Alex Kim

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Alex Kim
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg United States
Residence Delray Beach, Florida, United States
Born (1978-12-20) December 20, 1978 (age 46)
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Turned pro2000
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$281,041
Singles
Career record8–26
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 106 (10 June 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (2002)
French Open 1R (2003)
Wimbledon Q1 (2003)
US Open 1R (2000, 2002, 2003)
Doubles
Career record0–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 264 (20 October 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open 1R (2002, 2003)
Last updated on: 7 April 2023.
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing Flag of the United States.svg United States
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Santo Domingo Men's singles

Alex Kim (born December 20, 1978) is a professional tennis player from the United States. [1]

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Early career

In the 1996 US Open, Kim and Mexico's Mariano Sánchez made the boys' doubles semi-finals, where they lost to the Bryan brothers. [2]

He began playing collegiate tennis in 1998, for Stanford University. [3] The American was a member of the championship winning Stanford sides of 1998 and 2000. [3] In the latter year, he also won the NCAA Division 1 singles title and was an All-American. [3] He and teammate Geoff Abrams formed the top-ranked doubles team in the nation in 2000, and were named the ITA National Doubles Team of the Year. [4] He was inducted into the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011. [5]

ATP Tour

Given a wildcard entry, Kim made his first Grand Slam appearance in 2000, at the US Open. [3] He had the misfortune of being drawn against world number one Andre Agassi in the first round and lost in straight sets. [3] In June 2000, he won the doubles title with Geoff Abrams at the USTA Chandler Cup Futures. [6]

The next time that he played in a Grand Slam event, the 2002 Australian Open, he put in the best performance of his career, starting with an opening round win over Davide Sanguinetti. [3] Despite being ranked outside of the world's top 200, Kim managed to defeat fourth seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the second round, without dropping a set. [7] In the third round, he was eliminated by the only other qualifier remaining in the draw, Fernando González. [3]

He also played at the US Open in 2002, but lost in the first round to Greg Rusedski. [3] In Washington's Legg Mason Tennis Classic that year, he claimed a win over another big name player, 10th seed Todd Martin. [3] He was unable to get past Jarkko Nieminen in the round of 16. [3]

In 2003, he played in three Grand Slam tournaments, but lost in the opening round of each. [3] He was beaten by Scott Draper in the Australian Open, squandered a two set lead in losing to Mark Philippoussis in the French Open and was defeated by Younes El Aynaoui in the US Open. [3]

Kim was a joint bronze medalist in the men's singles event at the 2003 Pan American Games, which were held in the Dominican Republic. He lost in the semi-finals to Marcelo Ríos, in a match decided by two tiebreaks. [8]

As a doubles player, Kim competed in the 2002 US Open with Kevin Kim (who is of no relation) and with Jeff Salzenstein in the 2003 US Open. [3] He and his partner lost in the first round of each. [3]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (4–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jun 2000USA F15, Berkley FuturesHard Flag of Ireland.svg Scott Barron 6–3, 7–5
Loss1–1Dec 2000USA F29, Laguna Niguel FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Justin Bower 5–7, 0–6
Loss1–2Jun 2001USA F15, Sunnyvale FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Robby Ginepri 4–6, 3–6
Win2–2Oct 2001 Kerrville, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Mardy Fish 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win3–2May 2002 Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of the Philippines.svg Cecil Mamiit 7–6(11–9), 6–2
Loss3–3May 2002 Rocky Mount, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Robby Ginepri 3–6, 4–6
Loss3–4May 2003 Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Óscar Hernández 2–6, 1–6
Loss3–5Jun 2003 Tallahassee, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Paul Goldstein 6–2, 2–6, 0–4 ret.
Win4–5Oct 2003 Fresno, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Morrison 7–5, 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jun 2000USA F15, Berkley FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Geoff Abrams Flag of India.svg Fazaluddin Syed
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ben-Qiang Zhu 		6–2, 7–5
Loss1–1Jan 2000 Waikoloa, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Levar Harper-Griffith Flag of the United States.svg Diego Ayala
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kendrick 		6–4, 6–7(2–7), 2–6
Win2–1Sep 2003 Seoul, South KoreaChallengerHard Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyung-taik Flag of Russia.svg Alex Bogomolov Jr
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Salzenstein 		1–6, 6–1, 6–4

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA 3R 1R Q1 0 / 22–250%
French Open AA Q2 1R Q2 0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon AAA Q1 A0 / 00–0 – 
US Open 1R Q1 1R 1R A0 / 30–30%
Win–loss0–10–02–20–30–00 / 62–625%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AAAA Q2 0 / 00–0 – 
Miami AA Q1 Q2 Q1 0 / 00–0 – 
Canada AA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
Cincinnati Q1 A Q1 AA0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–00 / 10–10%

References

  1. ↑ ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. ↑ ITF Junior Profile
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ATP World Tour Profile
  4. ↑ "Cunha, Hemmeler Named ITA Doubles Team of the Year". GoDuke.com. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Alex Kim". Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. March 19, 2012. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ Dasher, Anthony (May 19, 2001). "Soft-spoken standout". Online Athens. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  7. ↑ The Guardian , "Kafelnikov confounded by scattered seeds", January 16, 2002
  8. ↑ "Marcelo Ríos va por el oro en Santo Domingo" [Marcelo Ríos is going for the gold at Santo Domingo] (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: El Mercurio. August 9, 2003. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
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