Darian King

Darian King
Full name	Darian King
Country (sports)	Barbados
Residence	Bridgetown, Barbados
Born	26 April 1992; Bridgetown, Barbados
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money	$627,758
Singles
Career record	27–17 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 106 (8 May 2017)
Current ranking	No. 266 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2018, 2019)
French Open	Q1 (2017, 2018, 2019)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2017)
US Open	1R (2017)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	8–12
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 156 (21 October 2019)
Current ranking	No. 185 (02 December 2019)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2017)
	Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Darian King (born 26 April 1992, in Bridgetown) is a Barbadian tennis player.[1]

King has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 106 achieved on 8 May 2017 and career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 156 achieved on 21 October 2019.[2][3][4]

In 2015 he defines himself as a solid player capable to wait the right moment to attack and catch the net. His favourite surface is "Slow Hard Court". [5]

King has represented Barbados at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 39–19 and at the 2016 Olympics.[6]

King's first Grand Slam appearance came at the 2017 US Open, where he lost to fourth seed Alexander Zverev in straight sets.[7][8]

Challenger and Futures finals

Darian King Wimbledon

Singles: 28 (16–12)

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–3)
ITF Futures Tour (13–9)

Titles by Surface
Hard (10–12)
Clay (6–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2011	USA F23, Claremont	Futures	Hard	Steve Johnson	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2012	USA F20, Joplin	Futures	Hard	Sébastien Boltz	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2012	Mexico F9, Manzanillo	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Schnitman	6–4, 5–0 ret.
Win	2–2	Sep 2012	Mexico F11, Manzanillo	Futures	Hard	Yoshihito Nishioka	6–0, 6–1
Loss	2–3	May 2013	Mexico F6, Puebla	Futures	Hard	Miguel Gallardo Valles	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win	3–3	Jul 2013	USA F20, Joplin	Futures	Hard	Alexander Sarkissian	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	3–4	Oct 2013	Mexico F16, Quintana Roo	Futures	Hard	David Souto	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	3–5	Nov 2013	Mexico F17, Quintana Roo	Futures	Hard	Michael Quintero	5–7, 6–0, 2–6
Win	4–5	Mar 2014	USA F7, Sunrise	Futures	Clay	Marc Rath	6–7^(2–7), 7–5, 6–1
Win	5–5	Aug 2014	Romania F11, Iași	Futures	Clay	Filip Horanský	7–6^(10–8), 6–0
Win	6–5	Aug 2014	Netherlands F6, Rotterdam	Futures	Clay	Julien Obry	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	6–6	Nov 2014	Mexico F12, Huatulco	Futures	Hard	Agustín Velotti	1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	7–6	Feb 2015	Panama F1, Panama City	Futures	Clay	Bastian Trinker	6–2, 6–2
Loss	7–7	Apr 2015	USA F13, Little Rock	Futures	Hard	Jason Jung	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	8–7	May 2015	USA F15, Orange Park	Futures	Clay	Stefan Kozlov	6–2, 3–6, 6–0
Win	9–7	May 2015	Mexico F4, Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Ernesto Escobedo	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
Win	10–7	Jun 2015	USA F19, Tulsa	Futures	Hard	Noah Rubin	2–6, 7–5, 6–0
Win	11–7	Nov 2015	Venezuela F3, Margarita Island	Futures	Hard	Peđa Krstin	6–3, 1–0 ret.
Win	12–7	Nov 2015	El Salvador F2, La Libertad	Futures	Hard	Marcelo Arévalo	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
Win	13–7	May 2016	Mexico F1, Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Adam El Mihdawy	6–1, 6–4
Loss	13–8	May 2016	Mexico F2, Pachuca	Futures	Hard	Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera	1–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	13–9	Jun 2016	USA F18, Winston-Salem	Futures	Hard	Sekou Bangoura	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–0	Jul 2016	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Víctor Estrella Burgos	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Win	2–0	Jul 2016	Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–0	Oct 2016	Tiburon, USA	Challenger	Hard	Michael Mmoh	7–6^(7–2), 6–2
Loss	3–1	Oct 2017	Stockton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Cameron Norrie	1–6, 3–6
Loss	3–2	Mar 2018	Indian Wells, USA	Challenger	Hard	Martin Kližan	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–3	Jan 2019	Orlando, USA	Challenger	Hard	Marcos Giron	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 33 (22–11)

Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–3)
ITF Futures Tour (18–8)

Titles by Surface
Hard (17–8)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2011	Canada F1, Montreal	Futures	Hard (i)	Haydn Lewis	Maxime Authom Adrien Bossel	6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss	1–1	May 2011	Venezuela F3, Caracas	Futures	Hard	Armando Javier Boschetti	Piero Luisi Román Recarte	6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Win	2–1	May 2011	Mexico F3, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Haydn Lewis	Christopher Díaz Figueroa Miguel Gallardo Valles	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–2	May 2011	Mexico F4, Guadalajara	Futures	Hard	Haydn Lewis	Luis Díaz Barriga Antonio Ruiz-Rosales	6–7^(7–9), 4–6
Loss	2–3	Sep 2011	Canada F5, Toronto	Futures	Clay	Sekou Bangoura	Maciek Sykut Denis Zivkovic	2–6, 1–6
Win	3–3	May 2012	Mexico F5, Celaya	Futures	Hard	Devin Britton	Ben Wagland Marious Zelba	2–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Win	4–3	May 2012	Mexico F6, Guadalajara	Futures	Hard	Devin Britton	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Bruno Rodríguez	6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
Win	5–3	Jun 2012	USA F16, Indian Harbour Beach	Futures	Clay	Ruben Gonzales	Kevin King Juan Carlos Spir	6–2, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss	5–4	Jul 2012	USA F20, Joplin	Futures	Hard	Yuri Bezeruk	Harrison Adams Shane Vinsant	3–6, 6–2, [11–13]
Loss	5–5	Sep 2012	Mexico F10, Manzanillo	Futures	Hard	Christopher Díaz Figueroa	Marcelo Arévalo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	1–6, 5–7
Win	6–5	Nov 2012	Mexico F14, Mérida	Futures	Hard	Yuri Bezeruk	Mauricio Astorga Marvin Barker	6–3, 6–1
Win	7–5	Jan 2013	Mexico F1, Ixtapa	Futures	Hard	Chris Letcher	Theodoros Angelinos Antoine Benneteau	6–3, 6–1
Loss	7–6	May 2013	Mexico F6, Puebla	Futures	Hard	Alex Llompart	Miguel Gallardo Valles Alan Núñez Aguilera	4–6, 1–6
Loss	7–7	Jun 2013	Greece F9, Thessaloniki	Futures	Clay	Dominik Schulz	Konstantinos Economidis Alexandros Jakupovic	1–6, 2–6
Win	8–7	Oct 2013	Mexico F14, Pachuca	Futures	Hard	Christopher Díaz Figueroa	Dean O'Brien Juan Carlos Spir	6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss	8–8	Feb 2014	USA F6, Boynton Beach	Futures	Clay	Daniel Garza	Collin Altamirano Deiton Baughman	4–6, 4–6
Win	9–8	Feb 2015	USA F7, Sunrise	Futures	Clay	Catalin Gard	Li Yuanfeng Wil Spencer	6–2, 6–1
Win	10–8	Feb 2015	USA F8, Plantation	Futures	Clay	Catalin Gard	Juan Ignacio Galarza Patricio Heras	6–2, 6–4
Win	11–8	Feb 2015	Panama F1, Panama City	Futures	Clay	Julio Peralta	Iván Endara Eduardo Agustín Torre	w/o
Win	12–8	Mar 2015	USA F10, Bakersfield	Futures	Hard	Sekou Bangoura	Mitchell Krueger Connor Smith	6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	13–8	Jul 2015	USA F21, Wichita	Futures	Hard	Sanam Singh	Gonzales Austin Max Schnur	6–3, 6–3
Win	14–8	Nov 2015	Venezuela F3, Margarita Island	Futures	Hard	Luis Fernando Ramírez	Christopher Díaz Figueroa Franco Feitt	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	15–8	Nov 2015	El Salvador F2, La Libertad	Futures	Hard	Emilio Gómez	Marcelo Arévalo Christopher Díaz Figueroa	6–3, 7–6^(12–10)
Win	16–8	Apr 2016	Greece F3, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Ricardo Rodríguez	Daniel Appelgren Christian Samuelsson	7–6^(8–6), 6–1
Win	17–8	May 2016	Mexico F2, Pachuca	Futures	Hard	Ruben Gonzales	José Daniel Bendeck Alejandro Moreno Figueroa	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–3), [10–4]
Win	18–8	Jul 2016	USA F23, Wichita	Futures	Hard	Sekou Bangoura	Nicolas Meister Eric Quigley	6–2, 6–3
Win	1–0	Jul 2017	Medellín, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	Nicolás Jarry Roberto Quiroz	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jul 2018	Gatineau, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Peter Polansky	Robert Galloway Bradley Klahn	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [8–10]
Win	2–1	Oct 2018	Stockton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Noah Rubin	Sanchai Ratiwatana Christopher Rungkat	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Mar 2019	Indian Wells, USA	Challenger	Hard	Hunter Reese	JC Aragone Marcos Giron	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	July 2019	Winnipeg, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Peter Polansky	Adil Shamasdin Hunter Reese	7–6^(10–8), 6–3
Loss	3-3	Sep 2019	Tiburon, USA	Challenger	Hard	JC Aragone	Robert Galloway Roberto Maytin	2-6, 5-7
Win	4–3	Oct 2019	Fairfield, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Peter Polansky	Sem Verbeek Andre Goransson	6-4, 3-6, [12-10]

Performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2019 Indian Wells Masters.

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q3	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1		0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q3	Q1		0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	Q1		0 / 1	0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	Q1	Q1	0 / 1	1–1
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R		0 / 2	1–2
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A		0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	0 / 3	2–3
National representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held			A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			0 / 1	0–1
Davis Cup	Z3	A	Z3	Z2	Z2	Z2	Z1	Z1	Z2	Z1		0 / 0	28–8
Win–Loss	1–2	0–0	4–1	1–1	3–1	6–0	5–1	2–2	6–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 1	28–9
Career statistics
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Career
Tournaments	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	1	9
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	6–0	5–2	2–2	9–4	0–4	0–1	26–15
Year-end ranking	–	1675	721	490	486	314	226	152	173	198

References

"Darian King | Overview | ATP World Tour | Tennis". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
s.r.o., LiveSport. "Darian King - Tennis Explorer". www.tennisexplorer.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
"Darian King profile". ATP. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
"Darian King Player Profile". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
facebook.com Intervista a Darian King in Scuola Avviamento Tennis - SAT, 11/10/2015
"Darian King profile". Davis Cup. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
"LIVE Darian King - Alexander Zverev - US Open men - 29 August 2017". Eurosport. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
"After long struggle, Darian King is Barbados' newest sensation". ESPN.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

External links

Darian King at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Darian King at the International Tennis Federation
Darian King at the Davis Cup

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "Darian King | Overview | ATP World Tour | Tennis". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

[2] s.r.o., LiveSport. "Darian King - Tennis Explorer". www.tennisexplorer.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

[3] "Darian King profile". ATP. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

[4] "Darian King Player Profile". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

[5] .com Intervista a Darian King in Scuola Avviamento Tennis - SAT, 11/10/2015

[6] "Darian King profile". Davis Cup. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

[7] "LIVE Darian King - Alexander Zverev - US Open men - 29 August 2017". Eurosport. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

[8] "After long struggle, Darian King is Barbados' newest sensation". ESPN.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.