Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
Name	Sam Querrey
Country	United States
Residence	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Birth date	October 07, 1987
Birth place	San Francisco, California, United States
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$3,385,082
Singlesrecord	129–100
Singlestitles	6
Highestsinglesranking	No. 17 (January 31, 2011)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 72 (August 1, 2011)
Australianopenresult	3R (2007, 2008)
Frenchopenresult	2R (2011)
Wimbledonresult	4R (2010)
Usopenresult	4R (2008, 2010)
Doublesrecord	40–55
Doublestitles	3
Highestdoublesranking	No. 23 (May 17, 2010)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	3R (2010)
Frenchopendoublesresult	3R (2008)
Wimbledondoublesresult	1R (2008)
Usopendoublesresult	QF (2007)
Updated	August 30, 2010 }}

Sam Austin Querrey (born October 7, 1987) is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong serve and forehand. Querrey holds the record for most consecutive service aces since the ATP began keeping records of those statistics, with 10 in a 2007 match against James Blake. His regular doubles partner is fellow American John Isner.

Early expectations

Many tennis experts, including Davis Cup Captain Patrick McEnroe, have touted Querrey as America's next great talent.

Querrey turned down a scholarship offer from USC to turn pro. His father Mike Querrey recommended that his son try making it in tennis, as he often regretted his own decision to go to the University of Arizona rather than play baseball for the Detroit Tigers which had drafted him. Sam Querrey said that going pro was "one of the toughest decisions of my life."

I'd play a match and want to go pro. I'd lose and want to go to college.

He cracked the top 100 World Singles rankings following his third round performance at the Australian Open.

Career

2006

On June 11, 2006, Querrey became the first player to win a challenger event in his pro debut. He claimed tournament victories in the Yuba City and Winnetka challengers. He won his first round match at the Indian Wells Masters tournament over Bobby Reynolds, before falling to James Blake in three sets. He defeated American Vince Spadea at the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles. At the US Open, Querrey defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets before falling to Gastón Gaudio.

2007

At the 2007 Australian Open he advanced to the third round. He defeated José Acasuso, the 27th seed, in the first round. In the second round, he defeated Frenchman Florent Serra in straight sets, but in the third round lost to 7th seed Tommy Robredo in four sets.

At the 2007 Indianapolis Tennis Championships he hit 10 consecutive aces when he defeated James Blake in the quarter-finals. This is believed to be an Open Era record.

At the 2007 Western and Southern Masters he defeated thirteenth seed Mikhail Youzhny and advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Argentina's Juan Mónaco, who had defeated Rafael Nadal the previous round. He lost to #9 seed James Blake, but made his top 50 debut at #47 afterwards. At this time, Querrey was the 3rd ranked American behind Andy Roddick and James Blake.

In August 2007 at the U.S. Open Austrian Stefan Koubek defeated Querrey in the first round 7–6(1) 6–1 6–1.

2008

In January 2008 at the Australian Open Querrey defeated Belgian Olivier Rochus in the first round 6–3 6–2 7–5. In the second round he then beat Russian Dmitry Tursunov 7–6 (5) 4–6 6–4 6–2. He lost in the third round to the eventual champion, Serbian Novak Djokovic, 6–3 6–1 6–3.

In March 2008 Querrey won his first ATP level tournament at the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas. In the final Querrey defeated qualifier Kevin Anderson of South Africa in three tight sets, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. The next month, at the Monte Carlo Masters, Querrey reached the quarter-finals, defeating former French Open champion Carlos Moyà, Andreas Seppi, and number seven seeded Richard Gasquet.

Querrey played tennis for the USA at the Beijing Summer Olympics in 2008. He advanced to the fourth round of the US Open by defeating 14th seed Ivo Karlović of Croatia, where he was defeated in 4 sets by world no.1 Rafael Nadal, 6–2, 5–7, 7–6 (2), 6–3.

Querrey was tapped to play for the US in the Davis Cup semi-finals against Spain as a replacement for James Blake, who had withdrawn citing exhaustion. In Querrey's first ever Davis Cup match, he lost to world #1 Rafael Nadal in four sets, 6–7 (5/7), 6–4, 6–3, 6–4. Although he lost the match, he was one of the few players in 2008 to win a set against Nadal on clay.

2009

Querrey participated in the 2009 Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand in January, where he was the sixth seed. Querrey made it all the way to the final, where he was defeated in straight sets by top-seed Juan Martín del Potro 6–4, 6–4. A day prior to the final, Querrey had a notable semi-final performance in which he beat the second-seed David Ferrer. Querrey was 5–2 down in the third set but managed to push Ferrer into a third-set tiebreak which he eventually won with a final score of 3–6, 6–3, 7–6.

In the 2009 Australian Open, Querrey lost in his opening round to Philipp Kohlschreiber 7–6, 6–3, 6–2.

In the SAP Open in San Jose, Querrey prevailed against Cypriot wild card Marcos Baghdatis 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(5) in a challenging opener. Baghdatis jumped out to a 4–0 advantage in the third-set tie-break but failed to hold onto the lead as Querrey levelled the score at 4-all and proceeded to close out the match by winning the final three points. Querrey then rolled past Denis Gremelmayr 6–3, 6–2 in 52 minutes.

In the 2009 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, #3 seed Querrey advanced to the final against compatriot and first-time finalist and lucky loser Rajeev Ram, who had entered the main draw when top seed Mardy Fish had to take Andy Roddick's place in the Davis Cup quarter-finals and lost 6–7, 7–5, 6–3.

Querrey was seeded #3 for the 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships where in made his second final in as many tournaments. However, Querrey fell to unseeded American Robby Ginepri 2–6, 4–6.

With "The Samurai" behind him at home, Querrey defeated No. 1 seeded Tommy Haas to advance to the final of the LA Tennis Open. He defeated qualifier Carsten Ball in the final for his only title of the year.

Querrey next played at the ATP Tour 500 event in Washington, where he lost to top seed Andy Roddick 7–6(4), 6–4 in the round of 16. He avenged that loss at the Cincinnati Masters in two tie-breaks, before losing in the third round to Lleyton Hewitt.

By reaching the quarter-finals of New Haven, he won the 2009 US Open Series, qualifying for the accompanying bonus following the 2009 US Open. Querrey reached the final in New Haven, before losing to Fernando Verdasco. In the 2009 US Open, Querrey lost in the third round to Robin Söderling in four sets.

Querrey's year was ended prematurely by a potentially career-threatening accident in which a glass table he was sitting on collapsed, impaling his arm and requiring emergency surgery; the location of injury just missed causing nerve damage, which could have ended his tennis career.

Querrey finished the year ranked a career-high #25, and as the #2 American behind Andy Roddick.

2010

Although seeded at the Australian Open, Querrey lost in the first round to 2003 Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler. Querrey then reached the semifinals of the SAP Open where he lost to Andy Roddick 6–2 6–7(5) 6–7(4) in singles. However, Querrey teamed with Mardy Fish to win the doubles title.

Querrey's next tournament was the 2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, where he was seeded eighth. He avenged his loss the previous week in San Jose by defeating defending champion Roddick in the quarterfinals 7–5, 3–6, 6–1 to improve his career record against Roddick to 2–4. He then defeated Ernest Gulbis in the semifinals 6–3, 6–4, and defeated fellow American John Isner 6–7(3), 7–6(5), 6–3 for the championship. Querrey also teamed with Isner in the doubles, where they won the championship; Querrey became the first player to win the singles and doubles at Memphis simultaneously since 1981. At the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, he lost in the first round against Fernando González in three tough sets 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(2).

Querrey and Isner were selected to play singles for the United States Davis Cup Team against Serbia on indoor clay in March 2010. After losing to Novak Djokovic in four sets, Querrey managed to beat Viktor Troicki in straight sets in the dead rubber fifth match.

At the BNP Paribas Open, Querrey was seeded 17th and after receiving a bye in the first round, beat Jérémy Chardy in straight sets. In the third round, he was beaten by doubles partner John Isner in straight sets. At the Sony Ericsson Open, seeded 21st this time, after receiving a bye in the first round, lost to Jérémy Chardy in three sets.

In April he played at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. After receiving a bye in the first round, he beat Blaž Kavčič in straight sets in the second round and in the quarter-final, beat Nicolás Massú in three sets. In the semi-finals, he withstood a fightback from Wayne Odesnik to reach his eighth final on the ATP World Tour. He lost to Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela in the final.

He reached the doubles final with John Isner at the 2010 Rome Masters but lost to Davis Cup teammates Bob and Mike Bryan.

Querrey played in the 2010 Serbia Open and progressed to the final where he faced Davis Cup teammate John Isner. Querrey defeated Isner 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–4 for his second title of the year, and his first ATP title on clay.

At the 2010 French Open, Querrey was seeded 18th, but lost in the first round to fellow American Robby Ginepri in four sets. Disheartened by the loss, he withdrew from the doubles event, where he and Isner were the 12th seeds.

In the Queens Club in London, Querry beat fellow American Mardy Fish in straight sets 7–6 7–5 in the final of the AEGON Championships. The victory made him the first American to win the tournament since Andy Roddick, joining multiple Grand Slam champions Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal, Lleyton Hewitt, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors as winners of this event. The victory gave Querrey his third title of the season, making him the only player besides Nadal to win at least three titles, and made Querrey the first player in 2010 to win titles on three different surfaces. This was Querrey's first ATP tour title on grass.

Despite being ranked no. 21 in the world at the time, Querrey was seeded #18 at Wimbledon due to his Queen's Club result. He was entered in the doubles with Isner, where they were the 12th seeds, but the partners agreed to forfeit after Isner played the longest tennis match in history. In the singles, Querrey defeated 2002 Wimbledon semifinalist Xavier Malisse in five sets to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon for the first time where he lost to Andy Murray, dropping his record against Murray to 0-4, having never won a set in their meetings.

Querrey defended his title at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, surviving a third set tiebreaker in the quarterfinals against 2003 Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler, then defeating Janko Tipsarević in the semifinals 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 6-4 after being down a match point in the second set, 5-1 in the second set tiebreaker, and 2-0 in the third set to reach his fifth final of the year. In the final, Querrey faced world #4 and 2010 Australian Open finalist Andy Murray in a rematch of their Wimbledon meeting. Querrey survived being match point down at 5-4 in the second set to defeat Murray in the final, 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-3. This was his first victory over Murray in five meetings and his first successful title defense, making him the first man since Andre Agassi to win two consecutive titles at this tournament.

