Megan Falcon (born July 19, 1985) is an American tennis coach and former professional player. Born in 1985, Falcon was raised in Alameda, California. She was the country's top ranked player in the 16-and-under age group and the first collegiate player at

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

(LSU) to claim the number one ITA rankings. In her three seasons at LSU she earned three singles All-American selections was the 2007 SEC Player of the Year. Falcon represented the United States at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

in Rio de Janeiro and made it to the bronze-medal game in women's doubles, with

Audra Cohen Audra Marie Cohen (born April 21, 1986) is an American former professional tennis player and current college tennis coach. She was the # 1 collegiate female tennis player in the United States in 2007. At the University of Miami in 2005-2006 she w ...

. Ranked as high as 331 in the world, Falcon's best performance on the professional tour came at the 2004 Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar, a

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tournament in Bogota, where she won in the first round against top 100 player

Gala León García Gala León García (born 23 December 1973) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player ...

. She lost her second round match in three sets to sixth-seed Ľudmila Cervanová. Falcon is the women's head coach at

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

, previously coaching the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

from 2019 to 2021.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Falcon, Megan 1985 births Living people American female tennis players Pan American Games competitors for the United States Tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games LSU Lady Tigers tennis players Tennis coaches from California Kansas Jayhawks coaches Auburn Tigers coaches Tennis players from California Sportspeople from Alameda, California College tennis coaches in the United States