Katherine Westbury
Katherine "Kat" Westbury (Thai: แคทเธอรีน เวสบุรี; born 14 March 1993, in Hamilton) is a Thai-New Zealand tennis player.
| Country (sports) |  New Zealand (2006–2012; 2014–current)  Thailand (2012–2014) |
|---|---|
| Residence | Burwood East, Victoria, Australia |
| Born | 14 March 1993 Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Plays | Right handed (two-handed both sides) |
| Prize money | $19,459 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 91–73 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 576 (3 October 2011) |
| Current ranking | No. 1043 (25 January 2021) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 3–6 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Fed Cup | 2–1 (Singles 1–0, Doubles 1–1) |
| Last updated on: 26 January 2021. | |
She reached her best singles ranking of world number 576 on 3 October 2011, and made her WTA tour debut at the 2015 ASB Classic.
Westbury has two brothers. At age of three she moved to Bangkok, Thailand with her parents where she attended pre-school and primary school. Westbury began playing tennis at the age of 6 at The British Club in Bangkok. Her family returned to New Zealand two years later, settling in Christchurch, where she attended Burnside Primary School and Cobham Intermediate School, while also playing on the Canterbury Tennis Regional Squad under coach Glenn Wilson. In 2005 the family moved to Sydney, before further re-locating to Burwood East, Victoria, where she still resides.
Tennis career
2015
Having played doubles in just one previous ITF tournament, and that being six years earlier, Westbury was awarded a wild card into the ASB Classic with Rosie Cheng, where they were beaten by Petra Martić and Anna Tatishvili in the first round.
2018
Westbury played her only Fed Cup matches for New Zealand in Bahrain in February 2018. She won her only singles rubber, and won one and lost one doubles rubber.
2020
Westbury resumed her professional career in 2020, starting at the reintroduced ITF tournament in Hamilton. She reached the semi-finals of both singles and doubles, and followed that by reaching the second round of singles in Mildura before international tennis was suspended due to the Covid-19 coronavirus. She resumed after the break with a series of tournaments in Monastir, Tunisia.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments (0–2) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 27 September 2010 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard |  Sandy Gumulya |
3–6, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 8 July 2013 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard |  Lu Jiajing |
7–5, 3–6, 3–6 |
Fed Cup participation
Singles
| Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
R/R | 7 February 2018 | Bahrain |  Lebanon |
Hard | Nancy Karaky |
W | 6–0, 6–0 |
Doubles
| Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
R/R | 8 February 2018 | Bahrain |  Uzbekistan |
Hard | Emily Fanning | Akgul Amanmuradova Yasmina Karimjanova |
L | 5–7, 1–6 |
| P/O | 9 February 2018 |  Pakistan |
Sarah Mahboob Khan Mahin Qureshi |
W | 6–3, 6–1 |
External links
- Katherine Westbury at the Women's Tennis Association
- Katherine Westbury at the International Tennis Federation