Cooper Williams

Cooper Williams
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceBoca Raton, Florida, US
Born (2005-06-17) June 17, 2005
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Prize moneyUS $50,974
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 660 (September 29, 2025)
Current rankingNo. 696 (March 16, 2026)
Doubles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 473 (September 8, 2025)
Current rankingNo. 526 (March 2, 2026)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open2R (2025)
Last updated on: March 16, 2026.

Cooper Williams (born June 17, 2005) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 660 achieved on September 29, 2025 and a best doubles ranking of No. 473 reached on September 8, 2025.[1]

Williams won the boys' doubles title at the 2023 Australian Open, with countryman Learner Tien. He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 3 on August 28, 2023.[2]

Early life

Born and raised in New York City, Williams attended St. Bernard's School on the Upper East Side from Kindergarten to seventh grade. He graduated from Dwight School Global in June 2023. Williams relocated to Boca Raton, Florida during the Covid pandemic, where he works with fitness coach, Richard Woodruff.[3][4]

Career

Alongside partner Learner Tien, Williams won the junior Australian Open doubles in January 2023, defeating Alexander Blockx and João Fonseca in the final 6–4, 6–4.[5][6]

In August 2025, he made his main draw grand slam debut alongside Theodore Winegar at the 2025 US Open, having received the US collegiate wildcard into the men's doubles having won the inaugural American Collegiate Wildcard Playoff in Orlando.[7] In the first round they defeated Czech pairing Petr Nouza and Patrik Rikl in straight sets before facing previous finalists and the No. 4 seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz.[8][9]

College

Williams played his Freshman season of college tennis at Harvard, where he earned All-America singles status and 2024 NCAA Rookie of the Year. He led the Crimson to its highest NCAA ranking in program history, #6 in the nation. Williams now plays for Duke University.

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
ITF WTT (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2025 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Marcus Walters 6–3, 6–1
Win 2–0 Jun 2025 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Luca Potenza 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (–)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2022 M25 Edwardsville, US WTT Hard Kweisi Kenyatte Makoto Ochi
Seita Watanabe
6–7(1–7), 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2022 M15 Memphis, US WTT Hard Alex Michelsen Millen Hurrion
Finn Reynolds
0–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 Sep 2022 M15 Fayetteville, US WTT Hard Alessio Basile Adrien Burdet
Melvin Manuel
6–4, 6–3
Win 2–2 Mar 2023 M25 Calabasas, US WTT Hard Edward Winter Rohan Murali
Elijah Strode
6–2, 6–3
Win 3–2 Oct 2024 M15 Winston-Salem, US WTT Hard Daniel Milavsky Ryan Fishback
Henry Lieberman
6–1, 6–1
Win 4–2 Jul 2025 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Matthew Rankin Daniil Bogatov
Evgenii Tiurnev
6–3, 5–7, [10–5]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2023 Australian Open Hard Learner Tien Alexander Blockx
João Fonseca
6–4, 6–4

References

  1. ^ "Cooper Williams". ATPtour.com.
  2. ^ "Cooper Williams". Itftennis.com.
  3. ^ "Inside Florida Tennis: Australian Open Junior Draw & Pro Update". ustaflorida.com.
  4. ^ "Episode 67 – Cooper Williams & Richard Woodruff". Payers & Players Tennis Podcast.
  5. ^ "Remember the name: Alexander Blockx, 17-year-old Belgian, is in singles and doubles finals at Australian Open". hln.be.
  6. ^ "A.Blockx & J.Fonseca Vs.L.Tien & C.Williams". Ausopen.com.
  7. ^ "Dostanic, Glozman earn US Open wild cards at American Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs". June 18, 2025.
  8. ^ "C. Williams/T. Winegar vs P. Nouza/P. Rikl - US Open". tntsports. August 30, 2025. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  9. ^ "Williams/Fernandez sail into Round 3 at the 2025 US Open". usopen. August 30, 2025. Retrieved September 1, 2025.