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Kathy May

USA Age 70 173 cm / 5'8" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1971–1990

Kathy May represented the United States on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Kathy May finished with a career record of 111–89 and 6 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak ranking

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Elo peak

1909 (87th percentile)

Career record

111–89 (55.5%)

Career titles

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 →

Kathy May's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Anne Minter #59	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 10, 1990*	R16	Albuquerque	WTA 250	Hard
Alexia Dechaume Balleret	6-4 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 9, 1990*	R32	Albuquerque	WTA 250	Hard
Tina Mochizuki	6-7 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 3, 1981*	R16	Berkeley	WTA 250	—
Judy Leong	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 2, 1981*	R32	Berkeley	WTA 250	—
Kate Latham	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1980*	R64	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard

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Kathy May's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Renata Tomanova	3	2	5	Jun 25, 1980	H2H
Laura Dupont	3	2	5	Jan 10, 1980	H2H
Sue Barker	0	5	5	Mar 10, 1979	H2H
Martina Navratilova	1	4	5	Jan 13, 1979	H2H
Virginia Wade	1	4	5	Sep 15, 1978	H2H

Titles (6)

Kathy May titles by season and category
Season	Age	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
1973	17	1	—	—	—	1	—	Pacific Southwest Championships
1974	18	3	—	—	—	3	—	Haverford, Los Angeles Sectionals, Ojai
1975	19	1	—	—	—	1	—	Pensacola
1976	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Indianapolis
Total		6	—	—	—	6	—

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

Career Results

Kathy May career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1971	15	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1972	16	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—
1973	17	6	1	7	85.7%	—	—
1974	18	16	5	21	76.2%	—	—
1975	19	14	13	27	51.9%	—	—
1976	20	15	13	28	53.6%	—	—
1977	21	14	16	30	46.7%	—	—
1978	22	21	16	37	56.8%	—	—
1979	23	15	12	27	55.6%	—	—
1980	24	4	8	12	33.3%	—	—
1981	25	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
1990	34	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
Career		111	89	200	55.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Kathy May 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 %
1971	15	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1972	16	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%
1973	17	5	0	5	100.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	6	1	7	85.7%
1974	18	7	0	7	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	16	5	21	76.2%
1975	19	0	1	1	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	14	13	27	51.9%
1976	20	1	1	2	50.0%	11	6	17	64.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	15	13	28	53.6%
1977	21	1	2	3	33.3%	7	7	14	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	14	16	30	46.7%
1978	22	5	5	10	50.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	2	1	3	66.7%	8	5	13	61.5%	21	16	37	56.8%
1979	23	6	4	10	60.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	15	12	27	55.6%
1980	24	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	8	12	33.3%
1981	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1990	34	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	31	19	50	62.0%	29	27	56	51.8%	20	17	37	54.1%	21	22	43	48.8%	111	89	200	55.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Kathy May 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 %
1990	34	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 1/200 (0.5%) of Kathy May's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Kathy May 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
1971	15	1497	102.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	—	—	-0.25
1972	16	1537	105.3	—	—	—	—	+66	—	—	57.1%	+0.71	2–0	—	—	+1.22
1973	17	1626	119.7	—	—	—	—	+97	—	—	76.5%	+2.24	2–1 (67%)	1–1	—	+1.52
1974	18	1713	120.9	—	—	—	—	+112	—	-31	70.8%	+1.44	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	103.0	+4.53
1975	19	1749	141.0	—	—	—	—	—	-194	-46	53.3%	+0.27	2–4 (33%)	4–3 (57%)	98.8	-2.15
1976	20	1812	121.0	—	—	—	—	-28	-89	—	48.4%	-0.44	8–2 (80%)	5–0 (100%)	111.1	-1.24
1977	21	1803	147.7	—	—	—	—	+22	-55	-100	54.0%	-0.14	1–6 (14%)	5–1 (83%)	97.8	-3.29
1978	22	1830	146.4	—	—	—	—	+43	-105	-94	58.5%	+0.80	4–6 (40%)	2–4 (33%)	97.7	-1.49
1979	23	1830	136.1	—	—	—	—	+67	—	-99	50.0%	-0.12	6–2 (75%)	3–1 (75%)	104.8	+0.55
1980	24	1731	114.5	—	—	—	—	+40	—	-26	39.3%	-0.71	1–3 (25%)	1–0	—	-0.13
1981	25	1713	106.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60.0%	+2.00	0–1	0–1	—	+0.05
1990	34	1705	99.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-0.40	1–0	0–1	—	+0.11
Career		1909	141.8	—	—	—	—	+50	-105	-61	55.0%	+0.31	31–28 (53%)	23–13 (64%)	107.6	-0.29

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Kathy May Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1973	17	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1974	18	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	19	—	R32	R16	3–2 (60%)
1976	20	R16	R64	R64	3–3 (50%)
1977	21	QF	R16	R128	6–3 (67%)
1978	22	QF	R32	QF	9–3 (75%)
1979	23	R32	R32	R16	5–3 (62%)
1980	24	—	R64	R64	1–2 (33%)
W-L		9–4 (69%)	8–7 (53%)	11–7 (61%)	28–18 (61%)

WTA 500

Kathy May WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	SDG	SPB	WAS	LOS	PAC	W-L Win %
1971	15	—	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1975	19	—	R16	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1977	21	—	—	R32	R16	—	1–2 (33%)
1979	23	—	—	—	R16	—	1–1 (50%)
1980	24	R16	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–6 (40%)

WTA 250

Kathy May WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	CIN	DAL	EAS	HAM	HOU	KIT	NAP	ITA	TKY	WAS	AKR	ALB	AME	BEC	BER	BOS	CAN	CHA	CHI	CHI	DET	EDI	FOR	HAV	HIL	HOL	JAC	KAN	LOS	LOS	MAH	MAN	OAK	OJA	PAC	PEN	PHI	PHO	POR	RAL	SAN	SEA	SOU	W-L Win %
1972	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–2 (67%)
1973	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–0 (100%)
1974	18	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	16–4 (80%)
1975	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	10–10 (50%)
1976	20	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	W	R16	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	R32	—	—	12–10 (55%)
1977	21	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	7–11 (39%)
1978	22	R16	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	R64	R32	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	12–13 (48%)
1979	23	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–8 (53%)
1980	24	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1981	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1990	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–4 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	5–2 (71%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	3–2 (60%)	4–3 (57%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	3–0 (100%)	7–1 (88%)	5–0 (100%)	3–4 (43%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	79–65 (55%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

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Career-high date

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First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

No ranking history available.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Kathy May?: Kathy May is 70 years old, born on June 18, 1956.
Which country does Kathy May represent?: Kathy May represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Kathy May?: Kathy May is 173 cm / 5'8".
Is Kathy May left-handed or right-handed?: Kathy May plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Kathy May won?: Kathy May has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Kathy May won?: TennisDB does not group any of Kathy May's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Kathy May won?: Kathy May has won 6 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Indianapolis in 1976.
What is Kathy May's career win-loss record?: Kathy May has a career WTA singles record of 111 wins and 89 losses (55.5%).
Which seasons of Kathy May's career appear in TennisDB?: Kathy May appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1971 through 1990.
On which surface does Kathy May have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Kathy May's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 62.0% (31–19).
Who has Kathy May faced most often?: Kathy May's most frequent opponent is Renata Tomanova, with a head-to-head record of 3–2 across 5 meetings.