Following his victory in Los Angeles, Querrey next played in Washington, where he lost in the first round to Tipsarevic. During his time in Washington, he along with Bob and Mike Bryan conducted a tennis clinic for children, where they unexpectedly met president Barack Obama.

After early losses in the Canada Masters and the Cincinnati Masters, Querrey entered the 2010 US Open ranked #22 and seeded #20. He defeated Bradley Klahn in four sets, then defeated Marcel Granollers and 14th seed Nicolás Almagro in straight sets to reach the fourth round, tying his previous best result in any Grand Slam. In the fourth round, he lost to 25th seed Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6, 6-7, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4; the loss ensured that for the second consecutive year, no American man would make the quarterfinals of the US Open.

Playing style and equipment

Querrey possesses a huge serve, one of the best in today's game. He also has a strong forehand and a good backhand. He is an offensive baseliner. He constructs points well and does not often approach the net unless to finish the point.

Querrey plays with the Prince O3 Hybrid Tour, switching from the Diablo prior at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. He wore adidas apparel and shoes until the end of the 2009 season. Starting from the 2010 season, he changed his clothing sponsor to K-Swiss.

Charitable work

Querrey plays tournaments raising money for charity like the Boys and Girls Club, speaks to school groups like Healthy and Active Lifestyle (HAL) in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and has expressed interest in someday creating his own non-profit organization.

Personal life

Support comes from the "Samurai Club", his own fan club, which started by his high school buddies, Dan Farrugia, Wes Burrows, Ellis Bertschi, Ethan Lacoe, and Shane Poppen. They attend his matches shirtless with the letters "S-A-M-M-Y" on their chests.

Career finals

Singles: 11 (6-5)

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Legend (pre/post 2009)

Tennis Masters Cup /ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)

ATP Masters Series /ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)

ATP International Series Gold /ATP World Tour 500 series (1–0)

ATP International Series /ATP World Tour 250 series (5–5)

| valign=top align=left |

Titles by Surface

Hard (4–3)

Clay (1–1)

Grass (1–1)

Carpet (0–0)

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Titles by Surface

Outdoors (5–5)

Indoors (1–0)

|}

Doubles: 5 (3-2)

{| | valign=top align=left |

Legend (pre/post 2009)

Tennis Masters Cup /ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)

ATP Masters Series /ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–1)

ATP International Series Gold /ATP World Tour 500 series (1–0)

ATP International Series /ATP World Tour 250 series (1–1)

| valign=top align=left |

Titles by Surface

Hard (2–0)

Clay (1–2)

Grass (0–0)

Carpet (0–0)

| valign=top align=left |

Titles by Surface

Outdoors (1–2)

Indoors (2–0)

|} ;Wins (3)

Singles performance timeline

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References

External links

Official Website

USTA "Circuit Player of the Week" article and profile

ESPN article

Sam Querrey Yahoo! Sports

Tennis Gear used by Sam Querrey

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
Name	Andy Roddick
Name	Andy Roddick
Nickname	A-Rod
Country
Residence	Austin, Texas
Birth date	August 30, 1982
Birth place	Omaha, Nebraska
Spouse(s)	Brooklyn Decker
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2000
Careerprizemoney	$19,648,091
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Singlesrecord	571–184 (75.66%)
Singlestitles	30
Highestsinglesranking	No. 1 (November 3, 2003)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 21 (August 22, 2011)
Othertournaments	No
Masterscupresult	SF (2003, 2004, 2007)
Australianopenresult	SF (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Frenchopenresult	4R (2009)
Wimbledonresult	F (2004, 2005, 2009)
Usopenresult	W (2003)
Doublesrecord	58–38
Doublestitles	4
Highestdoublesranking	No. 50 (January 11, 2010)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Frenchopendoublesresult	1R (2009)
Wimbledondoublesresult	1R (2001)
Usopendoublesresult	2R (1999, 2000)
Updated	October 12, 2009 }}

Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish. Known for his extremely powerful serve, Roddick held the world record for the fastest serve at 155 mph between 2004 and 2011 until it was beaten by Ivo Karlović at 156 mph in March 2011.

He became a Grand Slam singles champion when he won the title at the 2003 US Open, defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the finals, which currently makes him the last North American male player to win a grand slam singles event. Roddick has reached four other Grand Slam finals (Wimbledon three times and the US Open once), losing to Roger Federer each time.

He is married to Brooklyn Decker, a ''Sports Illustrated'' swim wear model and actress.

Personal life

Roddick was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Jerry and Blanche Roddick. Roddick's father was a businessman and his mother was a school teacher. She now directs the Andy Roddick Foundation. Roddick has two older brothers, Lawrence and John (All-American tennis player at University of Georgia (1996–98) and head tennis coach at the University of Oklahoma), who were both promising tennis players at a young age.

Roddick lived in Austin, Texas, from age 4 until he was 11, and then moved to Boca Raton, Florida, in the interest of his brother's tennis career, attending Boca Prep International School, and graduating from the Class of 2000. Roddick played varsity basketball in high school alongside his future Davis Cup teammate Mardy Fish, who trained and lived with Roddick in 1999. During that time period, he sometimes trained with Venus and Serena Williams; he later moved back to Austin.

It was while Roddick was flipping through a previous swimsuit issue of ''Sports Illustrated'' that Roddick first noticed Brooklyn Decker, to whom he is now married. The two had been dating since 2007, and on March 31, 2008, Roddick announced on his website that he and Decker had become engaged. The couple were married in Austin on April 17, 2009.

Career

Breakthrough

Roddick seriously considered quitting competitive tennis at the age of 17, when he had a losing streak in the juniors. His coach, Tarik Benhabiles, talked him into giving tennis four more months of undivided attention. Roddick finished as the No. 6 junior in the U.S. in 1999, and as the No. 1 junior in the world in 2000. He won six world junior singles and seven doubles titles, and won the US Open and Australian Open junior singles titles in 2000. In March, in Miami, in the first round Roddick had his first major victory as he beat world No. 41 Fernando Vicente of Spain, 6–4, 6–0. In August, in Washington, D.C., he beat world No. 30 Fabrice Santoro of France, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3. Roddick played the ''Banana Bowl'' in the city of São Paulo and won, beating Joachim Johansson in the final. Roddick also won the Australian Junior Open, defeating Mario Ančić in the final. In 2001, Roddick defeated former French Open champion Michael Chang in 5 sets in the second round of the tournament, despite clay being Roddick's worst surface. During the following Wimbledon, he further showed potential by taking a set from eventual winner Goran Ivanišević. He also defeated 7-time Wimbledon champion, world No. 4, and fellow American Pete Sampras, at the age of 19, at the Miami Masters 7–6 , 6–3, and world No. 1 Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil 6–7, 6–4, 6–2 in August.

Roddick's breakthrough year was in 2003, in which he defeated Younes El Aynaoui in the quarterfinals of the 2003 Australian Open. Roddick and the Moroccan battled for five hours, with the fifth set (21–19 in favor of Roddick) at the time the longest fifth set in a Grand Slam tournament during the open era, at 2 hours and 23 minutes. Despite a lackluster French Open, Roddick enjoyed success in the United Kingdom by winning Queen's Club, beating World No. 2 Andre Agassi 6–1, 6–7, 7–6 along the way, and reaching the Wimbledon semifinals, where he lost to eventual champion Roger Federer in straight sets. He avenged that loss in August, beating then World Number 3 Federer in Montreal, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6. It is one of two times that Roddick has defeated him in an official ATP tournament as of yet.

World No. 1

Roddick's hardcourt record in 2003 included his first Masters Series titles – coming at Canada and Cincinnati – and his only Grand Slam title. At the US Open, Roddick rallied from two sets down and a match point in the semifinals to beat David Nalbandian 6–7, 3–6, 7–6, 6–1, 6–3. He then defeated world No. 3 Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final, 6–3, 7–6, 6–3. At the Tennis Masters Cup in Houston he defeated world No. 7 Carlos Moyá of Spain, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, and world No. 4 Guillermo Coria of Argentina, 6–3, 6–7, 6–3, before losing to Federer in the semifinals. By the end of the year, at age 21, he was ranked No. 1, the first American to finish a year at No. 1 since Andre Agassi in 1999. He also became the youngest American to hold this rank since computer rankings were started in 1973.

Roddick's reign at No. 1 ended the following February, when Roger Federer ascended to the top position after winning his first Australian Open; the 2004 Australian Open would be the only time in Roddick's career where he was the number-one seed in a Grand Slam. In April Roddick again beat world No. 6 Moya, this time 5–7, 6–2, 7–5. In June, Roddick advanced to his first Wimbledon final, and after taking the first set from defending champion Federer, lost in four sets. Roddick was knocked out during the 2004 US Open in a five-set quarterfinal against another big server, Joachim Johansson. Later in September in Bangkok he beat world No. 9 Marat Safin of Russia, 7–6, 6–7, 7–6. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Roddick lost to Chilean Fernando González, the eventual bronze medal winner, in the third round. In November he beat world No. 7 Tim Henman of Great Britain 7–5, 7–6, world No. 4 Safin, 7–6, 7–6, and world No. 6 Coria 7–6, 6–3. Later that year, Roddick teamed up with Mardy Fish and Bob and Mike Bryan on the U.S. Davis Cup team that lost to Spain in the final in Seville. Roddick lost his singles match against Rafael Nadal, who would in the following year win the French Open. Towards the end of 2004, Roddick fired his coach of 18 months, Brad Gilbert, and hired assistant Davis Cup coach Dean Goldfine. Roddick finished 2004 ranked as the world No. 2, the U.S.'s No. 1, and the player with the most aces (1,017). In 2004 Roddick saved fellow tennis player Sjeng Schalken and other guests (including close friends Ben Campezi and Dean Monroe) from a hotel fire. Roddick's first 2005 tournament victory was the SAP Open in San Jose, California, where he became the first to win the event in consecutive years since Mark Philippoussis in 1999 and 2000. The top-seeded Roddick defeated Cyril Saulnier 6–0, 6–4 in 50 minutes, the event's first championship shutout set since Arthur Ashe beat Guillermo Vilas in 1975. In March he defeated World No. 7 Carlos Moyá 6–7, 6–4, 6–1. In April, Roddick won the U.S. Men's Claycourt Championships, reclaiming the title he won in 2001 and 2002. (He lost in 2003 to Agassi, and in 2004 to Tommy Haas.) In May, Roddick had match point against Spain's Fernando Verdasco. Verdasco was attempting to save the match point on his second serve, when the linesman erroneously called the serve out. If this call had held, Roddick would have won the match. Roddick motioned to the umpire, pointing to the clear ball mark on the clay indicating the ball was in, and the call was consequently changed. Verdasco went on to win the match. At the French Open, Roddick lost to the unseeded Argentine José Acasuso in the second round, and at Wimbledon, Roddick lost to Federer in the final for the second consecutive year. In August, he defeated World No. 3 Lleyton Hewitt, 6–4, 7–6 at the Masters Series tournament in Cincinnati. At the US Open, Roddick was defeated by World No. 70 Gilles Müller in the first round. Roddick's last US Open first round loss had been in 2000. At the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Roddick defeated Gaël Monfils to wrap up a tournament without losing a set or getting his serve broken.

