K. J. Hippensteel (born May 8, 1980) is a retired American
tennis
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player.
Career
Hippensteel attended
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
, 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
David Martin in 1998. He also has ITF junior wins over
Guillermo Coria
Guillermo Sebastián Coria (born 13 January 1982), nicknamed ''El Mago'' (''The Magician'' in Spanish), is an Argentine retired professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP world No. 3 singles ranking in May 2004. Coria achieved his ...
and
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen Roddick (born 30 August 1982) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is a major champion, having won the 2003 US Open. Roddick reached four other major finals (Wimbledon in 2004, 2005, and 2009, and the US Open ...
. 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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