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Alec Ross
:For other people with this name, see Alec Ross or Alexander Ross.
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Alex Smith (golfer)
Alex Smith (1872 – 21 April 1930) was a member of a famous Scottish golfing family. His brother Willie won the U.S. Open in 1899, and Alex won it in both 1906 and 1910. Like many British professionals of his era he spent much of his adult life working as a club professional in the United States.
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Andy North
Andrew Stewart North (born March 9, 1950) is an American professional golfer.
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Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer (born September 10, 1929) is an American golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955. Nicknamed "The King," he is one of golf's most popular stars and its most important trailblazer because he was the first star of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s. He is part of "The Big Three" in golf along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player who are widely credited with popularizing and commercialising the sport around the world.
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Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan (August 13, 1912 – July 25, 1997) was an American golfer, and is generally considered one of the greatest golfers in the history of the game. Born within six months of two other acknowledged golf greats of the twentieth century, Sam Snead and Byron Nelson, Hogan is notable for his profound influence on the golf swing theory and his legendary ball-striking ability, for which he remains renowned among players and fans. His life is depicted in the biographical film Follow the Sun (1951).
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Billy Burke (golfer)
William John Burke, born Burkowski (December 14, 1902 – April 19, 1972) was a prominent American professional golfer of the 1930s.
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Billy Casper
:Billy Casper is also the name of the protagonist of A Kestrel for a Knave.
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Bobby Jones (golfer)
Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 – December 18, 1971) was arguably the most famous amateur golfer ever to compete on a national and international level. He earned his living mainly as an attorney and participated only as an amateur, primarily on a part-time basis, and chose to retire from competition at age 28, though he would indirectly profit from golf later as an instructor and designer.
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Byron Nelson
John Byron Nelson, Jr. (February 4, 1912 – September 26, 2006) was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.
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Cary Middlecoff
Emmett Cary Middlecoff (January 6, 1921 – September 1, 1998) was a dentist who gave up his practice to become a professional golfer on the PGA Tour in the 1940s. At the time, a career as a dentist would quite likely have been more lucrative.
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Chick Evans
Charles E. "Chick" Evans, Jr. (July 18, 1890 – November 6, 1979) was a leading amateur golfer of the 1910s and 1920s. Evans was the first amateur to win the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in one year, a feat he achieved in 1916. Evans went on to win the U.S. Amateur in 1920, while finishing runner-up three times. Selected to the Walker Cup team in 1922, 1924, and 1928, Evans competed in a record 50 consecutive U.S. Amateurs in his long career. All this was achieved with only seven hickory-shafted clubs. In addition to his golf career, Evans is known for sponsoring a college scholarship for qualified caddies.
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Corey Pavin
Corey Allen Pavin (born November 16, 1959) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 150 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1986 and 1997.
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Craig Wood (golfer)
Craig Ralph Wood (November 18, 1901 – May 7, 1968) was an American professional golfer in the 1930s and 1940s, the winner of 21 PGA Tour titles including two major championships and a member of three Ryder Cup teams (1931, 1933, 1935).
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Curtis Strange
Curtis Northrup Strange (born January 30, 1955) is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990.
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Cyril Walker
Cyril Walker (September 18, 1892 – August 6, 1948) was an English golfer born in Manchester who emigrated to the United States in 1914.
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Dick Mayer
Alvin Richard Mayer (August 28, 1924 – June 2, 1989) was an American professional golfer.
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Ed Furgol
Edward Joseph Furgol (March 24, 1917 – March 6, 1997) was an American professional golfer.
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Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els (; born 17 October 1969) is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature (he stands 1.91 metres(6 feet, 3 inches)) along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing. Among his numerous victories are three major championships: the U.S. Open in 1994 at the Oakmont Country Club and 1997 at the Congressional Country Club, and The Open Championship in 2002 at Muirfield.
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Francis Ouimet
Francis DeSales Ouimet (May 8, 1893 – September 3, 1967) was an American golfer. He is widely known for winning the 1913 U.S. Open, and was the first American elected Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. He married Stella M. Sullivan on September 11, 1918, with whom he had two daughters: Jane Salvi and Barbara McLean.
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Fred Herd
Fred Herd (November 26, 1874 – March 14, 1954) was a Scottish professional golfer from St Andrews. In 1898 he won the fourth U.S. Open at Myopia Hunt Club, in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. This was the first U.S. Open to be played over 72 holes, requiring the competitors to play eight rounds of Myopia's nine hole course. Herd was a professional at the Washington Park course in Chicago at this time. He won $150, but such was his reputation as a drinker that he was not allowed to take the U.S. Open trophy away until he had paid a deposit, as the USGA was worried that he might pawn it to buy drink.
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Fred McLeod
Frederick Robertson McLeod (25 April 1882 – 8 May 1976) was a Scottish-American golfer who had a distinguished career in the United States, which included victory in the 1908 U.S. Open. He was born in Kirk Ports, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.
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Fuzzy Zoeller
Frank Urban "Fuzzy" Zoeller, Jr. () (born November 11, 1951) is an American professional golfer. He is one of three golfers to have won The Masters in his first appearance in the event. He also won the 1984 U.S. Open, which earned him the 1985 Bob Jones Award.
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Gary Player
Gary Player DMS; OIG (born 1 November 1935) is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories as well as his nine major victories on the Champions Tour, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six decades.
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Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen (February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s. He is one of five golfers (along with Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods) to win all the current major championships in his career, the Career Grand Slam:
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Geoff Ogilvy
Geoff Charles Ogilvy (born 11 June 1977) is an Australian professional golfer best known for winning the 2006 U.S. Open and three World Golf Championships.
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Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin (born June 3, 1945) is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.
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Harry Vardon
Harry Vardon (9 May 1870 – 20 March 1937) was a Jersey professional golfer and member of the fabled Great Triumvirate of the sport in his day, along with John Henry Taylor and James Braid. He won The Open Championship a record six times and also won the U.S. Open.
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Hubert Green
Hubert Myatt Green (born December 28, 1946) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.
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Jack Fleck
Jack Fleck (born November 7, 1921) is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1955 U.S. Open.
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Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), also known as "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. With the most victories in major championships (18), he was continuously ranked as the world's number one golfer on McCormack's World Golf Rankings from its inception in 1968 to 1977. Having won seven professional major titles between 1962 and 1967, he would likely have been considered number one in some of those years as well (a period when he, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player vied for that status in public acclaim as The Big Three). After 1978, while much younger players such as Tom Watson and Seve Ballesteros came to be ranked higher than him, Nicklaus continued to regularly challenge for and indeed win many major titles until 1986, making a full quarter-century in which he competed at the very highest level of his sport. Indeed, over the course of this 25-year period of 100 major championships as a professional, Nicklaus finished either first or second 36 times, in the top three 45 times, the top five 54 times, and the top 10 67 times. Nicklaus and the other 45 major championship winners during this period combined for a total of 119 major championship victories, 704 official PGA Tour wins, and over 825 additional individual professional victories (excludes Champions Tour events, etc.). While other marquee players such as Nick Faldo, Tom Kite, Nick Price, Payne Stewart, and Curtis Strange were winning numerous tournaments worldwide, they had yet to break through with major wins prior to 1987, but proved to be on the verge of doing so. These facts make this period arguably the most competitive in the history of professional golf and illustrate Nicklaus' ability and durability over time.
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James Foulis
James Foulis (December 11, 1870 – October 31, 1928) was a Scottish born professional golfer who won the second U.S. Open.
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Jerome Travers
Jerome Dunstan "Jerry" Travers (May 19, 1887 – March 29, 1951) was one of the leading amateur golfers of the early 20th century. He won the U.S. Amateur Championship in 1907, 1908, 1912 and 1913, the New Jersey Amateur three times, and the Metropolitan Amateur (New York) five times. He was regarded as one of the finest match play golfers of his time and had a famous rivalry with Walter Travis. Despite his great success as an amateur, Travers found it notoriously difficult to compete strongly in stroke play events. In several of the amateur championships in which he played, he only made it through the stroke play qualifying rounds on the cut line, before going on to succeed in the match play format.
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Jerry Pate
Jerome Kendrick "Jerry" Pate (born September 16, 1953) is an American golfer.
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Jim Barnes
James Martin Barnes (April 8, 1886 – May 24, 1966) was a leading figure in the early years of professional golf in the United States.
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Jim Furyk
James Michael Furyk (born May 12, 1970) is an American professional golfer and 2010 FedEx Cup champion. Furyk is known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing. Due to his ability to perform at such a high level despite that swing, his devoted fan base has given him the nickname "The Grinder". In September 2006 he reached a career high of second in the Official World Golf Rankings. He ranked in the top-10 for over 300 weeks between 1999 and 2009.
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Joe Lloyd
Joseph "Joe" Lloyd (1864-?) was an English professional golfer who won the third U.S. Open Championship at the Chicago Golf Club in 1897.
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Johnny Farrell
John Joseph Farrell (April 1, 1901 – June 14, 1988) was an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1928 U.S. Open.
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Johnny Goodman
Johnny G. Goodman (December 28, 1909 – August 8, 1970) was the last amateur golfer to win the U.S. Open, doing so in 1933; he also won the U.S. Amateur in 1937.
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Johnny Miller
John Laurence Miller (born April 29, 1947) is a former professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He was one of the top players in the world during the mid-1970s, ranked second in the world on Mark McCormack's world golf rankings in both 1974 and 1975 behind Jack Nicklaus, and is currently the lead golf analyst for NBC Sports, a position he has held since January 1990. He is also an active and successful golf course architect.
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Julius Boros
Julius Nicholas Boros (March 3, 1920 – May 28, 1994) was a Hungarian-American professional golfer.
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Justin Rose
Justin Peter Rose (born 30 July 1980) is a South African born English professional golfer.
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Ken Venturi
Kenneth Venturi (born May 15, 1931) is an American former professional golfer and golf broadcaster.
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Laurie Auchterlonie
Lawrence "Laurie" Auchterlonie (8 December 1868 – 20 January 1948) was a Scottish professional golfer. He was a native of St Andrews, the "Home of Golf". In 1902, representing the Chicago Golf Club, he won the eighth U.S. Open at Garden City Golf Club in Garden City, New York.
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Lawson Little
William Lawson Little, Jr. (June 23, 1910 – February 1, 1968) was an American professional golfer who also had a distinguished amateur career.
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Lee Janzen
Lee McLeod Janzen (born August 28, 1964) is an American golfer who is best known for twice winning the U.S. Open, in 1993 and 1998.
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Lee Trevino
Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex".
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Lew Worsham
Lewis Elmer Worsham, Jr. (October 5, 1917 – October 19, 1990) was an American golfer. He was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia and died in Poquoson, Virginia.
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Lou Graham
Louis Krebs "Lou" Graham (born January 7, 1938) is an American professional golfer who has participated in and won numerous golf tournaments including the 1975 U.S. Open. Most of his wins were in the 1970s.
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Lucas Glover
Lucas Hendley Glover (born November 12, 1979) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is best known for winning the 2009 U.S. Open.
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Michael Campbell
Michael Shane Campbell, CNZM (born 23 February 1969) is a New Zealand golfer who is best-known for having won the 2005 U.S. Open and the richest prize in golf, the £1,000,000 HSBC World Match Play Championship, in the same year. He is a member of the European Tour.
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Olin Dutra
Olin Dutra (January 17, 1901 – May 5, 1983) was a professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Orville Moody
Orville James Moody (December 9, 1933 – August 8, 2008) was an American professional golfer who won numerous tournaments in his career. He won the 1969 U.S. Open, the last champion in the 20th century to win through local and sectional qualifying.
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Payne Stewart
William Payne Stewart (January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999) was an American professional golfer who won three majors in his career, the last of which occurred only months before he died in an airplane accident at the age of 42.
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Raymond Floyd
Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd (born September 4, 1942) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.
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Rees Jones
Rees Jones (born September 16, 1941) is an American golf course architect.
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Rickie Fowler
Rick Yutaka Fowler (born December 13, 1988) is an American professional golfer. He was the number one ranked amateur golfer in the world for 36 weeks in 2007 and 2008.
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Robert Garrigus
Robert Garrigus (born November 11, 1977) is an American professional golfer.
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Robert Trent Jones
Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (June 20, 1906 – June 14, 2000) was a golf course architect who designed (or re-designed) about 500 golf courses in at least 40 US states and 35 other countries all around the world. It has been jokingly said that, "The sun never sets on a Robert Trent Jones golf course."
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Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy (born 4 May 1989) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland. He has represented Ireland as both an amateur and a professional.
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Sam Parks, Jr.
Samuel McLaughlin Parks, Jr. (June 23, 1909 – April 7, 1997) was an American golfer best known for winning the 1935 U.S. Open.
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Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson Snead (May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. He and two of the other greatest golfers of all time, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, were born within six months of each other in 1912. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events.
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Tadd Fujikawa
Tadd Fujikawa (born January 8, 1991) is a Japanese American professional golfer. Playing as an amateur at age 15, he qualified for the 2006 U.S. Open, the youngest golfer ever to do so. In 2007, he made the cut in a PGA Tour event at the Sony Open in Hawaii. At the age of 16 years, 4 days, he was the second youngest player to ever achieve that feat.
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Ted Ray (golfer)
Edward R. G. "Ted" Ray (28 March 1877 – 26 August 1943) was a British professional golfer born on the Isle of Jersey.
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Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he is the highest-paid professional athlete in the world, having earned an estimated $90.5 million from winnings and endorsements in 2010.
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Tom Weiskopf
Thomas Daniel Weiskopf (born November 9, 1942) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. His most successful decade was the 1970s.
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Tommy Armour
Thomas Dickson Armour (September 24, 1894 – September 11, 1968) was a Scottish-American professional golfer. He was nicknamed The Silver Scot.
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Tommy Bolt
Thomas Henry "Tommy" Bolt (March 31, 1916 – August 30, 2008) was an American professional golfer.
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Tony Jacklin
Anthony "Tony" Jacklin CBE (born 7 July 1944) is an English golfer, who was the most successful British player of his generation. He was also the most successful European Ryder Cup captain ever. He was born in Scunthorpe, England.
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Tony Manero
Anthony T. Manero (April 4, 1905 – October 22, 1989) was an American golfer. He won eight times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 1936 U.S. Open. He played on the 1937 Ryder Cup team. He was born in New York, New York and died in Greenwich, Connecticut. Manero was originally spelled Mainiero. The letter i is sometimes removed for easier spelling.
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Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF (, ; born 22 February 1963), nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships (The Masters in 2000 and the PGA Championship in 1998 and 2004) and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2006. He won the FedEx Cup in 2008.
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Walter Hagen
Walter Charles Hagen (December 21, 1892 – October 6, 1969) was a major figure in golf in the first half of the 20th century. His tally of eleven professional majors is third behind Jack Nicklaus (18) and Tiger Woods (14). He won the U.S. Open twice, and in 1922 he became the first native-born American to win the British Open, which he went on to win four times in total. He also won the PGA Championship a record-tying five times (1921, '24-'27), the Western Open five times, totalled 45 PGA wins in his career, and was a six time Ryder Cup captain.
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Willie Macfarlane
William "Willie" Macfarlane (29 June 1890 – 15 August 1961) (surname spelled MacFarlane by some sources, birth year given as 1889 by some sources) was a Scottish professional golfer.
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World War I
World War I was a military conflict centered on Europe that began in the summer of 1914. The fighting ended in late 1918. This conflict involved all of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente) and the Central Powers. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million combatants were killed, due largely to great technological advances in firepower without corresponding ones in mobility. It was the second deadliest conflict in history.
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Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic (, ), is the second largest country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico, Colombia and Spain are more populous.
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Australia
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Baltusrol Golf Club
The Baltusrol Golf Club is a private 36-hole golf club located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey. Among the many prestigious tournaments it has hosted, Baltusrol was most recently the site of the 2005 PGA Championship. The course architect is A. W. Tillinghast, though the original course (which no longer exists) was designed by Louis Keller.
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Beachwood, Ohio
Beachwood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland. The population was 12,186 at the 2000 census.
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Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda. (In Aramaic, beth hesda means "House of Mercy" and in Hebrew, "bait" "chesed" means "House of Kindness".)
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California
California (pronounced ) is the most populous state in the United States and the third-largest by land area, after Alaska and Texas. California is also the most populous sub-national entity in North America. It's on the U.S. West Coast, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and by the states of Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, Baja California, Mexico, to the south. Its 5 largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, and Long Beach, with Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose each having at least 1 million residents. Like many populous states, California's capital, Sacramento is smaller than the state's largest city, Los Angeles. The state is home to the nation's 2nd- and 6th-largest census statistical areas and 8 of the nation's 50 most populous cities. California has a varied climate and geography and a multi-cultural population.
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Canterbury Golf Club
The Canterbury Golf Club near Cleveland, Ohio was organized more than half century ago when a group of prominent Cleveland men interested in playing golf on a championship course gathered for that purpose at the University Club. Since that time, Canterbury has been developed over the years as a family club providing a wide range of facilities and activities for golfing members, as well as for members with other interests.
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Chambers Bay
Chambers Bay is a Scottish links-style golf course in University Place, Washington on Puget Sound. The public course is owned by Pierce County and opened for play on June 23, 2007.
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Champions Golf Club
The Champions Golf Club is a golf club located in Houston, Texas. The club was founded in 1957 by Jack Burke, Jr. and Jimmy Demaret. In 1959 the Cypress Creek Course was opened for play, designed by Ralph Plummer. This course has hosted tournaments such as the 1967 Ryder Cup, the 1969 U.S. Open, multiple Tour Championships, the U.S. Amateur, and the Houston Champions International, which was a PGA Tour event.
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Chaska, Minnesota
Chaska is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 17,449 as of the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Carver County.
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Chicago Golf Club
Chicago Golf Club is a private golf club in Wheaton, Illinois in the United States. It is the oldest 18-hole course in North America and was one of the five clubs which founded the United States Golf Association in 1894. Its founder, Charles B. Macdonald, won the first official U.S. Amateur Championship in 1895.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio, the state's third largest metropolitan area behind Cincinnati and Cleveland, and the fourth largest city in the American Midwest. It is the county seat of Franklin County, yet the city has expanded and annexed portions of adjoining Delaware County and Fairfield County. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. The city has a diverse economy based on education, government, insurance, banking, fashion, defense, aviation, food, logistics, steel, energy, medical research, health care, hospitality, retail, and technology.
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Dallas
Dallas () is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. As of 2009, the population of Dallas was at 1.3 million according to the US Census Bureau. The city is the largest economic center of the 12-county metropolitan area that according to the March 2010 U.S. Census Bureau release, had a population of roughly 6.5 million as of July 2009. The metropolitan area is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States.
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Duluth, Georgia
Duluth is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and an increasingly more affluent and developed suburb of Atlanta. Unincorporated portions of Forsyth County also have Duluth as a mailing address, though this area is outside city limits. Much of the adjacent city of Johns Creek (incorporated in 2006) uses one of the Duluth ZIP codes.
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Edina, Minnesota
Edina () is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and a first-ring suburb situated immediately southwest of Minneapolis. Edina began as a small farming and milling community in the 1860s. The population was 47,425 at the 2000 census. Edina also has the nickname of "cake-eaters".
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Englewood Golf Club
Englewood Golf Club is a golf course located in Englewood, New Jersey, just outside New York City, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1909.
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Erin, Wisconsin
Erin is a town in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,664 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of
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Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the seventeenth-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city within the state of Texas. Located in and the western edge of the American South, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and Wise counties, serving as the seat for Tarrant County. According to the 2010 census estimates, Fort Worth had a population of 727,575. It has been estimated that by 2030 it will have 1,211,665 residents. The city is the second-largest cultural and economic center of the region.
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Glen View Club
The Glen View Club is a private country club in Golf, Illinois, a suburb just north of Chicago. It is thought to be one the Midwest's most prestigious golf and country clubs and counts among its 300 members some of the Chicago area's most prominent businesspeople.
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Great Neck, New York
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Inwood Country Club
Inwood Country Club is a private country club in Inwood, New York, located adjacent to Jamaica Bay and near John F. Kennedy International Airport. Originally established as a nine hole course in 1901, it is one of the oldest golf courses on Long Island. The course was expanded to an eighteen hole layout in 1906.
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Japan (日本 Nihon or Nippon), officially the State of Japan ( or Nihon-koku), is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin" (because it lies to the east of nearby countries), which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
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Johns Creek, Georgia
Johns Creek is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, USA, which incorporated on December 1, 2006. It is named for a body of water that runs through the area. The city was created out of the entire unincorporated eastern part of northern Fulton County, bounded by Roswell to the west and south, Alpharetta to the northwest, Forsyth County to the north, and Gwinnett County to the south and east. The 2007 population estimate for the city is 70,050. It is the tenth-largest city in Georgia and is the wealthiest city in Georgia.
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Ladue, Missouri
Ladue is a very wealthy inner ring suburb of St. Louis, located in central St. Louis County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 8,645.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; , Spanish for "The Angels") is the second most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of California and the western United States, with a population of 3.83 million within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Los Angeles extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of over 14.8 million and it is the 14th largest urban area in the world, affording it megacity status. The metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is home to nearly 12.9 million residents while the broader Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) contains nearly 17.8 million people. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most multicultural counties in the United States. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos" ().
