Nicole Tan
Nicole Tan
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Singapore
  • High School:
    Shanghai American School
  • Major:
    Neuroscience
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna

Bio

At CMS: Career record through senior season: 137-43 (54-21 singles, 83-22 doubles)

2019-20 (Senior)
NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee ... CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America selection
... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... ITA Scholar-Athlete selection ... Reached the quarterfinals of the ITA West Regionals in both singles and doubles, falling to teammates Crystal Juan and Anna Kern in doubles ... Picked up a three-set win in her final college singles match against Vassar (3-6, 6-4, 10-4) ... Earned a doubles win with Madison Shea in her final college match against No. 19 WashU. 

2018-19 (Junior): ITA All-American in doubles (National Finalist) ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... NCAA qualifier in singles ... CoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-America selection ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... ITA Scholar-Athlete selection ... 
Finished the year with an 11-7 record in singles and a 24-5 record in doubles, all in the spring after studying abroad ... Had a final ranking of No. 2 in doubles and No. 40 in singles ... Reached the national championship match in doubles with Sarah Bahsoun before falling to teammates Caroline Cox and Catherine Allen in the finals ... Defeated the No. 1 doubles teams from Wesleyan and Middlebury in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively, both after dropping the first set ... Won doubles matches over Carnegie Mellon and Middlebury in the NCAA team quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively, defeating Middlebury 7-5 in a tiebreaker. 

2017-18 (Sophomore): ITA All-American in singles and doubles ... First-Team All-SCIAC ...
 SCIAC All-Academic Team... ITA Scholar-Athlete selection ... Had a 20-8 singles record, including 14-6 in duals... Also had a 22-9 record in doubles ... Earned a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles in the SCIAC Championship against Pomona-Pitzer ... Picked up singles wins against No. 2 Williams, No. 5 Middlebury and No. 8 Tufts ..Reached the finals in the ITA West Regionals in singles in the fall, before falling to teammate Catherine Allen ... Advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals in doubles (with Lindsay Brown) to earn All-America honors

2016-17 (Freshman): ITA All-American in singles and doubles ... ITA Division III Rookie of the Year ... First-Team All-SCIAC
... ITA Scholar-Athlete selection ... Had a 20-2 record in singles (17-0 in dual matches) and 25-4 record in doubles ... Finished the year ranked No. 12 in singles ... Reached the national championship match in doubles before finishing as runner-up ... Made it to the Round of 16 in singles ... Had a 6-1, 6-3 win over No. 4 Middlebury while playing at No. 1 singles ... Also had a 6-1, 6-2 win over No. 3 Williams while playing at No. 2. 

Prior to CMS
Played ITF tournaments in high school

Personal
Majoring in neuroscience ... Interests include drinking Pepsi, wearing giraffe onesies, Korean barbecue, KPop, and being Singaporean

Nickname
Nicky T

News Mentions

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Nicole Tan Advances to Second Phase of NCAA Woman of the Year Voting

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The NCAA officially announced the conference-level nominees for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award today, and CMS senior women's...

August 11, 2020

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CMS Women's Tennis Places 13 on ITA Scholar-Athlete Team

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The No. 1-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team had just as much success in the classroom as it did on the court...

July 29, 2020

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Nicole Tan Earns Nomination for NCAA Woman of the Year Award

CLAREMONT, Calif. – Senior Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s tennis player Nicole Tan earned a nomination for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the...

July 14, 2020

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Nicole Tan Captures First-Team Academic All-America Honors

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior women's tennis player Nicole Tan became just the sixth Claremont-Mudd-Scripps student-athlete in department history to...

June 16, 2020

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Catherine Allen Earns ITA National Senior Player of the Year Award, Justine Leong Captures Rookie of the Year

CLAREMONT, Calif. – Senior Catherine Allen was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III Women’s Tennis Senior Player...

May 27, 2020

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Nicole Tan Earns Academic All-District Honors for Second Straight Year

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior women's tennis player Nicole Tan earned a spot on the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic...

May 21, 2020

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Athenas Dominate Final ITA Rankings, Leong-Allen Rank 1-2 in Singles, Allen-Cox No. 1 in Doubles

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Intercollegiate Tennis Association put out its final Division III rankings for the 2019-20 season on Friday afternoon, and...

