Hunter Reese


Hunter Reese is an American tennis player. He competed in the 2014 US Open alongside partner Peter Kobelt after receiving a wildcard into the men's doubles draw. The tandem lost 6–4, 6–1 to Michaël Llodra and Nicolas Mahut. In November 2014, he captured the Knoxville Challenger doubles title with partner Miķelis Lībietis. Reese currently competes in doubles on the ATP Challenger Tour.

College career

Reese graduated in May 2015 as a kinesiology major and three time All-American from the University of Tennessee. While representing the Volunteers, Reese paired with Libietis to win three major collegiate doubles championships, conquering the 2014 NCAA Doubles Championship as well as the 2013 and 2014 ITA All-American Doubles Championships. On May 26, 2014, Reese and Libietis, nicknamed "Rock and Hammer", won the 2014 NCAA Doubles Championship after defeating Kobelt and Kevin Metka of Ohio State University 7–6, 6–7, 7–6 in a final that, notably, did not contain any breaks of serve. The tandem achieved the #1 ITA collegiate doubles ranking several times during their career, including finishing the season as the top ranked pair in 2014. Although noted for doubles success, Reese also competed in singles for the Volunteers, garnering 90 career wins and peaking at #16 in the ITA collegiate singles rankings while manning either the first or second position in the lineup for the entirety of his time on Rocky Top. A four-time ITA scholar athlete, three-time All-SEC selection, and two-time University of Tennessee Male Athlete of the Year as well as "Mr. Tennessee", Reese was named Team of the Year with Libietis for the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame's 2014 induction class.
On November 8, 2014, Reese hit a sliding backhand around the net post during the Knoxville Challenger that was featured on ESPN's Top Ten Plays and received over 100,000 hits on YouTube.

Challenger and Futures finals

Doubles: 26 (12–14)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–02014 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles|Knoxville, USAChallengerHard Miķelis Lībietis Gastão Elias
Sean Thornley
6–3, 6–4
Loss1–1Lithuania F1, VilniusFuturesClay Miķelis Lībietis Laurynas Grigelis
Lukas Mugevičius
5–7, 6–3,
Win2–1USA F5, WestonFuturesClay Junior Alexander Ore Isak Arvidsson
Kaichi Uchida
7–6, 3–6,
Win3–1Israel F4, HerzliyaFuturesHard Nick Chappell Romain Barbosa
Yannick Jankovits
6–4, 6–2
Win4–1Israel F7, Ramat GanFuturesHard Nicolas Meister Daniel Cukierman
Edan Leshem
7–5, 7–5
Loss4–2Israel F8, Ramat GanFuturesHard Nicolas Meister Jarryd Chaplin
Ben McLachlan
5–7, 6–7
Loss4–3Canada F7, TorontoFuturesClay Jackson Withrow Hans Hach
Rhyne Williams
5–7, 4–6
Loss4–4USA F31, HoustonFuturesHard Jackson Withrow Hans Hach
Rhyne Williams
3–6, 3–6
Loss4–5Dominican Republic F1, Santiago de los CaballerosFuturesClay Evan King Eduardo Dischinger
Bruno Sant'anna
3–6, 6–7
Win5–5USA F14, Orange ParkFuturesClay Evan King Daniel Nolan
Yosuke Watanuki
2–6, 7–5,
Loss5–6Italy F13, VigevanoFuturesClay Sebastian Bader Franco Agamenone
Andrea Collarini
4–6, 3–6
Win6–6Poland F1, SopotFuturesClay Miķelis Lībietis Ricardo Hocevar
Wilson Leite
6–4, 6–4
Win7–6Netherlands F3, MiddelburgFuturesClay Evan King Michiel de Krom
Sem Verbeek
6–2, 6–1
Loss7–7Germany F7, TrierFuturesClay Scott Puodziunas Vasile Antonescu
Patrick Grigoriu
7–5, 4–6,
Loss7–8Romania F8, PiteștiFuturesClay Scott Puodziunas Bogdan Ionuț Apostol
Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș
6–1, 3–6,
Loss7–9Netherlands F6, RotterdamFuturesClay Nick Chappell Botic van de Zandschulp
Boy Westerhof
1–6, 3–6
Win8–9Sweden F4, FalunFuturesHard Ruben Gonzales Markus Eriksson
Milos Sekulic
6–4, 7–6
Win9–9Malaysia F1, KuchingFuturesHard Ruben Gonzales Arjun Kadhe
Lukas Ollert
5–7, 6–4,
Win10–92018 Sarasota Open – Doubles|Sarasota, USAChallengerClay Evan King Christian Harrison
Peter Polansky
6–1, 6–2
Loss10–102018 Lisboa Belém Open – Doubles|Lisbon, PortugalChallengerClay Tomasz Bednarek Marcelo Arévalo
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
3–6, 6–3,
Win11–102018 Cary Challenger – Doubles|Cary, USAChallengerHard Evan King Fabrice Martin
Hugo Nys
6–4, 7–6
Loss11–112018 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles|Knoxville, USAChallengerHard Tennys Sandgren Toshihide Matsui
Frederik Nielsen
6–7, 5–7
Loss11–122019 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells – Men's Doubles|Indian Wells, USAChallengerHard Darian King JC Aragone
Marcos Giron
4–6, 4–6
Win12–122019 Fergana Challenger – Men's Doubles|Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Evan King Nikola Čačić
Yang Tsung-hua
6–3, 5–7,
Loss12–132019 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger – Doubles|Winnipeg, CanadaChallengerHard Adil Shamasdin Darian King
Peter Polansky
6–7, 3–6
Loss12–142019 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger – Doubles|Kaohsiung, Chinese TaipeiChallengerHard Evan King Hsieh Cheng-peng
Yang Tsung-hua
4–6, 6–7