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

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, and Kathy May-Paben. Her son

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

Early and personal life

May was born and grew up in Beverly Hills, California.The Making of America's Next Great Tennis Talent
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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 (brother of Harry Fritz), her third husband, and had her third son

but she and Guy have since divorced.

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

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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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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:May, Kathy 1956 births Living people American female tennis players American people of German-Jewish descent Jewish American tennis players Sportspeople from Beverly Hills, California Tennis players from California May family 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women Jews from California