Elizabeth Scotty (born July 12, 2001) is an American

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player. She played college tennis for the

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, with which she won the 2023 NCAA team championship. She won three national doubles titles: at the

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with

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in 2021 and at the ITA National Fall Championships with Fiona Crawley in 2021 and

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in 2023.

Early life and junior career

Scotty was raised in

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. She began playing on the

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(ITF) Women's World Tennis Tour in 2015. She has a career-high

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(WTA) singles ranking of No. 1,239 achieved on September 12, 2016. She signed a letter of intent to the

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in late 2019.

College career

Scotty began playing college tennis at North Carolina in the spring of 2020. As a freshman, she went undefeated in nine dual match singles matches and had 13 wins and 3 losses in doubles partnering sophomore Cameron Morra. Scotty went 19–4 in singles in the 2020–21 season and partnered with senior

to win 18 of 20 matches. She helped North Carolina earn the top seed at the 2021 NCAA Championships, where they reached the semifinals. Fourth-seeded Scotty and Jones won the doubles title at the NCAA tournament, becoming the second pair of Tar Heels to do so; they finished the year ranked nationally. In August 2021, Scotty made her

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main draw debut at the 2021 Silicon Valley Classic, where she and Jones received a wildcard into the doubles main draw. They also received a wildcard for the 2021 US Open. Scotty began partnering Fiona Crawley in the fall of 2021. In their first ten matches together, they won the doubles titles at the

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(ITA) Carolina Regionals and the ITA Fall National Championships in San Diego. They finished the 2021–22 regular season with 25 wins and 9 losses and ranked nationally; Scotty ranked in singles with a 20–6 record. North Carolina again had the top seed at the

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but lost in the semifinals; Scotty reached the round of 16 in singles and doubles. North Carolina went undefeated in the 2022–23 regular season. Scotty helped North Carolina win their first national team title at the 2023 NCAA Championships, beating Abigail Rencheli in a long two-set singles match in the final against

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. She additionally reached the NCAA doubles final with

, but they lost to North Carolina teammates Crawley and Tanguilig. Scotty returned to North Carolina for a fifth year in the fall of 2023. Top seeds Scotty and Brantmeier won the ITA Fall National Championships without dropping a set.

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