GB RANKING4
WORLD RANKING139
CAREER HIGH
18/02/2019 82
ITF TITLES10
BILLIE JEAN KING CUP TIES8
Last updated: 27/05/2022
COACH
LTA Women’s Performance coaching team
AGE25
HEIGHT180 cm
PLAYSRight-handed
BACKHANDTwo-handed
LTA SUPPORT Pro Scholarship Programme
TURNED PRO2013
COACH
LTA Women’s Performance coaching team
About
Katie Boulter is supported by the LTA Pro Scholarship Programme, the highest level of support offered to developing players aged between 16 and 24 with the best chance of reaching the ATP/WTA top 100 singles.
QUICK-FIRE FACTS
- Place of birth: Leicester
- Lives: Leicester
- Trains: NTC
- Tennis beginnings: Began playing aged five. Tennis idol is Serena Williams
- Hobbies: Football (Leicester City), fashion, shopping and cooking
- Family: Mother Sue is a former tennis coach, father is David.
Tennis Career
January
Boulter started the 2022 season reaching the second round of the Adelaide International 1 after defeating Lucrezia Stefanini 7-6(4), 6-1.
27th seed Boulter then lost out in the first round of the Australian Open qualifiers 6-3, 6-4 to American Emina Bektas.
February
In February, Boulter won her first title in four years at the W60 Grenoble, - defeating second seed Martina Trevisan in the quarter-finals, before edging a close final against Anna Blinkova 7-6(2), 6-7(6), 6-2.
March
Boulter battled her way through qualifying of the BNP Paribas Open before facing World No.46, Jasmine Paolini in the first round. In a battle of the nerves, Paolini came out on top in the first set after five breaks in the opening six games. Despite putting up a fight, Boulter was defeated 6-3, 6-2 by the Italian.
Defeated rising star Coco Gauff in an Australian Open warm-up event before being beaten in three sets by World No.2 Naomi Osaka. Was knocked out in the first round of the Australian Open by Russia's Daria Kasatkina.
Was selected to represent Great Britain in a Billie Jean King Cup Play-Off tie against Mexico in April at the National Tennis Centre, and spearheaded Britain to victory by winning two matches.
In April she reached the semi-finals of an ITF 60K event in Argentina losing to sixth seed Xinyu Wang. Reached the quarter-finals of the Viking Open Nottingham before withdrawing with an elbow injury - recovering in time to play at Wimbledon.
Returned from a long-term back injury in January with an encouraging display despite defeat against Elina Svitolina in first round of Australian Open.
Reached the last 16 of a WTA Tour event in Indian Wells in March before lockdown hit.
Continued return to fitness post lockdown, winning the Progress Tour Women’s Championships title at the National Tennis Centre in July, and was part of the Union Jacks team at the Battle of the Brits Team Tennis event during the same month.
Reached the final of an ITF $15k event in Sharm El Sheikh in October.
- Led Britain's return to the Fed Cup World Group II for the first time in 26 years with victory over Kazakhstan in April of 2019.
- Reached a career-high of World No.82 in February of 2019
- Won the Lemon Bowl, one of the premier junior tennis tournaments in the world, in Rome at the age of 11.
- Reached the final of the Junior Orange Bowl in Florida at the age of 14.
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