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Alex Kim

Alex Kim (born December 20, 1978) is a professional tennis player from the United States. [ 1 ] Early career In the 1996 US Open , Kim and Mexico's Mariano Sánchez made the boys...

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Alex Kim (born December 20, 1978) is a professional tennis player from the United States.[1]

Early career

In the 1996 US Open, Kim and Mexico's Mariano Sánchez made the boys' doubles semi-finals, where they lost to the Bryan brothers.[2]

He began playing collegiate tennis in 1998, for Stanford 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 the NCAA Division 1 singles title and was an All-American.[3] He and teammate Geoff Abrams formed 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 the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.[5]

ATP Tour

Given a wildcard entry, Kim made his first Grand Slam appearance in 2000, at the US Open.[3] He had the misfortune of being drawn against world number one Andre Agassi in 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, the 2002 Australian Open, he put in the best performance of his career, starting with an opening round win over Davide Sanguinetti.[3] Despite being ranked outside of the world's top 200, Kim managed to defeat fourth seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 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]

También jugó en el US Open en 2002 , pero perdió en la primera ronda contra Greg Rusedski . [ 3 ] En el Legg Mason Tennis Classic de Washington ese año, logró una victoria sobre otro jugador de renombre, el décimo cabeza de serie Todd Martin . [ 3 ] No pudo superar a Jarkko Nieminen en los octavos de final. [ 3 ]

En 2003, participó en tres torneos de Grand Slam , pero perdió en la primera ronda de cada uno. [ 3 ] Fue derrotado por Scott Draper en el Abierto de Australia , desperdició una ventaja de dos sets al perder contra Mark Philippoussis en el Abierto de Francia y fue derrotado por Younes El Aynaoui en el Abierto de Estados Unidos . [ 3 ]

Kim fue medallista de bronce compartido en la prueba individual masculina de los Juegos Panamericanos de 2003 , celebrados en la República Dominicana . Perdió en semifinales contra Marcelo Ríos , en un partido que se decidió en dos desempates. [ 8 ]

Como jugador de dobles, Kim compitió en el US Open de 2002 con Kevin Kim (con quien no tiene parentesco) y con Jeff Salzenstein en el US Open de 2003. [ 3 ] Él y su compañero perdieron en la primera ronda de ambos. [ 3 ]

Finales de torneos ATP Challenger e ITF Futures

Individuales: 9 (4–5)

Dobles: 3 (2–1)

Performance timeline

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

References

  1. ↑ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. ↑ITF Junior Profile
  3. 1234567891011121314ATP World Tour Profile
  4. ↑"Cunha, Hemmeler Named ITA Doubles Team of the Year". GoDuke.com. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  5. ↑"Alex Kim". Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. March 19, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑Dasher, Anthony (May 19, 2001). "Soft-spoken standout". Online Athens. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  7. ↑The Guardian, "Kafelnikov confounded by scattered seeds", January 16, 2002
  8. ↑"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. Retrieved November 1, 2019.