Strong Kirchheimer (born 26 April 1995) is an American tennis player.

Strong Kirchheimer
Kirchheimer at the 2023 Cary Challenger II
Country (sports)United States
Born (1995-04-26) 26 April 1995 (age 29)
Highland Park, Illinois, United States
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeNorthwestern
Prize money$109,878
Singles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 375 (6 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 495 (12 August 2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 491 (20 September 2021)
Current rankingNo. 796 (12 August 2024)
Last updated on: 21 August 2024.

Kirchheimer has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 375 achieved on 6 November 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 491 achieved on 20 September 2021.[1]

Professional career

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Kirchheimer made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Winston-Salem Open after entering the singles main draw as a lucky loser directly into the second round after the withdrawal of 11th seed Daniel Altmaier.

For a second year in a row, ranked No. 495, he entered the main draw of the 2024 Winston-Salem Open after qualifying as an alternate, with wins over another alternate player Ryan Fishback and sixth qualifying seed Thai-Son Kwiatkowski.

College career

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Kirchheimer played college tennis at Northwestern University.[2]

Challenger and World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 10 (1–9)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (1–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–6)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2018 Canada F1, Gatineau Futures Hard   Ugo Humbert 4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 2018 USA F29, Birmingham Futures Clay   Ricardo Rodríguez-Pace 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss 0–3 Nov 2018 USA F30, Niceville Futures Clay   Nicolás Mejía 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Jun 2019 M15 Champaign, USA World Tennis Tour Hard   Nathan Ponwith 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss 0–5 Jun 2019 M15 Rochester, USA World Tennis Tour Clay   Diego Hidalgo 6–7(8–10), 6–7(2–7)
Win 1–5 Feb 2020 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tennis Tour Hard   Dusty Boyer 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–6 Sep 2020 M15 Castelo Branco, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Lucas Catarina 3–6, 6–2, 6–7(11–13)
Loss 1–7 Jul 2021 M15 Edwardsville, USA World Tennis Tour Hard   Rinky Hijikata 3–6, 1–6
Loss 1–8 Mar 2023 M25 Montreal, Canada World Tennis Tour Hard   Jules Marie 5–7, 0–6
Loss 1–9 Jun 2023 M15 South Bend, USA World Tennis Tour Hard   James Tracy 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 5 (4–1)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2019 M15 Naples, USA World Tennis Tour Clay   Julian Bradley   Gonzalo Lama
  Alejandro Tabilo
6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Feb 2019 M15 Tucson, USA World Tennis Tour Hard   Julian Bradley   Martin Redlicki
  Karue Sell
4–6, 1–6
Win 2–1 Dec 2019 M15 Tallahassee, USA World Tennis Tour Hard   Dennis Novikov   Jack Findel-Hawkins
  Ryan Peniston
7–5, 6–3
Win 3–1 Sep 2020 M25+H Plaisir, France World Tennis Tour Hard   Michael Geerts   Guilherme Clezar
  Pedro Sakamoto
6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–4]
Win 4–1 Jun 2021 M25 Tulsa, USA World Tennis Tour Hard   Michail Pervolarakis   JC Aragone
  Nicolás Barrientos
6–1, 4–6, [10–7]

References

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  1. ^ "Strong Kirchheimer | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ https://nusports.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/strong-kirchheimer/4946
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