Strong Kirchheimer

Strong Kirchheimer (born 26 April 1995) is an American tennis player.

Strong Kirchheimer

Kirchheimer at the 2023 Cary Challenger II
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1995-04-26) 26 April 1995 (age 30) Highland Park, Illinois, United States
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Northwestern
Prize money	$109,878
Singles
Career record	0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 375 (6 November 2023)
Current ranking	No. 664 (30 June 2025)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 491 (20 September 2021)
Current ranking	No. 796 (12 August 2024)
Last updated on: 21 August 2024.

Kirchheimer has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 375 achieved on 6 November 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 491 achieved on 20 September 2021.^[1]

Professional career

Kirchheimer made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Winston-Salem Open after entering the singles main draw as a lucky loser directly into the second round after the withdrawal of 11th seed Daniel Altmaier.

For a second year in a row, ranked No. 495, he entered the main draw of the 2024 Winston-Salem Open after qualifying as an alternate, with wins over another alternate player Ryan Fishback and sixth qualifying seed Thai-Son Kwiatkowski.

College career

Kirchheimer played college tennis at Northwestern University.^[2]

Challenger and World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 10 (1–9)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF World Tennis Tour (1–9)

Finals by surface Hard (1–6) Clay (0–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2018	Canada F1, Gatineau	Futures	Hard	Ugo Humbert	4–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 2018	USA F29, Birmingham	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Rodríguez-Pace	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss	0–3	Nov 2018	USA F30, Niceville	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Mejía	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Jun 2019	M15 Champaign, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Nathan Ponwith	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss	0–5	Jun 2019	M15 Rochester, USA	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Diego Hidalgo	6–7(8–10), 6–7(2–7)
Win	1–5	Feb 2020	M15 Cancún, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Dusty Boyer	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–6	Sep 2020	M15 Castelo Branco, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Lucas Catarina	3–6, 6–2, 6–7(11–13)
Loss	1–7	Jul 2021	M15 Edwardsville, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Rinky Hijikata	3–6, 1–6
Loss	1–8	Mar 2023	M25 Montreal, Canada	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jules Marie	5–7, 0–6
Loss	1–9	Jun 2023	M15 South Bend, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	James Tracy	1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 5 (4–1)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF World Tennis Tour (4–1)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2019	M15 Naples, USA	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Julian Bradley	Gonzalo Lama Alejandro Tabilo	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Feb 2019	M15 Tucson, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Julian Bradley	Martin Redlicki Karue Sell	4–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	Dec 2019	M15 Tallahassee, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Dennis Novikov	Jack Findel-Hawkins Ryan Peniston	7–5, 6–3
Win	3–1	Sep 2020	M25+H Plaisir, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Michael Geerts	Guilherme Clezar Pedro Sakamoto	6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–4]
Win	4–1	Jun 2021	M25 Tulsa, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Michail Pervolarakis	JC Aragone Nicolás Barrientos	6–1, 4–6, [10–7]