14 Facts About Karen Paterson

Karen Paterson was born on 18 May 1982 and is a Scottish retired tennis player.

Karen Paterson coached British junior, Steph Cornish and currently coaches another British player, Jocelyn Rae.

Karen Paterson spent 1999 attempting to qualify for lower-level ITF tournaments with limited success; falling in qualifying four times and the first round of main draws four times.

Karen Paterson again finished the year without a world ranking.

Karen Paterson finished the season with a ranking of world No 1178.

Up until March of 2001, Karen Paterson failed to progress past the qualifying stages of tournaments when she reached the semi-finals of a $10k tournament in Chandigarh, India beating a young Sania Mirza along the way.

Karen Paterson spent the rest of the year competing on the ITF circuit and, as a result, her year-end ranking had risen to No 644.

Karen Paterson did not manage to progress past the second round of any ITF tournament during 2002 and as a result her year-end ranking fell to world No 708.

Karen Paterson spent the rest of the year competing on the ITF circuit and reached two more semi-finals: the first in a $10k in Manchester and the second in Glasgow, a $25k event where she again lost to Sybille Bammer.

Karen Paterson again started the year well, reaching the final in her first tournament of 2005 in Grenoble.

Karen Paterson was defeated by Milagros Sequera in the first round of qualifying before being given a wild card into the qualifying draw for Wimbledon where she was again defeated in the first stage of the qualifying event, this time by Adriana Serra Zanetti.

Karen Paterson's year-end ranking for singles was world No 408.

Karen Paterson again received a wild card into the qualifying draw for Wimbledon but again failed to win a match, falling at the first hurdle to Margit Ruutel.

Karen Paterson then went to Hull and reached the quarterfinals.