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Medinah Country Club
Medinah Country Club is a private country club in Medinah, Illinois with nearly 600 members and containing three golf courses, Lake Kadijah, swimming facilities and a Byzantine-style, mosque-evoking clubhouse with Oriental, Louis XIV and Italian architectural aspects. Medinah is widely known for its Course #3, a 7,508 yard (7,385 m) golf course which has hosted three U.S. Opens (1949, 1975, 1990) and two PGA Championships (1999, 2006).
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis (), nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States. Its name is attributed to the city's first schoolteacher, who combined mni, the Dakota word for water, and polis, the Greek word for city.
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Myopia Hunt Club
Myopia Hunt Club is a foxhunting and private country club at 435 Bay Road in South Hamilton, Massachusetts founded in 1882 by J. Murray Forbes. The name "Myopia" is due to some of its founding members having come from the Myopia Club in Winchester, Massachusetts, which had been founded by four brothers with poor vision. Today, the Myopia Hunt Club is a drag hunt, meaning that the hounds follow a laid scent rather than live fox.[http://myopiahunt.com/]
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New York
New York (; locally or ) is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the north and west, and Quebec to the north. New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.
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New Zealand
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Newport Country Club
Newport Country Club, founded in 1893, is a historic private golf club in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States that hosted both the first U.S. Amateur Championship and the first U.S. Open in 1895.
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North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the Southern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte. North Carolina is now ranked as one of the top 3 leading States for Green Technology, Bio-Chemical Engineering, Medical Sciences, and Computer Engineering through the long-range research and development programs of Research Triangle Park (RTP), UNC Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State .
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Northwood Club
Northwood Club is a private country club in Dallas, Texas.
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Olympic Club
The Olympic Club is a San Francisco, California, athletic club with three golf courses located at San Francisco's border with Daly City, California. The club's main "City Clubhouse" is located in downtown San Francisco. The club's "Lakeside Clubhouse" is located just north of the city's border with Daly City. The two clubhouses are separated by about 10 miles. The three courses at the Olympic Club are the Cliffs, Lake and Ocean courses. The Lake and Ocean are 18-hole par-71 courses, and the Cliffs is a nine-hole par-3 course that is on the bluffs of the Pacific Ocean. All three courses are lined with many trees (almost 40,000 on the Lake course) and offer views of the Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park. The United States Golf Association recognizes the Olympic Club as one of the first 100 golf clubs established in the United States.
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Onwentsia Club
Onwentsia Club is an 18-hole golf course. It is located at the Onwentsia Club facility in Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S., and lies in Lake County.
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Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania () is a U.S. state and Commonwealth located in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to the east. The state's four most populous cities are Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and Erie. The state capital is Harrisburg.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia () is the largest city in Pennsylvania, sixth-most-populous city in the United States and the fifty-first most populous city in the world.
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Riviera Country Club
The Riviera Country Club is a country club with a championship golf course. It is located in Pacific Palisades, California, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California. The country club opened in 1926, with George C. Thomas, Jr. as the course architect. The course has been the primary host for the PGA Tour's Northern Trust Open (better known as the Los Angeles Open). Riviera has also hosted the U.S. Open in 1948, the PGA Championship in 1983 and 1995, and the U.S. Senior Open in 1998. The course is located in the Santa Monica Canyon, just below the Santa Monica Mountains and a block south of Sunset Boulevard. It is not to be confused with the clubs of the same name in Coral Gables, Florida,[http://www.rivieracountryclub.org] Chicago, Illinois,[http://www.rivierasports.com] or Dublin, Ohio[http://www.rivieragolfclub.net].
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Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest regional economy in all of New York State according to the U.S. Internal Revenue, after the New York City metropolitan area. Known as ''The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City''. It is the county seat for Monroe County.
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San Diego
San Diego (), named after Saint Didacus (Spanish: Diego de Alcalá), is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California, after Los Angeles, with a population of 1,359,132 (Jan 2010) within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of San Diego extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 2,880,000. Also, this is part of a megalopolis (the San Diego and Los Angeles metropolitan areas) with a population of about 22 million. It is located on the Pacific Ocean at the southernmost end of the west coast of the continental United States.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 12th most populous city in the United States, with a 2009 estimated population of 815,358. The only consolidated city-county in California, it encompasses a land area of on the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, giving it a density of 17,323 people/mi² (6,688.4 people/km²). It is the most densely-settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most densely populated large city in the United States. San Francisco is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of more than 7.4 million.
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Scioto Country Club
Scioto Country Club, is a private country club and golf course in Columbus, Ohio. The course, designed by Donald Ross, opened in 1916 and since then has hosted five PGA tournaments throughout its history, including two majors. Scioto is one of only four courses (the others are Oak Hill Country Club, Oakland Hills Country Club, and Pinehurst Resort) to host the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, the Ryder Cup, and the U.S. Amateur Championship. All four of those courses were designed by Donald Ross.
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Skokie Country Club
Skokie Country Club is a private country club in Glencoe, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
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South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an independent country wholly surrounded by South African territory.
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Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is south of the equator—the word hemisphere (from the Greek word σφαιρα (sphere)
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St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis ( or ; French: Saint-Louis or St-Louis, ) is an independent city and the second largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. The city itself has an estimated population of 354,361 and is the principal municipality of Greater St. Louis, population 2,879,934, the largest urban area in Missouri and 16th-largest in the United States.
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The Country Club
The Country Club, located in Brookline, Massachusetts, is one of the oldest country clubs in the United States. It holds an important place in golf history, as it was one of the five charter clubs that founded the United States Golf Association, and has hosted numerous USGA tournaments including the famous 1913 U.S. Open won by then-unknown Francis Ouimet. Today, the club is one of the largest of its kind in the northeastern U.S., with about 1300 members.
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The Minikahda Club
The Minikahda Club is a golf club and course located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is located near Lake Calhoun. The club was established in 1898. The name Minikahda comes from the Sioux, a combination of two Indian words meaning "by the side of the water." The course was site of the 1916 U.S. Open, 1927 U.S. Amateur golf Championship, 1957 Walker Cup.
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The Olympic Club
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Timonium, Maryland
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Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. The municipality is located in northwest Ohio on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan. The city was founded in 1833 on the west bank of the Maumee River, originally incorporated as part of Monroe County, Michigan Territory; then re-founded in 1837, after conclusion of theToledo War, when it was incorporated in Ohio. Toledo grew quickly as a result of the Miami and Erie Canal and its position on the railway line between New York and Chicago. It has since become a city well known for its industry, particularly in glass and auto assembly (Jeep headquarters and related auto parts production), as well as for its art community, education, and local sports teams.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-largest city in the United States. With an estimated population of 389,625 in 2009, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 929,015 (2009) residents in the MSA and 979,721 (2009) in the CSA Tulsa's CSA is projected to reach one million between 2010 and 2012. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, and extends into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is considered part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Upper Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is Madison, and its largest city is Milwaukee. As of 2009 the state has an estimated 5.6 million residents. The state contains 72 counties.
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![Highlights [Tennis] US Open 2011 - first round second day.mp4](http://web.archive.org./web/20120225204414im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/AO6SpXR7sx8/0.jpg "Highlights [Tennis] US Open 2011 - first round second day.mp4")
Highlights [Tennis] US Open 2011 - first round second day.mp4
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Jo Wilfried Tsonga Bites Tennis Ball US Open 2011
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Need some new music? Check us out on facebook for the best independent music: www.facebook.com Jo Wilfried Tsonga has a funny reaction after losing this point in the tiebreak to Mardy Fish at the 2011 US Open.
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2011 us open Tennis - Funny Gael Monfils after his doubles match on day 4
This was the game played right after his 5 hour marathon match against Ferrero. Hats off for lifting the crowd about. Spent 7 hours on court on trott you can say. What a champion and what a character
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Serena Williams argument with umpire 2011 US OPEN Final but Avoids Ban
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- Published: 12 Sep 2011
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Check Out www.stevegtennis.com WAS THE PENALTY FAIR? PLEASE COMMENT YOUR OPINION!!! ANGRY Serena Williams outburst at the US Open 2011 final. She gets fined $2000 but escapes ban. Williams blames her outburst on Emotions..Was the umpire Eva Asderaki correct to give the point to Stosur? Was there any difference between the noise Serena made and a mega loud grunting sound made by many other Women on the tour? If she had made such a sound when her opponent was about to put away an easy ball then maybe a point penalty against her would have been fair, but surely the umpire should be able to apply rules to the situation, and if that was done there is no way the point should have been give to Stosur. Regardless, maybe this would not have effected the result. What do you think?
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2011 US Open tennis preview
Erica Hill and Jeff Glor speak with Tennis Channel host Bill Macatee about the field at the 2011 US Open in New York City.
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US Open Tennis Jamaican star Dustin Brown
For years, he travelled to small tournaments across Europe in his van, eating and sleeping in it to cut down on his expenses as he tried to make it as a player. Here, at his first US Open, Brown on Friday has a second-round match against Andy Murray, a former finalist at Flushing Meadows who spoke over the summer of wanting to sell his blood-red Ferrari as "you could say that it's a poseur's car". He has felt uncomfortable drawing attention to himself when he stops at traffic lights or steps out of it in parking lots. There is no chance of Brown ever wanting to be permanently separated from his beloved VW, even though he has reached the full tour, and this summer made his first appearance at Wimbledon, where he lost in the first round. "There are so many memories and hard things I've been through with that camper, so I'm definitely keeping it," said Brown, who was born in Germany, and is still based there, in a small town outside Hannover. Brown has put in the hours, on court and behind the wheel, to get where he is today, to play Murray, though there is a chance that their match could be delayed by the arrival of Hurricane Earl on America's eastern seaboard. Here are a couple of things that Murray and Brown have in common. They do not have permanent coaches with them in New York, as Murray decided that he would be better off without Miles Maclagan, while Brown cannot afford one. And they have each relied on support from their mothers. Murray's mother, Judy, is here in <b>...</b>
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VT4 2011 US Open Tennis - Djokovic Vs Nadal [HD]
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Andy Roddick's Outburst at US Open Over Court Conditions
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- Duration: 1:19
- Published: 08 Sep 2011
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Once again, Andy Roddick's temper gets the best of him and causes him to make a scene at the US Open, resulting in him walking off the court. Time to get some anger management, Andy, don't ya think???
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1991 US Open Tennis Highlights
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- Published: 03 Nov 2008
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- Author: MoonTigress07
Highlights of the 1991 US Open, which was won by Monica Seles and Stefan Edberg, but best known for Jimmy Connor's run to the semifinals at age 39. Tribute is entirely created by and owned by CBS. No copyright infringement intended. Watch in high quality.
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Wilson Tennis US Open Jumbo Tennis Ball Challenge with Corinna Dentoni
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- Published: 22 May 2011
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Corinna Dentoni seeks revenge on Tracy at the French Open tennis tournament....this time it's Wilson US Open tennis ball Challenge, who gets MORE WIN?!
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Nike Tennis US OPEN 2011 - Rafael Nadal
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- Published: 21 Aug 2011
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Nike presents the new Rafael Nadal kit for the US Open 2011.
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US Open Tennis 2011 Fit Tip The Benefits of Tennis
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- Published: 29 Aug 2011
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www.empoweryourbody.com US Open Tennis 2011 Fit Tip The Benefits of Tennis from EYB
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Wilson Tennis- Wilson US Open Tennis Ball Challenge w/ Julia Goerges
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- Duration: 1:18
- Published: 21 Mar 2011
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Julia Goerges takes on the Wilson US Open Jumbo Tennis Ball Challenge
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2011 Olympus US Open Series: Atlanta Tennis Championships
Watch highlights of the 2011 Atlanta Tennis Championships - part of the Olympus US Open Series - as Mardy Fish rolled through the Georgia heat and claimed his second consecutive ATC title over fellow American John Isner. For all Olympus US Open Series news, standings, photos, videos and much more leading up to the 2011 US Open, check out: www.usopenseries.com Copyright 2011, United States Tennis Association
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Civilization of Tennis : AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2012 REVIEW
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- Duration: 4:12
- Published: 29 Aug 2011
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That's why tennis is so good ;) Watch & enjoy !!
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Novak Djokovic ( Đoković ) imitates Sharapova, US Open
Tennis star Novak Djokovic, the class clown of the men's tour, making fun of Sharapova while practicing with Mikhail Youzhny before the 2007 US Open Tennis Championships at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City.
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US Open heats up
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- Published: 30 Aug 2011
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Today kicked off the USOpen Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows, Queens with no.1 men's seed Novak Djokovic pronouncing himself fit to play and looking poised to win.
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Rafael Nadal VS Novak Djokovic US Open Tennis 2010 Final - Nadal Serving for the Championship
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- Duration: 7:31
- Published: 24 Mar 2011
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Nadal Career Grand Slam
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EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis 2 | US Open
Grand Slam® Tennis 2 captures the unique atmosphere of the US Open venues in Flushing Meadows, NY. Watch the best past and present tennis stars under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium and feel the emotion of winning a Grand Slam® Tournament. www.ea.com
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Serena Williams vs Ana Ivanović in Women's Singles 4th Round in 2011 US Open Tennis
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Serena Williams vs Ana Ivanović in Women's Singles 4th Round in 2011 US Open Serena Williams beats Ana Ivanović in 6--3, 6--4
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| name | U.S. Open |
|---|---|
| location | |
| establishment | 1895 |
| course | Congressional Country Club in 2011 |
| par | 71 in 2011 |
| yardage | 7,574 yards in 2011 |
| tour | PGA TourPGA European TourJapan Golf Tour |
| format | Stroke play |
| purse | $7,850,000 in 2011 |
| month played | June |
| aggregate | 268 Rory McIlroy (2011) |
| to-par | -16 Rory McIlroy (2011) |
| current champion | Rory McIlroy |
| current | 2011 U.S. Open (golf) }} |
The U.S. Open is staged at a variety of courses, set up in such a way that scoring is very difficult with a premium placed on accurate driving. U.S. Open play is characterized by tight scoring at or around par by the leaders, with the winner usually emerging at around even par. A U.S. Open course is seldom beaten severely, and there have been many over-par wins (in part because par is usually set at 70 except for the very longest courses). Normally, an Open course is quite long and will have a high cut of primary rough (termed "Open rough" by the American press and fans), undulating greens (such as at Pinehurst No. 2 in 2005, which was described by Johnny Miller of NBC as "like trying to hit a ball on top of a VW Beetle"), and pinched fairways (especially on what are expected to be less difficult holes). Some courses that are attempting to get into the rotation for the U.S. Open will undergo renovations to develop these features. Rees Jones is the most notable of the "Open Doctors" who take on these projects; his father Robert Trent Jones had filled that role earlier. As with any professional golf tournament, the available space surrounding the course (for spectators, among other considerations) and local infrastructure also factor into deciding which courses will host the event.
The U.S. Open is the only one of the four major championships which does not go immediately to a playoff if two or more players are tied at the end of the four rounds. Instead, the players play a fifth 18-hole round the following day (Monday), but if a tie still exists after that round, then a sudden-death playoff is held. Only three times has the U.S. Open gone to sudden-death after the playoff round, most recently in 2008 when Tiger Woods defeated Rocco Mediate on the first additional playoff hole.
Coverage of The U.S. Open is broadcasted on television by NBC and ESPN, with additional online coverage of a marquee group provided by ESPN via the U.S. Open's official website. Of golf's broadcast television partners in the U.S., NBC is the only one to provide four days of major tournament coverage (CBS, which airs the Masters and the PGA Championship, only provides weekend coverage of its tournaments; starting in 2010, the Open Championship will not be aired live on an over-the-air network at all, with all four rounds airing on ESPN and only edited highlights screened by ABC).
History
The first U.S. Open was played on October 4, 1895, on a nine-hole course at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island. It was a 36-hole competition and was played in a single day. Ten professionals and one amateur entered. The winner was a 21-year-old Englishman named Horace Rawlins, who had arrived in the U.S. in January that year to take up a position at the host club. He received $150 cash out of a prize fund of $335, plus a $50 gold medal; his club received the Open Championship Cup trophy, which was presented by the USGA.In the beginning, the tournament was dominated by experienced British players until 1911, when John J. McDermott became the first native-born American winner. American golfers soon began to win regularly and the tournament evolved to become one of the four majors. Since 1911, the title has been won almost exclusively by players from the United States. Since 1950, players from only six countries other than the United States have won the championship, most notably South Africa, which has won five times since 1965. A streak of four consecutive non-American winners occurred from 2004 to 2007 for the first time since 1910. These four players, South African Retief Goosen (2004), New Zealander Michael Campbell (2005), Australian Geoff Ogilvy (2006) and Argentine Ángel Cabrera (2007), are all from countries in the Southern Hemisphere. Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell (2010) became the first European player to win the event since Tony Jacklin of England in 1970.
Qualification and prizes
The U.S. Open is open to any professional, or to any amateur with an up-to-date USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 1.4. Players (male or female) may obtain a place by being fully exempt or by competing successfully in qualifying. The field is 156 players.About half of the field is made up of players who are fully exempt from qualifying. As of the next U.S. Open in 2012, there will be 11 full exemption categories:
Before 2011, the sole OWGR cutoff for entry was the top 50 as of two weeks before the tournament. An exemption category for the top 50 as of the tournament date was added for 2011, apparently in response to the phenomenon of golfers entering the top 50 between the original cutoff date and the tournament (such as Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler in 2010).
Through 2011, exemptions existed for leading money winners on the PGA, European, Japanese, and Australasian tours, as well as winners of multiple PGA Tour events in the year before the U.S. Open. These categories were eliminated in favor of inviting the top 60 on the OWGR at both relevant dates.
Potential competitors who are not fully exempt must enter the Qualifying process, which has two stages. Firstly there is Local Qualifying, which is played over 18 holes at more than 100 courses around the United States. Many leading players are exempt from this first stage, and they join the successful local qualifiers at the Sectional Qualifying stage, which is played over 36 holes in one day at several sites in the U.S., as well as one each in Europe and Japan. There is no lower age limit and the youngest-ever qualifier was 15-year-old Tadd Fujikawa of Hawaii, who qualified in 2006.
The purse at the 2011 U.S. Open was $7.85 million, and the winner's share was $1.44 million. The PGA European Tour uses conversion rates at the time of the tournament to calculate the official prize money used in their Race to Dubai (€5,574,524 in 2011). In line with the other majors, winning the U.S. Open gives a golfer several privileges that make his career much more secure if he is not already one of the elite players of the sport. U.S. Open champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors (the Masters, the Open Championship (British Open), and the PGA Championship) for the next five years, as well as the Players Championship, and they are exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open itself for 10 years. They may also receive a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour, which is automatic for regular members. Non-PGA Tour members who win the U.S. Open have the choice of joining the PGA Tour either within 60 days of winning, or prior to the beginning of any one of the next five tour seasons. Finally, U.S. Open winners receive automatic invitations to three of the five senior majors once they turn 50; they receive a five-year invitation to the U.S. Senior Open and a lifetime invitation to the Senior PGA Championship and Senior British Open.
The top 10 finishers at the U.S. Open are fully exempt from qualifying for the following year's Open, and the top eight are automatically invited to the following season's Masters.
Champions
Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus hold the record for the most U.S. Open victories, with four victories each. Hale Irwin is the oldest winner of the U.S. Open at in 1990. The youngest winner of the U.S. Open is John McDermott at 19 years 315 days in 1911.
