1. Katie Swan was born on 24 March 1999 and is a British tennis player.
20 Facts About Katie Swan
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Katie Swan has won 11 ITF singles titles and one in doubles.
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When she made her debut, Swan was the youngest player to represent Great Britain in the Fed Cup.
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Katie Swan was born in Bristol, to parents Nicki and Richard.
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Katie Swan's teacher had once played for Portugal and told her parents that she showed real talent and could represent her country in the future.
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Katie Swan was head girl at Bristol prep The Downs School and a keen hockey player, representing Avon and her school when they qualified for the under-13 national finals.
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Katie Swan briefly attended Bristol Grammar School until the family moved to Wichita, Kansas in 2013 due to her father's job in the oil industry.
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Katie Swan was one of the very few junior players on the competitive circuit who continued in school, Wichita Collegiate School, though from August 2015 she took online classes.
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In 2009, Katie Swan won her first international tournament in Croatia, the prestigious Smrikve Bowl event for 10-year-olds, and went on to win an under-10s international title.
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In 2014, Katie Swan was a member of the four-strong GB squad, coached by Judy Murray, that triumphed in the Maureen Connolly Challenge Trophy, an annual under-18s competition, against the US team.
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Katie Swan beat seventh seed Julia Terziyska in the final, having already dispatched two seeds in earlier rounds.
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Katie Swan became the youngest British player in Fed Cup history at the age of 16 years and 316 days, beating the record of Anne Keothavong by 270 days.
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Katie Swan entered qualifying of the Australian Open for the first time she retired due to injury against Bianca Andreescu.
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Katie Swan had some success on the ITF Circuit, winning a $25k tournament in Orlando in February 2021, and the $25k Paf Open in Haabneeme in November.
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Katie Swan started new season at the qualifying tournament of the Australian Open.
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Katie Swan beat Abbie Myers in the first round but lost to Viktoriya Tomova in the second.
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Katie Swan defeated former US Open champion Sloane Stephens from a set down, before losing to another former US Open champion, eventual finalist Bianca Andreescu.
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Katie Swan was awarded a wildcard for Wimbledon where she lost in three sets to Marta Kostyuk in the first round.
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Katie Swan defeated fellow Briton Jodie Burrage in three sets in the final.
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Katie Swan made her WTA 1000 debut in Indian Wells as a qualifier where she lost to Cristina Bucsa in round one.