Zdena Safarova

Zdena Safarova about to hit an overhand serve

Zdena Safarova following through on a backhand shot

26 APR 2025: The 2025 Mountain West Women’s Tennis Championship is held at the Darling Tennis Center in Las Vegas, NV. (Isaac Wasserman/NCAA Photos)

Photo by: Isaac Wasserman/NCAA Photos

Masa Viriant and team celebrate following her dramatic come-from-behind win to clinch the match for Boise State over San Diego State at MW Championship.

Zdena Safarova following through after hitting a shot

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Prague, Czech Republic
Height:
5-9
Prev School:
Oklahoma
Major:
Business Administration

HONORS & AWARDS

NCAA Singles Championships Participant (2025)
Mountain West Tournament MVP (2025)
2x All-MW Singles (2025, 2026)
2x All-MW Doubles (2025, 2026)
MW All-Tournament No. 1 Singles (2025)
All-Big 12 Second Team, Doubles (2024)
7x MW Player of the Week
CSC Academic All-District (2025)
Academic All-MW (2025)
MW Scholar-Athlete (2025)

2025-26 | JUNIOR SEASON

HONORS: 3x Mountain West Player of the Week, All-MW Singles and Doubles.
OVERALL: Posted a singles record of 13-5 and a doubles mark of 16-9.
FALL: Marked a 2-3 doubles record. Did not compete in singles.
SPRING SINGLES: Finished season with a 13-5 record while playing in the No. 1 spot. 7-1 MW record.
SPRING DOUBLES: Recorded a 14-6 finish at No. 1 doubles.

2024-25 | SOPHOMORE SEASON

HONORS: NCAA Singles Championships Participant...Mountain West Tournament MVP...All-MW Singles...All-MW Doubles...MW All-Tournament No. 1 Singles...4x Mountain West Player of the Week...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District...Academic All-Mountain West...Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
OVERALL: Posted a 32-3 record in singles play and a 23-11 mark in doubles.
FALL: Went 11-1 in singles play and 9-4 in doubles during the fall tournaments…went 3-0 in singles in her Bronco debut at the Boise State Classic (Sept. 19-22)... claimed the top spot in doubles at the inaugural Mountain West Fall Qualifiers (Oct. 2-5) with partner Maya Dutta…was also crowned champion in singles at the same tournament…finished first in singles at the ITA Mountain Region Championship (Oct. 17-22) becoming the first Bronco to win a regional championship since 2009…competed in the quarterfinals in doubles with partner Safarova at the ITA Conference Masters (Nov. 7-10)...became the fourth Bronco in program history to compete in the NCAA Championships (Nov. 19) in singles, falling in the round of 64.
SPRING SINGLES: Went 21-2 in duals, with all being at the No. 1 spot.
SPRING DOUBLES: Went 15-7 in duals, with all being at the No. 1 spot.

2023-24 | FRESHMAN SEASON (at Oklahoma)

HONORS: All-Big 12 Second Team, Doubles
OVERALL: Posted a 3-9 record in singles play and a 22-2 mark in doubles.
FALL: Went 2-8 in singles play and 8-4 in doubles during the fall tournaments…represented Oklahoma at the ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 28-Oct. 8) in the Qualifying Doubles Draw with partner Julia Garcia Ruiz...defeated at the time nationally-ranked No. 26 pair Justine Leong and Christina Hand from Northwestern to make an appearance in the round of 32...earned runner-up doubles title at the Big 12 Individual Championships (Nov. 10-12) with Garcia Ruiz.
SPRING SINGLES: Went 1-1 in duals, with all being at the No. 6 spot.
SPRING DOUBLES: Went 13-1 in duals, with all being at the No. 2 spot...finished the season with an ITA doubles ranking of No. 36 with partner Julia Garcia Ruiz.

PRIOR TO BOISE STATE

Originally from Prague, Czech Republic.
Played for the CLTK Prague club.
Represented the Czech Republic internationally.
Earned three ITF W15 doubles titles...won the UTR 25k Barcelona championship.
Has a career-high ITF ranking of 179 and WTA of 1023 in singles and 751 in doubles.
Jumped from a 1035 ranking to 840 in doubles in one year and moved up 300 spots in singles.
Recorded 23 singles wins and 23 doubles wins in WTA tournaments.