Phillip King (, born December 19, 1981 in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

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) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. In later years he also played tennis in Hong Kong.

Personal life

King's parents David and Karen King emigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan in 1982. King is the oldest of four children. Two of his younger sisters are tennis players; the youngest one

Vania King Vania King (born February 3, 1989) is an American former tennis player. A former top-ten doubles player, King won both the Wimbledon and US Open women's doubles titles in 2010 with partner Yaroslava Shvedova, with whom she also reached the f ...

was the 2010 Wimbledon ladies doubles champion and 2010 US Open tennis doubles champion.

Tennis career

King started playing tennis when he was a boy. He was coached by his father David King who was a professional tennis player in Taiwan with several national championships, being known for his powerful forehand compared to his Taiwanese peers. David King was later credited with teaching his son his winning forehand shot. Phillip King won the

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Junior National Championships in 1999 and 2000. He was two-time All-American in 2000-01 and 2001-02 while he attended Duke University,

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. On May 9, 2004 he turned professional, and was coached by Eliot Teltscher who also coached Pete Sampras. King has played in US Open,

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and other major tournaments. In later years after a break in professional tennis, King joined

Hong Kong Davis Cup team The Hong Kong men's national tennis team represents Hong Kong in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Hong Kong Tennis Association. Hong Kong contested Asia/Oceania Group I on four occasions in 1989, 1993-95 but failed to negotiat ...

2013–15, being the captain in 2015. He was also the non-playing captain for Hong Kong team in

Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was chan ...

2014 and 2015.

Coaching career

King was appointed head coach for

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tennis team competing in

2013 East Asian Games The 2013 East Asian Games, officially known as the VI East Asian Games, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Tianjin, China, between 6 October and 15 October 2013. 2,422 Athletes from nine East Asian nations competed in 254 ev ...

hosted by

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, China.

References

External links

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Interview Phillip King
{{DEFAULTSORT:King, Phillip American male tennis players Duke Blue Devils men's tennis players Taiwanese emigrants to the United States Tennis players from Long Beach, California 1981 births Living people Hong Kong male tennis players Sportspeople from Taipei