January 2020-to-date
Part of the coaching staff team at ZED BTT Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt
- Works with players from ages 12-25, local and international players
- Worked closely with the academy's pro team (international players juniors and pros), in charge of the schedule of eight female players and their programs with the help of the team. Accompanied them to futures held in Sharm El Sheikh and Cairo, Egypt, including Fed Cup player Lamis Husseiny (WTA #706), Aya Fathy (#1119) and top 200 juniors Hania Abu El Saad, Yasmine Mostafa. Works personally with nationally ranked #1 U12 girls Dareen Karmooty.
2019
Worked at Gezira Sporting Club as part of the coaching staff
Summer 2019
Helped supervise summer tennis camps at Ljan Tennisklubb, Oslo, Norway
Coached the tennis teams of different ages at KHTC Blau Weiss, Koln, Germany
Playing Career
- Career High WTA rankings #441 in singles and #440 in doubles (first Egyptian player ever to break inside top 500, 2014)
- Won two 15k$ titles in singles in Sharm El Sheikh and reached five finals
- Won 11 doubles futures titles and 34 finals in Egypt, India, Serbia, Lebanon, Tunisia
- Member of the FED Cup team for 10 years (2010-2020) and represented Egypt six times (oldest player to represent Egypt at age of 32, 2019)
- Two gold medals in All-African Games, 2015
- African junior champion U18, 2005
- ITF juniors rank high #60
- Full athletic scholarship to D1 school university of New Mexico (2005-2009)
- NCAA rankings 60 in singles
- Mountain West Conference player of the year, 2005
- Nominated for mountain west conference female athlete of the year
- Among 300 finalists for the NCAA female athlete of the year
2021
Tennis Integrity Protection Programme (TIPP) by TIU
Fitness
2020
Strength and Sports Conditioning Specialist certification by IFPA
Tennis
March-April 2021
World Tennis Conference by GPTCA/SI
July 2020
ITF Regional Coaches Conference By BNP Paribas
Academic
2013
Master of Arts in Economics from University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, USA
2009
Bachelor of Arts in Economics from University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
February/March 2020
Assistant Tournament Director in two international tournaments: ITF W$100K and W$60K held at ZED Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt
Ola Abou-Zekry
Email: olatarek@gmail.com
Phone no.: +201001084560
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