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2025-26 Women's Tennis Roster

Yaelle Vaissaud

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-4
  • Hometown Antananarivo, Madagascar
  • High School CNED

Biography

Honors
W&M Provost Award (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)

Junior Season (2024-25)
Sported a 2-0 record in singles and a 3-1 record in doubles … Won both of her singles matches at the Hall of Fame Hidden Dual (10/4-6/24) … In doubles, paired with Parker Debnam to win both of their matches at the same tournament … Won with Debnam at No. 3 doubles against Norfolk State (2/1/25) … Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll distinction during the fall semester.

Sophomore Season (2023-24)
Posted a 9-6 record in singles and a 15-6 mark in doubles … Went 4-2 in dual-match play at No. 6 … Picked up dual-match singles wins over Longwood (2/3), George Washington (3/9), Hofstra (3/23) and Norfolk State (3/27) … Teamed with Francesca Davis to go 10-3 in dual-match doubles play with nine wins at No. 3 … The pair clinched the doubles point against St. John’s (2/11), George Mason (2/25), ECU (3/3), George Washington (3/9), and UNCW (3/14) … Teamed with Parker Debnam to win the All-In Doubles Draw at the Tribe Invitational (9/16-17) with a pair of wins … A Provost Award winner … Selected to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll during the fall.

Freshman Season (2022-23)
Compiled a 6-4 singles record and a 6-3 doubles mark … Won two of her three singles matches at the Tribe Invitational (9/17-18) … Went 2-1 in singles action at the Liberty Fall Invitational (11/12-13) … In doubles, teamed with Emma Pell to win at No. 3 doubles vs. Norfolk State … Went 2-1 with Pell at the Tribe Invitational and Liberty Fall Invite … A W&M Provost Award winner … Selected to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

Prep
The national singles champion in Madagascar at every level - U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18 … Played at the Smash It Tennis Center in France for coach Thomas Delgado from 2018-22 … Was the U14 African Region doubles champion in 2018 … In 2021, was the singles runner and the doubles champion at the ITF La Paz event … Claimed a doubles runner-up finish at the 2020 ITF Kelibia event … A five-time ITF singles semi-finalist at Cancun (2021), Cochabamba (2020), Santa Cruz (2020), Nabeul (2020) and Bizerte (2020) … Advanced to the ITF singles quarterfinals on five separate occasions - Guayaquil (2021), La Paz (2021), Cancun (2021), Sousse (2020), Carthage (2020) … Advanced to the doubles semifinals in five ITF events at Ulcinj (2021), Cancun (2021), Cochabamba (2020), Santa Cruz (2020) and Sousse (2020) … Won the ITF CAT G2 Antananarivo singles and doubles championships in 2018 … Played at the ASClIT in Madagascar for coach Basile Ramanantoanina from 2008-18 … Named the individual athlete of the year in Madagascar in 2018 … Earned a career-best ITF Combined Ranking of 479 … Received national honors for a speech about development through sport in African countries at the "First Regional Conference on the Implementation of the Kazan Action Plan in Africa."
 
Personal
Daughter of Vincent and Dona Lalasoa Vaissaud … Enjoys piano, baking/cooking, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    5'4"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2024-25Junior

    5'4"
  • 2025-26Senior

    5'4"