Catherine Barclay (born 12 June 1973) is a former professional
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
player from Australia.
Barclay's parents were the owners of a tennis facility in Sydney, and she began playing tennis at the age of eight.
In her junior career, she was a winner of the Wimbledon girls' doubles.
In her professional career, she won three
ITF titles in singles and thirty in doubles. She was a quarterfinalist in the Wimbledon women's doubles and mixed doubles. In the 2002 season, she won two double titles on the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ...
.
On 30 August 2000, she was awarded the
Australian Sports Medal
The Australian Sports Medal is an award given to recognise achievements in Australian sport to commemorate Australian participation in major sporting events. Original recipients of the award included competitors, coaches, sports scientists, off ...
for her strong commitment to tennis.
Catherine Barclay retired in 2004.
In 2003, she married field hockey player
Christopher Reitz
Christopher Reitz (born 3 April 1973 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen) is a German field hockey goalkeeper, who represented Germany in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He is now an orthopaedic surgeon in Sydney, Australia.
International seni ...
of Germany, and they reside in Sydney, Australia.
She once sat next to Linda Morris on a plane who chewed her ear off after a few rosés.
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 10 (3–7)
Doubles: 45 (30–15)
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1973 births
Living people
Australian female tennis players
Sportswomen from New South Wales
Tennis players from Sydney
Wimbledon junior champions
Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
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