Kenny de Schepper

Kenny de Schepper (born 29 May 1987) is a French professional tennis player.[2]

Kenny de Schepper
De Schepper at the 2021 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée
Country (sports) France
ResidenceToulouse, France
Born (1987-05-29) 29 May 1987
Bordeaux, France
Height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2010
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$1,657,881
Singles
Career record26–61
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 62 (7 April 2014)
Current rankingNo. 360 (20 June 2022)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2014)
French Open2R (2014)
Wimbledon4R (2013)
US Open1R (2013, 2014)
Doubles
Career record5–15
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 152 (27 February 2012)
Current rankingNo. 1150 (20 June 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (2011)
Team competitions
Hopman CupRR (2016)
Last updated on: 25 June 2022.

Career

De Schepper was born in Bordeaux, France. His father Éric, originally from Belgium, was a former professional squash player. De Schepper, who is two meters tall, joined the National tennis centre in Poitiers when he was 13, however after a while he stopped playing tennis for two years due to growth injuries. He subsequently resumed and eventually turned pro in 2010.

2011

While not having any wins, he had several runner-up finishes in ITF Futures events and has a runner-up finish at an ATP Challenger event – the 2011 Open EuroEnergie de Quimper, where he lost to his compatriot David Guez in the final.[3]

He won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2011 Open Diputación Ciudad de Pozoblanco event against Iván Navarro.[3]

De Schepper made the main draw of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. In the 2011 Wimbledon Championships qualifiers he defeated Ádám Kellner (Q1), Matthew Ebden (Q2), and Simone Bolelli (Q3).[4][5][6]

2012

In October 2012, de Schepper won consecutive Challenger tournaments, taking him to a career high ranking of 123 in singles.[7] The first of the two Challenger victories came in Mons, having qualified for the tournament, before securing a title in Rennes a week later, not dropping a set throughout the competition.[7]

2013
de Schepper at the 2013 Queen's Club Championships

De Schepper once again played at Wimbledon and this time progressed to the fourth round, the first time he had made the last 16 at a Grand Slam tournament, courtesy of wins over Paolo Lorenzi, Marin Čilić (by walkover) and Juan Mónaco. De Schepper faced Fernando Verdasco in the round of 16 and lost in straight sets. At the US Open, he lost in the first round to Bradley Klahn in four sets with three tie-breaks.

2015

De Schepper reached the first round of the Australian Open, losing to Lukáš Rosol in 5 sets. He lost in the first round of qualifying at the French Open. He advanced through the qualifiers to reach the 2nd round of the Wimbledon Championships before losing to Richard Gasquet in straight sets, with Gasquet reaching the semifinals.

2016

De Schepper opened his season by representing France at the 2016 Hopman Cup with teammate Caroline Garcia. He played against Andy Murray, Alexander Zverev and Nick Kyrgios, but did not record any wins.

2017

De Schepper qualified into the main draw in Montpellier, falling to eventual finalist Richard Gasquet in the Quarter-Finals. De Schepper defeated Mischa Zverev and Illya Marchenko in the process. He reached the same stage in Metz, before Mischa Zverev avenged his earlier defeat.

