Kevin Melvyn Curren (born 2 March 1958) is a South African former professional tennis player.

At college he played tennis for the University of Texas at Austin in the United States and won the NCAA singles title in 1979.

In 1984, Curren played Mats Wilander in the final of the Australian Open, after making a comeback from two sets down to defeat Ben Testerman in the semifinals.

After defeating Larry Stefanki, Mike De Palmer, David Mustard and then future champion Stefan Edberg in the fourth round in straight sets, he eliminated the then-world No.

McEnroe commented that he felt overpowered[2] and later that he had difficulty in dealing with Curren's highly individualistic and very fast serving[citation needed], which, in its low toss, was hard to read and tended to produce low balls that skipped on the grass courts of the time.

[3] After his defeat, Curren was noted as saying that he thought the game would see an increase in the number of successful young players and predicted that they would have more intense, but shorter careers.

He followed his second Grand Slam singles finals appearance by being upset in straight sets by Guy Forget 7–6, 6–1, 6–2 on Grandstand court in the first round of the US Open on August 28, 1985.

Frustration got the best of the fifth-seeded Curren at the post-match press conference when he commented, "I hate the city, the environment and Flushing Meadows.