Katie Boulter

Katie Charlotte Boulter (born 1 August 1996) is a British professional tennis player.

She is the current British No. 1 in women's singles.

Katie Boulter
Katie Boulter
Boulter at the 2023 French Open
Full nameKatie Charlotte Boulter
Country (sports)United Kingdom Great Britain
Born (1996-08-01) 1 August 1996 (age 27)
Leicester, England
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 2,161,754
Singles
Career record292–184 (61.3%)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 27 (4 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 27 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2019, 2024)
French OpenQ2 (2023)
Wimbledon3R (2022, 2023)
US Open3R (2023)
Doubles
Career record39–33 (54.2%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 431 (31 December 2018)
Current rankingNo. 1116 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2017, 2018)
US Open1R (2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup11–3 (78.6%)
Hopman CupRR (2019)
Last updated on: 4 March 2024.

Boulter, from Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour as well as seven singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 4 March 2024, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 27. On 31 December 2018, she peaked at No. 431 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Boulter was ranked the No. 10 junior tennis player in the world in March 2014. She is based at the Lawn Tennis Association's National Tennis Centre in Roehampton and coached by Jeremy Bates, Nigel Sears and Mark Taylor.

Early life

Boulter was born in Leicestershire, the second of two children to David and Susan (née Gartshore) and has an older brother, Alexander. Boulter's mother, Susan, played tennis at county level and represented Great Britain a few times as a junior. Boulter's maternal grandmother, Gill Gartshore (née Dran), was also a county champion tennis player. Boulter herself started playing tennis aged 5, and went on to represent Great Britain three years later, aged 8. She has said that when she was younger, beating her older brother was a motivating factor. "We used to practise together at this local court down the road from our house. It was the only thing I could eventually beat him in, so that felt great."

Boulter played the piano before her tennis career began to take precedence. She also has an interest in fashion and made an appearance in Vogue magazine in 2018.

Personal life

She is a supporter of Leicester City Football Club.

Boulter is currently in a relationship with Australian tennis player Alex de Minaur.

Career

2008–2013: Steady rise

Katie Boulter 
Boulter at the 2023 US Open

Following in the path of Anna Kournikova, Boulter showed promise in 2008 when she won the Lemon Bowl in Rome, aged 11. She went on in 2011, aged 14, to become a finalist in the Junior Orange Bowl Tennis Championships in Coral Gables, Florida. Past finalists have included Andy Murray and Caroline Wozniacki. She was awarded the Aegon Junior Player Award that month.

Boulter claimed her first senior doubles title at a $10k event in Sharm El Sheikh in November 2013.

2014: Doubles success, first senior singles title

In January 2014, Boulter went on to have further doubles success and was a finalist at the Australian Open girls' doubles event with Ivana Jorović. In May 2014, in Sharm El Sheikh, Boulter won her first senior singles title over fellow Briton Eden Silva. She also won the doubles title at the same event partnering Nina Stojanović, to whom she had lost a previous final in singles. A month later, Boulter was given a wild card for Wimbledon qualifying, losing in the first round to Italian Alberta Brianti in a three-set match which lasted two-and-a-half hours.

2018: First second round at Wimbledon, top 100 debut

Katie Boulter 
Boulter at the 2018 Surbiton Trophy.

2018 became her most successful tennis year. She won her first $25k singles title at the event in Óbidos, Portugal in April. In May, Boulter then won a further singles title at the $60k event in Fukuoka, Japan. Despite falling in the first round of qualifying for the French Open, Boulter carried her good form into the grass-court season, She received a wild card for the Nottingham Open and reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal there. In July 2018, she received a wildcard into the $100k grass-court event in Southsea, England where she reached the final and fell to Kirsten Flipkens.

She then received a wildcard into the Wimbledon main draw, where she won her first-round match over Veronica Cepede Royg. She lost in the second round to Naomi Osaka, in straight sets.

She ended the year ranked 100th.

2019: Australian Open first win

Katie Boulter 
Boulter during the 2019 Fed Cup.

Boulter began the 2019 season in Hobart, Tasmania where she did not qualify, losing to Greet Minnen in three sets. Her next tournament was the Australian Open. She defeated Ekaterina Makarova, in three sets, with the first instance in the Australian Open of a third-set tiebreak, winning the tiebreak 10–6. However, her run ended in the second round with a straight-set defeat by Aryna Sabalenka.

Her next tournament was the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy during which she defeated Bernarda Pera, Katarina Zavatska and Ysaline Bonaventure in the qualifiers. She then lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova in three sets. At the Mexican Open, she defeated Conny Perrin, in straight sets, before retiring to fifth seed Sofia Kenin. At the Miami Open, entering as the sixth qualifying seed, she lost to Marie Bouzková in straight sets.

