Catherine Bellis

CiCi Bellis is, to me, one of tennis's most poignant what-ifs. Beating a seeded player at the US Open at just fifteen, then climbing to world No. 35, she carried the weight of being American tennis's bright young hope. That injuries forced her into early retirement is the cruel arithmetic of the sport, but I refuse to read her story as a loss. To glimpse the top of the world that young is a rare gift. I find myself rooting for whatever she builds next, certain that the same steel that took her so high will serve her well beyond the court.

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Name (English)

Catherine Bellis

Name (Japanese)

キャサリン・ベリス

Reading

きゃさりん・べりす

Born

April 8, 1999 (age 27)

Origin

San Francisco, California, United States

Height

168 cm

Occupation

tennis player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rabbit

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CiCi%20Bellis
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16965153

Tags

• California
• tennis player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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