Alexandra Kiick (; born June 30, 1995) is an American

tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ...

. Kiick has won seven singles titles and two doubles titles on the

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. In June 2019, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 126. In May 2014, she peaked at No. 214 in the doubles rankings.

Career

Between August 2015 and May 2017, Kiick did not play in any ITF Circuit tournaments. She was sidelined during this time because she was diagnosed with stage-II-skin cancer (

melanoma Melanoma, also redundantly known as malignant melanoma, is a type of skin cancer that develops from the pigment-producing cells known as melanocytes. Melanomas typically occur in the skin, but may rarely occur in the mouth, intestines, or eye ( ...

) and severe knee injuries that caused her to be out for a total of three years and two months. She also was diagnosed with mononucleosis. In 2021, she was diagnosed with

acoustic neuroma A vestibular schwannoma (VS), also called acoustic neuroma, is a benign tumor that develops on the vestibulocochlear nerve that passes from the inner ear to the brain. The tumor originates when Schwann cells that form the insulating myelin sheath o ...

Personal life

Kiick's parents are mother Mary, a former professional softball player, and father

Jim Kiick James Forrest Kiick (; August 9, 1946 – June 20, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a running back. He played for the Miami Dolphins in the American Football League (AFL) from 1968 to 1969 and in the National Footba ...

, a former

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player who won two

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with the

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. Allie described her father as her hero upon his death. She has one brother, Austin. Her mother introduced her to tennis at the age of nine. Kiick was coached at

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Kathy Rinaldi Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel (born March 24, 1967) is a former professional American tennis player, who retired in September 1997. In her career, she won three singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and reached the semifinals of the 1985 Wimble ...

and Adam Peterson. Her idol growing up was

Kim Clijsters Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Clijsters reached the world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, having held both rankings simultaneously in 2003. She won six major titles, ...

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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* * 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Fort Lauderdale, Florida American female tennis players Tennis people from Florida 21st-century American women {{US-tennis-bio-stub