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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Name	Philipp Kohlschreiber
Nickname	Kohlslaw, Rabbi Schreiber
Country
Residence	Altstaetten, Switzerland
Birth date	October 16, 1983
Birth place	Augsburg, West Germany
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$4,520,621
Singlesrecord	216–185
Singlestitles	3
Highestsinglesranking	No. 22 (September 13, 2009)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 41 (January 16, 2012)
Australianopenresult	4R (2005, 2008, 2012)
Frenchopenresult	4R (2009)
Wimbledonresult	3R (2006, 2009, 2010)
Usopenresult	3R (2007, 2009)
Doublesrecord	70–66
Doublestitles	6
Highestdoublesranking	No. 51 (10 November 2008)
Currentdoublesranking	No. 166 (21 November 2011)
Updated	21 November 2011 }}

Philipp Kohlschreiber (born 16 October 1983 in Augsburg) is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. Kohlschreiber reached his highest singles ATP world ranking at #22 on 28 September 2009.

Career

2007

In 2007, Kohlschreiber achieved his greatest result at an ATP Masters Series event during the Monte Carlo Masters, when he reached the quarter-finals after going through qualifying, defeating World No. 12 David Nalbandian in the second round. He won his first career title in Munich defeating Mikhail Youzhny, thereby becoming the first German player to win the event since Michael Stich in 1994.

2008

Kohlschreiber started 2008 by reaching the quarter-finals of the tournament in Doha, Qatar and winning his second career title in Auckland, New Zealand, where he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final.

After Kohlschreiber's win in Auckland, he defeated World No. 6 Andy Roddick in the third round of the Australian Open 6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–7, 8–6. Kohlschreiber hit a personal record 32 aces and 104 winners. He eventually lost in the fourth round to Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–7, 6–7, 3–6. Kohlschreiber failed to convert 11 set points in the second (7) and third (4) sets.

Kohlschreiber reached the final of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany eventually falling to the four-time champion Roger Federer 3–6, 4–6. At the 2008 US Open, he was defeated by Serb Viktor Troicki 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 0–3 retired.

2009

Kohlschreiber started 2009 reaching quarter-finals in Doha and Auckland. The German reached second round at Australian Open where he defeated Sam Querrey, before losing to Fabrice Santoro in five sets. In the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, Kohlschreiber defeated Nicolás Lapentti 6–2 3–6 6–3 before being defeated by Fernando Verdasco in the fourth round. Also in 2009, during the French Open, Kohlschreiber defeated World No. 4 Novak Djokovic in a 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 upset. In the third round of Wimbledon in 2009, he was defeated by Roger Federer 3–6, 2–6, 7–6, 1–6. He was the only person other than finalist Andy Roddick to take a set off of Federer, the eventual champion.

2010

Kohlschreiber started the season in Auckland well with 3 straight sets wins, including wins over Thomaz Bellucci and Frenchman Marc Gicquel before running into eventual finalist Arnaud Clément, losing in straight sets in the semi finals. Kohlschreiber progressed to the 3rd round of the Australian Open with wins over Horacio Zeballos and Wayne Odesnik. He gave 2nd seed Rafael Nadal a test in the 3rd round, before losing 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5.

He returned to action in San Jose seeing off local boy Rajeev Ram in 3 sets and crushing Dudi Sela for the loss of 2 games. He then ran into the form man of the tournament Denis Istomin and lost in three topsy sets, sparking a 3 match losing streak. As he crashed out of Memphis to Evgeny Korolev in 2 tight sets. Followed by an easy 3 set lost to Gaël Monfils, of France in the Davis Cup.

Kohlschreiber got back to winning ways at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells as he had a bye then beat fellow German Philipp Petzschner in straight sets. He then lost a final set tie breaker in R3 to world #2 Serbia's Novak Djokovic. At the Sony Ericsson Open Kohlschreiber received another bye and took on fellow German Florian Mayer and it was about to go into a first set tie breaker before Florian retired with injury. Again he went out in the 3rd round this time to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets.

To start his clay season Kohlschreiber went to the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters where he caused a couple of upsets. In the first round he edged out Bellucci in a final set tie break before he thumped the World #4 Andy Murray for the loss of just 3 games. He then took on Petzschner again and again won in straight sets, to reach the quarter finals. Where he played Spaniard David Ferrer and was edged out in 2 tight sets.

At Wimbledon, Kohlschreiber defeated Potito Starace of Italy and Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia, before losing to Andy Roddick in the 3rd round. At Hamburg, he lost to Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in third round. In September he hired Murray's former coach Miles Maclagan.

2011

Kohlschreiber began his year at the 2011 Qatar ExxonMobil Open where he was the 8th seed. He won his first match against Andreas Seppi 6–2, 6–4 but then lost to Ivo Karlović in a tight match 6–7, 7–6, 6–7. He then went to the 2011 Heineken Open in Auckland. He won his first round match against Carlos Berlocq 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 and his second round 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 against Marcel Granollers before falling to the top seed David Ferrer 3–6, 7–6, 3–6 in the quarterfinals. In February, Kohlschreiber attended the 2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In the first round, he faced Yen-Hsun Lu, of the Chinese Taipei. He defeated Lu 6–4, 7–6. In the second round, he put up a brave showing against the number 1 seed, world number 4 Robin Söderling. He lost 6–3, 5–7, 7–6. In the first round of the Davis Cup tie against Croatia Kohlschreiber saved 1 Match Point in the second rubber against Ivan Dodig to win in five sets and to draw the score after day one. In the fourth rubber Marin Cilic was too strong for Kohlschreiber – he was defeated in straight sets to give the tie a 2–2. In the deciding fifth rubber Philipp Petzschner managed to lead Germany to a 3–2 win. After a first round bye in Indian Wells, Kohlschreiber defeated Tim Smyczek in Round two saving 3 MP before beating World No. 4 Robin Söderling 7–6, 6–4 saving five set points in the opening set Tiebreak. In Round 4 he lost to Juan Martin Del Potro 6–7, 6–7. Kohlschreiber was defeated by Roger Federer in the second round of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters after beating Andrey Golubev in Round 1. Kohlschreiber captured his third career title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle defeating compatriot Philipp Petzschner in the final. On the way to the title he overcame Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Lleyton Hewitt and Gael Monfils.

ATP Career Finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

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Doubles: 8 (6–2)

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (Doubles) |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |Grand Slam tournaments (0) |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |ATP World Tour Finals (0) |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–1) |- |ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–1) |}

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !width=80|Outcome !width=20|No. !width=120|Date !width=280|Championship !width=75|Surface !width=200|Partner !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |1. |26 September 2005 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |Carpet | Lars Burgsmüller | Ashley Fisher Robert Lindstedt |5–6(3), 6–4, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |2. |24 July 2006 | Kitzbühel, Austria |Clay | Stefan Koubek | Oliver Marach Cyril Suk |6–2, 6–3 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |3. |30 April 2007 | Munich, Germany |Clay | Mikhail Youzhny | Jan Hájek Jaroslav Levinský |6–1, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |4. |4 January 2008 | Doha, Qatar |Hard | David Škoch | Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie |6–4, 4–6, [11–9] |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |1. |24 February 2008 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |Hard (i) | Mikhail Youzhny | Tomáš Berdych Dmitry Tursunov |5–7, 6–3, [7–10] |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |5. |13 July 2008 | Stuttgart, Germany |Clay | Christopher Kas | Michael Berrer Mischa Zverev |6–3, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |6. |14 June 2009 | Halle, Germany |Grass | Christopher Kas | Andreas Beck Marco Chiudinelli |6–3, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |2. |6 January 2012 | Doha, Qatar |Hard | Christopher Kas | Filip Polášek Lukáš Rosol |3–6, 4–6 |}

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 2012 Australian Open. {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97% !Tournament!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!W-L!!Win % |- |colspan=14 align=left|'''Grand Slam Tournaments |- |align=left|Australian Open |A |LQ |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|15–8 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|65.22 |- |align=left|French Open |A |LQ |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R | |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|7–7 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|50.00 |- |align=left|Wimbledon |LQ |A |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R | |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|6–7 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|46.15 |- |align=left|US Open |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R | |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|8–9 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|47.06 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !0–0 !0–1 !1–1 !3–4 !4–4 !4–4 !4–4 !8–4 !7–4 !1–4 !3–1 !35–31 !53.03 |- |colspan=14 align=left|'''ATP Masters Series |- |align=left|Indian Wells Masters |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R | |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|11–7 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|61.11 |- |align=left|Miami Masters |A |A |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R | |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|3–4 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|42.86 |- |align=left|Monte Carlo Masters |A |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R | |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|10–5 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|75.00 |- |align=left|Rome Masters |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R | |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|3–3 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|50.00 |- |align=left|Madrid Masters |A |A |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |A | |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|3–3 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|50.00 |- |align=left|Canada Masters |A |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R | |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|4–5 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|44.44 |- |align=left|Cincinnati Masters |A |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R | |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|8–4 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|66.67 |- |align=left|Shanghai Masters |colspan=7 style=color:#ccc|Not Masters Series |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |A | |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|0–2 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|00.00 |- |align=left|Paris Masters |A |A |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R | |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|3–4 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|42.86 |- |align=left|Hamburg Masters |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |colspan=4 style=color:#ccc|Not Masters Series |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|1–5 |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|16.67 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !0–1 !0–0 !0–0 !0–1 !2–2 !6–5 !9–8 !8–8 !11–8 !7–7 !0–0 !46–42 !52.27 |- |colspan=14 align=left|'''Career Statistics |- |align=left|Tournaments played |3 |3 |10 |25 |21 |24 |21 |27 |25 |24 |3 !colspan=2|186 |- !style=text-align:left|Titles–Finals !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !1–1 !1–2 !0–1 !0–0 !1–1 !0–0 !3–5 !37.50 |- !style=text-align:left|Overall Win–Loss !0–3 !1–3 !6–10 !12–25 !24–20 !33–27 !32–21 !40–27 !37–21 !31–27 !6–3 !222–189 !54.01 |- |align=left|Year End Ranking |247 |208 |88 |86 |62 |32 |28 !27 |34 |43 | !colspan=2|$4,475,401 |}

