Katherine Westbury

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Katherine Westbury
แคทเธอรีน เวสบุรี
Country (sports) New Zealand (2006–2012; 2014–current)
 Thailand (2012–2014)
ResidenceBurwood East, Australia
Born (1993-03-14) 14 March 1993 (age 31)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money$16,298
Singles
Career record80–63
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 576 (3 October 2011)
Current rankingNo. 757 (19 January 2015)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Last updated on: 19 January 2015.

Katherine "Kat" Westbury (Thai: แคทเธอรีน เวสบุรี; born 14 March 1993 in Hamilton) is a Thai-New Zealand tennis player.

On 3 October 2011, Westbury reached her best singles ranking of world number 576.

Westbury made her WTA tour debut at the 2015 ASB Classic, having received a wildcard into the doubles event with Rosie Cheng, where they will face Petra Martić and Anna Tatishvili in the first round.

Westbury was born in Hamilton, New Zealand. At age of three, she has moved to Bangkok, Thailand with her parent where she attended pre-school and primary school. Westbury began playing tennis at the age of 6 at The British Club Bangkok and would return to New Zealand 2 years later, settling with her parents and 2 brothers in Christchurch. She attended the Burnside Primary School and Cobhams Intermediate School while also playing on the Canterbury Tennis Regional Squad under coach Glenn Wilson. In 2005, Westbury moved to Sydney before further re-locating to Burwood East, where she currently resides.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 27 September 2010 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Indonesia Sandy Gumulya 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 2. 8 July 2013 Bangkok, Thailand Hard China Lu Jiajing 7–5, 3–6, 3–6

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