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| align=center | 2011 | Rory McIlroy| | }} | Congressional Country Club, Blue Course | Bethesda, Maryland | 268 (−16) | 1,440,000 |
| align=center | 2010 | Graeme McDowell| | }} | Pebble Beach Golf Links | Pebble Beach, California | 284 (E) | 1,350,000 |
| align=center | 2009 | Lucas Glover| | Bethpage Black Course>Bethpage State Park, Black Course | Farmingdale, New York | 276 (−4) | 1,350,000 | |
| align=center | 2008 | Tiger Woods (3)| | Torrey Pines Golf Course, South Course | La Jolla>La Jolla, California | 283 (−1) | 1,350,000 | |
| align=center | 2007 | Ángel Cabrera| | Oakmont Country Club | Oakmont, Pennsylvania | 285 (+5) | 1,260,000 | |
| align=center | 2006 | Geoff Ogilvy| | Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course | Mamaroneck (town), New York>Mamaroneck, New York | 285 (+5) | 1,225,000 | |
| align=center | 2005 | Michael Campbell| | Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 2 | Pinehurst, North Carolina | 280 (E) | 1,170,000 | |
| align=center | 2004 | Retief Goosen (2)| | Shinnecock Hills Golf Club | Shinnecock Hills, New York | 276 (−4) | 1,125,000 | |
| align=center | 2003 | Jim Furyk| | Olympia Fields Country Club, North Course | Olympia Fields, Illinois | 272 (−8) | 1,080,000 | |
| align=center | 2002 | Tiger Woods (2)| | Bethpage Black Course>Bethpage State Park, Black Course | Farmingdale, New York | 277 (−3) | 1,000,000 | |
| align=center | 2001 | Retief Goosen| | Southern Hills Country Club | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 276 (−4) | 900,000 | |
| align=center | 2000 | Tiger Woods| | Pebble Beach Golf Links | Pebble Beach, California | 272 (−12) | 800,000 | |
| align=center | 1999 | Payne Stewart (2)| | Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 2 | Pinehurst, North Carolina | 279 (−1) | 625,000 | |
| align=center | 1998 | Lee Janzen (2)| | Olympic Club, Lake Course | San Francisco>San Francisco, California | 280 (E) | 535,000 | |
| align=center | 1997 | Ernie Els (2)| | Congressional Country Club, Blue Course | Bethesda, Maryland | 276 (−4) | 465,000 | |
| align=center | 1996 | Steve Jones (golfer)Steve Jones|| | Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | 278 (−2) | 425,000 | |
| align=center | 1995 | Corey Pavin| | Shinnecock Hills Golf Club | Shinnecock Hills, New York | 280 (E) | 350,000 | |
| align=center | 1994 | Ernie Els| | Oakmont Country Club | Oakmont, Pennsylvania | 279 (−5) | 320,000 | |
| align=center | 1993 | Lee Janzen| | Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course | Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey>Springfield, New Jersey | 272 (−8) | 290,000 | |
| align=center | 1992 | Tom Kite| | Pebble Beach Golf Links | Pebble Beach, California | 285 (−3) | 275,000 | |
| align=center | 1991 | Payne Stewart| | Hazeltine National Golf Club | Chaska, Minnesota | 282 (−6) | 235,000 | |
| align=center | 1990 | Hale Irwin (3)| | Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 | Medinah, Illinois | 280 (−8) | 220,000 | |
| align=center | 1989 | Curtis Strange (2)| | Oak Hill Country Club, East Course | Pittsford (town), New York>Rochester, New York | 278 (−2) | 200,000 | |
| align=center | 1988 | Curtis Strange| | The Country Club, Composite Course | Brookline, Massachusetts | 278 (−6) | 180,000 | |
| align=center | 1987 | Scott Simpson (golfer)Scott Simpson|| | Olympic Club, Lake Course | San Francisco>San Francisco, California | 277 (−3) | 150,000 | |
| align=center | 1986 | Raymond Floyd| | Shinnecock Hills Golf Club | Shinnecock Hills, New York | 279 (−1) | 115,000 | |
| align=center | 1985 | Andy North (2)| | Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | 279 (−1) | 103,000 | |
| align=center | 1984 | Fuzzy Zoeller| | Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course | Mamaroneck (town), New York>Mamaroneck, New York | 276 (−4) | 94,000 | |
| align=center | 1983 | Larry Nelson| | Oakmont Country Club | Oakmont, Pennsylvania | 280 (−4) | 72,000 | |
| align=center | 1982 | Tom Watson (golfer)Tom Watson|| | Pebble Beach Golf Links | Pebble Beach, California | 282 (−6) | 60,000 | |
| align=center | 1981 | David Graham (golfer)David Graham|| | Merion Golf Club, East Course | Ardmore, Pennsylvania | 273 (−7) | 55,000 | |
| align=center | 1980 | Jack Nicklaus (4)| | Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course | Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey>Springfield, New Jersey | 272 (−8) | 55,000 | |
| align=center | 1979 | Hale Irwin (2)| | Inverness Club | Toledo, Ohio | 284 (E) | 50,000 | |
| align=center | 1978 | Andy North| | Cherry Hills Country Club | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado | 285 (+1) | 45,000 | |
| align=center | 1977 | Hubert Green| | Southern Hills Country Club | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 278 (−2) | 45,000 | |
| align=center | 1976 | Jerry Pate| | Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course | Johns Creek, Georgia>Duluth, Georgia | 277 (−3) | 42,000 | |
| align=center | 1975 | Lou Graham| | Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 | Medinah, Illinois | 287 (+3) | 40,000 | |
| align=center | 1974 | Hale Irwin| | Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course | Mamaroneck (town), New York>Mamaroneck, New York | 287 (+7) | 35,000 | |
| align=center | 1973 | Johnny Miller| | Oakmont Country Club | Oakmont, Pennsylvania | 279 (−5) | 35,000 | |
| align=center | 1972 | Jack Nicklaus (3)| | Pebble Beach Golf Links | Pebble Beach, California | 290 (+2) | 30,000 | |
| align=center | 1971 | Lee Trevino (2)| | Merion Golf Club, East Course | Ardmore, Pennsylvania | 280 (E) | 30,000 | |
| align=center | 1970 | Tony Jacklin| | Hazeltine National Golf Club | Chaska, Minnesota | 281 (−7) | 30,000 | |
| align=center | 1969 | Orville Moody| | Champions Golf Club, Cypress Creek Course | Houston>Houston, Texas | 281 (+1) | 30,000 | |
| align=center | 1968 | Lee Trevino| | Oak Hill Country Club, East Course | Pittsford (town), New York>Rochester, New York | 275 (−5) | 30,000 | |
| align=center | 1967 | Jack Nicklaus (2)| | Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course | Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey>Springfield, New Jersey | 275 (−5) | 30,000 | |
| align=center | 1966 | Billy Casper (2)| | Olympic Club, Lake Course | San Francisco>San Francisco, California | 278 (−2) | 26,500 | |
| align=center | 1965 | Gary Player| | Bellerive Country Club | Town and Country, Missouri>St. Louis, Missouri | 282 (+2) | 26,000 | |
| align=center | 1964 | Ken Venturi| | Congressional Country Club, Blue Course | Bethesda, Maryland | 278 (−2) | 17,500 | |
| align=center | 1963 | Julius Boros (2)| | The Country Club, Composite Course | Brookline, Massachusetts | 293 (+9) | 17,500 | |
| align=center | 1962 | Jack Nicklaus| | Oakmont Country Club | Oakmont, Pennsylvania | 283 (−1) | 17,500 | |
| align=center | 1961 | Gene Littler| | Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | 281 (+1) | 14,000 | |
| align=center | 1960 | Arnold Palmer| | Cherry Hills Country Club | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado | 280 (−4) | 14,400 | |
| align=center | 1959 | Billy Casper| | Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course | Mamaroneck (town), New York>Mamaroneck, New York | 282 (+2) | 12,000 | |
| align=center | 1958 | Tommy Bolt| | Southern Hills Country Club | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 283 (+3) | 8,000 | |
| align=center | 1957 | Dick Mayer| | Inverness Club | Toledo, Ohio | 282 (+2) | 7,200 | |
| align=center | 1956 | Cary Middlecoff (2)| | Oak Hill Country Club, East Course | Pittsford (town), New York>Rochester, New York | 281 (+1) | 6,000 | |
| align=center | 1955 | Jack Fleck| | Olympic Club, Lake Course | San Francisco>San Francisco, California | 287 (+7) | 6,000 | |
| align=center | 1954 | Ed Furgol| | Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course | Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey>Springfield, New Jersey | 284 (+4) | 6,000 | |
| align=center | 1953 | Ben Hogan (4)| | Oakmont Country Club | Oakmont, Pennsylvania | 283 (−5) | 5,000 | |
| align=center | 1952 | Julius Boros| | Northwood Club | Dallas>Dallas, Texas | 281 (+1) | 4,000 | |
| align=center | 1951 | Ben Hogan (3)| | Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | 287 (+7) | 4,000 | |
| align=center | 1950 | Ben Hogan (2)| | Merion Golf Club, East Course | Ardmore, Pennsylvania | 287 (+7) | 4,000 | |
| align=center | 1949 | Cary Middlecoff| | Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 | Medinah, Illinois | 286 (+2) | 2,000 | |
| align=center | 1948 | Ben Hogan| | Riviera Country Club | Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles>Pacific Palisades, California | 276 (−8) | 2,000 | |
| align=center | 1947 | Lew Worsham| | St. Louis Country Club | Ladue, Missouri | 282 (−2) | 2,000 | |
| align=center | 1946 | Lloyd Mangrum| | Canterbury Golf Club | Beachwood, Ohio | 284 (−4) | 1,500 | |
| colspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | ''1942–1945: Cancelled due to World War II'' | ||||||
| align=center | Craig Wood (golfer)Craig Wood|| | Colonial Country Club (Fort Worth)>Colonial Country Club | Fort Worth, Texas | 284 (E) | 1,000 | ||
| align=center | 1940 | Lawson Little| | Canterbury Golf Club | Beachwood, Ohio | 287 (−1) | 1,000 | |
| align=center | 1939 | Byron Nelson| | Philadelphia Country Club, Spring Mill Course | Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania>Gladwyne, Pennsylvania | 284 (−4) | 1,000 | |
| align=center | 1938 | Ralph Guldahl (2)| | Cherry Hills Country Club | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado | 284 (E) | 1,000 | |
| align=center | 1937 | Ralph Guldahl| | Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | 281 (+1) | 1,000 | |
| align=center | 1936 | Tony Manero| | Baltusrol Golf Club, Upper Course | Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey>Springfield, New Jersey | 282 (−2) | 1,000 | |
| align=center | 1935 | Sam Parks, Jr.| | Oakmont Country Club | Oakmont, Pennsylvania | 299 (+15) | 1,000 | |
| align=center | 1934 | Olin Dutra| | Merion Golf Club, East Course | Ardmore, Pennsylvania | 293 (+9) | 1,000 | |
| align=center | 1933 | Johnny Goodman (a)| | North Shore Country Club | Glenview, Cook County, Illinois>Glenview, Illinois | 287 (−1) | ''0'' | |
| align=center | 1932 | Gene Sarazen (2)| | Fresh Meadow Country Club | Great Neck, New York | 286 (+2) | 1,000 | |
| align=center | 1931 | Billy Burke (golfer)Billy Burke|| | Inverness Club | Toledo, Ohio | 292 (+4) | 1,000 | |
| align=center | 1930 | Bobby Jones (golfer)Bobby Jones (a) (4)|| | Interlachen Country Club | Edina, Minnesota | 287 (−1) | ''0'' | |
| align=center | 1929 | Bobby Jones (golfer)Bobby Jones (a) (3)|| | Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course | Mamaroneck (town), New York>Mamaroneck, New York | 294 | ''0'' | |
| align=center | 1928 | Johnny Farrell| | Olympia Fields Country Club, North Course | Olympia Fields, Illinois | 294 | 500 | |
| align=center | 1927 | Tommy Armour| | Oakmont Country Club | Oakmont, Pennsylvania | 301 | 500 | |
| align=center | 1926 | Bobby Jones (golfer)Bobby Jones (a) (2)|| | Scioto Country Club | Columbus, Ohio | 293 | ''0'' | |
| align=center | 1925 | Willie Macfarlane| | Worcester Country Club | Worcester, Massachusetts | 291 | 500 | |
| align=center | 1924 | Cyril Walker| | Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | 297 | 500 | |
| align=center | 1923 | Bobby Jones (golfer)Bobby Jones (a)|| | Inwood Country Club | Inwood, New York | 296 | ''0'' | |
| align=center | 1922 | Gene Sarazen| | Skokie Country Club | Glencoe, Illinois | 288 | 500 | |
| align=center | 1921 | Jim Barnes| | Columbia Country Club | Chevy Chase, Maryland | 289 | 500 | |
| align=center | 1920 | Ted Ray (golfer)Ted Ray|| | Inverness Club | Toledo, Ohio | 295 | 500 | |
| align=center | 1919 | Walter Hagen (2)| | Brae Burn Country Club, Main Course | Newton, Massachusetts>West Newton, Massachusetts | 301 | 500 | |
| colspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | ''1917–1918: Cancelled due to World War I'' | ||||||
| align=center | Chick Evans (a)| | The Minikahda Club | Minneapolis>Minneapolis, Minnesota | 286 | ''0'' | ||
| align=center | 1915 | Jerome Travers (a)| | Baltusrol Golf Club, Revised Course | Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey>Springfield, New Jersey | 297 | ''0'' | |
| align=center | 1914 | Walter Hagen| | Midlothian Country Club | Midlothian, Illinois | 290 | 300 | |
| align=center | 1913 | Francis Ouimet (a)| | The Country Club | Brookline, Massachusetts | 304 | ''0'' | |
| align=center | 1912 | John McDermott (golfer)John McDermott (2)|| | Grover Cleveland Golf Course>Country Club of Buffalo | Amherst, New York>Buffalo, New York | 294 | 300 | |
| align=center | 1911 | John McDermott (golfer)John McDermott|| | Chicago Golf Club | Wheaton, Illinois | 307 | 300 | |
| align=center | 1910 | Alex Smith (golfer)Alex Smith (2)|| | Philadelphia Cricket Club, St. Martin's Course | Philadelphia>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 298 | 300 | |
| align=center | 1909 | George Sargent (golfer)George Sargent|| | Englewood Golf Club | Englewood, New Jersey | 290 | 300 | |
| align=center | 1908 | Fred McLeod| | Myopia Hunt Club | South Hamilton, Massachusetts | 322 | 300 | |
| align=center | 1907 | Alec Ross| | Philadelphia Cricket Club, St. Martin's Course | Philadelphia>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 302 | 300 | |
| align=center | 1906 | Alex Smith (golfer)Alex Smith|| | Onwentsia Club | Lake Forest, Illinois | 295 | 300 | |
| align=center | 1905 | Willie Anderson (golfer)Willie Anderson (4)|| | Myopia Hunt Club | South Hamilton, Massachusetts | 314 | 200 | |
| align=center | 1904 | Willie Anderson (golfer)Willie Anderson (3)|| | Glen View Club | Golf, Illinois | 303 | 200 | |
| align=center | 1903 | Willie Anderson (golfer)Willie Anderson (2)|| | Baltusrol Golf Club, Original Course | Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey>Springfield, New Jersey | 307 | 200 | |
| align=center | 1902 | Laurie Auchterlonie| | Garden City Golf Club | Garden City, New York | 307 | 200 | |
| align=center | 1901 | Willie Anderson (golfer)Willie Anderson|| | Myopia Hunt Club | South Hamilton, Massachusetts | 331 | 200 | |
| align=center | 1900 | Harry Vardon| | Chicago Golf Club | Wheaton, Illinois | 313 | 200 | |
| align=center | 1899 | Willie Smith (golfer)Willie Smith|| | Baltimore Country Club, Roland Park Course | Timonium, Maryland>Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland | 315 | 150 | |
| align=center | 1898 | Fred Herd| | Myopia Hunt Club | South Hamilton, Massachusetts | 328 | 150 | |
| align=center | 1897 | Joe Lloyd| | Chicago Golf Club | Wheaton, Illinois | 162 | 150 | |
| align=center | 1896 | James Foulis| | Shinnecock Hills Golf Club | Shinnecock Hills, New York | 152 | 150 | |
| align=center | 1895 | Horace Rawlins| | Newport Country Club | Newport, Rhode Island | 173 | 150 |
Multiple and consecutive champions
This table lists the golfers who have won more than one U.S. Open. ''H'' denotes member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.| bgcolor="FFFFCC" |
Champions by nationality
This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality.| !Rank!!Nation!!Wins!!Winners | ||||
| align=center | 1 | | | 79 | 54 |
| align=center | 2 | | | 13 | 9 |
| align=center | 3 | | | 6 | 6 |
| align=center | 4 | | | 5 | 3 |
| align=center rowspan=3 | T5 | | | 2 | 2 |
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| align=center | |align=center>2 | |||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T8 | | | 1 | 1 |
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Records
Oldest champion: Hale Irwin in 1990 at .
Future sites
{| class=wikitable !Year !Edition !Course !City !State !Dates !Times Hosted |- | align=center| 2012 || align=center| 112th || The Olympic Club, Lake Course || San Francisco || California || June 14–17 || 1955, 1966, 1987, 1998 |- | align=center| 2013 || align=center| 113th || Merion Golf Club, East Course || Ardmore || Pennsylvania || June 13–16 || 1934, 1950, 1971, 1981 |- | align=center| 2014 || align=center| 114th || Pinehurst Resort, Course #2 || Pinehurst || North Carolina || June 12–15 || 1999, 2005 |- | align=center| 2015 || align=center| 115th || Chambers Bay || University Place || Washington || June 18–21 || Never |- | align=center| 2016 || align=center| 116th || Oakmont Country Club || Oakmont || Pennsylvania || June 16–19 || 1927, 1935, 1953, 1962, 1973, 1983, 1994, 2007 |- | align=center| 2017 || align=center| 117th || Erin Hills || Erin || Wisconsin || June 15–18 || Never |- | align=center| 2018 || align=center| 118th || Shinnecock Hills Golf Club || Shinnecock Hills || New York || June 14–17 || 1896, 1986, 1995, 2004 |- | align=center| 2019 || align=center| 119th || Pebble Beach Golf Links || Pebble Beach || California || June 13–16 || 1972, 1982, 1992, 2000, 2010 |}
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| Name | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Residence | Gingins, Switzerland |
| Birth date | April 17, 1985 |
| Birth place | Le Mans, France |
| Height | |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed and two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney | $8,300,286 |
| Singlesrecord | 193-87 |
| Singlestitles | 8 |
| Highestsinglesranking | No. 5 (January 30, 2011) |
| Currentsinglesranking | No. 5 (January 30, 2011) |
| Australianopenresult | F (2008) |
| Frenchopenresult | 4R (2009, 2010) |
| Wimbledonresult | SF (2011) |
| Usopenresult | QF (2011) |
| Othertournaments | Yes |
| Masterscupresult | F (2011) |
| Doublesrecord | 52–33 |
| Doublestitles | 4 |
| Highestdoublesranking | No. 33 (October 26, 2009) |
| Grandslamsdoublesresults | yes |
| Australianopendoublesresult | 2R (2008) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult | 1R (2002, 2003, 2009) |
| Updated | 27 November 2011 }} |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born April 17, 1985) is a French professional tennis player. He was born in Le Mans, to a French mother, Évelyne, and a Congolese father, Didier, who moved to France in the 1970s to play handball. Tsonga is a member of the Tennis Club de Paris (TCP).
Tsonga rose to fame by virtue of his performance in the 2008 Australian Open when, as an unseeded player, he reached the final, having defeated four seeded players along the way, including earning a straight sets win over the then world number two Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. Tsonga eventually lost to the then world no. 3 Novak Djokovic in the final in four sets, after winning the first set, the only set Djokovic dropped during the tournament.
Tsonga followed this up by winning his first ATP Masters Series championship at the 2008 Paris Masters, thus qualifying for the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, China. His best performances in a major tournament since 2008 are semifinal appearances in the 2010 Australian Open and 2011 Wimbledon Championships. He also reached the final of the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals where he lost to five-time and defending champion Roger Federer.
Background
Tsonga is of mixed ancestry. His father, handball player Didier Tsonga, is Congolese and his mother Évelyne is French. Jo's father moved to France during the 1970s to fulfill his own dreams of becoming a handball great, where he eventually met Évelyne and they married. Tsonga is nicknamed the Muhammad Ali of Tennis, because of his facial resemblance to the boxer.Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has a younger brother (Enzo) who, much like Jo, has been inspired to play sports and is part of the French basketball program (junior). He also has an elder sister (Sasha) who is less involved with sporting ventures. His football cousins are Charles N'Zogbia who currently plays for Aston Villa F.C and Maël Lépicier who plays for . Tsonga and Gaël Monfils developed a good friendship from a young age, when they enjoyed mimicking all the tennis greats of the past.
As a junior, Tsonga reached a ranking of 69 and won the US Open title. He reached 3 other semi-finals of junior grand slam events. Marcos Baghdatis was a rival of Tsonga's in the junior stage.
Tennis career
Early career
Tsonga had a successful junior career, winning the US Open Juniors title in 2003 by defeating Marcos Baghdatis in the final, and also reached the semifinals of the other three Grand Slam events.After turning pro in 2004, Tsonga suffered a string of injuries beginning in late 2004, with a herniated disc that caused him to be out of action until March 2005. Then came two right shoulder injuries later in 2005, back and abdominal ailments from October 2005 to February 2006, and the recurrence of an abdominal injury at the end of 2006. In all, he played only eight tournaments during that time.
2007
In January 2007, then ranked no. 212 in the world, Tsonga received a wildcard entry into the 2007 Australian Open, where in only his second senior Grand Slam match he met up with sixth seed Andy Roddick for the second time in his career. What followed was the longest tiebreak in Australian Open history in the first set, which he went on to win (20–18). Tsonga forced a tiebreak in the second set as well. However, he went on to lose the match 7–6, 6–7, 3–6, 3–6. He was just 21 at the time.In 2007, he won eighteen Challenger titles in Tallahassee, Mexico City, Lanzarote, and Surbiton. Tsonga qualified for the 2007 Queen's Club Championships, while at the same time playing in the Surbiton Challenger, which he won. Between the two events, he won five matches during the course of two days. In the second round of the Queen's main draw, he met the sixth seed and defending champion, former world no. 1 Lleyton Hewitt, ranked no. 16 in the ATP rankings. Tsonga won the match after two tiebreaks 7–6, 7–6, to seal his most prominent victory since his triumph in ATP debut over former world no. 1 Carlos Moyà, then ranked no. 6 in the world, at Beijing in 2004. Suffering from fatigue, however, Tsonga went on to lose to promising Croatian youngster Marin Čilić in the following round.
At Wimbledon 2007, where he was again awarded a wildcard entry, he reached the fourth round (his first time past round one of a Grand Slam), defeating countryman Julien Benneteau, Nicolás Lapentti, and Feliciano López. His run was halted by his countryman and friend, 12th seed (14th-ranked) Richard Gasquet, in straight sets 4–6, 3–6, 4–6. He did not beat a seeded player in his progress to the fourth round (Andy Murray, the potential seed he would have faced, had dropped out). The win brought his ranking up from no. 110 to no. 74, his first time inside the top 75.