References

External links

Official Website

Kohlschreiber Recent Match Results

Kohlschreiber World Ranking History

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Name	Mardy Fish
Nickname	The Fort Lauderdale Fisherman, The Fishmonger
Country	United States of America
Residence	Beverly Hills, CA, United States
Birth date	December 09, 1981
Birth place	Edina, Minnesota
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$5,815,885
Singlesrecord	265–190 (58.24%)
Singlestitles	6(8) (2 from the league of Tennis Challenger)
Highestsinglesranking	No. 7 (August 15, 2011)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 8 (August 22, 2011)
Australianopenresult	QF (2007)
Frenchopenresult	3R (2011)
Wimbledonresult	QF (2011)
Usopenresult	QF (2008)
Othertournaments	Yes
Olympicsresult	20px Silver medal (2004)
Doublesrecord	114–93 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles	8
Highestdoublesranking	No. 14 (July 6, 2009)
Currentdoublesranking	No. 49 (June 6, 2011)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	QF (2005, 2009)
Frenchopendoublesresult	2R (2002)
Wimbledondoublesresult	SF (2009)
Usopendoublesresult	3R (2001, 2010)
Updated	June 6, 2011 }}

Mardy Simpson Fish (born December 9, 1981) is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist. He is one of several American tennis players who rose to prominence in the early 2000s.

Fish has won six tournaments on the main ATP Tour, and has reached the final of four Masters Series events: Cincinnati in 2003 and 2010, Indian Wells in 2008, and Montreal in 2011. His best result at a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the quarter final stage at the 2007 Australian Open, the 2008 US Open, and the 2011 Wimbledon.

In April 2011, Fish overtook compatriot Andy Roddick to become the American No.1 in the ATP rankings. As of 15 August 2011, he is ranked number 7 in the world.

Early life

Fish is the son of a tennis teaching professional and a housewife, Tom and Sally Fish. He was born in Edina, Minnesota. In 1984 a Minneapolis TV station ran a profile of Fish, at the age of two, hitting tennis balls from the baseline over the net. In 1986, Fish's family moved to Vero Beach, Florida. He attended Saddlebrook Academy for tenth grade, then moved to Boca Prep in Boca Raton, Florida for his junior and senior years of high school. He, Andy Roddick, and Jesse Levine all attended Boca Prep International School. During 1999 he lived with Roddick's family, and the two played on the same tennis and basketball teams.

Tennis career

Fish turned professional in 2000 at the age of 18. He spent his first few years as a pro playing in the Challenger and Futures circuits, the minor leagues of tennis. He earned his first title on the ATP Tour, tennis' premier professional circuit, in 2002 playing doubles in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas, with Andy Roddick.

Fish's career improved significantly in 2003, when he won his first ATP singles title and reached the biggest final of his career, Cincinnati. His singles victory came near the end of the season, when he defeated Swedish player Robin Söderling to win the Stockholm Open in Stockholm, Sweden. In addition, he defeated 5th-seeded and former World No. 1 Carlos Moyà at the 2003 Australian Open in the second round 3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2. He finished the year ranked No. 20 in the world.

Fish played well in 2004, reaching the finals at the SAP Open in San Jose, California and in the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. Later that year, in August, Fish obtained a silver medal for the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics, when he lost in five sets to Chilean Nicolás Massú. Fish defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero and Fernando González to reach the final.

In 2005, Fish injured his left wrist. It eventually required two surgeries, and as a result he only played 17 matches in the year.

2006

US Men's Claycourt Championships

Fish was awarded a wildcard in April into the US Men's Claycourt Championships. He won the tournament, defeating eighth seed Juan Mónaco, Rainer Schüttler, Vince Spadea, Tommy Haas, and Jürgen Melzer in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–3.

Wimbledon

At the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Fish signaled his return to professional status as he reached the third round, defeating fellow American Robby Ginepri, and Dutch player Melle van Gemerden. The night prior to his third round match, he suffered from food poisoning. He could only play one set before retiring against Georgian Irakli Labadze.

2007

Fish began 2007 by achieving what was his best finish at a Grand Slam. Fish reached the fourth round of the Australian Open eventually losing to his old roommate and doubles partner, Andy Roddick, in the quarter-finals. Fish made waves on Day 1 of the tournament by knocking off Ivan Ljubičić, the fourth seed, and had an easy win in the third round when his opponent Wayne Arthurs retired in the opening set. Fish had few problems in his first four matches, but lost in straight sets to Roddick in the quarter-finals. However, he moved by 17 places up the ATP ranking.

2008

Fish started off 2008 quite well at the Hopman Cup, an exhibition event in Perth, Australia. Partnering with Serena Williams, they won the title. Williams was ill and arrived after the start of the event, but Meghann Shaughnessy filled in for the first match against the Indian team. Fish won against Indian Rohan Bopanna and Australian Peter Luczak, and received a walkover from Czech Tomáš Berdych. Although Fish lost the first doubles match, he and Williams were undefeated in two mixed doubles matches. They qualified undefeated for the final where they faced top-seeded Serbians Novak Djokovic and Jelena Janković. Although Fish lost in singles against Djokovic, the Americans again won the mixed doubles match to win the title.

Fish fell to Jarkko Nieminen in the third round of the Australian Open after a code violation caused him to lose his composure.

Fish then went on to make a quarter-final showing at the 2008 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships before losing to long-time friend and wild-card entry Robby Ginepri.

At the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, Fish defeated World No. 1 Roger Federer in the semi-finals in what Fish described as "a great win" after failing to beat the Swiss player in five previous matches. However, Fish lost in the final to Novak Djokovic, the third seed.

At the French Open, Fish lost in the second round to 25th-seeded Lleyton Hewitt with Fish committing 58 unforced errors compared to Hewitt's twelve.

At Wimbledon, Fish lost in the first round to eighth-seeded Richard Gasquet of France.

At the US Open, Fish reached the quarter-finals before losing to Rafael Nadal of Spain.

2009

Fish won his fifth doubles title, partnering with Mark Knowles of the Bahamas at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis. The next week, where he ranked as the top seed, he won his third singles title at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships against first-time finalist Evgeny Korolev.

In the 2009 BNP Paribas Open, Fish received a first round bye, only to be eliminated in the second round by unseeded Frenchman Jérémy Chardy. However, he captured his sixth doubles title and first ATP Masters Series 1000 title with partner Andy Roddick.

In April, Fish played in the 2009 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, but was knocked out in the first round by Björn Phau of Germany. He then played in the 2009 Rome Masters where he lost in the second round to Fernando Verdasco.

Fish advanced to the third round in Wimbledon men's singles, where he fell to Novak Djoković in straight sets. In doubles, he and partner James Blake advanced to the semi-finals before losing to the defending and eventual champions Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić.

In July, Fish competed in the Davis Cup against Croatia, losing to Marin Čilić in 5 sets.

On August 30, Fish withdrew from the 2009 US Open where he was seeded 25th, citing a rib injury.

2010

Fish began 2010 by winning the SAP Open in San Jose with doubles partner Sam Querrey. The pair defeated Benjamin Becker and Leonardo Mayer 7–6, 7–5 in the final and won the tournament. With this win, Fish improves to 7–1 lifetime in ATP World Tour doubles finals. On 27 March, Fish knocked his second round opponent Andy Murray out of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida in straight sets On 10 June, Fish played Andy Murray again in the third round of the Queen's tournament in London. Fish won the first set 6–4, lost the second 6–1 however during the third set, Fish was leading 3–0, Murray then brought it back to 3–3. Fish then complained to the umpire that it was too dark and he then walked off the court without talking to Murray. Murray stayed on the court for a few minutes after the incident and said, "He only complained because I was gaining momentum", and "He wouldn't have complained when he was 3–0 up." The following day, Fish went on to win the third and final set in a 6–4, 1–6, 7–6 victory. He faced Michaël Llodra in the quarter-finals and Feliciano López in the semi-finals to reach the final. He lost to compatriot Sam Querrey to finish as runner-up.

At Wimbledon he lost in the second round to Florian Mayer 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4. After Wimbledon, he participated in the last grass court event of the year: the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport. He won his fourth title, and first on grass, of his career over Belgian Olivier Rochus in three sets. As a result, his ranking jumped up to the top 50 at 49. He proceeded to win a second straight title, which was also his second of the year and first on hard courts, at the Atlanta Tennis Championships. It was the first tournament in Atlanta in over a decade, and in the semi-final and final rounds Fish respectively defeated fellow countrymen Andy Roddick (whom he had not beaten in eight consecutive career meetings), who was the top seed, and John Isner, who played collegiate tennis for nearby University of Georgia.

In Fish's return to the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, he advanced over former World No. 6 Gilles Simon, over World No.8 Fernando Verdasco, over former World No.7 Richard Gasquet, and over World No.4 Murray to reach the semifinals, where he defeated former World No.1 Andy Roddick 4–6, 7–6, 6–1. He was edged by World No.2 Roger Federer 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 in the final, but jumped into the top 25 in the world rankings.

2011

Fish opened his season at the 2011 Brisbane International, falling in the second round to Stepanek 3–6, 1–6. Fish then fell in the second round to Tommy Robredo 6–1, 3–6, 3–6, 3–6 at the 2011 Australian Open.

