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, she 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,[15] coming through the qualifying draw to win a ITF $10k tournament in Sharm El Sheikh. She defeated seventh seed Julia Terziyska in the final, having overcome two other seeded players in earlier rounds.[citation needed]
2016: Youngest British Fed Cup player, Wimbledon debut
In February, Swan made her Fed Cup debut for Great Britain in their Euro/Africa Zone Group 1 tie against South Africa. She became the youngest British player in Fed Cup history at the age of 16 years and 316 days, surpassing the record of Anne Keothavong by 270 days.[18][19] Swan defeated Ilze Hattingh in straight sets in the opening match of the tie which Great Britain went on to win 3–0.[20][21]
She received a wildcard into the main-draw at Wimbledon.[22][23] Swan lost in the first round to world No. 35, Tímea Babos, in straight sets.[24][25] At the same event she retired due to injury in the first round of the girls' singles.[26]
2017–18: Wimbledon second round
Following recurring injury problems which began in late 2016 and persisted into early 2017,[27] Swan returned at the Soho Square Future in Sharm El Sheikh, winning the $15k tournament by defeating Pemra Özgen in the final in straight sets. In March 2017 she claimed another tournament win, again at Sharm El Sheikh, overcoming Julia Wachaczyk in the final and putting her into the top-10 of British female players.[citation needed]
In October 2017, Swan won her first $25k tournament, when fellow Briton Katie Boulter retired during the first set of the final.[28]
Swan in 2018
At the start of the 2018, 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."[29] She subsequently added Heather Watson's former coach, Diego Veronelli, to share responsibilities with her existing coach, Julien Picot.[30]
In May 2018, Swan won her second $25k tournament without dropping a set at the Torneo Conchita Martínez in Monzón, Spain.[31] In June 2018, 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.[32] Swan lost to Mona Barthel in the first round.[33]
In February, she defeated Sachia Vickery at the $25k event in Santo Domingo to win her 10th title on the ITF Circuit and sixth at $25k level.[44]
During grass-court season, Swan made the round of 16 at the Bad Homburg Open after entering as a qualifier. She defeated former US Open champion Sloane Stephens from a set down,[45] before losing to another former US Open champion, eventual finalist Bianca Andreescu in the second round.[46]
Swan was awarded a wildcard for Wimbledon where she lost in three sets to Marta Kostyuk in the first round.[47]
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.[56]
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.[57] Later that month, Swan was given a wildcard entry into qualifying at Wimbledon, but lost in the first round to Leyre Romero Gormaz.[56]
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.[58]
↑ 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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