Then, at the 2007 US Open, Tsonga defeated Óscar Hernández 7–5, 6–1, 6–3, in the first round, before beating Tim Henman 7–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4, in what proved to be Henman's last Grand Slam match. He then lost to Rafael Nadal 6–7, 2–6, 1–6.
The 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon tournament started strongly for Tsonga. He did not drop a set, beating Vincent Spadea and winning against fourth seed Richard Gasquet (who beat him at Wimbledon) 6–4, 6–4, and then defeating Olivier Rochus. He then lost 6–1, 6–2 to compatriot Sébastien Grosjean. He partnered Grosjean, however, in men's doubles, where the team was awarded a wildcard. In the first round, they beat Julien Benneteau and Michaël Llodra, who were top seeds 2–6, 6–4, before a retirement. The team defeated compatriots Fabrice Santoro and Gilles Simon in the quarterfinals and third seeds and also compatriots Arnaud Clément and Nicolas Mahut in the semifinals. Tsonga won his first doubles title, and Grosjean won his first doubles title in three years by defeating Łukasz Kubot and Lovro Zovko in the final 6–4, 6–3.
By the end of the year, Tsonga saw his ranking rise over 150 ranking spots into the top 50. Tsonga began 2007 ranked no. 212 in the world, and in early July was in the top 100 at no. 74. In October, Tsonga climbed into the top 50 for the first time in his career, finishing the year ranked no. 43 in the world. Tsonga's year-end 169 ranking spots climb was the biggest climb of any player ranked in the top 75.
2008
Starting his 2008 season, Tsonga won a singles match at the 2008 Next Generation Adelaide International. He defeated Victor Hănescu 6–3, 4–6, 7–5, in the first round, and scored straight sets victories over his next two opponents, defeating Ernests Gulbis 6–3, 6–2, and Lleyton Hewitt (the top seed) 6–4, 6–2. However, he fell in the semifinals to Jarkko Nieminen, the third seed 2–6, 4–6. In doubles, Tsonga and Sébastien Grosjean lost to Florian Mayer and Chris Haggard 6–2, 6–7, [6–10], in the first round.
Tsonga played doubles in the Sydney Medibank International with Richard Gasquet. They scored a major upset in the finals over world no. 1 duo Bob and Mike Bryan 4–6, 6–4, [11–9].
Tsonga began his 2008 Australian Open campaign with a tough first-round match against ninth seed Andy Murray and pulled off a shock victory 7–5, 6–4, 0–6, 7–6, setting up a clash with American qualifier Sam Warburg in the second round. After defeating Warburg in straight sets, Tsonga advanced to the third round, where he was victorious over Guillermo García López 6–3, 6–4, 6–2. In the fourth round, Tsonga defeated Richard Gasquet 6–2, 6–7, 7–6, 6–3.
In the quarterfinals, Tsonga played Russia's Mikhail Youzhny, who came into the quarterfinal showdown with a nine-match winning streak. Tsonga dismantled the favored Youzhny in straight sets 7–5, 6–0, 7–6. In the semifinals, Tsonga delivered a strong performance to destroy the no. 2 seed Rafael Nadal 6–2, 6–3, 6–2, to complete back-to-back straight-set victories over heavily favored opponents. He did not face a break point until the third set, while breaking the Spaniard five times in the match. Nadal got three break points in a single game in the third set, but Tsonga able to save all three break points. The victory earned him a spot in his first career Grand Slam final and also made him the first player since Gustavo Kuerten at the 1997 French Open to make his ATP finals debut at a Grand Slam tournament.
Tsonga was beaten by world no. 3 Novak Djokovic in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6. Tsonga was the only player in the tournament to take a set from Djokovic. Following the tournament, he saw his ranking climb to a career-high world no. 18. Tsonga then competed at the Indian Wells Masters, where he reached the fourth round, before losing to defending champion Rafael Nadal in three sets 7–6, 6–7, 5–7. Following the tournament, Tsonga saw his ATP ranking climb again to a new career high of world no. 12.
Tsonga had pulled out of the French Open because of a knee problem that had lasted for several months. This knee injury made him pull out of the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup, France vs. the United States. He underwent successful knee surgery and participated in the 2008 US Open. He defeated Santiago Ventura in the first round 6–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3, and 2006 quarterfinalist and former world no. 1 Carlos Moyà in the second round 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4. He was ousted by former world no. 5 Tommy Robredo in the third round, losing in straight sets1 6–7, 2–6, 3–6.
Tsonga entered the Thailand Open as the second-seeded player. After receiving a bye in the first round, Tsonga defeated Lukáš Dlouhý in a tight three-setter 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, in the second round. He then went on to have a straight-set victory over eighth seed Jürgen Melzer 6–3, 6–2, and a straight-set win over friend and compatriot Gaël Monfils 6–0, 6–3. Tsonga went on to defeat top seed and 2008 Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic 7–6, 6–4, to claim his first career ATP title. At the Paris Masters, Tsonga overcame Djokovic once again 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, to earn a place in the quarterfinals. He then defeated Andy Roddick 5–7, 6–4, 7–6, to reach the semifinals, where he defeated James Blake 6–4, 6–3. In the final, Tsonga defeated David Nalbandian in a competitive three-set match 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, to capture his first career ATP Masters Series championship. His win allowed him to secure a spot in the year-end Tennis Masters Cup.
In the round-robin portion of the Masters Cup, Tsonga lost in succession to Nikolay Davydenko 7–6, 4–6, 6–7, and Juan Martín del Potro 6–7, 6–7, preventing him from advancing to the semifinals, but defeated eventual champion Novak Djokovic 1–6, 7–5, 6–1.
2009
Tsonga started his 2009 season in Australia at the Brisbane International tournament. Entering the tournament as the second seed, he defeated Agustín Calleri 6–2, 7–5, in the first round. He then came back from a set down to win his second-round match against Jarkko Nieminen 0–6, 7–6, 7–6. He then lost, however, to Richard Gasquet in the quarterfinals 6–1, 4–6, 2–6. Even though he did not win the singles title, he teamed up with fellow Frenchman Marc Gicquel to win the doubles title by defeating Fernando Verdasco and Mischa Zverev in the final 6–4, 6–3.He then entered the Medibank International as the no. 3 seed, defeated Simone Bolelli 6–4, 6–1, in the second round, but had to retire before his quarterfinal against Jarkko Nieminen with a back injury.
He then entered the Australian Open, defeating Juan Mónaco in the first round 6–4, 6–4, 6–0. He then defeated Ivan Ljubičić in the second round 6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–2, Dudi Sela in the third 6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1, and no. 9 seed James Blake in the fourth 6–4, 6–4, 7–6. He played Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals, losing in four sets 6–7, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6. His rank went down to no. 14.
Tsonga then entered the South African Tennis Open in Johannesburg. He defeated Thiago Alves 6–4, 6–1, Denis Istomin 6–1, 6–4, Kristof Vliegen 6–4, 6–1 and Frederico Gil 6–3, 6–4 to reach the final, where he beat fellow Frenchman Jérémy Chardy 6–4, 7–6, to win his first title of the year and third overall, without dropping a set throughout the whole week.
After his triumph in South Africa, Tsonga then entered the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. He defeated Dutchman Jesse Huta Galung 7–6, 7–6, in the first round. He then defeated Russian, Dmitry Tursunov in the second round 7–6, 6–2, but he lost to world no. 1 Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals 4–6, 7–6, 4–6.
Tsonga then entered the Open 13 in Marseille. He defeated Andrey Golubev 7–6, 6–2, in the first round, and then reached his sixth quarterfinal of the season by defeating Simone Bolelli 6–3, 6–2. After a three-set win over Feliciano López 6–2, 6–7, 6–4, Tsonga faced Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, winning 6–4, 7–6 in what was his fourth consecutive win over the Serb. In his second all-French final of the month, he defeated Michaël Llodra 7–5, 7–6, to win his second tournament in three weeks.
Tsonga was then called up alongside Gilles Simon to play the singles matches for France against the Czech Republic in their Davis Cup first-round clash, while Michaël Llodra and Richard Gasquet paired to play the doubles. After Simon lost the first match against Tomáš Berdych, Tsonga defeated Radek Štěpánek 7–5, 6–2, 7–6, to level the tie. It proved insufficient, though, as Llodra and Gasquet lost the doubles to Berdych and Štěpánek, and Štěpánek then proceeded to beat Simon to give Czech Republic an insurmountable 3–1 lead. Tsonga gave France a consolation point by beating Jan Hernych 6–2, 6–7, 7–6. Although the Czech Republic won the tie 3–2, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won both of his matches and kept his winning form alive before the first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event of the year.
Tsonga then entered the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, where he received a bye for the first round. He defeated the Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili, 7–5, 6–3, in the second round, but made an early exit from the tournament, as he was defeated by the Russian Igor Andreev, 5–7, 4–6, in the third round.
Next up for Tsonga was the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. He defeated Agustín Calleri 6–1, 6–1, in the second and Robert Kendrick 7–5, 6–4, in third round, after receiving a first-round bye. Then, he defeated Gilles Simon in the fourth 6–7, 6–3, 6–2, only to lose to Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinal 3–6, 4–6.
Tsonga was set to make his return at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, an ATP World Tour Master 1000 event (after sacrificing two ATP World Tour Tournaments beforehand). However, he lost his first singles match in the clay-court season at the hands of Richard Gasquet 6–7, 4–6. Tsonga also competed in the doubles category. He and his partner Julien Benneteau defeated the English pair of Andy Murray and Ross Hutchins 6–4, 6–4, in the first round, but lost to the Polish pair of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 5–7, 3–6, in the second round.
Tsonga then entered the Madrid Masters, the last 1000 ATP World Tour event before Roland-Garros. He defeated Russian Marat Safin 6–4, 7–5, in the first round to record his first clay-court match win of the 2009 season and afterwards received the 2008 ATP Most Improved Player of the Year award. However, Tsonga's poor clay-court form continued, as he lost to Croat Ivan Ljubičić 4–6, 5–7, in the second round. Tsonga then represented France at Düsseldorf, Germany in the ARAG World Team Cup, along with Gilles Simon and Jérémy Chardy. France was drawn in the Red Group against Sweden, Germany, and the United States. Tsonga won the first tie against Sweden's Andreas Vinciguerra 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, while Gilles Simon lost the second tie to Robin Söderling. However, the French pair of Tsonga and Chardy lost the tie 1–2, as they were defeated by the Swedish pair of Robin Söderling and Robert Lindstedt 6–2, 3–6 [10–7]. Then, the French team was up against the home side Germany, who won their first tie against the United States 2–1. Gilles Simon lost the first tie to German Rainer Schüttler 4–6, 4–6. Tsonga was defeated by German Philipp Kohlschreiber 7–6, 3–6, 3–6, who clinched the tie for Germany 2–0. France lost the tie to Germany 0–3, as the French pair of Simon and Chardy lost to the German pair of Nicolas Kiefer and Mischa Zverev 0–6, 4–6. Next, it was France against the USA. Both teams were out of the competition and were playing this tie for pride. Sam Querrey won the first tie for the USA against France's Gilles Simon 7–5, 6–3. Then, Tsonga was able to even the tie up, as he defeated American Robby Ginepri 3–6, 6–2, 6–4. However, France lost their third successive tie of the week, as the pair of Simon and Chardy lost to the American pair of Mardy Fish and Sam Querrey 6–2, 4–6 [7–10].
Tsonga then entered the French Open, the year's second Grand Slam event. Tsonga recorded his first-ever match win at Roland Garros, after defeating Julien Benneteau 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, in the first round. He faced Argentine Juan Mónaco in the second round and won in a four-set thriller 7–5, 2–6, 6–1, 7–6. Tsonga earned his first straight-set win at Roland Garros when he defeated Belgian Christophe Rochus in the third round 6–2, 6–2, 6–2. However, his fine run ended at the hands of no. 5 seed Juan Martín del Potro 1–6, 7–6, 1–6, 4–6.
Tsonga then started his Wimbledon preparations at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. He defeated his French compatriot Fabrice Santoro 7–5, 6–2, in the first round. However, Tsonga suffered a straight-set defeat against German Tommy Haas 3–6, 6–7 [3–7], in the second round. However, Jo was still alive in the doubles category, where he was paired along with his French compatriot Marc Gicquel. The French pair defeated Rogier Wassen and Igor Zelenay 6–3, 6–2, in the first round, but lost to Andreas Beck and Marco Chiudinelli 4–6, 6–1, [8–10] in the second round.
Tsonga then entered Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam of the year. He survived a tough four-set thriller against Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev 6–3, 5–7, 7–6, 7–6, in the first round. After receiving a walkover from Simone Bolelli in the second round, Tsonga was not able to get past the giant ace machine Ivo Karlović of Croatia, losing in four set 6–7, 7–6, 5–7, 6–7, in the third round.
Tsonga then entered the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C. He received a bye in the first round, but lost to the American John Isner in the second round 6–4, 6–7, 6–7.
Tsonga made his debut at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada. Tsonga received a bye in the first round and defeated German Rainer Schüttler 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, in the second round. In the third round, he defeated Gilles Simon 6–3, 6–3. In the quarterfinals he overcame world no. 1 Roger Federer 7–6, 1–6, 7–6, coming back from an injury timeout after winning the first set by a dive-volley, as well as being 1–5 down in the third set. He advanced to the semifinals, where he lost to Andy Murray 4–6, 6–7.
Tsonga then entered the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, an ATP Masters 1000 World Tour event in Cincinnati, Ohio, again a debut. He received a bye in the first round and made an early exit from the singles category, unexpectedly losing to world no. 124 Chris Guccione of Australia 6–7, 2–6, in the second round. However, Jo was still in the doubles category, as he and Michaël Llodra defeated Jürgen Melzer and Radek Štěpánek 7–6, 6–4, in the first round. The French duo then defeated Bruno Soares and Kevin Ullyett 6–0, 6–3, in the second round. However, they lost to Mahesh Bhupati and Mark Knowles 6–7, 3–6, in the quarterfinals.
Tsonga then entered the last Grand Slam of the year; the US Open. In the first round, he dismantled world no. 920 Chase Buchanan 6–0, 6–2, 6–1. He defeated Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 7–5, 6–3, 6–4, in the second round. Tsonga then reached his first US Open fourth round, after defeating Julien Benneteau 7–6, 6–2, 6–4, in the third round. However, he lost to 11th seed Chilean Fernando González 6–3, 3–6, 6–7, 4–6, in the fourth round.
Tsonga then represented France at the Davis Cup playoff round against the Netherlands. The Netherlands took the first tie, as Thiemo de Bakker upset world no. 13 Gaël Monfils. However, Tsonga strongly levelled the tie to 1 apiece, as he defeated the Dutchman Jesse Huta Galung 7–6, 6–2, 7–6. Then, France took the crucial lead in the tie, as Michaël Llodra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Thiemo de Bakker and Igor Sijsling 6–3, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4. France ultimately qualified for the Davis Cup World Group in 2010, as Tsonga defeated Thiemo de Bakker 7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 7–6, and Jérémy Chardy defeated Jesse Huta Galung 6–3, 6–2, wrapping up the tie 4–1.
Tsonga then entered the PTT Thailand Open, where he was the defending champion and seeded no. 1, as Rafael Nadal pulled himself out just days before the tournament began. Tsonga received a bye in the first round. He defeated Ernests Gulbis in a close second-round match, 6–7, 7–6, 7–6. Tsonga then survived another close battle against Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland, beating him 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, in the quarterfinals. However, he crashed out to the young Serbian Viktor Troicki 1–6, 6–2, 6–3, in the semifinals due to serious fatigue. Tsonga also competed in the doubles category with Fabrice Santoro. The French duo defeated Travis Parrott and Filip Polášek 6–3, 6–7, [10–7]. Then, they defeated Benjamin Becker and Leonardo Mayer 5–7, 6–1, [10–6] in the quarterfinals. However, they lost to Mischa Zverev and Guillermo García López 3–6, 2–6, in the semifinals.
Tsonga then entered the Japan Open in Tokyo. He defeated Russian Mischa Zverev in straight sets 6–4, 6–3, in the first round. Tsonga defeated Richard Gasquet 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, in the second round. In the quarterfinals, he rallied from a set down once again, to claim a 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 win over Latvian Ernests Gulbis. Tsonga then reached his third ATP World Tour final of the season after defeating Gaël Monfils in 55 minutes 6–3, 6–3. In the final, he beat Mikhail Youzhny 6–3, 6–3, in just over an hour to clinch his third title of the season and his first-ever ATP World Tour 500 title. In the doubles category, Tsonga paired up with Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, but they were defeated in the second round.
Tsonga then entered the Shanghai Masters in China, An ATP 1000 Masters event. He defeated Chinese Zeng Shao-Xuan 6–3, 6–3, in the second round. However, Tsonga faded to a 3–6, 3–6 loss against Robin Söderling in the third round. Tsonga also competed in the doubles category with Julien Benneteau. The pair defeated Michaël Llodra and Radek Štěpánek 7–5, 7–5, in the first round, before scoring a major upset over the world no. 1 pair Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić 6–4, 6–4, in the second round. The French duo defeated František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák 3–6, 6–4, [10–7], in the quarterfinal and reached the final after defeating third seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles 7–6, 6–2, in the semifinal. In the final, they beat sixth seeded Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 6–2, 6–4, to win their first-ever ATP Masters 1000 doubles title.
Tsonga then entered the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon in Lyon, France. He defeated Kevin Kim of the USA in two tight sets, 7–6, 7–6, in the first round. Tsonga dominated Olivier Rochus in the second round, 6–3, 6–2. However, an out-of-sorts Tsonga, lost a close battle against veteran Arnaud Clément in three tight sets, 7–5, 4–6, 6–7.
Tsonga then entered the Valencia Open in Spain. Unfortunately, he had to retire in his first round match against Russian Mikhail Youzhny, 7–6, 0–6, 0–3 (retired). With that loss, Tsonga's chances of qualifying for the year-ending world tour finals ended.
Tsonga then made his entrance at the Paris Masters in France, an ATP 1000 Masters event. He was the defending champion. He received a bye in the first round. Tsonga started his campaign by earning a 6–1, 7–5 win over Spaniard Albert Montañés in just 62 minutes. He stormed into the quarterfinals, beating injured Gilles Simon, 6–2 6–3, in the third round. Tsonga then lost to world no. 2 Rafael Nadal, 5–7, 5–7.
Tsonga ended his 2009 season staying in the top 10 for the second year in a row.
2010
Tsonga switched his rackets to Babolat (previously using Wilson) and started his 2010 season at the AAMI Kooyong Classic, after recovering from a wrist injury. He kicked off his season in a fine fashion by defeating Swede Robin Söderling in straight sets, 7–6, 6–1. On day 2, he was due to face Juan Martín del Potro, but del Potro withdrew due to an injury. Tsonga defeated Tommy Haas, 6–4, 6–3, on day 3, but lost to Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in the final, 5–7, 3–6.Tsonga then entered the first Grand Slam of the year, Australian Open. He won his first-round match against Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4, and then cruised past American Taylor Dent, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3, in the second round. Tsonga emerged the winner of a match against Germany's Tommy Haas, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 7–5. In the fourth round, he played his first ever ATP level five-set match against 26th seed Spaniard Nicolás Almagro, winning 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–7, 9–7. In the quarterfinals, he faced world no. 3 Novak Djokovic, and in his second five-set match, Tsonga defeated the Serb, 7–6, 6–7, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1, after Djokovic became ill during the match. Tsonga's fatigue soon took a toll on him, however, as he was badly beaten in the semifinals by no. 1 Roger Federer, 2–6, 3–6, 2–6.
After his run at Melbourne, he withstood a stomach injury and was forced to take a few weeks rest.
Tsonga then entered Open 13 in Marseilles, France. He was the defending champion at this tournament. After receiving a bye in the first round, Tsonga defeated Josselin Ouanna in the second round, 7–6, 6–4, and Ukrainian Illya Marchenko, 6–3, 6–4 to progress to the semifinals. Plagued by inconsistent form, Tsonga lost against Julien Benneteau, 6–7, 7–5, 6–7, in the semifinal, ending his title defense.
Despite plans of not playing at the 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships, he accepted a wildcard and became the fifth seed in the tournament. He played in round 2 against Michaël Llodra, who had arrived with form having the Open 13 title under his belt. After Tsonga took the first set 7–6, Llodra retired due to injury. Struggling with illness and lack of form, Tsonga lost against Ivan Ljubičić, 5–7, 3–6, in the second round.
In the first round of the 2010 Davis Cup, France faced Germany. In the singles, Tsonga helped France to take an unassailable 3–0 lead, by winning the second rubber match, 6–3, 6–2, 6–7, 6–3, against Benjamin Becker. In the fourth rubber match (the dead rubber match), Tsonga was forced to retire against Simon Greul, trailing 6–4, 2–6, 0–1 due to a recurring injury.
He was seeded ninth at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. After receiving a bye into the second round, he beat Marinko Matosevic and Albert Montañés, before crashing out to Robin Söderling, 3–6, 4–6, in the fourth round.
