Cooper Williams

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Cooper Williams
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg United States
Residence Boca Raton, Florida
Born (2005-06-17) June 17, 2005 (age 20)
New York City
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Prize moneyUS $25,174
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 688 (8 August 2025)
Current rankingNo. 722 (25 August 2025)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 516 (12 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 1088 (25 August 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open 2R (2025)
Last updated on: 25 August 2025.

Cooper Williams (born June 17, 2005) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 688, achieved on 8 August 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 516, achieved on 12 June 2023.

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Williams won the boys' doubles title alongside compatriot Learner Tien at the 2023 Australian Open in January 2023. [1] [2]

Early life

Born and raised in New York City, Williams attended St. Bernard's School on the Upper East Side from Kindergarten to seventh grade. He graduated from Dwight School Global in June 2023. Williams relocated to Boca Raton, Florida during the Covid pandemic, where he works with fitness coach, Richard Woodruff. [3] [4]

Career

Alongside partner Learner Tien, Williams won the junior Australian Open doubles in January 2023, defeating Alexander Blockx and João Fonseca in the final 6–4, 6–4. [5] [6]

In August 2025, he made his main draw grand slam debut alongside Theodore Winegar at the 2025 US Open, having received the US collegiate wildcard into the men's doubles having won the inaugural American Collegiate Wildcard Playoff in Orlando. [7] In the first round they defeated Czech pairing Petr Nouza and Patrik Rikl in straight sets before facing previous finalists and the No. 4 seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz. [8] [9]

College

Williams played his Freshman season of college tennis at Harvard, where he earned All-America singles status and 2024 NCAA Rookie of the Year. He led the Crimson to its highest NCAA ranking in program history, #6 in the nation. Williams now plays for Duke University.

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
ITF WTT (2–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jun 2025M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marcus Walters6–3, 6–1
Win2–0Jun 2025M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Italy.svg Luca Potenza6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 2022M25 Edwardsville, USWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Kweisi Kenyatte Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Ochi
Flag of Japan.svg Seita Watanabe
6–7(1–7), 3–6
Loss0–2Aug 2022M15 Memphis, USWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Alex Michelsen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Millen Hurrion
Flag of New Zealand.svg Finn Reynolds
0–6, 1–6
Win1–2Sep 2022M15 Fayetteville, USWTTHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Alessio Basile Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Adrien Burdet
Flag of France.svg Melvin Manuel
6–4, 6–3
Win2–2Mar 2023M25 Calabasas, USWTTHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Edward Winter Flag of the United States.svg Rohan Murali
Flag of the United States.svg Elijah Strode
6–2, 6–3
Win3–2Oct 2024M15 Winston-Salem, USWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Milavsky Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Fishback
Flag of the United States.svg Henry Lieberman
6–1, 6–1
Win4–2Jul 2025M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew RankinFlag placeholder.svg Daniil Bogatov
Flag placeholder.svg Evgenii Tiurnev
6–3, 5–7, [10–5]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2023 Australian Open Hard Flag of the United States.svg Learner Tien Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Alexander Blockx
Flag of Brazil.svg João Fonseca
6–4, 6–4

References

  1. "Cooper Williams". ATPtour.com.
  2. "Cooper Williams". Itftennis.com.
  3. "Inside Florida Tennis: Australian Open Junior Draw & Pro Update". ustaflorida.com.
  4. "Episode 67 – Cooper Williams & Richard Woodruff". Payers & Players Tennis Podcast.
  5. "Remember the name: Alexander Blockx, 17-year-old Belgian, is in singles and doubles finals at Australian Open". hln.be.
  6. "A.Blockx & J.Fonseca Vs.L.Tien & C.Williams". Ausopen.com.
  7. "Dostanic, Glozman earn US Open wild cards at American Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs". June 18, 2025.
  8. "C. Williams/T. Winegar vs P. Nouza/P. Rikl - US Open". tntsports. August 30, 2025. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  9. "Williams/Fernandez sail into Round 3 at the 2025 US Open". usopen. August 30, 2025. Retrieved September 1, 2025.