William Nicholas Kring, was born on March 29, 1989 in Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S., and has been an American tennis player since 1999. He's best known for his big serve and large presence on the court at six feet four inches. At just 6 years old, Kring started playing tennis with Dave Sobel, an ex-junior coach of Andre Agassi. Kring always was a big fan of and loved to watch Taylor Dent and Pete Sampras. He currently lives in Florida. William Kring is coached by Mark Dalzell of the Bollettieri Tennis Academy. This last year, he also trained with Taylor Dent to help develop Kring's serve-volley game.