New coach

Roddick's first ATP event of the year was the Australian Open. There he reached the fourth round before being upset by unseeded and eventual finalist, Marcos Baghdatis. At the French Open Roddick retired in the first round, after sustaining a foot injury during the match. Two weeks later at Wimbledon, Roddick was upset in the third round by British hopeful Andy Murray. This loss caused Roddick to fall below the top 10 for the first time since 2002. After Wimbledon, Roddick began working with a new coach, tennis legend Jimmy Connors. In his first event with his new coach, Roddick reached the final of Indianapolis before losing to good friend, and fellow American, James Blake. His resurgence finally came at the Cincinnati Masters, where he won the event by defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final, making this the first masters event he won since 2004. At the US Open, Roddick easily won his first two matches against Florent Serra and Kristian Pless. He then played a thriller five-set match against Fernando Verdasco, winning 6–2 in the final set. Next, he beat Benjamin Becker, who was coming off a huge win against recently retired Andre Agassi. In the quarterfinals, Roddick beat Lleyton Hewitt, avenging his loss in 2001, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4. Now in the semifinals for the first time since he won in 2003, Roddick played Mikhail Youzhny, and beat him 6–7, 6–0, 7–6, 6–3. In the finals of a Grand Slam for the first time since Wimbledon a year prior, Roddick was to play world No. 1 Federer. He lost however, 2–6, 6–4, 5–7, 1–6. He then qualified for the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup, where he defeated world No. 4 Ivan Ljubicˇic of Croatia 6–4, 6–7, 6–1, but lost in the round robin to world No. 1 Federer 6–4, 6–7, 4–6 in a tough three-set battle.

Roddick entered the 2007 Australian Open as the sixth seed. In his first round match, he lost a marathon first-set tiebreak 20–18, but eventually won the match in four sets against wild card Jo-Wilfried Tsonga from France. Roddick defeated 26th-seeded Marat Safin in the third round, and 9th seeded Mario Ancˇic´ in a five-set fourth round match. Roddick won his quarterfinal match against fellow American Mardy Fish 6–2, 6–2, 6–2. His run ended in the semifinals by world No. 1 Federer, who defeated him in straight sets 6–4, 6–0, 6–2, making his head-to-head record against Federer 1–13. In first round Davis Cup action, Roddick helped the US defeat the Czech Republic, winning his singles matches against Ivo Minárˇ and Tomásˇ Berdych. Roddick reached at least the semifinals of his next two tournaments. He bowed out to Andy Murray in the semifinals of the SAP Open in San Jose, California, a reprise of 2006. Roddick then defeated Murray in the semifinals of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee, before losing in the final to defending champion Tommy Haas 6–3, 6–2. Reaching the final, however, enabled Roddick to overtake Nikolay Davydenko for the world No. 3 position, his first week inside the top three since March 6, 2006. At the first ATP Masters Series tournament of the year, after beating world No. 8 Ljubicic 6–4, 6–7, 6–1, Roddick reached the semifinals of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, lost to world No. 2 Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–3.

Series of injuries

Roddick then played the Miami Masters, where he retired from his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray due to a left hamstring injury. Roddick then helped the U.S. defeat Spain and advance to the Davis Cup semifinals, winning his lone singles match against Fernando Verdasco 7–6, 6–1, 6–4. However, Roddick re-aggravated his hamstring injury during the Davis Cup tie, and was subsequently forced to pull out of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas. Roddick also announced that he would withdraw from the Monte Carlo Masters, citing the injury. His next tournament was at the Internazionali d'Italia. After a first round bye, he won his first match against Gastón Gaudio, where he saved all three break points and fired nine aces. However, he was unable to stop Juan Ignacio Chela in the third round, losing 6–0, 6–4. Roddick then withdrew from the Masters Series Hamburg tournament because, according to his website, he needed time to physically prepare himself for the upcoming French Open. Roddick was seeded third at the French Open, but was eliminated in the first round by Russian Igor Andreev in four sets 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 4–6. Roddick was victorious at the Stella Artois Championships for the fourth time when he defeated Nicolas Mahut in the final 4–6, 7–6, 7–6. At Wimbledon, Roddick was seeded third and considered one of the pre-tournament favorites behind Federer and Nadal. He reached the quarterfinals after wins against Justin Gimelstob of the U.S., Danai Udomchoke of Thailand, Fernando Verdasco of Spain, and Paul-Henri Mathieu of France. In the quarterfinals, Roddick lost in five close sets to Richard Gasquet of France 4–6, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 8–6. During the summer hardcourt season, Roddick played four tournaments in four weeks. Roddick made it to the semifinals of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, where he was upset by Frank Dancevic of Canada 6–4, 7–6. The next week, however, Roddick claimed his second ATP title of the year by winning the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C. for the third time, when he beat American newcomer John Isner 6–4, 7–6. He then lost in the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup in Montreal to Novak Djokovic, and in the third round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio to David Ferrer of Spain. At the US Open, Roddick defeated Gimelstob in the first round 7–6, 6–3, 6–3. He won his next three matches, one in straight sets and the other two when his opponent retired. In the quarterfinals, Roddick once again lost to Federer 7–6, 7–6, 6–2, bringing his head-to-head record with Federer 1–14. There were no breaks of serve and only one break point total in the first two sets, that being on Federer's serve. Two weeks later, Roddick anchored the U.S. Davis Cup team during its 4–1 semifinal defeat of Sweden. Roddick won both his singles matches, opening the tie with a defeat of Joachim Johansson 7–6, 7–6, 6–3, and clinching it with a 6–2, 7–6, 6–4 victory over Jonas Björkman. This was the ninth time in nine tries that Roddick has clinched a tie for the American team.

Roddick's then set his sights on the Madrid Masters, but pulled out, citing a knee injury. At his next tournament two weeks later in Lyon, France, Roddick lost in the first round to Frenchman Fabrice Santoro 7–6, 2–6, 6–4. Roddick then withdrew from the Paris Masters, incurring a $22,600 fine for not fulfilling his media obligations at the tournament. At the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, Roddick defeated world No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 in his first round-robin match, and then defeated world No. 7 Fernando González in his next match to become the first player to qualify for the semifinals of the tournament. In his third and final round-robin match, Roddick lost once again to Federer, 6–4, 6–2 for the 15th time in 16 career matches. In the semifinals, Roddick lost 6–1, 6–3 to No. 6 seed David Ferrer, who had won all three of his round-robin matches. This was Roddick's third semifinal finish out of the last five years at the Tennis Masters Cup (he reached the semifinals in 2003 and 2004, withdrew in 2005, and failed to advance to the semifinals in 2006 after a 1–2 round-robin record). Roddick finished the year by helping the U.S. defeat Russia and win the 2007 Davis Cup, its 32nd Davis Cup victory but first since 1995. Roddick won his rubber against Dmitry Tursunov 6–4, 6–4, 6–2, before James Blake and Bob and Mike Bryan completed the victory. Having secured the tie with an unassailable 3–0 lead, Roddick decided to sit out his second singles match of the tie.

Roddick started 2008 strongly, defeating Ljubicic´ 6–3, 6–0, and Safin 6–3, 6–3 to reach AAMI Kooyong Classic final for four consecutive seasons. In the final, he defeated Baghdatis 7–5, 6–3 to win the tournament for the third consecutive year. Roddick was seeded sixth in the 2008 Australian Open. In the first round, he defeated Lukás Dlouhy of the Czech Republic 6–3, 6–4, 7–5. In the second round, he defeated German Michael Berrer 6–2, 6–2, 6–4. He then lost to the No. 29 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the third round in a 5-set match 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 6–8. Despite losing, Roddick served a career-high of 42 aces in a match. Roddick won his 24th career title and his 3rd title at the SAP Open in San Jose, California. He defeated the Czech Radek Stepánek in straight sets, 6–4, 7–5. Roddick's next tournament was the Dubai Tennis Championships. He made it to the semi-finals by defeating world No. 2 Rafael Nadal of Spain 7–6, 6–2, his first victory over Nadal since the second round of the 2004 US Open. The win also marked Roddick's first victory over a player ranked in the top two since June 2003. He progressed through to the finals by defeating world No. 3 and 2008 Australian Open Singles Champion Novak Djokovic 7–6, 6–3 in the semi-final. By making it to the final, he became the first American to reach the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships final in the tournament's 16-year history. In the final he defeated Feliciano López 6–7, 6–4, 6–2, to win his 25th career title. He never lost his serve during the entire tournament.

Split with coach

Following Roddick's quarterfinal match in Dubai, he announced that he had split with his coach of two years, Jimmy Connors. Connors had resigned a week earlier, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family. Roddick would continue to be coached by his brother, John Roddick. He then fell to former world No. 2 Tommy Haas at the Pacific Life Open in the 2nd round, 6–4, 6–4. At the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open, Roddick advanced to the semifinals after defeating world No. 1 Federer 7–6 , 4–6, 6–3 an hour after proposing to Brooklyn Decker, bringing his head-to-head record against Federer to 2–15. Roddick improved to 3–0 against top-3 players in 2008. Roddick lost in the semifinals to Nikolay Davydenko 6–7, 2–6. Roddick's next tournament was the Masters tournament in Rome. There he equaled his best result by reaching the semifinals, where he retired against Stanislas Wawrinka in the pair's first encounter, due to a back injury.

