Katherine Cheng Ip (; born 17 September 1995) is an

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-born former

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tennis player.

Early career and education

Ip was ranked as high as 35 in the world in juniors and is one of the few tennis players in Hong Kong to have participated in all four junior Grand Slam tournaments. She won two singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In November 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 662. In October 2017, she reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 543. Ip had graduated from

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, Texas (class of 2017) with a 4.0 GPA. At Rice, she played tennis for the Owls. Ip was the third player in program's history to earn an All-American status when she won a pair of matches at the NCAA Division 1 Tennis Championship. She is an external vice president for the Hong Kong Students' Association. She organizes events and maintains the budget of the Hong Kong Student Association. Playing for

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, Ip has a win–loss record of 11–2. She made her

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main-draw debut at the 2016 Hong Kong Open in doubles, partnering

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ip, Katherine 1995 births Living people Hong Kong female tennis players Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Rice Owls women's tennis players Tennis players from San Francisco Asian Games tennis players for Hong Kong