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Kate Latham

USA Born Oct 25, 1952 WTA Tour years active: 1969–1985

Kate Latham represented the United States on the WTA Tour. TennisDB's records show a 198–202 record in recorded WTA main-draw singles results from 1969 through 1985 and 6 recorded singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is also incomplete.

Peak singles rank

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Elo peak

1866 (82nd percentile)

Singles record

198–202 (49.5%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$238,108

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Kate Latham's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Helena Dahlstrom	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 28, 1985*	SF	Bethesda	WTA 250	—
Cammy Macgregor	2-6 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 28, 1985*	QF	Bethesda	WTA 250	—
Cheryl Jones	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 27, 1985*	R16	Bethesda	WTA 250	—
Jennifer Prah	5-7 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 26, 1985*	R32	Bethesda	WTA 250	—
Petra Keppeler	3-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1984*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard

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Kate Latham's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Martina Navratilova	0	10	10	Mar 13, 1982	H2H
Chris Evert	0	8	8	Aug 13, 1983	H2H
Sue Barker	2	5	7	Aug 12, 1983	H2H
Dianne Fromholtz	4	3	7	Jan 21, 1982	H2H
Pam Teeguarden	4	2	6	Jun 22, 1983	H2H

Singles Titles (6)

Kate Latham singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1974	21	3	—	—	—	3	—	Fort Myers, Manchester, Portola Valley
1980	27	1	—	—	—	1	—	Berkeley
1981	28	1	—	—	—	1	—	Berkeley
1983	30	1	—	—	—	1	—	Dublin
Total		6	—	—	—	6	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Kate Latham career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1969	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1970	17	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
1972	19	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—
1973	20	6	7	13	46.2%	—	—
1974	21	40	16	56	71.4%	—	—
1975	22	15	20	35	42.9%	—	—
1976	23	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—
1977	24	15	12	27	55.6%	—	—
1978	25	13	17	30	43.3%	—	—
1979	26	21	23	44	47.7%	—	—
1980	27	23	22	45	51.1%	—	—
1981	28	21	20	41	51.2%	—	—
1982	29	24	28	52	46.2%	—	—
1983	30	9	16	25	36.0%	—	—
1984	31	0	11	11	0.0%	—	—
1985	32	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—
Career		198	202	400	49.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Kate Latham career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1969	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1970	17	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1972	19	0	1	1	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
1973	20	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%	—	—	—	—	6	7	13	46.2%
1974	21	15	5	20	75.0%	8	2	10	80.0%	17	6	23	73.9%	0	3	3	0.0%	40	16	56	71.4%
1975	22	3	5	8	37.5%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	15	20	35	42.9%
1976	23	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%
1977	24	4	4	8	50.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	15	12	27	55.6%
1978	25	1	3	4	25.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	13	17	30	43.3%
1979	26	8	7	15	53.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	6	4	10	60.0%	6	10	16	37.5%	21	23	44	47.7%
1980	27	9	8	17	52.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	3	9	12	25.0%	23	22	45	51.1%
1981	28	8	7	15	53.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	6	10	16	37.5%	21	20	41	51.2%
1982	29	9	7	16	56.3%	3	5	8	37.5%	5	7	12	41.7%	7	9	16	43.8%	24	28	52	46.2%
1983	30	6	8	14	42.9%	1	6	7	14.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	9	16	25	36.0%
1984	31	0	4	4	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	11	11	0.0%
1985	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%
Career	—	70	67	137	51.1%	26	38	64	40.6%	41	33	74	55.4%	27	55	82	32.9%	198	202	400	49.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Kate Latham career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1984	31	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 3/400 (0.8%) of Kate Latham's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Kate Latham advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1969	16	1489	99.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	-0.07
1970	17	1476	93.6	—	—	—	—	+10	—	—	25.0%	-2.63	—	—	—	+0.42
1972	19	1503	99.9	—	—	—	—	—	+39	—	45.5%	-0.54	0–1	—	—	+0.61
1973	20	1587	129.0	—	—	—	—	-41	—	0	48.3%	+0.14	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.26
1974	21	1828	140.0	—	—	—	—	-65	-181	-31	68.9%	+1.55	6–8 (43%)	4–4 (50%)	99.0	+3.17
1975	22	1685	132.9	—	—	—	—	+12	-76	—	45.3%	-0.03	1–4 (20%)	1–7 (13%)	89.6	-0.71
1976	23	1676	107.6	—	—	—	—	+22	—	—	57.1%	+1.00	2–0	1–0	—	+2.34
1977	24	1750	140.9	—	—	—	—	-8	-120	—	54.2%	+0.34	3–4 (43%)	4–1 (80%)	103.9	-1.23
1978	25	1663	118.4	—	—	—	—	+3	-12	+67	43.3%	-0.58	6–3 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	105.3	+1.97
1979	26	1853	149.7	—	—	—	—	-20	-164	-98	46.0%	-0.27	8–6 (57%)	4–4 (50%)	103.8	-2.28
1980	27	1750	133.2	—	—	—	—	-27	—	+15	51.5%	+0.05	5–10 (33%)	7–4 (64%)	96.7	-1.93
1981	28	1776	142.9	—	—	—	—	-18	—	+4	52.1%	+0.14	5–7 (42%)	6–5 (55%)	97.1	-1.97
1982	29	1686	128.3	—	—	—	—	+50	-103	+34	44.5%	-0.56	10–5 (67%)	5–2 (71%)	106.2	-0.20
1983	30	1624	115.1	—	—	—	—	+52	-49	+72	40.3%	-0.61	7–9 (44%)	3–6 (33%)	96.8	+0.86
1984	31	1493	91.7	—	—	—	—	+52	+30	—	8.3%	-3.08	0–2	0–1	—	+0.46
1985	32	1527	102.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60.0%	+0.40	2–0	1–0	—	+0.05
Career		1866	138.2	—	—	—	—	-3	-78	-9	49.2%	-0.03	56–61 (48%)	41–38 (52%)	101.2	+0.31

