TEMPE, Ariz.--University of Hawai"i women's tennis player, No. 33 Petra Melounova has been selected to play in the elite Oracle ITA Masters tournament that runs from Sept. 26-29. The prestigious tournament will be hosted by the Malibu Racquet Club and Pepperdine University.

The tournament, now in its fifth year of existence, features the top NCAA Division I players in a 32-player singles draw. Invitees were selected based on conference affiliation, with each conference having the opportunity to send its top returning player. The main draws will be announced on Wednesday.

The men's and women's singles champions will earn automatic entry into the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships scheduled for Nov. 6-10 in Newport Beach, Calif.

Melounova became the Rainbow Wahine's first-ever All-American last season after advancing to the Round of 16 in last season's NCAA Singles Championship. She is the three-time Big West Player of the Year and last year she hit many different milestones, including becoming the first UH player to ever compete in three NCAA Championships; the first player from the Big West Conference since 1996 to advance to NCAA Round of 16 (UC Santa Barbara's Jean Okada); the first UH player and just the third Big West player to earn three Big West Player of the Year honors; the first UH player to defeat five higher-ranked opponents this season [#34 Salma Ewing-USC, #30 Julia Rosenqvist – California; #86 Maddie Pothoff – Santa Clara; #60 Jessica Golovin (LSU); #47 Chiara Lommer (Michigan)].