Patrick Kypson
_05_(cropped).jpg) Kypson at the 2023 Cary Challenger II | |
| Country (sports) |  United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Born | 28 October 1999 Durham, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2017 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | Texas A&M |
| Coach | Alejandro Gonzalez |
| Prize money | US $1,053,885 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 4–13 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 89 (May 4, 2026) |
| Current ranking | No. 114 (June 15, 2026) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2024, 2026) |
| French Open | 1R (2023) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2026) |
| US Open | 1R (2017) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–1 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 577 (27 May 2019) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| US Open | 1R (2018) |
| Last updated on: May 4, 2026. | |
Patrick Kypson (born 28 October 1999) is an American professional tennis player. Kypson has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 89 achieved on May 4, 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 577 achieved in May 27, 2019.
Career
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2017: Major debut
[edit]Kypson made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2017 US Open after receiving a wildcard for winning the under-18 boys championship.[1]
In November 2017, Kypson won his first title on the ITF Men's Circuit in Niceville, Florida, beating Sekou Bangoura in the final.
2023: French Open wildcard, Challenger title, top 200
[edit]Kypson received a wildcard for the 2023 French Open after winning the USTA's Roland Garros Wild Card challenge.[2]
In July, Kypson won his first Challenger title in Medellín, Colombia, beating Benjamin Lock in the final.[3][4]
2024: First ATP win & quarterfinal, top 150 & Masters debuts
[edit]For his debut at the 2024 Australian Open, Kypson received a reciprocal wildcard, having won the 2024 USTA Australian Open Wild Card challenge.[5][6]
Ranked No. 155, he also entered as a wildcard at the 2024 Delray Beach Open and recorded his first ATP win with an upset over previous year runner-up and fifth seed Miomir Kecmanović.[7][8][9][10][11] As a result, he reached the top 150 in the rankings. Next he defeated Constant Lestienne to reach his first ATP quarterfinal. He also received a wildcard for the 2024 BNP Paribas Open for his Masters 1000 debut,[12][13] and recorded his first Masters win over qualifier and compatriot Ethan Quinn.
2025: Four Challenger titles, top 125
[edit]In October, Kypson claimed his third Challenger title of the season at the 2025 MarketBeat Open and returned to the top 150 in the singles rankings on 27 October 2025.[14][15][16][17][18] As of 28 October, Kypson was again in the lead of the USTA competition, awarding the 2026 Australian Open WildCards.[19]
In November, Kypson reached his fifth Challenger final of the season at the HPP Open in Helsinki, where he defeated home crowd favorite Otto Virtanen to lift his fourth Challenger title.[20][21] As a result Kypson reached a new career-high ranking in the top 125 at world No. 117 on 10 November 2025 and clinched the 2026 USTA Australian Open wildcard.[19]
2026: First top 10 win, Top 100
[edit]Following reaching the second round at the 2026 Abierto Mexicano Telcel with a top 10 win over second seed Alex de Minaur, Kypson reached the top 100 on 2 March 2026 at world No. 95. It was his first tour-level win since Indian Wells in 2024.[22]
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 12 (10 titles, 2 runner-ups)
[edit]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2023 | Open Rionegro, Colombia | Challenger | Clay |  Benjamin Lock |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 2023 | Champaign Challenger, US | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Alex Michelsen |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Jan 2024 | Cleveland Open, US | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ethan Quinn |
4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–0 | May 2025 | Open Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay |  Pedro Sakamoto |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–0 | May 2025 | Little Rock Challenger, US | Challenger | Hard | Michael Zheng |
6–1, 1–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 5–1 | Sep 2025 | Open de Vendée, France | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Nicolai Budkov Kjær |
0–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–1 | Oct 2025 | MarketBeat Open, US | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Johannus Monday |
6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–5 |
| Win | 7–1 | Nov 2025 | HPP Open, Finland | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Otto Virtanen |
4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2017 | US F36, Niceville | Futures | Clay | Sekou Bangoura |
7–5, 5–7, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | Mar 2020 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay |  Peter Heller |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Jun 2021 | M25 Wichita, US | WTT | Hard | Govind Nanda |
6–7(6–8), 2–6 |
| Win | 3–1 | Jul 2021 | M15 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg | WTT | Clay |  Nicholas David Ionel |
4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2024 | Tiburon Challenger, US | Challenger | Hard | Eliot Spizzirri |
 Luke Saville Tristan Schoolkate |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2016 | US F36, Niceville | Futures | Clay |  Félix Auger-Aliassime |
Patrick Daciek Dane Webb |
7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2017 | Netherlands F1, Alkmaar | Futures | Clay | Sam Riffice |
 Botic van de Zandschulp Boy Westerhof |
2–6, 7–5, [12–14] |
Wins against top-10 players
[edit]- Kypson's match record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Season | 2026 | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| # | Player | Rk | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Rk | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ||||||||
| 1. | Alex de Minaur |
6 | Mexican Open, Mexico | Hard | 1R | 6–1, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4) | 103 | [22] |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Patrick Kypson, Ashley Kratzer earn U.S. Open spots with junior titles". Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- ↑ "Navarro, Kypson win USTA's French Open wild cards". May 9, 2023. Archived from the original on May 9, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ↑ "Americans Nava, Kypson Win Challenger Titles". Archived from the original on January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ↑ "Son Of A Cardiac Surgeon, Kypson Making Challenger Rise".
- ↑ "Saville, Kubler, McCabe among latest AO wildcards". January 5, 2024. Archived from the original on January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ↑ "Final main-draw wildcards awarded for Australian Open 2024". tennis.au.com. January 5, 2024.
- ↑ "ATP roundup: Patrick Kypson earns first tour win". Reuters. February 12, 2024.
- ↑ "Patrick Kypson, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran earn first ATP Tour wins in Delray Beach". February 14, 2024. Archived from the original on February 27, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ↑ "Arnaldi uses 21 aces to navigate Delray Beach wind & Nishioka". February 13, 2024. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ↑ "After injury struggles, Kypson flying high: 'I definitely haven't arrived'". February 14, 2024.
- ↑ "After injury struggles, Kypson flying high: 'I definitely haven't arrived'". February 14, 2024. Archived from the original on February 16, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ↑ "Mensik, Fognini among Indian Wells WCs". March 1, 2024. Archived from the original on March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
- ↑ "Emma Raducanu, Paula Badosa Headline Full List of 2024 Wild Cards". March 1, 2024. Archived from the original on March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ↑ "Sioux Falls champ Kypson's hard commit: Adding aggression to a game built on clay". ATP Tour. October 29, 2025.
- ↑ "Patrick Kypson claims MarketBeat Open championship in marathon final". Sioux Falls Live. October 26, 2025.
- ↑ "Week in review: Patrick Kypson makes it a hat-trick, teen sensation Justin Engel breaks through". October 27, 2025.
- ↑ "Patrick Kypson's hard commit: Adding aggression to a game built on clay". USTA. October 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Patrick Kypson, former college teammate of Rinderknech and Vacherot, is writing his own perseverance story". October 28, 2025.
- 1 2 "2025 Australian Open Wild Card Challenge". October 28, 2025. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Kypson kukisti Virtasen kolmessa erässä HPP Openin loppuottelussa – "Ottelu oli tiukka loppuun asti."" (in Finnish). November 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Kypson Captures HPP Open Title In Helsinki". tennistourtalk.com. November 9, 2025.
- 1 2 "Kypson shocks two-time champion De Minaur in Acapulco opener". ATPTour. February 24, 2026.
