Katie Boulter

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Katie Boulter
Boulter RGQ23.jpg
Boulter at the 2023 French Open
Full nameKatie Charlotte Boulter
Country (sports) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Born (1996-08-01) 1 August 1996 (age 28)
Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, England
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachBiljana Veselinovic
Prize moneyUS$ 2,647,251
Singles
Career record312–196
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 27 (4 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 33 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2019, 2024)
French Open 1R (2024)
Wimbledon 3R (2022, 2023)
US Open 3R (2023)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record40–35
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 431 (31 December 2018)
Current rankingNo. 458 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2024)
French Open 1R (2024)
Wimbledon 1R (2017, 2018)
US Open 2R (2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games QF (2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 10–4
Hopman Cup RR (2019)
Last updated on: 26 August 2024.

Katie Charlotte Boulter (born 1 August 1996) is a British professional tennis player and currently the British No. 1 in women's singles. On 4 March 2024, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world No. 27. On 31 December 2018, she peaked at No. 431 in the doubles rankings. [1] She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour as well as seven singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

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Boulter was ranked the No. 10 junior tennis player in the world in March 2014. [2] She is based at the Lawn Tennis Association's National Tennis Centre in Roehampton and was coached by Jeremy Bates, Nigel Sears and Mark Taylor. [3]

Early life

Boulter was born in Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, [4] [5] the second of two children to David and Susan (née Gartshore) and has an older brother, James. Boulter's mother, Susan, played tennis at county level and represented Great Britain a few times as a junior. Boulter's maternal grandmother, Gill Gartshore (née Dran), was also a county champion tennis player.

Boulter herself started playing tennis aged 5, [3] and went on to represent Great Britain three years later, aged 8. [3] 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]

Career

2008–2013: Steady rise

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Boulter at the 2013 US Open

Following in the path of Anna Kournikova, Boulter showed promise in 2008 when she won the Lemon Bowl in Rome, aged 11. [8] She went on in 2011, aged 14, to become a finalist in the Junior Orange Bowl Tennis Championships in Coral Gables, Florida. [9] Past finalists have included Andy Murray and Caroline Wozniacki. She was awarded the Aegon Junior Player Award that month. [10]

Boulter claimed her first senior doubles title at a $10k event in Sharm El Sheikh in November 2013. [11]

2014: Doubles success, first senior singles title

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. [12] [13] [14] 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. [15] A month later, Boulter was given a wild card for Wimbledon qualifying, losing in the first round to Italian Alberta Brianti in a three-set match which lasted two-and-a-half hours. [16]

2018: 2nd round at Wimbledon, top 100 debut

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Boulter at the 2018 Surbiton Trophy.

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, Boulter carried her good form into the grass-court season, She received a wild card for the Nottingham Open [17] and reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal there. In July 2018, she received a wildcard into the $100k grass-court event in Southsea, England where she reached the final and fell to Kirsten Flipkens.

She then received a wildcard into the Wimbledon main draw, where she won her first-round match over Veronica Cepede Royg. [18] She lost in the second round to Naomi Osaka, in straight sets. [19]

She ended the year ranked 100th.

2019: Australian Open first win

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Boulter during the 2019 Fed Cup.

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. [20] However, her run ended in the second round with a straight-sets defeat by Aryna Sabalenka. [21]

Her next tournament was the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy where she entered the main draw as a lucky loser and was defeated by Ekaterina Alexandrova in three sets. [22] At the Mexican Open, she defeated Conny Perrin in the first round, [23] before retiring with an injury during her next match against fifth seed Sofia Kenin. [24]

In April, Boulter suffered a spinal stress fracture while playing for Great Britain in the Fed Cup. [25]

2021: Another Wimbledon win

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Boulter at the 2021 Nottingham Open

At the 2021 Australian Open, she suffered a first-round loss against Daria Kasatkina. [26] At Wimbledon, she beat qualifier Danielle Lao [27] before losing to second seed Aryna Sabalenka in three sets, in the second round. [28] She qualified for the main draw at the 2021 US Open, [29] but lost in the first round to Liudmila Samsonova. [30]

2022: First top-10 wins, Grand Slam third round

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. [31]

Boulter missed the clay-court season, but returned at the 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 Birmingham Classic, she defeated Alison Riske (her first win against a top-40 ranked player) [32] and Caroline Garcia, [33] before losing to Simona Halep. [34] At Eastbourne, she was also handed a wildcard and defeated fourth seed and world No. 7, Karolina Plíšková, for her first top-10 win. [35] She lost her last 16 match against Petra Kvitová in three sets. [36]

At Wimbledon, Boulter again upset Plíšková in three sets to advance to the third round of a major for the first time in her career. [37] In round three, Boulter lost to Harmony Tan, in straight sets. [38]

2023: British No. 1, first career title, major 3rd rounds

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Boulter after winning the final at the Canberra Tennis International

Boulter became the British player No. 1 on 12 June 2023, following a semifinal showing at the Surbiton Trophy. [39] She reached the quarterfinals at the Nottingham Open as one of four British players for a historic first at a WTA event. [40] She went one step further to reach her first WTA Tour semifinal with a win over compatriot Harriet Dart. [41] She defeated another Briton, Heather Watson, to set up an all-British final with Jodie Burrage, the first since 1977. [42] As a result, she returned to the top 100 in the rankings at No. 77 on 19 June 2023. [43] [44] She had won her first WTA Tour title, after defeating Burrage in the final.

