Kenny de Schepper (born 29 May 1987) is a French professional tennis player who competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career high ATP rankings of world No. 62 achieved in April 2014 in singles and No. 152 in doubles achieved in February 2012.

Early life De Schepper was born in Bordeaux, France. His father Éric, originally from Belgium, was a former professional squash player. De Schepper, who is two meters tall, joined the National tennis centre in Poitiers when he was 13, however after a while he stopped playing tennis for two years due to growth injuries.

Career 2010–2011: Turned Pro De Schepper turned pro in 2010.

While not having any wins in 2011, he had several runner-up finishes in ITF Futures events and had a runner-up finish at an ATP Challenger event – the 2011 Open EuroEnergie de Quimper, where he lost to his compatriot David Guez in the final.

He won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2011 Open Diputación Ciudad de Pozoblanco event against Iván Navarro.

De Schepper made the main draw of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. In the 2011 Wimbledon Championships qualifiers he defeated Ádám Kellner (Q1), Matthew Ebden (Q2), and Simone Bolelli (Q3).

2012 In October 2012, de Schepper won consecutive Challenger tournaments, taking him to a career high ranking of 123 in singles. The first of the two Challenger victories came in Mons, having qualified for the tournament, before securing a title in Rennes a week later, not dropping a set throughout the competition.

2013

De Schepper once again played at Wimbledon and this time progressed to the fourth round, the first time he had made the last 16 at a Grand Slam tournament, courtesy of wins over Paolo Lorenzi, Marin Čilić (by walkover) and Juan Mónaco. De Schepper faced Fernando Verdasco in the round of 16 and lost in straight sets. At the US Open, he lost in the first round to Bradley Klahn in four sets with three tie-breaks.

2015 De Schepper reached the first round of the Australian Open, losing to Lukáš Rosol in 5 sets. He lost in the first round of qualifying at the French Open. He advanced through the qualifiers to reach the 2nd round of the Wimbledon Championships before losing to Richard Gasquet in straight sets, with Gasquet reaching the semifinals.

2016 De Schepper opened his season by representing France at the 2016 Hopman Cup with teammate Caroline Garcia. He played against Andy Murray, Alexander Zverev and Nick Kyrgios, but did not record any wins.

2017 De Schepper qualified into the main draw in Montpellier, falling to eventual finalist Richard Gasquet in the quarterfinals. De Schepper defeated Mischa Zverev and Illya Marchenko in the process. He reached the same stage in Metz, before Mischa Zverev avenged his earlier defeat.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals Singles: 21 (8–13) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (5–6)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–7)Titles by surfaceHard (7–11)Clay (1–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1France F17, NeversFuturesHard (i) Grégoire Burquier6–3, 4–6, 3–6Win1–1Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard (i) Alexandre Sidorenko7–5, 7–5Loss1–2Great Britain F2, SheffieldFuturesHard (i) Harri Heliövaara4–6, 7–5, 4–6Loss1–3Quimper, FranceChallengerHard David Guez2–6, 6–4, 6–7(5–7)Loss1–4France F5, PoitiersFuturesHard (i) Marc Gicquel6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)Loss1–5France F6, AngersFuturesClay (i) Charles-Antoine Brézac2–6, 5–7Loss1–6France F10, MontaubanFuturesClay Jorge Aguilar6–7(4–7), 4–6Win2–6Pozoblanco, SpainChallengerHard Iván Navarro2–6, 7–5, 6–3Loss2–7Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Fabrice Martin1–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7)Win3–7France F4, LilleFuturesHard (i) Romain Jouan6–2, 4–6, 6–3Loss3–8France F5, PoitiersFuturesHard (i) Josselin Ouanna6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7)Win4–8Mons, BelgiumChallengerHard (i) Michaël Llodra7–6(9–7), 4–6, 7–6(7–4)Win5–8Rennes, FranceChallengerHard (i) Illya Marchenko7–6(7–4), 6–2Loss5–9Saint-Brieuc, FranceChallengerHard (i) Jesse Huta Galung6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–7(3–7)Loss5–10Rennes, FranceChallengerHard Nicolas Mahut3–6, 6–7(3–7)Win6–10Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard (i) Norbert Gombos3–6, 6–2, 6–3Loss6–11Le Gosier, GuadeloupeChallengerHard Steve Johnson1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7)Win7–11Como, ItalyChallengerClay Marco Cecchinato2–6, 7–6(7–0), 7–5Loss7–12Koblenz, GermanyChallengerHard (i) Mats Moraing2–6, 1–6Win8–12M25 Toulouse-Balma, FranceWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Lý Hoàng Nam6–3, 6–3Loss8–13M25 Porto, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Jules Marie2–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles: 10 (3–7) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–4)ITF Futures Tour (3–3)Titles by surfaceHard (2–4)Clay (1–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1France F18, Saint-DizierFuturesHard (i) Albano Olivetti Julien Maes Fabrice Martin6–2, 4–6, [4–10]Win1–1France F4, LilleFuturesHard (i) Alexandre Penaud Marc Gicquel Nicolas Renavand6–3, 2–6, [10–8] Loss1–2France F5, PoitiersFuturesHard (i) Julien Obry Romain Jouan Fabrice Martin6–7(5–7), 4–6 Loss1–3Mons, BelgiumChallengerHard (i) Édouard Roger-Vasselin Johan Brunström Ken Skupski6–7(4–7), 3–6Loss1–4Rennes, FranceChallengerCarpet (i) Édouard Roger-Vasselin Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström4–6, 4–6Loss1–5Como, ItalyChallengerClay Maxime Teixeira Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko6–7(3–7), 4–6Loss1–6Aix-en-Provence, FranceChallengerClay Guido Andreozzi Philipp Petzschner Tim Pütz7–6(7–3), 2–6, [8–10]Loss1–7M15 Bressuire, FranceWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Stefano Napolitano Alafia Ayeni Roy Smith6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]Win2–7M25 Vale do Lobo, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Quentin Robert Antoine Escoffier Hugo Voljacques0–6, 6–4, [10–6]Win3–7M25 Benicarlo, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Vilius Gaubas Anthony Genov Iker Urribarrens Ramirez7–6 (7–2), 3–6, [10–8]

Singles performance timeline

Tournament2010201120122013201420152016201720182019W–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1RQ22R1RQ3Q2Q1Q11–3French OpenAQ1Q21R2RQ11RQ1Q1A1–3WimbledonA1R2R4R1R2RQ2Q1Q1A4–5US OpenAQ1A1R1RAAQ1Q2A0–2Win–loss0–00–11–22–32–41–20–10–00–00–07–13Career statisticsYear-end ranking47013911984106148162159197694

Wins over top-10 players #PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore20141. Ernests Gulbis10Queen's Club Championships, United KingdomGrass2R7–6(7–3), 7–566

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