Roddick was forced to pull out of the 2008 French Open due to a shoulder injury. After a visit to a doctor in New York it was determined this was nothing more than an inflammation of the rotator cuff. His first tournament after the shoulder injury was the Artois Championship, his annual Wimbledon preparation, where he was the defending champion after winning the title last year, one of four wins at the tournament. In the tournament, Roddick defeated Mardy Fish and Andy Murray before losing to eventual champion Nadal in the semifinals. In the 2008 Wimbledon, Roddick suffered a 2nd round defeat to Serbia's Janko Tipsarević 6–7, 7–5, 6–4, 7–6. This was his earliest exit at Wimbledon. Roddick was beaten at the Rogers Cup in the third round by Marin Cˇilic´, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6. He was then forced to pull out of the Cincinnati Masters following a neck injury, which he said may have been caused by a poor sleeping posture. He stated in an interview that the neck injury had nothing to do with his shoulder injury. Roddick did not participate in the 2008 Summer Olympics, with his reason being to concentrate on the 2008 US Open. In order to prepare for the US Open, Roddick then played in the smaller hard court tournaments in the US Open Series, including those at Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. At the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, Roddick lost to Juan Martín del Potro in the final, 1–6, 6–7.

At the 2008 US Open, Roddick defeated Fabrice Santoro in the first round 6–2, 6–2, 6–2. Roddick then won his next 3 matches against Ernests Gulbis, Andreas Seppi, and Fernando González. In the quarterfinals, Roddick lost to the World No. 3 and reigning Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7 bringing his head-to-head record to 1–2.

Success in Asia

thumb|right|Capturing the 26th title of his career in China, 2008Roddick captured his 26th ATP title in Beijing at the China Open on September 28, 2008. He defeated Dudi Sela of Israel, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3. The victory was part of Roddick's strong showing in Asia, as he reached the semifinal round of the AIG Japan Open where he lost to eventual champion Tomásˇ Berdych after squandering a 5–3 lead in the third and deciding set. In the third round of the Madrid Masters he lost to Frenchman Gaël Monfils in three sets 4–6, 6–3, 3–6. Two weeks later, Roddick reached the quarterfinals of Paris Masters by defeating Frenchman Gilles Simon, 6–3, 7–5, before losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Due to his performance in the tournament, Roddick automatically qualified for the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup. At the Masters Cup in Shanghai, he played Andy Murray in his first round robin match and lost 4–6, 6–1, 1–6. He was then scheduled to play Federer, but retired due to an ankle injury and was replaced by Sˇteˇpánek.

Return to form in 2009

Roddick hired Larry Stefanki as his new coach and started working with him on December 1, 2008. Stefanki had previously trained John McEnroe, Marcelo Ríos, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Fernando González, and Tim Henman. Under Stefanki's guidance, both Rios and Kafelnikov rose to the World No. 1 ranking, and Henman and González reached the top five, including a 2007 Australian Open runner-up finish by Gonzalez.

Roddick began official tournament competition at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. He defeated Gaël Monfils in the semifinals 7–6, 3–6, 6–3 before losing to Andy Murray in the final. At the Australian Open, Roddick defeated Xavier Malisse in the second round 4–6, 6–2, 7–6, 6–2. After victories over Fabrice Santoro and 21st-seeded Tommy Robredo, Roddick played the defending champion and World No. 3 Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. Djokovic retired in the fourth set while trailing 6–7, 6–4, 6–2, 2–1, which allowed Roddick to reach the fourth Australian Open semifinal of his career. Roddick was defeated there by eventual runner-up Roger Federer 6–2, 7–5, 7–5.

His next tournament was the SAP Open in San Jose, U.S. He snapped a three-match losing streak against Tommy Haas in the quarterfinals 7–5, 6–4 before losing in the semifinals to Radek Sˇteˇpánek for the first time in his career 3–6, 7–6, 6–4. At the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, U.S., Roddick defeated Australian Lleyton Hewitt in the semifinals 2–6, 7–6, 6–4, to reach the final. He took his first title of the year by beating Sˇteˇpánek in the final 7–5, 7–5.

Roddick chose not to defend his Dubai title, with prize money of $2 million, to protest the refusal of the United Arab Emirates to grant Israeli Shahar Pe'er a visa for the Women's Tennis Association event. "I really didn't agree with what went on over there", Roddick said.

Roddick played both of the spring ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in the U.S. He was seeded seventh at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. He defeated defending champion Djokovic in the quarterfinals 6–3, 6–2. His run was ended by World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the semifinals 6–4, 7–6. However, he won the doubles title with partner Mardy Fish. It was his fourth doubles title overall and his second partnering Fish. At the Miami Masters, Roddick beat ninth-seeded Monfils in the fourth round 7–6, 6–2 to secure a place in the quarterfinals, where he lost to Federer 6–3, 4–6, 6–4.

After a break from tournament tennis to get married, Roddick returned to action at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay court event in Madrid. In his first match, Roddick survived two match points in the second set tiebreaker to defeat Haas 1–6, 7–6, 6–4. In the quarterfinals, Roddick again lost to Federer 7–5, 6–7, 6–1. Roddick had his career best result at the French Open when he defeated Marc Gicquel in the third round. He lost in the fourth round to Monfils 6–4, 6–2, 6–3.

A twisted ankle forced Roddick to retire from his semifinal match against James Blake at the AEGON Championships, his first grass court tournament of the year. He was seeded sixth at Wimbledon. He defeated Hewitt in the quarterfinals 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 6–4, serving a career-high 43 aces, and third-seeded Andy Murray in the semifinals, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6. He then lost to Federer for the third time in a Wimbledon final 5–7, 7–6, 7–6, 3–6, 16–14. Roddick was praised for his performance and received a lot of compliments. Even though Roddick lost this match, he set a record for number of games won in a Wimbledon final at 39. This was their fourth meeting in a Grand Slam final, all having been won by Federer. The match set records for the longest men's Grand Slam final in history at 77 games and the longest fifth set in a men's grand slam final. Following the match, when asked to elaborate on his marathon performance, Roddick replied, "I lost." On the strength of his Wimbledon performance, Roddick returned to the top five on July 13, 2009.

Roddick returned to action as the top seed at the ATP World Tour 500 event in Washington. He defeated Benjamin Becker 6–3, 6–2 and then Sam Querrey 7–6, 6–4 for his 500th career ATP tour victory. He defeated Ivo Karlović in the quarter-finals 7–6, 7–6, and John Isner 6–7, 6–2, 7–5 in the semi-finals. In the final, he lost to defending champion Juan Martín del Potro 3–6, 7–5, 7–6 despite saving three match points.

Roddick played the next week at the ATP World Tour 1000 event in Montreal, where he was seeded fifth. He defeated Igor Andreev 6–1, 7–6 then World No.11 Fernando Verdasco 7–6, 4–6, 7–6 and in the quarterfinals defeated World No.4 Novak Djokovic 6–4, 7–6 improving his career record against Djokovic to 4–2 (3–0 in 2009). He then lost to World No.6 Juan Martín del Potro 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 in the semifinals, despite having a match point. The loss dropped his career record against del Potro to 0–3 (0–2 in 2009).

Roddick next played at the ATP World Tour 1000 event in Cincinnati, where he was seeded fifth. He lost to Sam Querrey 7–6, 7–6 in his first match, after having received a bye in the first round. Roddick entered the US Open as the 5th seeded player. In his first round match, he defeated the German veteran Björn Phau 6–1, 6–4, 6–2. On September 3, 2009 during the US Open, he faced Frenchman Marc Gicquel and won 6–1, 6–4, 6–4 as his parents and newly wed wife watched on from the stands. In the 3rd round, he was eliminated by fellow American John Isner 7–6, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 7–6. Ironically, he lost his serve only once during the match, as was the case in the Wimbledon final.

Roddick's next tournament was the 2009 China Open in Beijing where he was the defending champion. In a shocking upset he was defeated in the first round by Polish qualifier and world No.143 Łukasz Kubot 2–6, 4–6. He also played doubles at the event with Mark Knowles. The pair reached the final, losing to Bob and Mike Bryan 6–4, 6–2.

Roddick was forced to retire from his first round match at the 2009 Shanghai Masters against Stanislas Wawrinka while leading 4–3. It was later announced that Roddick would return to the United States to seek medical advice on a left knee injury. Once again, he qualified for the Year-End Masters in London securing the sixth spot. However, Roddick withdrew from the 2009 Valencia Open 500, the 2009 BNP Paribas Masters and the 2009 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals due to the injury he suffered from at the Shanghai Masters. He finished 2009 as the number seven ranked player in the world.

Roddick started his 2010 campaign at the 2010 Brisbane International as the top seed. In the final, Roddick defeated defending champion Radek Štěpánek 7–6, 7–6 for his first ATP Tour title since February 2009, and making 2010 his tenth consecutive season with at least one ATP singles title. Roddick teamed with James Blake in the men's doubles and made it to the semi-finals before losing to eventual champions Jérémy Chardy and Marc Gicquel. Roddick announced that he would not represent the United States in Davis Cup competition for the 2010 season.

Roddick entered the 2010 Australian Open as the seventh seed. He lost in the quarterfinals to Marin Čilić, despite coming back from two sets down while battling an apparent shoulder injury, 7–6, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3.

He then played in the 2010 SAP Open, where, in the semi-finals he lost the first set 2–6 to Sam Querrey but came back winning the final two sets in tie-breaks 7–6, 7–6 and went to the finals where he lost to Fernando Verdasco 6–3, 4–6, 4–6. He then entered the 2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships where he lost in the quarterfinals in a rematch of the San Jose semi-finals to Sam Querrey 5–7, 6–3, 1–6.

Playing in the 2010 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Roddick went to the semi-finals where he faced Robin Söderling, and despite a 0–2 record against him, won 6–4, 3–6, 6–3. Roddick lost to Ivan Ljubičić 7–6, 7–6 in the finals. This was Roddick's first Masters Series finals since the 2006 Cincinnati Masters and also reaching a final in the US.

In the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open Roddick defeated Igor Andreev, Sergiy Stakhovsky, Benjamin Becker, and Nicolás Almagro. In the semifinals he upset 4th seed Rafael Nadal 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 to reach his fourth final of the year. In the final Roddick won his second Sony Ericsson Open title after defeating Berdych, 7–5, 6–4. This was Roddick's 29th title in 49 finals, 5th ATP Masters 1000 title, and first Masters 1000 title since 2006.

2010

Roddick did not fare well during the clay court season, withdrawing from Rome due to personal reasons and from Madrid due to a stomach virus. Roddick then lost in the third round of the 2010 French Open to Teymuraz Gabashvili in straight sets, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2.