He made semifinals at his next two tournaments; 2011 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships losing to resurging, eventual champion Juan Martin del Potro, and at the 2011 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships losing to fast-rising Canadian youngster Milos Raonic in three sets.

After a first round bye in the 2011 BNP Paribas Open, he fell in the opening round again to Milos Raonic 5–7, 4–6. At the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, Fish found some rich vein of form, collecting wins over Julien Benneteau, Richard Gasquet, and notably reached the quarterfinals by winning against Juan Martin del Potro 7–5, 7–6, who only a few weeks earlier had defeated Fish in Delray Beach. By defeating del Potro and reaching the quarterfinals in Miami, Mardy Fish overtook Andy Roddick as the highest-ranked American player on the tour. Fish's campaign continued, as he upset ATP World No.6 David Ferrer 7–5, 6–2, before falling to World No.2 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals round of the Sony Ericsson Open. He will enter the top 10 for the first time on April 18 despite not playing, owing to Fernando Verdasco not defending his Monte Carlo points.

Fish reached the third round of the 2011 French Open, his best result at the tournament so far. He was beaten by Gilles Simon 6–3, 6–4, 6–2.

Fish reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 Wimbledon for the first time after beating the 2010 finalist Tomas Berdych in straight sets. He lost to world no. 1 Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4. At the 2011 Farmers Classic on July 31, 2011, Fish faced Ernests Gulbis for the title in Los Angeles, having defeated fellow American teenager Ryan Harrison in the semifinals. He finished runner-up to Ernests Gulbis 7–5, 4–6, 4–6. This dropped him to a 6–13 mark in ATP World Tour finals. The following week he withdrew from Washington D.C., citing a heel injury which was sustained during the Farmers Classic final.

In August at the 2011 Rogers Cup Fish reached his fourth Masters series final after defeating Feliciano López, Ernest Gulbis, Stanislas Wawrinka and Janko Tipsarević 6–3, 6–4 in the semi-final. In the final, Fish faced world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who was looking to extend his season record to 53–1. He lost to Djokovic 2–6, 6–3, 4–6 in the final, saving three match points to come up from 0–40 in the final game. Fish rose to a career high ranking of No. 7 following the final.

Fish continued his impressive run on the American hard courts with a comfortable 6-0, 6-2 victory in the second round of the 2011 Western & Southern Open against former world number four Nikolay Davydenko. In the quarterfinal he defeated Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4. This was Fish's first win against Nadal in his career. He faced world No. 4 Andy Murray in the semifinal. Fish lost 3-6, 6-7(8), after a thrilling second set tiebreak. His next tournament will be the 2011 U.S. Open.

Equipment

Fish currently endorses the Wilson BLX Six.One 95 18 by 20 racquet with hybrid of Wilson Natural Gut and Luxilon Alu Power strings. His grip of choice is "Wilson Pro Overgrip". He wears K-Swiss clothing and shoes.

Playing style

Fish has a very similar playing style to compatriot Andy Roddick. Fish, like Roddick, possesses a huge first serve, which often wins him free points. Fish used to rely on going for big forehands and outright winners to win points in rallies. In 2010, he dropped over 30 pounds, from 203 to 170. This enabled Fish to become much fitter and improve his speed around the court. Due to his recent weight loss, Fish has also shifted his style to that of a counterpuncher, being able to retrieve most balls. Fish has a very reliable double-handed backhand, and can flatten it out effectively. His forehand is his weaker shot. He is a capable player on the net, thus a good doubles player as well.

Personal life

Fish married Stacey Gardner, a California attorney and "Briefcase Model" on NBC's ''Deal or No Deal'', in a Jewish wedding ceremony in September 2008 (Gardner is Jewish). Fish's friend and fellow tennis player James Blake served as groomsman. He is also good friends with Andy Roddick and Bob and Mike Bryan.

He has a group of fans called "The Fishheads" who travel with him and cheer him on during matches.

Major finals

Masters Series Finals

Singles: 4 (0–4)

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Career finals

Singles: 20 (6–14)

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{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !width=80|Outcome !width=20|No. !width=120|Date !width=280|Championship !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |1. |March 10, 2003 | Delray Beach, United States |Hard | Jan-Michael Gambill |0–6, 6–7^{(5–7) |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |2. |June 23, 2003 | Nottingham, United Kingdom |Grass | Greg Rusedski |3–6, 2–6 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |3. |August 18, 2003 | Cincinnati, U.S. |Hard | Andy Roddick |6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7) |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |1. |October 20, 2003 | Stockholm, Sweden |Hard (i) | Robin Söderling |7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–4) |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |4. |February 16, 2004 | San José, U.S. |Hard (i) | Andy Roddick |6–7(13–15), 4–6 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |5. |June 14, 2004 | Halle, Germany |Grass | Roger Federer |0–6, 3–6 |-bgcolor=silver |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |6. |August 22, 2004 | Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece |Hard | Nicolás Massú |3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |2. |April 10, 2006 | Houston, U.S. |Clay | Jürgen Melzer |3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |7. |August 27, 2007 | New Haven, U.S. |Hard | James Blake |5–7, 4–6 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |8. |March 23, 2008 | Indian Wells, U.S. |Hard | Novak Djokovic |2–6, 7–5, 3–6 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |9. |August 23, 2008 | New Haven, U.S. (2) |Hard | Marin Čilić |4–6, 6–4, 2–6 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |10. |February 15, 2009 | San José, U.S. |Hard (i) | Radek Štěpánek |6–3, 4–6, 2–6 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |3. |March 1, 2009 | Delray Beach, U.S. |Hard | Evgeny Korolev |7–5, 6–3 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |11. |June 13, 2010 | London, U.K. |Grass | Sam Querrey |6–7(3–7), 5–7 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |4. |July 11, 2010 | Newport, U.S. |Grass | Olivier Rochus |5–7, 6–3, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |5. |July 25, 2010 | Atlanta, U.S. |Hard | John Isner |4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |12. |August 22, 2010 | Cincinnati, U.S. (2) |Hard | Roger Federer |7–6(7–5), 6–7(1–7), 4–6 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |6. |July 24, 2011 | Atlanta, U.S. (2) |Hard | John Isner |3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |13. |July 31, 2011 | Los Angeles, U.S. |Hard | Ernests Gulbis |7–5, 4–6, 4–6 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |14. |August 14, 2011 | Montreal, Canada |Hard | Novak Djokovic |2–6, 6–3, 4–6 |}}

Doubles: 10 (8–2)

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{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !width=80|Outcome !width=30|No. !width=125|Date !width=200|Tournament !width=60|Surface !width=150|Partner !width=160|Opponents in the final !width=110|Score |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |1. |April 29, 2002 |Houston, United States |Clay | Andy Roddick | Neville Godwin Jan-Michael Gambill |6–4, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |2. |February 16, 2004 |San José, United States |Hard (i) | James Blake | Rick Leach Brian MacPhie |6–2, 7–5 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |3. |April 19, 2004 |Houston, United States |Clay | James Blake | Rick Leach Brian MacPhie |6–3, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-ups |1. |February 27, 2006 |Memphis, United States |Hard | James Blake | Chris Haggard Ivo Karlović |6–0, 5–7, [5–10] |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |4. |July 7, 2008 |Newport, United States |Grass | John Isner | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |6–4, 7–6 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |5. |February 13, 2009 |Memphis, United States |Hard (i) | Mark Knowles | Travis Parrott Filip Polášek |7–6^(9–7), 6–1 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |6. |March 9, 2009 |Indian Wells, United States |Hard | Andy Roddick | Max Mirnyi Andy Ram |3–6, 6–1, [14–12] |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |7. |February 14, 2010 |San José, United States |Hard (i) | Sam Querrey | Benjamin Becker Leonardo Mayer |7–6^(7–3), 7–5 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |8. |August 8, 2010 |Washington, United States |Hard | Mark Knowles | Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek |4–6, 7–6^(9–7), [10–7] |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-ups |2. |May 15, 2011 |Rome, Italy |Clay | Andy Roddick | John Isner Sam Querrey |W/O |}

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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References

Further reading

Retrieved Sep. 1, 2006.

External links

Official website

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Name	Fernando González
Nickname	''Feña'', ''El Bombardero de La Reina'', ''Mano de Piedra'', ''Gonzo'', ''Forehando'', ''The Red Hot Chilean'', ''Nando''
Country
Residence	La Reina, Santiago, Chile
Birth date	July 29, 1980
Birth place	Santiago, Chile
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$8,426,045
Website	www.gonzaleztenis.com
Singlesrecord	349–184 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles	11
Highestsinglesranking	No. 5 (January 29, 2007)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 292 (July 11, 2011)
Australianopenresult	F (2007)
Frenchopenresult	SF (2009)
Wimbledonresult	QF (2005)
Usopenresult	QF (2002, 2009)
Othertournaments	Yes
Masterscupresult	RR (2005, 2007)
Olympicsresult	20px Bronze medal (2004) 20px Silver medal (2008)|doublesrecord 105–95 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles	3
Highestdoublesranking	No. 25 (July 4, 2005)
Othertournamentsdoubles	Yes
Olympicsdoublesresult	20px Gold medal (2004)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	QF (2010)
Frenchopendoublesresult	SF (2005)
Wimbledondoublesresult	2R (2005)
Usopendoublesresult	QF (2004)
Updated	January 8, 2010 }}

---- Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (born July 29, 1980) is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called ''El Bombardero de La Reina'' ("The La Reina Bomber") and ''Mano de Piedra'' ("Stone Hand"). The English-language media has labeled him "Gonzo".

