Women's Tennis
Wong, Keri
Keri Wong
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- kwong6@tulane.edu
A two-time All-American as a collegiate player, Keri Wong was hired as assistant women's tennis coach at Tulane University in August of 2017 and enters her eighth season with the Green Wave in 2024-25.
AT TULANE
Wong helped the Green Wave carry its success into the 2021-22 campaign to post a 12-9 overall record and finish as No. 7 in the ITA Team Regional Rankings. She also aided the first Tulane doubles team, Charlotte Russell and Lahari Yelamanchili, to be an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament since 2005. The pairing of Russell and Yelamanchili climbed as high as No. 29 in the ITA national doubles rankings and No. 2 in the regional doubles rankings. With the coaching of Wong, the duo also reached the 2022 NCAA Doubles Round of 16, becoming the first Tulane pair to advance to the round of 16 since 2003. Russell and Yelamanchili both added All-Louisiana first team honors from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association while Yelamanchili became the third All-AAC selection under Brito and Wong. Tulane had success on the singles courts as well with two players ranking in the top 20 of the ITA regional singles rankings - Mackenzie Clark No. 9 and Yelamanchili No. 19. The Green Wave continued to achieve in the classroom as well being named an ITA All-Academic Team for the third time and boasting five ITA Scholar Athletes.
In 2020-21, Wong helped Tulane climb as high as No. 6 in the ITA Regional Singles rankings while finishing with a 13-9 overall record. Under Coach Brito, Wong guided sophomore Mackenzie Clark as she reached No. 108 in the ITA national singles rankings and No. 12 in the ITA regional singles rankings as well as earning 2021 All-AAC honors. The duo of Clark and Mary Caroline Meredith climbed as high as No. 58 in the ITA doubles rankings while the team of Clark and Adelaide Lavery was named All-Louisiana first team by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. In the classroom, the Tulane was named an ITA All-Academic Team and boasted four ITA Scholar Athletes.
Despite the shortened 2019-20 season, the Green Wave witnessed the rise of freshman Mackenzie Clark who reached as high as No. 101 in the ITA national singles rankings – the highest mark for a Tulane women’s player in six seasons. Off the court, Tulane was the lone honorable mention for the 2020 ITA Community Service Award. In the classroom, the team posted its highest recorded GPA in program history with a 3.74 during the spring semester and received the ITA Team Academic Award for the third straight season.
In 2018-19, Tulane made positive strides as Ivone Alvaro earned All-American Athletic Conference Team honors. Alvaro and Elena Muller were dominant in doubles, achieving a No. 25 ITA national ranking late in the spring marking the highest listing by a Green Wave tandem in the post-Katrina era.
In Wong's first season at the helm in 2017-18, the Green Wave posted a 13-11 overall record and reached the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Championships. In the classroom, three student-athletes earned ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition.
AT CLEMSON
Wong previously served as a volunteer assistant under Brito and head coach Nancy Harris at Clemson for the last three seasons and competed five years on the professional circuit following a stellar four-year career with the Tigers from 2009-12.
An All-America honoree in 2009 and 2011, Wong was also a three-time All-ACC selection. In 2011, she and partner Josipa Bek were runners-up at the NCAA Doubles Championship. During that same season, the pair ascended to a No. 1 national ranking to become the first Clemson doubles team to ever accomplish the feat.
Among her many accomplishments as a Tiger, Wong was also a doubles finalist at the 2010 ITA National Indoor Championships and ITA All-American Championships, as well as an ITA Carolinas Region doubles champion in back-to-back years in 2010 and 2011. A Jackson, Miss., native, Wong finished her Clemson career with 102 singles wins and 117 doubles wins, the third-most total wins in school history.
PRO TOUR
Wong succeeded at a high level as a professional, particularly in doubles, in which she was ranked as high as No. 156 in the world. On her resume, she also has seven-career ITF doubles titles to her name and was a doubles semifinalist at the WTA 250 Citi Open in 2014 and a quarterfinalist at the same event in 2015.
