Darian King (born 26 April 1992 in Bridgetown) is a Barbadian tennis player.
[1] He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No.
[5] His first Grand Slam appearance came at the 2017 US Open, where he lost to fourth seed Alexander Zverev in straight sets.
He is good friends with many tennis players Frances Tiafoe, Dustin Brown, Noah Rubin, Taylor Townsend, and Sloane Stephens.
He played his first junior match in April 2006 at the age of 13 at a grade 4 tournament in Barbados.
He was considering on playing college tennis at UCLA but made the decision to turn pro instead.
In the final, he defeated top seed Víctor Estrella Burgos in three sets to win his first challenger title.
He lost to eventual quarterfinalist Steve Johnson in the first round in straight sets.
In 2017, King became the first Barbadian to win an ATP match at the Memphis Open when he won against 5th seed Bernard Tomic in straight sets.
He would then follow this up with back to back second round appearances at Indian Wells and the Miami Open, losing to his idol Gaël Monfils in Indian Wells in three sets and to David Goffin in Miami both in straight sets.
During his time with the Barbadian Davis Cup team, he posted a win–loss record of 29–11 in singles, 11–11 in doubles, and 40–22 overall.