Hunter Reese

Hunter Reese
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
Born	January 11, 1993 (age 31); Atlanta, United States
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money	$273,094
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 954 (24 October 2016)
Doubles
Career record	18–27
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 73 (27 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 223 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2023)
French Open	2R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	3R (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	1R (2021)
	Last updated on: 24 March 2024.

Last updated April 01, 2024

Hunter Reese (born January 11, 1993) is an American tennis player. Reese currently competes in doubles mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has won 10 Challenger titles and has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 73 achieved on 27 June 2022.

Professional career

He competed in the 2014 US Open alongside partner Peter Kobelt after receiving a wildcard into the men's doubles draw. The tandem lost 6–4, 6–1 to Michaël Llodra and Nicolas Mahut.^[1] In November 2014, he captured the Knoxville Challenger doubles title with partner Miķelis Lībietis.^[2] On November 8, 2014, Reese hit a sliding backhand around the net post during the Knoxville Challenger that was featured on ESPN's Top Ten Plays and received over 100,000 hits on YouTube.^[3]

Hunter was sponsored by Loriet Sports, a super-premium activewear brand from 2015 to 2020, which helped him quickly break through the ranks.^[4]

In July 2021 he reached his first ATP final at the 2021 Los Cabos Open partnering Sem Verbeek.^[5]

At the 2021 US Open (tennis) he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career as a wildcard pair partnering fellow American Evan King defeating ninth seeds Kubot/Melo in the second round^[6] and then Krajicek/Inglot.

At the 2022 ATP Houston he reached the semifinals with Pablo Cuevas where they were defeated by eventual champions Ebden/Purcell.^[7] As a result he reached a new career high in doubles of No. 87 on 25 April 2022.

He made his debut at the 2022 French Open partnering Ramkumar Ramanathan reaching the second round and at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships partnering Roman Jebavý.

In 2023 he made his debut at the Australian Open partnering Cristian Rodríguez as alternate pair thus completing the set of Major appearances.

College career

Reese graduated in May 2015 as a kinesiology major and three time All-American from the University of Tennessee.^[8] While representing the Volunteers, Reese paired with Libietis to win three major collegiate doubles championships, conquering the 2014 NCAA Doubles Championship as well as the 2013 and 2014 ITA All-American Doubles Championships. On May 26, 2014, Reese and Libietis, nicknamed "Rock and Hammer", won the 2014 NCAA Doubles Championship after defeating Peter Kobelt and Kevin Metka of Ohio State University 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–7⁽³⁾, 7–6⁽⁶⁾ in a final that, notably, did not contain any breaks of serve.^[9] The tandem achieved the #1 ITA collegiate doubles ranking several times during their career, including finishing the season as the top ranked pair in 2014. Although noted for doubles success, Reese also competed in singles for the Volunteers, garnering 90 career wins and peaking at #16 in the ITA collegiate singles rankings while manning either the first or second position in the lineup (following a brief debut at the third position) for the entirety of his time on Rocky Top. A four-time ITA scholar athlete, three-time All-SEC selection, and two-time University of Tennessee Male Athlete of the Year as well as "Mr. Tennessee", Reese was named Team of the Year with Libietis for the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame's 2014 induction class.^[10]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
Summer Olympics (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)

Titles by location
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2021	Los Cabos Open, Mexico	250 Series	Hard	Sem Verbeek	Hans Hach Verdugo John Isner	7–5, 2–6, [4–10]

Challenger and Futures finals

Doubles: 40 (20–20)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (12–10)
ITF Futures Tour (8–10)

