Phillip King

Country	United States
Residence	Long Beach, CA
Date of birth	December 19, 1981 (1981-12-19) (age 27)
Place of birth	Taipei, Taiwan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	66 kg (150 lb; 10.4 st)
Turned pro	May 9, 2004
Plays	Right, two-handed backhand
Singles
Career record	131–123
Highest ranking	No. 148 (February 19, 2007)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 248 (July 29, 2002)
Last updated on: September 21, 2009.

Phillip King (traditional Chinese:金久義)(simplified Chinese: 金久义) (born December 19, 1981 in Taipei, Taiwan.) is a male tennis player from the United States. He is a Taiwanese American.

King is a former two-time US USTA Junior National Champion, becoming just the second player since World War II to accomplish that feat, defeating Mardy Fish and Robbie Ginepri in the finals in 1999 and 2000, respectively. He accepted a full scholarship and went on to attend Duke University and became the first four-time All America honors player in Duke Men's Tennis history. While competing on the Association of Tennis Professionals, he has played against Pete Sampras at the LA Tennis Open when Sampras was #1 in the world (losing 61, 62), Richard Krajicek in the US Open, and Tim Henman at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic (losing 6-7(4), 6-3, 7-5). His most recent ATP Tour level appearance was at the Cincinnati Masters in July 2008. He is currently enrolled at Fuqua School of Business.

Contents 1 Personal 2 Accolades/Awards 3 Singles titles 3.1 Runner-ups (3) 4 Doubles Titles 4.1 Runner-ups (6) 5 External links

[edit] Personal

King's parents moved to United States in 1982. He is the oldest of four children. His sister, Vania King is a former United States Fed Cup team member and was ranked as high as 50 in the world in women's tennis, reaching the finals of the 2009 French Open mixed doubles event. His twin sisters Mindy and Ivana attended University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University, respectively.

[edit] Accolades/Awards

1999, 2000 US Junior National Champion
2002 ACC Player of the Year
2001 NCAA Rookie of the Year
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, NCAA Division I All-American

[edit] Singles titles

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)

ATP World Tour 500 (0)

ATP World Tour 250 (0)

ATP Challenger Tour (0)

ITF Futures (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	October 20, 2007	Beijing	Hard	Sun Peng	6-4, 6-1
2.	July 1, 2007	Shenzhen	Hard	Yu Xinyuan	6-4, 6-1
3.	August 4, 2002	Decatur	Hard	Bo Hodge	6-5 ret.

[edit] Runner-ups (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	October 28, 2007	Tokyo	Hard	Tatsuma Ito	5-7, 6-2
2.	May 29, 2005	Fukuoka	Hard	Simon Stadler	6–7(6), 4-6
3.	May 22, 2005	Phuket	Hard	Alun Jones	3–6, 1–6

[edit] Doubles Titles

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)

ATP World Tour 500 (0)

ATP World Tour 250 (0)

ATP Challenger Tour (0)

ITF Futures (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	October 14, 2007	Beijing	Hard	Chen Ti	Yu Xinyuan/ Zeng Shao-Xuan	7-5 3-6 [10-7]
2.	June 19, 2005	Fukuoka	Hard	Michael Yani	Katsushi Fukuda/ Yuichi Ito	6-4 6-4

[edit] Runner-ups (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	June 27, 2009	Kuala Lumpur	Hard	Chen Ti	Arnau Brugues-Davi/ Luigi D'Agord	2-6, 3-6
2.	February 3, 2008	Guangzhou	Hard	Danai Udomchoke	Yu Xinyuan/ Zeng Shao-Xuan	6-1 3-6 [5-10]
3.	August 19, 2007	Bronx	Hard	Alberto Francis	Rohan Bopanna/ Aisam Qureshi	3-6 6-2 [5-10]
4.	June 19, 2005	Kusatsu	Grass	Hiroyasu Sato	David Martin/ Mark Nielsen	3-6 6-7(4)
5.	June 19, 2005	Phuket	Hard	Trevor Spracklin	Michael Yani/ Dominic Marafiote	7-6(4) 4-6 4-6
6.	January 30, 2005	San Jose	Hard	Chris Kwon	Mattew Hanlin/ David Martin	3-6 6-3 2-6

[edit] External links

• Phillip King at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Duketennisking at the International Tennis Federation

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