González is one of the few active players to have reached at least the quarter-final round of all four Grand Slam tournaments. He played his first major final at the 2007 Australian Open, losing to top-ranked Roger Federer. He is the fourth male tennis player in history to have won each Olympic medal (gold in doubles and bronze in singles at Athens 2004, and silver in singles at Beijing 2008). Throughout his career, he has defeated many former number-one players, including Lleyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer (all while they held the top spot), Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moyà, Gustavo Kuerten, Marat Safin and Pete Sampras. González has qualified twice for the year-end Masters Cup event and was runner-up at two Masters Series tournaments. He is arguably known as Chile's best tennis player of the 2000s.

Tennis career

Early years

At age four, González spent his time playing both soccer and tennis. His father, who was an amateur tennis player from his twenties, was able to convince his son to opt for tennis over soccer. He began playing tennis at the age of six. He moved in with his family to the La Reina commune in eastern Santiago, where he practiced with his coach Claudio González (no relation) at the ''Club La Reina'', three times a week.

In 1988, at age eight, González and his father spent a month and a half in the United States, training and playing in tennis championships. In 1992 he moved in with his whole family to the U.S. for four years. They settled in Miami, where González perfected his play at the Patricio Apey Academy.

As a junior, González achieved the world number one ranking. He won the US Open boys doubles (with compatriot Nicolás Massú) in 1997, and the French Open singles (defeating a young Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final) and doubles (with Venezuelan José de Armas) in 1998. That year, aged 17, he made his Davis Cup debut in Chile's tie against Argentina, losing in four sets to Franco Squillari. He won his first Davis Cup tie in a doubles rubber partnering Massú.

González achieved success at futures level in 1998. In the three futures events held in Chile that year, he reached two semi-finals and defeated Italian Enzo Artoni in the final in Santiago.

1999–2004

González became a professional in 1999. In the early stages of the year he played mainly at futures level. He reached his first challenger quarter-final in Edinburgh. He played his first ATP tournament in Washington, defeating Ivan Ljubičić in the first round before losing to Marc Rosset.

González won his first ATP title in May 2000 when he defeated Massú at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships final in Orlando, Florida. It was the first all-Chilean ATP final since Jaime Fillol defeated Ricardo Acuña in the 1982 Itaparica final.

In January 2001, González played at the Australian Open for the first time, losing in the first round to Guillermo Coria in four sets. In May he debuted at Roland Garros's main singles draw, reaching the second round. He continued to play challengers and smaller ATP events throughout the year. Notable results include a final at the Montevideo Challenger (losing to David Nalbandian), and semifinals, at Zagreb and Lima.

In February 2002, González won his second career ATP title in Viña del Mar by defeating Nicolás Lapentti in the final, and later that year he won his third title in Palermo, Italy and reached the semi-finals at the Cincinnati Masters (defeating seeded Tim Henman and Andy Roddick en route), and the quarterfinals at the US Open. In September he surpassed former number one player Marcelo Ríos as the top Chilean in the singles rankings, and was one of the most improved players on the ATP circuit, jumping 123 positions in the ATP singles rankings.

In May 2003, González reached the quarters of Hamburg and the French Open. In between, he won the World Team Championship clay event for Chile, winning all his singles and doubles matches. Later in the year he reached the finals of Washington and Metz and made the Stuttgart semis. In doubles, he and partner Tommy Robredo reached the semi-finals at Miami.

In February 2004, González repeated his Viña del Mar title by defeating Gustavo Kuerten in the final. In August, at the Olympic Games in Athens, he and doubles partner Massú gave their country its first ever Olympic gold medal, when they defeated Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schüttler of Germany to win the men's doubles tournament. He also won a bronze medal in the men's singles.

2005

González began the season by taking the title in Auckland, New Zealand—his first hard court title—in January. In April he won his first ATP doubles tournament (and second after the Olympics), in Valencia (clay) with doubles partner Martín Rodríguez. After reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in June, he went on to win the ATP tournament in Amersfoort (clay), The Netherlands in the following month. He further proved his all-court versatility by winning the indoors-carpet singles title at Basel as well as winning the doubles title in the same tournament with partner Agustín Calleri. The results for 2005 were enough for him to attend the year-end Masters Cup in Shanghai, first as a reserve, and then as a player due to the withdrawal of Andre Agassi after his first match. González became the first Chilean to win a Masters match when he beat Mariano Puerta and just missed out on making the semifinal—and finishing the year as number 11—after losing to Gastón Gaudio in a match in which he had three match points.

2006

In April González became the third Chilean (after Ríos and Massú) to break into the top ten singles ranking. He reached number 10 in the world after winning a quarterfinal match at the Monte Carlo Masters—shortly after parting ways with longtime coach Horacio de la Peña, who was then replaced by Larry Stefanki in May. After reaching his first Masters Series singles final in Madrid (losing to Roger Federer in straight sets) in October, he ascended to world number seven. He finished the year at number ten.

2007

In January González reached the Australian Open singles final, thereby becoming the first Chilean to have reached the quarterfinal round in all four Grand Slam tournaments, and the fourth Chilean (third male) to have reached a Grand Slam tournament final. He beat—in succession—Evgeny Korolev, Juan Martín del Potro, Lleyton Hewitt, James Blake, world number two Rafael Nadal, and Tommy Haas en route to the final, which he lost to world number one Roger Federer in (relatively close) straight sets. On January 29 he jumped to number five, his best career singles ranking, and only five points behind number four. In May he became the first Chilean to reach the finals of the Rome Masters since Ríos won the title in 1998. At the US Open, González was upset by Teymuraz Gabashvili in a five-set thriller. From July to August, González went on a five-match losing streak, which ended in September, when he captured the China Open tournament title in Beijing. In November he became the first Chilean since Ríos in 1998 to directly qualify for the Tennis Masters Cup. On his opening match, he staged a huge upset by beating top-ranked Federer for the first time in eleven encounters. He then lost to Andy Roddick and Nikolay Davydenko, finishing last of his group. He ended the season at number seven, his highest year-end ranking to date.

2008

At the Australian Open, in January, González failed to defend the totality of the points obtained the year earlier, and fell from 7th to 24th place in the ATP Singles Ranking. He bounced back the following week, winning his home event of Viña del Mar for the third time, rising to number 16. In May he won his 10th ATP title at the BMW Open in Munich. The following month, he reached the quarters of the French Open for the second time, losing to number-one seed Roger Federer in four sets. In August, González represented Chile at the Beijing Olympic Games in both singles and doubles events. At the Games' opening ceremony, he was his country's standard bearer. As in Athens 2004, he partnered with Massú in doubles, but was unable to defend his gold, exiting in the first round. In singles, he improved his Olympic record, clinching a silver medal, after beating James Blake of the United States in the semifinals in a match clouded in controversy. In the gold medal match, he lost in straight sets to Spain's Rafael Nadal. At the 2008 U.S. Open in September, he lost in the 4th round to former local champion, Andy Roddick, 2–6, 4–6, 1–6. He ended the season at number 15. In November, at the end of the season, Stefanki ceased coaching González after a job offer from Roddick. On December 12, González announced he had hired former Argentine player Martín Rodríguez as his new full-time coach for 2009.

2009

In the first round of the Australian Open, González prevailed over Lleyton Hewitt in a five-set thriller which lasted 3 hours and 7 minutes. In the third round González came back from two sets down to defeat Richard Gasquet of France, 3–6, 3–6, 7–6(10), 6–2, 12–10, in a match that lasted over four hours. He bowed out of the tournament with a straight sets defeat against world number one and eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the 4th round.

At the Viña del Mar tournament in February González was victorious again, taking the title for the fourth time in five finals. He overpowered all of his opponents with a solid display of tennis, and did not drop a set throughout the whole tournament. He defeated his good friend José Acasuso, 6–1, 6–3 in the final. With this win he returned to the top 15 in singles.

In early March González missed the Davis Cup tie against Croatia due to a back injury. In April he resigned from the Chilean Davis Cup team, citing a violation of a confidentiality agreement, after the local tennis federation disclosed the amount of money won by the players at the tie against Australia. He conditioned his return on the resignation of the federation's current directive, promising he would relinquish all of his future Davis Cup proceeds to the "benefit of younger players".

At the start of the claycourt season González reached the semis at Barcelona and Rome. He withdrew from Munich and Madrid, after twisting his ankle while signing autographs in Rome. At the French Open he reached the semifinals for the first time, beating third seed Andy Murray in the quarters. In the semis, he played by Robin Söderling, who had previously defeated top seed Rafael Nadal and Nikolay Davydenko. González came just two games away from winning that match during the fifth set, after holding an advantage of 4–1.

At the US Open, González reached the quarterfinals for the second time, beating 7th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round. He was defeated by 3rd seed Rafael Nadal in a match repeatedly delayed by rain. The match was suspended on Thursday night with González trailing 6–7(4), 6–6, down 3–2 in the tiebreaker. When the match resumed on Saturday, González was visibly flat, losing the remaining four points in the tiebreaker, and did not win a game in the third set.

With his notable performances at the French and US Open, González achieved a career high of 14 victories in Grand Slam events during the year.

2010

Having defeated Olivier Rochus, Marsel Ilhan and Evgeny Korolev in the Australian Open, González was defeated by Andy Roddick in the 4th round in a tense, yet controversial five-set match lasting 3 hours and 25 minutes. On set point in the forth set, a Roddick forehand was called out which Roddick went on to challenge. Hawk-eye revealed that the ball was in fact in and Roddick received the set. Gonzalez argued that the point should have been replayed, as he had been in the right position and would have made a play on the ball if it had been called in. Gonzalez lost the match 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 2–6.

He entered the 2010 Movistar Open, held in Santiago for the first time this year (previously at Viña del Mar), as the two time defending champion. He made the semi finals, losing out to Thomaz Bellucci in three sets (after being a break up in the 2nd set and two games away from victory).

