Elizabeth Scotty

Elizabeth Scotty (born July 12, 2001) is an American tennis player. She played college tennis for the North Carolina Tar Heels, with which she won the 2023 NCAA team championship. She won three national doubles titles: at the NCAA championship with Makenna Jones in 2021 and at the ITA National Fall Championships with Fiona Crawley in 2021 and Reese Brantmeier in 2023.

Early life and junior career

Scotty was raised in Annapolis, Maryland. She began playing on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's World Tennis Tour in 2015. She has a career-high Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles ranking of No. 1,239 achieved on September 12, 2016. She signed a letter of intent to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in late 2019.

College career

Scotty began playing college tennis at North Carolina in the spring of 2020. As a freshman, she went undefeated in nine dual match singles matches and had 13 wins and 3 losses in doubles partnering sophomore Cameron Morra. In August 2021, Scotty made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 2021 Silicon Valley Classic, where she and Jones received a wildcard into the doubles main draw. They also received a wildcard for the 2021 US Open.

Scotty began partnering Fiona Crawley in the fall of 2021. In their first ten matches together, they won the doubles titles at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Carolina Regionals and the ITA Fall National Championships in San Diego. They finished the 2021–22 regular season with 25 wins and 9 losses and ranked nationally; Scotty ranked in singles with a 20–6 record. Scotty helped North Carolina win their first national team title at the 2023 NCAA Championships, beating Abigail Rencheli in a long two-set singles match in the final against NC State. She additionally reached the NCAA doubles final with Reese Brantmeier, but they lost to North Carolina teammates Crawley and Tanguilig.

Scotty returned to North Carolina for a fifth year in the fall of 2023. Top seeds Scotty and Brantmeier won the ITA Fall National Championships without dropping a set.