Kevin Kim Explained

Kevin Kim
Birth Date:	1978 7, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Torrance, California, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 10 in
Turnedpro:	1997
Retired:	2015
Plays:	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$1,545,790
Singlesrecord:	44–97
Singlestitles:	0
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 63 (March 21, 2005)
Australianopenresult:	3R (2005)
Frenchopenresult:	2R (2006)
Wimbledonresult:	2R (2005)
Usopenresult:	2R (2009)
Doublesrecord:	19–37
Doublestitles:	0
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 118 (August 27, 2001)
Australianopendoublesresult:	1R (2005, 2007)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	3R (2005)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	2R (2001, 2007)
Usopendoublesresult:	2R (2000)
Updated:	April 26, 2021

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.^[1] Kim lost to Russell in the finals of the 1994 USTA National Boys' 16 Singles Championships.^[1] ^[2] 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.^[2]

In 1995, he lost to Russell in the finals of the USTA National Boys’ 18 Clay Court Championships.^[1] Kim reached the second round in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles with Russell at the 1995 Australian Open Junior Championships.^[1]

In 1996, he won the doubles title with Russell at the 1996 Asuncion Bowl in Asuncion, Paraguay.^[1] At the 1996 USTA National Boys’ 18 Championships, he lost in the doubles final with Russell to Bob and Mike Bryan.^[1] He was a doubles quarterfinalist with Russell at the 1996 Wimbledon junior championships.^[1]

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

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q3	3R	2R	1R	Q3	Q1	Q2	Q2	0 / 3	3–3
French Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q3	1R	1R	2R	Q1	Q1	1R	Q2	A	0 / 4	1–4
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q2	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q2	A	0 / 5	1–5
US Open	1R	A	Q1	1R	1R	Q1	A	Q2	A	1R	1R	Q1	Q3	2R	Q3	A	0 / 6	1–6
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–4	2–4	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	0 / 18	6–18
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	Q1	2R	2R	Q1	Q1	1R	Q2	A	0 / 3	2–3
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	Q1	2R	Q2	A	0 / 4	4–4
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Hamburg / Madrid (Clay)	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Toronto / Montreal	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	A	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	3–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 9	7–9

Doubles

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	0 / 2	0–2
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	0 / 1	2–1
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	Q1	A	A	1R	1R	2R	0 / 5	2–5
US Open	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 5	1–5
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–4	0–1	1–2	0 / 13	5–13

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 21 (9–12)

Legend
ATP Challenger (9–11)
ITF Futures (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (9–12)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	USA F7, Berkeley	Futures	Hard	Thomas Dupre	5–7, 6–7
Loss	0–2	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Harel Levy	4–6, 6–7
Loss	0–3	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jeff Salzenstein	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Bob Bryan	4–6, 7–6^(9–7), 4–6
Loss	0–5	Burbank, United States	Challenger	Hard	Andy Roddick	1–6, 2–6
Win	1–5	Burbank, United States	Challenger	Hard	Vince Spadea	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1–6	Joplin Challenger, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jack Brasington	3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	1–7	Joplin Challenger, United States	Challenger	Hard	Bob Bryan	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Win	2–7	Andorra Challenger, Andorra	Challenger	Hard	Gilles Muller	6–4, 6–0
Win	3–7	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Frank Dancevic	7–6^(7-2), 6–3
Loss	3–8	Tiburon, United States	Challenger	Hard	K.J. Hippensteel	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–8	Burbank, United States	Challenger	Hard	Robert Kendrick	7–5, 1-6, 6–3
Win	5–8	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Robert Kendrick	1–6, 6-4, 6–1
Loss	5–9	Cordoba, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Simon Greul	7–6^(7-4), 1-6, 6–7^(2-7)
Win	6–9	Yuba City, United States	Challenger	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	6–4, 0-6, 6–3
Loss	6–10	Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Robert Kendrick	6–3, 2-6, 4–6
Win	7–10	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Andrea Stoppini	7–5, 6–1
Loss	7–11	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Dudi Sela	3–6, 0-6
Win	8–11	Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Vince Spadea	6–3, 3–5, 6–4
Loss	8–12	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Kevin Anderson	3–6, 4-6
Win	9–12	Charlottesville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Somdev Devvarman	6–4, 6–7^(8-10), 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 12 (5–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–7)
ITF Futures (3–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–7)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Japan F1, Isawa	Futures	Clay	Lee Hyung-Taik	Mitty Arnold Todd Meringoff	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0	USA F5, Boca Raton	Futures	Clay	Yohny Romero	Lee Pearson Michael Jessup	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Win	3–0	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Jimy Szymanski	Harel Levy Lior Mor	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	3–1	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Scott Humphries	Michael Sell Gabriel Trifu	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss	3–2	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Lee Hyung-Taik	Mitch Sprengelmeyer Jason Weir-Smith	7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–3	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Luke Smith	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Houston, United States	Challenger	Hard	James Blake	Brent Haygarth Marcos Ondruska	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–5	Tarzana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brandon Coupe	George Bastl Neville Godwin	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	4–5	USA F6, Mobile	Futures	Hard	Michael Joyce	Travis Parrott Josh Goffi	6–7^(0–7), 6–3, 7–5
Loss	4–6	Calabasas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jim Thomas	Scott Humphries Justin Gimelstob	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–6	Cordoba, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Justin Gimelstob	Ivo Klec Jan Mertl	6–3, 7–5
Loss	5–7	Humacao, Puerto Rico	Challenger	Hard	Lester Cook	Bobby Reynolds Rajeev Ram	3–6, 4–6

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Michael Russell: Circuit Player of the Week . USTA . May 25, 2008 . November 10, 2013 . June 29, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150629234744/http://www.usta.com/Active/News/Pro-Tennis/USTA-Pro-Circuit/81221_Michael_Russell_Circuit_Player_of_the_Week/ . dead .
Web site: Sunny Hills' Kim Advances in Miami . Los Angeles Times . April 2, 1994 . November 12, 2013 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221929/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/282223829.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr . live .