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Kate Latham Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1973	20	—	—	R32	R64	1–2 (33%)
1974	21	—	—	R64	R32	2–2 (50%)
1975	22	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1977	24	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1978	25	—	R32	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1979	26	—	R64	R128	R32	2–3 (40%)
1980	27	—	R64	R64	R32	3–3 (50%)
1981	28	—	R128	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
1982	29	R64	R128	R32	R32	4–4 (50%)
1983	30	—	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1984	31	—	R128	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–7 (12%)	6–7 (46%)	8–11 (42%)	15–26 (37%)

WTA 500

Kate Latham WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	SDG	SPB	WAS	BER	CAN	CAR	CHA	LOS	SYD	W-L Win %
1974	21	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1975	22	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1977	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	1–2 (33%)
1978	25	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1979	26	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	0–3 (0%)
1980	27	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	F	—	—	—	5–3 (62%)
1981	28	—	SF	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	R32	—	5–4 (56%)
1982	29	R64	QF	—	R32	R32	R32	—	R64	R16	R64	5–8 (38%)
1983	30	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1984	31	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	4–3 (57%)	4–2 (67%)	0–4 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	16–28 (36%)

WTA 250

Kate Latham WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	CIN	DAL	EAS	HAM	HOU	MIA	NAP	NWP	ITA	TKY	ALB	AME	ATL	BEC	BER	BET	BIR	BOS	CAN	CHA	CHI	CHI	TEN	COL	COS	DEE	DEN	DET	DUB	FOR	GRO	HAV	HER	HOL	JAC	KAN	KAU	KON	LAS	LUG	MAH	MAN	MAN	MIN	MIS	NAS	NEW	OAK	OLD	ORA	PAX	PER	PHI	PHO	PHO	PIT	POR	PRO	RAL	RIC	RID	SAL	SAN	SAN	SAN	SAR	SEA	SUR	TAL	TAM	TUC	WIN	W-L Win %
1969	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1970	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1972	19	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1973	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
1974	21	—	—	R32	QF	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R32	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	F	—	W	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	38–12 (76%)
1975	22	R64	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R32	QF	R32	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	BR	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	15–18 (45%)
1976	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–2 (67%)
1977	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	14–9 (61%)
1978	25	—	—	R32	R32	R16	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R16	R16	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	12–12 (50%)
1979	26	R32	—	R32	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	BR	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	19–17 (53%)
1980	27	—	R16	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R64	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	15–16 (48%)
1981	28	—	R16	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	15–14 (52%)
1982	29	R32	R32	SF	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	F	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	14–14 (50%)
1983	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	W	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–11 (42%)
1984	31	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–8 (0%)
1985	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
W-L		2–4 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	5–7 (42%)	7–5 (58%)	1–1 (50%)	4–5 (44%)	0–1 (0%)	9–5 (64%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	7–3 (70%)	10–1 (91%)	3–1 (75%)	1–3 (25%)	1–4 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–4 (20%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	4–1 (80%)	1–2 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	1–0 (100%)	5–1 (83%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	14–4 (78%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	3–4 (43%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	8–5 (62%)	5–1 (83%)	0–1 (0%)	5–1 (83%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	166–146 (53%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

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Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is also incomplete; recorded win-loss totals, surface splits and head-to-head counts may understate actual results.

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Kate Latham born?: Kate Latham was born on October 25, 1952.
Which country did Kate Latham represent?: Kate Latham represented United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Kate Latham won?: No Grand Slam singles titles are recorded for Kate Latham in TennisDB's covered main-draw results.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Kate Latham won?: TennisDB does not group any of Kate Latham's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Kate Latham won?: TennisDB records 6 WTA singles titles for Kate Latham across all categories. The most recent was Dublin in 1983.
What is Kate Latham's career win-loss record?: Kate Latham has 198 wins and 202 losses (49.5%) in recorded WTA main-draw singles results from 1969 through 1985.
How much career prize money has Kate Latham earned?: Kate Latham has earned at least $238,108 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Kate Latham's career appear in TennisDB?: Kate Latham appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1969 through 1985.
On which surface does Kate Latham have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Kate Latham's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 55.4% (41–33).
Who has Kate Latham faced most often?: Kate Latham's most frequent opponent is Martina Navratilova, with a head-to-head record of 0–10 across 10 meetings.