Kate Fahey
At a glance
- Tour
- PPA
- Age
- 30
- Handedness
- right
- Hometown
- Fair Haven, NJ
- Slams won
- 0
- Singles rank
- #2
- Doubles rank
- Unranked
- Mixed rank
- Unranked
- Paddle sponsor
- JOOLA — Agassi Pro V
Kate Fahey is World #2 in women's singles — the player most regularly across the net from Anna Leigh Waters in 2026, with four singles finals appearances and counting.
Career
A 3-time tennis All-American and 2-time Big Ten Player of the Year at the University of Michigan, Fahey was Michigan's career singles wins leader with 132 wins (.815 winning percentage). She turned WTA pro (career-high #492 doubles, #505 singles) before a wrist injury ended her tennis career.
She picked up pickleball in summer 2023, and by January 2026 she was ranked #2 in PPA women's singles. She plays the JOOLA Agassi Pro V — the same paddle wielded by Lea Jansen and Brooke Buckner as part of JOOLA's Agassi Team athlete program.
Playing style
Right-handed. The tennis baseline conditioning is the engine — she rallies longer and runs down more balls than most of her peers. The kitchen-line touch is what she's still refining; ALW's domination of their head-to-head series in 2026 has been driven by the soft game more than power.
Off-court
Resides in Charlotte, NC. Coaches at her family's tennis academy in New Jersey in the off-season.