He was seeded eighth at the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. After receiving a bye into the second round, he beat Guillermo García López, 6–4, 6–3. In the third round, he took out no. 28 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6–2, 7–5. In the fourth round, he crushed no. 12 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, 6–2, 6–2. In the quarterfinals however, he lost to no. 2 seed Rafael Nadal, 3–6, 2–6, after blowing eight break-point opportunities.
He made his debut at the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in Monaco as the fifth seed, and received a bye in the first round. In the second round, he played Nicolás Almagro, and they produced another scintillating match (like in their previous meeting in Melbourne), with Tsonga prevailing 7–6, 7–5. In the third round, however, he was edged out in an exciting match against in-form no. 9 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, 1–6, 6–3, 5–7.
Jo had been injured most of the time at the start of the clay season, not having the chance to play many clay-court tournaments. He made his debut at the 2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell. He was seeded third and received a bye in the first round. In the second-round, he beat Czech Jan Hájek comfortably, 6–3, 6–2. In the third round, he faced no. 15 seed Nicolás Almagro in a rematch of their last meeting at Monte Carlo the previous week. Jo won again in another tough match, 5–7, 6–1, 6–4. However, he was stunned by up-and-coming Dutch youngster Thiemo de Bakker, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, in the quarterfinals.
At the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome as the no. 7 seed, he received a bye into the second round. He recorded his first win over Viktor Troicki, 6–2, 6–3, in the second round. In the third round, he beat Colombian Santiago Giraldo, 6–3, 6–4. In his first quarterfinal appearance in a clay-court Masters 1000 event, he was beaten by in-form no. 13 seed and clay-court specialist David Ferrer, 4–6, 1–6.
At the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, he was forced to retire in the opening round against Guillermo García López, after trailing a set 2–6.
Seeded eighth at the 2010 French Open, he faced a tough encounter against upcoming German Daniel Brands, defeating the German in a grueling five-setter, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–7, 7–5, in the first round. He easily defeated Josselin Ouanna, 6–0, 6–1, 6–4, in the second round. He survived a test, along with back pains, to prevail over Thiemo de Bakker, 6–7, 7–6, 6–3, 6–4. Unfortunately, in the fourth round, Tsonga had to withdraw after losing the first set 2–6 against Mikhail Youzhny, due to the progressive regional back pain from the previous round. Scans showed that Tsonga had sustained a right hip injury.
In a tune-up event to Wimbledon, at the Boodles Challenge exhibition tournament, Tsonga won his first rubber match against Nikolay Davydenko, 6–3, 7–6. In the second rubber match, he beat Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6–3, 7–6.
The All England Club was Tsonga's next stop, as he was seeded tenth at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. He defeated Robert Kendrick in a tough opening round, 7–6, 7–6, 3–6, 6–4. In the second round, he survived a near-meltdown to finally put away up-and-coming Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in five sets, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 5–7, 10–8. He also defeated German qualifier Tobias Kamke, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6, in the third round. He went on to beat his previous best fourth round run in 2007 by beating Julien Benneteau, 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, to reach the quarterfinals for the first time. However, in the quarterfinals, after missing a crucial point in the second set tiebreak, which could have brought up set point for Jo for a chance to go up 2 sets to 0, he eventually fell to home favorite Andy Murray, 7–6, 6–7, 2–6, 2–6.
Not long after his Wimbledon campaign, Jo suffered a heavy knee injury. It caused him to withdraw from all the Olympus US Open Series events.
He made his return in October for his title defense at the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships as the third seed. However, after a three-month absence from the tour, he was visibly rusty and out of sorts. He drew a tough opening round match against Thailand Open finalist Jarkko Nieminen, and unsurprisingly lost, 4–6, 7–5, 1–6, which ended his title defense immediately.
Tsonga saw a quick recovery of his form when he competed at the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000, as the no. 12 seed. In the opening round, he defeated Feliciano López, 7–6, 6–3. He went on to beat American Sam Querrey, 7–6, 6–1, in the second round, and also beat Florian Mayer, 7–5, 6–3, in the third round. In the quarterfinals, he lost to eventual champion Andy Murray, 2–6, 2–6.
Then he entered the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, but lost against Viktor Troicki in the second round 6–3, 3–6, 5–7. A week later, Tsonga made a semifinal appearance at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier, where he was beaten 6–7, 6–2, 4–6 in the semifinals by Gaël Monfils for the first time.
During the week in Montpellier, he re-aggravated his knee problem. He missed the Paris Masters, as well as the important French Davis Cup final against Serbia. It had been a disheartening end to the season for Tsonga, as he finished the season out of the top 10 position for the first time after 2 years in the top 10.
2011
Tsonga started his 2011 ATP season with an exhibition tournament at Abu Dhabi. However, Tsonga suffered a 6–4, 6–7, 6–1 loss to Robin Söderling. He later told the press that being out of tennis for several months last season has made him hungry and determined.Tsonga then participated in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar. He defeated Spaniard Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo, 6–2, 6–0, in the first round. He went on to beat Ukrainian Sergei Bubka, 6–2, 6–4, in the second round. Tsonga then went through to the semifinal, after defeating Guillermo García López, 7–6, 7–6, but lost to the world no. 2 Roger Federer, 3–6, 6–7 in the semifinal.
Tsonga then entered the AAMI Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, Australia. He had to play a pro-set match against Jürgen Melzer because of several rain delays before the match. Tsonga lost to Jürgen Melzer, 8–6.
Tsonga then entered the year's first Grand Slam event, Australian Open. Tsonga was seeded 13th. Tsonga came back magnificently from two sets down to win his third five-set match against Germany's Philipp Petzschner, 4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4, in the first round. He then had a straight-set win over Italian Andreas Seppi, 6–3, 7–6, 7–6, in the second round. However, Tsonga could not proceed into the second week of the tournament, as he lost to Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in five sets 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 1–6, 1–6, in the third round. Tsonga dropped five places on the ATP Singles Rankings to world no. 18. This was his lowest ranking since September 2008.
Tsonga then participated in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He defeated Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, 6–4, 6–4, in the first round. He then went on to defeat Michaël Llodra, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, in the second round. Tsonga then entered the semifinal when Tomáš Berdych pulled out of the event because of illness. He beat Croatian Ivan Ljubičić, 6–4, 7–6, in the semifinal, but could not end his trophy drought, as he lost in the final 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 against Swede Robin Söderling.
Tsonga then entered the Open 13 tennis tournament at Marseille, France. He had an easy win in the first round over Benoît Paire, 6–1, 6–2. Tsonga then entered his third quarterfinal of the season, after beating Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, in the second round. However, he could not go all the way at his home tournament, as he lost to Russian Mikhail Youzhny, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6, in the quarterfinals. A day later, he declared that he had sustained another ankle injury, which again put him out of Davis Cup action against Austria.
Tsonga, as the 15th seed, produced a poor showing at the 2011 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. In the opening round, he fell to Belgian veteran Xavier Malisse, 6–7, 5–7, despite serving for the second set at 5–4.
At the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, as the 15th seed again, his poor form continued. He showed lapses in form in the opening second-round match, but managed to get a win over Russia's Teymuraz Gabashvili, 6–3, 6–7, 6–3. In the third round against Alexandr Dolgopolov, Jo was a set up and a break, but true to his inconsistent form, he was taken to the deciding set. Because of the rain, the match was halted to the next day at *2–3 on serve in the third set. In the preceding day, Tsonga worked his way to hold three successive break points (40–0*) at 4–4 on the Ukrainian's serve, but his erratic form made him squander those opportunities, and he eventually lost the match 7–6, 4–6, 5–7.
After the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, Tsonga announced that he and his long time coach Eric Winogradsky have decided to part ways after working together for seven years.
At the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, as the 12th seed, he began his clay-court season with a 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 win over Argentine Juan Monaco in the first round. In the second round, he was beaten, 6–7, 4–6, by Croatian Ivan Ljubičić, after wasting a lead by a break in both sets. At the 2011 Estoril Open as the third seed, his form became more worrying, as he was dumped out by Pablo Cuevas 2–6, 6–7, in the opening round.
Tsonga then found some form at the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open, beating first time top-10 debutant Nicolas Almagro 6–1, 6–3, before losing to Robin Söderling, 6–7, 5–7, in the third round. At the 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, he beat juniors rival Marcos Baghdatis 6–3, 6–2, before losing to Roger Federer 4–6, 2–6, in the second round.
Tsonga was the no. 19 seed heading into the 2011 French Open. He beat both Jan Hajek and Igor Andreev in straight sets and made it to the third round, where he was defeated by 14th seed Stanislas Wawrinka, after leading by two sets and 4–1 in the third set, eventually losing 6–4, 7–6, 6–7, 2–6, 3–6.
At the 2011 AEGON Championships in London, Tsonga received a first-round bye, then beat Michael Berrer 6–0, 6–1, in the second round. He then made it through to the third round when his opponent Michaël Llodra retired with a leg injury in the middle of the first set. In the quarterfinals, he impressed by finally notching his second win over world no.1 Rafael Nadal since the 2008 Australian Open, defeating him 6–7, 6–4, 6–1 to move through to the semifinals for the first time in a grass tournament. In the semifinals, he defeated British wildcard James Ward 6–3, 7–6, to reach his first final in a tournament other than hardcourt. In the final, he let slip a healthy lead into a disappointing loss against Andy Murray, 6–3, 6–7, 4–6.
Just 24 hours later, he arrived at the 2011 AEGON International in Eastbourne as the top seed. In his opening round, he defeated Denis Istomin, 6–2, 7–5. In the second round, he was fatigued and lost to Radek Stepanek, 2–6, 3–6.
At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships as the 12th seed, he defeated Go Soeda in the opening round, 6–3, 7–6, 6–2, before passing a tough test against talented up-and-coming youngster Grigor Dimitrov, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6, in the second round. In the third round, he proceeded to take out Fernando Gonzalez, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3, while also taking out world no.7 David Ferrer, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6. In the quarterfinals, he stunned the Centre Court crowd by coming from two sets down to defeat Federer, 3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4. He reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time, finishing the match with a love hold. This handed Federer his first loss in a Grand Slam after leading two sets to love, while handing Tsonga only his second win in coming back from two sets down. In the semifinals, however, despite serving for the first set and saving three match points in the third-set tiebreak, he eventually lost to no. 2 seed Novak Djokovic 6–7, 2–6, 7–6, 3–6, in an emotionally charged match that allowed Djokovic to become world no. 1 for the first time.
At the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Tsonga defeated Fabio Fognini and Bernard Tomic to set up a Wimbledon quarterfinal rematch against Roger Federer. He prevented Federer from gaining revenge as he defeated him, 7–6(3), 4–6, 6–1, in the third round. He backed up his victory with a 6–4, 6–4 win over Nicolás Almagro, to set up a Wimbledon semifinal rematch against Novak Djokovic. After trailing 4–6, 0–3, Tsonga retired due to an arm problem.
At the 2011 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, Tsonga defeated Marin Cilic, 6–3, 6–4, in the first round. In the second round, however, he suffered a surprise 3–6, 4–6, defeat against American qualifier Alex Bogomolov Jr.
At the US Open, he defeated Sergei Bubka and Fernando Verdasco to meet Mardy Fish in the fourth round. He won that match in five sets 6–4, 6–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2. He again met Roger Federer in the quarterfinals, but this time Federer swept him aside easily 4–6, 3–6, 3–6.
Tsonga assisted France in a difficult Davis Cup semifinal against Spain on the clay courts in their hometown. In the doubles, Tsonga teamed up with Michael Llodra to notch an impressive 6–1, 6–2, 6–0 victory over Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez. However, Jo came up against a ruthless Rafael Nadal in his 4th singles rubber, to lose 0–6, 2–6, 4–6 to and lose the tie against Spain 1–3. France eventually went down 1–4 in the final result.
Tsonga played at the 2011 Open de Moselle in Metz, France - where he was the top seeded player. He defeated Mathieu Rodrigues 6–3, 6–4 in the first round. In the quarterfinals, he prevailed against Nicolas Mahut 4–6, 6–3, 7–5. In the semifinals, he ended a two-match losing streak against Alexandr Dolgopolov by beating him 6–4, 6–4 to advance to his 3rd final of the season. In the final, Tsonga fought past Ivan Ljubicic 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 to win the tournament, which was his first title in almost two years since his triumph in Tokyo.
Tsonga, again as a top seed, played at the 2011 China Open in Beijing for the first time since 2007. He opened his title bid against talented Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov. After a hard-fought first set tie-break, Tsonga was able to sweep Dimitrov aside 7–6, 7–5. The second round was considerably easier as Tsonga drew Chinese Wild Card: Zhang Ze who he beat 6–3, 6–4. It was more of the same in the quarterfinals where he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain by the same score. As expected, the semi-finals against an in-form Tomáš Berdych was extremely difficult. Berdych took the first set with a single break: 6–4 but Tsonga fought back to take the second 6–4. However, a fatigued Tsonga could not withstand Berdych's growing confidence, losing the 3rd set 6–1.
A great amount of injuries (Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Robin Soderling) left Tsonga as number 4 seed for the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters. Tsonga received a bye in the first round. In the second, he met Kei Nishikori who had come through a hard-fought victory over Robin Haase). The consistent Japanese number one played some great tennis in the first set but was just edged out on the tie-break 7–6 after no break points for either player. In the second set, breaks were traded until eventually Nishikori came through 6–4. Despite an early break for Tsonga, Nishikori was able to come through the second set with the same scoreline - a huge disappointment for Jo as some points here were valuable for securing an ATP World Tour Finals position.
Vienna was the next destination for Tsonga in the 2011 Erste Bank Open. Jo was the top seed for the event and so received a bye in the first round. His second round opponent was Jarkko Nieminen, who had just lost in the final of the 2011 If Stockholm Open to Gael Monfils only the previous week. Nieminen, however, took the first set 6–3 after breaking Tsonga's serve early on. Despite losing the first, Tsonga came back to take the match, winning the second set 6–1. At 3–1 down in the third set, Nieminen retired due to illness. His third round opponent was Xavier Malisse, who had already beaten Tsonga earlier this year at the 2011 BNP Paribas Open 7–6, 7–5, started the stronger of the two. However, after losing the first set, Jo took the match 4–6, 7–6, 6–4. German qualifier Daniel Brands was Tsonga's semi-final opponent after he beat fourth seed Radek Stepanek and fellow qualifier Steve Darcis in the round of 16 and the quarter-finals respectively. Tsonga broke twice in the first set and won a tie-break in the second to take the match 6–2, 7–6. Tsonga faced Juan Martin Del Potro, a player who has a 3–0 record against Tsonga. The first set was tight with Del Potro taking it on a tie-break. Del Potro scored an early break in the second set, however, Tsonga broke straight back and then again to take the second set. The third set was just as close but Tsonga broke midway through it and took the match 6–7, 6–3, 6–4 for his second title of the season.
Just two days after his victory in Vienna, Tsonga played his first round match at the 2011 Valencia Open 500 as second seed. He faced little-known wildcard, Javier Marti. Despite his inexperience, the world no. 182 put up a great fight. Tsonga eventually won 4–6, 7–5, 6–2. In the second round, Jo faced American Sam Querrey. Sam started the match fantastically and carried the momentum into the second set winning 7–6, 6–2. Although a disappointment to lose to such a low-ranked player, Tsonga looked extremely fatigued and the loss was perhaps a blessing in disguise. The days off will give Tsonga the appropriate time to rest up for the 2011 BNP Paribas Masters.
As expected, the home crowd warmed to Jo from the start of the 2011 BNP Paribas Masters. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, however, was a difficult second-round opponent (after Tsonga received a bye in the first round). With the crowd firmly with him, Tsonga won 6–3, 6–4. In a repeat of the 2011 Australian Open second round, Tsonga next faced Andreas Seppi of Italy. Just like earlier this year, Jo-Wilfried won. This time, the score was 6–3, 6–4. His quarter-final match against Novak Djokovic was a mouth-watering encounter between two of the best players of 2011. However, it was announced earlier in the day that Djokovic had pulled out after aggravating his shoulder injury - this gave Tsonga a clear route through to the semi-finals, where he would face John Isner. After saving 3 match points and serving phenomenally, Tsonga wrapped up the match 3–6, 7–6, 7–6 to set up a final against Roger Federer - this will be the 6th time the two have met this year. Jo has only ever been in one ATP Masters Series final, and this was the BNP Paribas Masters in 2008 where he defeated David Nalbandian to take the title. This time, though, he was not so fortunate as he faced an in-form Roger Federer. Federer stormed the first set 1–6 and took the momentum in the second. Tsonga held his serve well, only conceding one break point and also had two break points of his own. Roger was just too strong, however, as he took the match 1–6, 6–7.
As a result of his exploits in the Paris Masters, he qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in sixth place, hence being seeded 6th. The first round robin match saw an immediate rematch against No.4 seed Federer and again Tsonga fell short, but in a close 2–6, 6–2, 4–6 battle. In his second round robin match, Tsonga defeated No.8 seed Mardy Fish 7–6, 6–1 to keep his hopes alive, while knocking out Fish in the round robin stage. In the third and final round robin match, Tsonga won an entertaining three-set battle against No.2 seed Rafael Nadal 7–6, 4–6, 6–3 to knock him out in the round robin stage and for Tsonga to progress to the semifinals. In a match of first-time semifinalists, Tsonga defeated Tomas Berdych 6–3, 7–5 to progress to the finals of the year-end championships for the first time in his career. In the final, Tsonga fought bravely but came up short once again against Roger Federer in a 3–6, 7–6, 3–6 affair which handed Federer a record 6 titles in the year-end championships. Tsonga will finish the year with a career-high matching ranking of #6 since 2008.
2012
Just before 2012 began, Tsonga participated in the Abu Dhabi exhibition tournament in late December of 2011. He lost his opening match against World No.5 and eventual tournament finalist David Ferrer 6–2, 6–7, 2–6.Tsonga then began his 2012 season at the 2012 Qatar Open in Doha, as the #3 seed of the tournament. In the first round, he overcame a spirited challenge from Tunisian Malek Jaziri 7–6, 6–7, 6–1. In the second round, he defeated Flavio Cipolla 7–6, 6–3 in another testy encounter. In the quarterfinals, he had an easier time against Albert Ramos whom he beat 6–2, 6–1 to set up a meeting with #2 seed Roger Federer in the semifinals. However, Federer announced an unexpected withdrawal from the tournament due to a back problem, which gave Tsonga a walkover to the final. In the finals for the first time in Doha, he was against Gael Monfils, and won 7-5, 6-3. He was named champion of the 2012 Qatar Open.
Playing style
Tsonga has an entertaining style of play, known for his effectively potent serves, as well as having powerful, heavy forehands and having great touch at the net. He has an offensive baseline style of play, but is also able to mix his style of play up by rushing to the net. He is also currently one of the very few remaining players who often utilizes a serve-and-volley type of play. Tsonga's movement around the court is considered to be very good, considering his height. While he has a powerful repertoire of techniques, he has struggled to play consistently at important moments.
Serve
Tsonga's serve is one of his most dominant shots, mixing both slice and speed, so enabling him to create and win easier points, such as an ace or a one-two-punch. Because of the action of his serve, which is dramatically abbreviated, he does very well to create as much power as he does, with speeds of up to 140 mph (225 km/h).
Surfaces
To date, Tsonga has achieved his best results on hard courts, most notably at the Australian Open, where he made the final in 2008, the quarter-final in 2009 and the semi-final in 2010 (the Australian Open plays a Plexicushion Prestige surface). In his career on the ATP circuit, the majority of his final appearances have come on hard courts. On grass, he reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 2011, and reached the final of the Queen's Club Championships in 2011. In general, Tsonga has struggled on clay, although his clay-court skills are improving.
Ground strokes and net-play
Tsonga is known for his aggressive groundstrokes. His forehand and backhand are both effective in setting up points. His powerful, heavy and accurate forehand is his most consistent shot, especially when delivered down the line. Although his backhand is generally not as strong as his forehand during the rallies, he is very capable of hitting attacking shots on his backhand wing. His net play is skillful, especially on attack. He often chooses to slice with great touch (especially on his backhand side), but does sometimes choose to deploy a drive volley. At times, he would often play a well-disguised drop shot to surprise his opponents during a rally. He can play both two-handed and one-handed backhand. He added the one-handed backhand into his repertoire midway through 2011; evident in his matches against Murray in the final of Queen's Club and against Federer in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon. Although rarely used as a groundstroke in a neutral rally, it is particularly effective as a passing shot down the line or cross-court.
