Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
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Born | Leicester, England | 1 August 1996
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 914,356 |
Singles | |
Career record | 228–147 (60.8%) |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 82 (18 February 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 118 (27 June 2022) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2019) |
French Open | Q1 (2018) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2022) |
US Open | 1R (2021) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 39–31 (55.7%) |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 431 (31 December 2018) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (2017, 2018) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (2018) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 9–1 (90.0%) |
Hopman Cup | RR (2019) |
Last updated on: 30 June 2022. |
Katie Boulter (born 1 August 1996) is a British tennis player.
Boulter, from Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire,[1][2] has won six singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 February 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 82. On 31 December 2018, she peaked at No. 431 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]
Boulter's mother played tennis at county level and represented Great Britain a few times. Boulter herself started playing tennis aged 5,[5] and went on to represent Great Britain three years later, aged 8.[5] She has said that when she was younger, beating her older brother was a motivating factor. "We used to practise together at this local court down the road from our house. It was the only thing I could eventually beat him in, so that felt great."[6]
Boulter played the piano before her tennis career began to take precedence. She also has an interest in fashion and made an appearance in Vogue magazine in 2018.[7] She is a supporter of Leicester City Football Club.[8] Boulter is currently in a relationship with Australian tennis player Alex de Minaur.[9]
Following in the path of Anna Kournikova, Boulter showed promise in 2008 when she won the Lemon Bowl in Rome, aged 11.[10] She went on in 2011, aged 14, to become a finalist in the Junior Orange Bowl Tennis Championships in Coral Gables, Florida.[11] Past finalists have included Andy Murray and Caroline Wozniacki. She was awarded the Aegon Junior Player Award that month.[12]
Boulter claimed her first senior doubles title at a $10k event in Sharm El Sheikh in November 2013.[13]
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.[14][15][16] 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.[17] A month later, Boulter was given a wildcard for Wimbledon qualifying, losing in the first round to Italian Alberta Brianti in a three-set match which lasted two-and-a-half hours.[18]
2018 became her most successful tennis year. She won her first $25k singles title at the event in Óbidos, Portugal in April. In May, Boulter then won a further singles title at the $60k event in Fukuoka, Japan. Despite falling in the first round of qualifying for the French Open,[19] Boulter carried her good form into the grass-court season, She received a wildcard for the Nottingham Open[20] and reached her first WTA quarterfinal there. In July 2018, she received a wildcard to the $100k grass-court event in Southsea, England[21] where she fell to Kirsten Flipkens in the final.
She then received a wildcard into the Wimbledon main draw, where she won her first-round match over Veronica Cepede Royg.[22] She lost to Naomi Osaka in the second round, in straight sets.
She ended the year ranked 100th.
Boulter began the 2019 season in Hobart, Tasmania where she did not qualify, losing to Greet Minnen in three sets. Her next tournament was the Australian Open. She defeated Ekaterina Makarova, in three sets, with the first instance in the Australian Open of a third-set tiebreak, winning the tiebreak 10–6. However, her run ended in the second round with a straight-set defeat by Aryna Sabalenka.
Her next tournament was the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy during which she defeated Bernarda Pera, Katarina Zavatska and Ysaline Bonaventure in the qualifiers. She then lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova in three sets. At the Mexican Open, she defeated Conny Perrin, in straight sets, before retiring to fifth seed Sofia Kenin. At the Miami Open, entering as the sixth qualifying seed, she lost to Marie Bouzková, in straight sets.
In April, Boulter suffered a spinal stress fracture while playing for Great Britain in the Fed Cup.[23]
At the 2020 Australian Open, she lost in the first round to Elina Svitolina. At the 2021 Australian Open, she lost in the first round to Daria Kasatkina. At 2021 Wimbledon, she beat qualifier Danielle Lao before she lost to Aryna Sabalenka in three sets, in the second round. At the 2021 US Open, she lost in the first round to Liudmila Samsonova.