Failure at Roland Garros was followed by another disappointment when Roddick suffered his earliest ever exit in the 2010 AEGON Championships, a grass court, Wimbledon tune-up event. On June 10, 2010, he was beaten 6–4, 7–6 by Dudi Sela in the third round.

At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships Roddick was seeded fifth which was two spots higher than his ATP ranking of seven. He was defeated in the fourth round by Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan in five sets, losing 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 7–9. Like his final match with Roger Federer the previous year, his serve was broken only once during the match, in the fifth set.

Roddick next took a wild card to play in the Atlanta Tennis Championships, the first event of the US Open Series, where he was the top seed. He was eliminated in the semifinals by eventual champion Mardy Fish 7–6, 6–3. His next tournament was in Washington D.C., where he lost in the round of 16 to Gilles Simon 6–3, 6–3. The only American man in the ATP top-ten prior to the tournament, the loss dropped him from the list. For the first time since the inception of the ATP world rankings, there was no American man in the top ten. Following the Washington tournament, Roddick withdrew from the Canada Masters due to illness, leading to a drop in ranking to No. 13, his lowest rank since 2002.

On August 14, 2010, Roddick revealed that he had been diagnosed with mononucleosis, the same illness that hurt rival Roger Federer's form in 2008, although he said his doctor believed it was in its later stages and he would make a complete recovery soon.

In the Cincinnati Masters, he defeated world No.5 Robin Söderling 6–4, 6–7, 7–6 to reach the quarterfinals, where he defeated two seed Novak Djokovic 6–4, 7–5 the win was Roddick's fourth consecutive over Djokovic, raising his career head-to-head record against Djokovic to 5–2, and ensured Roddick's return to the top-ten world rankings. In the semifinals, Roddick faced fellow American Mardy Fish but lost 4–6, 7–6, 6–1, failing to serve out the match at 5–3 in the second set.

In the second round of the 2010 US Open, Roddick suffered was beaten by Janko Tipsarević of Serbia in four sets: 6–3, 5–7, 3–6, 6–7.

Roddick was seeded tenth at the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000. In the first round Roddick defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber after Kohlschreiber retired in the second set (3–6, 1–2) down. Roddick second round opponent was Guillermo García López. Leading 6–3, 2–3, Roddick suffered a groin injury and was forced to retire from the match.

At the 2010 Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel, Roddick was seeded fourth. He defeated compatriot Sam Querrey, Andrey Golubev and David Nalbandian, earning a semifinal match against Roger Federer, their first meeting since the 2009 Wimbledon final. He lost to Federer, 6–2, 6–4.

At the BNP Paribas Masters Roddick was the eighth seed and received a bye in the first round. He advanced to the quarter-finals with wins over Jarkko Nieminen and Ernests Gulbisin the second and third round respectively. Roddick then fell to World No.5 Robin Söderling 5–7, 4–6. With Fernando Verdasco failing to reach the final, Roddick automatically qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for the eighth consecutive year. Though he had dropped out of top ten in the ATP rankings after his early exit from the US Open, his victory over Gulbis in Paris assured his return to the top-ten at the year end, making him and Federer the only players to maintain year-end top-ten ATP rankings from 2002 through 2010.

Roddick played his final tournament of the year at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Roddick was placed in Group A along with Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Tomáš Berdych. In the tournament Roddick lost all of his round robin matches. Losing to Nadal; 6–3, 6–7, 4–6, Berdych; 5–7, 2–6 and Djokovic; 2–6, 3–6. respectively. Roddick ended the year World No.8, his eighth consecutive season finishing in the top ten.

Roddick won two titles in 2010 and was the runner up at San Jose and Indian Wells. Roddick also qualified for the year-end championships, his eighth consecutive season of qualification. This season saw Roddick make back-to-back finals at the Masters Series 1000 tournament (a feat he has not done since 2003) in Indian Wells and Miami and also his first Masters Series 1000 title since his victory at Cincinnati in 2006.

2011

Roddick began his 2011 campaign in the Brisbane International as the 2nd seed and the defending champion where he was defeated 6–3 7–5 by Swedish no. 1 seed Robin Söderling in the final.

In the Australian Open, Roddick was the number eight seed. In the round of 16, Roddick lost to Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 3–6, 4–6, 4–6. He then won the 2011 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, defeating Milos Raonic in the final 7–6, 6–7, 7–5, along with Richard Berankis 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, Janko Tipsarević 6–1, 7–6 Lleyton Hewitt 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 and Juan Martín del Potro 6–3, 6–4.

Roddick began his 2011 Davis Cup campaign for the United States against Chile. He faced Nicolas Massu in the opener and defeated him in 4 sets 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. He would then face Paul Capdeville to clinch the victory for the U.S. and he did so by winning in 4 sets 3–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–3. Roddick improved his record to 12–0 in Davis Cup clinchers. In his next Davis Cup match against Spain, Roddick drew David Ferrer first, but lost respctively in three tight sets 6–7, 5–7, 3–6. Roddick was supposed to play Feliciano Lopez in reverse singles, but after David Ferrer wrapped up the victory for Spain by defeating Mardy Fish, their match was cancelled.

At the 2011 BNP Paribas Open, he was beaten by Richard Gasquet in the fourth round 6–3, 7–6. In the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, as the defending champion Roddick was upset by Pablo Cuevas in the second round after receiving a bye 4–6, 6–7. This loss would drop Roddick to number 12 in the rankings and the second ranked American behind compatriot Mardy Fish.

Roddick then began his clay court season at the 2011 Madrid Open, but he was upset in the first round by Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla in three sets 4–6, 7–6, 3–6. Roddick continued to warm up for the 2011 French Open in Italy playing the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, but lost in the first round for the second straight tournament to Gilles Simon of France 3–6, 3–6. He teamed up with Mardy Fish to play doubles in Rome and they went to the final before Roddick had to withdraw because of a shoulder injury. Roddick also withdrew from the Nice Open in France and pulled out of the 2011 French Open after failing to recover from it.

Roddick returned to action at the 2011 AEGON Championships where he is a four-time champion. In the semifinals, he played Andy Murray, their first meeting since the Wimbledon 2009 semifinals, but was defeated 3–6, 1–6. Andy Roddick is seeded number 8 for Wimbledon and in the first round, he beat Andreas Beck of Germany in straight sets 6–4, 7–6, 6–3. In the second round, Roddick defeated Victor Hanescu 6–4, 6–3, 6–4. In the third round, Roddick was beaten in straight sets by left-handed Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, 7–6, 7–6, 6–4. The upset loss to Lopez means that Roddick has failed to reach the quarterfinals of any grandslam since the 2010 Australian open. This is the longest Roddick has ever gone in his career without reaching the quarterfinals of a major.

Roddick withdrew from the Legg Masson Tennis Classic, and Rogers Cup in Montreal after partially tearing his oblique muscle while practicing. He returned to action after a couple week rest from his injury and played at the 2011 Cincinatti Masters. He lost in the first round to Philipp Kohlschreiber 7–6, 5–7, 1–6. This loss will make him drop out of the top 20 for the first time since August of 2001.

After suffering an early exit at Cincinnati, Roddick played at the Winston-Salem Event in North Carolina, where he received the top seed at the tournament after the withdrawal of the top-ranked American Mardy Fish. Roddick lost in the semifinal to John Isner, 7-6, 6-4.

Andy Roddick is ranked #21 at the U.S. Open and he will face fellow American Michael Russell in the first round.

Nicknames and on-court behavior

Roddick is often called "A-Rod", referring to his first initial and the first three letters of his last name.

Roddick is famous for his funny on court behavior, and witty answers off court in interviews and press conferences. He and Novak Djokovic are especially known for imitating players, with both doing impersonations of Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Lleyton Hewitt and each other. Roddick was also coached by Jimmy Connors for two years, who was known for his flamboyant personality during his playing career.

Roddick however is also known for frequent outbursts against umpires and linesmen on the court. His most notable outburst was during his 3rd round match at the Australian Open in 2008 where he abused umpire Emmanuel Joseph saying " You're an idiot! Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire." He lost his temper again at the 2010 Australian Open, but later admitted to his mistake and later again that year launched into a tirade at a female official over a foot fault call, at the 2010 US Open, a match he eventually lost to Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic. 2011 saw Andy throwing another tantrum and snapping at the chair umpire at Indian Wells on his way to losing to Richard Gasquet.

At the 2011 Cincinnatti Masters, Roddick was given a penalty point, which resulted in a critical break of serve in favor of Philipp Kohlschreiber, Roddick's opponent in the 2nd round. The penalty point was given due to ball abuse, when Roddick smashed a ball into the stands in frustration, after he had already been warned earlier in the match by umpire Carlos Bernardes for an episode of racquet abuse. This triggered another series of altercations with the umpire, with Roddick expressing his displeasure at the umpire's call. Roddick subsequently lost the match to Kohlschreiber and suffered an early exit from the tournament.

Equipment

Roddick uses a discontinued version of the Babolat Pure Drive, extended to 27.5 inches. The racquet itself is heavily customised with additional weight placed in the head via the use of lead tape. The resulting racquet exhibits a more head heavy balance point and a higher swingweight than the stock model with a higher overall weight, though this is similar to the model he endorses at approximately 12 oz. Modifications of this sort are common for professional players.

Roddick's racquets are painted to resemble the Pure Drive Roddick GT Plus in order to market the current model of the same name which Babolat sells. The cortex in particular is visibly painted onto the racquet. For marketing purposes Roddick endorses the Pure Drive Roddick GT Plus Cortex Racquet, a signature racquet designed for him by racquet sponsor Babolat, which is slightly heavier (11.9 oz), stiffer (Babolat RDC index 72), and longer (27.5") than the standard Pure Drive Series (11.3 oz, Babolat RDC 71, 27"). The racquet is designed for a strong service due to its weight, stiffness, and length. According to Tennis Warehouse, it is the best one for this fundamental stroke. He strings with a custom hybrid (RPM Blast + VS Gut). Roddick previously used Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour and Babolat Revenge (used only for a short period of time) as his mains, until he began using Babolat's new string, RPM Blast. Roddick's tensions varies, he strings roughly at 65 lbs.

Roddick also uses Babolat Propulse III tennis shoes, which are his signature gear. In matches, Roddick wears shirts, shorts, and caps manufactured for him by Lacoste.

