Suresh Menon
Head Coach

Suresh Menon was named the Bolles boys’ tennis head coach in January 2021. Menon brings to Bolles decades of experience in international tennis as both a coach and player.

Prior to Bolles, Menon served as the National Head Coach for the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaysia, leading the nation’s efforts in the Davis Cup, Fed Cup and national junior programs as well as establishing the National Tennis Academy. Menon has also served as a consultant and national coach with the Thailand and Indonesia national tennis programs. Menon has coached a number of high ranked players on both the ATP and WTA professional tours. He is an ITF Level 3 Certified Coach, the highest coaching certification for the ITF.

For over 20 years, Menon coordinated international tennis programming in over 32 countries throughout Asia as a development officer with the International Tennis Federation. In this role, he was responsible for international and national coaching development, education and certification; Olympic Solidarity efforts; Grand Slam funding; venue readiness and international event management.

Menon began his coaching career as an assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Idaho from 1985 - 87. As a student-athlete at Idaho, he was the 1984 Big Sky Conference Champion in #1 double and 1983 champion in #3 singles. He was the Malaysian National Champion in 1980 and 1981. Menon represented Malaysia in the 1981 Davis Cup at #1 singles as well as in the 1979 South East Asian Games. He ranked #28 in the junior world rankings in 1979 and participated in the 1979 Junior Wimbledon, defeating Belgium’s #1 player in the first round. 

Chin Bee Khoo
Head Coach

Chin Bee Khoo was named the Bolles girls’ tennis head coach in January 2021, bringing extensive coaching experience in international junior tennis.

Khoo founded Monster Tennis, an innovative development program for children ages 3-9 with the goal of introducing a life-global long desire to play tennis. She has served as the Director of Global Tennis Management which currently owns and operates Monster Tennis and programs at the Alice Smith International School and IGB International School, both in Malaysia. Khoo has served as an International Tennis Federation coach for top Asian junior players, the head coach at Alice Smith International School and a coach with the ITF Junior Tour. She is an ITF Level 3 Certified Coach, the highest coaching certification for the ITF.

As a player, Khoo played on the Women’s Tennis Association tour, International Tennis Federation Women’s Circuit, along with numerous national and international competitions. She was Malaysia’s national champion from 1992-2004 and the most decorated Malaysian Fed Cup player. Khoo won nine ITF Women’s Circuit titles. At the South East Asian Games, she earned silver medals 1995 and 2001 and bronze medals in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003. She played in the Wimbledon Junior in 1995 and Roland Garros Junior in 1994.

Khoo is a 2001 graduate of the University of Arkansas, where she excelled in the classroom and on the tennis court. She played #1 singles and doubles for the Razorbacks, earning singles All-America honors in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Khoo was named SEC Player to Watch in 1999, named to the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll in 1999, 2000 and 2001, named an ITA Scholar Athlete All-American in 1999 and is a member of Arkansas’ Golden Key National Honor Society chapter. She was named the SEC’s Senior of the Year and earned the University of Arkansas Salute to Excellence Award in 2001. Khoo was inducted in the University of Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor in 2017.