Katie Swan (born 24 March 1999) is a British tennis player. She has won 14 ITF singles titles and one in doubles. Her peak world ranking in singles is 118 and her highest in doubles is 293. When she made her debut, Swan was the youngest player to represent Great Britain in the Fed Cup.
Swan was born in Bristol, to parents Nicki and Richard. Whilst on holiday in Portugal when she was seven, she took tennis lessons. Her teacher had once played for Portugal and told her parents that she showed real talent and could represent her country in the future.[2]
Swan was head girl at Bristol prepThe Downs School and a keen hockey player, representing Avon and her school when they qualified for the under-13 national finals. She briefly attended Bristol Grammar School until the family moved to Wichita, Kansas (U.S.) in 2013 due to her father's job in the oil industry.[3] Swan was one of the very few junior players on the competitive circuit who continued in school, Wichita Collegiate School,[4] though from August 2015 she took online classes.[5]
She is in a relationship with Australian professional tennis player Alex Bolt.[7][8]
Junior career
In 2009, Swan won her first international tournament in Croatia, the prestigious Smrikve Bowl event for 10-year-olds,[9] and went on to win an under-10s international title.[3]
In 2014, Swan was a member of the four-strong GB squad, coached by Judy Murray, that triumphed in the Maureen Connolly Challenge Trophy, an annual under-18s competition, against the U.S. team.[10][11]
In March, just before her 16th birthday, Swan achieved her first victories on the senior tour,[13] coming through the qualifying draw to win a $10k tournament in Sharm El Sheikh. She beat seventh seed Julia Terziyska in the final, having already dispatched two seeds in earlier rounds.[citation needed]
She was called up for her Fed Cup debut in the Euro/Africa Zone Group 1 tie against South Africa. Swan became the youngest British player in Fed Cup history at the age of 16 years and 316 days, beating the record of Anne Keothavong by 270 days.[16][17] Swan beat Ilze Hattingh 6–3, 6–0 in the opening match of the tie. Great Britain went on to beat South Africa 3–0.[18][19] During the grass-court season, she received a wildcard into the main draw at Wimbledon where she played world No. 35, Tímea Babos.[20][21] Swan lost 2–6, 3–6.[22][23] At the same event she retired due to injury in the first round of the girls' singles.[24]
2017
Following problems in late 2016/early 2017 from recurring injuries,[25] Swan returned at the Soho Square Future in Sharm El Sheikh, winning the $15k tournament by beating Pemra Özgen in the final, in straight sets. Followed in March with another tournament win, again at Sharm El Sheikh against German player Julia Wachaczyk, in a two set final, putting Swan into the top ten British female players. In October, Swan won her first $25k tournament, when fellow Brit Katie Boulter retired in the first set of the final.[26]
2018
Swan in 2018
At the start of the year, it was announced that Swan had joined Andy Murray's "77 Sports Management" with a statement from him saying, "Katie is a player I've been watching for a while. She's got great potential and has already had some good results. I'm hoping we can offer support to her in areas on and off the court and complement the team she has in place already."[27] She subsequently added former Heather Watson coach Diego Veronelli to share responsibilities with existing coach Julien Picot.[28]
In May, Swan won her second $25k tournament without dropping a set at the Torneo Conchita Martínez in Monzón, Spain.[29] In June, she won two rounds in qualifying at the Nottingham Open, to reach the main draw of a WTA Tour event by right for the first time, earlier appearances having relied on wildcards.[30] After receiving another wildcard for Wimbledon, Swan reached the second round, defeating world No. 36, Irina-Camelia Begu, 6–2, 6–2 in the first round.[31]
Swan qualified for Wimbledon, defeating Arina Rodionova 6–0, 6–4 in the final qualifying round. In the first round of the main draw, she lost to 23rd seed Madison Keys.[35] Swan also had some success on the ITF Circuit, winning a $25k tournament in Orlando in February 2021, and the $25k Paf Open in Haabneeme in November.[36][37]
In February, she defeated Sachia Vickery at the $25k event in Santo Domingo to win her tenth title on the ITF Circuit, and sixth at $25k level.[39]
During grass-court season, Swan made the round of 16 at the Bad Homburg Open, entering as a qualifier. She defeated former US Open champion Sloane Stephens from a set down,[40] before losing to another former US Open champion, eventual finalist Bianca Andreescu.[41] Swan was awarded a wildcard for Wimbledon where she lost in three sets to Marta Kostyuk in the first round.[42]
In August, Swan won her first $60k event at the Lexington Challenger in Kentucky- her first title above $25k level. She defeated fellow Briton Jodie Burrage in three sets in the final.[43]
In September, she made a personal best run at a WTA Tour event, making the semifinals of the WTA Indian Open. However, she was forced to retire from her semifinal match against Magda Linette due to illness.[44]
A back injury limited Swan's tennis activity throughout 2024 with her taking part in only a handful of low-level ITF tournaments and withdrawing from several matches, before sitting out the entire second half of the year and contemplating retirement.[48]
In June 2025, she won her first title in more than two and a half years at the ITF W15 San Diego, defeating Dejana Radanović in the final.[49] Later that month, Swan was given a wildcard entry into qualifying at Wimbledon, but lost in the first round to Leyre Romero Gormaz.[48]
Grand Slam performance timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[50]
↑ 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. 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.
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