Kathy May Fritz (born June 18, 1956) is an American former professional

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player. She reached three Grand Slam quarterfinals, once at the US Open in 1978 and twice at the

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in 1977 and 1978. She won seven WTA singles titles during her career, and achieved a career-high ranking of world no. 10 in 1977. She also competed under the names Kathy May Teacher after her marriage in 1979 to tennis player

Brian Teacher Brian David Teacher (born December 23, 1954) is a former American professional male tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking World No. 7 in 1981. Teacher is best remembered for his singles championship at the Australian Open in 1980. Hi ...

, and Kathy May-Paben. Her son

Taylor Fritz Taylor Harry Fritz (born October 28, 1997) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on October 10, 2022, and a doubles ranking of ...

is also a professional tennis player, and he was the 2015 ITF Junior World Champion.

Early and personal life

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(now

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). In 1979, she married fellow Californian player

, also a top 10 tennis player and the 1980

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champion; they subsequently divorced. She married fireman Donn Paben in 1981 with whom she had two sons, and subsequently divorced. She later married Guy Fritz, her third husband, and had her third son

Tennis career

She reached three Grand Slam quarterfinals, once at the US Open in 1978 and twice at the French Open in 1977 and 1978. She won seven WTA singles titles during her career, and achieved a career-high ranking of world no. 10 in 1977. She was coached by Tony Trabert.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 7 (7–0)

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

*Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

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