Megan Falcon

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Megan Falcon
092323 LSU vs Arkansas T692 Megan Falcon, Nyla Shepherd Moore, Danyel Mitchell, Jim Hawthorne, LSU Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee (cropped).jpg
Falcon in 2023
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg United States
Born (1985-07-19) July 19, 1985 (age 38)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$29,404
Singles
Career record68–80
Highest rankingNo. 331 (February 21, 2005)
Doubles
Career record24–43
Highest rankingNo. 413 (September 13, 2004)

Megan Falcon (born July 19, 1985) is an American tennis coach and former professional player. [1]

Born in 1985, Falcon was raised in Alameda, California. [2] She was the country's top ranked player in the 16-and-under age group and the first collegiate player at Louisiana State University (LSU) to claim the number one ITA rankings. In her three seasons at LSU she earned three singles All-American selections was the 2007 SEC Player of the Year. [3]

Falcon represented the United States at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro and made it to the bronze-medal game in women's doubles, with Audra Cohen. [4]

Ranked as high as 331 in the world, Falcon's best performance on the professional tour came at the 2004 Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar, a WTA Tour tournament in Bogota, where she won in the first round against top 100 player Gala León García. She lost her second round match in three sets to sixth-seed Ľudmila Cervanová. [5]

Falcon is the women's head coach at Auburn University, previously coaching the University of Kansas from 2019 to 2021. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Reed, Justin (April 21, 2016). "The Megan Falcon effect". The Gonzaga Bulletin .
  2. ↑ Borello, Pete (August 20, 2003). "Swinging for No. 1: Going pro isn't enough for Falcon; she wants to be the best pro player". Los Altos Town Crier .
  3. 1 2 "Megan Falcon named Auburn women's tennis associate head coach". Auburn University Athletics. July 12, 2021.
  4. ↑ Whittaker, Rachel (January 16, 2008). "Falcon dominates on and off court". The Reveille.
  5. ↑ "Favorite Zuluaga wins easily in Bogota". United Press International . February 26, 2004.
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