Katie Swan

LordBrownof · Futures level

RE: Katie Swan

paulisi · Tennis legend

No - she has already confirmed she has a training block in January and is expected to be asked as part of the Fed Cup squad in February. So I wouldn't expect any entries until after then.

LordBrownof · Futures level

Oh yes, I remember now. Thanks!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Katie has signed with IMG

IMG Tennis ‏@IMGTennis 45 mins45 minutes ago

.@IMGTennis signs young British star @Katieswan99. She is ITF's No.3 junior & won 1st ITF event in '15 #KatieSwan

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

And now she's playing for us on Thursday too. The youngest woman ever, taking over Anne's record.

WavenNarsam · Lower Club Player

Katie has officially confirmed that she has turned pro. Good luck in what I'm sure will be a very successful tennis career.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Interview with KS from BBC Points West...

www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/35632525

Priesty · Challenger level

Sounds a little bit less American than in the last interview I saw with her.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Interesting interview. I haven't seen her in that forum before, she seemed quite nervous, bless her. It must be pretty hard for a teenager to come suddenly into the limelight and have to say the right things or be judged by the world. I do feel for her. Saying that, I thought she did well and had her head screwed on right.

paulisi · Tennis legend

For a player just turned pro, she doesn't seem to be playing much - withdrawn from Wirral, Switzerland, Mexico.... Will probably play juniors next in China.

philwrig · Hall of fame

paulisi wrote:
For a player just turned pro, she doesn't seem to be playing much - withdrawn from Wirral, Switzerland, Mexico.... Will probably play juniors next in China.

I don't think there's any rush, if Katie's not 100% fit/ready, no reason to push it, that expression its a marathon not a sprint comes to mind.

indiana · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
paulisi wrote:
For a player just turned pro, she doesn't seem to be playing much - withdrawn from Wirral, Switzerland, Mexico.... Will probably play juniors next in China.
I don't think there's any rush, if Katie's not 100% fit/ready, no reason to push it, that expression its a marathon not a sprint comes to mind.

Yes, she does seem to be being pretty well managed.

Great if she was playing more regularly and moving up the rankings and I'd be among the first to be being a statto about her relative progress, but not necessary.

How many senior tournaments can she play in the year once she turns 17?

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 23rd of February 2016 05:12:54 PM

WavenNarsam · Lower Club Player

Katie has a wildcard into the qualifying of Miami. A great opportunity to try and boost her ranking so she can get into higher level MDs on the ITF tour or even get seeded for tournaments at a higher level. If this allows her to get into say ITF 25k tournaments on a regular basis and is able to go deep in the draw on a regular basis, Katie could really start to rocket up the rankings.

Given how well she played in Israel, I wouldn't say it's out of the question that she does end up qualifying and that would be amazing for her if she ends up playing one of the world's best (shame for her that it wouldn't be Sharapova).

Oakland2002 · All-time great

The Miami tournament organisers do tend to look kindly on quality British young players, Kyle was afforded similar opportunities in the past. Paradoxically given their relative rankings in my opinion Katie stands a much better chance of progressing assuming she is fit.

Jaffa · Challenger level

It's because they're signed to IMG