Hunter Reese (born January 11, 1993) is a former American tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 73 achieved on 27 June 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 954 achieved on October 24, 2016. Reese currently competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour where he has won 10 titles.

Professional career He competed in the 2014 US Open alongside partner Peter Kobelt after receiving a wildcard into the men's doubles draw. The tandem lost 6–4, 6–1 to Michaël Llodra and Nicolas Mahut. In November 2014, he captured the Knoxville Challenger doubles title with partner Miķelis Lībietis. On November 8, 2014, Reese hit a sliding backhand around the net post during the Knoxville Challenger that was featured on ESPN's Top Ten Plays and received over 100,000 hits on YouTube.

In July 2021 he reached his first ATP final at the 2021 Los Cabos Open partnering Sem Verbeek.

At the 2021 US Open he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career as a wildcard pair partnering fellow American Evan King, defeating ninth seeds Łukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo in the first round and then Austin Krajicek/Dominic Inglot in the second.

At the 2022 ATP Houston he reached the semifinals with Pablo Cuevas where they were defeated by eventual champions Ebden/Purcell. As a result he reached a new career high in doubles of No. 87 on 25 April 2022.

He made his debut at the 2022 French Open partnering Ramkumar Ramanathan reaching the second round and at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships partnering Roman Jebavý.

In 2023 he made his debut at the Australian Open partnering Cristian Rodríguez as alternate pair thus completing the set of Major appearances.

