Katherine Ip

Katherine Ip
Country (sports) Hong Kong
Born (1995-09-17) 17 September 1995 (age 29)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Prize money$16,885
Singles
Career record56–42
Career titles2 ITF
Highest ranking662 (4 November 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2013)
French Open Junior1R (2013)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2013)
US Open Junior1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record23–30
Career titles2 ITF
Highest ranking543 (16 October 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2013)
French Open Junior1R (2013)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2013)
US Open Junior2R (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup11–2

Katherine Cheng Ip (Chinese: 葉澄; born 17 September 1995)[1] 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.[2]

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)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 1 December 2012 ITF Kolkata, India Hard India Rishika Sunkara 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2. 19 August 2013 ITF New Delhi, India Hard India Shweta Rana 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3. 27 July 2014 ITF New Delhi Hard South Korea Kim Da-bin 1–6, 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)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 25 July 2015 ITF Hong Kong, China S.A.R. Hard Hong Kong Eudice Chong South Korea Choi Ji-hee
South Korea Lee So-ra 		2–6, 2–6
Win 1. 10 July 2016 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea Hard Indonesia Jessy Rompies South Korea Kim Hae-sung
South Korea Kim Mi-ok 		6–3, 6–3
Win 2. 15 July 2016 ITF Hong Kong Hard Hong Kong Eudice Chong Australia Alexandra Bozovic
Australia Kaylah McPhee 		6–2, 6–2
Loss 2. 24 June 2017 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Hong Kong Eudice Chong Chinese Taipei Cho I-hsuan
Chinese Taipei Cho Yi-tsen 		2–6, 3–6

References

  1. ^ Katherine Ip at the International Tennis Federation Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "magazine.rice.edu Katherine Ip". Retrieved Apr 24, 2017.