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.
On May 7, 2018, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 162.
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 surfaceHard (5–3)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Mexico F2, CórdobaFuturesHard Adam El Mihdawy6–2, 7–5Win2–0Mexico F3, Mexico CityFuturesHard Christopher Díaz Figueroa6–1, 6–2Loss2–1USA F24, DecaturFuturesHard Luke Saville4–6, 4–6Win3–1USA F25, ChampaignFuturesHard Richard Gabb6–3, 6–1Win4–1Mexico F2, VillahermosaFuturesHard (i) Iván Endara7–5, 7–5Loss4–2USA F17, Winston-SalemFuturesHard Christopher Eubanks5–7, 6–2, 6–7(6–8)Win5–2Canada F6, TorontoFuturesClay Roberto Cid Subervi6–1, 6–2Win6–2Cary, USAChallengerHard Cameron Norrie6–4, 6–1Loss6–3M25 Martos, SpainWorld Tennis TourHard Eduardo Struvay3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 25 (11–14) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (3–3)ITF Futures Tour (8–11)Titles by surfaceHard (6–10)Clay (5–4)Grass (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1USA F16, Indian Harbour BeachFuturesClay Juan Carlos Spir Ruben Gonzales Darian King2–6, 6–3, [4–10]Loss0–2USA F4, Palm CoastFuturesClay Vahid Mirzadeh Jean-Yves Aubone Joey B. Burkhardt4–6, 3–6Loss0–3USA F6, HarlingenFuturesHard Dean O'Brien Ruben Gonzales Chris Letcher2–6, 3–6Win1–3Colombia F4, BogotáFuturesClay Juan Carlos Spir Felipe Mantilla Eduardo Struvay6–3, 6–3Win2–3Colombia F5, ManizalesFuturesClay Juan Carlos Spir Chase Buchanan Devin McCarthy6–3, 7–5Win3–3Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Juan Carlos Spir Christopher Díaz Figueroa Carlos Salamanca7–5, 6–7(9–11), [11–9]Loss3–4USA F27, MansfieldFuturesHard Jean-Yves Aubone Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst3–6, 5–7Win4–4USA F1, PlantationFuturesClay Juan Carlos Spir Jean-Yves Aubone Vahid Mirzadeh7–6(7–5), 6–3Loss4–5Bucaramanga, ColombiaChallengerClay Juan Carlos Spir Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah6–7(3–7), 3–6Win5–5Chitré, PanamaChallengerHard Juan Carlos Spir Alex Llompart Mateo Nicolas Martinez7–6(7–5), 6–4Win6–5San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Juan Carlos Spir Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Agustín Velotti6–3, 6–4Loss6–6Mexico F1, QuerétaroFuturesHard Dean O'Brien César Ramírez Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela3–6, 5–7Loss6–7Mexico F2, CórdobaFuturesHard Dean O'Brien César Ramírez Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela6–7(1–7), 1–6Win7–7Mexico F3, Mexico CityFuturesHard Dean O'Brien Alex Llompart Mateo Nicolas Martinez6–3, 6–4Loss7–8Ecuador F6, IbarraFuturesClay Juan Carlos Spir Sergio Galdós Marco Trungelliti6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)Loss7–9France F2, BressuireFuturesHard (i) David Rice Fabrice Martin Purav Raja3–6, 2–6Loss7–10Canada F1, GatineauFuturesHard (i) Dean O'Brien Germain Gigounon Daniel Smethurst4–6, 4–6Win8–10Canada F2, SherbrookeFuturesHard (i) Dean O'Brien Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst6–4, 2–6, [10–5]Win9–10USA F24, DecaturFuturesHard Evan King Grégoire Barrère Tom Jomby6–0, 6–2Loss9–11USA F25, ChampaignFuturesHard Evan King Justin S. Shane Ryan Shane1–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss9–12Cuernavaca, MexicoChallengerHard Dean O'Brien Austin Krajicek Jackson Withrow7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [9–11]Win10–12Mexico F2, VillahermosaFuturesHard Nicolaas Scholtz Farris Fathi Gosea Nathaniel Lammons7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)Loss10–13USA F17, Winston-SalemFuturesHard Christopher Eubanks Brandon Holt Riley Smith6–7(4–7), 3–6Win11–13USA F19, Winston-SalemFuturesHard Christopher Eubanks Dominik Köpfer Luis David Martínez6–3, 6–4Loss11–14Winnetka, USAChallengerHard Bradley Klahn Sanchai Ratiwatana Christopher Rungkat6–7(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.
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
List of Georgia Institute of Technology athletes
References
External links
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bio