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Date of Birth:

28 October 1989

Birth Place:

Los Angeles, California

Residence:

New York

Height:

6'0" (1.83m)

Weight:

165lbs (75kg)

Plays:

Left (double-handed backhand)

Davis Cup Training Squad:

2007

Highest ITF Junior World Ranking:

No. 274 (10 Apr 2007)

HK National Men's Ranking:

A7 (Dec 2006)

HK National Junior Ranking:

No. 1 (2006-07)

Status:

NCAA Division I Ivy Group

School:

Columbia University

Kevin Kung

Career Highlights:

► 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).

► Local Majors

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

► ITF World Junior Circuit titles

          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)

► Local junior titles

          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)


► Notable local results

          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


► Notable overseas results

          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)


► Major Awards

          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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