Having won an ITF tournament in February 2022, Boulter had to retire from the WTA event in Lyon in March due to a leg injury.[24]
Boulter missed the clay court season, but returned at the 2022 Nottingham Open in June where she came through qualifying to defeat Tatjana Maria in the first round before losing to Ajla Tomljanović. Granted a wildcard for the WTA 2022 Birmingham Classic, she defeated Alison Riske (first top-40 win) and Caroline Garcia,[25] before she lost to Simona Halep.[26] At the 2022 Eastbourne International she was granted also a wildcard and defeated fourth seed and World No. 7 Karolina Plíšková for her first top-10 win.[27] She lost her last 16 match against Petra Kvitova in 3 sets.[28]
At Wimbledon, Boulter again upset Plíšková in the second round in 3 sets to advance to the third round of a major for the first time in her career. [29] In the third round, Boulter lost to Harmony Tan in straight sets.[30]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[31]
Current after the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
French Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Wimbledon | Q1 | A | Q2 | 1R | 2R | A | NH | 2R | 3R | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% |
US Open | A | A | A | Q3 | Q1 | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0 / 8 | 5–8 | 38% |
WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||
Qatar / Dubai Open[a] | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | NH | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 0 | 0–1 | 0% |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | NH | 2R | A | 0 / 0 | 1–2 | 33% |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
China Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||
Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | Career total: 30 | ||
Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 6–8 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 10–10 | 8–6 | 0 / 30 | 29–31 | 48% |
Year-end ranking | 411 | 889 | 368 | 199 | 100 | 352 | 365 | 148 | $901,539 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Amy Bowtell | 7–6(7–5), 0–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Loss | 0–2 | May 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Nina Stojanović | 6–3, 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–2 | May 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Eden Silva | 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–3 | Nov 2014 | ITF Phuket, Thailand | 15,000 | Hard (i) | Irina Ramialison | 3–6, 0–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Apr 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Anastasia Pribylova | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 2–4 | Mar 2017 | ITF Mildura, Australia | 25,000 | Grass | Viktória Kužmová | 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–4 | Apr 2017 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | 15,000 | Hard (i) | Ayla Aksu | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–5 | May 2017 | ITF Kurume, Japan | 60,000 | Carpet | Laura Robson | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–6 | Oct 2017 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | 25,000 | Carpet | Katie Swan | 0–5 ret. |
Win | 4–6 | Apr 2018 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | 25,000 | Carpet | Urszula Radwańska | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 5–6 | May 2018 | ITF Fukuoka, Japan | 60,000 | Carpet | Ksenia Lykina | 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 5–7 | Jul 2018 | ITF Southsea, United Kingdom | 100,000+H | Grass | Kirsten Flipkens | 4–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
Loss | 5–8 | Oct 2020 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | Joanna Garland | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Win | 6–8 | Feb 2022 | ITF Grenoble, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Anna Blinkova | 7–6(7–2), 6–7(6–8), 6–2 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Justine De Sutter | Natela Dzalamidze Yuliya Hnateyko |
6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
Loss | 1–1 | Feb 2014 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 10,000 | Hard | Xun Fangying | Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin |
3–6, 0–6 |
Win | 2–1 | May 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Nina Stojanović | Dong Xiaorong Pia König |
6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 3–1 | May 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Nina Stojanović | Ekaterina Klyueva Sofia Smagina |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 4–1 | Jul 2014 | ITF Imola, Italy | 15,000 | Carpet | Katy Dunne | Anna Remondina Lisa Sabino |
7–6(10–8), 6–3 |
Loss | 4–2 | Aug 2014 | ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom | 10,000 | Hard | Freya Christie | Alison Bai Mari Tanaka |
4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 4–3 | Apr 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Oleksandra Korashvili | Melanie Klaffner Julia Wachaczyk |
4–6, 6–2, [11–13] |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2014 | Australian Open | Hard | Ivana Jorović | Anhelina Kalinina Elizaveta Kulichkova |
4–6, 2–6 |
Season | 2022 | Total |
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Wins | 2 | 2 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | KBR |
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2022 | |||||||
1. | Karolína Plíšková | No. 7 | Eastbourne International, UK | Grass | 2R | 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 | No. 127 |
2. | Karolína Plíšková | No. 7 | Wimbledon, UK | Grass | 2R | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | No. 118 |
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