Katie Boulter
Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
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Born | Leicester, England | 1 August 1996
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Prize money | $382,205 |
Singles | |
Career record | 165–109 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 5 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 92 (22 October 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 100 (19 November 2018) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2018) |
French Open | Q1 (2018) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2018) |
US Open | Q3 (2017) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 39–30 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 458 (15 October 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 464 (19 November 2018) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (2017, 2018) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (2018) |
Last updated on: 19 November 2018. |
Katie Boulter (born 1 August 1996 in Leicester) is a British tennis player.
Boulter, who hails from Woodhouse Eaves,[1][2] has won five singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 October 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 96. On 15 October 2018, she peaked at No. 458 in the doubles rankings.[3]
Boulter was ranked the No. 10 junior tennis player in the world in March 2014.[4] She is based at the Lawn Tennis Association's National Tennis Centre in Roehampton and is coached by Jeremy Bates, Nigel Sears and Mark Taylor.[5]
Career
Boulter started playing tennis aged 5[5] and went on to represent Great Britain three years later, aged 8.[5] Following in the path of Anna Kournikova, Boulter showed young promise in 2008 when she won the Lemon Bowl in Rome, aged 11.[6] She went on in 2011, aged 14, to become a finalist in the Junior Orange Bowl Tennis Championships in Coral Gables, Florida.[7] Past finalists have included Andy Murray and Caroline Wozniacki. She was awarded the Aegon Junior Player Award that month.[8]
Boulter claimed her first senior doubles title at a $10,000 event in Sharm el-Sheikh in November 2013.[9] In January 2014, Boulter went on to have further doubles success and was a finalist at the Australian Open girls' doubles event with Ivana Jorović.[10][11][12]
In May 2014, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Boulter won her first senior singles title over fellow Briton Eden Silva. She also won the doubles title at the same event partnering Nina Stojanović, to whom she had lost a previous final in singles.[13] A month later, Boulter was given a wild card for Wimbledon qualifying, losing in the first round to Italian Alberta Brianti in a three-set match which lasted two-and-a-half hours.[14]
2018 has been Boulter's most successful year to date. She won her first $25,000 singles title at the event in Óbidos in April. In May, Boulter then won a further singles title at the $60,000 event in Fukuoka, Japan. Despite falling in the first round of qualifying for the Roland-Garros[15], Boulter carried her good form into the grass court season, She received a wild card for a WTA tournament in Nottingham[16] and reached her first WTA quarterfinal there. In July 2018 she received a wildcard to the $100,000 grass court tournament in Southsea, United Kingdom[17] where she fell to Kirsten Flipkens in the final, then received a wildcard into the Wimbledon main draw, where she won her first round match over Veronica Cepede Royg[18]. She lost to Naomi Osaka in the second round in straight sets.
ITF finals 19 (9–10)
Singles: 12 (5–7)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 27 April 2014 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Amy Bowtell | 7–6(7–5), 0–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Runner-up | 2. | 4 May 2014 | Sharm el-Sheikh | Hard | Nina Stojanović | 6–3, 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 11 May 2014 | Sharm el-Sheikh | Hard | Eden Silva | 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 3. | 1 November 2014 | Phuket, Thailand | Hard (i) | Irina Ramialison | 3–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 2. | 24 April 2016 | Sharm el-Sheikh | Hard | Anastasia Pribylova | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 4. | 12 March 2017 | Mildura, Australia | Grass | Viktória Kužmová | 2–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 3. | 2 April 2017 | İstanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | Ayla Aksu | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 5. | 21 May 2017 | Kurume, Japan | Carpet | Laura Robson | 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 29 October 2017 | Óbidos, Portugal | Carpet | Katie Swan | 0–5 ret. |
Winner | 4. | 23 April 2018 | Óbidos | Carpet | Urszula Radwańska | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 13 May 2018 | Fukuoka, Japan | Carpet (i) | Ksenia Lykina | 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 7. | 1 July 2018 | Southsea, United Kingdom | Grass | Kirsten Flipkens | 4–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
Doubles (4–3)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 23 November 2013 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Justine De Sutter | Natela Dzalamidze Yuliya Hnateyko |
6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
Runner-up | 1. | 21 February 2014 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Hard | Xun Fangying | Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin |
3–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 2. | 3 May 2014 | Sharm el-Sheikh | Hard | Nina Stojanović | Dong Xiaorong Pia König |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 11 May 2014 | Sharm el-Sheikh | Hard | Nina Stojanović | Ekaterina Klyueva Sofia Smagina |
6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | 18 July 2014 | Imola, Italy | Carpet | Katy Dunne | Anna Remondina Lisa Sabino |
7–6(10–8), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 8 August 2014 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Hard | Freya Christie | Alison Bai Mari Tanaka |
4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 16 April 2016 | Sharm el-Sheikh | Hard | Oleksandra Korashvili | Melanie Klaffner Julia Wachaczyk |
4–6, 6–2, [11–13] |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' Doubles
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 2014 | Australian Open | Hard | Ivana Jorović | Anhelina Kalinina Elizaveta Kulichkova |
4–6, 2–6 |
References
- ^ "Woodhouse Eaves tennis player Katie Boulter in action at Loughborough University". Leicester Mercury. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ Sharpe, James (23 January 2014). "Tennis: Loughborough's Katie Boulter reaches Australian Open final". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Katie Boulter ranking and prize money". WTA.
- ^ Bloom, Ben (1 May 2014). "Rising Stars: Young British tennis players have been criticised for being soft and lazy - not Katie Boulter". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ a b c "Grantees". Tennis First. Retrieved 2 June 2014.[dead link ]
- ^ "From Woodhouse to Wimbledon" (PDF). Roundabout. February 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Tennis: Loughborough's Katie Boulter follows in path of the stars". Leicester Mercury. 24 December 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "AEGON Junior Player of the Month". Lawn Tennis Association. December 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ Rush, Richard (1 December 2013). "Boulter is top girl in the UK". Loughborough Echo. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Katie Boulter eyes Grand Slam crown after Australian Open loss". BBC Sport. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ Sharpe, James (24 January 2014). "Tennis: Katie Boulter misses out in Australian Open doubles final". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ Warrington, Pete (1 February 2014). "Tennis ace reflects on reaching the junior doubles final at the Australian Open". Loughborough Echo. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ Rush, Richard (25 May 2014). "Boulter serves up hat-trick of titles". Loughborough Echo. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Tennis: Wimbledon blow for Boulter". Leicester Mercury. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ https://fft-rg-site.cdn.prismic.io/fft-rg-site%2F298096cf-5e88-4fc3-8fd8-9bc4c964498f_women_s_qualifying_20180525.pdf
- ^ https://www.lta.org.uk/major-tennis-events/british-major-events/nature-valley-open/news-and-media/2018/nature-valley-open-boulter-and-taylor-receive-nottingham-wild-cards/
- ^ https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100042613
- ^ http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/2018_LS_draw.pdf
External links
- Katie Boulter at the Women's Tennis Association
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- Katie Boulter at the Lawn Tennis Association