AT TULANE
Wong helped the Green Wave carry its success into the 2021-22 campaign to post a 12-9 overall record and finish as No. 7 in the ITA Team Regional Rankings. She also aided the first Tulane doubles team, Charlotte Russell and Lahari Yelamanchili, to be an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament since 2005. The pairing of Russell and Yelamanchili climbed as high as No. 29 in the ITA national doubles rankings and No. 2 in the regional doubles rankings. With the coaching of Wong, the duo also reached the 2022 NCAA Doubles Round of 16, becoming the first Tulane pair to advance to the round of 16 since 2003. Russell and Yelamanchili both added All-Louisiana first team honors from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association while Yelamanchili became the third All-AAC selection under Brito and Wong. Tulane had success on the singles courts as well with two players ranking in the top 20 of the ITA regional singles rankings - Mackenzie Clark No. 9 and Yelamanchili No. 19. The Green Wave continued to achieve in the classroom as well being named an ITA All-Academic Team for the third time and boasting five ITA Scholar Athletes.
In 2020-21, Wong helped Tulane climb as high as No. 6 in the ITA Regional Singles rankings while finishing with a 13-9 overall record. Under Coach Brito, Wong guided sophomore Mackenzie Clark as she reached No. 108 in the ITA national singles rankings and No. 12 in the ITA regional singles rankings as well as earning 2021 All-AAC honors. The duo of Clark and Mary Caroline Meredith climbed as high as No. 58 in the ITA doubles rankings while the team of Clark and Adelaide Lavery was named All-Louisiana first team by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. In the classroom, the Tulane was named an ITA All-Academic Team and boasted four ITA Scholar Athletes.
Despite the shortened 2019-20 season, the Green Wave witnessed the rise of freshman Mackenzie Clark who reached as high as No. 101 in the ITA national singles rankings – the highest mark for a Tulane women’s player in six seasons. Off the court, Tulane was the lone honorable mention for the 2020 ITA Community Service Award. In the classroom, the team posted its highest recorded GPA in program history with a 3.74 during the spring semester and received the ITA Team Academic Award for the third straight season.
In 2018-19, Tulane made positive strides as Ivone Alvaro earned All-American Athletic Conference Team honors. Alvaro and Elena Muller were dominant in doubles, achieving a No. 25 ITA national ranking late in the spring marking the highest listing by a Green Wave tandem in the post-Katrina era.
In Wong's first season at the helm in 2017-18, the Green Wave posted a 13-11 overall record and reached the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Championships. In the classroom, three student-athletes earned ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition.
AT CLEMSON
Wong previously served as a volunteer assistant under Brito and head coach Nancy Harris at Clemson for the last three seasons and competed five years on the professional circuit following a stellar four-year career with the Tigers from 2009-12.
An All-America honoree in 2009 and 2011, Wong was also a three-time All-ACC selection. In 2011, she and partner Josipa Bek were runners-up at the NCAA Doubles Championship. During that same season, the pair ascended to a No. 1 national ranking to become the first Clemson doubles team to ever accomplish the feat.
Among her many accomplishments as a Tiger, Wong was also a doubles finalist at the 2010 ITA National Indoor Championships and ITA All-American Championships, as well as an ITA Carolinas Region doubles champion in back-to-back years in 2010 and 2011. A Jackson, Miss., native, Wong finished her Clemson career with 102 singles wins and 117 doubles wins, the third-most total wins in school history.
PRO TOUR
Wong succeeded at a high level as a professional, particularly in doubles, in which she was ranked as high as No. 156 in the world. On her resume, she also has seven-career ITF doubles titles to her name and was a doubles semifinalist at the WTA 250 Citi Open in 2014 and a quarterfinalist at the same event in 2015.
