October 2024-to-date
Director of Tennis, Yellow Ball International, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Establishing tennis academies across the kingdom
March 2003-December 2023
Founder and Director of RAH Tennis Academy, Beirut, Lebanon
- Coached and trained players from beginners to future aspiring, ITF, collegiate
- Worked extensively with high-performance players
- Coaching and hitting partner to players for provincial national and international tournament
- Traveling coach including match preparation, scouting, coaching, analyzing matches, preparing practices and sparring
- Recruiting, hiring, training, scheduling and managing performance of all academy coaches
- Developed all academy policies, procedures, and business ethic codes
March 2002-December 2022
Head Coach, American University Of Beirut (AUB Alumni Club), Beirut, Lebanon
- Established a development plan for performance players which led them to dominate all categories in the national junior tournaments for B12, G12, B14, G14, B16, G16, B18, G18
- Conducted private coaching for members of all ages/standards
- Hitting partner for performance players competing locally and on the ITF circuit
January 2001-February 2002
Player Division 1 / Coach, Paris, France
- Conducted individual and group lessons for all ages and abilities
Playing Career
- Joined Harry Hopman Tennis Academy in 1991, trained with the world best coaches in his teens, such as Tim Gullickson, Alvaro Betancur, Stefano Capriati, Daniel Contet, Alain Lambert, Tarek Binhabiles, etc...
- Davis Cup player for nine years; competed in 36 singles ties, 29-8 W/L record
- Men’s bronze medalist in Pan Arab Games Championship (1996)
- No.1 Men’s player for seven consecutive years in Lebanon and Syria (1995-2001)
- ITF Junior ranking no.220 in singles/no.270 in doubles
- Selected as a member of the ITF International Touring Team in Europe (1996)
- No.3 in Boys U16 category in Florida, USA (1992)
- No.1 in Boys U14 category in Florida, USA (1991)
November 2016-February 2018
Partner and General Manager of Sportec S.A.L, Lebanon
Brand Manager of Prince Tennis and Squash
July 2016-February 2018
Brand Manager of a Swiss/Italian company that invented the latest generation of Tennis Clay Courts, Lebanon
2024
GPTCA C-Level International Coach
Tennis Integrity Protection Program (TIPP) by ITIA (valid till November 2026)
Rabie Bou Hassoun
Email: rabieabouhassoun@gmail.com
Phone.: +966 51 064 1534