Playing style

Roddick's serve is known for its power, usually serving at around 130–150 mph (209~242 km/h), which he uses to earn free points with aces and unreturnable serves. Roddick's favorite shot is his off-forehand which he uses in combination with his kicker out wide. In the past, Roddick used to play his off-forehand frequently but has since adjusted and used it to create points. He usually targets the two corners to win aces. As for his second serve, he usually employs a heavy kick serve, then tries to use a variety of spins, slices, and angles in the rally to throw off his opponent. He is noted to use heavy topspin on both his serves and his twist serve is probably the highest-kicking serve anyone hits.

Roddick will also occasionally use the serve-and-volley tactic on both first and second services to surprise his opponent, though he generally prefers to remain near the baseline after a serve. He has developed a more all-court playing style compared to the aggressive baseline style he played with for most of his early career. Under new coach Larry Stefanki, he has been in the fittest shape of his career, as well as developing his volleying skills. Although Roddick's backhand is still a weakness today, it is considered to have improved somewhat in 2009 under Stefanki's guidance.

Media appearances

On April 5, 2002, Roddick guest-starred on the television show ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' as himself. In the episode, Sabrina summoned him so he could give her tennis lessons.

Roddick appeared on ''The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn'' talk show in 2002 and 2003, ''Late Show with David Letterman in 2003 and 2009'', ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', and ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' in 2003, ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' in 2004 and 2005, ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' in 2005 and 2007, and ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' in 2006. Roddick also appeared on ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' in 2007 and 2010.

Roddick hosted ''Saturday Night Live'' on November 8, 2003, becoming the second professional tennis player to host (Chris Evert being the first).

Roddick also appeared on a 2004 episode of the Anne Robinson version of ''The Weakest Link'', but ended up being voted off.

Roddick is in a ''This is SportsCenter'' ad with Stuart Scott, in which he confronts the Sports Center anchor about the anchors not calling him "A-Rod", and asks him "Did Alex Rodriguez put you up to this?" Scott replies "Who?" Roddick says "A-Rod!" Scott gets a sneaky look on his face, and Roddick leaves disgusted.

The June/July issue of ''Men's Fitness'' magazine carried an article on Roddick. The cover shot featured the tennis ace in a t-shirt, straining to contain massive, pumped-up biceps and hulking shoulder and chest muscles. The image set off widespread online speculation that the magazine had altered Roddick's likeness, a suspicion echoed by Roddick himself. Roddick has quipped that he saw the photo, and that "Nadal wanted his arms back."

In March 2009, Andy Roddick appeared in the "Speed Feels Better" music video for singer/songwriter Michael Tolcher. Other athletes in the video included Amanda Beard, Barry Sanders, Kimmie Meissner, and Rick Ankiel.

Andy Roddick played tennis while using a frying pan instead of a racquet for the book "Andy Roddick Beat Me With a Frying Pan" by Todd Gallagher.

In 2011, Roddick made a cameo at the end of the film ''Just Go With It'', as the new lover of the film's jilted bride (played by Brooklyn Decker, his actual wife).

In 2011 Roddick co-hosted a radio show for one day on ''Fox Sports Radio''

Awards and records

In 2004, Roddick produced what was then the fastest serve in professional tennis: 249.4 km/h (155 mph) during a Davis Cup semi-final match with Vladimir Voltchkov on hard court in Charleston. Roddick's record serve has since been superseded by Ivo Karlović, who served at 251 km/h (156 mph) playing at the Davis Cup in March 2011. Roddick also had the fastest serve in U.S. Open history: 244 km/h (152 mph) against American Scoville Jenkins. Roddick also won the 2004 ESPY Award for Best Male Tennis Player.

That same year he won the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award of the Year because of his charity efforts, which included: raising money for the survivors of the tsunami following 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake through Serving for Tsunami Relief and other efforts; auctioning off several rackets and autographs to raise money for UNICEF; and creating the Andy Roddick Foundation to help at-risk youth. The foundation is partly funded through the sale of blue wristbands inscribed "No Compromise", inspired by Lance Armstrong's yellow Livestrong wristbands.

In 2007 Roddick and the Andy Roddick Foundation was awarded by the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health. Roddick was the first male tennis player ever to receive the award.

Serve records:

Fastest serve in Australian open: 148 mph .

Fastest serve in Dubai: 150 mph.

Fastest average in first serve: 134 mph.

Fastest serve in Beijing: 148 mph.

Fastest serve in San jose: 150 mph.

Fastest serve in Madrid: 151 mph.

Fastest serve in Washington: 151 mph.

Fastest serve in Queen's :153 mph.

Fastest serve in Lyon: 142 mph.

Fastest serve in Roland Garros: 144 mph (2006–2010).

Fastest serve in Wimbledon: 143 mph (2011)

Personal life

Roddick is married to Brooklyn Decker, a ''Sports Illustrated'' swim wear model and actress. He sometimes trains with major league baseball player Michael Schwimer in the off-season.

Records and achievements

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These records were attained in Open Era of tennis.

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Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 5 (1–4)

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Masters Series finals

Singles: 9 (5–4)

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Career statistics

See also

World TeamTennis, currently playing on the Philadelphia Freedoms

References

Further reading

External links

Official website

Andy Roddick Foundation

Andy's U.S. Olympic Team bio ... with links to photo gallery

In losing a match, Roddick became a true sportsman, a May 2005 article written by Frank Deford

Roddick reverses form on the lawns

Tennis Academy – Roddick Total Tennis Academy

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
Name	Carsten Ball
Country
Residence	Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Birth date	June 20, 1987
Birth place	Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2005
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	US$235,280
Singlesrecord	10–11 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Singlestitles	0
Highestsinglesranking	No. 108 (26 July 2010)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 179 (14 February 2011)
Australianopenresult	1st (2009, 2010, 2011)
Frenchopenresult	2nd (2010)
Wimbledonresult	1st (2010)
Usopenresult	2nd (2009, 2010)
Doublesrecord	24–17 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Doublestitles	1
Highestdoublesranking	No. 54 (26 October 2009)
Updated	August 2, 2010 }}

Carsten Thomas Ball (born 20 June 1987) is a professional Australian tennis player. Although born and based in the U.S., Carsten has continued to compete as an Australian player.

Tennis career

Carsten Ball was born in Newport Beach, California, U.S. His father Syd Ball was also a tour tennis player. As a junior tennis player he reached a career high of number 9 in the world. He continues to be based in Newport Beach, with his father as his coach.

Ball currently has five Futures titles to his credit. His best singles results previously consisted of three runner up appearances in American Challengers in 2008 and 2009. In August 2009, Ball reached the final of the LA Tennis Open. He lost to sixth-seeded Sam Querrey. Later in August he qualified for the US Open, where he reached the second round, losing to Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

Equipment

Ball currently uses a Babolat AeroPro Drive GT Racquet strung with Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour. He is sponsored by Fila.

Singles finals

Wins (6)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

ATP World Tour Finals (0)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)

ATP World Tour 500 (0)

ATP World Tour 250 (0)

ATP Challenger Tour (1)

ITF Futures (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	23 July 2007		Hard	Sheeva Parbhu	7–6(5), 7–6(1)
2.	11 September 2007		Hard	Robert Yim	6–2, 6–3
3.	23 June 2008		Hard	Ryler DeHeart	4–6, 7–6(3), 6–2
4.	16 March 2009		Hard	Tatsuma Ito	7–6(1), 6–2
5.	15 June 2009		Hard	Carlos Salamanca	7–5, 6–1
6.	25 July 2010		Hard	Jesse Levine	6–4, 7–6(1)

Runner-ups (8)

References

External links

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
Name	Kei Nishikori 錦織 圭
Fullname	Kei Nishikori
Nickname	Air Kei
Country
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, United States
Birth date	December 29, 1989
Birth place	Shimane, Japan
Height
Weight	68 kg (154 lb)
Turnedpro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$748,900
Singlesrecord	47–46
Singlestitles	1
Highestsinglesranking	No. 46 (May 2, 2011)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 48 (August 8, 2011)
Australianopenresult	3R (2011)
Frenchopenresult	2R (2010, 2011)
Wimbledonresult	1R (2008, 2010, 2011)
Usopenresult	4R (2008)
Doublesrecord	2–6
Doublestitles	0
Highestdoublesranking	No. 403 (21 Feb 2011)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	–
Frenchopendoublesresult	2R (2011)
Wimbledondoublesresult	–
Usopendoublesresult	–
Updated	April 11, 2011 }}

(born 29 December 1989) is a Japanese tennis player. He began playing tennis at the age of five and on 17 July 2007 he qualified for his first ATP main draw event at the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, California at the age of 17.

Career

Junior career

Nishikori won the 2004 title at the Riad 21 Tournament in Rabat, Morocco and was a quarterfinalist at the 2006 Junior French Open. He partnered with Emiliano Massa of Argentina to win the 2006 Junior French Open. Nishikori won the 2007 Luxilon Cup held at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open by defeating Michael McClune.

2006

Nishikori qualified and won the title at the ITF Futures event in Mazatlán, Mexico. He began the year by receiving a wildcard to the Kyoto Challenger in Kyoto, Japan.

2007

A finalist in two USTA Pro Circuit events, Nishikori lost to Donald Young in Little Rock, Arkansas and Alex Bogomolov, Jr. in Carson, California. He partnered with Donald Young to win the doubles title at Little Rock, Arkansas. He paired with triple-French Open champion, Gustavo Kuerten at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida where they lost in the first round. Nishikori served as a hitting partner for Roger Federer at Wimbledon. After his ATP main draw debut in Los Angeles, he qualified for the Indianapolis Tennis Championships in July 2007. He beat Alejandro Falla in the first round 6–4 6–3 to record his first ATP main draw win. He followed that up with a 3-set win over Michael Berrer, the eliminator of 7th seed Robby Ginepri, to advance to his first ever ATP quarterfinal. He lost to Dmitry Tursunov but Nishikori became the youngest player to reach the quarterfinals at Indianapolis since Boris Becker, who went on to reach the semifinals, in 1985. In his third career ATP event, Nishikori defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round in Washington, D.C. before falling to Julien Benneteau in the second. Attempted to qualify for the ATP Masters Series Canada and for his first Grand Slam at the U.S. Open. Qualified for the ATP event in Beijing and lost in the first round to Ivan Ljubičić. Nishikori received a wildcard to the ATP event in Tokyo, Japan where he lost in the first round to Zack Fleishman. He participated in the draw ceremony in Tokyo and received the Tokyo Sports Writers Club award. Nishikori represented Japan at the Asian Hopman Cup 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand.

