Kent Kinnear

Kent Kinnear (born November 30, 1966) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Key Information

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	West Lebanon, Indiana, U.S.
Born	(1966-11-30) November 30, 1966 (age 59) Naperville, Illinois U.S.
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Turned pro	1988
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$771,749
Singles
Career record	9–22
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 163 (July 13, 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1989, 1994)
Wimbledon	2R (1992)
Doubles
Career record	176–210
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 24 (August 10, 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1993, 1997)
French Open	2R (1992, 1998)
Wimbledon	3R (1992)
US Open	2R (1990, 1995, 1998)
Mixed doubles
Career record	5–12
Career titles	0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1998)
French Open	1R (1996, 1998)
Wimbledon	3R (1997)
US Open	2R (1995)
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Kinnear enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won four doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 15 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 24 in 1992.

Doubles (4 wins, 15 losses)

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Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Apr 1990	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Brad Pearce	Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Apr 1991	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Sven Salumaa	Alex Antonitsch Gilad Bloom	6–7, 1–6
Loss	3.	Aug 1991	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Sven Salumaa	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–7, 4–6
Win	1.	Sep 1991	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Roger Smith	Ricardo Acioly Mauro Menezes	6–4, 6–3
Loss	4.	Mar 1992	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Sven Salumaa	Mark Keil Dave Randall	6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	Mar 1992	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Sven Salumaa	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	6.	Mar 1992	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Sven Salumaa	Ken Flach Todd Witsken	4–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	Oct 1992	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Udo Riglewski	Ronnie Båthman Anders Järryd	3–6, 5–7
Loss	8.	Apr 1994	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Stephane Simian Kenny Thorne	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	9.	Jul 1994	Newport, U.S.	Grass	David Wheaton	Alex Antonitsch Greg Rusedski	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	2.	Oct 1994	Beijing, China	Carpet	Tommy Ho	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 6–3
Win	3.	Aug 1995	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Brent Haygarth	Scott Davis Goran Ivanišević	6–4, 7–6
Loss	10.	Oct 1995	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	David Wheaton	Jim Grabb Jared Palmer	4–6, 5–7
Loss	11.	Jan 1996	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Dave Randall	Rick Leach Scott Melville	1–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	12.	Apr 1996	Hong Kong	Hard	Dave Randall	Patrick Galbraith Andrei Olhovskiy	3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	13.	Oct 1996	Singapore	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	4–6, 4–6
Loss	14.	Jul 1997	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Aleksandar Kitinov	Justin Gimelstob Brett Steven	3–6, 4–6
Win	4.	Sep 1997	Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Aleksandar Kitinov	Alberto Martín Chris Wilkinson	7–6, 6–2
Loss	15.	Mar 1998	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	David Wheaton	Michael Tebbutt Cyril Suk	6–4, 1–6, 6–7