CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Queens is proud to announce the addition of Yudeshnee Pillay to the Royals community as the new assistant tennis coach.
Pillay comes to Queens after a stellar collegiate and international playing career.
Her collegiate career was filled with individual and team achievements. With a career singles record of 95-18 (87-21 doubles), she has earned All-America honors on three occasions.
Beginning her career at Auburn University of Montgomery in 2006, she led the Tigers to back-to-back National Championship titles while earning All-America honors in each season.
She continued to sharpen her skill set after a transfer to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte –
where she would go on to finish the 2009 campaign undefeated in the No. 1 flight en route to being named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference and All-America first teams.
As a teenager, she defeated South Africa’s greatest talents to win the country’s National titles in the U/12, U/14, U/16, and U/18 tournaments. She continued competing against the world’s best players at ITF tournaments and earned a spot in the Top 200 ITF Junior Rankings.
She would go on to represent South Africa at tournaments around the globe: the Junior World Cup U/16 in France; the African Junior Cup U/14, U/16, and U/18 in Tunisia; and the Nike Junior International Masters U/12 in Spain where she played amongst world-class players Rafael Nadal, Dinara Safina, and Thomas Berdych.
Royals Head Coach Brett Karpman is enthusiastic about the intangibles Pillay brings to the team.
“I am thrilled to welcome Yudeshnee to the staff. Her on-court experience combined with her integrity and character was the ideal fit for the program. After a lengthy and comprehensive search, it was quite evident that she possesses many unique and dynamic qualities – which really stood out in the process.”