Kent Kinnear (born November 30, 1966) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Kent Kinnear
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceWest Lebanon, Indiana, USA
Born (1966-11-30) November 30, 1966 (age 57)
Naperville, Illinois USA
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Turned pro1988
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$771,749
Singles
Career record9–22
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 163 (July 13, 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1989, 1994)
Wimbledon2R (1992)
Doubles
Career record176–210
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 24 (August 10, 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1993, 1997)
French Open2R (1992, 1998)
Wimbledon3R (1992)
US Open2R (1990, 1995, 1998)
Mixed doubles
Career record5–12
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (1998)
French Open1R (1996, 1998)
Wimbledon3R (1997)
US Open2R (1995)

Kinnear enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won four doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 15 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 24 in 1992.

Career finals

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Doubles (4 wins, 15 losses)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Apr 1990 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Hard   Brad Pearce   Mark Kratzmann
  Wally Masur
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2. Apr 1991 Seoul, South Korea Hard   Sven Salumaa   Alex Antonitsch
  Gilad Bloom
6–7, 1–6
Loss 3. Aug 1991 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard   Sven Salumaa   Ken Flach
  Robert Seguso
6–7, 4–6
Win 1. Sep 1991 Brasília, Brazil Clay   Roger Smith   Ricardo Acioly
  Mauro Menezes
6–4, 6–3
Loss 4. Mar 1992 Scottsdale, U.S. Hard   Sven Salumaa   Mark Keil
  Dave Randall
6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Loss 5. Mar 1992 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard   Sven Salumaa   Steve DeVries
  David Macpherson
6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 6. Mar 1992 Miami, U.S. Hard   Sven Salumaa   Ken Flach
  Todd Witsken
4–6, 3–6
Loss 7. Oct 1992 Vienna, Austria Carpet   Udo Riglewski   Ronnie Båthman
  Anders Järryd
3–6, 5–7
Loss 8. Apr 1994 Seoul, South Korea Hard   Sébastien Lareau   Stephane Simian
  Kenny Thorne
4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 9. Jul 1994 Newport, U.S. Grass   David Wheaton   Alex Antonitsch
  Greg Rusedski
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 2. Oct 1994 Beijing, China Carpet   Tommy Ho   David Adams
  Andrei Olhovskiy
7–6, 6–3
Win 3. Aug 1995 Los Angeles, U.S. Hard   Brent Haygarth   Scott Davis
  Goran Ivanišević
6–4, 7–6
Loss 10. Oct 1995 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard   David Wheaton   Jim Grabb
  Jared Palmer
4–6, 5–7
Loss 11. Jan 1996 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard   Dave Randall   Rick Leach
  Scott Melville
1–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss 12. Apr 1996 Hong Kong Hard   Dave Randall   Patrick Galbraith
  Andrei Olhovskiy
3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss 13. Oct 1996 Singapore Hard   Kevin Ullyett   Rick Leach
  Jonathan Stark
4–6, 4–6
Loss 14. Jul 1997 Newport, U.S. Grass   Aleksandar Kitinov   Justin Gimelstob
  Brett Steven
3–6, 4–6
Win 4. Sep 1997 Bournemouth, UK Clay   Aleksandar Kitinov   Alberto Martín
  Chris Wilkinson
7–6, 6–2
Loss 15. Mar 1998 Scottsdale, U.S. Hard   David Wheaton   Michael Tebbutt
  Cyril Suk
6–4, 1–6, 6–7
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