University of Tennessee Athletics

RECORD AND HONORS

2021-2022 - SENIOR

• Co-President of Tennessee's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
• Graduated from UT in May with a degree in Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology.

• Came up big on her senior day, clinching the doubles point on Court 3 with Elza Tomase, 6-4, against Kentucky (4/10).
• Downed Long and Stevens of Vanderbilt (4/8) for her fifth SEC doubles victory of the season, 7-5.
• Clinched the doubles point at Missouri (4/3) with a 6-4 win on Court 3 with Elza Tomase
• Won her first SEC doubles bout of the season against Nina Geissler and Mia Rabinowitz of LSU (3/27), 6-1.
• Defeated Laurie Hargis, 6-0, 6-0, for her first singles win since Feb. 24, 2019, in the second match of the doubleheader against Bellarmine (2/20).
• Earned two doubles victories against Bellarmine (2/20) on court two, winning  6-1 in the first match with Olivia Symons and 6-0 in the second match with Esther Adeshina
• Picked up a second singles win in the first match of the doubleheader with Bellarmine (2/20), winning by default.
• Named to the SEC Community Service team for the second consecutive year.
• Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll and a 2021-22 Division I ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete.

• Played one match at the Tar Heel Invitational against teammate Callie Creath (1/7)
• Earned a pair of singles wins in the opening tournament of the fall, the Furman Open, over Brianna Wilbur (Wofford) and Kendall Couch (South Carolina)
• Won at least one match in the three doubles tournaments she played in, picking up three consecutive victories with Olivia Symons at the Furman Open
• Took the court with three different doubles partners and grabbed wins at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic with Eleonora Molinaro and at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional with Callie Creath

2020-2021 - JUNIOR

• Won a pair of doubles matches with partner Rebeka Mertena

• Earned a doubles win at the No. 3 spot with Julie Ball against UT Martin
• Picked up a pair of doubles wins with Daria Kuczer against Missouri and Auburn.

2019-2020 - SOPHOMORE

• Excelled in doubles, posting a 4-2 record.
• Defeated Gizdova/Gross of Georgia Tech 8-7 at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic with partner Lyric Bonilla.
• Downed MTSU’s Klapman/Gupta 8-4 and Barnard/Mauro 8-7(5) with Julie Ball at the June Steward Invitational. Closed out the June Steward Invitational with a win over Lipscomb’s Bandy/Trbeznik with Lyric Bonilla.
• Won a pair of singles matches at the June Steward Invitational. Defeated Lipscomb’s Maddox Bandy and MTSU’s Marta Peris Herrero.

• Saw action on court six against UT Martin.

2018-19 - FRESHMAN

• Posted a 2-1 doubles record partnered with Johanna Silva at the Notre Dame Invitational to conclude the fall season.
• Defeated Gabrielle Ochalik of IUPUI in singles at the Tennessee Fall Invite, 6-1, 7-6 (3).
• Claimed the B Flight Doubles title while partnered with Vanderbilt's Lauren Gish at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional, in addition to posting a 3-0 record in singles during the event.

• Captured a win at the No. 6 singles spot against UT Martin over Jule Streif, 7-6 (3), 6-1.
• Won both of her doubles matches -- one with Johanna Silva and one with Rebeka Mertena -- at the Michigan Invitational.
• Registered two singles wins in the spring opener against North Alabama on Jan. 14, 6-0, 6-1 over Claire DeGeorge and 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (7) over Elise Sickle.

PRIOR TO TENNESSEE

• Was rated as a four-star recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net and was the 69th-ranked player in the country and the No. 8 player in the state of Georgia.
• A four-time all-state honoree in Georgia
• Won the state championship in Georgia with the Wildcats in 2017 and 2018

PERSONAL

• Full name is Kylie Jordan Duckworth
• Born March 18, 2000 in Augusta, Georgia
• Daughter of Lisa and Steve Duckworth
• Mother played basketball at NC State in the 1980s
• Completed her degree in Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology in May of 2022