Daniella Silva
Daniella Silva (left) and Nabila Farah
Daniella Silva (left) and Nabila Farah
Daniella Silva
Daniella Silva
Daniella Silva

Daniella Silva

  • Height:
    5-3
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Vancouver, Canada
  • High School:
    Culford School
  • Major:
    Political Science

AS A SENIOR IN 2016-17: Named to the WCC All-Doubles Second Team with partner Madison Clarke ...  FALL: Posted a 4-4 singles record and went 3-3 in doubles play ... began the season at the highly competitive Battle in the Bay Classic and picked up two wins to advance to the semifinal round ... picked up three doubles wins at the Bronco Invitational with teammate Madison Clarke. SPRING: Went 4-9 in singles dual play as she played on court one to start the year and court two to finish the year ... partnered with Madison Clarke in doubles play and the duo boasted a 12-5 record in dual match play and went 6-2 in league matches.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2015-16: Named All-WCC Second Team in singles … also earned All-WCC Second Team honors in doubles with partner Nabila Farah …  earned WCC All-Academic honors. Fall: Posted a 2-2 singles record … invited to play in doubles with Nabila Farah in the ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 3) … reached the semifinals of the doubles draw at the Saint Mary’s Invitational (Oct. 9-11) with Farah, posting a 2-1 mark. Spring: Recorded a 12-7 record in singles … she clinched the March 25 match against Pacific, defeating Maayan Sela 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 … she also cemented the team’s comeback victory in the first match in the West Coast Conference Championships against BYU, defeating Mayci Jones 3-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-4 … she partnered with Nabila Farah on Court 1 for doubles play, posting a 10-11 record for the season.

2014-2015 Action Shots

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2014-15: An All-WCC honorable mention choice in doubles. Fall Singles: Record of 2-1 … tallied two wins at the Spartan Invitational ... Spring Singles: Record of 8-10 … started the season with a quick 6-1, 6-2 win over Dorota Markowska of Academy of Art on Jan. 24 … defeated Marina Nikolic of San Francisco in a 32-game match 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 on March 8 … won six straight sets en route to three wins from March 22 to April 2 over San Diego, Montana and Loyola Marymount … earned one of Santa Clara’s four necessary points with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Cristina Saenz de Buruaga Ruiz of Pacific on April 11 … defeated Gonzaga’s Samantha Polayes in a 7-5, 3-6, 1-0(10-7) thriller on April 18 … Spring Doubles: Partnered with Nabila Farah for most of the season at Position 1 … with Farah had a record of 7-4 and was named All-WCC Doubles Honorable Mention … won six of their first eight decisions from Jan. 24 to April 10.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2013-14: Fall Singles: Record of 3-7 in the fall season … earned first collegiate win over Anneka Watts of No. 71 Fresno State on Sept. 28 ...  Fall Doubles: Playing with partner Katie Le, tallied a record of 5-4 … won the Red Final of the Saint Mary’s Invite with an 8-0 win over Aishwarya Agrawal and Claire Yang of Fresno State … the duo defeated USC’s Brynn Boren and Gabi DeSimone in a tight 8-7(3) match during the Cal Nike Invite … Spring Singles: Tallied an overall 3-11 dual record playing at the No. 3, 4, and 5 spots … defeated Cal Poly’s Mika Padmanabhan 6-3, 7-6 for her first win of the spring season on Feb. 16 … at the No. 4 position, overcame an early deficit to take down San Jose State’s Julianna Bacelar 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 on Mar. 8 … Spring Doubles: Boasts an 7-5 overall dual doubles record  … partnered with Katie Le in first half of spring … Silva and Le tallied 6-3 dual record at the No. 1 position … defeated Sabastiani Leon Chao and Gaelle Rey of San Jose State 8-7 on March 8 … partnered with Delphine Rouvillois at No. 2 doubles and held off BYU’s Savannah Ware and Nicolette Tran to a 5-5 tie before the match was stopped … went 0-1 with Rouvillois … posted a 2-1 record with Nicolette Wolny at the No. 3 position to end the season.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Daniel and Anabela Silva … father played professional golf ... mother is a teacher … has two sisters Stephanie Silva (9) and Jessica Silva (19) ... Jessica plays tennis at the University of Tennessee at Martin … career goal is to become a physical therapist for an athletic team … chose to attend Santa Clara because of the great weather, being able to play tennis all year round, the competitive WCC and good academics … majoring in political science.