Given the question: Christina McHale (born May 11 1992) is an American professional tennis player. Her highest-ever WTA rankings are No. 24 in singles and No. 111 in doubles. McHale has beaten numerous top WTA tour players including two-time Grand Slam champions Svetlana Kuznetsova and Victoria Azarenka as well as Caroline Wozniacki (ranked World No. 1 at the time) former World No. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
The answer is:
Athlete