Kevin King (tennis)

Kevin King

Full name	Kevin Scott King
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Peachtree City, Georgia, United States
Born	(1991-02-28) February 28, 1991 (age 34) Peachtree City, Georgia, United States
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2013
Retired	2021
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Georgia Tech
Prize money	$315,363
Singles
Career record	1–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 162 (May 7, 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2018)
French Open	Q1 (2018)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2018)
US Open	Q1 (2018)
Doubles
Career record	2–9
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 114 (July 28, 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
US Open	1R (2014, 2018)
Last updated on: 20 July 2024.

Kevin King (born February 28, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. He played collegiate tennis for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and was a two-time ITA All-American (2011 and 2012) and a three-time All-ACC performer. ^[1]

On May 7, 2018, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 162. ^[2]

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 9 (6–3)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (1–0) ITF Futures Tour/World Tennis Tour (5–3)

Titles by surface Hard (5–3) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2014	Mexico F2, Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Adam El Mihdawy	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–0	May 2014	Mexico F3, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Christopher Díaz Figueroa	6–1, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Aug 2015	USA F24, Decatur	Futures	Hard	Luke Saville	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Aug 2015	USA F25, Champaign	Futures	Hard	Richard Gabb	6–3, 6–1
Win	4–1	May 2017	Mexico F2, Villahermosa	Futures	Hard (i)	Iván Endara	7–5, 7–5
Loss	4–2	Jun 2017	USA F17, Winston-Salem	Futures	Hard	Christopher Eubanks	5–7, 6–2, 6–7(6–8)
Win	5–2	Sep 2017	Canada F6, Toronto	Futures	Clay	Roberto Cid Subervi	6–1, 6–2
Win	6–2	Sep 2017	Cary, USA	Challenger	Hard	Cameron Norrie	6–4, 6–1
Loss	6–3	Jun 2019	M25 Martos, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Eduardo Struvay	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 25 (11–14)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (3–3) ITF Futures Tour (8–11)

Titles by surface Hard (6–10) Clay (5–4) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2012	USA F16, Indian Harbour Beach	Futures	Clay	Juan Carlos Spir	Ruben Gonzales Darian King	2–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss	0–2	Feb 2013	USA F4, Palm Coast	Futures	Clay	Vahid Mirzadeh	Jean-Yves Aubone Joey B. Burkhardt	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Mar 2013	USA F6, Harlingen	Futures	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Ruben Gonzales Chris Letcher	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–3	Aug 2013	Colombia F4, Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Juan Carlos Spir	Felipe Mantilla Eduardo Struvay	6–3, 6–3
Win	2–3	Aug 2013	Colombia F5, Manizales	Futures	Clay	Juan Carlos Spir	Chase Buchanan Devin McCarthy	6–3, 7–5
Win	3–3	Sep 2013	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Juan Carlos Spir	Christopher Díaz Figueroa Carlos Salamanca	7–5, 6–7(9–11), [11–9]
Loss	3–4	Oct 2013	USA F27, Mansfield	Futures	Hard	Jean-Yves Aubone	Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst	3–6, 5–7
Win	4–4	Jan 2014	USA F1, Plantation	Futures	Clay	Juan Carlos Spir	Jean-Yves Aubone Vahid Mirzadeh	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss	4–5	Jan 2014	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Juan Carlos Spir	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win	5–5	Feb 2014	Chitré, Panama	Challenger	Hard	Juan Carlos Spir	Alex Llompart Mateo Nicolas Martinez	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win	6–5	Apr 2014	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Juan Carlos Spir	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Agustín Velotti	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–6	Apr 2014	Mexico F1, Querétaro	Futures	Hard	Dean O'Brien	César Ramírez Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	3–6, 5–7
Loss	6–7	May 2014	Mexico F2, Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Dean O'Brien	César Ramírez Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–7(1–7), 1–6
Win	7–7	May 2014	Mexico F3, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Alex Llompart Mateo Nicolas Martinez	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–8	Sep 2014	Ecuador F6, Ibarra	Futures	Clay	Juan Carlos Spir	Sergio Galdós Marco Trungelliti	6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss	7–9	Jan 2015	France F2, Bressuire	Futures	Hard (i)	David Rice	Fabrice Martin Purav Raja	3–6, 2–6
Loss	7–10	Mar 2015	Canada F1, Gatineau	Futures	Hard (i)	Dean O'Brien	Germain Gigounon Daniel Smethurst	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–10	Mar 2015	Canada F2, Sherbrooke	Futures	Hard (i)	Dean O'Brien	Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst	6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Win	9–10	Aug 2015	USA F24, Decatur	Futures	Hard	Evan King	Grégoire Barrère Tom Jomby	6–0, 6–2
Loss	9–11	Aug 2015	USA F25, Champaign	Futures	Hard	Evan King	Justin S. Shane Ryan Shane	1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	9–12	Feb 2017	Cuernavaca, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Austin Krajicek Jackson Withrow	7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [9–11]
Win	10–12	May 2017	Mexico F2, Villahermosa	Futures	Hard	Nicolaas Scholtz	Farris Fathi Gosea Nathaniel Lammons	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Loss	10–13	Jun 2017	USA F17, Winston-Salem	Futures	Hard	Christopher Eubanks	Brandon Holt Riley Smith	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win	11–13	Jun 2017	USA F19, Winston-Salem	Futures	Hard	Christopher Eubanks	Dominik Köpfer Luis David Martínez	6–3, 6–4
Loss	11–14	Jul 2017	Winnetka, USA	Challenger	Hard	Bradley Klahn	Sanchai Ratiwatana Christopher Rungkat	6–7(4–7), 2–6

Personal life

Kevin King is the son of Bill and Nuala King. He comes from a family of athletes – his father played football at Villanova and his sister, Lara, played tennis at Saint Leo University. Kevin graduated with honors from Georgia Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering. ^[1]

In 2019, Kevin married Caroline Price, a fellow tennis player, who played collegiate tennis for North Carolina. Caroline is the daughter of former professional basketball player, Mark Price.

See also

• Tennis portal

• List of Georgia Institute of Technology athletes

References

1. "Player Bio: Kevin King". Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets . Georgia Institute of Technology . Retrieved November 3, 2017.
2. "Player Overview: Kevin King". ATP . Retrieved November 3, 2017.

External links

• Kevin King at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Kevin King at the International Tennis Federation
• Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bio