshmen in program history to be ranked in the top 10 nationally in singles and was the highest ranked rookie at Duke since Maria Mateas (No. 8) in 2019 ... totaled a 17-11 singles and 21-15 doubles record as a rookie ... opened her collegiate career winning 13 of her first 15 singles matches ... advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Regionals main draw to earn a spot in the NCAA Singles Championship ... went 5-0 in singles at the ITA Regionals ... dropped a 6-2, 7-5 decision to 16th-ranked Julia Garcia Ruiz of Oklahoma in the NCAAs ... totaled 11 wins against ranked opponents in singles, including a win against ninth-ranked Luciana Perry of Ohio State, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 ... played No. 1 and No. 2 singles and logged a 10-9 record ... collected the match-clinching win against Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament ... teamed with Coleman to register a 21-15 overall and 7-5 ACC record in doubles ... earned Doubles All-America honors along with Coleman ... advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship, after defeating 32nd-ranked Tomase/Aulia of Tennessee and 20th-ranked Fairclough/Piper of Southern California ... earned the NCAA bid by reaching the finals of the ITA Regionals main draw ... the duo totaled six wins against ranked opponents ... became the seventh Blue Devil freshman to earn NCAA Doubles All-America accolades ... helped guide Duke to a 12-0 record in the ACC and the regular season title ... finished the season ranked No. 26 in singles and No. 23 in doubles with Coleman.
Prior to Duke:
Owns a career-best WTA singles ranking of 880 and Junior ITF ranking of 38 ... collected six singles titles in 2022 (J2 Piestany, J3 Stellenbosch and J3 El Prat de Llobregat) and 2021 (J3 Barcelona, J4 Aarhus and J5 Tartu) ... in 2024, advanced to the quarterfinals at the Shymkent ITF, Antalya 14 ITF, Sharm El Sheikh 5 ITF and Sharm El Sheikh 4 ITF ... competed in the Junior Australian Open in 2023 and 2022, Junior Wimbledon in 2022 and Junior U.S. Open in 2022 ... advanced to the round of 32 of the Junior Australian Open and Junior Wimbledon in 2022 ... fell in the round of 64 at the Junior Australian Open in 2023 and Junior U.S. Open in 2022 ... turned in a second-place finish at the 2022 European Team Championship in Granville, France, while representing her home country of Slovakia alongside Nikola Daubnerova and Nina Vargova ... advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2023 J200 Piestany as well as the 2022 J1 Repentigny ... collected the Women’s 2023 W15 Antalya ITF Doubles title along with Anika Jaskova ... brought home the Women’s 2022 ITA W15 Reims Double championship with Celine Naef ... captured five Junior Doubles titles in 2022 (J2 Piestany with Natacha Schou and JA Criciuma with Nikola Daubnerova) and 2021 (J3 El Prat de Llobregat with Celine Simunyu, J3 Barcelona with Salma Drugdova and J4 Skopje with Renata Jamrichova).
Personal:
Born Irina Balus ... daughter of Walter Balus and Zuzana Durajdova ... has one sister, Elisa.
| SINGLES | DOUBLES | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Dual | Conference | Overall | Dual | Conference | Overall |
| 2024-25 | 10-9 | 2-5 | 17-11 | 13-12 | 7-5 | 21-15 |
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