Kirk James Hippensteel (born May 8, 1980) is an American retired tennis player.
Career Hippensteel attended Stanford University, where he was a four-time All-American. He was the #1 ranked player in NCAA tennis his sophomore and senior year. Before attending Stanford, Hippensteel was a US Open Boys' Doubles champion with eventual Stanford teammate David Martin in 1998. He also has ITF junior wins over Guillermo Coria and Andy Roddick. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 150 in November 2004, before being slowed by elbow and back injuries.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1998US OpenHard David Martin Andy Ram Lovro Zovko6–7, 7–6, 6–2
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 9 (5–4) LegendATP Challenger (1–1)ITF Futures (4–3)Finals by surfaceHard (4–4)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1USA F17, ChicoFuturesHard Jaymon Crabb3–6, 6–4, 3–6Win1–1USA F24B, Costa MesaFuturesHard Marc Silva6–4, 6–3Win2–1USA F13, Yuba CityFuturesHard Kean Feeder6–3, 7–6(7–2)Win3–1USA F22, DecaturFuturesHard Matthew Hanlin4–6, 6–1, 6–2Win4–1USA F12, TampaFuturesClay Brian Baker1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2Loss4–2USA F14, SunnyvaleFuturesHard Alejandro Fabbri4–6, 3–6Loss4–3USA F15, AuburnFuturesHard Amer Delić6–7(3–7), 3–6Loss4–4Denver, United StatesChallengerHard Brian Baker6–7(5–7), 4–6Win5–4Tiburon, United StatesChallengerHard Kevin Kim6–3, 6–3
Doubles: 9 (7–2) LegendATP Challenger (1–1)ITF Futures (6–1)Finals by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (3–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0USA F10, Vero BeachFuturesClay Ryan Haviland Márcio Carlsson Rafael De Mesa6–2, 6–4Win2–0USA F12, TampaFuturesClay Ryan Haviland Huntley Montgomery Ryan Sachire6–2, 7–6(8–6)Win3–0USA F22, DecaturFuturesHard Matthew Hanlin David Martin Scott Lipsky6–3, 3–6, 6–4Loss3–1Waco, United StatesChallengerHard Ryan Haviland Devin Bowen Ashley Fisher4–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss3–2Canada F1, CalgaryFuturesHard Ryan Haviland Rajeev Ram Ryan Sachire7–6(7–4), 6–7(7–9), 3–6Win4–2Canada F2, EdmontonFuturesHard Ryan Haviland Paul Logtens Matwé Middelkoop6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)Win5–2USA F12, TampaFuturesClay Ryan Haviland Ryan Sachire Huntley Montgomery3–6, 6–4, 6–2Win6–2USA F14, SunnyvaleFuturesHard Ryan Haviland David Martin Scott Lipsky7–6(9–7), 6–7(1–7), 6–3Win7–2Covington, United StatesChallengerHard Paul Goldstein Hugo Armando Nicolás Lapentti6–3, 6–3
External links
K. J. Hippensteel's Australian Open profile K. J. Hippensteel's Circuit Player Of The Week article