Michael Kures

American tennis player

Michael Kures
Singles
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Willow Springs, Illinois
Born	(1964-07-25) July 25, 1964 (age 59) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$59,332
Career record	10–23
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 107 (July 11, 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1989)
Wimbledon	1R (1987)
US Open	2R (1984)
Doubles
Career record	5–9
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 211 (September 17, 1984)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1989)

Michael Kures (born July 25, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.^[1] He was born in Czechoslovakia, but moved to the United States at age four.^[2]

Career

Kures, with partner Jonathan Canter, won the boys' doubles title at the 1982 US Open. The pair had been runner-up at the French Open earlier that year.^[3]

He played collegiate tennis for the University of California, Los Angeles in the early 1980s.^[2] In 1984, he was an All-American and a member of the NCAA championship winning team.^[4] In 1985, he earned All-American honours again and made the Division I singles final, which he lost to Mikael Pernfors.^[2]

On the Grand Prix tennis circuit, Kures had his best result at the Boston Pro Championships in 1988, beating Roberto Argüello, John Ross and world number-nine Brad Gilbert, before losing to Bruno Orešar in the quarter-finals.^[2] He was a doubles semi-finalist at the 1987 Seoul Open, partnering Paul Chamberlin.^[2]

Kures competed at the US Open four times and made the second round in 1984, defeating Hans Simonsson.^[2] He was beaten by Mats Wilander in the second round.^[2] His other appearances were in 1987 and 1988, as a singles player, and 1989, in the men's doubles draw. He also competed at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships and 1989 Australian Open.^[2]