Managers of

the Peachtree City Tennis Center believe there is always

room for improvement.

The center

recently was named the Tennis Facility of the Year for

the state of Georgia, and now it has added a new pro to

its award-winning staff.

Patricia

Hy-Boulais was born in 1965 in Cambodia. At the age of 6,

she moved with her family to Hong Kong. She was always a

big fan of Tennis and at the age of 16 she came to the

states and attended the Bradenton Academy in Florida. The

Bradenton Academy has instructed numerous current and

former tennis stars at their school. The instruction not

only helped Hy-Boulais make the Hong Kong Fed Cup team in

both 1981 and 1982, but when it came time to decide on a

college, she chose the University of California Los

Angeles in 1984.

That was a

big year for Hy-Boulais. She was a member of the Hong

Kong Olympic Team, as well as a ITCA Singles All-American

at school. Within two years, Hy-Boulais joined the WTA,

made the Hong Kong Fed Cup team two more times, and

started moving her way up to a number one ranking in Hong

Kong.

In 1989, Hy

Boulais made a move to Canada. It was in Canada that her

career resurged. In 1991, she was nominated WTA Comeback

Player of the Year and made the Canadian Fed Cup team. In

1992, she made the Canadian Olympic team, began her

five-year reign as the number one ranked player in

Canada, the winner of the Tennis Canada Excellence Award

and the Tennis Canada Player of the Year Award, and made

the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open, the Canadian Open,

and the Family Circle tournament.

There is no

doubt that Hy-Boulais has had an illustrious career. She

has won five career singles titles, was ranked 29th in

the world at the highest point of her career, is a USPTR

certified professional, was the president of the WTA from

1997-1998, is president and owner of Simply Soft Inc., a

web site development company, and speaks four languages

- English, French, Chinese and Cambodian.

There is a

lot that can be learned from Hy-Boulais, both on and off

the court, and the Peachtree City Tennis Center is happy

to be on a resume as full as hers.