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Catherine "Caty" McNally (born November 20, 2001) is an Americantennis player. She is the 2018 French Open juniors doubles and 2018 French Open girls' singles runner-up and US Open junior doubles champion.[1][2] She has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.[3] On September 9, 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 105. On February 3, 2020, she achieved her highest doubles ranking of world No. 39.[4]
Early life and background
McNally was born in Madeira, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio,[5] to John McNally and Lynn Nabors-McNally. Her mother was briefly a professional tennis player who had a career best doubles ranking inside the top 250. Her older brother John is also a professional and was a high-ranked junior player. Both are coached by their mother.[6]
Junior career
McNally finished runner-up at the Wimbledon junior doubles tournament in 2016, 2017 and 2018.[7] She won her first Grand Slam junior title at the 2018 French Open doubles event at the age of 16, partnering with Iga Świątek.[8] At the same tournament she reached the final of the girls singles, where she lost to Coco Gauff.[9] In September 2018, she partnered Gauff to win the girls doubles title at the US Open.[10]
In 2017, McNally was on the United States team that won the Junior Fed Cup, having previously been a losing finalist.[11]
McNally's first win in a Grand Slam tournament came at the US Open where she defeated Timea Bacsinszky in the first round.[21] She took a set off six-times champion Serena Williams before losing in three sets in a tight second-round match.[22] Passing her in the stadium complex later that night, Williams asked her: "Are you really 17 years old?"[23] McNally and Gauff—dubbed "McCoco"—followed up their 2018 girls' doubles win by reaching the third round of the doubles event, beating ninth seeds Nicole Melichar and Kveta Peschke in the second round in a packed Louis Armstrong Stadium,[24] but losing heavily to Ash Barty and Victoria Azarenka in the third.[25] The run took McNally into the top 100 in the doubles rankings, and just outside the top 100 in the singles rankings.[26]
In her first tournament of 2020, the Auckland Open, McNally was knocked out in the first round of the singles after qualifying as a lucky loser, but she and Gauff reached the semifinals of the doubles.[32][33] At the Australian Open, she won her qualifying matches, entering the main draw, where she defeated Sam Stosur in the first round, before losing to Zhang Shuai. In doubles, McNally and Gauff recorded their best result at a Grand Slam tournament, reaching the quarterfinals before falling to second seeded Kristina Mladenovic and Tímea Babos in two sets.[34] As a result, McNally broke into the top 40 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Performance timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Singles
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.