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As Raquel Kops-Jones, the former Cal star was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Senior Player of the Year and Pac-10 Player of the Year as a senior in 2004, when she was ranked No. 1 much of the season and was the first Golden Bear to win the Pac-10 singles championship. Kops-Jones and Christina Fusano captured the NCAA doubles title in 2003. The tandem was named the ITA Doubles Team of the Year in 2003, and the Bears also claimed the 2002 and 2003 Pac-10 doubles crown. Kops-Jones was a five-time All-American in both singles and doubles, and was the 2001 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. Since graduating from Cal, she has enjoyed a long career on the pro circuit and owns 18 WTA doubles titles, winning many with partner and fellow American Abigail Spears. Kops-Jones and Spears also competed in the prestigious BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore in 2014 and 2015. That was a big year for the erstwhile Bear, as she married Cal track and field alumnus Toby Atawo in 2015. Raquel Atawo has now played in 44 Grand Slam doubles tournaments, including the 2018 Australian Open and 2018 French Open with partner Anna-Lena Grönefeld of Germany.