2008

Nishikori started the year by reaching the semifinals of the Miami challenger tournament. He then entered the Delray Beach tournament as a qualifier ranked 244. He gained entrance to the main draw by defeating Nicolas Todero and Alex Bogomolov Jr. In the first round, he defeated Florian Mayer due to a retirement in the second set. In the second round, Nishikori defeated Amer Delic, another qualifier. In the quarterfinals he won against Bobby Reynolds. In the semis he upset Sam Querrey. In the final, Nishikori upset number one seed James Blake in three sets, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, to become the first Japanese man in nearly 16 years to win an ATP event. He lost in the first round of the Miami Masters to the Spanish player Albert Montañés. He faced James Blake again, this time at the River Oaks International tournament in Houston, Texas in the first round but Kei lost 6–4, 6–4. He went out in the third round of the 2008 Queen's Club Championships against Rafael Nadal on 12 June 2008. The final score was 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 to Rafael Nadal, who won the match in just over two hours. Despite facing the world number two, Nishikori played well in the match, and showed promise. His performance, however, faded in the final set as fatigue set in against Nadal's impressive level of fitness. His first Grand Slam appearance at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships on 23 June 2008 ended in a first round forfeiture to French player Marc Gicquel. Suffering from an abdominal muscle strain, Nishikori retired after the second set after winning the first set by 6–4, but losing the second by 5–7. In August he entered the Beijing Olympics on a wildcard place given by the International Tennis Federation. There he lost in the first round to Rainer Schüttler of Germany.

Nishikori made his debut in the US Open defeating 29th seeded Juan Mónaco 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 in the first round. He cruised to the third round after downing Croatian Roko Karanušić. On 30 August 2008 he became the first Japanese player to reach the Round of 16 at the US Open in 71 years, when he beat 4th seed David Ferrer in five sets 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 7–5 in what was considered one of the tournaments major upsets. He lost his chance however, to compete in the quarter-finals when he was beaten by 17th seed Juan Martín del Potro in straight sets, losing 6–3, 6–4, 6–3.

In the Japan Open Tennis Championships he made it to the Round of 16 before losing to Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6–1, 6–2.

Nishikori was handed a wildcard for the Stockholm Open, where he made it to his second ATP level semifinal of the year, despite playing with a knee injury. He received a walkover in his quarterfinal against Mario Ančić, who had to withdraw due to illness. In the semifinal he was beaten by fourth seed Robin Söderling 6–1, 6–0.

2009

Nishikori made a disappointing start to the season, losing to Jürgen Melzer 7–5, 6–2, 6–1, in the first round of the Australian Open. On 25 March Nishikori was named 2008 ATP Newcomer of the Year and became the first Asian player to win the award. He withdrew from the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open because of an injured right elbow.

2010

Kei is making his comeback after his injury last year. After receiving a wild card at Delray beach he was beaten in the first round by Benjamin Becker in February. Kei returned to the Challenger tour later in April with great success reaching quarter finals at both Baton Rouge and Tallahassee events followed by the victory at Savannah Challenger over Ryan Sweeting 6–4 6–0 in finals. On 15 May 2010 he won the Sarasota open by defeating Brian Dabul, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4.

Nishikori played in his first French Open in 2010. He rebounded from two sets down to defeat Santiago Giraldo of Colombia in the first round, winning 2–6, 4–6, 7–6(3), 6–2, 6–4, but he lost his second match against Novak Djokovic 1–6, 4–6, 4–6. He lost to Richard Gasquet in the first round of the 2010 AEGON Championships 6–3, 6–3. At Wimbledon, he played number two seed Rafael Nadal in the first round, and lost 2–6, 4–6, 4–6,

At the U.S. Open, the Japanese No.1 met Croatian Marin Čilić in the second round. Nishikori ousted the 11th seed, 5–7, 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 6–1, to advance to the third round, thus far his best Grand Slam showing since 2008.

2011

Nishikori opened the season in Chennai, where he upset two-time defending champion Marin Čilić in the first round before falling in the quarterfinals to Janko Tipsarević. In the 2011 Australian Open, Nishikori reached the 3rd round. In the first round, he defeated Fabio Fognini of Italy 6–1, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4. He then ousted Florian Mayer of Germany in the second round, 6–4, 6–3, 0–6, 6–3. His run was ended in the third round by the ninth-seed Fernando Verdasco of Spain, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3. After the 3rd round appearance in Melbourne, his ranking rose to #70. At the first two ATP Masters Series events of the year, Nishikori suffered a first round loss in Indian Wells and a second round loss in Miami. Nishikori then reached his second final at the 2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. He was defeated by American wildcard Ryan Sweeting. At Wimbledon he faced Lleyton Hewitt in the 1st round, but lost in 4 sets.

Personal

Nishikori lives in Florida, trains at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. His parents are Kiyoshi and Eri and he has a sister. His hobbies include baseball, golf, reading, and listening to music. He is represented by Olivier van Lindonk of IMG.In the video game Grand Slam Tennis, Kei is classed as an all-court player and his special ability is his Fitness.

In December 2010, it was announced that Nishikori would be coached by Brad Gilbert for the 2011 season. Gilbert has also coached former World #1's Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick, and top 5 player Andy Murray.

Equipment

Nishikori currently uses the Wilson BLX Tour racket and wears the Uniqlo clothing and the adidas Barricade 6.0 shoes. He is also sponsored by Sony and Nissan.

Career finals

Singles: 2 (1 win, 1 runner-up)

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Grand Slam performance timeline

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External links

ITF Tennis Kei Nishikori

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Kei Nishikori Official Site

Kei Nishikori Official Facebook Fanpage

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Coordinates	34°03′″N118°15′″N
Name	Bernard Tomic
Country	Australia
Residence	Gold Coast, Australia
Birth date	October 21, 1992
Birth place	Stuttgart, Germany
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$544,263
Singlesrecord	12-16
Highestsinglesranking	No. 60 (29 August 2011)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 60 (29 August 2011)
Australianopenresult	3R (2011)
Frenchopenresult	1R (2009, 2011)
Wimbledonresult	QF (2011)
Usopenresult	2R (2011)
Doublesrecord	0–3
Doublestitles	0
Highestdoublesranking	No. 845 (11 October 2010)
Mixed	yes
Mixedrecord	0–1
Mixedtitles	0
Highestmixedranking	n/a
Australianopenmixedresult	1R (2009)
Updated	4 July 2011 }}

Bernard Tomic (; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player. He is the highest ranked Australian male tennis player and the youngest player currently in the top 100. After Wimbledon Championships 2011, as of 4th July 2011, he was ranked 71 in the world.

Personal life

Tomic was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on 21 October 1992. Tomic's parents, John (Ivica) and Ady (Adisa), left Croatia, then a part of Yugoslavia, several years before his birth. In an interview, Tomic stated that his parents "have a Croatian background". Other sources, such ''The Australian'' and ''The Guardian'', have written that Tomic's parents are also of Bosnian heritage. They were both working in Germany when Tomic was born, before relocating to Queensland when he was three-years-old. His younger sister Sara is also a professional tennis player.

Junior career

In 2004 and 2006, respectively, Tomic won the 12s and 14s Orange Bowl titles – one of the most prestigious events on the junior tour.

Playing his first singles event on the junior tour in 2006, he successfully qualified for the Sunsmart 18 and Under Canterbury Championships, and went on to win the title defeating Dae-Soung Oh of Korea 6–3, 6–2 in the final. His success continued, winning the next three tournaments he played in (one of which was also an 18 and under tournament), giving him a 25 match winning streak. Tomic was able to extend this streak to 26 at the Riad 21 Junior tournament in Morocco before falling in the round of 16.

Tomic did not win another tournament until August 2007, where he won the Oceania Closed Junior Championships without dropping a set. He was unable to continue his dominance at the Junior US Open, falling in the round of 16. Tomic finished 2007 with a junior world ranking of 23.

He began 2008 by winning Nottinghill, an Australian ITF Junior event in Melbourne without dropping a set. Two days later he started his campaign for the Australian Open Juniors title as the 5th seed. Tomic went on to win defeating the 25th, 11th, 8th and 1st seed before beating 10th seed Tsung-Hua Yang of Taiwan 4–6, 7–6, 6–0 in the final. His win made him the youngest winner of the Australian Open Junior Boys' Championships in the Open Era.

Four months later, at Roland Garros, Tomic, the number one seed, fell in the quarter finals to Guido Pella of Argentina, losing 6–7, 3–6. At Wimbledon, Tomic was again the number one seed, but fell in the semi-finals to Henri Kontinen 7–6, 6–4. In a notable quarter final match, Tomic played another rising star, Henrique Cunha of Brazil, and came through victorious in three sets 4–6, 6–4, 6–3. Tomic also finished runner-up in the Wimbledon Junior Boys' Doubles Championships with fellow Australian junior Matt Reid.

At the 2008 US Open (Boys' Singles), Tomic lost in the first round to Devin Britton of the United States in three sets.

At the 2009 Roland Garros he once again reached the quarter finals in the boy's single tournament and later once again reached the semi finals Wimbledon. At the 2009 US Open (Boys' Singles), however, Tomic won the junior grandslam title, defeating Chase Buchanan of the United States, 6–1 6–3.

Junior singles titles (8)

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Professional career

2008

Bernard Tomic began 2008 at the Australian Open. He was given a place in the qualifiers where he played Yeu-Tzuoo Wang of Chinese Taipei in the first round. He ended up victorious, 4–6, 7–6, 7–5, however he was easily eliminated in the next round by American Prakash Amritraj 3–6, 2–6 in the second round.

He played in the Australia F4 tournament in March. In the first round, he defeated Tom Rushby of Great Britain 7–5, 7–6. He was again eliminated in the second round after Australia's Adam Feeney defeated him 3–6, 4–6.

After not getting past the second round in any of his tournaments so far, he had his breakthrough at the Indonesia F2 tournament in August. He beat Kittipong Wachiramanowong of Thailand 6–0, 7–6 in the first round. Hsien-Yin Peng of Chinese Taipei was eliminated by Tomic in the second round 6–1, 6–4. He won his quarter-final against Thailand's Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana 6–3, 6–3. He advanced to the final without conceding a single set after defeating Kento Takeuchi of Japan 6–3, 6–1 in the semi-final. Japan's Yuichi Sugita ended his dream run, with Tomic losing 3–6, 7–6, 3–6 in the final.

