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October 21, 1999 | Women's Tennis
Sonia Hahn-Patrick
Sonia Hahn-Patrick enters her fourth campaign as the first-ever co-head tennis coach for the Lady Volunteers. A four-year tennis standout at the University of Kentucky from 1985-89, Hahn-Patrick joined her husband Mike in 1997 after coaching at several different tennis venues.
Last season, she helped guide the Lady Vols to a 20-12 mark and their fourth straight NCAA Tournament. The squad advanced to the round of 16 and Alison Ojeda and Vilmarie Castellvi were invited to participate in the doubles version of the championship. Ojeda also competed in the individual championships.
In 1998-99, she helped mold a young group of Lady Vols, which included four freshmen, to an 18-8 record and Tennessee's second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance under her guidance. In her first season, she helped lead the Lady Vols to a 20-11 overall record and a trip to the NCAA Championships in Notre Dame, Ind.
Prior to 1997-98, Hahn-Patrick served as coach at the International Tennis Academy in Delray, Fla. Her primary duties included serving as the training and travel coach at the Academy.
In 1996, Hahn-Patrick participated in the High Performance Coaches workshop for the United States Tennis Association and traveled to Europe in the summer of that year with elite junior players as a traveling coach for USTA player development.
From 1994-96, Hahn-Patrick worked as a tennis professional at the Knoxville Racquet Club. There, she was in charge of providing tennis instruction to all club members, with an emphasis on competitive junior players. In addition, she assisted in the organization and planning of tournaments and club social events.
From 1990-94, Hahn-Patrick worked as a tennis professional in Knoxville as well as serving as a traveling coach for nationally-ranked players. In 1989, she was named the assistant tennis professional at Fox Den Country Club. Hahn-Patrick was in charge of developing lesson plans, organizing league play and teaching tennis in private and group settings.
Her other coaching experience includes piloting the USTA Zonal team and the USTA-Florida Challenge team, both in 1995. She also worked at the National 12's camp for USTA in 1995.
During her collegiate playing career, Hahn-Patrick was a four-time ITA All-American in both singles and doubles her final two seasons at Kentucky. She also won the 1987 ITA National Indoors Singles, was named SEC Player of the Year in 1988 and was honored as the Kentucky Female Athlete of the Year in 1987. She was a two-time member of the USTA National Team in 1987 and 1988 and was selected as a member of the All-SEC first team from 1986-88.
Her freshman year at UK, Hahn-Patrick was the runner-up at No. 2 singles in the SEC Tournament. In 1987, she was the SEC tournament champion at No. 1 singles. She was 148-45 in her collegiate career, with her best season coming in 1986-87 as she posted a 55-9 record.
A gold medalist at the 1987 Pan-Am Games, Hahn-Patrick was also a bronze medal winner at the 1987 World University Games. She was ranked among the top 200 in the WTA rankings during the 1987-88 season and captured six USTA national titles.
Hahn-Patrick, a native of Carrollton, Ga., earned her bachelor's degree in communications in the summer of 1989 from the University of Kentucky.
HAHN-PATRICK'S OVERALL RECORD
At Tennessee (women) 58-31 (.652) Year Record Pct. Conference National 1999-2000 20-12 .662 5th SEC 17th ITA 1998-1999 18-8 .692 7th SEC 14th ITA 1997-1998 20-11 .645 6th SEC 15th ITATotals 3 years 58-31 (.652)