He also made the semi finals at the 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel. He beat all of his opponents; Sam Querrey, Victor Hănescu and Eduardo Schwank, in three sets before losing badly to David Ferrer, but was also a three-set match. Gonzalez decided to miss the 1000 Masters in Indian Wells to travel to areas affected by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile.

In early March, alongside his team mates, he defeated Israel in Davis Cup to send Chile to the quarter finals. He returned to the ATP Tour Masters 1000 in Miami, where he lost in the forth round to Robin Soderling. He also hosted a benefit for the Chilean earthquake victims, Champions for Chile, appearing alongside Andy Roddick, Jim Courier and Gustavo Kuerten.

During the clay season, Gonzalez played only one tournament in Houston where he reached the quarter finals. At Roland Garros, he was defeated in the second round, and sidelined for almost three months with a knee injury.

Gonzalez returned in New Haven where he lost in the second round to Radek Stepanek. At the US Open, he retired from his first round match against Ivan Dodig. On the September 21, Gonzalez announced he would be having surgery on his right hip, and possibly right knee, on October 4 and was expected to be out for eight to nine months.

2011

Gonzalez announced he will return to Belgrade for "the start of the end of my career". Defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round of Wimbledon.

Personal life

González was born in Santiago, Chile. His father, Fernando González Ramírez, is the manager of the Molino Balmaceda flour mill in Santiago and his mother, Patricia Ciuffardi Muñoz, a housewife. He has an older sister, Patricia, and a younger sister, Jéssica. He studied primary school at Colegio de La Salle and finished secondary school at Colegio Terra Nova.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Olympic finals

Singles: 2 (1 silver, 1 bronze medal)

Doubles: 1 (1 gold medal)

Masters Series finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

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Career finals

Singles: 22 (11–11)

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{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !width=50|No. !width=125|Date !width=250|Tournament !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |- |1. |May 7, 2000 |Orlando, U.S. |Clay | Nicolás Massú |6–2, 6–3 |- |2. |February 17, 2002 |Viña del Mar, Chile |Clay | Nicolás Lapentti |6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–4) |- |3. |September 29, 2002 |Palermo, Italy |Clay | José Acasuso |5–7, 6–3, 6–1 |- |4. |February 15, 2004 |Viña del Mar, Chile |Clay | Gustavo Kuerten |7–5, 6–4 |- |5. |January 16, 2005 |Auckland, New Zealand |Hard | Olivier Rochus |6–4, 6–2 |- |6. |July 24, 2005 |Amersfoort, Netherlands |Clay | Agustín Calleri |7–5, 6–3 |- |7. |October 30, 2005 |Basel, Switzerland |Carpet (i) | Marcos Baghdatis |6–7^(10–12), 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 |- |8. |September 16, 2007 |Beijing, China |Hard | Tommy Robredo |6–1, 3–6, 6–1 |- |9. |February 3, 2008 |Viña del Mar, Chile |Clay | Juan Mónaco |walkover |- |10. |May 4, 2008 |Munich, Germany |Clay | Simone Bolelli |7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(4–7), 6–3 |- |11. |February 8, 2009 |Viña del Mar, Chile |Clay | José Acasuso |6–1, 6–3 |}

Other wins

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{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !width=50|No. !width=125|Date !width=250|Tournament !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |- |- |1. |October 27, 2002 |Basel, Switzerland |Carpet (i) | David Nalbandian |4–6, 3–6, 2–6 |- |2. |August 3, 2003 |Washington, D.C., U.S. |Hard | Tim Henman |3–6, 4–6 |- |3. |October 5, 2003 |Metz, France |Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément |3–6, 6–1, 3–6 |- |4. |July 18, 2004 |Amersfoort, Netherlands |Clay | Martin Verkerk |6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 4–6 |- |5. |February 6, 2005 |Viña del Mar, Chile |Clay | Gastón Gaudio |3–6, 4–6 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |6. |October 15, 2006 |Vienna, Austria |Hard (i) | Ivan Ljubičić |3–6, 4–6, 5–7 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |7. |October 22, 2006 |Madrid, Spain |Hard (i) | Roger Federer |5–7, 1–6, 0–6 |- |8. |October 29, 2006 |Basel, Switzerland |Carpet (i) | Roger Federer |3–6, 2–6, 6–7^(3–7) |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |9. |January 28, 2007 |Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia |Hard | Roger Federer |6–7^(2–7), 4–6, 4–6 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |10. |May 13, 2007 |Rome, Italy |Clay | Rafael Nadal |2–6, 2–6 |-bgcolor=silver |11. |August 17, 2008 |Summer Olympics, Beijing, China |Hard | Rafael Nadal |3–6, 6–7^(2–7), 3–6 |- |}

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

;Wins (3) {| |valign=top| {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend |-bgcolor=gold |Olympic Gold (1) |- |ATP Tour (2) |} |}

{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !width=50|No. !width=125|Date !width=250|Tournament !width=75|Surface !width=200|Partner !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |-bgcolor=gold |1. |August 21, 2004 |Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece |Hard | Nicolás Massú | Nicolas Kiefer Rainer Schüttler |6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–4 |- |2. |April 10, 2005 |Valencia, Spain |Clay | Martín Rodríguez | Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood |6–4, 6–4 |- |3. |October 30, 2005 |Basel, Switzerland |Carpet (i) | Agustín Calleri | Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie |7–5, 7–5 |}

;Runner-up (1) {| |valign=top| {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend |- |ATP Tour (1) |} |}

{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !width=50|No. !width=125|Date !width=250|Tournament !width=75|Surface !width=200|Partner !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |- |1. |July 24, 2005 |Amersfoort, Netherlands |Clay | Nicolás Massú | Martín García Luis Horna |4–6, 4–6 |}

Team competition wins

2003 – World Team Championship, Düsseldorf, Germany (Clay)

2004 – World Team Championship, Düsseldorf, Germany (Clay)

Performance timeline

Singles

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|bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 9 |bgcolor=#efefef|16–9 |bgcolor=#efefef|64.00 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|US Open |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |Q |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#ebc2af|4R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 11 |bgcolor=#efefef|18–11 |bgcolor=#efefef|62.07 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !0–0 !0–0 !1–1 !1–2 !10–4 !7–4 !2–4 !10–4 !5–4 !8–4 !10–4 !14–4 !4–3 !2–2 !0 / 40 !74–40 !64.91 |- |bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=left|'''Davis Cup |bgcolor=#afeeee|P |bgcolor=#afeeee|PO |bgcolor=#afeeee|PO |bgcolor=#afeeee|PO |bgcolor=#afeeee|P |bgcolor=#afeeee|P |bgcolor=#afeeee|PO |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|PO |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 13 |bgcolor=#efefef|20–6 |bgcolor=#efefef|76.92 |- |bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=left|'''ATP World Tour Finals | | | | | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|RR | |bgcolor=#afeeee|RR | | | | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 2 |bgcolor=#efefef|2–3 |bgcolor=#efefef|40.00 |- |bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=left|'''Olympic Games |colspan=2 style=color:#ccc|Not Held | |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|Not Held |bgcolor=#cc9966|SF-B |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|Not Held |bgcolor=silver|F |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|Not Held |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 2 |bgcolor=#efefef|10–2 |bgcolor=#efefef|83.33 |- |bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=left|'''ATP Masters Series||colspan=18| |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Indian Wells Masters | | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#ebc2af|4R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#ebc2af|4R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#ebc2af|4R | | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 8 |bgcolor=#efefef|12–8 |bgcolor=#efefef|60.00 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Miami Masters | | | | |bgcolor=#ebc2af|4R 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|bgcolor=#efefef|56.25 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Canada Masters | | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R | | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 8 |bgcolor=#efefef|9–8 |bgcolor=#efefef|52.94 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Cincinnati Masters | | |Q | |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R | | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 8 |bgcolor=#efefef|12–8 |bgcolor=#efefef|60.00 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Shanghai Masters |colspan=11 style=color:#ccc|Not Held |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R | | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|2–1 |bgcolor=#efefef|66.67 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Paris Masters | | | | |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R | |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R | | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 7 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References

External links

Official site

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Nickname	''Rusty'', ''Rocky''
Name	Lleyton Hewitt
Country
Residence	Adelaide, South Australia Sydney, New South Wales Nassau, Bahamas
Birth date	February 24, 1981
Birth place	Adelaide, South Australia
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	US$19,001,021
Singlesrecord	546–197 (68.85%) (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Singlestitles	29
Highestsinglesranking	No. 1 (19 November 2001)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 165 (15 August 2011)
Australianopenresult	F (2005)
Frenchopenresult	QF (2001, 2004)
Wimbledonresult	W (2002)
Usopenresult	W (2001)
Othertournaments	Yes
Masterscupresult	W (2001, 2002)
Olympicsresult	2R (2008)
Doublesrecord	85–58 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Doublestitles	2
Highestdoublesranking	No. 18 (23 October 2000)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	3R (1998, 2000)
Frenchopendoublesresult	2R (1999)
Wimbledondoublesresult	3R (2000)
Usopendoublesresult	W (2000)
Updated	2 August 2010 }}

Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (; born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former World No. 1.

In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces (hard, clay and grass) and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one, at the age of 20. His career achievements include winning the 2000 US Open men's doubles, the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon men's singles, and back-to-back Tennis Masters Cup titles (2001 and 2002). In 2005, ''TENNIS'' Magazine put Hewitt in 34th place on its list of the 40 greatest tennis players since 1965.

Tennis career

Hewitt might well have followed in the footsteps of his Australian rules football-playing father Glynn. Instead, he became one of the youngest winners of an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament when, as an almost unknown youngster, he won the 1998 Next Generation Adelaide International, defeating Andre Agassi in the semifinals. Only Aaron Krickstein winning Tel Aviv in 1983 and Michael Chang winning San Francisco in 1988 were younger when claiming their first ATP title. Hewitt then left Immanuel College to concentrate on his tennis career.