He was involved in serious controversy in the Australia F12 tournament in December. He defeated fellow Australian James O'Brien 6–2, 6–1 in the first round. He met another Australian, Marinko Matosevic, in the second round. Tomic lost the first set 2–6 and when he was down 1–3 in the second set, Tomic walked off the court. In March 2009, the ITF suspended Tomic from playing ITF professional tournaments for a month.

2009

Towards the end of 2008, Tomic stated that he would no longer compete in junior tournaments and focus solely on senior tournaments. In 2009, Tomic was given a wildcard into his first ATP event, the Brisbane International, where he lost to Fernando Verdasco in the first round, 6–4, 6–2. Bernard was granted a wildcard into the 2009 Australian Open and drew Potito Starace in round 1. He won the match, 7–6, 1–6, 7–6, 7–6, saving two set points in the 4th set tiebreak. He became the youngest ever male tennis player to win a senior Australian Open Grand Slam match. In the second round he lost to Gilles Müller 6–3, 1–6, 4–6, 2–6. He also played mixed doubles at the event with fellow 16-year-old Australian Monika Wejnert, losing to the Canadian pairing of Aleksandra Wozniak and Daniel Nestor in the first round 3–6, 2–6.

Tomic received wildcards into Australian Challenger tournaments in Burnie and Melbourne held in February. He reached the quarter-finals of Burnie before winning his first Challenger title in Melbourne.

Tomic earned a wildcard to the 2009 French Open but lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round, 1–6, 2–6, 2–6.

Tomic lost in the final round of Wimbledon qualifying to Édouard Roger-Vasselin. He contested the Junior tournament and made it to the semi-finals before being beaten by Andrey Kuznetsov.

Tomic won the 2009 US Open Juniors title by defeating Chase Buchanan in the final 6–1, 6–3.

In December 2009, Tomic lost in the final of the Australian open wildcard playoffs. He finished the year as the World No. 286.

2010

Tomic started 2010 with participation at the 2010 Brisbane International where he lost in the first round to qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr.. Even though he lost at the wildcard playoff, he was granted a main draw wildcard at the 2010 Australian Open. Tomic took part in an exhibition match at the AAMI Classic in Kooyong, Melbourne against the World No. 3 Novak Djokovic. Tomic won the match 6–4, 3–6, 7–5. In the 2010 Australian Open Tomic played Guillaume Rufin in the first round and won in straight sets, 6–3 6–4 6–4. He played perhaps his most high-profile match up to that point against 14th seed Marin Čilić in the 2nd round, where he produced the match of his short career. After a tight five-set battle, in which Tomic had several opportunities to win the match, Cilic won 6–7, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.

In February, Tomic entered the Burnie Challenger tournament in Tasmania and won the event defeating Greg Jones 6–4 6–2 in the final after coming through the qualifying draw. His ranking rose to World No. 208 for a new career high. At the start of March, Tomic was selected to play singles for the Australian Davis Cup Team. He won both his matches in the tie against Chinese Taipei; defeating Tsung-Hua Yang 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 and Hsin-Han Lee 6–7, 6–0, 6–3. He competed at the 2010 Tennis Napoli Cup as a Wildcard but lost to Paolo Lorenzi in the first round in straight sets 6–2, 6–4. Tomic's next tournament was the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters where he lost in the first round to the unseeded German Benjamin Becker 6–4 6–2. He then received a wildcard at the 2010 Zagreb Open but lost to Michael Yani in the first round.

He the reached the Semifinals of the Challenger event, 2010 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi cruising through the semi-finals but lost to Marius Copil in tight match. He has been awarded a wildcard at the 2010 AEGON Championships and upset 15th seed Andreas Seppi 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 in the first round, but lost in the second round to Belgium's Xavier Malisse 2–6, 6–3, 2–6. Tomic won 3 qualifying matches to reach the main draw of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. This is the first time he has earnt a place in a grandslam, having received wildcards on his three previous occasions. He lost in the first round to Mardy Fish 3–6, 6–7, 2–6. He then entered the 2010 US Open qualifiers but lost in the second round to Noam Okun 6–1, 3–6, 2–6. He then made it through the second round of 2010 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open a Challenger event as a qualifier losing to Konstantin Kravchuk 6–3, 6–1. His next tournament is the 2010 Chang-SAT Bangkok 2 Open where he lost to Danai Udomchoke 4–6, 2–6 in the first round. He then entered the 2010 Proton Malaysian Open as a Wildcard but lost David Ferrer 3–6, 4–6 in the first round. In December 2010, Tomic withdrew from the Australian Open Wild Card Play Offs due to illness, despite training the next day. Tomic finished the year at a career high singles ranking of World No. 208.

2011

Tomic began his 2011 season at the Brisbane International where he was given a main draw wild card. However, he lost to Florian Mayer in the first round 6–2, 6–2. At the Medibank International in Sydney, Tomic won through the qualifying draw with three straight set wins, all of which were against top 100 players. Despite taking the first set against Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, Tomic eventually lost his first round match 6–7, 6–1, 6–2. His performance in Sydney also earned him the final discretionary wildcard into the main draw of the Australian Open.

In Melbourne, Tomic matched his two prior Open performances when he defeated Jérémy Chardy 6–3, 6–2, 7–6 in the first round. He then recorded back-to-back main draw wins for the first time in his career when he defeated the 31^st seed Feliciano López 7–6, 7–6, 6–3. In a much anticipated night match, Tomic lost to World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the 3rd round 2–6, 5–7, 3–6, despite having led 4–0 in the second set. In February, he made the semi finals of the Burnie Challenger, before reaching the final of the Caloundra Challenger, losing to Grega Žemlja. Tomic competed in the 2011 BNP Paribas Open, where he was given a main draw wild card. In the first round, Tomic defeated Indian qualifier Rohan Bopanna in three sets 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 to reach the second round of an ATP Masters 1000 tournament for the first time. He faced sixteenth seeded Serbian, Viktor Troicki in the second round where he lost 4–6, 4–6. Tomic was granted a main draw wild card for the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, losing in the first round to Pablo Andujar.

At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Tomic managed to win three rounds in qualifying. He then went on to upset the 28th seeded Nikolay Davydenko 7–5 6–3 7–5 in the first round. In the second round, he came back from two sets to love down to beat another Russian, Igor Andreev, 4–6 5–7 6–3 6–4 6–1. He then caused the upset of the tournament by stunning 5th seeded and two-time Grand Slam finalist Robin Soderling. He defeated the Swede 6–1 6–4 7–5 to advance to the fourth round. Tomic defeated Xavier Malisse in three sets 6–1, 7–5, 6–4 to advance to the quarter finals, becoming the youngest player since Boris Becker in 1986 to reach the quarter finals at Wimbledon. Tomic was eliminated in the quarterfinals by eventual champion, Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5. With this showing, Tomic moved 87 places up in the ATP rankings, to number 71 in the world.

Tomic won his first round match against Lu Yen-hsun 7-6, 6-3 at the Rogers Cup before losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 7-6 in the second round.

Controversies

In March 2009, the International Tennis Federation suspended Tomic from playing ITF professional tournaments for a month after Tomic walked off court against Marinko Matosevic in a Perth Futures tournament in December 2008.

In September 2009, reports began to surface about Tomic's team rejecting an invitational practice session with Lleyton Hewitt during the middle Sunday of Wimbledon. Hewitt's manager David Drysdale stated:

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Bernard Tomic's team cited Hewitt's different playing style as the reason for turning down the practice offer. He was later seen requesting for a practice hit with former world number 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero, but was subsequently turned down. A few weeks later Tomic revealed that he was forced to turn away the opportunity due to his own infection with swine flu. He further denied any approach to Ferrero as an alternative hitting partner, despite the Spanish tennis player's claim.

In January 2010 ''The Australian'' newspaper reported that Tomic's father John had threatened to quit Australia, having Bernard play for Croatia. According to the paper, this threat was made during a heated argument between Australian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley and John Tomic after Bernard's loss to Marin Čilić.

Career statistics

Singles Titles

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{|class=wikitable style=font-size:98% !No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Opponent in the final!!Score |-bgcolor=moccasin |1. |29 February 2009 | Melbourne |Hard | Marinko Matosevic |5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |-bgcolor=moccasin |2. |7 February 2010 | Burnie |Hard | Greg Jones |6–4, 6–2 |}

Singles Performance timeline

''To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2011 US Open. {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:98% |- !Tournament!!2009!!2010!!2011!!width=35|W–L |- |colspan=10 align=left|'''Grand Slam tournaments |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Australian Open |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#efefef|4–3 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|French Open |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0–2 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Wimbledon |Q3 |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#efefef|4–2 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|US Open |A |Q2 |bgcolor=#afeeee|''2R |bgcolor=#efefef|1–0 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !1–2 !1–2 !7–3 !9–7 |- |colspan=10 align=left|'''Davis Cup |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Singles |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|PO |bgcolor=#afeeee|PO !3–0 |- |colspan=10 align=left|'''ATP Masters Series |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Indian Wells Masters |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|1–1 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Miami Masters |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0–1 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Monte Carlo Masters |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |Q2 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–1 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Rome Masters |A |A |A |bgcolor=#efefef|0–0 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Madrid Masters |A |A |A |bgcolor=#efefef|0–0 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Canada Masters |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|1–1 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Cincinnati Masters |A |A |Q1 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–0 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Shanghai Masters |A |A | |bgcolor=#efefef|0–0 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Paris Masters |A |A | |bgcolor=#efefef|0–0 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !0–0 !0–1 !2–3 !2–4 |- |- |colspan=10 align=left|'''Career Statistics |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Tournaments |3 |6 |10 !19 |- !style=text-align:left|Titles–Finals !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Hard Win–Loss |1–2 |3–3 |6–7 |10–12 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Grass Win–Loss |0–0 |1–2 |4–1 |5–3 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Clay Win–Loss |0–1 |0–1 |0–1 |0–3 |- !style=text-align:left|Overall Win–Loss !1–3 !4–6 !10–9 !15–18 |- !style=text-align:left|Win (%) !25% !40% !% !% |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Year-End Ranking |286 |208 | ! |}

References

External links

Bernard Tomic official site

Bernard Tomic profile on Tennis Australia

Bernard Tomic profile on ITF

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