Men's Tennis
Zaki Abdelraham
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
Zaki Abdelrahman joined the Tulane men's tennis staff as a volunteer assistant coach during the spring of 2021.
Abdelraham previously served as the head women's tennis coach at NJIT beginning in 2017-18 after spending the 2016-17 season as an assistant coach for both Highlander men’s and women’s tennis teams.
In 2018-19, Abdelrahman led the Highlander women to their best season since joining the ASUN Conference in 2015-16. NJIT won 13 matches – its first year with double-digit victories since 2013-14 – and collected its most ASUN postseason accolades since entering the league. Freshman Joleta Budiman was named ASUN Freshman of the Year, part of the Doubles Pair of the Year with sophomore Holly Matson, First Team All-ASUN, and First Team ASUN All-Freshman. In addition, freshman Mouna Bouzgarrou earned a spot on the All-Freshman team and the All-ASUN Second Team.
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, Zaki 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, Zaki 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).
Zaki 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.
Abdelraham previously served as the head women's tennis coach at NJIT beginning in 2017-18 after spending the 2016-17 season as an assistant coach for both Highlander men’s and women’s tennis teams.
In 2018-19, Abdelrahman led the Highlander women to their best season since joining the ASUN Conference in 2015-16. NJIT won 13 matches – its first year with double-digit victories since 2013-14 – and collected its most ASUN postseason accolades since entering the league. Freshman Joleta Budiman was named ASUN Freshman of the Year, part of the Doubles Pair of the Year with sophomore Holly Matson, First Team All-ASUN, and First Team ASUN All-Freshman. In addition, freshman Mouna Bouzgarrou earned a spot on the All-Freshman team and the All-ASUN Second Team.
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, Zaki 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, Zaki 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).
Zaki 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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