Kristy Frilling

{{Short description|American tennis player}}

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{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Kristy Frilling

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| fullname = Kristy Frilling Skelly

| country_represented = {{USA}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|01|08}}

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| death_date =

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| height = 5 ft 9 in

| plays = Left-handed

| careerprizemoney = $11,903

| singlesrecord = 25–25

| singlestitles =

| highestsinglesranking = No. 679 (May 12, 2008)

| doublesrecord = 33–18

| doublestitles = 5 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 230 (Sep 15, 2008)

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Kristy Frilling Skelly (born January 8, 1990) is an American former professional tennis player.{{cite news |last1=Farmer |first1=Douglas |title=Frilling takes on new role |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2009/09/nd-womens-tennis-frilling-takes-on-new-role/ |work=The Observer |date=September 9, 2009 |language=en}}

A left-handed player from Sidney, Ohio, Frilling was a junior doubles semifinalist at the 2007 US Open. Frilling, who is of Korean descent on her mother's side, was a five-time All-American in varsity tennis at Notre Dame University, amassing 235 combined wins. She graduated from Notre Dame in 2012 and then spent a year and a half competing on the professional tour.{{cite web |title=Countdown: Checking In With Kristy Frilling Skelly |url=https://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=2428 |website=Tennis Recruiting |date=April 7, 2016}}

Frilling won five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, including a $50,000 tournament at Indian Harbour Beach. In her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance, at Cincinnati in 2008, she and partner Madison Brengle won their way through to the semifinals of the doubles. She retired with a career-high singles ranking of 679 and best doubles ranking of 230 in the world.