In April, Boulter suffered a spinal stress fracture while playing for Great Britain in the Fed Cup.

2020–2021: Another Wimbledon win

Katie Boulter 
Boulter at the 2021 Nottingham Open

At the 2020 Australian Open, she lost in the first round to Elina Svitolina. At the 2021 Australian Open, she suffered a first-round loss against Daria Kasatkina. At Wimbledon, she beat qualifier Danielle Lao before she lost to Aryna Sabalenka in three sets, in the second round. At the 2021 US Open, she lost in the first round to Liudmila Samsonova.

2022: First top-10 wins, Grand Slam third round

Having won an ITF tournament in February 2022, Boulter had to retire from the WTA event in Lyon in March due to a leg injury.

Boulter missed the clay-court season, but returned at the Nottingham Open in June where she came through qualifying to defeat Tatjana Maria in the first round before losing to Ajla Tomljanović. Granted a wildcard for the Birmingham Classic, she defeated Alison Riske (first top-40 win) and Caroline Garcia, before losing to Simona Halep. At Eastbourne, she was also handed a wildcard and defeated fourth seed and world No. 7, Karolina Plíšková, for her first top-10 win. She lost her last 16 match against Petra Kvitová in three sets.

At Wimbledon, Boulter again upset Plíšková in three sets to advance to the third round of a major for the first time in her career. In round three, Boulter lost to Harmony Tan, in straight sets.

2023: British No. 1, first WTA Tour title, second consecutive Wimbledon 3rd round, US Open breakthrough, top 50

Katie Boulter 
Boulter after winning the final at the Canberra Tennis International (Jan 2023)

Boulter started new season by winning the $60k Canberra International event.

She became the British player No. 1 on 12 June 2023, following a semifinal showing at the Surbiton Trophy. She reached the quarterfinals at the Nottingham Open as one of four British players for a historic first at a WTA event. She went one step further to reach her first WTA Tour semifinal with a win over compatriot Harriet Dart. She defeated another Brit Heather Watson to set up an all-British final with Jodie Burrage, the first since 1977. As a result, she returned to the top 100 in the rankings at No. 77 on 19 June 2023. She won her first WTA tournament defeating Burrage in the final.

She received a special exempt entry into the next UK tournament in Birmingham, but lost in the first round in straight sets to Zhu Lin.

At the Wimbledon Championships, she defeated Australian Daria Saville in the first round and Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova in the second, before she lost to Elena Rybakina in straight sets, in an under-one-hour match. She also reached the second round in mixed doubles with Alex de Minaur.

Boulter came through two rounds of qualifying to gain a place in the main draw of the Canadian Open in Montreal. She won her first-round match against Rebecca Marino, but lost in the second round to Coco Gauff. This result improved Boulter's WTA ranking to a career high of 60, on 14 August 2023.

At the US Open, Boulter entered the main draw via her ranking for the first time in her career. In the first round, she defeated Diane Parry in straight sets for her first-ever main-draw win at Flushing Meadows, and then beat Chinese player Wang Yafan, in three sets, in the second round. Boulter lost to Peyton Stearns in the third round, in two sets. Boulter reached a new career-high WTA ranking of 50, on 11 September 2023.

2024: First WTA 500 title & top 30

Boulter participated in the Great Britain team for the 2024 United Cup. She defeated Jessica Pegula in the round-robin stage but the team was eliminated before the knock-out phase. She then reached the second round of the Australian Open where she lost to Zheng Qinwen. Boulter then played the 2024 Upper Austria Ladies Linz where again she reached the second round before losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. On 5 February 2024, she reached a new career-high of 48.

At the San Diego Open, the unseeded Boulter defeated Lesia Tsurenko, second seed Beatriz Haddad Maia, seventh seed Donna Vekić, and third seed Emma Navarro to reach her first WTA 500 final. In the final, she defeated the sixth seeded Marta Kostyuk achieving her first win at this level and taking her ranking into the top 30.

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, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2024 Qatar/Dubai Open.

Katie Boulter Grand Slam singles statistics
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q1 2R 1R 1R Q1 Q2 2R 0 / 4 2-4 25%
French Open A A A A Q1 A A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q1 A Q2 1R 2R A NH 2R 3R 3R 0 / 5 6–5 55%
US Open A A A Q3 Q1 A A 1R Q2 3R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 4–2 1-1 0 / 11 10-11 47%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A A A A POZ1 POZ1 QR SF QR 0 / 1 7–3 70%
WTA 1000
Qatar / Dubai Open A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A A A Q2 NH Q1 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A A A 1R Q1 NH 2R A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Madrid Open A A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A 1R A NH A A 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A 1R A NH 2R 0 / 2 1–2 0%
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Career statistics
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Career
Tournaments 0 0 0 1 8 3 2 10 8 8 Career total: 40
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Career total: 1
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–5 7–4 1–2 6–8 2–5 3–5 0 / 26 22–29 43%
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 0–0 0–0 4–2 7–4 7–3 1 / 14 21–13 62%
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 6–8 7–4 1–2 10–10 9–9 10–8 1 / 40 43–42 51%
Year-end ranking 411 889 368 199 100 352 365 148 124 56 $1,691,825

Doubles

Current through the 2022 US Open.