Titles by surface
Hard (9–9)
Clay (11–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2014	Knoxville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Miķelis Lībietis	Gastão Elias Sean Thornley	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jul 2015	Lithuania F1, Vilnius	Futures	Clay	Miķelis Lībietis	Laurynas Grigelis Lukas Mugevičius	5–7, 6–3, [11–13]
Win	2–1	Jan 2016	USA F5, Weston	Futures	Clay	Junior Alexander Ore	Isak Arvidsson Kaichi Uchida	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, [10–8]
Win	3–1	Mar 2016	Israel F4, Herzliya	Futures	Hard	Nick Chappell	Romain Barbosa Yannick Jankovits	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–1	May 2016	Israel F7, Ramat Gan	Futures	Hard	Nicolas Meister	Daniel Cukierman Edan Leshem	7–5, 7–5
Loss	4–2	May 2016	Israel F8, Ramat Gan	Futures	Hard	Nicolas Meister	Jarryd Chaplin Ben McLachlan	5–7, 6–7^(1–7)
Loss	4–3	Sep 2016	Canada F7, Toronto	Futures	Clay	Jackson Withrow	Hans Hach Rhyne Williams	5–7, 4–6
Loss	4–4	Oct 2016	USA F31, Houston	Futures	Hard	Jackson Withrow	Hans Hach Rhyne Williams	3–6, 3–6
Loss	4–5	Dec 2016	Dominican Republic F1, Santiago de los Caballeros	Futures	Clay	Evan King	Eduardo Dischinger Bruno Sant'anna	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	5–5	Apr 2017	USA F14, Orange Park	Futures	Clay	Evan King	Daniel Nolan Yosuke Watanuki	2–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss	5–6	May 2017	Italy F13, Vigevano	Futures	Clay	Sebastian Bader	Franco Agamenone Andrea Collarini	4–6, 3–6
Win	6–6	Jun 2017	Poland F1, Sopot	Futures	Clay	Miķelis Lībietis	Ricardo Hocevar Wilson Leite	6–4, 6–4
Win	7–6	Jul 2017	Netherlands F3, Middelburg	Futures	Clay	Evan King	Michiel de Krom Sem Verbeek	6–2, 6–1
Loss	7–7	Jul 2017	Germany F7, Trier	Futures	Clay	Scott Puodziunas	Vasile Antonescu Patrick Grigoriu	7–5, 4–6, [1–10]
Loss	7–8	Aug 2017	Romania F8, Pitești	Futures	Clay	Scott Puodziunas	Bogdan Ionuț Apostol Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș	6–1, 3–6, [9–11]
Loss	7–9	Aug 2017	Netherlands F6, Rotterdam	Futures	Clay	Nick Chappell	Botic van de Zandschulp Boy Westerhof	1–6, 3–6
Win	8–9	Oct 2017	Sweden F4, Falun	Futures	Hard (i)	Ruben Gonzales	Markus Eriksson Milos Sekulic	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	9–9	Oct 2017	Malaysia F1, Kuching	Futures	Hard	Ruben Gonzales	Arjun Kadhe Lukas Ollert	5–7, 6–4, [10–5]
Win	10–9	Apr 2018	Sarasota, USA	Challenger	Clay	Evan King	Christian Harrison Peter Polansky	6–1, 6–2
Loss	10–10	May 2018	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Tomasz Bednarek	Marcelo Arévalo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	3–6, 6–3, [1–10]
Win	11–10	Sep 2018	Cary, USA	Challenger	Hard	Evan King	Fabrice Martin Hugo Nys	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	11–11	Nov 2018	Knoxville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Tennys Sandgren	Toshihide Matsui Frederik Nielsen	6–7^(6–8), 5–7
Loss	11–12	Mar 2019	Indian Wells, USA	Challenger	Hard	Darian King	JC Aragone Marcos Giron	4–6, 4–6
Win	12–12	Jun 2019	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Evan King	Nikola Čačić Yang Tsung-hua	6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss	12–13	Jul 2019	Winnipeg, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Adil Shamasdin	Darian King Peter Polansky	6–7^(8–10), 3–6
Loss	12–14	Sep 2019	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei	Challenger	Hard	Evan King	Hsieh Cheng-peng Yang Tsung-hua	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	13–14	Sep 2020	Sibiu, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Jan Zielinski	Hans Hach Verdugo Robert Galloway	6–4, 6-2
Loss	13–15	Oct 2020	Split, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	André Göransson	Treat Huey Nathaniel Lammons	4-6, 6-7^(3-7)
Loss	13–16	Feb 2021	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Brandon Nakashima	Ruben Bemelmans Daniel Masur	2-6, 1-6
Loss	13–17	Mar 2021	Cleveland, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Evan King	Robert Galloway Alex Lawson	5-7, 7-6^(7-5), [9-11]
Win	14–17	May 2021	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Evan King	Andrey Golubev Aleksandr Nedovyesov	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	15–17	May 2021	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Sem Verbeek	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss	15–18	Apr 2022	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Sem Verbeek	Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler	6-7^(5-7), 5-7
Win	16–18	May 2022	Poznan, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Szymon Walków	Marek Gengel Adam Pavlásek	1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	17–18	Jul 2022	Indianapolis, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Hans Hach Verdugo	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	7–6^(7–3), 3–6, [10–7]
Win	18–18	Nov 2022	Knoxville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Tennys Sandgren	Martin Damm Mitchell Krueger	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–3), [10–5]
Loss	18–19	May 2023	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Miķelis Lībietis	Dan Added Albano Olivetti	4–6, 3–6
Loss	18–20	Feb 2024	Vila Real de Santo, Portugal	Futures M25	Hard	Thomas Fancutt	Joao Domingues Jaime Faria	6–7^(2–7), 6–7^(2–7)
Win	19–20	Mar 2024	Kigali, Rwanda	Challenger	Clay	Thomas Fancutt	S D Prajwal Dev David Pichler	6–1, 7–5
Win	20–20	Mar 2024	Yucatán Open	Challenger	Clay	Thomas Fancutt	Borris Kozlov Stefan Kozlov	7–5, 6–3

