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Date of Birth:

28 October 1989

Birth Place:

Los Angeles, California

Residence:

Hong Kong

Height:

6'0" (1.83m)

Weight:

165lbs (75kg)

Plays:

Left (double-handed backhand)

Davis Cup debut:

2012

Highest ITF Junior World Ranking:

No. 274 (10 Apr 2007)

HK National Junior Ranking:

No. 1 (2006-07)

Status:

Davis Cup by BNP Paribas 2012
A/O Zone Group II Play-offs
HKG v SRI (Apr 6-8)

Kevin Kung


» Defeated Dineshkanthan Thangarajah, 7-5, 6-3, in reverse dead rubber singles on Davis Cup debut in Hong Kong's Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Relegation Playoff loss to Sri Lanka (8 Apr 2012)

» 2010-11 Named Captain of Columbia. NCAA Ranking (Doubles): No. 69 (14 Feb 2011)

» 2009-10 Came back from an assortment of injuries to feature prominently in Columbia's run in towards claiming the Ivy League, going 7-1 in singles during the regular season. The Lions gained an automatic bid for the NCAA Championships but fell to 22nd-ranked Wake Forest. Columbia finished the 2009-10 season ranked No. 45 among all Division I schools in the nation.

» 2008-09 Although injuries hampered his court time, that was not nearly enough to stop Columbia from finishing ahead of 63rd-ranked archrivals Harvard and Cornell to win the Ivy Group for the second time in three years. The Lions gained an automatic bid for the NCAA Championships but fell to 19th-ranked Miami. Columbia finished the 2008-09 season ranked No. 52 among all Division I schools in the nation.

» 2007-08 Accepted to Columbia University, New York (Fall 2007). Started the Fall in his freshman year with 9 straight victories, which included titles at UVa Fall Invitational (Brown Flight) and Princeton Fall Invitational (B Flight), as well as B Flight doubles at Princeton (w/ Jonathan Wong) during that stretch. Played singles at the Nos. 3-6 positions and went 18-7 overall, including 8-5 in dual matches.

» Member of Hong Kong Davis Cup Training Squad (Dec 2007).

» Hong Kong Representative: 6th National City Games, Wuhan, China (Summer 2007).

» Recipient of the Hong Kong Junior No. 1 Players Award for two straight years (2006-07).


          Men's Doubles(1):
          2006     Hong Kong National Tennis Championships(w/ Andrew Lee)


          Doubles(3):
          2007     G5 International Jr Championships of Sri Lanka (w/ Dino Dell'Orto)
          2006     G4 Hong Kong Open Jr Championships (w/ Gilbert Wong)
                      G5 Hong Kong ITF Junior Tournament (w/ Gilbert Wong)


          Boys' Singles:
          2006     LIONS Hong Kong National Junior Tennis Championship (18U)
                      CRC Open School Boys' Championship (18U)
          2005     LIONS Hong Kong National Junior Tennis Championship (16U)
                      CRC Open School Boys' Championship (18U)

          Boys' Doubles:
          2004     CRC Open School Boys' Championship (18U)

          Men's Singles:
          2006     Runner-up, Hong Kong National Tennis Championships
          2005     Champion, SCAA Open Chairman's Cup B Singles
          2004     Champion, AIA Hong Kong National Tennis Championships B Singles


          Singles:
          2007     R32, Mitsubishi-Lancer International Jr Championships (G2)
                      R32, Asian Closed Junior Championships (GB1)
                      Quarterfinals, Thamrin Cup International Junior Championships (G4)
          2006     Runner-up, Hong Kong ITF Junior Tournament (G5)
                      Semifinals, Canadian ITF Junior World Ranking Event (G5)
                      Quarterfinals, Philippines ITF Junior World Ranking Event (G5)
                      R32, Thailand F4 and F5 ITF Men's Futures

          Doubles:
          2007     Semifinals (w/ Lim Hyun-Soo), Thamrin Cup International Junior Championships (G4)
                      R16 (w/ Jo Min-Wook), Asian Closed Jr Tennis Championships, Taipei (GB1)
          2006     Semifinals (w/ Anton Kovic), Canadian ITF Junior World Ranking Event (G5)


          2007     Hong Kong International School - Senior Athlete of the Year Award
          2003-7  High Honor Roll (GPA 3.5+)
                      Captain, Hong Kong International School Men's Tennis Team (Played #1 singles)



Check out Kevin Kung's results on the US Collegiate Circuit.


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