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Katie O'Brien

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UK Rank 3
ATP World Ranking
WTA World Ranking 108
ITF World Ranking
Date of birth 2nd May 1986
Birth place Beverly, Yorkshire
Lives in Hessle, Yorkshire / Wimbledon, South-West London
County Yorkshire
Club
Trains at National Tennis Centre, Roehampton
Coach Marten Renstrom
Former coaches Lucie Ahl, James Turner, Richard Plews, Jens Gerlach
Height 5' 6"
Plays Right-handed, two-handed backhand
Nickname OB
Fitness Trainer National Tennis Centre fitness team
Favourite surface Hard
Introduction to tennis "Older brother and sister played, so I followed the family trend!"
Age turned pro 18
Age started playing Short tennis aged 5 followed by tennis aged 7
Injury history
Personal website
Agent N/A
External profile links
Career-high singles world ranking

Personal

  • Read Katie's weekly blog

  • Read a 60 second interview with Katie

  • Katie's parents live in Hessle, Yorkshire
  • Father, Phil, played football for Watford in the 1970s and is now a quantity surveyor and managing director of a construction company
  • Mother, Jill, is a part-time nursery teacher
  • Brother James is a medical student at Leeds University
  • Sister Holly is a solicitor in Leeds.
  • Both play tennis (Holly represented Yorkshire at junior level) and are qualified DCA tennis coaches
  • Katie loves shopping and music (“I'd be lost without my iPod!”)
  • Enjoys relaxing and spending time with friends/family
  • Likes following other sports, reading and “keeping my mind stimulated...I very rarely travel without puzzles of some sort”
  • Education: Hymers College, Hull ('97-'02) 8 GCSEs (5A*s, 3As); Woodhouse Grove School, Leeds ('02-'04) 2 A Levels (2As in Maths & French)

Career achievements


Career high world rankings

Singles
  • No 104 (09/06/2008)
Doubles
  • No 174 (08/10/2007)

2009 highlights

Singles
  • Semi-finalist at $100k in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Won at $25k in Jersey
  • Runner-up at $25k in Minsk, Belarus
  • Semi-finalist at $50k in Biberach, Germany
  • Semi-finalist at $75k in Midland MI, USA
  • Won at $25k in Sutton
  • Qualified for Australian Open in Melbourne
Doubles
  • Runner-up at $25k in Sutton with Rebecca Marino (CAN)

2008 highlights

Singles
  • Semi-finalist at $50k in Barnstaple
  • Helped Great Britain's Fed Cup Team stay in Europe/Africa Zone Group 1
Doubles
  • Semi-finalist at $25k in Phoenix, Mauritius with Amanda Elliott (GBR)
  • Semi-finalist at $25k in Jersey with Kelly Anderson (RSA)

2007 highlights

Singles
  • Runner-up at $25k in Glasgow
  • Semi-finalist at $25k in Nuirootpa, Australia
  • Semi-finalist at $25k in Jersey
  • Reached second round at The Championships, Wimbledon
  • Quarter-finalist at $50k in Fukuoka, Japan
  • Quarter-finalist at $50k in Gifu, Japan
Doubles
  • Semi-finalist at $25k in Jersey with Georgie Stoop (GBR)

Career titles

Singles
  • 2009: $25k in Jersey
  • 2009: $25k in Sutton
  • 2006: $25k in Nottingham
  • 2005: $10k in Hull
Doubles
  • 2006: $25k in Jersey with Margit Ruutel (EST)
  • 2006: $25k in Madrid, Spain with Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea (ROU)

Fed Cup record

  • Played: 8
  • Won: 3
  • Lost: 5
  • Debut: April 2005 versus Denmark
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