Katherine Ip Explained

Katherine Ip
Birth Date:17 September 1995
Birth Place:San Francisco, California, U.S.
Careerprizemoney:$16,885
Singlestitles:2 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:662 (4 November 2013)
Australianopenjuniorresult:2R (2013)
Frenchopenjuniorresult:1R (2013)
Wimbledonjuniorresult:2R (2013)
Usopenjuniorresult:1R (2013)
Doublestitles:2 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:543 (16 October 2017)
Australianopendoublesjuniorresult:2R (2013)
Frenchopendoublesjuniorresult:1R (2013)
Wimbledondoublesjuniorresult:1R (2013)
Usopendoublesjuniorresult:2R (2013)
Team:yes

Katherine Cheng Ip (; born 17 September 1995) is an American-born former Hong Kong tennis player.

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 Slam tournaments. She won two singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In November 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 662. In October 2017, she reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 543.

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.[1]

Playing for Hong Kong in Fed Cup, Ip has a win–loss record of 11–2.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2016 Hong Kong Open in doubles, partnering Eudice Chong.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.1 December 2012ITF Kolkata, IndiaHard Rishika Sunkara2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win2.19 August 2013ITF New Delhi, IndiaHard Shweta Rana6–3, 6–3
Loss3.27 July 2014ITF New DelhiHard Kim Da-bin1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.25 July 2015ITF Hong Kong, China S.A.R.Hard Eudice Chong Choi Ji-hee
Lee So-ra
2–6, 2–6
Win1.10 July 2016ITF Gimcheon, South KoreaHard Jessy Rompies Kim Hae-sung
Kim Mi-ok
6–3, 6–3
Win2.15 July 2016ITF Hong KongHard Eudice Chong Alexandra Bozovic
Kaylah McPhee
6–2, 6–2
Loss2.24 June 2017ITF Taipei, TaiwanHard Eudice Chong Cho I-hsuan
Cho Yi-tsen
2–6, 3–6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: magazine.rice.edu Katherine Ip. Apr 24, 2017.