Katherine Ip

Katherine Ip

Country (sports)	Hong Kong
Born	(1995-09-17) 17 September 1995 (age 29) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Prize money	$16,885
Singles
Career record	56–42
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	662 (4 November 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2013)
French Open Junior	1R (2013)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2013)
US Open Junior	1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	23–30
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	543 (16 October 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2013)
French Open Junior	1R (2013)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2013)
US Open Junior	2R (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	11–2

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

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. She won two singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In November 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 662. In October 2017, she reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 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 in Fed Cup, Ip has a win–loss record of 11–2.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2016 Hong Kong Open in doubles, partnering Eudice Chong.

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

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

• Katherine Ip at the Women's Tennis Association
• Katherine Ip at the International Tennis Federation
• Katherine Ip at the Billie Jean King Cup