K. J. Hippensteel (born May 8, 1980) is a retired American
tennis player.
Career
Hippensteel attended
Stanford University
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, where he was a four-time All-American. He was the #1 ranked player in NCAA tennis his sophomore and senior year. Before attending Stanford, Hippensteel was a US Open Boys' Doubles champion with eventual Stanford teammate
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in 1998. He also has ITF junior wins over
Guillermo Coria and
Andy Roddick. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 150 in November 2004, before being slowed by elbow and back injuries.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 9 (5–4)
Doubles: 9 (7–2)
External links
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K. J. Hippensteel's Australian Open profileK. J. Hippensteel's Circuit Player Of The Week article
1980 births
Living people
American male tennis players
Sportspeople from Roanoke, Virginia
Stanford Cardinal men's tennis players
Tennis people from Virginia
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
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