American tennis player
K. J. Hippensteel (born May 8, 1980) is a retired American tennis player.
Hippensteel attended Stanford University , 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 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 [ edit ] Doubles: 1 (1 title)[ edit ]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (1–1) ITF Futures (4–3)
Finals by surface Hard (4–4) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Jul 2001 USA F17, Chico Futures Hard Jaymon Crabb 3–6, 6–4, 3–6 Win 1–1 Sep 2002 USA F24B, Costa Mesa Futures Hard Marc Silva 6–4, 6–3 Win 2–1 Jun 2003 USA F13, Yuba City Futures Hard Kean Feeder 6–3, 7–6(7–2) Win 3–1 Aug 2003 USA F22, Decatur Futures Hard Matthew Hanlin 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 Win 4–1 May 2004 USA F12, Tampa Futures Clay Brian Baker 1–6, 7–6(7–5) , 6–2 Loss 4–2 Jun 2004 USA F14, Sunnyvale Futures Hard Alejandro Fabbri 4–6, 3–6 Loss 4–3 Jun 2004 USA F15, Auburn Futures Hard Amer Delić 6–7(3–7) , 3–6 Loss 4–4 Aug 2004 Denver , United States Challenger Hard Brian Baker 6–7(5–7) , 4–6 Win 5–4 Oct 2004 Tiburon , United States Challenger Hard Kevin Kim 6–3, 6–3
Legend ATP Challenger (1–1) ITF Futures (6–1)
Finals by surface Hard (4–2) Clay (3–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 May 2003 USA F10, Vero Beach Futures Clay Ryan Haviland Márcio Carlsson Rafael De Mesa 6–2, 6–4 Win 2–0 May 2003 USA F12, Tampa Futures Clay Ryan Haviland Huntley Montgomery Ryan Sachire 6–2, 7–6(8–6) Win 3–0 Aug 2003 USA F22, Decatur Futures Hard Matthew Hanlin David Martin Scott Lipsky 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 Loss 3–1 Nov 2003 Waco , United States Challenger Hard Ryan Haviland Devin Bowen Ashley Fisher 4–6, 6–7(4–7) Loss 3–2 Feb 2004 Canada F1, Calgary Futures Hard Ryan Haviland Rajeev Ram Ryan Sachire 7–6(7–4) , 6–7(7–9) , 3–6 Win 4–2 Feb 2004 Canada F2, Edmonton Futures Hard Ryan Haviland Paul Logtens Matwé Middelkoop 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) Win 5–2 May 2004 USA F12, Tampa Futures Clay Ryan Haviland Ryan Sachire Huntley Montgomery 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 Win 6–2 Jun 2004 USA F14, Sunnyvale Futures Hard Ryan Haviland David Martin Scott Lipsky 7–6(9–7) , 6–7(1–7) , 6–3 Win 7–2 Sep 2004 Covington , United States Challenger Hard Paul Goldstein Hugo Armando Nicolás Lapentti 6–3, 6–3