University of Tennessee Athletics
Woodruff, Voges To Enter Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame
January 27, 2017 | Men's Tennis
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee men’s tennis associate head coach Chris Woodruff and former Vol Eric Voges will be inducted into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Woodruff, a Knoxville native, has been on Vols’ coaching staff since 2002 and was one of the program’s most successful players in the college ranks and on tour.
As a player, Woodruff won the 1993 NCAA singles title and was the ITA National Player of the Year. He was ranked as high as No. 29 in singles on the ATP tour, won two singles titles and advanced the the quarterfinals of the 2000 Australian Open.
In a coaching role, he helped the Vols to back-to-back SEC team titles in 2010 and 2011 and the 2010 NCAA team final. He has worked with three No. 1-ranked singles players (John-Patrick Smith, Rhyne Williams and Mikelis Libietis) and three No. 1-ranked doubles team (Smith/Davey Sandgren, Smith/Boris Conkic and Libietis/Hunter Reese). Libietis and Reese won the 2014 NCAA doubles title.
Voges was a member of the Vols from 1982-85, serving as team captain his final two years. He has been influential to the sport of tennis in east Tennessee his entire professional career. He was the head coach at McCallie School for 29 years and is now the program’s director of operations. The indoor tennis facility is named after him.
Fittingly, Voges and Woodruff are being inducted together. Voges served as one of Woodruff’s coaches.
