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Vania King
Country	United States
Residence	Long Beach, CA
Date of birth	February 3, 1989 (age 20)
Place of birth	Monterey Park, CA
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb; 9.3 st)
Turned pro	July 5, 2006
Plays	Right, two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$946,535
Singles
Career record	108–108
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 50 (November 6, 2006)
Current ranking	No. 79 (November 2, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1r (2007, 2008)
French Open	2r (2008)
Wimbledon	2r (2006, 2009)
US Open	3r (2009)
Doubles
Career record	117–78
Career titles	8 WTA (2 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 23 (September 24, 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2007)
French Open	3R (2009)
Wimbledon	QF (2009)
US Open	3R (2007)
	Last updated on: September 21, 2009.

Vania King (traditional Chinese:金久慈) (born February 3, 1989 in Monterey Park, California, U.S.) is a female tennis player from the United States. She is a Taiwanese American.

On November 6, 2006, King achieved her career-high singles ranking:, at 50th overll. In 2009, she reached the Mixed Doubles final at the French Open, alongside Brazilian player Marcelo Melo, losing to number 1 seeds Liezel Huber/Bob Bryan.

King lost in the second round of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships to #15 Flavia Pennetta. She played in the ladies doubles with Anna-Lena Groenefeld, losing in the quarter-finals to eventual champions, Venus Williams and Serena Williams.

[edit] Personal

King's parents moved to United States in 1982. She is the youngest of four children. Her brother, Phillip King, was a four time All-American at Duke University and two-time US junior champion. Her sister, Mindy, attended the University of Pennsylvania, and her sister Ivana attended Princeton University.

[edit] WTA Tour titles (8)

[edit] Singles (1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
WTA Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	October 15, 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	2–6, 6–4, 6–4

[edit] Doubles (7)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I Event (1)
WTA Tour (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	October 8, 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Yung-Jan Chan Chia-Jung Chuang	7–6(2), 5–7, 6–2
2.	October 15, 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Mariana Diaz-Olivia Natalie Grandin	7–5, 2–6, 7–5
3.	May 14, 2007	Fes, Morocco	Clay	Sania Mirza	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastassia Rodionova	6–1, 6–2
4.	October 12, 2007	Kolkata, India	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	Alberta Brianti Mariya Koryttseva	6–1, 6–4
5.	September 21, 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–1, 6–4
6.	November 2, 2008	Quebec City, Canada	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Jill Craybas Tamarine Tanasugarn	7–6(3), 6–4
7.	January 11, 2009	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 7–5, [10–5]