Darian King

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Darian King
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Full name Darian King
Country (sports)  Barbados
Residence Bridgetown, Barbados
Born (1992-04-26) 26 April 1992 (age 26)
Bridgetown, Barbados
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 2010
Plays Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money $446,950
Singles
Career record 26–12 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 106 (8 May 2017)
Current ranking No. 165 (6 August 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2018)
French Open Q1 (2017, 2018)
Wimbledon Q3 (2017)
US Open 1R (2017)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record 8–10
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 236 (28 August 2017)
Current ranking No. 545 (6 August 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon Q1 (2017)
Last updated on: 19 March 2018.

Darian King (born 26 April 1992, in Bridgetown) is a Barbadian tennis player.[1]

King has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 106 achieved on 8 May 2017 and career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 236 achieved on 28 August 2017.[2][3][4]

King has represented Barbados at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 39–15 and at the 2016 Olympics.[5]

He has been visible on the world tennis scene for several years.[6] And has played at the US Open.[7][8]

ATP Challenger Tour finals[edit]

Darian King Wimbledon

Singles: 5 (3–2)[edit]

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2016 Cali, Colombia Clay Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Burgos 5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Win 2–0 Jul 2016 Binghamton, United States Hard United States Mitchell Krueger 6–2, 6–3
Win 3–0 Oct 2016 Tiburon, United States Hard United States Michael Mmoh 7–6(7-2), 6–2
Loss 3–1 Oct 2017 Stockton, United States Hard United Kingdom Cameron Norrie 1–6, 3–6
Loss 3–2 Mar 2018 Indian Wells, United States Hard Slovakia Martin Kližan 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)[edit]

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2017 Medellín, Colombia Clay Mexico Miguel Ángel
Reyes-Varela
Chile Nicolás Jarry
Ecuador Roberto Quiroz
6–4, 6–4

Singles performance timeline[edit]

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A Q1 Q2 Q3 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A A A A Q2 Q3 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A A A A Q1 Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A 2R Q1 0 / 1 1–1
Miami Open A A A A A A A A 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2
Italian Open A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 0 / 3 2–3
National representation
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held 0 / 1 0–1
Davis Cup Z3 A Z3 Z2 Z2 Z2 Z1 Z1 Z2 Z1 0 / 0 28–8
Win–Loss 1–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 6–0 5–1 2–2 6–0 0–1 0 / 1 28–9
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 8
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 6–0 5–2 2–2 9–4 0–3 26–13
Year-end ranking 1675 721 490 486 314 226 152 173

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Darian King | Overview | ATP World Tour | Tennis". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2017-10-17. 
  2. ^ s.r.o., LiveSport. "Darian King - Tennis Explorer". www.tennisexplorer.com. Retrieved 2017-10-17. 
  3. ^ "Darian King profile". ATP. Retrieved 19 September 2017. 
  4. ^ "Darian King Player Profile". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 2017-10-17. 
  5. ^ "Darian King profile". Davis Cup. Retrieved 19 September 2017. 
  6. ^ "Barbados No. 1 Darian King smeared by tennis court tantrum". Antillean Media Group. 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2017-10-17. 
  7. ^ "LIVE Darian King - Alexander Zverev - US Open men - 29 August 2017". Eurosport. 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-10-17. 
  8. ^ "After long struggle, Darian King is Barbados' newest sensation". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-10-17. 

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