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Full name
  
Katherine Ip

Name
  
Katherine Ip

Country (sports)
  
Role
  
Tennis Player

Career titles
  
0 WTA, 2 ITF

Highest ranking
  
765



Born
  
17 September 1995 (age 28) United States (
1995-09-17
)

Current ranking
  
846 (26 August 2013)

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Katherine Cheng Ip (Chinese: 葉澄) (born 17 September 1995) is a professional American-born Hong Kong tennis player.

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2013 Hong Kong National Championships Ladies Dbls Final


Early life

In September 1995, Ip was born in San Francisco, California, United States. Her parents are Elki Cheng and Roney Ip.

Early Career and Education

Ip has won two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF tour. On November 11, 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 662. On July 25, 2016, she also reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 675.

Ip is currently a senior studying kinesiology at Rice University in Houston, Texas (class of 2017), and plays tennis for the Owls. She also organizes events and maintains the budget of the Hong Kong Student Association.

Playing for Hong Kong at the Fed Cup, Ip has a win–loss record of 7–2.

Ip made her WTA main draw debut at the 2016 Hong Kong Tennis Open in the doubles event partnering Eudice Chong.

References

Katherine Ip Wikipedia