She received a special exempt entry into the next UK tournament in Birmingham, but lost in the first round to Zhu Lin in straight sets. [45]

At the Wimbledon Championships, she defeated Australian Daria Saville in the first round [46] and Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova in the second, [47] before losing to Elena Rybakina in an under-one-hour match. [48] With Alex de Minaur in mixed doubles, she also went out in the second round. [49]

Boulter came through two rounds of qualifying to gain a place in the main draw of the Canadian Open in Montreal. She won her first-round match against Rebecca Marino, [50] but lost in round two to Coco Gauff. [51] This result improved Boulter's singles ranking to a career high of 60, on 14 August 2023.

At the US Open, she entered the main draw via her ranking for the first time in her career. In the first round, she defeated Diane Parry in straight sets for her first-ever main-draw win at Flushing Meadows, [52] and then beat Chinese player Wang Yafan, in three sets, in the second round. [53] Boulter lost to Peyton Stearns in round three, in two sets, [54] but reached a new career-high ranking of 50, on 11 September 2023.

2024: First WTA 500 title & top 30

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Boulter at the 2024 Laureus World Sports Awards

Boulter participated in the British team for the 2024 United Cup alongside Cameron Norrie. She defeated Jessica Pegula in the round-robin stage but the team was eliminated before the knock-out phase. [55] She then reached the second round of the Australian Open where she lost to Zheng Qinwen. [56] Boulter played the Linz Open where again she had finished in round two, after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. [57]

At the San Diego Open, the unseeded Boulter defeated Lesia Tsurenko, [58] second seed Beatriz Haddad Maia, [59] seventh seed Donna Vekić, [60] and third seed Emma Navarro [61] to reach her first WTA 500 final. [62] In the final, she defeated the sixth seeded Marta Kostyuk achieving her first win at this level and taking her ranking into the top 30. [63]

In April 2024, Boulter helped Great Britain to a 3–1 win in an away tie against France to make it into the Billie Jean King Cup finals. Having lost to Diane Parry 2–6, 0–6 on day one, Boulter defeated Clara Burel 7–5, 6–0 in the opening match of day two for what was her first Tour level victory on clay. [64]

Boulter retained her Nottingham Open title in June, beating Emma Raducanu in the semifinals and then Karolína Plíšková in the final on the same day at the tournament which was heavily affected by bad weather. [65] [66]

For the first time in her career, Boulter was seeded in the ladies singles at Wimbledon. [67] [68] She defeated Tatjana Maria in two sets, [69] but then lost to fellow Briton Harriet Dart in the second round, [8–10] in the tiebreaker. [70]

Boulter lost in the first round of the singles at the Paris Olympics, going down in straight sets to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová. [71] Partnering Heather Watson, she reached the quarterfinals of the doubles, defeating sixth seeded Brazilian duo Beatriz Haddad Maia and Luisa Stefani in the second round, [72] before losing to third seeds and eventual gold medalists Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini from Italy. [73]

In her first tournament after the Olympics, Boulter reached the third round of the Canadian Open for the first time in her career with wins over Bernarda Pera [74] and 13th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia [75] to set up a meeting with second seed Aryna Sabalenka which she lost. [76]

Seeded 31st, she defeated qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round at the US Open [77] before losing her next match to Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro. [78]

Personal life

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Boulter and de Minaur in 2024

Boulter is a supporter of Leicester City Football Club. [79] She is currently in a relationship with Australian tennis player Alex de Minaur. [80]

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records. [81]

Singles

Current through the 2024 Qatar/Dubai Open.

Katie Boulter Grand Slam singles statistics
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAA Q1 2R 1R 1R Q1 Q2 2R 0 / 42–425%
French Open AAAA Q1 AAAA Q2 1R 0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon Q1 A Q2 1R 2R ANH 2R 3R 3R 2R 0 / 67–654%
US Open AAA Q3 Q1 AA 1R Q2 3R 2R 0 / 33–350%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–11–11–10–11–32–14–23–40 / 1412–1446%
National representation
Summer Olympics NHANHANH 1R 0 / 10–10%
Billie Jean King Cup [lower-alpha 1] AAAA POZ1 POZ1 QR [lower-alpha 2] SF QR 0 / 17–370%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open [lower-alpha 3] ANMSANMSANMSANMSANMSA0 / 00–0 – 
Dubai [lower-alpha 3] NMSANMSANMSANMSANMSAA0 / 00–0 – 
Indian Wells Open AAAAA Q2 NH Q1 1R Q2 1R 0 / 20–20%
Miami Open AAAA 1R Q1 NH 2R AA 4R 0 / 33–350%
Madrid Open AAAAAANHAAA 2R 0 / 10–10%
Italian Open AAAAAAAAAA 2R 0 / 10–10%
Canadian Open AAAA 1R ANHAA 2R 3R 0 / 33–350%
Cincinnati Open AAAAAAAAA Q1 1R 0 / 10–10%
Guadalajara Open NHAANMS0 / 00–0 – 
China Open AAAA 1R ANH 2R 0 / 21–20%
Wuhan Open AAAAAANH0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–30–00–01–10–11–10 / 62–625%
Career statistics
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Career
Tournaments0001832108811Career total: 51
Titles00000000012Career total: 3
Finals00000000012Career total: 3
Hard win–loss0–00–00–00–03–57–41–26–82–53–513–70 / 2935–3649%
Clay win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–40 / 30–40%
Grass win–loss0–00–00–00–13–30–00–04–27–47–38–32 / 1529–1664%
Overall win–loss0–00–00–00–16–87–41–210–109–910–821–141 / 5564–5653%
Year-end ranking [lower-alpha 4] 41188936819910035236514812456$1,691,825

