A former professional tennis player and All-American at Alabama, Robin Stephenson was named head coach of the Georgia State women's tennis program on a permanent basis in June 2014. She coached the Panthers to one of their most successful seasons in program history -- including the first team victory in NCAA tournament play in 2014 -- after being named the interim head coach in August of 2013. She originally joined the Georgia State staff in 2012 as assistant coach.
Stephenson owns Division I women's tennis coaching experience and a national championship from her days as a volunteer assistant at Georgia Tech. She coached the Yellow Jackets' women's tennis team from 2007-09, helping lead the team to a national title in her first season. Stephenson assisted with various aspects of the program. Georgia Tech also won its first two National Indoor Championships in 2007 and 2008 as well as back-to-back ACC Championship titles in those same years.
Stephenson owns many accolades as a former collegiate and professional player on the ITF and WTA tours. She competed for the University of Alabama from 2002-06 and reached as high as No. 4 in the ITA Singles rankings during her senior season. She also reached as high as a No. 6 national ranking in doubles. She set the school record for most singles wins in a career (95) and teamed with Ashley Bentley to set the record for doubles victories as a pair in a career (67). She earned All-American status as a singles participant during her junior season in 2005, one of the highest honors in collegiate tennis. She earned the accolade after posting a 27-13 record with 16 victories over ranked opponents in 2005. She was a team captain her sophomore, junior and senior seasons and won the Regional Senior Player of the Year award in 2006.
In her professional career, Stephenson competed on the ITF and WTA tour for two years (2007-08). She achieved a career-high ranking of No. 152 in the world in doubles and No. 432 in singles. She won 13 professional doubles titles while on tour with various partners. She competed in many countries around the world and the lead-up WTA events for the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open series. Stephenson was coached by former top 50 ATP player Bryan Shelton, now the head men's tennis coach at the University of Florida. In total, Stephenson amassed a 101-53 career doubles record on the ITF and WTA tour and notched 44 singles victories.
Stephenson is a native of Kitchener, Ontario and graduated with a degree in communications and information sciences with a minor in psychology from Alabama in 2006.
