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Jérôme Kym

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Jérôme Kym
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceMöhlin, Switzerland
Born (2003-02-12) 12 February 2003 (age 21)
Rheinfelden, Switzerland
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS $196,295
Singles
Career record2–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 140 (21 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 140 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ3 (2024)
Doubles
Career record2–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 330 (7 November 2022)
Current rankingNo. 338 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open Junior2R (2021)
Last updated on: 22 October 2024.

Jérôme Cyrill Kym (born 12 February 2003) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 140 achieved on 21 October 2024. He is currently the No. 3 Swiss player.[1]

Kym represents Switzerland at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–0.[2]

Career

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In February 2019, partnering Henri Laaksonen, they defeated the Russian duo of Evgeny Donskoy and Andrey Rublev in his first doubles Davis Cup tie.[3]

2024: Maiden Challenger title, ATP Tour debut

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Kym won his maiden Challenger title at the 2024 UniCredit Czech Open as a qualifier defeating Tseng Chun-hsin.[4] Following his second Challenger title at the 2024 Zug Open he reached the top 200 at world No. 181 on 29 July 2024.[5]

At the 2024 Swiss Indoors in Basel, Kym qualified for his first ATP 500 main draw[6][7][8] but lost to fifth seed Ugo Humbert.[9]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2024 Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay Chinese Taipei Tseng Chun-hsin 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Win 2–0 Jul 2024 Zug, Switzerland Clay Argentina Román Andrés Burruchaga 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2022 Lugano, Switzerland Hard (i) Switzerland Leandro Riedi Belgium Ruben Bemelmans
Germany Daniel Masur
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [7–10]

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF WTT (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2022 M15 Heraklion, Greece Hard Australia Omar Jasika 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2022 M25 Setúbal, Portugal Hard Spain Adrià Soriano Barrera 6–7(7–9), 3–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2022 M25 Plaisir, France Hard (i) France Antoine Hoang 6–7(0–7), 3–6
Win 1–3 Apr 2023 M25 Trento, Italy Hard (i) United Kingdom Alastair Gray 7–6(9–7), 6–2
Win 2–3 Jan 2024 M15 Manacor, Spain Hard Spain Pol Martín Tiffon 6–4, 6–2
Win 3–3 Apr 2024 M15 Antalya, Turkey Clay Bulgaria Yanaki Milev 7–5, 6–2
Loss 3–4 May 2024 M15 Villach, Austria Clay Germany Justin Engel 3–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF WTT (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2022 M15 Antalya, Turkey Clay Poland Maks Kaśnikowski United States Bruno Kuzuhara
United States Victor Lilov
walkover
Loss 0–2 Apr 2023 M25 Split, Croatia Clay Poland Maks Kaśnikowski Poland Piotr Matuszewski
Ukraine Oleg Prihodko
2–6, 6–7(6–8)

References

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  1. ^ "Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles)".
  2. ^ Short, Joe (1 February 2019). "Next Roger Federer in Davis Cup squad as tennis legend misses Russia match". Express.co.uk.
  3. ^ svizzera, RSI Radiotelevisione. "Kym e Laaksonen riaccendono l'entusiasmo". rsi.
  4. ^ "Jerome Kym Wins the UniCredit Czech Open". 8 June 2024.
  5. ^ "The 21-year-old from Fricktal won the biggest title of his professional career to date with a 6:4, 6:4 victory in the final against Argentinian Roman Andres Burruchaga (ATP 148)". 28 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Jérôme Kym wins the Swiss showdown". 19 October 2024.
  7. ^ "first atp 500 maindraw and at home in basel❤️💙". 20 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Jérôme Kym in the main draw at the Swiss Indoors". blue News.
  9. ^ "Andrey Rublev boosts ATP Finals hopes after winning his Swiss Indoors debut match". 21 October 2024.
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