Tournament 2014 ... 2017 2018 ... 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q2 1R 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 3 1 0 Career total: 5
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Year-end ranking 479 718 469 n/a n/a

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 ( 2 titles )

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (1–0)
WTA 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2023 Nottingham Open, United Kingdom WTA 250 Grass Katie Boulter  Jodie Burrage 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–0 Mar 2024 San Diego Open, United States WTA 500 Hard Katie Boulter  Marta Kostyuk 5–7, 6–2, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (3–2)
$25,000 tournaments (1–2)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (2–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Katie Boulter  Amy Bowtell 7–6(7–5), 0–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 0–2 May 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Katie Boulter  Nina Stojanović 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 May 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Katie Boulter  Eden Silva 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss 1–3 Nov 2014 ITF Phuket, Thailand 15,000 Hard (i) Katie Boulter  Irina Ramialison 3–6, 0–6
Win 2–3 Apr 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Katie Boulter  Anastasia Pribylova 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 2–4 Mar 2017 ITF Mildura, Australia 25,000 Grass Katie Boulter  Viktória Kužmová 2–6, 4–6
Win 3–4 Apr 2017 ITF İstanbul, Turkey 15,000 Hard (i) Katie Boulter  Ayla Aksu 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 3–5 May 2017 Kurume Cup, Japan 60,000 Carpet Katie Boulter  Laura Robson 3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–6 Oct 2017 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Katie Boulter  Katie Swan 0–5 ret.
Win 4–6 Apr 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Katie Boulter  Urszula Radwańska 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 5–6 May 2018 Fukuoka International, Japan 60,000 Carpet Katie Boulter  Ksenia Lykina 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 5–7 Jul 2018 Southsea Trophy, United Kingdom 100,000+H Grass Katie Boulter  Kirsten Flipkens 4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss 5–8 Oct 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Katie Boulter  Joanna Garland 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 6–8 Feb 2022 Open de l'Isère, France 60,000 Hard (i) Katie Boulter  Anna Blinkova 7–6(7–2), 6–7(6–8), 6–2
Win 7–8 Jan 2023 Canberra International, Australia 60,000 Hard Katie Boulter  Jodie Burrage 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 7–9 May 2023 Fukuoka International, Japan 60,000 Carpet Katie Boulter  Natsumi Kawaguchi w/o

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Katie Boulter  Justine De Sutter Katie Boulter  Natela Dzalamidze
Katie Boulter  Yuliya Hnateyko
6–4, 7–6(6)
Loss 1–1 Feb 2014 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 10,000 Hard Katie Boulter  Xun Fangying Katie Boulter  Han Xinyun
Katie Boulter  Zhang Kailin
3–6, 0–6
Win 2–1 May 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Katie Boulter  Nina Stojanović Katie Boulter  Dong Xiaorong
Katie Boulter  Pia König
6–4, 6–2
Win 3–1 May 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Katie Boulter  Nina Stojanović Katie Boulter  Ekaterina Klyueva
Katie Boulter  Sofia Smagina
6–2, 6–3
Win 4–1 Jul 2014 ITF Imola, Italy 15,000 Carpet Katie Boulter  Katy Dunne Katie Boulter  Anna Remondina
Katie Boulter  Lisa Sabino
7–6(8), 6–3
Loss 4–2 Aug 2014 ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom 10,000 Hard Katie Boulter  Freya Christie Katie Boulter  Alison Bai
Katie Boulter  Mari Tanaka
4–6, 3–6
Loss 4–3 Apr 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Katie Boulter  Oleksandra Korashvili Katie Boulter  Melanie Klaffner
Katie Boulter  Julia Wachaczyk
4–6, 6–2, [11–13]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2014 Australian Open Hard Katie Boulter  Ivana Jorović Katie Boulter  Anhelina Kalinina
Katie Boulter  Elizaveta Kulichkova
4–6, 2–6

Head-to-head record

Top 10 wins

Season 2022 2023 2024 Total
Wins 2 0 1 3
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score KBR
2022
1. Katie Boulter  Karolína Plíšková No. 7 Eastbourne International, UK Grass 2R 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 No. 127
2. Katie Boulter  Karolína Plíšková No. 7 Wimbledon Championships, UK Grass 2R 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–4 No. 118
2024
3. Katie Boulter  Jessica Pegula No. 5 United Cup, Australia Hard RR 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 No. 56

Notes

References

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