Kaitlyn Christian (born January 13, 1992) is an American pickleball player and an inactive tennis player who specialized in doubles.
In tennis, she has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
Grand Slam doubles performance timeline
Tournament2015...20182019202020212022W–L Australian OpenAA3R2R1R1R3–4 French OpenA2R1R2R1R2R3–5 WimbledonA2R1RNH2R1R2–4 US Open1R1R1R1R1R2R1–6Win–loss0–12–32–42–31–42–49–19
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups) LegendPremier / WTA 500 (0–3)International / WTA 250 (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–5)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Loss0–1Mar 2018Abierto Mexicano, MexicoInternationalHard Sabrina Santamaria Tatjana Maria Heather Watson5–7, 6–2, [2–10] Loss0–2Oct 2019Luxembourg OpenInternationalHard (i) Alexa Guarachi Coco Gauff Caty McNally2–6, 2–6 Loss0–3Feb 2020St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia PremierHard (i) Alexa Guarachi Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara6–4, 0–6, [3–10] Loss0–4Mar 2021St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia WTA 500Hard (i) Sabrina Santamaria Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru6–2, 3–6, [8–10]Loss0–5Sep 2021Ostrava Open, Czech Republic WTA 500Hard (i) Erin Routliffe Sania Mirza Zhang Shuai3–6, 2–6Win1–5Feb 2022Abierto Zapopan, MexicoWTA 250Hard Lidziya Marozava Wang Xinyu Zhu Lin7–5, 6–3
WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (title) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Open de Saint-Malo, FranceClay Sabrina Santamaria Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani7–6(4), 4–6, [10–5]
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (1–2)
Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 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, 6–2Loss 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 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (11–4)Clay (2–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 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, 6–2Loss 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, 6–1Win 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, 4–6Win 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, 4–6Win 8. Oct 2017 Templeton Open, United States 60,000 Hard Giuliana Olmos Viktorija Golubic Amra Sadiković 7–5, 6–3Win 9. Oct 2017 Tennis Classic of Macon, United States 80,000 Hard Sabrina Santamaria Paula Cristina Gonçalves Sanaz Marand 6–1, 6–0Win 10. Feb 2018 Midland Tennis 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, 3–6Win 13. Mar 2022 Guanajuato Open, Mexico 60,000+H Hard Lidziya Marozava Anastasia Tikhonova Daniela Vismane 6–0, 6–2
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USC Trojans profile