Women's Tennis transfer Jana Hossam earned All-America honors while at Southern California
Women’s Tennis roster gets another upgrade with addition of All-American Jana Hossam
Thursday, June 4, 2026 | Women's Tennis
Florida’s incoming recruiting class ranked eighth in the nation.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Coming off of a season that saw the Florida Women's Tennis team reclaim its status as one of the nation's premier programs, the Gators announced today that, in addition to boasting the eighth best recruiting class in the country, they have added rising junior All-American Jana Hossam (JAHN-uh ho-SAHM) to the roster for 2026-27.
Hossam spent her first two collegiate seasons at Southern California. As a sophomore she played predominantly in the number one singles slot for the Trojans, ranking as high as 16th in the nation during the season, and 25th at year's end.
The Alexandria, Egypt native brings a career singles record of 46-21 to Gainesville, and a 41-22 mark in doubles play. In 2025-26, 10 of her 24 singles victories came against nationally-ranked opponents. She and teammate Lily Fairclough were ranked as high as No. 32 in the country as a doubles tandem this year.
Hossam earned ITA All-America honors in the fall, as she advanced to the semifinals of the 2025 NCAA Individual Singles Championship. She also helped USC to the 2026 NCAA Super Regionals in the spring where they fell to No. 4 seed Texas A&M.
Florida finished the 2025-26 season ranked No. 18 in the nation, and lost just two Gators this year to graduation — India Houghton and Xinyi Nong. They also have midseason transfer Scarlett Nicholson moving to the active roster this fall. The junior, who was ranked 16th in the nation in singles in August of 2025, had to sit out the spring season due to NCAA transfer rules.
TennisRecruiting.net released its most recent 2026 recruiting class rankings earlier this week, and Florida is in possession of the eighth ranked recruiting class in the county. Currently set to join the Gators in the fall are Capucine Jauffret and Allegra Korpanec Davies. Florida announced the pair's signing back in November of 2025.
Jauffret is an ICL Academy product from Wilmington, Del. A blue-chip recruit per Tennis Recruiting, the site had her ranked as high as the fourth best recruit in the United States last fall. The winner of three ITF junior titles, Jauffret was ranked as high as No. 47 in the world junior rankings by the ITF. She was a finalist in the 18s singles at the USTA National Indoor Championships, and boasts a UTR rating of 10.33.
Jauffret's grandfather holds the record for most times played for the France Davis Cup team with 35 between 1964 and 1978.
Korpanec Davies was home schooled in the United Kingdom. With seven ITF junior titles under her belt, she is ranked fourth in the UK junior rankings, and has a world junior ranking high of No. 49 by the ITF. The WTA ranks her No. 858 in singles, and she has a UTR rating of 10.57.
The Tennis Recruiting Network enlists junior tennis experts to determine the top classes. Reporters, national and international tournament directors, referees, ranking chairs, and writers from across the country donate their time and talents to vote on these top classes.
Each panelist submits his/her take on the Top 25 recruiting classes. Schools received 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 points for each second-place vote, on down to 1 point for each 25th-place vote. The panelists were told not to consider incoming transfer students in their voting, and also did not consider incoming freshmen who are competing this spring.
Hossam spent her first two collegiate seasons at Southern California. As a sophomore she played predominantly in the number one singles slot for the Trojans, ranking as high as 16th in the nation during the season, and 25th at year's end.
The Alexandria, Egypt native brings a career singles record of 46-21 to Gainesville, and a 41-22 mark in doubles play. In 2025-26, 10 of her 24 singles victories came against nationally-ranked opponents. She and teammate Lily Fairclough were ranked as high as No. 32 in the country as a doubles tandem this year.
Hossam earned ITA All-America honors in the fall, as she advanced to the semifinals of the 2025 NCAA Individual Singles Championship. She also helped USC to the 2026 NCAA Super Regionals in the spring where they fell to No. 4 seed Texas A&M.
Florida finished the 2025-26 season ranked No. 18 in the nation, and lost just two Gators this year to graduation — India Houghton and Xinyi Nong. They also have midseason transfer Scarlett Nicholson moving to the active roster this fall. The junior, who was ranked 16th in the nation in singles in August of 2025, had to sit out the spring season due to NCAA transfer rules.
TennisRecruiting.net released its most recent 2026 recruiting class rankings earlier this week, and Florida is in possession of the eighth ranked recruiting class in the county. Currently set to join the Gators in the fall are Capucine Jauffret and Allegra Korpanec Davies. Florida announced the pair's signing back in November of 2025.
Jauffret is an ICL Academy product from Wilmington, Del. A blue-chip recruit per Tennis Recruiting, the site had her ranked as high as the fourth best recruit in the United States last fall. The winner of three ITF junior titles, Jauffret was ranked as high as No. 47 in the world junior rankings by the ITF. She was a finalist in the 18s singles at the USTA National Indoor Championships, and boasts a UTR rating of 10.33.
Jauffret's grandfather holds the record for most times played for the France Davis Cup team with 35 between 1964 and 1978.
Korpanec Davies was home schooled in the United Kingdom. With seven ITF junior titles under her belt, she is ranked fourth in the UK junior rankings, and has a world junior ranking high of No. 49 by the ITF. The WTA ranks her No. 858 in singles, and she has a UTR rating of 10.57.
The Tennis Recruiting Network enlists junior tennis experts to determine the top classes. Reporters, national and international tournament directors, referees, ranking chairs, and writers from across the country donate their time and talents to vote on these top classes.
Each panelist submits his/her take on the Top 25 recruiting classes. Schools received 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 points for each second-place vote, on down to 1 point for each 25th-place vote. The panelists were told not to consider incoming transfer students in their voting, and also did not consider incoming freshmen who are competing this spring.
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