2000

In 2000, Hewitt reached his first Grand Slam final at the Wimbledon mixed doubles partnering Belgian Kim Clijsters. They lost the match 6–4, 7–6 to Americans Kimberly Po and Donald Johnson. Hewitt would later win his first Grand Slam title at the US Open when he along with Max Mirnyi claimed the men's doubles championship; thus becoming the youngest male (at 19 years, 6 months) to win a slam doubles crown in the Open Era. At the end of the year, Hewitt became the first teenager in ATP history to ever qualify for the year-end Tennis Masters Cup (ATP World Tour Finals).

2001 Hewitt started off the 2001he has won 33 meddels. season well by winning the Medibank International in Sydney, and would go on to win tournaments in London (Queen's Club) and 's-Hertogenbosch. He captured his first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open in 2001, when he blitzed former World #1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the semifinals and defeated then-four-time champion Pete Sampras the next day in straight sets. This win made Hewitt, Pat Rafter, and Kafelnikov as the only active ATP players to win a Grand Slam singles and doubles title during their career. Hewitt has since been the last player to achieve this feat. Lleyton went on to win the Tokyo Open and again qualify for the year-end Tennis Masters Cup held in Sydney. During the tournament, Hewitt won all matches in his group before defeating Sébastien Grosjean 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 in the finals to take the title and gain the world number 1 ranking.

The year 2001 is considered to be Hewitt's best year, winning a total of 6 titles. He was also nominated for the 2001 best sport's player award by state premier Isaac Narouz.

2002

The year 2002 would again be a solid year for Hewitt winning three titles in San Jose, Indian Wells and London (Queen's Club). He followed his 2001 US Open win by capturing the Wimbledon singles title, dominating first-time finalist David Nalbandian in straight sets; Hewitt lost only two sets throughout the entire championship. His victory reinforced the idea that although the tournament had tended to be dominated by serve-and-volleyers, a baseliner could still triumph on grass (Hewitt was the first baseliner to win the tournament since Agassi in 1992). Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, who are also baseliners, won all titles between them from 2003 to 2010.

For his third straight year, He qualified for the year-end Tennis Masters Cup held in Shanghai and successfully defended his title by defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the finals 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4. Hewitt's win helped him finish the year as world number 1 for a second straight year.

2003

In 2003 Hewitt defeated former world #1 Gustavo Kuerten for the championship at Indian Wells. But at Wimbledon, as the defending champion, Hewitt lost in the first round of Wimbledon to qualifier Ivo Karlović. Hewitt became the first defending Wimbledon men's champion in the open era to lose in the first round. Only once before in the tournament's 126-year history had a defending men's champion lost in the opening round, in 1967, when Manuel Santana was beaten by Charlie Pasarell. Hewitt was only the third defending Grand Slam champion in the open era to lose in the first round, after Boris Becker at the 1997 Australian Open and Patrick Rafter at the 1999 US Open. After Wimbledon in 2003, Hewitt lost in the final of the tournament in Los Angeles, the second round of the ATP Masters Series tournament in Montreal, and the first round of the ATP Masters Series tournament in Cincinnati. At the US Open, Hewitt lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Carlos Ferrero 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(5), 6–1. Hewitt played only Davis Cup matches for the remainder of the year, recording five-set wins over Roger Federer and Juan Carlos Ferrero in the semi final and final respectively, as Australia went on to win the Davis Cup. Hewitt used much of his spare time in late 2003 to bulk up, gaining 7 kg.

2004

In 2004, Hewitt became the first man in history to lose in each Grand Slam singles tournament to the eventual champion. At the Australian Open, he was defeated in the fourth round by Swiss Roger Federer. At the French Open, he was defeated in a quarterfinal by Argentine Gastón Gaudio. At Wimbledon, he was defeated in a quarterfinal by Federer. And at the US Open, he was defeated in the final by Federer, losing two out of the three sets at love. At the year ending 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, Hewitt defeated Andy Roddick to advance to the final but was yet again defeated by defending champion Federer .

2005

In 2005, Hewitt won his only title at the Sydney Medibank International defeating little known Czech player Ivo Minář. Hewitt spent much time in the late stages of 2004 working with his former coach and good friend, Roger Rasheed, on bulking up his physique. His hard work paid off during the Australian summer when he defeated an in form World No. 2 Andy Roddick 3–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–1 to reach his first Australian Open final. He was the first Australian player to reach the final since Pat Cash in 1988. In the final he faced the 4th seed, Marat Safin who had defeated world number one and defending champion Roger Federer in the semi finals . After easily taking the first set, he was defeated by the Russian 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 despite being up a break in the third set . At Wimbledon, he reached the semifinals, but lost to eventual champion Federer. Two months later, Hewitt again lost to Federer in the US Open semifinal, although this time he was able to take one set from the Swiss. Hewitt had at this point lost to the eventual champion at seven consecutive Grand Slam tournaments he played (he missed the 2005 French Open because of injury). Hewitt pulled out of the Tennis Masters Cup tournament in Shanghai in November 2005 so that he could be with his wife Bec, who was due to give birth.

2006

Hewitt was defeated in the second round of the 2006 Australian Open by Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina. He then reached the finals of the San Jose and Las Vegas tournaments, losing to British youngster Andy Murray and American James Blake, respectively. But he lost to Tim Henman 7–6(5), 6–3 in the second round of the Miami Masters, a player he had defeated eight times previously in as many matches. At the 2006 French Open, Hewitt reached the fourth round where he lost to defending champion, and eventual winner, Rafael Nadal in four sets.

Hewitt won his first tournament of 2006 (after a 17 month hiatus from winning a tournament) when he beat Blake 6–4, 6–4 in the finals of the Queen's Club Championships. This was his fourth title there, thereby equalling the records of John McEnroe and Boris Becker. During the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Hewitt survived a five-set match against South Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee that was played over two days. He then defeated Olivier Rochus and David Ferrer before losing to Marcos Baghdatis in the quarterfinals. At the 2006 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C., Hewitt was defeated by Arnaud Clément 7–6(1), 6–4 in a quarterfinal after defeating Vincent Spadea in the second round and Denis Gremelmayr in the third round.

Hewitt participated at the 2006 US Open despite having an injured knee. Hewitt won his first three matches in straight sets against, respectively, Albert Montañés, Jan Hernych, and Novak Đoković. He defeated Richard Gasquet 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3 in the fourth round to advance to the quarterfinals for the seventh consecutive year. He then lost to Roddick 6–3, 7–5, 6–4.

2007

At the 2007 Australian Open, Hewitt lost in the third round to the tenth seeded Chilean and eventual runner-up Fernando González 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4. With his win in Las Vegas in March 2007, Hewitt has won at least one ATP title annually for ten consecutive years. This was a record among active players at the time.

Hewitt reached the 2007 Hamburg Masters semifinals, where he pushed eventual finalist Rafael Nadal to three sets. At the 2007 French Open, Hewitt, for the 2nd straight time at Roland Garros, lost in the 4th round to Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–1, 7–6(5). At the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, Hewitt won his first three matches, including a four-set third round victory over Guillermo Cañas. He then faced 4th seed Novak Djokovic in the fourth round which he lost 7–6, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6.

After Wimbledon, it was announced that he had hired former Australian tennis pro, Tony Roche, to coach him during Grand Slam and Masters tournaments in 2007 and 2008. At the Masters tournaments in Montréal and Cincinnati Hewitt reached the quarter- and semifinals, respectively. In both cases, he lost to Roger Federer.

He was seeded 16 at the 2007 U.S. Open, but for the first time in eight consecutive appearances at Flushing Meadows, he did not reach the quarterfinals or further. He lost in the second round to Argentine Agustín Calleri.

2008

At the 2008 Australian Open, he advanced to the fourth round as the 19th seed, defeating 15th-seeded and 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis in a thrilling third-round match, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–7 (4), 6–3. The 282 minute match started at 11:52 pm and ended at 4:34 am the following morning, Melbourne time. It was a characteristically "gutsy" performance and cemented Hewitt's reputation as a tough competitor. Hewitt lost his fourth round match in straight sets to the 3rd seeded and eventual champion Novak Djokovic 7–5, 6–3, 6–3.

A hip injury Hewitt acquired in March 2008 affected his preparation for the French open, and forced the loss of 300 rankings points as Hewitt was unable to defend his Semi Final appearance at the Hamburg Masters as well as compete in supplementary tournaments. However, Hewitt made the third round at Roland Garros before losing a 5 set thriller to fifth seed David Ferrer 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4.

Despite his ongoing hip problem Hewitt was able to compete at the Queens Club Championship with moderate success, falling to second seed Novak Djokovic in the Quarter Finals 2–6, 2–6. His good form continued into Wimbledon, Hewitt making the fourth round for the second successive year before facing world number 1 and first seed Roger Federer, a match that Federer took 7–6(7), 6–2, 6–4.

After Wimbledon Hewitt elected to miss the Montreal and Cincinnati Masters in an effort to give his hip sufficient rest to enable him to play at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where he defeated Jonas Björkman in the first round 7–5 7–6(7–2) before losing to second seed Rafael Nadal 6–1 6–2. However, the more notable incident in the Olympics occurred in Hewitt's opening round doubles match with Chris Guccione against Argentines Juan Mónaco and Agustín Calleri. The match went to an advantage 3rd set with Hewitt and Guccione prevailing 18–16.

After the Olympics due to the further damage Hewitt's hip sustained at the Olympics, he was left with no option but to pull out of the US open and skip the rest of the season to have hip surgery.

2008 was the first year since 1997 where Hewitt did not win a title.