College career Reese graduated in May 2015 as a kinesiology major and three time All-American from the University of Tennessee. While representing the Volunteers, Reese paired with Libietis to win three major collegiate doubles championships, conquering the 2014 NCAA Doubles Championship as well as the 2013 and 2014 ITA All-American Doubles Championships. On May 26, 2014, Reese and Libietis, nicknamed "Rock and Hammer", won the 2014 NCAA Doubles Championship after defeating Peter Kobelt and Kevin Metka of Ohio State University 7–6(5), 6–7(3), 7–6(6) in a final that, notably, did not contain any breaks of serve. The tandem achieved the #1 ITA collegiate doubles ranking several times during their career, including finishing the season as the top ranked pair in 2014. Although noted for doubles success, Reese also competed in singles for the Volunteers, garnering 90 career wins and peaking at #16 in the ITA collegiate singles rankings while manning either the first or second position in the lineup (following a brief debut at the third position) for the entirety of his time on Rocky Top. A four-time ITA scholar athlete, three-time All-SEC selection, and two-time University of Tennessee Male Athlete of the Year as well as "Mr. Tennessee", Reese was named Team of the Year with Libietis for the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame's 2014 induction class.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP Finals (0–0)ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)Summer Olympics (0–0)ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Titles by locationOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Los Cabos Open, Mexico250 SeriesHard Sem Verbeek Hans Hach Verdugo John Isner7–5, 2–6, [4–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Doubles: 40 (20–20) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (12–10)ITF Futures Tour (8–10)Titles by surfaceHard (9–9)Clay (11–11)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Knoxville, USAChallengerHard (i) Miķelis Lībietis Gastão Elias Sean Thornley6–3, 6–4Loss1–1Lithuania F1, VilniusFuturesClay Miķelis Lībietis Laurynas Grigelis Lukas Mugevičius5–7, 6–3, [11–13]Win2–1USA F5, WestonFuturesClay Junior Alexander Ore Isak Arvidsson Kaichi Uchida7–6(7–4), 3–6, [10–8]Win3–1Israel F4, HerzliyaFuturesHard Nick Chappell Romain Barbosa Yannick Jankovits6–4, 6–2Win4–1Israel F7, Ramat GanFuturesHard Nicolas Meister Daniel Cukierman Edan Leshem7–5, 7–5Loss4–2Israel F8, Ramat GanFuturesHard Nicolas Meister Jarryd Chaplin Ben McLachlan5–7, 6–7(1–7)Loss4–3Canada F7, TorontoFuturesClay Jackson Withrow Hans Hach Rhyne Williams5–7, 4–6Loss4–4USA F31, HoustonFuturesHard Jackson Withrow Hans Hach Rhyne Williams3–6, 3–6Loss4–5Dominican Republic F1, Santiago de los CaballerosFuturesClay Evan King Eduardo Dischinger Bruno Sant'anna3–6, 6–7(4–7)Win5–5USA F14, Orange ParkFuturesClay Evan King Daniel Nolan Yosuke Watanuki2–6, 7–5, [10–8]Loss5–6Italy F13, VigevanoFuturesClay Sebastian Bader Franco Agamenone Andrea Collarini4–6, 3–6Win6–6Poland F1, SopotFuturesClay Miķelis Lībietis Ricardo Hocevar Wilson Leite6–4, 6–4Win7–6Netherlands F3, MiddelburgFuturesClay Evan King Michiel de Krom Sem Verbeek6–2, 6–1Loss7–7Germany F7, TrierFuturesClay Scott Puodziunas Vasile Antonescu Patrick Grigoriu7–5, 4–6, [1–10]Loss7–8Romania F8, PiteștiFuturesClay Scott Puodziunas Bogdan Ionuț Apostol Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș6–1, 3–6, [9–11]Loss7–9Netherlands F6, RotterdamFuturesClay Nick Chappell Botic van de Zandschulp Boy Westerhof1–6, 3–6Win8–9Sweden F4, FalunFuturesHard (i) Ruben Gonzales Markus Eriksson Milos Sekulic6–4, 7–6(8–6)Win9–9Malaysia F1, KuchingFuturesHard Ruben Gonzales Arjun Kadhe Lukas Ollert5–7, 6–4, [10–5]Win10–9Sarasota, USAChallengerClay Evan King Christian Harrison Peter Polansky6–1, 6–2Loss10–10Lisbon, PortugalChallengerClay Tomasz Bednarek Marcelo Arévalo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela3–6, 6–3, [1–10]Win11–10Cary, USAChallengerHard Evan King Fabrice Martin Hugo Nys6–4, 7–6(8–6)Loss11–11Knoxville, USAChallengerHard (i) Tennys Sandgren Toshihide Matsui Frederik Nielsen6–7(6–8), 5–7Loss11–12Indian Wells, USAChallengerHard Darian King JC Aragone Marcos Giron4–6, 4–6Win12–12Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Evan King Nikola Čačić Yang Tsung-hua6–3, 5–7, [10–4]Loss12–13Winnipeg, CanadaChallengerHard Adil Shamasdin Darian King Peter Polansky6–7(8–10), 3–6Loss12–14Kaohsiung, Chinese TaipeiChallengerHard Evan King Hsieh Cheng-peng Yang Tsung-hua4–6, 6–7(4–7)Win13–14Sibiu, RomaniaChallengerClay Jan Zielinski Hans Hach Verdugo Robert Galloway6–4, 6-2Loss13–15Split, CroatiaChallengerClay André Göransson Treat Huey Nathaniel Lammons4-6, 6-7(3-7)Loss13–16Quimper, FranceChallengerHard (i) Brandon Nakashima Ruben Bemelmans Daniel Masur2-6, 1-6Loss13–17Cleveland, USAChallengerHard (i) Evan King Robert Galloway Alex Lawson5-7, 7-6(7-5), [9-11]Win14–17Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Evan King Andrey Golubev Aleksandr Nedovyesov6–2, 7–6(7–4)Win15–17Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClay Sem Verbeek Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul4–6, 6–4, [10–7]Loss15–18Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Sem Verbeek Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler6-7(5-7), 5-7Win16–18Poznan, PolandChallengerClay Szymon Walków Marek Gengel Adam Pavlásek1–6, 6–3, [10–6]Win17–18Indianapolis, USAChallengerHard (i) Hans Hach Verdugo Purav Raja Divij Sharan7–6(7–3), 3–6, [10–7]Win18–18Knoxville, USAChallengerHard (i) Tennys Sandgren Martin Damm Mitchell Krueger6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), [10–5]Loss18–19Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Miķelis Lībietis Dan Added Albano Olivetti4–6, 3–6Loss18–20Feb 2024Vila Real de Santo, PortugalFutures M25Hard Thomas Fancutt Joao Domingues Jaime Faria6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7)Win19–20Mar 2024Kigali, RwandaChallengerClay Thomas Fancutt S D Prajwal Dev David Pichler6–1, 7–5Win20–20Mar 2024Yucatán OpenChallengerClay Thomas Fancutt Boris Kozlov Stefan Kozlov7–5, 6–3

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