Kaitlyn Christian

Kaitlyn Christian (born January 13, 1992) is an American pickleball player and an inactive tennis player who specializes in doubles.

In tennis, she has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of world No. 38, achieved in February 2019, and a best singles ranking of 570, reached in September 2017. Christian has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with 14 titles (13 in doubles) on the ITF Circuit.

Personal life

Christian was Emma Stone's body double as Billie Jean King in the 2017 film Battle of the Sexes, and she also is credited as portraying tennis player Kerry Melville in the film. She also portrayed tennis player Shaun Stafford in the 2021 film King Richard.

Pickleball

Kaitlyn has mainly excelled at women's singles. As of March 2025, Kaitlyn is ranked third overall on the PPA tour in women's singles, with a career singles record of 55–25 across 23 professional tournaments, and a DUPR rating of 5.944 in the singles discipline.

Tennis

Partnering with Sabrina Santamaria, Santamaria won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the 2021 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo, defeating Hayley Carter and Luisa Stefani in the final.

Having entered the tournament as alternates when second seeds Hailey Baptiste and Caty McNally withdrew, she won her biggest title to date in the doubles at the WTA 250 2022 Abierto Zapopan, playing with Lidziya Marozava and overcoming Wang Xinyu and Zhu Lin in the final.