Equipment
During the off-season in 2009, Tsonga switched racquets from Wilson to Babolat. He currently uses a Babolat Aeropro Drive GT Racquet. He strings with Babolat's new RPM Blast string. He is sponsored by Adidas for his attire.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
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ATP World Tour finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
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Masters Series finals
Singles: 2 (1–1)
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Doubles: 1 (1–0)
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ATP Career Finals
Singles: 13 (8–5)
{| |-valign=top | {|class=wikitable style=font-size:98% !Legend |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1) |-bgcolor=ffffcc |ATP World Tour Finals (0–1) |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–1) |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1) |- |ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–1) |} | {|class=wikitable style=font-size:98% !Finals by Surface |- |Hard (8–4) |- |Clay (0–0) |- |Grass (0–1) |- |Carpet (0–0) |} |}{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:98% !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=#e5d1cb |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |1. |January 31, 2008 | Melbourne, Australia |Hard | Novak Djokovic |6–4, 4–6, 3–6, 6–7(2–7) |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |1. |September 28, 2008 | Bangkok, Thailand |Hard (i) | Novak Djokovic |7–6(7–4), 6–4 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |2. |November 2, 2008 | Paris, France |Hard (i) | David Nalbandian |6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |3. |February 2, 2009 | Johannesburg, South Africa |Hard | Jérémy Chardy |6–4, 7–6(7–5) |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |4. |February 16, 2009 | Marseille, France |Hard (i) | Michaël Llodra |7–5, 7–6(7–3) |- |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |5. |October 5, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan |Hard | Mikhail Youzhny |6–3, 6–3 |- |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |2. |February 13, 2011 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |Hard (i) | Robin Söderling |3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |3. |June 13, 2011 | London, United Kingdom |Grass | Andy Murray |6–3, 6–7(2–7), 4–6 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |6. |September 25, 2011 | Metz, France |Hard (i) | Ivan Ljubičić |6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |7. |October 30, 2011 | Vienna, Austria |Hard (i) | Juan Martín del Potro |6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |4. |November 13, 2011 | Paris, France |Hard (i) | Roger Federer |1–6, 6–7(3–7) |-bgcolor=ffffcc |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |5. |November 27, 2011 | London, United Kingdom |Hard (i) | Roger Federer |3–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |8. |January 7, 2012 | Doha, Qatar |Hard | Gaël Monfils |7–5, 6–3 |}
Doubles: 5 (4–1)
{| |-valign=top | {|class=wikitable style=font-size:98% !Legend |-bgcolor=#e5d1cb |Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) |-bgcolor=ffffcc |ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0) |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) |- |ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–1) |} | {|class=wikitable style=font-size:98% !Finals by Surface |- |Hard (3–1) |- |Clay (0–0) |- |Grass (0–0) |- |Carpet (1–0) |} |}{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:98% !width=80|Outcome !width=45|No. !width=125|Date !width=260|Tournament !width=75|Surface !width=240|Partner !width=260|Opponents in the final !width=180|Score in the final |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |1. |October 22, 2007 | Lyon, France |Carpet (i) | Sébastien Grosjean | Łukasz Kubot Lovro Zovko |6–4, 6–3 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |2. |January 7, 2008 | Sydney, Australia |Hard | Richard Gasquet | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |4–6, 6–4, [11–9] |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |3. |January 11, 2009 | Brisbane, Australia |Hard | Marc Gicquel | Fernando Verdasco Mischa Zverev |6–4, 6–3 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner |4. |October 18, 2009 | Shanghai, China |Hard | Julien Benneteau | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |6–2, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up |1. |February 20, 2011 | Marseille, France |Hard (i) | Julien Benneteau | Robin Haase Ken Skupski |3–6, 7–6(7–4), [11–13] |}
Performance timeline
Singles
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References
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| 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 }} |
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:
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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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
References
Further reading
External links
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| Name | Rafael Nadal |
|---|---|
| Fullname | Rafael Nadal Parera |
| Country | Spain |
| Nickname | ''Rafa''''The King of Clay''''The Matador'' |
| Residence | Manacor, Majorca, Spain |
| Birth date | June 03, 1986 |
| Birth place | Manacor, Majorca |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | |
| Turnedpro | 2001 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney | $45,114,407 |
| Singlesrecord | 550–118 (82.34%) |
| Singlestitles | 46 |
| Currentsinglesranking | No. 2 (14 November 2011) |
| Highestsinglesranking | No. 1 (18 August 2008) |
| Australianopenresult | W (2009) |
| Frenchopenresult | W (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) |
| Wimbledonresult | W (2008, 2010) |
| Usopenresult | W (2010) |
| Othertournaments | Yes |
| Masterscupresult | F (2010) |
| Olympicsresult | 20px Gold medal (2008) |
| Doublesrecord | 91–57 |
| Doublestitles | 7 |
| Highestdoublesranking | No. 26 (8 August 2005) |
| Grandslamsdoublesresults | yes |
| Australianopendoublesresult | 3R (2004, 2005) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult | 2R (2005) |
| Usopendoublesresult | SF (2004) |
| Updated | 28 October 2011 }} |
}}
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (; ) (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time; his success on clay has earned him the nickname "The King of Clay", and has prompted many experts to regard him as the greatest clay court player of all time.
Nadal has won ten Grand Slam singles titles, including six French Open titles, the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles, a record 19 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, and also was part of the Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011. He completed the career Grand Slam by winning the 2010 US Open, being the seventh player in history, and the youngest in the open era, to achieve it. He is the second male player to complete the Career Golden Slam (winner of the four grand slams and the Olympic Gold medal) after only Andre Agassi.
Nadal had a 32-match winning streak in 2008, starting at the 2008 Masters Series Hamburg to the 2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, which included titles at Hamburg, the French Open (where he did not drop a set), Queen's Club, his first title at Wimbledon, and the Rogers Cup. In 2011, by winning the Monte Carlo Masters, he became the only player to have won seven editions of a tournament in a row at the ATP level. Nadal was ranked world No. 2, behind Roger Federer, for a record 160 consecutive weeks before earning the top spot, which he held from 18 August 2008 to 5 July 2009. He regained the world No.1 ranking on 7 June 2010, after winning his fifth French Open title. He held it until 3 July 2011, when Novak Djokovic replaced him as world No. 1.
Early life
Rafael Nadal was born in Manacor, Majorca, Spain to Sebastián Nadal, a businessman who owns an insurance company, a glass and window company, Vidres Mallorca, and manages his own restaurant, Sa Punta. His mother is Ana María Parera, a housewife. He has a younger sister named María Isabel. His uncle, Miguel Ángel Nadal, is a retired professional footballer, who played for RCD Mallorca, FC Barcelona, and the Spanish national team. Nadal supports football clubs Real Madrid and RCD Mallorca. Recognizing that Nadal had a natural talent for tennis, another uncle, Toni Nadal, a former professional tennis player, introduced him to tennis when he was three years old.At age eight, Nadal won an under-12 regional tennis championship at a time when he was also a promising football player. This made Toni Nadal intensify training, and at that time he encouraged Nadal to play left-handed for a natural advantage on the tennis court, as he noticed Nadal played forehand shots with two hands. When Nadal was 12, he won the Spanish and European tennis titles in his age group and was playing tennis and football all the time. Nadal's father made him choose between football and tennis so that his school work would not deteriorate entirely. Nadal said: "I chose tennis. Football had to stop straight away."
When he was 14, the Spanish tennis federation requested that he leave Majorca and move to Barcelona to continue his tennis training. Nadal's family turned down this request, partly because they feared it would hurt his education, but also because Toni said that "I don't want to believe that you have to go to America, or other places to be a good athlete. You can do it from your home." The decision to stay home meant that Nadal received less financial support from the federation; instead, Nadal's father covered the costs. In May 2001, he defeated former Grand Slam champion Pat Cash in a clay-court exhibition match.
At 15, he turned pro. Nadal participated in two events on the ITF junior circuit. In 2002, at the age of 16, Nadal reached the semifinals of the Boy's Singles tournament at Wimbledon, in his first ITF junior event.
By the age of 17, he beat Roger Federer the first time they played and became the youngest man to reach the third round at Wimbledon since Boris Becker. At 18, he helped pace Spain over the US in the junior Davis Cup in his second, and final, appearance on the ITF junior circuit. At 19, Nadal won the French Open the first time he played it, a feat not accomplished in Paris for more than 20 years. He eventually won it the first four times he played at Roland Garros. In 2003, he had won the ATP Newcomer of the Year Award. Early in his career, Nadal picked up the trademark habit of biting the trophies he won.
Tennis career
2002–2004
In April 2002, at 15 years and 10 months, the world No. 762 Nadal won his first ATP match, defeating Ramón Delgado, and became the ninth player in the open era to do so before the age of 16. The following year, Nadal won two Challenger titles and finished the year in the top 50. At his Wimbledon debut in 2003, Nadal became the youngest man to reach the third round since Boris Becker in 1984. During 2004, Nadal played his first match against world No. 1 Roger Federer at the 2004 Miami Masters, and won in straight sets. He is one of the six players that defeated Federer that year (along with Tim Henman, Albert Costa, Gustavo Kuerten, Dominik Hrbatý, and Tomáš Berdych). He missed most of the clay court season, including the French Open, because of a stress fracture in his left ankle. Nadal, at 18 years and six months, became the youngest player to register a singles victory in a Davis Cup final for a winning nation. By beating world No. 2 Andy Roddick, he helped Spain clinch the 2004 title over the United States in a 3–2 win. He finished the year ranked world No. 51.
2005
At the 2005 Australian Open, Nadal lost in the 4th round to eventual runner-up Lleyton Hewitt. Two months later, Nadal reached the final of the 2005 Miami Masters, and despite being two points from a straight-sets victory, he was defeated in five sets by world No. 1 Roger Federer. Both performances were considered to be breakthroughs for Nadal.He then dominated the spring clay court season. He won 24 consecutive singles matches, which broke Andre Agassi's open era record of consecutive match wins for a male teenager. Nadal won the Torneo Conde de Godó in Barcelona and beat 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria in the finals of the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters and the 2005 Rome Masters. These victories raised his ranking to world No. 5 and made him one of the favorites at his career-first French Open. On his 19th birthday, Nadal defeated Federer in the 2005 French Open semifinals, being one of only four players who defeated the top-seeded player that year (along with Marat Safin, Richard Gasquet, and David Nalbandian). Two days later, he defeated Mariano Puerta in the final, becoming the second male player to win the French Open on his first attempt since Mats Wilander in 1982: He also became the first teenager to win a Grand Slam singles title since Pete Sampras won the 1990 US Open at age 19. Winning the French Open improved Nadal's ranking to World No. 3.
Three days after his victory in Paris, Nadal's 24-match winning streak was snapped in the first round of the grass court Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, where he lost to the German Alexander Waske. He then lost in the second round of 2005 Wimbledon to Gilles Müller of Luxembourg.
Immediately after Wimbledon, Nadal won 16 consecutive matches and three consecutive tournaments, bringing his ranking to world No. 2 on 25 July 2005.
Nadal started his North American summer hard-court season by defeating Agassi in the final of the 2005 Canada Masters, but lost in the first round of the 2005 Cincinnati Masters. Nadal was seeded second at the 2005 US Open, where he was upset in the third round by World No. 49 James Blake in four sets.
In September, he defeated Coria in the final of the China Open in Beijing and won both of his Davis Cup matches against Italy. In October, he won his fourth ATP Masters Series title of the year, defeating Ivan Ljubičić in the final of the 2005 Madrid Masters. He then suffered a foot injury that prevented him from competing in the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup.
Both Nadal and Federer won eleven singles titles and four ATP Masters Series titles in 2005. Nadal broke Mats Wilander's previous teenage record of nine in 1983. Eight of Nadal's titles were on clay, and the remainder were on hard courts. Nadal won 79 matches, second only to Federer's 81. Nadal won the Golden Bagel Award for 2005, with eleven 6–0 sets during the year. Also, he earned the highest year-end ranking ever by a Spaniard and the ATP Most Improved Player of the Year award.
2006
Nadal missed the Australian Open due to a foot injury. In February, he lost in the semifinals of the first tournament he played, the Open 13 tournament in Marseille, France. Two weeks later, he handed Roger Federer his first loss of the year in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Men's Open (in 2006, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray were the only two men who defeated Federer). To complete the spring hard-court season, Nadal was upset in the semifinals of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, by James Blake, and was upset in the second round of the 2006 Miami Masters.On European clay, Nadal won all four tournaments he entered and 24 consecutive matches. He defeated Federer in the final of the Masters Series Monte Carlo in four sets. The following week, he defeated Tommy Robredo in the final of the Open Sabadell Atlántico tournament in Barcelona. After a one-week break, Nadal won the Masters Series Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, defeating Federer in a fifth-set tiebreaker in the final, after saving two match points and equaling Björn Borg's tally of 16 ATP titles won as a teenager. Nadal broke Argentinian Guillermo Vilas's 29-year male record of 53 consecutive clay-court match victories by winning his first round match at the French Open. Vilas presented Nadal with a trophy, but commented later that Nadal's feat was less impressive than his own because Nadal's winning streak covered two years and was accomplished by adding easy tournaments to his schedule. Nadal went on to play Federer in the final of the French Open. The first two sets of the match were hardly competitive, as the rivals traded 6–1 sets. Nadal won the third set easily and served for the match in the fourth set before Federer broke him and forced a tiebreaker. Nadal won the tiebreaker and became the first player to defeat Federer in a Grand Slam final.
Nadal injured his shoulder while playing a quarterfinal match against Lleyton Hewitt at the Artois Championships, played on grass at the Queen's Club in London. Nadal was unable to complete the match, which ended his 26-match winning streak. Nadal was seeded second at Wimbledon, but was two points from defeat against American qualifier Robert Kendrick in the second round before coming back to win in five sets. In the third round, Nadal defeated world No. 20 Andre Agassi in straight sets at Agassi's last career match at Wimbledon. Nadal also won his next three matches in straight sets, which set up his first Wimbledon final, which was against Federer, who had won this tournament the three previous years. Nadal was the first Spanish man since Manuel Santana in 1966, to reach the Wimbledon final, but Federer won the match in four sets 6–0, 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 to win his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title.
During the leadup to the US Open, Nadal played the two Masters Series tournaments in North America. He was upset in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto and the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio. Nadal was seeded second at the US Open, but lost in the quarterfinals to world No. 54 Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in four sets.
Nadal played only three tournaments the remainder of the year. Joachim Johansson, ranked world No. 690, upset Nadal in the second round of the Stockholm Open 6–4, 7–6. The following week, Nadal lost to Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinals of the year's last Masters Series tournament, the Mutua Madrileña Masters in Madrid. During the round-robin stage of the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup, Nadal lost to James Blake but defeated Nikolay Davydenko and Robredo. Because of those two victories, Nadal qualified for the semifinals, where he lost to Federer 6–4, 7–5. This was Nadal's third loss in nine career matches with Federer.
Nadal went on to become the first player since Andre Agassi in 1994–95 to finish the year as the world No. 2 in consecutive years.
2007
Nadal started the year by playing in six hard-court tournaments. He lost in the semifinals and first round of his first two tournaments and then lost in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open to eventual runner-up Fernando González. After another quarterfinal loss at the Dubai Tennis Championships, he won the 2007 Indian Wells Masters, before Novak Djoković defeated him in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Miami Masters.He had comparatively more success after returning to Europe to play five clay-court tournaments. He won the titles at the Masters Series Monte Carlo, the Open Sabadell Atlántico in Barcelona, and the Masters Series Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, before losing to Roger Federer in the final of the Masters Series Hamburg. This defeat ended his 81-match winning streak on clay, which is the male open era record for consecutive wins on a single surface. He then rebounded to win the French Open for the third straight year, defeating Federer once again in the final.
Between the tournaments in Barcelona and Rome, Nadal defeated Federer in the "Battle of Surfaces" exhibition match in Majorca, Spain, with the tennis court being half grass and half clay.
Nadal played the Artois Championships at the Queen's Club in London for the second consecutive year. As in 2006, Nadal was upset in the quarterfinals. Nadal then won consecutive five-set matches during the third and fourth rounds of Wimbledon before being beaten by Federer in the five-set final. This was Federer's first five-set match at Wimbledon since 2001.
In July, Nadal won the clay court Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, which proved to be his last title of the year. He played three important tournaments during the North American summer hard court season. He was a semifinalist at the Masters Series Rogers Cup in Montreal before losing his first match at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the second-seeded player at the US Open, but was defeated in the fourth round by David Ferrer.
After a month-long break from tournament tennis, Nadal played the Mutua Madrileña Masters in Madrid and the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. David Nalbandian upset him in the quarterfinals and final of those tournaments. To end the year, Nadal won two of his three round robin matches to advance to the semifinals of the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, where Federer defeated him 6–4, 6–1.
During the second half of the year, Nadal battled a knee injury suffered during the Wimbledon final. In addition, there were rumors at the end of the year that the foot injury he suffered during 2005, caused long-term damage, which were given credence by coach Toni Nadal's claim that the problem was "serious". Nadal and his spokesman strongly denied this, however, with Nadal himself calling the story "totally false".
2008
Nadal began the year in India, where he was comprehensively beaten by Mikhail Youzhny in the final of the Chennai Open. Nadal then reached the semifinals of the Australian Open for the first time. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Nadal 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 in the semifinal of 2008 Australian Open. Tsonga's semifinal performance was characterized by his powerful and precise serve, finesse volleys, and aggressive baseline play; it was a performance that drew the Melbourne crowd to their feet. Tsonga did not face a break point until the third set, while breaking the Spaniard five times in the match. Nadal also reached the final of the Miami Masters for the second time.During the spring clay-court season, Nadal won four singles titles and defeated Roger Federer in three finals. He beat Federer at the Masters Series Monte Carlo for the third straight year, capturing his open era record fourth consecutive title there. He won in straight sets, despite Federer's holding a 4–0 lead in the second set. Nadal then won his fourth consecutive title at the Open Sabadell Atlántico tournament in Barcelona. A few weeks later, Nadal won his first title at the Masters Series Hamburg, defeating Federer in the three-set final. He then won the French Open, becoming the fifth man in the open era to win a Grand Slam singles title without losing a set. He defeated Federer in the final for the third straight year, but this was the most lopsided of all their matches, as Nadal only lost four games and gave Federer his first bagel since 1999. This was Nadal's fourth consecutive French title, tying Björn Borg's all-time record. Nadal became the fourth male player during the open era to win the same Grand Slam singles tournament four consecutive years (the others being Borg, Pete Sampras, and Federer). Nadal then played Federer in the final of Wimbledon for the third consecutive year, in the most anticipated match of their rivalry. Nadal entered the final on a 23-match winning streak, including his first career grass-court title at the Artois Championships staged at the Queen's Club in London prior to Wimbledon. Federer had won his record fifth grass-court title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, and then reached the Wimbledon final without losing a set. Unlike their previous two Wimbledon finals, though, Federer was not the prohibitive favorite, and many analysts picked Nadal to win. They played the longest (in terms of time on court, not in terms of numbers of games) final in Wimbledon history, and because of rain delays, Nadal won the fifth set 9–7 in near-darkness. The match was widely lauded as the greatest Wimbledon final ever, with some tennis critics even calling it the greatest match in tennis history. By winning his first Wimbledon title, Nadal became the third man in the open era to win both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year, after Rod Laver in 1969, and Borg in 1978–80, (Federer later accomplished this the following year) as well as the second Spaniard to win Wimbledon. He also ended Federer's record streak of five consecutive Wimbledon titles and 65 straight wins on grass courts. This is also the first time that Nadal won two Grand Slams back-to-back.
After Wimbledon, Nadal extended his winning streak to a career-best 32 matches. He won his second Rogers Cup title in Toronto, and then made it into the semifinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio. As a result, Nadal clinched the US Open Series and, combined with Federer's early-round losses in both of those tournaments, finally earned the world No. 1 ranking on 18 August, officially ending Federer's record four-and-a-half year reign at the top.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Nadal defeated Novak Djoković of Serbia in the semifinals 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 and Fernando González of Chile in the final to win his first Olympic gold medal. Nadal became the first male player ranked in the top five to win the gold medal.
At the US Open, Nadal was the top-seeded player for the first time at a Grand Slam tournament. He did not lose a set during his first three matches, defeating qualifiers in the first and second rounds and Viktor Troicki in the third round. He then needed four sets to defeat both Sam Querrey in the fourth round and Mardy Fish in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he lost to eventual runner up, Andy Murray 6–2, 7–6, 4–6, 6–4. Later in the year in Madrid, Nadal helped Spain defeat the United States in the Davis Cup semifinals.
At the Mutua Madrileña Masters in Madrid, Nadal lost in the semifinals to Gilles Simon 3–6, 7–5, 7–6. However, his performance at the event guaranteed that he would become the first Spaniard during the open era to finish the year as the world No. 1. On 24 October at the Campoamor theatre in Oviedo, Spain, Nadal was given the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports, in recognition of his achievements in tennis. Two weeks after the Madrid Masters at the BNP Paribas Masters in France, Nadal reached the quarterfinals, where he faced Nikolay Davydenko. Nadal lost the first set 6–1, before retiring in the second with a knee injury. The following week, Nadal announced his withdrawal from the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, citing tendinitis of the knee. On 10 November, Nadal withdrew from Spain's Davis Cup final against Argentina, as his knee injury had not healed completely.
