Talented international student-athlete Johanne Svendsen has joined the 15th-ranked California women's tennis team, interim head coach Kris Kwinta announced Friday. The Denmark native will make her Cal debut at the ITA Kickoff Weekend this weekend at Texas.
 
Svendsen - who joins fellow Danish freshman Mille Johanna Moerk on the Cal roster – has career-best WTA rankings of 361 in singles and 516 in doubles. With a current WTA singles ranking of 569, Svendsen is the second-highest ranked Danish player in the world behind No. 14 Clara Tauson. Svendsen has extensive experience playing for her country in the Billie Jean King Cup, competing in tournaments between 2022 and 2025. The right-hander played in BJK Cup qualifiers last spring against the United States, Slovakia and Canada, and in November she represented Denmark in the playoffs against Mexico and Canada.
 
In 2022, Svendsen played in all four of the junior major tournaments, with highlights including reaching the singles third round and doubles quarterfinals at Roland Garros and advancing to the doubles semifinals at the Australian Open. A product of Copenhagen, Svendsen has captured three ITF singles titles and four ITA doubles crowns. Her most recent singles and doubles triumphs came in June 2025 in the Rokitki Park Open, a W15 clay-court tournament in Gdansk, Poland, where Svendsen partnered with former Cal star Valentina Ivanov to win in doubles. More recently, Svendsen reached the doubles final of the W15 Haren in the Netherlands in September, the singles final of the W35 Berkeley in September and the singles semifinals of the W35 San Rafael in October.
 
Svendsen and the Golden Bears take on 25th-ranked Baylor on Saturday to open the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Austin, Texas.
 
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