Kaitlyn Christian

Kaitlyn Christian
	Christian at the 2018 French Open
Full name	Kaitlyn Christian
Country (sports)	United States
Born	January 13, 1992 (age 30); Orange, California
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$459,368
Singles
Career record	49–54 (47.6%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 570 (September 25, 2017)
Doubles
Career record	153–156 (49.5%)
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 38 (February 25, 2019)
Current ranking	No. 60 (May 31, 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2019)
French Open	2R (2018, 2020)
Wimbledon	2R (2018, 2021)
US Open	1R (2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	1R (2013, 2018)
	Last updated on: June 4, 2021.

Kaitlyn Christian (born January 13, 1992) is a tennis player and actress from the United States.

Christian is primarily a doubles player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 38, achieved in February 2019, and a career-high singles ranking of 570, reached in September 2017.

Christian was Emma Stone's body double as Billie Jean King in the 2017 film Battle of the Sexes,^[1] and she also is credited as portraying tennis player Kerry Melville in the film. She also played tennis player Shaun Stafford in the 2021 film King Richard.

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	2015	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	3R	2R	1R	1R	3–4
French Open	A	2R	1R	2R	1R		2–4
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	NH	2R		2–3
US Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R		0–5
Win–Loss	0–1	2–3	2–4	2–3	1–4	0–1	7–15

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)[]

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
Premier / WTA 500 (0–3)
International / WTA 250 (0–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–5)
Grass
Clay
Carpet

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2018	Abierto Mexicano Telcel	International	Hard	Sabrina Santamaria	Tatjana Maria Heather Watson	5–7, 6–2, [2–10]
Loss	0–2	Oct 2019	Luxembourg Open	International	Hard (i)	Alexa Guarachi	Coco Gauff Caty McNally	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Feb 2020	St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Alexa Guarachi	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	6–4, 0–6, [3–10]
Loss	0��4	Mar 2021	St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia	WTA 500	Hard (i)	Sabrina Santamaria	Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru	6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	0–5	Sep 2021	Ostrava Open, Czech Republic	WTA 500	Hard (i)	Erin Routliffe	Sania Mirza Zhang Shuai	3–6, 2–6

WTA 125K series finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2021	Open de Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 4–6, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 3 (1–2)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	July 25, 2009	ITF Evansville, United States	10,000	Hard	Elizabeth Lumpkin	0–6, 2–6
Win	1.	October 8, 2016	ITF Tarakan, Indonesia	10,000	Hard (i)	Haruka Kaji	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	2.	November 6, 2016	ITF Stellenbosch, South Africa	10,000	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	6–4, 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 18 (12–6)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (10–4)
Clay (2–2)
Grass
Carpet

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	July 18, 2009	ITF Atlanta, United States	10,000	Hard	Lindsey Nelson	Amanda Fink Yasmin Schnack	7–5, 7–6⁽²⁾
Loss	1.	July 24, 2009	ITF Evansville, United States	10,000	Hard	Lindsey Nelson	Maria Sanchez Yasmin Schnack	6–4, 1–6, [4–10]
Win	2.	June 20, 2010	ITF Mt. Pleasant, United States	10,000	Clay	Caitlin Whoriskey	Petra Rampre Shelby Rogers	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	June 3, 2012	ITF Sacramento, United States	50,000	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Yasmin Schnack Asia Muhammad	3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	3.	July 27, 2013	ITF Rimini, Italy	10,000	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Giulia Gasparri Lisa Sabino	6–2, 6–1
Win	4.	February 22, 2015	ITF Surprise, United States	25,000	Hard	Jacqueline Cako	Johanna Konta Maria Sanchez	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Win	5.	March 28, 2015	ITF Metepec, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Victoria Rodríguez Marcela Zacarías	2–6, 6–1, [15–13]
Loss	3.	July 18, 2015	Stockton Challenger, United States	50,000	Hard	Danielle Lao	Jamie Loeb Sanaz Marand	3–6, 4–6
Win	6.	November 5, 2016	ITF Stellenbosch, South Africa	10,000	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	Valeria Bhunu Linnea Malmqvist	6–0, 7–6⁽³⁾
Loss	4.	May 7, 2017	ITF Charleston, United States	60,000	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Emina Bektas Alexa Guarachi	7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	7.	June 17, 2017	ITF Sumter, United States	25,000	Hard	Giuliana Olmos	Ellen Perez Luisa Stefani	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	5.	September 23, 2017	ITF Tampico, Mexico	100,000	Hard	Giuliana Olmos	Caroline Dolehide Maria Irigoyen	4–6, 4–6
Win	8.	October 1, 2017	ITF Templeton, United States	60,000	Hard	Giuliana Olmos	Viktorija Golubic Amra Sadikovic	7–5, 6–3
Win	9.	October 29, 2017	ITF Macon, United States	80,000	Hard	Sabrina Santamaria	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Sanaz Marand	6–1, 6–0
Win	10.	February 4, 2018	ITF Midland, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Sabrina Santamaria	Maria Sanchez Jessica Pegula	7–5, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	11.	February 24, 2018	ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States	25,000	Hard	Sabrina Santamaria	Eva Hrdinová Taylor Townsend	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–1, [10–6]
Win	12.	May 13, 2018	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Vera Lapko Galina Voskoboeva	2–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	6.	July 13, 2018	Hungarian Open	100,000	Clay	Giuliana Olmos	Alexandra Cadanțu Chantal Škamlová	1–6, 3–6

References[]

^ Pantic, Nina (September 26, 2017). "How Battle of the Sexes Made the Tennis Look Real". Baseline. Retrieved September 29, 2017.

External links[]

Kaitlyn Christian at the Women's Tennis Association
Kaitlyn Christian at the International Tennis Federation
USC Trojans profile
Kaitlyn Christian at IMDb

[1] Pantic, Nina (September 26, 2017). "How Battle of the Sexes Made the Tennis Look Real". Baseline. Retrieved September 29, 2017.

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