AT TULANE
- 2022 NCAA Automatic Qualifier (first time a team has qualified to NCAAs since 2005)
- 2022 NCAA Doubles Round of 16 (first time a team made round of 16 since 2003)
- 3 All-American Athletic Conference Team selection (Ivone Alvaro 2019, Mackenzie Clark 2021, Lahari Yelamanchili 2022)
- 2022 LSWA Women Player of the year (Lahari Yelamanchili)
- 3 All-Louisiana First Team selections (Charlotte Russell 2022, Lahari Yelamanchili 2022, & Mackenzie Clark 2021)
- 2 LSWA All-Louisiana Second Team (Adelaide Lavery 2021 & Ivone Alvaro 2019)
- 3 top 50 ranked ITA doubles teams (Elena Muller/Ivone Alvaro #25 on February 20th 2019; Lahari Yelamanchilli/Charlotte Russell #29 Final ranking, June 2022, Mary Caroline Meredith/Mackenzie Clark #54 on January 13th, 2021
- Mackenzie Clark as high as #101 ranked ITA national singles ranking 2020
- #7 team regional ranking 2022 & #6 team regional ranking 2021
- #2 doubles regional ranking 2022 (Charlotte Russell & Lahari Yelamanchili)
- #9 singles regional ranking 2022 (Mackenzie Clark)
- #19 singles regional ranking 2022 (Lahari Yelamanchili)
- #8 doubles regional ranking 2021 (Mackenzie Clark & Mary Caroline Meredith)
- #18 singles regional ranking 2021 (Mackenzie Clark)
- No. 11 ranked mid-major recruiting class in 2019
- No. 14 ranked mid-major recruiting class in 2020
- 2020-23 ITA Division I Operating Committee
- 2020 ITA Community Service Award Honorable Mention
- 2019 NCAA Women’s Coach Academy 2.0 Graduate
- 4 ITA All-Academic Team Awards
- 11 ITA Scholar-Athletes
AS A COACH
- 3 NCAA Tournament appearances (2015-17)
- 1 NCAA Sweet Sixteen (2015)
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
- Career High Doubles Ranking: No. 156; Career High Singles Ranking: No. 875
- 7 ITF Doubles Titles
- 2015 Doubles Quarterfinalist of WTA 250 Citi Open
- 2014 Doubles Semifinalist of WTA 250 Citi Open
AS A PLAYER
- 2020 Clemson University All-Decade Team selection
- 2 All-America selections
- 4 NCAA Tournament appearances
- 3 NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances
- 3 All-ACC selections
- 2 ITA National Team Indoor Championship appearances
- 2 ITA Regional Doubles Championships
- 2011 NCAA Championship Doubles Finalist
- 2010 ITA National Indoor Championship Doubles Finalist
- 2010 ITA All-American Championship Doubles Finalist
- Career High Doubles Ranking: No. 1; Career High Singles Ranking: No. 32
- Career High Team Ranking: No. 11
- 102 singles wins and 117 doubles wins (3rd most total wins in Clemson history)
- 2 Team MVP awards
- 2011 Most Improved Player
- Team Captain
- Academic Honor Roll
JUNIOR TENNIS
- Attained the No. 1 singles ranking in every age group in the U.S.
- College Station ITF Singles Champion and Doubles Finalist (2007)
- Easter Bowl Singles Champion and Doubles Finalist (2006)
- USTA National Clay Court Doubles Finalist in 16s (2006)
- USTA National Clay Court Singles Finalist in 14s (2004)
- Southern Closed Champion (two in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
- National Open Tournament Champion, multiple in singles/doubles
- Bill Ozaki Sportsmanship Award
South Alabama Postgame: HC Jon Sumrall, SPEAR Javion White, RB Zuberi Mobley
Sunday, September 07
Press Conference: Volleyball Postgame - 9/5/25
Saturday, September 06
Tulane Tuesday: BAN Harvey Dyson - 9/2/25
Wednesday, September 03
Tulane Tuesday: HC Jon Sumrall - 9/2/25
Tuesday, September 02
