Strong Kirchheimer
{{Short description|American tennis player (born 1995)}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Strong Kirchheimer
|image = Strong Kirchheimer (2023 Cary 2) 03 (cropped).jpg
|caption = Kirchheimer at the 2023 Cary Challenger II
|fullname =
|country = United States
|residence =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|4|26}}
|birth_place = Highland Park, Illinois, United States
|height = {{convert|abbr=on|1.85|m}}
|weight =
|turnedpro =
|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|college = Northwestern
|careerprizemoney = $109,878
|singlesrecord = 0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
|singlestitles = 0
|highestsinglesranking = No. 375 (6 November 2023)
|currentsinglesranking = No. 664 (30 June 2025)
|doublesrecord = 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
|doublestitles = 0
|highestdoublesranking = No. 491 (20 September 2021)
|currentdoublesranking = No. 796 (12 August 2024)
|updated = 21 August 2024
}}
Strong Kirchheimer (born 26 April 1995) is an American tennis player.
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/strong-kirchheimer/kg27/overview|title=Strong Kirchheimer | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}
Professional career
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
Kirchheimer played college tennis at Northwestern University.https://nusports.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/strong-kirchheimer/4946
Challenger and World Tennis Tour finals
=Singles: 10 (1–9)=
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!Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|0–1 |{{dts|Mar 2018}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|Canada F1, Gatineau |style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures |Hard |{{flagicon|FRA}} Ugo Humbert |4–6, 0–6 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|0–2 |{{dts|Nov 2018}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F29, Birmingham |style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures |Clay |{{flagicon|VEN}} Ricardo Rodríguez-Pace |6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|0–3 |{{dts|Nov 2018}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F30, Niceville |style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures |Clay |{{flagicon|COL}} Nicolás Mejía |4–6, 4–6 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|0–4 |{{dts|Jun 2019}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Champaign, USA |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Nathan Ponwith |6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|0–5 |{{dts|Jun 2019}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Rochester, USA |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|ECU}} Diego Hidalgo |6–7(8–10), 6–7(2–7) |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|1–5 |{{dts|Feb 2020}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Cancún, Mexico |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Dusty Boyer |6–4, 6–4 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|1–6 |{{dts|Sep 2020}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Castelo Branco, Portugal |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|MON}} Lucas Catarina |3–6, 6–2, 6–7(11–13) |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|1–7 |{{dts|Jul 2021}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Edwardsville, USA |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} Rinky Hijikata |3–6, 1–6 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|1–8 |{{dts|Mar 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Montreal, Canada |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|FRA}} Jules Marie |5–7, 0–6 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|1–9 |{{dts|Jun 2023}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 South Bend, USA |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} James Tracy |1–6, 2–6 |
=Doubles: 5 (4–1)=
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| Hard (3–1) |
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!Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|1–0 |{{dts|Jan 2019}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Naples, USA |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|IRL}} Julian Bradley |{{flagicon|CHI}} Gonzalo Lama |6–4, 6–2 |
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|1–1 |{{dts|Feb 2019}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Tucson, USA |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|IRL}} Julian Bradley |{{flagicon|USA}} Martin Redlicki |4–6, 1–6 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|2–1 |{{dts|Dec 2019}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Tallahassee, USA |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Dennis Novikov |{{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Findel-Hawkins |7–5, 6–3 |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|3–1 |{{dts|Sep 2020}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25+H Plaisir, France |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|BEL}} Michael Geerts |{{flagicon|BRA}} Guilherme Clezar |6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–4] |
| bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|4–1 |{{dts|Jun 2021}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Tulsa, USA |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|GRE}} Michail Pervolarakis |{{flagicon|USA}} JC Aragone |6–1, 4–6, [10–7] |
References
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External links
- {{ATP|KG27}}
- {{ITF|strong-kirchheimer/800336318/usa}}
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