Kenny de Schepper


Kenny de Schepper is a French professional tennis player.

Career

De Schepper was born in Bordeaux, France. His father Éric, originally from Belgium, was a former professional squash player. De Schepper, who is two meters tall, joined the National tennis centre in Poitiers when he was 13, however after a while he stopped playing tennis for two years due to growth injuries. He subsequently resumed and eventually turned pro in 2010.

2011

While not having any wins, he had several runner-up finishes in ITF Futures events and has a runner-up finish at an ATP Challenger event – the 2011 Open EuroEnergie de Quimper, where he lost to his compatriot David Guez in the final.
He won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2011 Open Diputación Ciudad de Pozoblanco event against Iván Navarro.
De Schepper made the main draw of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. In the 2011 Wimbledon Championships qualifiers he defeated Ádám Kellner, Matthew Ebden, and Simone Bolelli.

2012

In October 2012, de Schepper won consecutive Challenger tournaments, taking him to a career high ranking of 123 in singles. The first of the two Challenger victories came in Mons, having qualified for the tournament, before securing a title in Rennes a week later, not dropping a set throughout the competition.

2013

De Schepper once again played at Wimbledon and this time progressed to the fourth round, the first time he had made the last 16 at a Grand Slam tournament, courtesy of wins over Paolo Lorenzi, Marin Čilić and Juan Mónaco. De Schepper faced Fernando Verdasco in the round of 16 and lost in straight sets. At the US Open, he lost in the first round to Bradley Klahn in four sets with three tie-breaks.

2015

De Schepper reached the first round of the Australian Open, losing to Lukáš Rosol in 5 sets. He lost in the first round of qualifying at the French Open. He advanced through the qualifiers to reach the 2nd round of the Wimbledon Championships before losing to Richard Gasquet in straight sets, with Gasquet reaching the semifinals.

2016

De Schepper opened his season by representing France at the 2016 Hopman Cup with teammate Caroline Garcia. He played against Andy Murray, Alexander Zverev and Nick Kyrgios, but did not record any wins.

2017

De Schepper qualified into the main draw in Montpellier, falling to eventual finalist Richard Gasquet in the Quarter-Finals. De Schepper defeated Mischa Zverev and Illya Marchenko in the process. He reached the same stage in Metz, before Mischa Zverev avenged his earlier defeat.

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 19 (7–12)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1France F17, NeversFuturesHard Grégoire Burquier6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win1–1Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard Alexandre Sidorenko7–5, 7–5
Loss1–2Great Britain F2, SheffieldFuturesHard Harri Heliövaara4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss1–32011 Open EuroEnergie de Quimper – Singles|Quimper, FranceChallengerHard David Guez2–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss1–4France F5, PoitiersFuturesHard Marc Gicquel6–7, 6–7
Loss1–5France F6, AngersFuturesClay Charles-Antoine Brézac2–6, 5–7
Loss1–6France F10, MontaubanFuturesClay Jorge Aguilar6–7, 4–6
Win2–62011 Open Diputación Ciudad de Pozoblanco – Men's Singles|Pozoblanco, SpainChallengerHard Iván Navarro2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss2–72011 Guzzini Challenger – Singles|Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Fabrice Martin1–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win3–7France F4, LilleFuturesHard Romain Jouan6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss3–8France F5, PoitiersFuturesHard Josselin Ouanna6–7, 6–7
Win4–82012 Ethias Trophy – Singles|Mons, BelgiumChallengerHard Michaël Llodra7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Win5–82012 Open de Rennes – Singles|Rennes, FranceChallengerHard Illya Marchenko7–6, 6–2
Loss5–92013 Open Harmonie mutuelle – Singles|Saint-Brieuc, FranceChallengerHard Jesse Huta Galung6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Loss5–102013 Open de Rennes – Singles|Rennes, FranceChallengerHard Nicolas Mahut3–6, 6–7
Win6–102014 Challenger La Manche – Singles|Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Norbert Gombos3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss6–112014 Open de Guadeloupe – Singles|Le Gosier, GuadeloupeChallengerHard Steve Johnson1–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win7–112016 Città di Como Challenger – Singles|Como, ItalyChallengerClay Marco Cecchinato2–6, 7–6, 7–5
Loss7–122018 Koblenz Open – Singles|Koblenz, GermanyChallengerHard Mats Moraing2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 7 (1–6)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1France F18, Saint-DizierFuturesHard Albano Olivetti Julien Maes
Fabrice Martin
6–2, 4–6,
Win1–1France F4, LilleFuturesHard Alexandre Penaud Marc Gicquel
Nicolas Renavand
6–3, 2–6,
Loss1–2France F5, PoitiersFuturesHard Julien Obry Romain Jouan
Fabrice Martin
6–7, 4–6
Loss1–32011 Ethias Trophy – Doubles|Mons, BelgiumChallengerHard Édouard Roger-Vasselin Johan Brunström
Ken Skupski
6–7, 3–6
Loss1–42011 Open de Rennes – Doubles|Rennes, FranceChallengerCarpet Édouard Roger-Vasselin Martin Emmrich
Andreas Siljeström
4–6, 4–6
Loss1–52015 Città di Como Challenger – Doubles|Como, ItalyChallengerClay Maxime Teixeira Gero Kretschmer
Alexander Satschko
6–7, 4–6
Loss1–62018 Open du Pays d'Aix – Doubles|Aix-en-Provence, FranceChallengerClay Guido Andreozzi Philipp Petzschner
Tim Pütz
7–6, 2–6,

Singles performance timeline

* At Wimbledon 2013, de Schepper's second-round match was a walkover.