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Catherine "Caty" McNally (born November 20, 2001) is an American professional
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player. She achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 54 on 22 May 2023 and her best WTA doubles ranking of No. 11 on 4 April 2022. She has won eight doubles titles on the
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, three of them with
Coco Gauff Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff ( ; born March 13, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 2 in singles and of world No. 1 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Gauff has won ten career ...
, and the pair also reached the final of the 2021 US Open. She reached another major final at the 2022 US Open with
Taylor Townsend Taylor Townsend (born April 16, 1996) is an American professional tennis player. She has a WTA career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on February 24, 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 46, achieved on August 19, 2024. Townsend won ...
. McNally has also won six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In singles, she has won one title on the
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plus three on the ITF Circuit. She is best known for her doubles partnership with Coco Gauff, which is nicknamed "McCoco" by fans and media. As a junior, McNally won the 2018
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doubles title, was runner-up in the 2018 French Open girls' singles, and won the
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junior doubles competition.


Early life and background

McNally was born in
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, a suburb of
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, Ohio, to John McNally and Lynn Nabors-McNally, a graduate of Indian Hill High School. Her mother was briefly a professional tennis player who had a career best doubles ranking inside the top 250. Her older brother
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was also a professional and was a high-ranked junior player. She is coached by her mother.


Juniors

McNally finished runner-up at the Wimbledon junior doubles tournament in
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. She won her first major junior title at the
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doubles event at the age of 16, partnering with
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. At the same tournament she reached the final of the girls singles, where she lost to
Coco Gauff Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff ( ; born March 13, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 2 in singles and of world No. 1 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Gauff has won ten career ...
. In September 2018, she partnered Gauff to win the girls doubles title at the
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. In 2017, McNally was on the United States team that won the
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, having previously been a losing finalist.


Professional


2017–18: WTA Tour doubles debut

McNally made her
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main-draw debut at the
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in the doubles tournament, partnering with
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.


2019: First singles wins; first doubles titles

In February 2019, McNally won the $100k
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. Later that month, she reached the third round of the Indian Wells Challenger, losing to eventual winner
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. A week after that, she qualified for the
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, also in Indian Wells, beating
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and
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in the qualifiers. She earned a wildcard for the Miami Open, where she was again beaten by Coco Gauff. In July, she qualified for her first Grand Slam main-draw at
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. At the end of July and beginning of August, McNally recorded her first WTA Tour main-draw singles wins with a run to the semifinal at the Washington Open, beating Zhu Lin,
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and fourth seed
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. Meanwhile, she and Gauff won the doubles competition, beating third seeds Miyu Kato and
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in the semifinal, and fourth seeds Maria Sanchez and
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in the final. She was awarded a wildcard into her home tournament, the
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, where she played her first-round match on center court, but lost to
Elise Mertens Elise Mertens (; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She became List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles on 10 May 2021, the third Belgian to hold the top ranking in either singles or ...
. She teamed with up
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to play in the doubles. The pair reached the quarterfinals, beating fourth seeds
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and
Gabriela Dabrowski Gabriela "Gaby" Dabrowski (; , ; born April 1, 1992) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 on 15 July 2024. A three-time Grand Slam champion, she won the 2023 US Open doubles title, ...
in a second round match that went to 17–15 in the match tiebreak, the second-longest match tiebreak in a women's doubles match. McNally's first win in a major came at the
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where she defeated
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in the first round. She took a set off six-times champion
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before losing in three sets in a tight second-round match. Passing her in the stadium complex later that night, Williams asked her: "Are you really 17 years old?" McNally and Gauff—dubbed "McCoco"—followed up their 2018 girls' doubles win by reaching the third round of the doubles event, beating ninth seeds
Nicole Melichar Nicole Melichar-Martinez (née Melichar; , ; born July 29, 1993) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. On 3 July 2023, she peaked at No. 6 in the WTA doubles rankings. Melichar has won fifteen doubles titles on the ...
and Kveta Peschke in the second round in a packed
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, but losing heavily to Ash Barty and
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in the third. The run took McNally into the top 100 in the doubles rankings, and just outside the top 100 in the singles rankings. She partnered Gauff again for the
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, where they reached the semifinal. They were beaten by
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and
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. At
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the following week, McNally lost in the first round to
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, but went through to the final of the doubles with Gauff, beating
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and
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, No. 4 seeds
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and Miyu Kato, and top-seeded pair of Kristýna Plíšková and
Renata Voráčová Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 58 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circui ...
. They beat second seeds
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and
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in the final to secure their second WTA tournament title, with a career win–loss record of 12–2 as a team.