2009
Nadal's first official ATP tour event for the year was the 250 series Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha. After his first-round match with Fabrice Santoro, Nadal was awarded the 2008 ATP World Tour Champion trophy. Nadal eventually lost in the quarterfinals to Gaël Monfils. Nadal also entered and won the tournament's doubles event with partner Marc López, defeating the world No. 1 doubles team of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in the final. As noted by statistician Greg Sharko, this was the first time since 1990, that the world No. 1 singles player had played the world No. 1 doubles player in a final.At the 2009 Australian Open, Nadal won his first five matches without dropping a set, before defeating compatriot Fernando Verdasco in the semifinals in the longest match in Australian Open history at 5 hours and 14 minutes. This win set up a championship match with Roger Federer, their first meeting ever in a hard-court Grand Slam tournament and their nineteenth meeting overall. Nadal defeated Federer in five sets to earn his first hard-court Grand Slam singles title, making him the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open and the fourth male tennis player—after Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, and Andre Agassi—to win Grand Slam singles titles on three different surfaces. This win also made Nadal the first male tennis player to hold three Grand Slam singles titles on three different surfaces at the same time. Nadal then played the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. In the final, he lost to second-seeded Murray in three sets. During the final, Nadal called a trainer to attend to a tendon problem with his right knee, which notably affected his play in the final set. Although this knee problem was not associated with Nadal's right knee tendonitis, it was serious enough to cause him to withdraw from the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships a week later.
In March, Nadal helped Spain defeat Serbia in a Davis Cup World Group first-round tie on clay in Benidorm, Spain. Nadal defeated Janko Tipsarević and Novak Djokovic. The win over world No. 3 Djokovic was Nadal's twelfth consecutive Davis Cup singles match win and boosted his career win–loss record against Djokovic to 11–4, including 6–0 on clay.
At the 2009 Indian Wells Masters, Nadal won his thirteenth Masters 1000 series tournament. In the fourth round, Nadal saved five match points, before defeating David Nalbandian for the first time. Nadal defeated Juan Martín del Potro in the quarterfinals and Andy Roddick in the semi-finals, before defeating Murray in the final. The next ATP tour event was the 2009 Miami Masters. Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals, where he again faced Argentinian del Potro, this time losing the match. This was the first time del Potro had defeated Nadal in five career matches.
Nadal began his European clay court season at the 2009 Monte Carlo Masters, where he won a record fifth consecutive singles title there. He defeated Novak Djokovic in the final for his fifth consecutive win, a record in the open era. Nadal is the first male player to win the same ATP Master series event for five consecutive years.
Nadal then competed in the ATP 500 event in Barcelona. He advanced to his fifth consecutive Barcelona final, where he faced David Ferrer. Nadal went on to beat Ferrer 6–2, 7–5 to record five consecutive Barcelona victories. At the Rome Masters, Nadal reached the final, where he defeated Novak Djokovic to improve his overall record to 13–4 and clay record to 8–0 against the Serb. He became the first player to win four Rome titles.
After winning two clay-court Masters, he participated in the Madrid Open. He lost to Roger Federer 4–6, 4–6 in the final. This was the first time that Nadal had lost to Federer since the semifinals of the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup.
On 19 May, the ATP World Tour announced that Nadal was the first player out of eight to qualify for the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals, to be played at the O2 Arena in London.
By beating Lleyton Hewitt in the third round of 2009 French Open, Nadal (2005–09 French Open) set a record of 31 consecutive wins at Roland Garros, beating the previous record of 28 by Björn Borg (1978–81 French Open). Nadal had won 32 consecutive sets at Roland Garros (since winning the last 2 sets at the 2007 French Open final against Federer), the second-longest winning streak in the tournament's history behind Björn Borg's record of 41 consecutive sets. This run came to an end on 31 May 2009, when Nadal lost to eventual runner-up, Robin Söderling in the 4th round. The Swede triumphed 6–2, 6–7, 6–4, 7–6. This was Nadal's first loss at the French Open.
After his surprise defeat at Roland Garros, Nadal withdrew from the AEGON Championships. It was confirmed that Nadal was suffering from tendinitis in both of his knees. On 19 June, Nadal withdrew from the 2009 Wimbledon Championship, citing his recurring knee injury. He was the first champion to not defend the title since Goran Ivanišević in 2001. Roger Federer went on to win the title, and Nadal consequently dropped back to world No. 2 on 6 July 2009. Nadal later announced his withdrawal from the Davis Cup.
On 4 August, Nadal's uncle, Toni Nadal, confirmed that Nadal would return to play at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. There, in his first tournament since Roland Garros, Nadal lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Martín del Potro. With this loss, he relinquished the No. 2 spot to Andy Murray on 17 August 2009, ranking outside the top two for the first time since 25 July 2005.
In the quarterfinals of the US Open he defeated Fernando González 7–6, 7–6, 6–0 in a rain-delayed encounter. However, like his previous US Open campaign, he fell in the semifinals, this time losing to eventual champion Juan Martín del Potro 2–6, 2–6, 2–6. Despite the loss, he regained his No. 2 ranking after Andy Murray's early exit.
At the World Tour Finals, Nadal lost all three of his matches against Robin Söderling, Nikolay Davydenko, and Novak Djokovic respectively without winning a set.
In December, Nadal participated in the second Davis Cup final of his career. He defeated Czech No. 2 Tomáš Berdych in his first singles rubber to give the Spanish Davis Cup Team their first point in the tie. After the Spanish Davis Cup team had secured its fourth Davis Cup victory, Nadal defeated Jan Hájek in the first Davis Cup dead rubber of his career. The win gave Nadal his 14th consecutive singles victory at Davis Cup (his 13th on clay).
Nadal finished the year as No. 2 for the fourth time in five years. Nadal won the Golden Bagel Award for 2009, with nine 6–0 sets during the year. Nadal has won the award three times (a tour record).
2010
Nadal began the year by participating in the Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He defeated compatriot David Ferrer 7–6, 6–3 to reach his second final in the exhibition tournament. In the final, Nadal defeated Robin Söderling 7–6, 7–5.
Nadal participated in an Australian Open warm-up tournament, the Qatar ExxonMobil Open ATP 250 event in Doha, where he lost in the finals to Nikolay Davydenko 6–0, 6–7, 4–6.
In the first round of the Australian Open, Nadal defeated Peter Luczak of Australia 7–6, 6–1, 6–4. In the second round, he beat Lukáš Lacko 6–2, 6–2, 6–2. In the third round, he was tested by Philipp Kohlschreiber, finally beating him 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5. In the fourth round, he beat Ivo Karlović of Croatia, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4. In the quarterfinals, Nadal pulled out at 3–0 down in the third set against Andy Murray, having lost the first two sets 6–3, 7–6. After examining Nadal's knees, doctors told him that he should take two weeks of rest, and then two weeks of rehabilitation.
Nadal reached the semifinals in singles at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, where he was the defending champion; however, eventual champion Ivan Ljubičić defeated him in three sets. He and countryman López won the doubles title, though, as wildcard entrants against number one seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. This boosted his doubles ranking 175 places to world number 66, whereas he was 241st before Indian Wells. After Indian Wells, Nadal reached the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open, where he lost to eventual champion Andy Roddick in three sets.
Nadal reached the final of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in Monaco, after beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6–3, 6–2 in the semifinals. This was Nadal's first tour final since Doha earlier in the year. He won the final 6–0, 6–1 over his compatriot Fernando Verdasco. He lost 14 games throughout all five matches, the fewest he had ever lost en route to a championship, and the final was the shortest Masters 1000 final in terms of games. With this win, Nadal became the first player in the open era to win a tournament title for six straight years.
Unlike in previous years, Nadal next chose to skip the Barcelona tournament (despite being that event's five-time defending champion), and his next tournament was the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia. He defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber, Victor Hănescu, and Stanlias Wawrinka, all in straight sets, to win his 57th straight match in April. In the semis, he faced a resilient Ernests Gulbis, who defeated Roger Federer earlier in the tournament and took Nadal to three sets for the first time this clay-court season. Nadal eventually prevailed with a 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 in 2 hours and 40minutes. He then defeated compatriot David Ferrer in the final 7–5, 6–2 for his fifth title at Rome to equal Andre Agassi's record of winning 17 ATP Masters titles.
Nadal then entered the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, where he had finished runner-up the previous year. Being one of the top eight seeds, he received a bye in the first round. In the second round, he defeated qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr in straight sets. He then played the six-foot-nine-inch American John Isner. Nadal comfortably came through in straight sets, 7–5, 6–4. He defeated Gaël Monfils in the quarterfinals 6–1, 6–3 and his countryman Nicolás Almagro in the next round, who was playing in his first Masters 1000 semifinal, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2. The first set of his match against Almagro would be just the second set he lost on clay up to this point in 2010. Nadal then defeated longtime rival Roger Federer 6–4, 7–6, avenging his 2009 finals loss to Federer. The win gave him his 18th Masters title, breaking the all-time record. He became the first player to win all three clay-court Masters titles in a single year and the first player to win three consecutive Masters events. Nadal moved back to No. 2 the following day.
Entering the French Open, many were expecting another Nadal-Federer final. However, this became impossible when rival Robin Söderling defeated Federer 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 in the quarterfinals. The failure of Federer to reach the semifinals allowed Nadal to regain the world No. 1 ranking if he were to win the tournament. Nadal advanced to the final and defeated Soderling 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 to win the French Open. The win gave Nadal his seventh Grand Slam, tying him with John McEnroe, John Newcombe, and Mats Wilander on the all-time list, and allowed Nadal to reclaim the position of world No. 1, denying his biggest rival Roger Federer the all-time record for weeks at No. 1. By this win, Nadal became the first man to win the three Masters series on clay and the French Open. This was dubbed by the media as the "Clay Slam". This victory at Roland Garros marked the second time (2008) that Nadal had won the French Open without dropping a single set (tying the record held by Björn Borg). With the win in Paris he also booked his place at the World Tour Finals in London and became the first player to win five French Open titles in six years.
In June, Nadal entered the AEGON Championships, which he had won in 2008, at the prestigious Queen's Club. He played singles and doubles at this grass court tournament as a warmup for Wimbledon. Being one of the top eight seeds, he received a bye in the first round. In the second round, where he played his first match on grass since winning Wimbledon 2008, he defeated Marcos Daniel easily, 6–2, 6–2. In the third round, he played Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, whom he defeated 7–6, 4–6, 6–4, to advance to the quarterfinals. However, he was defeated by compatriot Feliciano López 6–7, 4–6.
At the Wimbledon, Nadal beat Kei Nishikori 6–2, 6–4, 6–4. Nadal was taken to the limit by Robin Haase winning 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–0, 6–3. He defeated Philipp Petzschner in the third round. The match was a 5-set thriller, with Nadal triumphing 6–4, 4–6, 6–7, 6–2, 6–3. During his match with Petzschner, Nadal was warned twice for receiving coaching from his coach and uncle, Toni Nadal, resulting in a $2000 fine by Wimbledon officials. Allegedly, encouraging words for Nadal shouted during the match were some sort of coaching code signal. He met Paul-Henri Mathieu of France in the round of 16 and comfortably beat Mathieu 6–4, 6–2, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, he got past Robin Söderling of Sweden in four sets 3–6, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1. He defeated Andy Murray in straight sets 6–4, 7–6, 6–4 to reach his fourth Wimbledon final.
Nadal won the 2010 Wimbledon men's title by defeating Tomáš Berdych in straight sets 6–3, 7–5, 6–4. After the win, Nadal said "it is more than a dream for me" and thanked the crowd for being both kind and supportive to him and his adversary during the match and in the semifinal against Andy Murray. The win gave him a second Wimbledon title and an eighth career major title just past the age of 24. The win also gave Nadal his first "Old World Triple"; the last person to achieve this was Björn Borg in 1978 ("Old World Triple" is a term given to winning the Italian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon in the same year).
In his first hard-court tournament since Wimbledon, Nadal advanced to the semifinals of the Rogers Cup, along with No. 2 Novak Djokovic, No. 3 Roger Federer, and No. 4 Andy Murray, after coming back from a one-set deficit to defeat Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4. In the semifinal, defending champion Murray defeated Nadal 6–3, 6–4, becoming the only player to triumph over the Spaniard twice in 2010. Nadal also competed in the doubles with Djokovic in a one-time, high-profile partnership of the world No. 1 and No. 2, the first such team since the Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe team in 1976. However, Nadal and Djokovic lost in the first round to Canadians Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil. The next week, Nadal was the top seed at the Cincinnati Masters, losing in the quarterfinals to 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis.
At the 2010 US Open, Nadal was the top seed for the second time in three years. He defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili, Denis Istomin, Gilles Simon, number 23 seed Feliciano López, number 8 seed Fernando Verdasco, and number 12 seed Mikhail Youzhny all without dropping a set, to reach his first US Open final, becoming only the eighth man in the Open Era to reach the final of all four majors, and at age 24 the second youngest ever to do so, behind only Jim Courier. In the final, he defeated Novak Djokovic 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 which completed the Career Grand Slam for Nadal and he became the second male after Andre Agassi to complete a Career Golden Slam. Nadal also became the first man to win grand slams on clay, grass, and hard court in the same year, and the first to win the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open in the same year since Rod Laver in 1969. Nadal and Mats Wilander are the only male players to win at least two Grand Slams each on clay, grass, and hardcourts in their careers. Nadal also became the first left-handed man to win the US Open since John McEnroe in 1984. Nadal's victory also clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking for 2010, making Nadal only the third player (after Ivan Lendl in 1989 and Roger Federer in 2009) to regain the year-end number one ranking after having lost it. Nadal began his Asian tour at the 2010 PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok where he reached the semifinals, losing to compatriot Guillermo García López. Nadal was able to regroup, and at the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo (debut), he defeated Santiago Giraldo, Milos Raonic, and Dmitry Tursunov. In the semifinals against Viktor Troicki, Nadal saved two match points in the deciding set tiebreaker to win it 9–7 in the end. In the final, Nadal comfortably defeated Gaël Monfils 6–1, 7–5 for his seventh title of the season.
Nadal next played in the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters in Shanghai, where he was the top seed, but lost to world No. 12 Jürgen Melzer in the third round, snapping his record streak of 21 consecutive Masters quarterfinals. On the 5 November, Nadal announced that he was pulling out of the Paris Masters due to tendinitis in his left shoulder. On 21 November 2010, in London, Nadal won the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for the first time.
At the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals in London, Nadal defeated Roddick 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 in the first match, Djokovic 7–5, 6–2 in the second match, and Berdych 7–6, 6–1 in the third match, to advance to the semifinals for the third time in his career. This is the first time that Nadal achieved three wins in the round-robin stage. In the semifinal, he defeated Murray 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 in a hard-fought match to reach his first final at the tournament. In only their second meeting of the year, Federer beat Nadal in the final by a score of 6–3, 3–6, 6–1. After the match, Nadal stated: "Roger is probably the more complete player of the world. I'm not going to say I lost that match because I was tired." This was a reference to his marathon victory over Murray on Saturday. "I tried my best this afternoon, but Roger was simply better than me."
Nadal ended the 2010 season having won three Slams and three Masters 1000 tournaments, and having regained the No. 1 ranking.
Next up for Nadal was a two-match exhibition against Federer for the Roger Federer Foundation. The first match took place in Zürich on 21 December 2010, and the second in Madrid the next day.
2011
Nadal started 2011, by participating in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He defeated Tomáš Berdych, 6–4, 6–4, to reach his third final in the exhibition tournament. In the final, he won over his main rival Roger Federer, 7–6, 7–6.At the Qatar ExxonMobil Open ATP 250 event in Doha, Qatar, Nadal barely struggled past his first three opponents, Karol Beck, 6–3, 6–0, Lukáš Lacko, 7–6, 0–6, 6–3, and Ernests Gulbis, 7–6, 6–3, citing fever as the primary reason for his poor performance. He fell in straight sets to a resurgent Nikolay Davydenko in the semifinals, 3–6, 2–6. He and countryman López won the doubles title by defeating the Italian duo Daniele Bracciali and Andreas Seppi, 6–3, 7–6.
In the first round of the Australian Open, Nadal defeated Marcos Daniel of Brazil 6–0, 5–0 ret. In the second round, he beat upcoming qualifier Ryan Sweeting of the United States 6–2, 6–1, 6–1. In the third round, he was tested by emerging player Bernard Tomic of Australia, who previously ousted Nadal's countryman Feliciano López, but Nadal was victorious 6–2, 7–5, 6–3. He went on to defeat Marin Čilić of Croatia 6–2, 6–4, 6–3, in the fourth round. He suffered an apparent hamstring injury against fellow Spaniard David Ferrer early in the pair's quarterfinal match and ultimately lost in straight sets 4–6, 2–6, 3–6, thus ending his effort to win four major tournaments in a row.
On 7 February 2011, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Nadal won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for the first time, ahead of footballer Lionel Messi, Sebastian Vettel, Spain's Andres Iniesta, Lakers basketball player Kobe Bryant, and Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao.
In March, Nadal helped Spain defeat Belgium in a 2011 Davis Cup World Group first-round tie on hard indoor courts in the Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium. Nadal defeated Ruben Bemelmans 6–2, 6–4, 6–2. After Spain's victory in three matches, Nadal played a second dead rubber against Olivier Rochus and won 6–4, 6–2.
At the 2011 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Nadal defeated upcoming qualifier Rik de Voest of South Africa 6–0, 6–2, in his first match. In the third round, he beat qualifier Ryan Sweeting, 6–3, 6–1. He then defeated Indian qualifier Somdev Devvarman, 7–5, 6–4, in the fourth round. In the quarterfinals, Nadal had a hard time against Croatian Ivo Karlovic, but won 5–7, 6–1, 7–6, and in the semifinals he met Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, back from a long injury. The last three confrontations between the players were in favor of del Potro, but despite some difficulties, Nadal won 6–4, 6–4. He reached his third final at Indian Wells, and in the final lost against Novak Djokovic, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6. The next day, Nadal and Djokovic played a friendly match in Bogota, Colombia, which Nadal won.
Nadal started the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open with a win over Japanese player Kei Nishikori, 6–4, 6–4, then met his compatriot Feliciano Lopez in the third round, whom he defeated 6–3, 6–3. In the fourth round, he defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine, 6–1, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, Nadal had the first real test of the tournament when he met the world no. 7 Tomas Berdych. After a good first set, Nadal's level of play fell significantly due to an injured right shoulder, and he lost the second set. He eventually triumphed, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3. In the semifinals, Nadal met his main rival Roger Federer, their first meeting in a semifinal since the 2007 Masters Cup. Nadal was swiftly victorious, 6–3, 6–2; this match was one of the fastest matches played on hard courts. For the second time in two weeks, Nadal faced Novak Djokovic in the final. As in the Indian Wells tournament, Nadal won the first set, and Djokovic the second. The third set ended in a tiebreak, with Djokovic winning the match, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6. This is the first time Nadal reached the finals of Indian Wells and Miami in the same year.
Nadal began his clay-court season in style, winning the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters with the loss of just one set. Nadal defeated Jarkko Nieminen, 6–2, 6–2, Richard Gasquet, 6–2, 6–4, Ivan Ljubičić, 6–1, 6–3, and Andy Murray, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, in the semifinals to reach his seventh consecutive final in Monte Carlo. In the final, Nadal avenged his defeat by David Ferrer in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Australian Open and won the match, 6–4, 7–5. He was the first man to win the same tournament seven times in a row at the ATP level in the open era. Nadal chalked up his 37th straight win at the clay-court event, where he has not lost since the 2003 Monte Carlo Masters. It was his 44th career title and 19th at a Masters event. It was his first title since winning the Japan Open. Nadal shares third place with Björn Borg and Manuel Orantes in the list of players with the most titles on clay.
Just a week later, Nadal won his sixth Barcelona Open crown, winning the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell final in straight sets. He won the final over Ferrer, 6–2, 6–4. In doing so, Nadal became the first man in the open era to have won two tournaments at least six times each. Nadal was then the leader in terms of matches won in the year, with 29. He did not gain any points for this victory, however, as only four ATP 500 tournaments can be counted towards a players ranking at one time, but they will go into effect 8 August 2011, when the result of the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic expires.
At the Madrid in May, he defeated Marcos Baghdatis, had a walkover against Juan Martin del Potro, and defeated Michael Llodra and Roger Federer, before losing the final to Novak Djokovic, 5–7, 4–6.
Nadal lost in straight sets to Novak Djokovic in the Rome Masters final, 4–6, 4–6. This marked the first time that Nadal has lost twice on clay to the same player in a single season. However, Nadal retained his no. 1 ranking during the clay-court season and won his sixth French Open title by defeating Roger Federer, 7–5, 7–6, 5–7, 6–1.
At Wimbledon, Nadal beat Michael Russell in the first round, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2, Ryan Sweeting, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4, in the second round, and Gilles Muller, 7–6, 7–6, 6–0, in the third round. He then faced former US Open Champion Juan Martin del Potro in the fourth round, prevailing 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4. He then faced tenth-seeded Mardy Fish in the quarterfinals, prevailing in four sets, 6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4. His semifinal opponent was world no. 4 Andy Murray. Murray took the first set, but Nadal upped his game and won in four sets, 5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4. This set up a final against world no. 2 Novak Djokovic, who had beaten Nadal in all four of their matches in 2011 (all in Masters finals). Djokovic broke in the 10th game of the first set to take it 6–4; he then won the second comfortably 6–1, but Nadal fought back, breaking early in the third to win it 6–1. In a tense fourth set, Djokovic broke in the ninth game and clinched the title, with Nadal losing 4–6, 1–6, 6–1, 3–6. This was the first Grand Slam final that Nadal had lost to someone other than Roger Federer and his first loss at Wimbledon since his five-set loss to Federer in the 2007 final. The loss ended Nadal's winning streak in Grand Slam finals at seven, preventing him from tying the all-time record of eight victories in a row set by Pete Sampras. Djokovic's success at the tournament also meant that the Serb ascended to world no. 1 for the first time, breaking the dominance of Federer and Nadal on the position, which one of them had held for every week since 2 February 2004. Nadal fell to world no. 2 in the rankings for the first time since June 2010.
