University of Maryland Athletics

• 2023 Academic All-Big Ten

• Finished the year with a 21-11 record in singles action, playing the majority of the spring season in the No. 1 spot and finished with a 16-12 record in doubles play (5/2/24)
• Unanimously selected to the All-Big Ten Team for the second time in her career with the Terps (4/24/24)
• Finished 2-0 overall against Minnesota, won her doubles match alongside Kallista Liu in the #2 spot 6-3, won her singles match in the #1 spot 6-3, 6-3 (4/19/24)
• Won her doubles match against George Mason alongside Francesca Feodorov 6-1 (4/13/2024)
• Finished Finished 2-0 overall against Rutgers, won her doubles match alongside Kallista Liu in the #2 spot 6-3, won her singles match in the #1 spot 6-4, 6-1 (4/13/2024)
• Finished 2-0 overall against Indiana, won her doubles match alongside Kallista Liu in the #2 spot 6-1, won her singles match in the #1 spot 6-1, 6-2 (4/7/2024)
• Won her singles match in the #1 spot against No. 12 Irina Cantos Siemers of Ohio State 1-6, 6-4, 10-5 (3/29/24)
• Won her doubles match alongside Kallista Liu against Princeton in the #2 spot 6-2 (3/20/24)
• Finished 2-0 overall against Nebraska, winning her doubles match alongside Kallista Liu 6-1, won her singles match in the #2 spot 7-6 (6-4), 2-6, 6-1 (3/8/24)
• Finished 2-0 overall against Memphis, winning her doubles match alongside Kallista Liu 6-4, won a tough earned singles win in the #2 spot 6-0, 6-7(3), 10-7 (3/3/24)
• Finished 2-0 overall against Liberty, winning her doubles match alongside Kallista Liu 6-2 in the #2 spot, won her singles match in the #2 spot 6-3, 6-4 (3/2/24)
• Won her singles match in the #2 spot against Marshall 6-4, 6-4 as part of a 5-2 match victory
• Went 2-0 overall against VCU, winning her doubles match alongside Diya Challa 7-6 in the #2 spot, won her singles match in the #2 spot 7-5, 6-3 (2/11/24)
• Finished 11-4 overall in singles for the fall season
• Qualified for the ITA Fall Nationals in alongside Mary Brumfield by advancing to the finals of the 2023 ITA Division I Women's Doubles Atlantic Regional Championship for the second year in a row (10/23)
• Won six straight matches to win the 2023 ITA Division I Women's Singles Atlantic Regional Championship qualifying her for the ITA Fall Nationals (10/23)

• Notched a 15-8 doubles record along with a 12-10 singles mark
• Teamed with Mary Brumfield for most of the season, earning a 12-7 record as a tandem
• Finished the season ranked No. 74 by the ITA in doubles action alongside Brumfield
• Qualified for ITA Fall Nationals alongside Brumfield by advancing to the finals of the 2022 ITA Division I Women’s Doubles Atlantic Regional Championship (10/22)
• Finished with a B1G doubles record of 5-2 while teaming with Brumfield and Francesca Feodorov
• Started the spring season by winning five of her first six singles matches, with her lone loss coming against No. 1 Fiona Crawley of North Carolina
• Ended the B1G season with a 4-2 singles record

• Unanimous 2021-22 All-Big Ten selection
• 2021 Blue and Gold Invite champion
• Closed out her first year at Maryland with a 24-8 singles record and a 19-10 doubles standing
• Advanced to championship match of Columbia Invitational, posting a 2-1 record at the event (9/19)
• Won singles title at the Blue and Gold Invite, posting a 4-0 record over the weekend (10/10)
• Clinched the Blue and Gold Invite title with a victory over teammate Marta Perez Mur, 6-4, 6-1 (10/10)
• Held the No. 1 spot for the entirety of the spring, going 13-6 during the spring campaign
• Went on an eight-match win streak after splitting her first two matches of the spring (2/7-3/23)
• Started winning streak in dominant fashion, only losing one game in a pair of victories over Stella Wiesemann of George Washington (6-0, 6-1) and Paige La of George Mason (6-0, 6-0)

As a second-year freshman at Miami (2020-21):

• No fall season due to COVID-19 pandemic
• Opened the spring ranked No. 102 nationally in singles
• Went 0-2 in singles competition, with one match at the No. 2 spot and the other at the No. 4 position
• Earned a victory in her lone doubles outing, partnering with Isabella Pfennig for a 6-1 victory at the No. 3 spot against Radka Buzkova/Katerina Filip at Florida Atlantic.

