Katherine Ip

Katherine Cheng Ip (Chinese: 葉澄; born 17 September 1995)[1] is an inactive American-born Hong Kong tennis player.

Katherine Ip
Country (sports) Hong Kong
Born (1995-09-17) 17 September 1995
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Prize money$16,885
Singles
Career record56–42 (57.1%)
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 (43.4%)
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 (84.6%)
Last updated on: 27 September 2020.

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. Ip has won two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In November 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 662. In October 2017, she also reached her best WTA doubles ranking of 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 at the Fed Cup, Ip has a win/loss record of 11–2.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2016 Hong Kong Tennis Open in the doubles event, 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 Rishika Sunkara 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2. 19 August 2013 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Shweta Rana 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3. 27 July 2014 ITF New Delhi Hard 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 Eudice Chong Choi Ji-hee
Lee So-ra		 2–6, 2–6
Win 1. 10 July 2016 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea Hard Jessy Rompies Kim Hae-sung
Kim Mi-ok		 6–3, 6–3
Win 2. 15 July 2016 ITF Hong Kong Hard Eudice Chong Alexandra Bozovic
Kaylah McPhee		 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2. 24 June 2017 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Eudice Chong Cho I-hsuan
Cho Yi-tsen		 2–6, 3–6

References
  1. Katherine Ip at the International Tennis Federation
  2. "magazine.rice.edu Katherine Ip". Retrieved Apr 24, 2017.
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