Katie Volynets
May 29, 2025
“My first memory of playing tennis was actually the first shot I ever hit. I remember what came before that and what came after that. My parents were playing at a park, and I had brought all my sketchbooks. I got bored and asked my dad if I could borrow his racket. I hit the ball and I was addicted after that. I did lots of activities as a kid, but tennis always dominated. There are so many different aspects to why I loved it. You have to be fit, physically and mentally. You’re also able to be creative on the court. There’s just so many sides to the game, and I was obsessed with that. You’re never done learning. In my consciousness, I think there was a moment when I was 16 when I realized I could play tennis professionally. But if you ask people in my life that have known me since I was five or six, they say I knew when I was 10, because I told them my goals and my goals were very tennis oriented. I think it’s earlier than I remember, but by 16 I knew I wanted to be a pro player. Moving
“My first memory of playing tennis was actually the first shot I ever hit. I remember what came before that and what came after that. My parents were playing at a park, and I had brought all my sketchbooks. I got bored and asked my dad if I could borrow his racket. I hit the ball and I was addicted after that. I did lots of activities as a kid, but tennis always dominated. There are so many different aspects to why I loved it. You have to be fit, physically and mentally. You’re also able to be creative on the court. There’s just so many sides to the game, and I was obsessed with that. You’re never done learning. In my consciousness, I think there was a moment when I was 16 when I realized I could play tennis professionally. But if you ask people in my life that have known me since I was five or six, they say I knew when I was 10, because I told them my goals and my goals were very tennis oriented. I think it’s earlier than I remember, but by 16 I knew I wanted to be a pro player. Moving