University of Georgia Women's Tennis

Bernstein was named to the Bulldog staff in July of 2012. In June of 2015, Bernstein was promoted to associate head coach. In 2016, he assisted the Bulldogs to a 22-5 finish and No. 7 final ranking. Georgia made its 30th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the quarterfinals. Georgia reached the semifinals of the 2016 ITA National Indoors and the finals of the SEC Tournament. A trio of Bulldogs earned a  total of four All-America honors. In 2015, Bernstein helped guide the Bulldogs to a 24-7 record and No. 5 final ranking. Georgia reached the Final Four of the NCAA Championships and the finals of the ITA National Team Indoors and the SEC Tournament. For the second straight season, he was selected as the ITA Southeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year. In 2014, the Bulldogs enjoyed a banner season, going 24-5 with a final ranking of No. 4. Georgia captured the SEC Tournament title, the NCAA Tournament's No. 1 overall seed for the first time in school history, advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals plus saw the top duo of Laren Herring and Maho Kowase reach the NCAA Doubles Final. For his efforts, Bernstein was recognized as the ITA Southeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year. In 2013, Bernstein helped Georgia to a 24-4 record, an NCAA Quarterfinals and a final ranking of No. 5. He also helped the program win its first SEC Championship since 2009. A native of nearby Winder, Ga., Bernstein returned to Georgia prior to the 2012-13 campaign after spending one season as an assistant coach for the University of Alabama women's tennis team. The Crimson Tide finished the season No. 11 - their highest final ranking in program history. Alabama posted an 18-5 record, claimed the SEC Western Division with a 10-1 league mark and played host to an NCAA Regional for the first time in school history. Bernstein graduated from the University of Georgia in May 2011 with a degree in sports studies. He compiled a career record of 112-44 in singles and 84-56 in doubles and is one of only 14 players in Bulldog history to win over 100 career singles matches. As a senior, he earned All-SEC Second Team honors and was the recipient of the Dick Copas Leadership Award while serving as a team captain. The Georgia men's tennis team reached the NCAA semifinals in three of Bernstein's four seasons in Athens including the national championship run in 2008, his freshman year. Bernstein enjoyed a stellar prep career at Winder-Barrow High School, registering an 82-1 record that included 79 consecutive victories. He was named the 2007 Boys Tennis Player of the Year and was a three-time All-Northeast Georgia selection. He helped Winder-Barrow to its first state tournament appearance in 2006 and again in 2007. | 11/11/2016 The Georgia womens tennis program announced on Friday the signing of Morgan Coppoc to a national letter of intent to attend UGA and compete ... | 11/10/2016 The Georgia womens tennis program announced on Thursday the signing of Annette Goulak to a national letter of intent to attend UGA and... | 11/9/2016 The Georgia womens tennis program announced on Wednesday the signing of Katarina Jokic to a national letter of intent to attend UGA. | 11/5/2016 Georgia freshman Eleni Christofi fell to Kentucky's Aldia Sutjiadi in the consolation quarterfinals Saturday at the USTA/ITA National Indoor... | 11/4/2016 Bulldogs freshman Eleni Christofi defeated Michigans Alex Najarian to advance in the singles consolation bracket of the USTA/ITA... | 11/3/2016 Georgia freshman Eleni Christofi fell to Pepperdines No. 2 ranked Luisa Stefani in straights set in the opening round of the USTA/ITA... | 11/2/2016 Freshman Eleni Christofi caps off an impressive fall with an appearance at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships starting... | 10/30/2016 The Georgia Bulldogs' women's tennis team earned five singles victories on Sunday to conclude the Puerto Rico College Challenge that included Old... | 10/29/2016 Through two days of play at the Puerto Rico College Challenge, the Georgia womens tennis team has collected five doubles victories and five ... | 10/27/2016 The Georgia women's tennis team will continue fall play at the Puerto Rico College Challenge in Palmas del Mar starting Friday.

