Katherine Ip

Katherine Ip

Country (sports)	Hong Kong
Born	(1995-09-17) 17 September 1995 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Prize money	$12,096
Singles
Career record	51 - 35
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	662 (04 November 2013)
Current ranking	981 (03 October 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2013)
French Open Junior	1R (2013)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2013)
US Open Junior	1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	17 - 23
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	675 (25 July 2016)
Current ranking	731 (03 October 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2013)
French Open Junior	1R (2013)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2013)
US Open Junior	2R (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	7–2
Last updated on: 03 October 2016.

Katherine Cheng Ip (Chinese: 葉澄; born 17 September 1995) is a professional American-born Hong Kong tennis player.

Early life

In September 1995, Ip was born in San Francisco, California, United States. Her brother is Kenneth Ip, and her parents are Elki Cheng and Roney Ip.

Early Career and Education

Ip was ranked as high as 35 in the world in juniors and is one of the few tennis players in Hong Kong to have participated in all four junior Grand Slams. Ip has won two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF tour. On November 11, 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 662. On July 25, 2016, she also reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 675.

Ip had graduated from Rice University in Houston, Texas (class of 2017) with a 4.0 GPA. At Rice, she played tennis for the Owls. Ip was the third player in program's history to earn an All-American status when she won a pair of matches at the NCAA Division 1 Tennis Championship. She is an external vice president for the Hong Kong Students' Association. She organizes events and maintains the budget of the Hong Kong Student Association.

Playing for Hong Kong at the Fed Cup, Ip has a win–loss record of 7–2.

Ip made her WTA main draw debut at the 2016 Hong Kong Tennis Open in the doubles event partnering Eudice Chong.

ITF Circuit Finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	1 December 2012	Kolkata, India	Hard	Rishika Sunkara	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	19 August 2013	New Delhi, India	Hard	Shweta Rana	6–3, 6–3
Runner–up	3.	27 July 2014	New Delhi, India	Hard	Kim Da-bin	1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	25 July 2015	Hong Kong	Hard	Eudice Chong	Choi Ji-hee Lee So-ra	2–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	10 July 2016	Gimcheon, South Korea	Hard	Jessy Rompies	Kim Hae-sung Kim Mi-ok	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	15 July 2016	Hong Kong	Hard	Eudice Chong	Alexandra Bozovic Kaylah McPhee	6–2, 6–2
Runner–up	2.	24 June 2017	Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Eudice Chong	Cho I-hsuan Cho Yi-tsen	2–6, 3–6

External links

• Katherine Ip at the Women's Tennis Association
• Katherine Ip at the Billie Jean King Cup