2009

After returning from hip surgery, Hewitt played his first match in 2009 at the Hopman Cup, where he defeated Nicolas Kiefer in three sets. Hewitt then participated in the Medibank International Sydney, winning his first two matches, but losing in the quarterfinals to David Nalbandian. Hewitt then went on to play in the 2009 Australian Open, where he was unseeded in a grand slam for the first time since 2000. He faced Fernando González in the first round and lost in five sets, 5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3.

At the tournament in Memphis he caused an upset in the first round by defeating James Blake in three sets, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4. He then defeated fellow Australian Chris Guccione in the second round 6–2, 7–6(4), and Christophe Rochus in the quarterfinals 6–2, 6–3. He faced Andy Roddick in the semifinals but lost in a close match 2–6, 7–6(4), 6–4. Hewitt then lost in the first round of Delray Beach to Yen-Hsun Lu, the eighth seed, 7–5, 2–6, 6–2. Hewitt also competed in the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, he reached the second round, being defeated by Fernando González.

At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Hewitt played Israeli Dudi Sela in the first round. Hewitt lost the first set before recovering to win the match 3–6, 6–4, 6–3. Hewitt was then defeated by 7th seed Gilles Simon of France 6–1, 6–2.

At the 2009 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Hewitt defeated the number 7 seed Diego Junqueira 6–0, 6–2. Hewitt advanced to the quarter-finals after defeating Sergio Roitman 6–1, 6–3 in just 57 minutes, and defeated Guillermo García López 6–3, 6–4 to advance to the semi finals where he defeated Evgeny Korolev 7–6(4), 6–4. He defeated Wayne Odesnik in the final 6–2, 7–5, for his first title since 2007 and his first clay court title in a decade.

Hewitt entered the Monte Carlo Masters as a wild card. He lost in the first round 6–4, 7–5 to Marat Safin who lives in Monte Carlo. After missing his scheduled flight out of Houston due to his match being delayed by rain Hewitt was forced to arrive in Monte Carlo the afternoon of the match against Safin after a further 3 hour flight delay and was carrying a slight muscle tear. Hewitt admitted to running out of energy in the second set.

At the 2009 BMW Open, Hewitt recorded his 500th career win after defeating Philipp Petzschner in the first round, becoming one of only four active players to achieve this milestone; the others being Roger Federer and Carlos Moyà. Andy Roddick would later achieve this feat at the 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic Tournament in Washington, D.C..

In the 2009 French Open, he defeated No.26 seed Ivo Karlović in five sets 6–7(1) 6–7(4) 7–6(4) 6–4 6–3 in the first round, and then defeated Andrey Golubev 6–4, 6–3, 6–1 in the second. He lost to No. 1 Rafael Nadal 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 in the third round.

Lleyton's next tournament was the 2009 AEGON Championships in London. He was the 15th seed and drew Eduardo Schwank in the first round, who he easily dispatched 6–1 6–0. In the second round he went 3 sets against Portuguese Frederico Gil. Hewitt dropped the first set but went on to win 3–6 6–2 6–2. Former rival Andy Roddick awaited Lleyton in the third round, and the match certainly did not disappoint. As they have many times in the past, the former World Number 1 players battled through a tough and intense match, which Roddick ended up taking. Hewitt lost in a thrilling 7–6(4) 7–6(2).

In the 2009 Wimbledon Championships Hewitt faced the prospect of Rafael Nadal in the second round, however Nadal withdrew due to injury and his slot was replaced by World # 5 Juan Martín del Potro. Hewitt defeated American Robby Ginepri, 6–4 6–1 6–1 in the first round. Del Potro awaited Lleyton in the second round as expected. Hewitt used his strong service game to his advantage, losing only one service game the entire match. He upended Del Potro in straight sets, 6–3 7–5 7–5. The third round also produced a straight set victory for Hewitt, as he defeated Philipp Petzschner 7–5, 7–6(3), 6–3. He reversed a two set deficit to defeat Radek Štěpánek in the fourth round 4–6 2–6 6–1 6–2 6–2. It was another classic Hewitt fightback to thrill the many Australians on hand to witness the match. His Cinderella run ended in the quarterfinals against #6 seed Andy Roddick. It was a 5 set thriller which featured two tiebreaks. Hewitt lost a heartbreaking 3–6, 7–6 (10), 6–7 (1), 6–4, 4–6. It was the first time Lleyton had reached the quarterfinals of a major since the 2006 U.S. Open.

After an extended break, Hewitt began working his way into the U.S Open series by playing in Washington at the Legg Mason Classic. There Hewitt made it into the 3rd round before losing in a three set battle with Juan Martín del Potro, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7. At the Montreal Masters, Hewitt lost in the 1st round to former world number one, Juan Carlos Ferrero, 1–6, 4–6. Cincinnati saw Hewitt reach the quarter finals for the 6th time where he lost to Roger Federer in straight sets. During the 1st round of the tournament Hewitt showed his trademark fighting abilities by saving two match points to win against an in-form Robin Söderling. At the U.S Open, Hewitt progressed into the 3rd round where he played Federer for the 23rd time of their decade long rivalry. Hewitt managed to take the first set 6–4 off Federer, before the 15-time Grand Slam champion took control of the second. The third set was tight in which both players saved multiple break points. Federer eventually prevailed the match in four sets, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4.

In late September, Hewitt travelled to Malaysia for his first time to take part in the inaugural Malaysian Open held in Kuala Lumpur. The new tournament was part of the ATP's new dedicated 'Asian Swing' on the tennis circuit. Hewitt lost 7–6, 6–3 in the first round to Swedish player Joachim Johansson. In Tokyo, Hewitt was drawn to once again meet Del Potro in the quarter finals, but was given a clear path when Del Potro was knocked out by qualifier Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the first round. After defeating Fabrice Santoro in the 2nd round, Hewitt downed Roger-Vasselin 6–4, 6–0 to reach his first semi-finals since winning the US Men's Clay Court Championships in April, but lost to Mikhail Youzhny 6–2 5–7 7–5. He then competed in the 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 where he won in the first round defeating John Isner 6–2 6–4, before losing to Gaël Monfils 4–6 6–4 6–2.

2010

Hewitt began his 2010 season partnering Samantha Stosur at the Hopman Cup. The Australians were the top seeds for the exhibition tournament, however, fared worse than expected, losing ties against Romania and Spain and therefore failing to reach the final.

He was seeded fourth in the Medibank International and, like the previous year, reached the quarter finals, losing to eventual champion Marcos Baghdatis. At the Australian Open he lost to Roger Federer in the fourth round 6–2, 6–3, 6–4.

A week after his exit from the Australian Open, Hewitt announced at a press conference at Melbourne Park that he underwent another hip operation similar to his left hip operation this time on his right hip on 28 January 2010 in Hobart.

Hewitt returned to the tour at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships as the singles defending champion. He won his first match since the Australian Open, partnering coach Nathan Healey in the doubles, defeating James Cerretani and Adil Shamasdin 7–6 7–5 but lost to top seeds the Bryan brothers in the semi-finals 6–2 7–6. Hewitt received a first round bye, as he was seeded 4th in the singles. In his first match, against lucky loser Somdev Devvarman, Hewitt dropped the first set before battling to win in three sets, 1–6 6–0 7–6. He then lost to Juan Ignacio Chela 6–4 6–3. Hewitt's next tournament was scheduled to be the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters however, he withdrew due to a recurring injury.

Hewitt then reached the second round in Barcelona before losing to Eduardo Schwank, and lost in the second round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia to Guillermo García López, 6–2 6–3. Hewitt then travelled back to Australia to parcicipate in a Davis Cup tie against Japan, winning his two singles matches.

At the French Open, Hewitt reached the third round, before losing to 6–3 6–4 6–3 to Rafael Nadal, who went on to win the title without dropping a set and take the #1 ranking.

On 13 June, Hewitt defeated Roger Federer 3–6, 7–6 (4), 6–4 in the final of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, a grass court tuneup for Wimbledon Championships. The win was Hewitt's first over Federer since 2003 and snapped a 15-match losing streak against the Swiss. This also marked Hewitt winning the tournament on his debut.

At Wimbledon, Hewitt was seeded 15th and lost to the #3 seed, Serbian Novak Djokovic in the fourth round. After dropping the first two sets, Hewitt took advantage of a stomach illness had by Djokovic to take the third set. However, Hewitt could not mount a comeback, and ended up losing in four sets, 7–5 6–4 3–6 6–4.

At the Atlanta Tennis Championship, Hewitt lost in the first round to Lukáš Lacko, 6–4 6–2. After receiving a first round bye at the Legg Mason Classic, Hewitt retired in the second round due to a leg injury. He pulled out of the Rogers Cup in Toronto in order to recover, and returned in Cincinnati. Hewitt defeated Yen-Hsun Lu in the opening round 6–4 4–0 retired, before losing in three sets to 5th seed Robin Söderling 4–6 6–3 7–5.

Hewitt was the 32nd seed at the US Open, and lost his first round match to Paul-Henri Mathieu in five sets 3–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 1–6. It was his earliest ever exit at the Open, having never lost in the opening round before. He withdrew from the Asian hardcourt swing due to a wrist injury suffered during the Australian Davis Cup playoff loss to Belgium.

2011

Hewitt began his 15th season on the ATP Tour at the Hopman Cup in Perth. He defeated his Belgian opponent Ruben Bemelmans 6–4 6–3, and went on to win the tie for Australia with a three set victory in the mixed doubles, partnering Alicia Molik. He next played World Number 3 Novak Djokovic but lost in straight sets. For his final singles match of the tournament, he played Kazakhstani Andrey Golubev, defeating him in straight sets, 6–3 6–3.