As a freshman at Miami (2019-20): 

• Spring season cut short due to COVID-19
• Finished 14-11 in singles and 11-11 in doubles
• Ascended as high as No. 69 in the ITA singles rankings and held the No. 102 spot when play stopped
• Peaked at No. 53, alongside Daevenia Achong, on the doubles list, and sat at No. 74 when the season halted
• Tallied a 4-7 mark against ranked singles players, good for the third-most victories amongst Hurricanes
• Went 2-2 versus ranked doubles foes, tying for the team lead in such wins
• Co-led Miami in overall doubles wins and placed third in both singles triumphs and combined singles/doubles victories (25)
• Completed the spring with a 7-3 record in singles play, going 6-2 in dual matches, 4-1 in ACC play and 2-2 versus ranked foes
• Primarily competed at the No. 3 spot
• Went 1-1 in the Miami Spring Invite, topping No. 10 Vanderbilt’s Emma Kurtz, 6-4, 6-3, for her first spring singles win
• Notched a 6-4, 6-4 victory over UC Santa Barbara’s Shakhnoza Khatamova in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend action for her first dual match singles triumph
• Earned her first ACC decision by downing No. 93 Gia Cohen, 6-4, 6-3, in Miami’s win at No. 17 Georgia Tech
• Registered a 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-8) triumph against No. 86 Nandini Das of fourth-ranked Florida State
• Totaled a 6-7 ledger in spring doubles matches, finishing 4-6 in dual matches, including 1-4 in ACC outings
• Went 2-2 against ranked pairs, with both wins over top-20 opponents
• Split results evenly across the top two positions and played with four partners
• Finished 2-1 at the Miami Spring Invite, including partnering with Achong for her first spring doubles win and first ranked doubles win, a 6-2 result against No. 12 Georgia Drummy/Christina Rosca of No. 10 Vanderbilt
• Earned her first dual match doubles triumph, alongside Maya Tahan, by downing No. 20 Jessica Anzo/Lucia Quiterio of No. 18 Texas A&M in ITA Kick-Off Weekend action
• Competing with Nada Dimovska at the top spot, tallied a 6-2 victory against Tennessee State’s Aarushi Kakkar/Claudia Sole
• Back with Achong, downed Camerona Morra/Elizabeth Scotty of top-ranked North Carolina, 6-2
• Playing at the top position, defeated Natalia Boltinskaya/Louie McLelland of Florida Atlantic, 6-3
• Recorded a 7-8 mark in fall singles action, including a 2-5 mark versus ranked players
• Finished 4-1 at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic to begin her career, advancing to the semifinals
• Topped Eastern Illinois’ Christine Gouws, 7-5, 6-3, in her first collegiate match and defeated No. 82 Martina Capurro of Oklahoma, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, in the Round of 16 for her first ranked triumph
• Went 2-3 at the USTA Fall Ranked Spotlight, playing four ranked foes, earning a 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 decision against No. 23 McCartney Kessler of Florida and a 6-4, 6-4 result versus Tennessee’s Tenika McGiffin
• Totaled a 5-4 record in fall doubles matches, playing with two partners
• Split her matches, alongside Yuna Ito, at the USTA Fall Ranked Spotlight, beating Isabelle Boulais/Irina Cantos for her first doubles win
• With Achong, went 2-1 at the ITA Southeast Regional Championship to reach the quarterfinals … Tallied a 2-1 ledger at the Texas Invitational, including downing Texas’ Fernanda Labaraña/Mara Perez Mur, 7-6 (7-5).

Before College: 

• Ascended as high as No. 36 in the ITF Juniors singles rankings in October 2018
• Logged 10 WTA singles victories, including eight against foes who have earned an international ranking
• Reached the semifinals of a $15K tournament in her hometown of Bucharest, Romania, in August 2018 after topping three straight ranked players
• Recorded 10 WTA doubles triumphs
• Made the semifinals of four $15K events, advancing to two finales and winning a title in Cairo in December 2018
• Won multiple Romanian national titles and earned the country’s top ranking at the U14, U16 and U18 levels
• Reached the second round of the 2018 US Open Junior Championships in both singles and doubles
• Won the doubles title at the 2015 U16 Eddie Herr International Junior Championship and advanced to the doubles semifinals of the 2017 U18 Junior Orange Bowl, both in Florida
• Claimed two Grade 2 doubles crowns, one Grade 1 doubles title, a Grade 3 singles championship and a Grade 1 singles title
• Earned a silver medal in doubles and a bronze medal in singles at the 2015 European Youth Festival in Georgia
• Garnered the Romanian Tennis Federation’s Junior of the Year distinction in 2018
• Led her high school to three Romanian national championships … Simona Halep, Andrei Pavel and Horia Tecau also attended Liceul cu Program Sportiv Nicolae Rotaru.

Personal: 

• Full name Selma Stefania Cadar (last name is pronounced Kuh-DARR)
• Born April 27, 2000
• Parents are Turugai and Luiza Cadar
• Father is a sailor
• Has an older sister, Adnana 
• Favorite athletes are Roger Federer and Dominika Cibulkova
• Best sports memory is winning her first Grade 1 singles crown in Berlin in July 2018
• Finished second in her class academically in 2019 and 2018 after placing first in 2017
• Won a national poetry contest in 2018
• Majoring in English language and literature