Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Women's Tennis
Tayo Bailey-Duvall
- Title:
- Head Women's Tennis Coach
- Email:
- tayo.bailey-duvall@mtsu.edu
- Phone:
- 898-5154
History
Head Coach at Middle Tennessee: 2018-Present
Head Coach at Butler: 2012-2018
Career Wins as a Head Coach: 149
Bailey-Duvall enters her ninth season at the helm of the Blue Raider Women’s Tennis program for the 2027 season. Bailey-Duvall became the 11th head coach in Middle Tennessee women’s tennis history following a six-year tenure at Butler.
In her nine years with Middle Tennessee, Bailey-Duvall has accumulated 96 wins and has put together three winning seasons.
During the 2026 campaign, Middle Tennessee went 8-15, featuring shutout victories against Bellarmine (7-0), Tennessee State (7-0), and Chicago State (4-0). Bailey-Duvall's team advanced to the CUSA Championship semifinals for the second consecutive season, taking down No. 7 New Mexico State, 4-3, as the No. 10 seed. Four Blue Raiders, Rutuja Chaphalkar, Zenn Lim, Sara Conde and Lena Peyer, were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team. Additionally, Zora Koenig, Cara Szilasi and Sadbaroy Kholdarova joined Chaphalkar, Conde and Peyer as ITA Scholar Athletes, while the entire team received ITA All-Academic Team honors for the eighth consecutive year.
In the 2025 season, Bailey-Duvall led the Blue Raiders to their most successful season as head coach. Ending the year with a record of 17-9, the Blue Raiders qualified for the Conference USA semifinals for the first time since 2018, earning its highest ever-seed at No. 2. During the campaign, Middle Tennessee defeated Louisville for the second consecutive year, winning 4-1 on Jan. 24 in Murfreesboro. Individually, doubles pair Rutuja Chaphalkar and Alessia Truden reached as high as No. 59 on the ITA doubles rankings.
In 2024, Bailey-Duvall led MTSU to an 11-win season and back-to-back double digit wins in a season for the first time since 2018-2019. The Blue Raiders earned their first win over a major conference opponent since 2016 when they defeated Louisville in Kentucky, 4-3. Under her leadership, Sana Garakani and Ilaria Sposetti were tabbed to the All-CUSA Singles Second Team and Lena Peyer was selected to the CUSA All-Freshman Team.
During the 2023 season, she helped lead the Blue Raiders to their first unbeaten season at home since 2014-15 and earned 12 wins, which was the most in a season for MTSU at the time.
During her tenure at Butler, Bailey-Duvall's team won a Big East Tournament match in four of her five seasons. Additionally, the tennis program earned NCAA Public Recognition Awards every year of Bailey-Duvall's time as head coach, which honors teams for ranking in the top 10% of their sport based on their multiyear Academic Progress Rates.
As a player, Bailey-Duvall was a three-time first team All-Conference tennis honoree for the Bulldogs. She boasted a 74-46 all-time singles record and a 14-13 doubles record in her senior season, leading Butler to three appearances in the Horizon League tournament final. She graduated in 2006 with a degree in biology before earning her masters in athletic administration from Nova Southeastern University.
After her graduation, Bailey-Duvall was hired as a women's tennis assistant coach for two seasons at her alma mater. Butler advanced to the Horizon League championship match in both seasons she was on staff. Following her first tenure at Butler, Bailey-Duvall played tennis professionally at the Goldfine-Smatt International Tennis Academy in Hallandale Beach, Fla., before returning as the Head Coach at Butler in 2012.
She was married to the late Brett Duvall.
Bailey-Duvall resides in Murfreesboro with her two daughters, Taya and Taytum.
PLAYER ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNDER BAILEY-DUVALL
- 49x Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (3.0-4.0 GPA) and 26x Conference USA Academic Medal (3.75-4.0 GPA)
- 6x All-Conference Singles and 3x All-Conference Doubles
- 1x Conference USA All-Academic Team
- 10x ITA Scholar Student-Athletes
- 5x Conference Athlete or Doubles Teams of the Week
- 8x (consecutive) ITA All-Academic Team
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