Kevin Kim (born July 26, 1978) is an American former tennis player.

Career He entered the top 100 in 2004, reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 63 in March 2005.

In 1993, Kim won the USTA National Boys' 16 Indoor Doubles Championship with Michael Russell. Kim lost to Russell in the finals of the 1994 USTA National Boys' 16 Singles Championships. He beat Russell in the finals of the 1994 USTA National Boys' 16 Clay Court Championships, and lost to Russell in the finals of the 1994 Easter Bowl Boys' 16s Championships.

In 1995, he lost to Russell in the finals of the USTA National Boys’ 18 Clay Court Championships. Kim reached the second round in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles with Russell at the 1995 Australian Open Junior Championships.

In 1996, he won the doubles title with Russell at the 1996 Asuncion Bowl in Asuncion, Paraguay. At the 1996 USTA National Boys’ 18 Championships, he lost in the doubles final with Russell to Bob and Mike Bryan. He was a doubles quarterfinalist with Russell at the 1996 Wimbledon junior championships.

Kim reached the third round of the 2005 Australian Open, and won 9 Challenger titles in his career.

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament1996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ1Q1Q2Q1Q2Q33R2R1RQ3Q1Q2Q20 / 33–3French OpenAAAAQ1Q1Q3Q31R1R2RQ1Q11RQ2A0 / 41–4WimbledonAAAAQ1Q1Q1Q2Q22R1R1R1R1RQ2A0 / 51–5US Open1RAQ11R1RQ1AQ2A1R1RQ1Q32RQ3A0 / 61–6Win–loss0–10–00–00–10–10–00–00–00–13–42–40–20–11–30–00–00 / 186–18ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAAQ2AAQ12R2RQ1Q11RQ2A0 / 32–3MiamiAAAAAQ2AAA2R2R2RQ12RQ2A0 / 44–4RomeAAAAAAAAAQ1AAAAAA0 / 00–0Hamburg / Madrid (Clay)AAAAAAAAAQ1AAAAAA0 / 00–0Toronto / MontrealAAAAAAAAA1R2RAAQ1AA0 / 21–2CincinnatiAAAAAAAAQ1Q1Q2AAQ2AA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–02–33–31–10–01–20–00–00 / 97–9

Doubles Tournament199920002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAA1RA1R0 / 20–2French OpenAAAAAA3RAA0 / 12–1WimbledonA1R2RQ1AA1R1R2R0 / 52–5US Open1R2R1R1RAA1RAA0 / 51–5Win–loss0–11–21–20–10–00–02–40–11–20 / 135–13

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Houston, United States250 SeriesClay Jim Thomas Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi6–7(3-7), 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 21 (9–12) LegendATP Challenger (9–11)ITF Futures (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (9–12)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1USA F7, BerkeleyFuturesHard Thomas Dupre5–7, 6–7Loss0–2Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Harel Levy4–6, 6–7Loss0–3Tallahassee, United StatesChallengerHard Jeff Salzenstein3–6, 2–6Loss0–4Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Bob Bryan4–6, 7–6(9–7), 4–6Loss0–5Burbank, United StatesChallengerHard Andy Roddick1–6, 2–6Win1–5Burbank, United StatesChallengerHard Vince Spadea6–2, 6–4Loss1–6Joplin Challenger, United StatesChallengerHard Jack Brasington3–6, 6–1, 3–6Loss1–7Joplin Challenger, United StatesChallengerHard Bob Bryan6–4, 5–7, 2–6Win2–7Andorra Challenger, AndorraChallengerHard Gilles Muller6–4, 6–0Win3–7Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Frank Dancevic7–6(7-2), 6–3Loss3–8Tiburon, United StatesChallengerHard K.J. Hippensteel3–6, 3–6Win4–8Burbank, United StatesChallengerHard Robert Kendrick7–5, 1-6, 6–3Win5–8Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard Robert Kendrick1–6, 6-4, 6–1Loss5–9Cordoba, SpainChallengerHard Simon Greul7–6(7-4), 1-6, 6–7(2-7)Win6–9Yuba City, United StatesChallengerHard Bobby Reynolds6–4, 0-6, 6–3Loss6–10Knoxville, United StatesChallengerHard Robert Kendrick6–3, 2-6, 4–6Win7–10Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Andrea Stoppini7–5, 6–1Loss7–11Vancouver, CanadaChallengerHard Dudi Sela3–6, 0-6Win8–11Tulsa, United StatesChallengerHard Vince Spadea6–3, 3–5, 6–4Loss8–12Champaign-Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Kevin Anderson3–6, 4-6Win9–12Charlottesville, United StatesChallengerHard Somdev Devvarman6–4, 6–7(8-10), 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 12 (5–7) LegendATP Challenger (2–7)ITF Futures (3–0)Finals by surfaceHard (3–7)Clay (2–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Japan F1, IsawaFuturesClay Lee Hyung-Taik Mitty Arnold Todd Meringoff6–4, 6–4Win2–0USA F5, Boca RatonFuturesClay Yohny Romero Lee Pearson Michael Jessup6–4, 6–7, 6–2Win3–0Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Jimy Szymanski Harel Levy Lior Mor4–6, 6–1, 6–4Loss3–1Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Scott Humphries Michael Sell Gabriel Trifu6–7, 7–6, 4–6Loss3–2Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Lee Hyung-Taik Mitch Sprengelmeyer Jason Weir-Smith7–5, 4–6, 2–6Loss3–3Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Luke Smith Bob Bryan Mike Bryan4–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss3–4Houston, United StatesChallengerHard James Blake Brent Haygarth Marcos Ondruska4–6, 2–6Loss3–5Tarzana, United StatesChallengerHard Brandon Coupe George Bastl Neville Godwin3–6, 6–4, 3–6Win4–5USA F6, MobileFuturesHard Michael Joyce Travis Parrott Josh Goffi6–7(0–7), 6–3, 7–5Loss4–6Calabasas, United StatesChallengerHard Jim Thomas Scott Humphries Justin Gimelstob3–6, 3–6Win5–6Cordoba, SpainChallengerHard Justin Gimelstob Ivo Klec Jan Mertl6–3, 7–5Loss5–7Humacao, Puerto RicoChallengerHard Lester Cook Bobby Reynolds Rajeev Ram3–6, 4–6

References

External links

Kevin Kim Recent Match Results Kevin Kim World Ranking History