April 24, 2020

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Video Tribute: The CMS Women's Tennis Class of 2020

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Women's Tennis senior class won a national championship in 2018 and had their sights set on ending...

March 30, 2020

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The CMS-ence of Nicole Tan

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Nicole Tan had the enviable experience of winning a national championship in 2018, as the CMS women's tennis team...

March 23, 2020

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CMS Women's Tennis Takes 9-0 Win over WashU

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The top-ranked CMS women's tennis team defended its home court with a 9-0 win over Washington University on Wednesday evening...

March 12, 2020

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CMS Women's Tennis Remains Undefeated with Two Home Court Wins

CLAREMONT, Calif. - After dropping the doubles point to Division I Army, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team responded to sweep singles...

March 8, 2020

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Top-Ranked CMS Women's Tennis Earns Shutout Win over Cal Lutheran

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's team, one day after moving into the top spot in the latest national rankings, defended its...

March 6, 2020

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Catherine Allen's Clincher Gives CMS Women's Tennis 5-4 Win over Emory for ITA Indoor Championship

Nicholasville, Ky. - Senior Catherine Allen won a thrilling three-setter at No. 2 singles (7-5, 3-6, 7-5) to provide the decisive point as the...

March 1, 2020

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Second-Ranked CMS Women's Tennis Shuts Out No. 7 Carnegie Mellon in ITA Indoor Semifinals

Nicholasville, Ky. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team looked the part of national championship contenders, shutting out No. 7...

February 29, 2020

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CMS Women's Tennis Advances to ITA Indoor Semis with 9-0 win over Centre

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. - The No. 2 ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team opened up play at the ITA Indoor Nationals with a strong...

February 28, 2020

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CMS Women's Tennis Shuts Out Southwestern to Remain Unbeaten

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team swept through singles and doubles as it remained perfect in the early part of...

February 22, 2020

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CMS Women's Tennis Sweeps Home Tripleheader on Saturday

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The second-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team played three matches in one day and won all three, defeating...

February 16, 2020

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CMS Women's Tennis Takes 7-0 Shutout Win over UC San Diego

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Justine Leong and Catherine Allen won a tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles and then captured wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles as the...

February 1, 2020

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CMS Women's Tennis Opens Dual Schedule with 6-1 Win over Hawaii Pacific

HONOLULU, Hawaii - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team swept all three doubles lines for the first point, and then won five of the six...

January 17, 2020

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CMS Women's Tennis Holds Down No. 2 Spot in Preseason Division III Poll

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team was picked second in Division III in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's...

January 16, 2020

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Justine Leong, Catherine Allen Ranked No. 1-2 in the Nation after Fall Season

CLAREMONT, Calif. - After dominating the national field at the ITA Cup in October, first-year Justine Leong and senior Catherine Allen will head...

November 21, 2019

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Allen, Leong Capture Oracle ITA Cup National Doubles Championship

ROME, Ga. - Senior Catherine Allen and first-year Justine Leong clicked on all cylinders as they captured the Division III doubles championship...

October 19, 2019

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Athena Sunday: CMS Women's Tennis Has Both Singles Finalists, All Four Doubles Semifinalists at ITA Regionals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team will be the only team in action in the A Flights on the final day of the ITA...

October 6, 2019

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Allen, Leong Earn ITA West Regional Doubles Championship over Kern, Juan

CLAREMONT, Calif. - All four women's doubles teams still alive in the ITA West Region Championships on Sunday were from CMS, and the top-seeded...

October 6, 2019

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Six Athenas Advance to ITA West Region Women's Tennis Quarterfinals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team has six of the eight players who advanced to the ITA West Region Quarterfinals...

October 5, 2019

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CMS Tennis Teams to Host ITA Fall Regionals This Weekend

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis and women's tennis teams will serve as hosts the ITA West Regionals this weekend in...

October 1, 2019

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CMS Women's Tennis Opens 2019-20 Season with Doubles Play at Fall Scramble

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The 2018-19 CMS women's tennis season ended with doubles, as Catherine Allen and Caroline Cox defeated Sarah Bahsoun and...

September 20, 2019