Kristie Ahn


Kristie Hyerim Ahn is an American professional tennis player.
She has won seven singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 9 September 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 93. Her first appearance at a Grand Slam tournament was at the age of 16 at the 2008 US Open. In 2019, she was given a wild card bid and reached the fourth round of the US Open where she became the first Asian American woman to make the round of 16 at a Grand Slam tournament since Lilia Osterloh accomplished the feat in 2000.
Ahn is of Korean descent and was born in Flushing Hospital lived in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. She graduated from Stanford University in 2014 with a degree in Science, Technology and Society.

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the suspension of the 2020 WTA Tour.
Notes

Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0May 2008ITF Landisville, United States10,000Hard Rebecca Marino6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Win2–0Jun 2008ITF Houston, United States10,000Hard Chan Chin-wei7–6, 0–6, 7–6
Win3–0Mar 2009ITF Hammond, United States25,000Hard Sophie Ferguson0–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss3–1May 2010ITF Carson, United States50,000Clay CoCo Vandeweghe1–6, 3–6
Win4–1May 2015ITF Changwon, South Korea25,000Hard Lee Ye-ra6–3, 3–2 ret.
Win5–1Aug 2015ITF Winnipeg, Canada25,000Hard Sharon Fichman6–2, 7–5
Loss5–2Apr 2016ITF Changwon, South Korea25,000Hard Susanne Celik2–6, 0–6
Loss5–3Nov 2016ITF Scottsdale, United States50,000Hard Beatriz Haddad Maia6–7, 6–7
Win6–3Apr 2017ITF Dothan, United States60,000Clay Amanda Anisimova1–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss6–4May 2017ITF Saint-Gaudens, France60,000Clay Richèl Hogenkamp2–6, 4–6
Win7–4Nov 2017ITF Tyler, United States80,000Hard Danielle Collins6–4, 6–4
Loss7–5Aug 2018ITF Landisville, United States60,000Hard Madison Brengle4–6, 0–1 ret.
Loss7–6Feb 2019ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States25,000Hard Nicole Gibbs3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0May 2010ITF Raleigh, United States50,000Clay Nicole Gibbs Alexandra Mueller
Ahsha Rolle
6–3, 6–2
Loss1–1Aug 2015ITF Winnipeg, Canada25,000Hard Lorraine Guillermo Sharon Fichman
Jovana Jakšić
2–6, 1–6
Loss1–2Oct 2015ITF Toronto, Canada50,000Hard Fanny Stollár Sharon Fichman
Maria Sanchez
2–6, 7–6,
Win2–2Apr 2017ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States80,000Clay Quinn Gleason Laura Pigossi
Renata Zarazúa
6–3, 6–2
Loss2–3Apr 2017ITF Dothan, United States60,000Clay Lizette Cabrera Emina Bektas
Sanaz Marand
3–6, 6–1,
Loss2–4May 2019ITF Fukuoka, Japan60,000Carpet Alison Bai Naomi Broady
Heather Watson
w/o

World TeamTennis

Ahn will be making her World TeamTennis debut in 2020, and will be joining the Vegas Rollers for the team's second season, when the WTT season begins July 12 at The Greenbrier.