Darian King

Darian King (born 26 April 1992 in Bridgetown) is a Barbadian tennis player. He reached his highest singles ranking of world No. 106 on 8 May 2017, according to the Association of Tennis Professionals. His best doubles ranking was No. 156, which he achieved on 21 October 2019.

King has played for Barbados in important competitions like the Davis Cup and the 2016 Olympics. His first appearance in a Grand Slam tournament was at the 2017 US Open, where he faced fourth seed Alexander Zverev and lost in straight sets.

Personal life

Darian King was born on April 26, 1992, in Bridgetown, Barbados, where he still lives today. His father played field hockey, and his mother played netball. Sadly, his mother passed away in 2010. Darian has three siblings—two brothers and one sister. One of his brothers, Christopher, is his current head coach. He is good friends with several tennis players, including Frances Tiafoe, Dustin Brown, Noah Rubin, Taylor Townsend, and Sloane Stephens. His favorite athlete is Usain Bolt.

Career

Darian King started playing tennis when he was eight years old. He looked up to players like Gaël Monfils and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. In 2010, he played in big junior tournaments and did well, ending with a high ranking of 47 in both singles and doubles.

King turned professional in 2010 at seventeen. He chose to play professionally instead of going to college. Over the years, he won many matches and improved his rankings. In 2017, he reached his highest ranking of 106 in the world. He also played in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2017 US Open. After 2017, his rankings slowly went down, but he kept playing and had some success in doubles matches too. In 2020, he had surgery and took a break until early 2021.

King also played for the Barbadian Davis Cup team, winning many matches in both singles and doubles.

Challenger and Futures finals

Darian King has competed in many tennis matches in smaller tournaments called Challenger and Futures events. In singles matches, he played in 32 finals and won 18 of them. In doubles matches, he reached 33 finals and won 22 times.

Singles: 32 (18–14)

Doubles: 33 (22–11)

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	14-9	Jul 2016	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Víctor Estrella Burgos	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Win	15-9	Jul 2016	Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	6–2, 6–3
Win	16-9	Oct 2016	Tiburon, USA	Challenger	Hard	Michael Mmoh	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss	16-10	Oct 2017	Stockton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Cameron Norrie	1–6, 3–6
Loss	16-11	Mar 2018	Indian Wells, USA	Challenger	Hard	Martin Kližan	3–6, 3–6
Loss	16-12	Jan 2019	Orlando, USA	Challenger	Hard	Marcos Giron	4–6, 4–6
Loss	16-13	Nov 2022	M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Bernard Tomic	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	16-14	Jan 2023	M15 Ithaca, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Radu Mihai Papoe	6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Win	17-14	Jul 2023	M15 Rochester, USA	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Ignacio Monzón	6–0, 7–6(7–2)
Win	18-14	Jul 2023	M15 Pittsburgh, USA	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Juan Carlos Aguilar	4–6, 6–3, 6–3

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	Cătălin Gârd	Li Yuanfeng Wil Spencer	6–2, 6–1
Win	10–8	Feb 2015	USA F8, Plantation	Futures	Clay	Cătălin Gârd	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 Maytín	2-6, 5-7
Win	4–3	Oct 2019	Fairfield, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Peter Polansky	Sem Verbeek André Göransson	6–4, 3–6, [12–10]

Performance timelines

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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 2022 Davis Cup.

Record against other players

Darian King has played matches against some of the best tennis players in the world. His record includes games against players who have been ranked among the top 10, with the very best ones marked in bold. These matches include games from different tournaments like the ATP Tour, ATP Challenger Tour, ITF Tour, and Davis Cup.

Here are some of the players he has faced:

• Marcos Baghdatis from Cyprus: 1 win, 1 loss
• David Goffin from Belgium: 0 wins, 1 loss
• Jürgen Melzer from Austria: 0 wins, 1 loss
• Gaël Monfils from France: 0 wins, 1 loss
• Alexander Zverev from Germany: 0 wins, 1 loss
• Lucas Pouille from France: 0 wins, 2 losses

This record is current as of 21 August 2021.