Alex Kim
Country (sports) | United States |
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Residence | Delray Beach,Florida,United States |
Born | Silver Spring, Maryland,United States | December 20, 1978
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Turned pro | 2000 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $281,041 |
Singles | |
Career record | 8–26 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 106 (10 June 2002) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2002) |
French Open | 1R (2003) |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2003) |
US Open | 1R (2000,2002,2003) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–5 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 264 (20 October 2003) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (2002,2003) |
Last updated on: 7 April 2023. |
Medal record | ||
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Men'stennis | ||
RepresentingUnited States | ||
Pan American Games | ||
2003 Santo Domingo | Men's singles |
Alex Kim(born December 20, 1978) is a professionaltennisplayer from the United States.[1]
Early career
[edit]In the1996 US Open,Kim and Mexico'sMariano Sánchezmade the boys' doubles semi-finals, where they lost to theBryan brothers.[2]
He began playing collegiate tennis in 1998, forStanford University.[3]The American was a member of the championship winning Stanford sides of 1998 and 2000.[3]In the latter year, he also won theNCAA Division 1 singles titleand was anAll-American.[3]He and teammateGeoff Abramsformed the top-ranked doubles team in the nation in 2000, and were named the ITA National Doubles Team of the Year.[4]He was inducted into theStanford Athletic Hall of Famein 2011.[5]
ATP Tour
[edit]Given a wildcard entry, Kim made his firstGrand Slamappearance in 2000, at theUS Open.[3]He had the misfortune of being drawn against world number oneAndre Agassiin the first round and lost in straight sets.[3]In June 2000, he won the doubles title with Geoff Abrams at the USTA Chandler Cup Futures.[6]
The next time that he played in a Grand Slam event, the2002 Australian Open,he put in the best performance of his career, starting with an opening round win overDavide Sanguinetti.[3]Despite being ranked outside of the world's top 200, Kim managed to defeat fourth seedYevgeny Kafelnikovin the second round, without dropping a set.[7]In the third round, he was eliminated by the only other qualifier remaining in the draw,Fernando González.[3]
He also played at theUS Open in 2002,but lost in the first round toGreg Rusedski.[3]In Washington'sLegg Mason Tennis Classicthat year, he claimed a win over another big name player, 10th seedTodd Martin.[3]He was unable to get pastJarkko Nieminenin the round of 16.[3]
In 2003, he played in threeGrand Slamtournaments, but lost in the opening round of each.[3]He was beaten byScott Draperin theAustralian Open,squandered a two set lead in losing toMark Philippoussisin theFrench Openand was defeated byYounes El Aynaouiin theUS Open.[3]
Kim was a joint bronze medalist in the men's singles event at the2003 Pan American Games,which were held in theDominican Republic.He lost in the semi-finals toMarcelo Ríos,in a match decided by two tiebreaks.[8]
As a doubles player, Kim competed in the 2002 US Open withKevin Kim(who is of no relation) and withJeff Salzensteinin the 2003 US Open.[3]He and his partner lost in the first round of each.[3]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
[edit]Singles: 9 (4–5)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 2000 | USA F15,Berkley | Futures | Hard | Scott Barron | 6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–1 | Dec 2000 | USA F29,Laguna Niguel | Futures | Hard | Justin Bower | 5–7, 0–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jun 2001 | USA F15,Sunnyvale | Futures | Hard | Robby Ginepri | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Oct 2001 | Kerrville,United States | Challenger | Hard | Mardy Fish | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
Win | 3–2 | May 2002 | Birmingham,United States | Challenger | Clay | Cecil Mamiit | 7–6(11–9),6–2 |
Loss | 3–3 | May 2002 | Rocky Mount,United States | Challenger | Clay | Robby Ginepri | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–4 | May 2003 | Birmingham,United States | Challenger | Clay | Óscar Hernández | 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 3–5 | Jun 2003 | Tallahassee,United States | Challenger | Hard | Paul Goldstein | 6–2, 2–6, 0–4 ret. |
Win | 4–5 | Oct 2003 | Fresno,United States | Challenger | Hard | Jeff Morrison | 7–5, 7–6(8–6) |
Doubles: 3 (2–1)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 2000 | USA F15,Berkley | Futures | Hard | Geoff Abrams | Fazaluddin Syed Ben-Qiang Zhu |
6–2, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jan 2000 | Waikoloa,United States | Challenger | Hard | Levar Harper-Griffith | Diego Ayala Robert Kendrick |
6–4, 6–7(2–7),2–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Sep 2003 | Seoul,South Korea | Challenger | Hard | Lee Hyung-taik | Alex Bogomolov Jr Jeff Salzenstein |
1–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Performance timeline
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
[edit]Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | SR | W–L | Win% | ||||||||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | 3R | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | ||||||||||||||||
French Open | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||||||
US Open | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | ||||||||||||||||
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% | ||||||||||||||||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||||||
Miami | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||||||
Canada | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
References
[edit]- ^ITF Pro Circuit Profile
- ^ITF Junior Profile
- ^abcdefghijklmnATP World Tour Profile
- ^"Cunha, Hemmeler Named ITA Doubles Team of the Year".GoDuke.com.RetrievedNovember 13,2013.
- ^"Alex Kim".Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. March 19, 2012. Archived fromthe originalon January 24, 2013.
- ^Dasher, Anthony (May 19, 2001)."Soft-spoken standout".Online Athens.RetrievedNovember 13,2013.
- ^The Guardian,"Kafelnikov confounded by scattered seeds",January 16, 2002
- ^"Marcelo Ríos va por el oro en Santo Domingo"[Marcelo Ríos is going for the gold at Santo Domingo] (in Spanish).Santo Domingo:El Mercurio.August 9, 2003.RetrievedNovember 1,2019.
External links
[edit]- 1978 births
- Living people
- American male tennis players
- Stanford Cardinal men's tennis players
- Tennis players from Maryland
- Sportspeople from Delray Beach, Florida
- American sportspeople of Korean descent
- Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in tennis