Kevin Sorensen

{{Short description|Irish tennis player}}

{{for|the Canadian politician|Kevin Sorenson}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Kevin Sorensen

| image =

| fullname =

| country_represented = {{IRL}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|05|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Schwäbisch Hall,
West Germany

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| death_place =

| height = 6 ft 0 in

| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney = $21,405

| singlesrecord = 7–5 (Davis Cup)

| singlestitles =

| highestsinglesranking = No. 353 (22 Aug 2005)

| doublesrecord = 5–3 (Davis Cup)

| doublestitles =

| highestdoublesranking = No. 642 (7 Nov 2005)

}}

Kevin Sorensen (born 10 May 1981) is an Irish former professional tennis player.{{cite news |last1=Hickey |first1=Paddy |title=TENNIS : Sorensen signs up |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/tennis-sorensen-signs-up-25920163.html |work=Irish Independent |date=30 December 2003 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Hickey |first1=Paddy |title=TENNIS: Sorensen hits new high after Swiss success |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/tennis-sorensen-hits-new-high-after-swiss-success-25899937.html |work=Irish Independent |date=29 September 2004 |language=en}}

Born and raised in Germany, Sorensen was an Irish passport holder through his father Sean Sorensen, a former tour player. His mother Helga is German. He chose to represent Ireland and in 2004 became the Irish No.1.

From 2004 and 2007 he was a member of Ireland's Davis Cup team, which also included his younger brother Louk and was captained by their father.{{cite news |last1=Hickey |first1=Paddy |title=Sorensen elated after glorious weekend for Irish |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/sorensen-elated-after-glorious-weekend-for-irish-26290503.html |work=Irish Independent |date=15 May 2007 |language=en}} During his Davis Cup career he won seven singles and five doubles rubbers.{{cite news |last1=Watterson |first1=Johnny |title=Sorensen keeps nerve to secure Ireland promotion |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/sorensen-keeps-nerve-to-secure-ireland-promotion-1.469697 |work=The Irish Times |date=18 July 2005 |language=en}} In 2005 he took a set off Marcos Baghdatis in Dublin.{{cite news |title=TENNIS: My hand in Roddick's downfall |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/tennis-my-hand-in-roddicks-downfall-26405781.html |work=Irish Independent |date=25 January 2006 |language=en}}

Sorensen attained a best singles world ranking of 353, winning two ITF Futures titles. En route to his second title, in Cremona in 2005, he had a win over Andy Murray.{{cite book |last1=Murray |first1=John |title=Andy Murray: Tennis Ace |date=6 June 2013 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9780857513250 |page=55}}