Darian King has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking of world No 106 achieved on 8 May 2017, and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No 156 achieved on 21 October 2019.
22 Facts About Darian King
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Darian King has represented Barbados at the Davis Cup and at the 2016 Olympics.
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Darian King's father played field hockey and his mother played net ball and died of pancreatic cancer in 2010.
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Darian King has 3 siblings; 2 brothers and 1 sister.
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Darian King is good friends with many tennis players Frances Tiafoe, Dustin Brown, Noah Rubin, Taylor Townsend, and Sloane Stephens.
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Darian King began playing tennis at the age of 8 and grew up idolizing Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Dustin Brown.
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Darian King played his first junior match in April 2006 at the age of 13 at a grade 4 tournament in Barbados.
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Darian King officially turned pro in 2010 at the age of 17.
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Darian King was considering on playing college tennis at UCLA but made the decision to turn pro instead.
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In 2014 at the Charlottesville Challenger, Darian King threw his racket at a lineswoman which got him defaulted.
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In 2015 at the Citi Open, Darian King became the first Barbadian to qualify for an ATP event.
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Darian King lost to Go Soeda in the first round in straight sets.
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In 2016, Darian King made his first challenger final at the 2016 Milo Open Cali.
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Darian King lost to eventual quarterfinalist Steve Johnson in the first round in straight sets.
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In 2017, Darian King became the first Barbadian to win an ATP match at the Memphis Open when he won against 5th seed Bernard Tomic in straight sets.
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Darian King reached his career high-ranking of 106 on May 8,2017.
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Darian King then went into the 2017 Wimbledon qualifying as 8th send and made it to the qualifying competition before being eliminated by Lukas Rosol in 4 sets.
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Darian King lost to 4th seed Alexander Zverev in very close straight sets.
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Darian King finished 2017 with a fourth challenger final at the 2017 Stockton Challenger where he lost to Cameron Norrie in straight sets.
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Darian King made two more challenger finals at the 2018 Indian Wells Challenger and the 2019 Orlando Open but lost both.
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Darian King made three more qualifying competitions at Grand Slams.
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Darian King made his Davis Cup debut in 2009 at the age of 16.