Men's Tennis
Zaki, Abdelrahman
Abdelrahman Zaki
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- azaki@tulane.edu
- Phone:
- 314-7247
Zaki Abdelrahman returned to Uptown in August 2022 to begin his second stint with the Green Wave men's tennis program after serving as a volunteer assistant coach during the spring 2021 season. In his first stretch with the Wave, Tulane concluded the season with its best ITA national team ranking in the post-Katrina era at No. 23. The Green Wave was listed in the Top 25 in each of the final five polls of the season. Tulane reached the second round of the NCAA Regional at Ole Miss and finished the season with a 15-8 record in duals.
In between his times in Uptown Abdelrahman served as the head women's tennis coach at Louisiana-Monroe during the 2022 spring dual season. Abdelrahman helped guide the Warhawks to seven wins, including four Sun Belt Conference victories.
Prior to ULM Abdelrahman was an assistant coach for the Marshall women's team in the fall of 2021. He helped Emma Vanderhedyen win a singles championship and the team win a doubles championship at the College of Charleston Fall Championship.
Before joining Tulane as a volunteer assistant coach, Abdelrahman spent the four seasons at NJIT. In his first season with the Highlanders, he served as an assistant coach for both the men's and women's tennis teams in 2016-17. Abdelrahman then became the head women's tennis coach at NJIT beginning in 2017-18.
Under his leadership as the head women's coach and as an assistant for both the men and women's team, Abdelrahman helped the Highlander tennis programs earn three ASUN First Team selections, three second team honorees and four all-freshman team selections. In 2018-19, he also guided freshman Joleta Budiman as she won ASUN Freshman of the Year and competed with Holly Matson to win ASUN Doubles Pair of the Year.
Abdelrahman got involved with coaching when he was an undergraduate at University of New Orleans and is a member of the Egyptian National Team coaching staff since 2015 while also working for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and Intercollegiate Tennis Federation (ITF) national teams.
At New Orleans, Abdelrahman worked as a student assistant and graduated in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He was also an assistant coach at Future Tennis Inc., in Baton Rouge in 2012.
As a player at UNO, Abdelrahman was selected one of the top six best players in the state of Louisiana in 2010-11 and named team captain in his junior and senior campaigns. Abdelrahman was a three-time ITA All-Academic Scholar Athlete (2010, 2011, 2013) and named to the 2013 Southland Conference All-Academic team.
He represented the Egyptian National Team (u12, u14, u16, u18) and ranked in the top 300 by the ITF (u18).
Abdelrahman advanced to the finals of the 2008 Arab Championships in doubles and semifinals in singles (u18), reached the quarterfinals of ITF tournaments in Kenya, Uganda, Algeria, Qatar and Egypt, and won the Egypt National Club tournament in doubles three times (u14, u16 and u18).
Abdelrahman holds a certification for Global Professional Tennis Coach Association and Women's Tennis Coaches Association.
In between his times in Uptown Abdelrahman served as the head women's tennis coach at Louisiana-Monroe during the 2022 spring dual season. Abdelrahman helped guide the Warhawks to seven wins, including four Sun Belt Conference victories.
Prior to ULM Abdelrahman was an assistant coach for the Marshall women's team in the fall of 2021. He helped Emma Vanderhedyen win a singles championship and the team win a doubles championship at the College of Charleston Fall Championship.
Before joining Tulane as a volunteer assistant coach, Abdelrahman spent the four seasons at NJIT. In his first season with the Highlanders, he served as an assistant coach for both the men's and women's tennis teams in 2016-17. Abdelrahman then became the head women's tennis coach at NJIT beginning in 2017-18.
Under his leadership as the head women's coach and as an assistant for both the men and women's team, Abdelrahman helped the Highlander tennis programs earn three ASUN First Team selections, three second team honorees and four all-freshman team selections. In 2018-19, he also guided freshman Joleta Budiman as she won ASUN Freshman of the Year and competed with Holly Matson to win ASUN Doubles Pair of the Year.
Abdelrahman got involved with coaching when he was an undergraduate at University of New Orleans and is a member of the Egyptian National Team coaching staff since 2015 while also working for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and Intercollegiate Tennis Federation (ITF) national teams.
At New Orleans, Abdelrahman worked as a student assistant and graduated in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He was also an assistant coach at Future Tennis Inc., in Baton Rouge in 2012.
As a player at UNO, Abdelrahman was selected one of the top six best players in the state of Louisiana in 2010-11 and named team captain in his junior and senior campaigns. Abdelrahman was a three-time ITA All-Academic Scholar Athlete (2010, 2011, 2013) and named to the 2013 Southland Conference All-Academic team.
He represented the Egyptian National Team (u12, u14, u16, u18) and ranked in the top 300 by the ITF (u18).
Abdelrahman advanced to the finals of the 2008 Arab Championships in doubles and semifinals in singles (u18), reached the quarterfinals of ITF tournaments in Kenya, Uganda, Algeria, Qatar and Egypt, and won the Egypt National Club tournament in doubles three times (u14, u16 and u18).
Abdelrahman holds a certification for Global Professional Tennis Coach Association and Women's Tennis Coaches Association.
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