Beverly Bowes-Hackney has had a long successful career in tennis, first as a player and then as a coach.

After bursting on the scene as a nationally ranked junior, Beverly became an All-American at the University of Texas, becoming the 1987 Southwest Conference Player of the Year and recording a career winning percentage of 100-21 (.826) at the school. She received the school’s ultimate honor of being inducted in the first class of the UT Women’s Hall of Honor in 2000.

Beverly continued down a path of success on the WTA Tour. In a professional tennis career that spanned more than a decade, she won more than 250 career matches and competed in the main draw of 30 grand slam tournaments (Wimbledon, U.S. Open, French Open and Australian Open). She has competed against the likes of Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf.

She retired in the mid-1990s and became the Touring Professional at Ballenisles Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. as well as a Junior Player Development Coach for the USTA in Key Biscayne, Fla. In the late 1990s, she became a coach at the Evert Tennis Academy, reuniting with Chris Evert, whom she traveled with briefly in the 1980s, and brother John Evert.

In 1998, Beverly moved to Texas to finish her degree in Kinesiology. While attending school and raising a family, she also became a teaching professional at Lost Creek Country Club in Austin.

Beverly entered the collegiate coach ranks in 2000, becoming head coach at Southern Methodist University. As head coach of the Mustangs, her squad posted a 13-8 record and reached the semifinals of the Western Athletic Conference Championships. Under her guidance, the team attained its highest year-end ranking in a decade.

Beverly returned to Austin in 2001 and soon thereafter became the Assistant Coach for UT women’s tennis team. In 2005, the Longhorns fell just short of a NCAA National Championship, losing in the finals to Stanford.

More recently, she spent two years as the Director of Women’s Team Tennis at Circle C Country Club under Master Professional Fernando Velasco.

Recent National Presentations

Drills with a Purpose (The 2006 Annual Spring Convention of the USPTA New England Division)

How to Manage Women’s Team Tennis (2008 Annual Convention for the USPTA Texas Division)