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 21 (8–13)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–6)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (7–11)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2010 France F17, Nevers Futures Hard (i) France Grégoire Burquier 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jan 2011 Great Britain F1, Glasgow Futures Hard (i) France Alexandre Sidorenko 7–5, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Jan 2011 Great Britain F2, Sheffield Futures Hard (i) Finland Harri Heliövaara 4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Feb 2011 Quimper, France Challenger Hard France David Guez 2–6, 6–4, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1–4 Mar 2011 France F5, Poitiers Futures Hard (i) France Marc Gicquel 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1–5 Apr 2011 France F6, Angers Futures Clay (i) France Charles-Antoine Brézac 2–6, 5–7
Loss 1–6 Jul 2011 France F10, Montauban Futures Clay Chile Jorge Aguilar 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 2–6 Jul 2011 Pozoblanco, Spain Challenger Hard Spain Iván Navarro 2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–7 Jul 2011 Recanati, Italy Challenger Hard France Fabrice Martin 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7)
Win 3–7 Mar 2012 France F4, Lille Futures Hard (i) France Romain Jouan 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 3–8 Mar 2012 France F5, Poitiers Futures Hard (i) France Josselin Ouanna 6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7)
Win 4–8 Oct 2012 Mons, Belgium Challenger Hard (i) France Michaël Llodra 7–6(9–7), 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win 5–8 Oct 2012 Rennes, France Challenger Hard (i) Ukraine Illya Marchenko 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss 5–9 Apr 2013 Saint-Brieuc, France Challenger Hard (i) Netherlands Jesse Huta Galung 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 5–10 Oct 2013 Rennes, France Challenger Hard France Nicolas Mahut 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 6–10 Mar 2014 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard (i) Slovakia Norbert Gombos 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 6–11 Apr 2014 Le Gosier, Guadeloupe Challenger Hard United States Steve Johnson 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7)
Win 7–11 Sep 2016 Como, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Marco Cecchinato 2–6, 7–6(7–0), 7–5
Loss 7–12 Jan 2018 Koblenz, Germany Challenger Hard (i) Germany Mats Moraing 2–6, 1–6
Win 8–12 Mar 2022 M25 Toulouse-Balma, France World Tennis Tour Hard (i) Vietnam Lý Hoàng Nam 6–3, 6–3
Loss 8–13 Jul 2023 M25 Porto, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard France Jules Marie 2–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles: 7 (1–6)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–4)
ITF Futures Tour (1–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2010 France F18, Saint-Dizier Futures Hard (i) France Albano Olivetti France Julien Maes
France Fabrice Martin		 6–2, 4–6, [4–10]
Win 1–1 Mar 2011 France F4, Lille Futures Hard (i) France Alexandre Penaud France Marc Gicquel
France Nicolas Renavand		 6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 1–2 Mar 2011 France F5, Poitiers Futures Hard (i) France Julien Obry France Romain Jouan
France Fabrice Martin		 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 2011 Mons, Belgium Challenger Hard (i) France Édouard Roger-Vasselin Sweden Johan Brunström
United Kingdom Ken Skupski		 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 1–4 Oct 2011 Rennes, France Challenger Carpet (i) France Édouard Roger-Vasselin Germany Martin Emmrich
Sweden Andreas Siljeström		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–5 Sep 2015 Como, Italy Challenger Clay France Maxime Teixeira Germany Gero Kretschmer
Germany Alexander Satschko		 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 1–6 May 2018 Aix-en-Provence, France Challenger Clay Argentina Guido Andreozzi Germany Philipp Petzschner
Germany Tim Pütz		 7–6(7–3), 2–6, [8–10]

Singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(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.
Tournament2010201120122013201420152016201720182019W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R Q2 2R 1R Q3 Q2 Q1 Q1 1–3
French Open A Q1 Q2 1R 2R Q1 1R Q1 Q1 A 1–3
Wimbledon A 1R 2R 4R[lower-alpha 1] 1R 2R Q2 Q1 Q1 A 4–5
US Open A Q1 A 1R 1R A A Q1 Q2 A 0–2
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–3 2–4 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 7–13
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 470 139 119 84 106 148 162 159 197 694

Wins over top-10 players
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score KdSR
2014
1. Latvia Ernests Gulbis 10 Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom Grass 2R 7–6(7–3), 7–5 66

Notes
  1. At Wimbledon 2013, de Schepper's second-round match was a walkover.

References
  1. "Kenny De Schepper | Overview". Atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. "Players". Atpworldtour.com.
  3. "Players | ATP Tour | Tennis". Atpworldtour.com.
  4. "The Gentlemen's Qualifying Singles Tournament Draw - the Championships, Wimbledon 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  5. "The Gentlemen's Qualifying Singles Tournament Draw - the Championships, Wimbledon 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  6. "The Gentlemen's Qualifying Singles Tournament Draw - the Championships, Wimbledon 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  7. "Kenny de Schepper – ITF". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
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