Kaitlyn Christian

Kaitlyn Christian (born January 13, 1992) is an American pickleball player and an inactive tennis player who specializes in doubles.

Kaitlyn Christian

Christian at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1992-01-13) January 13, 1992 (age 33) Orange, California
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$588,826
Singles
Career record	50–55
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 570 (September 25, 2017)
Doubles
Career record	183–197
Career titles	1 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 38 (February 25, 2019)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2019)
French Open	2R (2018, 2020, 2022)
Wimbledon	2R (2018, 2021)
US Open	2R (2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	1R (2013, 2018)
Last updated on: May 27, 2023.

In tennis, she has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of world No. 38, achieved in February 2019, and a best singles ranking of 570, reached in September 2017. Christian has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with 14 titles (13 in doubles) on the ITF Circuit.

Personal life

Christian was Emma Stone's body double as Billie Jean King in the 2017 film Battle of the Sexes,^[1] and she also is credited as portraying tennis player Kerry Melville in the film. She also portrayed tennis player Shaun Stafford in the 2021 film King Richard.^{[citation needed]}

Pickleball

Kaitlyn has mainly excelled at women's singles. As of March 2025, Kaitlyn is ranked third overall on the PPA tour in women's singles, with a career singles record of 55–25 across 23 professional tournaments, and a DUPR rating of 5.944 in the singles discipline.^[2]

Tennis

Partnering with Sabrina Santamaria, Santamaria won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the 2021 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo, defeating Hayley Carter and Luisa Stefani in the final.^[3]

Having entered the tournament as alternates when second seeds Hailey Baptiste and Caty McNally withdrew, she won her biggest title to date in the doubles at the WTA 250 2022 Abierto Zapopan, playing with Lidziya Marozava and overcoming Wang Xinyu and Zhu Lin in the final.^[4]

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	2015	...	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	W–L
Australian Open	A		A	3R	2R	1R	1R	3–4
French Open	A		2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	3–5
Wimbledon	A		2R	1R	NH	2R	1R	2–4
US Open	1R		1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1–6
Win–loss	0–1		2–3	2–4	2–3	1–4	2–4	9–19

WTA career finals

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 Premier / WTA 500 (0–3) International / WTA 250 (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–5) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2018	Abierto Mexicano	International	Hard	Sabrina Santamaria	Tatjana Maria Heather Watson	5–7, 6–2, [2–10]
Loss	0–2	Oct 2019	Luxembourg Open	International	Hard (i)	Alexa Guarachi	Coco Gauff Caty McNally	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Feb 2020	St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Alexa Guarachi	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	6–4, 0–6, [3–10]
Loss	0–4	Mar 2021	St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia	WTA 500	Hard (i)	Sabrina Santamaria	Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru	6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	0–5	Sep 2021	Ostrava Open, Czech Republic	WTA 500	Hard (i)	Erin Routliffe	Sania Mirza Zhang Shuai	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–5	Feb 2022	Abierto Zapopan, Mexico	WTA 250	Hard	Lidziya Marozava	Wang Xinyu Zhu Lin	7–5, 6–3

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2021	Open de Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	7–6(4), 4–6, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 2009	ITF Evansville, United States	10,000	Hard	Elizabeth Lumpkin	0–6, 2–6
Win	1.	Oct 2016	ITF Tarakan, Indonesia	10,000	Hard (i)	Haruka Kaji	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	2.	Nov 2016	ITF Stellenbosch, South Africa	10,000	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	6–4, 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 19 (13–6)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $50/60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (11–4) Clay (2–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Jul 2009	ITF Atlanta, United States	10,000	Hard	Lindsey Nelson	Amanda Fink Yasmin Schnack	7–5, 7–6(2)
Loss	1.	Jul 2009	ITF Evansville, United States	10,000	Hard	Lindsey Nelson	Maria Sanchez Yasmin Schnack	6–4, 1–6, [4–10]
Win	2.	Jun 2010	ITF Mt. Pleasant, United States	10,000	Clay	Caitlin Whoriskey	Petra Rampre Shelby Rogers	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	Jun 2012	ITF Sacramento, United States	50,000	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Yasmin Schnack Asia Muhammad	3–6, 6–7(4)
Win	3.	Jul 2013	ITF Rimini, Italy	10,000	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Giulia Gasparri Lisa Sabino	6–2, 6–1
Win	4.	Feb 2015	ITF Surprise, United States	25,000	Hard	Jacqueline Cako	Johanna Konta Maria Sanchez	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Win	5.	Mar 2015	ITF Metepec, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Victoria Rodríguez Marcela Zacarías	2–6, 6–1, [15–13]
Loss	3.	Jul 2015	Stockton Challenger, United States	50,000	Hard	Danielle Lao	Jamie Loeb Sanaz Marand	3–6, 4–6
Win	6.	Nov 2016	ITF Stellenbosch, South Africa	10,000	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	Valeria Bhunu Linnea Malmqvist	6–0, 7–6(3)
Loss	4.	May 2017	ITF Charleston Pro, United States	60,000	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Emina Bektas Alexa Guarachi	7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	7.	Jun 2017	ITF Sumter, United States	25,000	Hard	Giuliana Olmos	Ellen Perez Luisa Stefani	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	5.	Sep 2017	Abierto Tampico, Mexico	100,000	Hard	Giuliana Olmos	Caroline Dolehide María Irigoyen	4–6, 4–6
Win	8.	Oct 2017	Templeton Open, United States	60,000	Hard	Giuliana Olmos	Viktorija Golubic Amra Sadiković	7–5, 6–3
Win	9.	Oct 2017	Classic of Macon, United States	80,000	Hard	Sabrina Santamaria	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Sanaz Marand	6–1, 6–0
Win	10.	Feb 2018	Midland Classic, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Sabrina Santamaria	Maria Sanchez Jessica Pegula	7–5, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	11.	Feb 2018	Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States	25,000	Hard	Sabrina Santamaria	Eva Hrdinová Taylor Townsend	6–7(6), 6–1, [10–6]
Win	12.	May 2018	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Vera Lapko Galina Voskoboeva	2–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	6.	Jul 2018	Budapest Ladies Open, Hungary	100,000	Clay	Giuliana Olmos	Alexandra Cadanțu Chantal Škamlová	1–6, 3–6
Win	13.	Mar 2022	Guanajuato Open, Mexico	60,000+H	Hard	Lidziya Marozava	Anastasia Tikhonova Daniela Vismane	6–0, 6–2