Kathy May Fritz (born June 18, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player.[2] She reached three Grand Slam quarterfinals, once at the US Open in 1978 and twice at the French Open in 1977 and 1978. She won seven WTA singles titles during her career, and achieved a career-high ranking of world no. 10 in 1977.

Kathy May

Full name	Kathy May Fritz
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1956-06-18) June 18, 1956 (age 66) Beverly Hills, California, USA
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [1]
Plays	Right-handed [1]
Singles
Career record	56–50
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 10 (July 3, 1977)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	QF (1977, 1978)
Wimbledon	4R (1977)
US Open	QF (1978)
Doubles
Career record	36–49
Career titles	4
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	2R (1977)
Wimbledon	3R (1974)
US Open	QF (1978, 1979)

She also competed under the names Kathy May Teacher after her marriage in 1979 to tennis player Brian Teacher, and Kathy May-Paben. Her son Taylor Fritz is also a professional tennis player, and he was the 2015 ITF Junior World Champion.

Early and personal life

May was born and grew up in Beverly Hills, California.[3] She is the great-granddaughter of David May, founder of The May Department Stores Company[3] (now Macy's).

In 1979, she married fellow Californian player Brian Teacher, also a top 10 tennis player and the 1980 Australian Open champion; they subsequently divorced.[4] She married fireman Donn Paben in 1981 with whom she had two sons, and subsequently divorced.[5][6] She later married Guy Fritz, her third husband, and had her third son Taylor Fritz.[7][8]

Tennis career

She reached three Grand Slam quarterfinals, once at the US Open in 1978 and twice at the French Open in 1977 and 1978. She won seven WTA singles titles during her career, and achieved a career-high ranking of world no. 10 in 1977.

She was coached by Tony Trabert.[9]

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 7 (7–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	September 17, 1973	Los Angeles	Hard	Lea Antonoplis	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	April 22, 1974	Ojai Tennis Tournament	Hard	Susan Hagey	2–6, 6–0, 6–1
Winner	3.	May 6, 1974	Los Angeles	Hard	Lindsay Morse	6–4, 7–6
Winner	4.	August 19, 1974	Haverford	Grass	Barbara Jordan	6–3, 7–5
Winner	5.	March 17, 1975	Pensacola	Clay	Ilana Kloss	5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Winner	6.	January 19, 1976	Fort Myers	Clay	Ann Kiyomura	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
Winner	7.	September 8, 1976	Indianapolis	Clay	Brigitte Cuypers	6–4, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	May 7, 1973	Los Angeles	Hard	Marita Redondo	Lindsay Morse Jean Nachand	6–4, 6–0
Winner	2.	September 17, 1973	Los Angeles	Hard	Marita Redondo	Laurie Tenney Robin Tenney	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	May 6, 1974	Los Angeles	Hard	Maricaye Christenson	Lea Antonoplis Susan Hagey	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	July 8, 1974	Raleigh	Clay	Rayni Fox	Lindsay Morse JoAnne Russell	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	September 16, 1974	Los Angeles	Hard	Susan Hagey	Dodo Cheney Cynthia-Ann Thomas	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	August 18, 1975	South Orange	Clay	Kathleen Harter	Kristien Shaw Greer Stevens	w/o
Runner-up	3.	November 21, 1978	Tokyo	Hard (i)	Tracy Austin	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	6–4, 6–7, 3–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

• Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

See also

• List of female tennis players

References

External links

• Kathy May at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kathy May at the International Tennis Federation