Kathleen Blake (born December 18, 1946) is an American former professional

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. Blake, a California native, won the USTA Under-16s national hardcourt championships in 1962. Before the introduction of tiebreaks, she held the record for playing the longest match in women's professional tennis, with a 12-10, 6-8, 14-12 win over

Elena Subirats Elena Subirats Simon (30 December 1947 – 28 March 2018) was a Mexican professional tennis player. Raised in Mexico City, Subirats was a singles gold medalist for her country at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games and 1967 Pan America ...

at Piping Rock in 1966. Blake's best national ranking was 11th. Her best performances in grand slams came in doubles, including a mixed doubles quarter-final appearance at the 1965 Wimbledon Championships. She was a women's doubles quarter-finalist at the 1964 U.S. National Championships and in the same tournament two years later made the mixed doubles semi-finals with

Butch Seewagen George Lansing "Butch" Seewagen (born June 13, 1946) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography He was born in New York City on June 13, 1946, to George and Clella Seewagen. His father was the tennis coach at St. Jo ...

. Married to tennis coach

Wayne Bryan Wayne Bryan is an American tennis coach, author and speaker. He is the former owner and tennis director of the Cabrillo Racquet Club and father of the Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, the most successful professional doubles team in tennis history. ...

since 1973, Blake is the mother of identical twin doubles players the

Bryan brothers The Bryan brothers, identical twin brothers Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, are retired American professional doubles tennis players and the most successful duo of all time. They were born on April 29, 1978, with Mike being the elder by two minutes. ...

(Bob and Mike).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blake, Kathy 1946 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis people from California 21st-century American women