Kristie Hyerim Ahn (born June 15, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player.
In her career, she won seven singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit . On 30 September 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 87. Her first appearance at a Grand Slam tournament was at 16 at the 2008 US Open .[2] In 2019, she was given a wildcard bid[3] and reached the fourth round of the US Open where she became the first Asian American woman to make the round of 16 at a Grand Slam tournament since Lilia Osterloh accomplished the feat in 2000.
Ahn is of Korean descent and was born in Flushing Hospital , having later lived in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. [4] She graduated from Stanford University in 2014 with a degree in Science, Technology and Society. She played on the Stanford women's tennis team from 2010 to 2014 and was an All-American in singles, ITA National Rookie of the Year, and Pac-10 Championships singles champion.[5]
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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[6]
Singles
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner–ups) Legend $80,000 tournaments $50/60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface Hard (6–5) Clay (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 May 2008 ITF Landisville, United States 10,000 Hard Rebecca Marino 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 Win 2–0 Jun 2008 ITF Houston, United States 10,000 Hard (i) Chan Chin-wei 7–6(7) , 0–6, 7–6(2) Win 3–0 Mar 2009 ITF Hammond, United States 25,000 Hard Sophie Ferguson 0–6, 6–4, 6–4 Loss 3–1 May 2010 Carson Challenger , United States50,000 Hard CoCo Vandeweghe 1–6, 3–6 Win 4–1 May 2015 ITF Changwon, South Korea 25,000 Hard Lee Ye-ra 6–3, 3–2 ret. Win 5–1 Aug 2015 Winnipeg Challenger , Canada25,000 Hard Sharon Fichman 6–2, 7–5 Loss 5–2 Apr 2016 ITF Changwon, South Korea 25,000 Hard Susanne Celik 2–6, 0–6 Loss 5–3 Nov 2016 Scottsdale Challenge , United States50,000 Hard Beatriz Haddad Maia 6–7(4) , 6–7(2) Win 6–3 Apr 2017 Dothan Pro Classic , United States60,000 Clay Amanda Anisimova 1–6, 6–2, 6–2 Loss 6–4 May 2017 Open Saint-Gaudens , France60,000 Clay Richèl Hogenkamp 2–6, 4–6 Win 7–4 Nov 2017 Tyler Pro Challenge , United States80,000 Hard Danielle Collins 6–4, 6–4 Loss 7–5 Aug 2018 Landisville Challenge , United States60,000 Hard Madison Brengle 4–6, 0–1 ret. Loss 7–6 Feb 2019 Rancho Santa Fe Open , United States25,000 Hard Nicole Gibbs 3–6, 3–6
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups) Legend $80,000 tournaments $50/60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments
Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (2–1) Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 May 2010 Raleigh Challenger , United States50,000 Clay Nicole Gibbs Alexandra Mueller Ahsha Rolle 6–3, 6–2 Loss 1–1 Aug 2015 Winnipeg Challenger , Canada25,000 Hard Lorraine Guillermo Sharon Fichman Jovana Jakšić 2–6, 1–6 Loss 1–2 Oct 2015 Toronto Challenger , Canada50,000 Hard (i) Fanny Stollár Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez 2–6, 7–6(6) , [6–10] Win 2–2 Apr 2017 ITF Indian Harbour Beach , US80,000 Clay Quinn Gleason Laura Pigossi Renata Zarazúa 6–3, 6–2 Loss 2–3 Apr 2017 Dothan Pro Classic , US60,000 Clay Lizette Cabrera Emina Bektas Sanaz Marand 3–6, 6–1, [2–10] Loss 2–4 May 2019 Fukuoka International , Japan60,000 Carpet Alison Bai Naomi Broady Heather Watson w/o
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