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (1–0)
WTA 250 (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (3–0)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Jun 2023 Nottingham Open, United KingdomWTA 250Grass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jodie Burrage 6–3, 6–3
Win2–0 Mar 2024 San Diego Open, United StatesWTA 500Hard Flag of Ukraine.svg Marta Kostyuk 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Win3–0 Jun 2024 Nottingham Open, United Kingdom (2)WTA 250Grass Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (3–2)
$25,000 tournaments (1–2)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (2–3)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Ireland.svg Amy Bowtell 7–6(7–5), 0–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss0–2May 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Serbia.svg Nina Stojanović 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win1–2May 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eden Silva 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss1–3Nov 2014ITF Phuket, Thailand15,000Hard (i) Flag of France.svg Irina Ramialison 3–6, 0–6
Win2–3Apr 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pribylova4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss2–4Mar 2017ITF Mildura, Australia25,000Grass Flag of Slovakia.svg Viktória Kužmová 2–6, 4–6
Win3–4Apr 2017ITF İstanbul, Turkey15,000Hard (i) Flag of Turkey.svg Ayla Aksu 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss3–5 May 2017 Kurume Cup, Japan60,000Carpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Laura Robson 3–6, 4–6
Loss3–6Oct 2017ITF Óbidos, Portugal25,000Carpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Swan 0–5 ret.
Win4–6Apr 2018ITF Óbidos, Portugal25,000Carpet Flag of Poland.svg Urszula Radwańska 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win5–6 May 2018 Fukuoka International, Japan60,000Carpet Flag of Russia.svg Ksenia Lykina 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss5–7 Jul 2018 Southsea Trophy, United Kingdom100,000+HGrass Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kirsten Flipkens 4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss5–8Oct 2020ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Joanna Garland 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win6–8 Feb 2022 Open de l'Isère, France60,000Hard (i) Flag of Russia.svg Anna Blinkova 7–6(7–2), 6–7(6–8), 6–2
Win7–8 Jan 2023 Canberra International, Australia60,000Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jodie Burrage 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss7–9May 2023Fukuoka International, Japan60,000Carpet Flag of Japan.svg Natsumi Kawaguchi w/o

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Nov 2013ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine De Sutter Flag of Russia.svg Natela Dzalamidze
Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuliya Hnateyko		6–4, 7–6(6)
Loss1–1Feb 2014ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand10,000Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xun Fangying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Xinyun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Kailin 		3–6, 0–6
Win2–1May 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Serbia.svg Nina Stojanović Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dong Xiaorong
Flag of Austria.svg Pia König 		6–4, 6–2
Win3–1May 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Serbia.svg Nina Stojanović Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Ekaterina Klyueva
Flag of Russia.svg Sofia Smagina		6–2, 6–3
Win4–1Jul 2014ITF Imola, Italy15,000Carpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katy Dunne Flag of Italy.svg Anna Remondina
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lisa Sabino 		7–6(8), 6–3
Loss4–2Aug 2014ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom10,000Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freya Christie Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alison Bai
Flag of Japan.svg Mari Tanaka 		4–6, 3–6
Loss4–3Apr 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandra Korashvili Flag of Austria.svg Melanie Klaffner
Flag of Germany.svg Julia Wachaczyk 		4–6, 6–2, [11–13]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (runner–up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 2014 Australian Open Hard Flag of Serbia.svg Ivana Jorović Flag of Ukraine.svg Anhelina Kalinina
Flag of Russia.svg Elizaveta Kulichkova 		4–6, 2–6

Top 10 wins

Season 2022 2023 2024 Total
Wins2013
#PlayerRkEventSurfaceRdScoreRkRef
2022
1. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková 7 Eastbourne, UKGrass2R1–6, 6–4, 6–4127 [82]
2. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková7 Wimbledon, UKGrass2R3–6, 7–6(4), 6–4118 [83]
2024
3. Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula 5 United Cup, AustraliaHardRR5–7, 6–4, 6–456 [84]

Notes

  1. ↑ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ↑ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. 1 2 The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ↑ 2013: WTA ranking–775.

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