2020: Major quarterfinal & top 40 in doubles

In her first tournament of 2020, the Auckland Open, McNally was knocked out in the first round of the singles after qualifying as a lucky loser, but she and Gauff reached the semifinals of the doubles. At the
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, she won her qualifying matches, entering the main draw, where she defeated
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in the first round, before losing to
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. In doubles, McNally and Gauff recorded their best result at a Grand Slam tournament, reaching the quarterfinals before falling to second seeded
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and
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in two sets. As a result, McNally broke into the top 40 in the doubles rankings. In March, she lost to
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in the first round of the Indian Wells Challenger tournament, but teamed up with
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to reach the final of the doubles, beating third seeds Stosur and
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in the semifinal before falling to
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and
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in the final. Following the break caused by the
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pandemic, McNally took part in the
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, which was moved from her home town of Cincinnati to New York, losing in the first round to
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. The following week, she reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time when she beat 21st seed
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in the second round of the
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. McNally made her
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debut in 2020, playing for the
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.


2021: Major doubles final, doubles top 20

McNally reached her second consecutive doubles quarterfinal at the
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, again playing with Gauff. They beat sixth seeds
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and
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, and ninth seeds
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and
Desirae Krawczyk Desirae Marie Krawczyk ( , ; born January 11, 1994) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7, achieved August 2024, and has won twelve doubles titles on the WTA T ...
, before falling to fourth seeds
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and
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. The pair then reached the quarterfinal of the Miami Open, beating second seeds
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and
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in the round of 16. In April, McNally reached the third round of the
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, beating
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and
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in the first two rounds. In the one-off MUSC Health Open later that month, also in Charleston, she was beaten in the first round of the singles by
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, but partnered with
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to win the doubles tournament, beating Australian duo
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and
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in the final. She won her second doubles title of the season the following month at the
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, partnering Gauff, who also won the singles. In August, she lost to
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in the first round of the
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, but reached the semifinal of the doubles with CoCo Vandeweghe. McNally received a wildcard entry to the
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, but was beaten in the first round by fourth seed
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. In the women's doubles, McNally and Gauff, who were seeded 11th, made their deepest run yet in a Grand Slam tournament when they reached the semifinals without dropping a set, beating top seeds and current Wimbledon champions Hsieh Su-wei and
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, in straight sets in the quarterfinals. They progressed to the final when their semifinal opponents,
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and Gabriela Dabrowski, retired after Stefani sustained an injury during the first set tiebreak. In the final, they lost to Sam Stosur and Zhang Shuai. The run to the final lifted McNally to No. 22 in the WTA doubles rankings.


2022: US Open final & top 15 in doubles, top 100 in singles

At the St. Petersburg Trophy in February, McNally teamed up with
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to win the doubles title, beating Polish
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and New Zealander
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in the final; it was her fifth on the WTA Tour. The win took her to a career high No. 16 in the rankings on February 14, 2022. She reached a second doubles final for the season with Kalinskaya at the Washington Open, defeating second seeded Belgian pair of world No. 1 in doubles, Elise Mertens, and
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. They lost in the final to top seeded
Jessica Pegula Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings in singles of world No. 3, achieved October 2022, and in doubles of world No. 1, set on 11 September 2023. Pegula reached the single ...
and Erin Routliffe. At the
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, she and Taylor Townsend reached the doubles final, losing to Krejčíková and Siniaková. At the Ostrava Open the following month, she reached the quarterfinals of the singles before being beaten by
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. In doubles, she teamed up with
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for the first time. They were unseeded, but beat the first and fourth seeds en route to the final, where they beat third seeds Rosolska and Routliffe to win the title. It was McNally's sixth doubles title. In November, she won her first WTA 125 title at the
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defeating
Anna-Lena Friedsam Anna-Lena Friedsam (born 1 February 1994) is a German professional tennis player. In August 2016, Friedsam reached her best singles ranking of world No. 45. In doubles, she peaked at world No. 34 in September 2020. In her career, she has won fo ...
in straight sets and made her top 100 debut in singles, at world No. 94 on November 7, 2022.