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References

↑ "Men's Doubles | Draws | 2014 US Open Official Site - A USTA Event". 2014.usopen.org. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
↑ "Libietis, Reese Win Knoxville Challenger" . Retrieved 2022-07-18.
↑ utsportstv (2014-11-08), 2014 Knoxville Challenger: Hunter Reese's Around-the-Netpost Winner , retrieved 2017-03-21
↑ "TEAM LORIET PLAYERS AND COACHES". Loriet Sports. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
↑ "Neighbours Hans Hach Verdugo/John Isner Win los Cabos Doubles Title | ATP Tour | Tennis".
↑ "Doubles Wrap: Shock upset for Mektic/Pavic". usopen.org. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
↑ "Kyrgios advances to Houston semifinals".
↑ "Hunter Reese Bio - University of Tennessee Official Athletic Site" . Retrieved 2022-07-18.
↑ "Handshake & History" . Retrieved 2022-07-18.
↑ "Libietis, Reese Named a TSHF Team of the Year" . Retrieved 2022-07-18.

External links

Hunter Reese at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Hunter Reese at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] "Men's Doubles | Draws | 2014 US Open Official Site - A USTA Event". 2014.usopen.org. Retrieved 2017-03-21.

[2] "Libietis, Reese Win Knoxville Challenger" . Retrieved 2022-07-18.

[3] utsportstv (2014-11-08), 2014 Knoxville Challenger: Hunter Reese's Around-the-Netpost Winner , retrieved 2017-03-21

[4] "TEAM LORIET PLAYERS AND COACHES". Loriet Sports. Retrieved 2022-06-07.

[5] "Neighbours Hans Hach Verdugo/John Isner Win los Cabos Doubles Title | ATP Tour | Tennis".

[6] "Doubles Wrap: Shock upset for Mektic/Pavic". usopen.org. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2023.

[7] "Kyrgios advances to Houston semifinals".

[8] "Hunter Reese Bio - University of Tennessee Official Athletic Site" . Retrieved 2022-07-18.

[9] "Handshake & History" . Retrieved 2022-07-18.

[10] "Libietis, Reese Named a TSHF Team of the Year" . Retrieved 2022-07-18.

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