Topic: Katie O'Brien

Katie Jill O'Brien (born 2 May 1986) is an English tennis player from Beverley, Yorkshire. She is a former British No.1 tennis player, but is the current British No.2, ranked at 100 in the world, behind Elena Baltacha. She reached her career-high singles ranking of World No.84 on 1 February 2010 and has so far won four ITF singles titles and two ITF doubles titles.

In 2007 she reached the second round of her home Grand Slam, Wimbledon, by beating Sandra Klösel in round one. She lost to the No.31 seed, Michaëlla Krajicek, in the second round. In 2010 she replicated this achievement by beating Patricia Mayr to reach the second round of the Australian Open where she fell to 8th seeded Jelena Jankovic. .

O'Brien's parents are named Phil and Jill and live in Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire. Phil used to play professional football in the 1970s for Watford. Her mother is a nursery school teacher. She has one brother, James, and a sister, Holly, who are both qualified DCA tennis coaches. Holly even represented Yorkshire as a junior.