2023: Top 60 in singles, hiatus due to injury

At the
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, McNally reached her first WTA Tour semifinal defeating third seed Zhu Lin,
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and
Kimberly Birrell Kimberly Birrell (born 29 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player. Birrell reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. 68 on 17 March 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 162 on 9 September 2024. Birrell is the current No. 1 Australi ...
. She then lost to qualifier
Rebecca Peterson Rebecca Peterson (born 6 August 1995) is a Swedish professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 43 in singles and No. 87 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Peterson has reached three singles ...
. As a result, she reached the top 75, rising 17 positions. At the same tournament, playing with
Diane Parry Diane Parry (; born 1 September 2002) is a French professional tennis player. On 28 October 2024, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48. On 4 December 2023, she peaked at No. 74 in the WTA doubles rankings. She is the curre ...
, she won her seventh doubles title, beating
Wang Xinyu Wang Xinyu (, ; born 26 September 2001) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Wang reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 on 9 October 2023, and set a doubles ranking of No. 16 on 20 May 2024. Partnering with Hsieh Su-wei, s ...
and
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in the final. In what turned out to be her last event of the season, McNally lost in the first round at
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to
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. An elbow injury subsequently forced her to withdraw from the
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.


2024: Transylvania Open doubles title, elbow surgery and comeback

McNally withdrew from the
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. She briefly returned to the tour in February, playing at the
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, where she won the doubles title with
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, as well as tournaments in Linz and Puerto Vallarta, before undergoing surgery on her elbow at the renowned Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Alabama in March. She made her comeback in November 2024 at the WTA 125
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in
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, defeating
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in the first round, before losing her next match to
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. The following month, McNally won her first title since her return to action at the Tampa W50 event, and as a result, jumped 223 places in the WTA singles rankings to world No. 543.


2025: Indian Wells second round

Using her protected ranking to gain entry into the main draw at the
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, McNally lost to
Varvara Gracheva Varvara Andreyevna Gracheva ( rus, Варвара Андреевна Грачёва, , vɐrˈvarə ɡrɐˈtɕɵvə, Ru-Varvara Gracheva.ogg; born 2 August 2000) is a Russian-born French professional tennis player. Gracheva has a career-high W ...
in the first round. Again competing under her protected ranking, she entered the WTA 1000 event at Indian Wells and advanced to the second round when her opening match opponent,
Ajla Tomljanović Ajla Tomljanović ( ; ; born 7 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. On 3 April 2023, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32. On 5 January 2015, she peaked at No. 47 in the doubles rankings. She has won four s ...
, retired after McNally won the first set. She lost her next match to 24th seed
Liudmila Samsonova Liudmila Dmitrievna Samsonova ( rus, Людмила Дмитриевна Самсонова, , lʲʊdˈmʲiɫə sɐmˈsonəvə; born 11 November 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 12 in singles ...
. At the Miami Open, she once more entered the main draw using her protected ranking, but lost in the first round to
Viktoriya Tomova Viktoriya Konstantinova Tomova (, born 25 February 1995) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46 on 29 July 2024. Her best doubles ranking is No. 254, achieved on 11 August 2014. Tomo ...
in three sets. McNally qualified for the
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and defeated
Anhelina Kalinina Anhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina ( ; born 7 February 1997) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 22 May 2023, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 25. She peaked at No. 92 in the doubles rankings in January 2025. She has ...
in the first round, before losing to 14th seed
Anna Kalinskaya Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya ( rus, Анна Николаевна Калинская, , ˈanːə kɐˈlʲinskəjə, Ru-Anna_Kalinskaya.ogg; born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world ...
in her next match.


Performance timelines

''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.''


Singles

''Current through the 2023 Italian Open.''


Doubles

''Current through the 2022 US Open.''


Grand Slam tournament finals


Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)


WTA Tour finals


Doubles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner-ups)


WTA Challenger finals


Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)


Doubles: 1 (runner-up)


ITF Circuit finals


Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–ups)


Doubles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)


Junior Grand Slam tournament finals


Singles: 1 (runner-up)


Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)


ITF Junior Circuit finals


Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)


Doubles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner–ups)


Notes


References


External links

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