Wallace garnered ITA Regional Coach of the Year honors after the Bulldogs enjoyed another banner season, going 24-5 with a final ranking of No. 4. Georgia captured the SEC Tournament title, the NCAA Tournament's No. 1 overall seed for the first time in school history, advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals plus saw the top duo of Lauren Herring and Maho Kowase reach the NCAA Doubles Final. Also, the program led the nation in attendance by drawing more than 600 fans to three matches during the season. In 2013, Wallace became one of three coaches in women's tennis history to reach the 600-win plateau. He is one of five active collegiate tennis coaches with at least 600 wins, and is one of five UGA coaches to reach the mark. In 2009, following another memorable campaign when Georgia advanced to its 10th NCAA Final Four, Wallace became the first person to ever be named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Coach of the Year four times. The 2010 season featured Chelsey Gullickson winning the NCAA singles title at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. During his tenure, Wallace's squads have claimed two NCAA championships, three USTA/ITA National Team Indoor titles, eight Southeastern Conference crowns and six SEC Tournament titles. A four-time National Coach of the Year recipient and four-time SEC Coach of the Year, Wallace's career record through the 2015 season is 677-167. His .802 winning percentage is the best among active Division I coaches with a minimum of 600 victories. Wallace's teams are the picture of consistency. With the 2016 NCAA bid, Georgia has appeared in 30 straight NCAA Tournaments. They have advanced to the "Final Four" 11 times. Only once during his time as coach of the Bulldogs has the team missed the NCAA Tournament, and that was his first year back in 1986. A 1985 graduate of the University of Georgia, Wallace capped his playing career under legendary Bulldog head coach Dan Magill in 1984 after winning the SEC singles title at the No. 6 spot. The very next season, his first as coach of the Bulldogs, Wallace led a struggling team up the path of respectability by posting a 20-9 mark and landing a spot in the final Volvo Tennis/ITCA Top 25 poll. In 1987, just two years removed from a losing record, Georgia advanced to the national championship match. Although they didn't win it that year, the Bulldogs would have their day. The 1994 season ranks as one of the most dominant ever in women's tennis history. It found Georgia on the champion's pedestal in every major team tournament possible: NCAA Champions, USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Champions, and SEC regular season and tournament champions. Top that all off with a 27-2 overall record including a perfect 14-0 SEC mark and a season sweep of arch-rival Florida and it's easy to see why Wallace was named coach of the year. The 2000 Bulldogs went 27-2, winning the Southeastern Conference title and the NCAA National Championship. In the title match on the campus of Pepperdine, Georgia dethroned the defending champion Stanford Cardinal 5-4, snapping a 48-match winning streak. Wallace was named the Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year. Under Wallace, the Bulldogs have been among the most successful teams at the USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championships. The annual event attracts the nation's finest programs. The Bulldogs have won the title three times (1994, 1995, 2002) and have reached at least the semifinals 17 times in 26 appearances. Also, Georgia has been a finalist four times (2001, 2004, 2009 and 2015). His record for developing players and having them maximize their potential has been evident throughout his tenure. In 2013, the Bulldogs won their ninth regular season SEC championship after going 24-4 and clinching its third consecutive 20-plus win season. The Bulldogs went undefeated at home (14-0) for the first time since 2009 and 12th time in program history. In 2001, Agata Cioroch arrived from Poland and played No. 5 for the Bulldogs as a freshman. Two years later, she became Georgia's top talent and in 2004 was the No. 1-ranked player in college tennis for much of the season. Cioroch concluded her career as a five-time All-American with two grand slam singles titles. Strong doubles teams are a key component for a successful college tennis team. There have been six Bulldog tandems under Wallace to finish the season ranked No. 1. In 2009, two of Georgia's top players were freshmen: Chelsey Gullickson and Nadja Gilchrist, and by the end of the year they had earned All-America honors. Gullickson was named the ITA National Rookie of the Year, advanced to the NCAA Singles semifinals and tied a school record with 69 combined wins. Gullickson and Gilchrist became the first freshmen in school history to play No. 1 doubles in the lineup. In 2010, the pair earned All-America honors again and Gullickson became the second Bulldog to win an NCAA singles title in Athens under Wallace and the third overall in the history of the program. She would finish her career in 2012 as the school's first ever eight-time All-American and own the record for victories. Meanwhile, Lauren Herring became the fourth Bulldog under Wallace to be named SEC Freshman of the Year and the sophomore All-SEC tandem of Maho Kowase and Lilly Kimbell posted a school record of their own by going 22-0 at No. 3. Kowase concluded her career in 2014 with a school reccord 245 combined wins. Herring went on to earn 2014 SEC Player of the Year honors and when her career ended in 2015, she had been named a five-time All-American and ranked second in all-time combined wins for a Bulldog with 238. While the depth of talent can vary each season, the results remain consistent. This was no more evident than in 2002. Despite having only one player earn All-America honors, Georgia went undefeated during the regular season, won the USTA/ITA National Team Indoor title, the SEC championship and advanced to the NCAA "Final Four." The 2002 squad finished with a 26-2 record and final national ranking of No. 3. Georgia went 13-0 at home and extended its home winning streak to 50 straight. In 27 of the past 31 seasons, Georgia has finished with a top 10 national ranking including No. 1 in 1994 and 2000. In the Wallace era, seven Bulldogs have won grand slam titles, two have won the Honda-Broderick Award/tennis, 33 Bulldogs have earned All-America honors 103 times, and 53 different Bulldogs have been listed on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. A native of Portland, Ore., Wallace is married to the former Sabina Marie Horne. They have two children, Brittany Sabina (26) and Jarryd Jeffrey (24). Brittany, married to Chris Sjogren, is a graduate of Valdosta State and working in Atlanta while Jarryd is training full-time as a sprinter for the U.S. Paralympic Team. Jarryd set several world records, including the 100-meter sprint (10.71 seconds) at the 2015 ParaPan American Games and the 200-meter spring (22.08 seconds) and the 4x100-meter (40.73 seconds) at the 2013 IPC Athletics Worlds. All told, Jarryd has medaled five times. He participated in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London and has made the team for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio. Sabina, a former All-SEC distance runner at Georgia, was inducted into the North Bay (Ontario, Canada) Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. She has continued to run competitively and has helped Wallace train for road races and marathons. Sabina is the track representative for Georgia's "G" club, an alumni association for University of Georgia letter-winners. Also, Wallace received the 2002 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Recreation and Leisure Studies department of the University of Georgia's College of Education. Women's Tennis Home   Email this article   Printer-friendly format Position: Head Coach