Kate Fakih (born 30 October 2006) is an American/Lebanese

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player.

Early life

From

Pasadena, California Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district. I ...

, Fakih has committed to attending

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

Career

She made her Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2023 US Open. She received a wildcard into the women's doubles main draw with

Olivia Center Olivia Center (born March 18, 2006) is an American tennis player. Early life From South Pasadena, California, Center started playing tennis at the age of six. She attended San Marino High School. Career She made her Grand Slam main draw debu ...

after winning the girls' doubles at the USTA Junior National Tennis Championship In the first round they were defeated by

Taylor Townsend Taylor Townsend (born April 16, 1996) is an American professional tennis player. She reached career-high WTA rankings of world No. 61 in singles (July 2018) and No. 31 in doubles (December 2022). She also reached the doubles final of the 2022 U ...

and

Leylah Fernandez Leylah Annie Fernandez (born 6 September 2002) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 8 August 2022. Fernandez won her first WTA Tour title at the 20 ...

in straight sets.

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* American female tennis players Living people 2006 births Place of birth missing (living people) People from Pasadena, California Tennis players from Los Angeles 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-tennis-bio-stub Lebanese diaspora in the United States