After the Hopman Cup Hewitt competed in the AAMI Kooyong Classic, an exhibitional tournament in the build up to the Australian Open. He started the tournament solidly, taking out 3rd seed Mikhail Youzhny 7–6 4–6 6–4. In the second round, he defeated Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6–3 7–6. In the final, he defeated Frenchman Gaël Monfils 7–5, 6–3. It was the first time that Hewitt had played in the tournament.

At the Australian Open, Hewitt was defeated in the first round 6–3 4–6 6–3 6¹-7 7–9 by Argentina's David Nalbandian. Hewitt was up two sets to one and during the fourth set had the chance to finish off the match when the scores were 3–1 and 0–40 in Hewitt's favour, but failed to capitalise on the situation. Furthermore Hewitt had two match point opportunities in the final set to close out victory, however one of these was met with an excellent drop shot from Nalbandian and he went on to save the other securing victory.

After the Australian Open Hewitt participated in the SAP Open, an ATP World Tour 250 event. He defeated his first round opponent Björn Phau 6–3 6–3 and proceeded to the second round against Brian Dabul. Hewitt had some problems with Dabul, losing the first set, but managed to defeat him 3–6 7–5 6–3. In the quarter-finals Hewitt played against former US Open champion Juan Martín del Potro, who was on a comeback from a wrist injury. In a weak performance, Hewitt lost 2–6 3–6 to Del Potro.

The next tournament that Hewitt took part in was the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup, an ATP World Tour 500 event in Memphis, Tennessee. Hewitt played Lu Yen-Hsun in the opening round which he won 6–4 7–6. He advanced to the second round against Adrian Mannarino. Despite losing the first set, Hewitt defeated Mannarino 6–7 7–5 6–0 . In the quarter-final Hewitt played top seed Andy Roddick. Despite being a set up, Hewitt lost the match 6–4, 3–6, 4–6.

Hewitt then played in the 2011 BNP Paribas Open, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event. His first round opponent was Chinese Taipei's Lu Yen-Hsun. This was the second time in a row the two had played each other in the first round, and he suffered a shock 6–2 6–3 defeat. This was to be Hewitt's last event on the ATP Tour for over three months after he underwent surgery on his left foot.

Hewitt made his comeback at the 2011 Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany where he returned as defending champion on the grass. He was originally scheduled to face top seed Roger Federer in the opening round, however the Swiss withdrew after reaching the final of the French Open. Hewitt therefore took on an alternate from Argentina, Leonardo Mayer and came through the match comfortably winning 6-2 6-3. In the second round he played Andreas Seppi and defeated him 6-4 6-4. However Hewitt's reign as champion of Halle came to an end at the hands of home favourite Philipp Kohlschreiber where the Australian went down in straight sets 7-6 6-3. During this match, Hewitt turned his ankle when he came into net to try and reach a net cord ball. The following week Hewitt had to retire during a first round match at the AEGON International against Olivier Rochus at 2-6 0-3. This was a result of the niggling ankle injury he had picked up at Halle the week before.

Hewitt came into Wimbledon with doubts over his fitness and condition and furthermore was unseeded in the 2011 Wimbledon Championships draw. Hewitt faced Kei Nishikori of Japan in the first round and won in four close sets 6-1 7-6 6-7 6-3. In the second round, Hewitt faced the number five seed Robin Soderling. Hewitt won the first set in a tiebreak 7-6(7-5) and the second set 6-3. Soderling fought back to take the match in five sets 7-6 6-3 5-7 4-6 4-6.

Hewitt's next tournament after Wimbledon was the 2011 Atlanta Tennis Championships, an ATP World Tour 250 event and first event on the US hard court swing. Hewitt won his first round match against the American qualifier Phillip Simmonds in straight sets 6-4 6-4 to advance to the second round, where he lost to the American qualifier Rajeev Ram 7-5, 2-6, 6-2. After this defeat, Hewitt who had been scheduled to play in Los Angeles the following week, opted not to take up the offer of a wildcard and withdrew from the event to recover from a niggling foot injury that had hampered much of his season, the wildcard going to Robby Ginepri instead.

Davis Cup

Hewitt was a part of the Australian Davis Cup Team that won the Davis Cup in 1999 and 2003 and reached the final in 2000 and 2001. By the age of 22, he had recorded more wins in Davis Cup singles than any other Australian player.

In 2003, Hewitt led the Australian team to victory when he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the opening rubber 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6, 6–2.

In the 2006 quarter-finals in Melbourne, Hewitt defeated Belarusian Vladimir Voltchkov 6–2, 6–1, 6–2 in just 91 minutes. Voltchkov said before the match that "Hewitt has no weapons to hurt me." Hewitt responded, "Voltchkov doesn't have a ranking [of 457] to hurt me." In the semi-finals in Buenos Aires on clay, Hewitt lost to Argentine José Acasuso 1–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1.

In Australia's loss to Belgium in the World Group Playoffs Hewitt became Australia's most successful Davis Cup player.

Coaches

Peter Smith, Darren Cahill, Jason Stoltenberg, Roger Rasheed, Scott Draper, Tony Roche, Nathan Healey and Brett Smith are all former coaches of Hewitt. Hewitt is currently coached by Tony Roche. This is Roche's second spell as Hewitt's coach.

Lleyton Hewitt's coaches in his time on the ATP Tour:

Peter Smith (January 1997 – December 1998)

Darren Cahill (December 1998 – December 2001)

Jason Stoltenberg (December 2001 – June 2003)

Roger Rasheed (June 2003 – January 2007)

Scott Draper (January 2007)

Tony Roche (July 2007 – August 2009)

Nathan Healey (August 2009 – August 2010)

Brett Smith (August 2010 – November 2010)

Tony Roche (November 2010 – Present Day)

Tony Roche became Hewitt's coach for the second time in November 2010.

Playing style

Hewitt is a defensive baseline counterpuncher. He typically likes to stay back towards the baseline during a rally and will usually approach the net only to catch a short reply or drop shot from his opponent. At the 2004 Cincinnati Masters Final, commentator MaliVai Washington said that Hewitt was even more difficult to "ace" than Agassi because he gets more returns in play. Hewitt's tactics typically involve putting difficult service returns in play, consistently chasing down attempted winning shots from his opponent, and waiting for his opponent to make an error.

Although he is known primarily as a baseline defender, Hewitt is a skilled volleyer and is known for having one of the best overhead smashes in the game. His signature shot, however, is the offensive topspin lob, a shot that he executes efficiently off both wings when his opponent approaches the net. US Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe and Jim Courier have both described Hewitt's lob as being the best in the world.

In Andre Agassi's book "Open", Hewitt is described as one of the best shot selectors in the history of Men's Tennis.

Awards

2001–ATP Player of the Year

2001–Most Popular South Australian

2002–ATP Player of the Year

2002–Australia's Male Athlete

2002–ESPY Best Male Tennis Player

2003–Young Australian of the Year

2003–Vogue Australia Sportsman of the Year

2003–Most Popular South Australian

Personal life

Hewitt is a keen supporter of Australian rules football, having played the game earlier in his career and is the No.1 ticket holder for the Adelaide Crows. He once had a close friendship with Crows star Andrew McLeod, but this broke down over much public controversy.

Hewitt and Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters started a relationship in January 2000, during the Australian Open. The two announced their engagement just before Christmas 2003, but separated in October 2004, cancelling a planned February 2005 wedding.

On 30 January 2005, shortly after losing the 2005 Australian Open final to Marat Safin, Hewitt proposed to Australian actress Bec Cartwright after they had been dating for just six weeks. They married on 21 July 2005 and have three children. Their first child, a daughter named Mia Rebecca Hewitt, was born on 29 November 2005. Their second child, a son named Cruz Lleyton Hewitt, was born on 11 December 2008. Their third child, a daughter named Ava Sydney, was born on 19 October 2010.

In late 2008, to extend his tennis career and reduce the amount of travel, the couple relocated for the European and North American season to their future holiday home in the Old Fort Bay estate, in Nassau, Bahamas.

Hewitt is currently sponsored by the Japanese sports manufacterer Yonex, with whom he signed a "Head to Toe" deal in late 2005. Yonex provides all of Hewitt's clothing, racquets, shoes and accessories. Hewitt's Yonex shoes (SHT-306) are inscribed with his nickname "Rusty" along with an image of an Australian flag. As of 7 August 2007, his first appearance with a new racquet at the Montreal Masters, Hewitt used to use the Yonex RQiS 1 Tour. He used to use the Yonex RDS tour 90 Model, but switched to the Yonex RDiS 100 mid in 2009.

Hewitt's sister, Jaslyn Hewitt, is a former tennis player, and currently a bodybuilder.

Hewitt maintains a second residence in Nassau, Bahamas where he stays during off-time in the American hard court season.

Controversies

Lleyton Hewitt has been involved in a number of controversial incidents of which the most notorious was his protest to Swiss umpire Andreas Egli regarding an African-American linesman, who Hewitt insinuated was biased in favour of James Blake at the 2001 U.S. Open. Hewitt protested: "Look at him (the linesman) and tell me what the similarity is (beckoning towards Blake)", and "I want him off the court, I've only been foot-faulted at one end. Look at what he's done." Hewitt later denied accusations of racism, asserting that he was not "racial (sic) in any way."

At the French Open of the same year, Hewitt was involved in yet more controversy when he twice called match officials "spastic." Following his outbursts, a complaint was received from the Cerebral Palsy Association in Australia. Hewitt later apologised, stating "If I did say that in the heat of the battle, then I apologise. I didn't intend to offend anyone."

Career statistics

See also

Wimbledon champions (Men's Singles)

US Open champions (Men's Singles)

List of Grand Slam Men's Singles champions

References

External links

Lleyton Hewitt profile at Tennis Australia

The official website for himself and his wife Bec

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