After resting for a month from a foot injury sustained during Wimbledon, he contested the 2011 Rogers Cup, where he was shocked by Croatian Ivan Dodig in a third-set tiebreak. He next played in the 2011 Cincinnati Masters, where he lost to Mardy Fish in the quarterfinals.
At the 2011 US Open, Nadal defeated Andrey Golubev in straight sets and advanced to the third round after Frenchman Nicholas Mahut retired. After defeating David Nalbandian on September 4, Nadal collapsed in his post-match press conference due to severe cramps. Nadal lost to Novak Djokovic in the final in four sets 2–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6.
After the US Open, Nadal made the final of the Japan Open Tennis Championships. Nadal, who was the 2010 champion, was defeated by Andy Murray, 6–3, 2–6, 0–6. At the Shanghai Masters, Nadal was top seed with the absence of Novak Djokovic, but was upset in the third round by no. 23 ranked Florian Mayer in straight sets, 6–7, 3–6. At the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals, Nadal was defeated by Roger Federer in the round-robin stage, 3–6, 0–6 in one of the quickest matches between the two, lasting just 60 minutes. In the following match, Nadal was defeated by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6–7, 6–4, 3–6, and was eliminated from the tournament.
In the Davis Cup final in December, Nadal had a quick straight-set win over Juan Monaco in his first match. In his second match against Juan Martin del Potro Nadal did not win a single service game in the first set but came back to win the match 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6(0).
Nadal ended his tennis season with the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, an exhibition tournament not affiliated with the ATP. The tournament, normally held in early January, was held from December 29 to December 31, 2011. Nadal had a bye into the semifinals and played against David Ferrer, who defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals., Ferrer ended the match to easy win with a 6–3, 6–2. Nadal was then relegated to the third place match against Roger Federer. Nadal dominated the first set, and Federer made an attempt to claim the second set but failed, winning the match with a score of 6–1, 7–5.
2012
Rivalries
Federer vs. Nadal
Federer and Nadal have been playing each other since 2004, and their rivalry is a significant part of both men's careers.They held the top two rankings on the ATP Tour from July 2005 until 14 September 2009, when Nadal fell to World No. 3 (Andy Murray became the new No. 2). They are the only pair of men to have ever finished four consecutive calendar years at the top. Federer was ranked number 1 for a record 237 consecutive weeks beginning in February 2004. Nadal, who is five years younger, ascended to No. 2 in July 2005 and held this spot for a record 160 consecutive weeks before surpassing Federer in August 2008.
Nadal leads their head-to-head 18–9. However, most of their matches have been on clay, which is statistically Nadal's best surface and statistically Federer's worst surface. Federer has a winning record on grass (2–1) and indoor hard courts (4–0) while Nadal leads the outdoor hard courts by 5–1 and clay by 12–2. Because tournament seedings are based on rankings, 19 of their matches have been in tournament finals, including an all-time record 8 Grand Slam finals. From 2006 to 2008 they played in every French Open and Wimbledon final, and then they met in the 2009 Australian Open final and the 2011 French Open final. Nadal won six of the eight, losing the first two Wimbledons. Three of these matches were five set-matches (2007 and 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 Australian Open), and the 2008 Wimbledon final has been lauded as the greatest match ever by many long-time tennis analysts. They have also played in a record 9 Masters Series finals, including their lone five hour match at the 2006 Rome Masters which Nadal won in a fifth-set tie-break having saved two match points.
Until 14 September 2009, when Juan Martín del Potro beat Nadal in the US Open semifinal on his way to defeating Federer in the final itself, no player had beaten both Nadal and Federer in the same Grand Slam. Federer was undefeated in US Open finals until losing in five sets to del Potro (5). Both Federer and Nadal have won Grand Slam events on three different surfaces successively (2008 French Open, 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 Australian Open for Nadal and 2008 US Open, 2009 French Open, 2009 Wimbledon for Federer). This rivalry is also part of the "Trivalry" between Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic.
Djokovic vs. Nadal
Djokovic and Nadal have met 30 times (which is the sixth-most head-to-head meetings in the Open Era) with Nadal having a 16–14 advantage. Nadal leads on grass 2–1 and clay 9–2, but Djokovic leads on hard courts 11–5. This rivalry is listed as the third greatest rivalry in the last decade by ATPworldtour.com and is considered by many to be the emerging rivalry. Djokovic is the only player to have at least ten match wins against Nadal and the only person to defeat Nadal six times consecutively and consecutively on clay. The two share the record for the longest match played in a best of three sets (4 hours and 3 minutes), at the 2009 Mutua Madrid Open semi-finals. In the 2011 Wimbledon final, Djokovic won in four sets 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3, which was his first victory over Nadal in a Major on his sixth attempt. By doing so, he became the only person other than Federer to defeat Nadal in a Grand Slam tournament final. This rivalry is part of the "Trivalry" (a term coined by American sportscaster Mary Carillo), which includes the rivalries among the top three in tennis (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic). In their most recent encounter, Djokovic defeated Nadal in the 2011 US Open Final 6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1 to capture his third major title of the year and fourth overall. By beating Nadal, Djokovic became the second player to defeat Nadal in more than one Grand Slam final (the other being Federer), and the only player to beat Nadal in a Slam final on a surface other than grass which has been achieved before in the open era by other all surface specialists facing similar competitors like McEnroe, Borg, Connors and Lendl.
Major Titles
Grand Slam 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!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!SR!!W–L!!Win % |- |colspan=15 align=left|'''Grand Slam Tournaments |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Australian Open |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |A |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=thistle|F |bgcolor=#efefef|1 / 8 |bgcolor=#efefef|35–7 |bgcolor=#efefef|83.33 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|French Open |A |A |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W | |bgcolor=#efefef|6 / 7 |bgcolor=#efefef|45–1 |bgcolor=#efefef|97.83 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Wimbledon |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=thistle|F |bgcolor=thistle|F |bgcolor=lime|'''W |A |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=thistle|F | |bgcolor=#efefef|2 / 7 |bgcolor=#efefef|35–5 |bgcolor=#efefef|87.50 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|US Open |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=thistle|F | |bgcolor=#efefef|1 / 9 |bgcolor=#efefef|34–8 |bgcolor=#efefef|80.95 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !3–2 !3–2 !13–3 !17–2 !20–3 !24–2 !15–2 !25–1 !23–3 !6–1 !10 / 31 !149–21 !87.65 |}
Grand Slam Finals
Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner-ups)
{|class="sortable wikitable" !width=100|Outcome !width=50|Year !width=200|Championship !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |-bgcolor=#ebc2af |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||2005||French Open||Clay|| Mariano Puerta||6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5 |-bgcolor=#ebc2af |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||2006||French Open (2)||Clay|| Roger Federer||1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |-bgcolor=#ccffcc |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up||2006||Wimbledon||Grass|| Roger Federer||0–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 3–6 |-bgcolor=#ebc2af |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||2007||French Open (3)||Clay|| Roger Federer||6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#ccffcc |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up||2007||Wimbledon (2)||Grass|| Roger Federer||6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 2–6 |-bgcolor=#ebc2af |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||2008||French Open (4)||Clay|| Roger Federer||6–1, 6–3, 6–0 |-bgcolor=#ccffcc |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||2008||Wimbledon||Grass|| Roger Federer||6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(8–10), 9–7 |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||2009||Australian Open||Hard|| Roger Federer||7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#ebc2af |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||2010||French Open (5)||Clay|| Robin Söderling||6–4, 6–2, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#ccffcc |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||2010||Wimbledon (2)||Grass|| Tomáš Berdych||6–3, 7–5, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#ccccff |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||2010||US Open||Hard|| Novak Djokovic||6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#ebc2af |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||2011||French Open (6)||Clay|| Roger Federer||7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1 |-bgcolor=#ccffcc |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up||2011||Wimbledon (3)||Grass|| Novak Djokovic||4–6, 1–6, 6–1, 3–6 |-bgcolor=#ccccff |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up||2011||US Open||Hard|| Novak Djokovic||2–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–6 |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up||2012||Australian Open||Hard|| Novak Djokovic||7-5, 4-6, 2-6, 7-6(7-5), 5-7 |}
Year-End Championships
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97% |- !Tournament!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!SR!!W–L!!Win % |- | colspan="18" style="text-align:left;"|'''Year-End Championship Tournaments |- | style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|YEC |A |A |A |A | style="background:yellow;"|SF | style="background:yellow;"|SF |A | style="background:#afeeee;"|RR | style="background:thistle;"|F | style="background:#afeeee;"|RR | !0 / 5 !9–10 !47.37 |}Singles: 1 Runner-up
{|class="sortable wikitable" |- !width=100|Outcome !width=50|Year !width=200|Championship !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up||2010||2010 ATP World Tour Finals||Hard|| Roger Federer||3–6, 6–3, 1–6 |}
Olympic finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
{|class="sortable wikitable" |- !width=100|Outcome !width=50|Year !width=200|Championship !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |- style="background:gold;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner||2008||Beijing Olympics||Hard|| Fernando González||6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 |}
Career statistics
Records
All time tournament records
| Tournament | Since | Record accomplished | Player tied | ||
List of non-Grand Slam tennis statistics and records#Most titles at a particular tournament| All | |
align=center>1877 | | Most consecutive titles at any single tournament (7) | Richard Sears (tennis)>Sears< | Pancho Gonzales |
| [[Monte Carlo Masters#Men's Singles | Monte Carlo Masters | align=center>1897| | Most men's singles titles (7) | Stands alone | |
List of French Open Men's Singles champions#French Championships| French Open | |
align=center 1925 || | Most men's singles titles (6) | Björn Borg | |
| Rome Masters#Men's singles finals | Rome Masters | align=center1930 || | Most men's singles titles (5) | Stands alone | |
| Torneo Godó#Singles | Barcelona Open | align=center1953 || | Most men's singles titles (6) | Stands alone |
ITF Grand Slam tournament records
{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |- style="background:#efefef;" !width=345|'''ITF Grand Slam tournaments !style="width:105px; text-align:center;"|'''Year(s) !width=400|Record accomplished'' !width=200|'''Player tied |- |Australian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS OpenOlympics||align=center|20092005200820102008||Career Golden Slam||Andre Agassi |- |Australian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open||align=center|2009200520082010||Career Grand Slam||Rod Laver Andre Agassi Roger Federer |- |Australian Open – French Open – Wimbledon – US Open||align=center|2005–2010||At least two Majors on grass, clay, and hard courts||Mats Wilander |- |Australian Open – French Open – Wimbledon – US Open||align=center|2005–2010||Youngest to win all four Grand Slams (24)||Stands alone |- |French Open – US Open||align=center|2010||Winner of Majors on clay, grass, and hard court in calendar year||Stands alone |- |French Open – US Open||align=center|2010||Winner of three consecutive Majors in calendar year||Rod Laver |- |French Open – US Open||align=center|2010||Simultaneous holder of Majors on clay, grass, and hard court||Roger Federer |- |Olympics – US Open||align=center|2010||Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and Majors on clay, grass, and hard court||Stands alone |- |Olympics – Wimbledon||align=center|2010||Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and Wimbledon||Stands alone |- |Olympics – French Open||align=center|2010||Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and three Majors||Andre Agassi |- |Olympics – US Open||align=center|2010||Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and clay & hard court Majors||Andre Agassi |- |French Open||align=center|2005–2011||6 titles in 7 years||Stands alone |- |French Open||align=center|2005–2011||6 titles||Björn Borg |- |French Open||align=center|2005–2009||31 consecutive match wins||Stands alone |- |French Open—Wimbledon||align=center|2008, 2010||Accomplished a "Channel Slam": Winning both tournaments in the same year||Rod Laver Björn Borg Roger Federer |- |French Open||align=center|2005–2008||4 consecutive wins||Björn Borg |- |French Open||align=center|2005–2008||4 consecutive finals||Björn Borg Ivan Lendl Roger Federer |- |French Open||align=center|2008, 2010||Most French Open championships without losing a set (2)||Björn Borg |- |French Open||align=center|2005||Won title on the first attempt||Mats Wilander |- |French Open||align=center|2005–2008, 2010–2011||6 finals overall||Björn Borg |- |Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open||align=center|2005–2010||Finalist in all the 4 majors||Rod Laver Ken Rosewall Ivan Lendl Stefan Edberg Jim Courier Andre Agassi Roger Federer |}
ATP Masters records
{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |- style="background:#efefef;" !width=345|'''ATP Masters Series !style="width:105px; text-align:center;"|'''Year(s) !width=400|'''Record accomplished !width=200|'''Player tied |- |Monte Carlo Masters—Madrid Masters||align=center|2005–2011||Most Masters singles titles (19)||'''Stands alone |- |Madrid Masters||align=center|2009||Longest best-of-three sets men's singles match ever played (4 hours, 3 minutes)||Novak Djokovic |- |Monte Carlo Masters—Roland Garros||align=center|2010||1 Clay Slam: 3 Masters series on clay and Roland Garros||'''Stands alone |- |Monte Carlo Masters||align=center|2005–2011||7 consecutive titles||'''Stands alone |- |Rome Masters||align=center|2005–2010||5 titles in 6 years||'''Stands alone |- |ATP Masters||align=center|2008–2010||21 consecutive quarter-finals||'''Stands alone |- |ATP Masters||align=center|2008||Consecutive tournaments won on 3 different surfaces||Roger Federer (2004) |- |ATP Masters||align=center|2005–2011||Most consecutive years winning at least 1 Masters title – 7||'''Stands alone |- |Monte Carlo Masters—Rome Masters||align=center|2005–20072009–2010||Most years winning both titles – 5||'''Stands alone |- |ATP Masters||align=center|2007–2010||Consecutive years winning at least 3 Masters titles – 4||'''Stands alone |- |ATP Masters||align=center|2005–2011||Winning percentage above 80% ||'''Stands alone |- |Monte Carlo Masters—Rome Masters—Madrid Masters||align=center|2010||Winning 3 consecutive Masters titles||Novak Djokovic (2011) |- |Monte Carlo Masters||align=center|2008||Winner of the singles and doubles tournament at the same tournament and the same year ||Jim Courier (Indian Wells 1991) |- |ATP Masters||align=center|2011||Most consecutive finals reached – 5||'''Stands alone |}
Other selected records
| '''Year(s) | Record accomplished | Player tied |
| align=center | 2005–2007 | 81 consecutive clay court match victories |
| align=center | 2002–2011 | 92.77% (231–18) career clay court match winning percentage |
Playing style
Nadal generally plays an aggressive, behind-the-baseline game founded on heavy topspin groundstrokes, consistency, speedy footwork and tenacious court coverage thus making him an aggressive counterpuncher. Known for his athleticism and speed around the court, Nadal is an excellent defender who hits well on the run, constructing winning plays from seemingly defensive positions. He also plays very fine dropshots, which work especially well because his heavy topspin often forces opponents to the back of the court. Nadal is primarily a baseliner, although he has been noted by several commentators (including John McEnroe) as an excellent volleyer, which has contributed to his reaching four Wimbledon finals on grass, winning two of them, and has been observed approaching the net more often since 2009.In recent years, Nadal employs a full western grip forehand, often with a "lasso-whip" follow through, where his left arm hits through the ball and finishes above his left shoulder – as opposed to a more traditional finish across the body or around his opposite shoulder. Nadal's forehand groundstroke form allows him to hit shots with heavy topspin – more so than many of his contemporaries. San Francisco tennis researcher John Yandell used a high-speed video camera and special software to count the average number of revolutions of a tennis ball hit full force by Nadal. "The first guys we did were Sampras and Agassi. They were hitting forehands that in general were spinning about 1,800 to 1,900 revolutions per minute. Federer is hitting with an amazing amount of spin, too, right? 2,700 revolutions per minute. Well, we measured one forehand Nadal hit at 4,900. His average was 3,200." While Nadal's shots tend to land short of the baseline, the characteristically high bounces his forehands achieve tend to mitigate the advantage an opponent would normally gain from capitalizing on a short ball. Although his forehand is based on heavy topspin, he can hit the ball deep and flat with a more orthodox follow through for clean winners.
Nadal's serve was initially considered a weak point in his game, although his improvements in both first serve points won and break points saved since 2005, have allowed him to consistently compete for and win major titles on faster surfaces. Nadal relies on the consistency of his serve to gain a strategic advantage in points, rather than going for service winners. However, before the 2010 season, he altered his service motion, arriving in the trophy pose earlier and pulling the racket lower during the trophy pose. Before the 2010 U.S. Open, Nadal modified his service grip to a more continental one. These two changes in his serve have increased its average speed by around 10 mph, maxing out at 135 mph (217 km), allowing him to win more free points on his serve.
Nadal's mental resilience and strategic approach to the game are other noted strengths. Nadal is able to avoid discouragement regardless of match score, allowing him to singularly focus on winning the current point and gaining an advantage. As a strategic player, Nadal can assess outside variables such as court surface, weather conditions, and his opponent's tactics in order to adjust his own play to best adapt to present conditions.
Nadal is a clay court specialist in the sense that he has been extremely successful on that surface. Since 2005, he won six times at Roland Garros, seven times at Monte Carlo and five at Rome. However, Nadal has shed that label due to his success on other surfaces, including holding Grand Slams simultaneously on grass, hard courts, and clay on two separate occasions, winning five Masters series titles on hardcourt, and winning the Olympic gold medal on hardcourt. Despite praise for Nadal's talent and skill, some have questioned his longevity in the sport, citing his build and playing style as conducive to injury. Nadal himself has admitted to the physical toll hard courts place on ATP Tour players, calling for a reevaluated tour schedule featuring fewer hard court tournaments.
Public image
Equipment and endorsements
Nadal has appeared in advertising campaigns for Kia Motors as a global ambassador for the company. In May 2008, Kia released a claymation viral ad featuring Nadal in a tennis match with an alien. Nadal also has an endorsement agreement with Universal DVDs.Nike serves as Nadal's clothing and shoe sponsor. Nadal's signature on-court attire entailed a variety of sleeveless shirts paired with 3/4 length capri pants. For the 2009 season, Nadal adopted more-traditional on-court apparel. Nike encouraged Nadal to update his look in order to reflect his new status as the sport's top player at that time and associate Nadal with a style that, while less distinctive than his "pirate" look, would be more widely emulated by consumers. At warmup tournaments in Abu Dhabi and Doha, Nadal played matches in a polo shirt specifically designed for him by Nike, paired with shorts cut above the knee. Nadal's new, more conventional style carried over to the 2009 Australian Open, where he was outfitted with Nike's Bold Crew Men's Tee and Nadal Long Check Shorts. Nadal wears Nike's Air CourtBallistec 2.3 tennis shoes, bearing various customizations throughout the season, including his nickname "Rafa" on the right shoe and a stylized bull logo on the left.
Becomes the face of Lanvin's ''L'Homme Sport'' cologne, launched April 2009.
Nadal uses an AeroPro Drive racquet with a 4-inch L2 grip. , Nadal's racquets are painted to resemble the new Babolat AeroPro Drive with Cortex GT racquet in order to market a current model which Babolat sells. Nadal uses no replacement grip, and instead wraps two overgrips around the handle. He used Duralast 15L strings until the 2010 season, when he switched to Babolat's new, black-colored, RPM Blast string. Nadal's rackets are always strung at , regardless of which surface or conditions he is playing on.
, Nadal is the international ambassador for Quely, a company from his native Majorca that manufactures biscuits, bakery and chocolate coated products; he has consumed their products ever since he was a young child.
In 2010, luxury watchmaker Richard Mille announced that he had developed an ultra-light wristwatch in collaboration with Nadal called the Richard Mille RM027 Tourbillon watch. The watch is made of titanium and lithium and is valued at US$525,000; Nadal was involved in the design and testing of the watch on the tennis court. During the 2010 French Open, Men's Fitness reported that Nadal wore the Richard Mille watch on the court as part of a sponsorship deal with the Swiss watchmaker.
Nadal replaces Cristiano Ronaldo as the new face of Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans for the spring/summer 2011 collection that will launch in February. This is the first time that the label has chosen a tennis player for the job; association football has ruled lately prior to Ronaldo, David Beckham graced the ads since 2008. Armani said that he selected Nadal as his latest male underwear model because "...he is ideal as he represents a healthy and positive model for youngsters."
In popular culture
In February 2010, Rafael Nadal was featured in the music video of "Gypsy", the forthcoming single from Shakira and part of her album release ''She Wolf''. In explaining why she chose Nadal for the video, Shakira was quoted as saying in an interview with the ''Latin American Herald Tribune'': "I thought that maybe I needed someone I could in some way identify with. And Rafael Nadal is a person who has been totally committed to his career since he was very young. Since he was 17, I believe." She added about "Gypsy": "I've been on the road since I was very, very young, so that's where the gypsy metaphor comes from."
Misc
128036 Rafaelnadal is a Main belt asteroid discovered in 2003 at the Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca, Spain and named after Rafael Nadal.
Off the court
Involvement in football
Nadal has recently become seriously involved in Spanish football. He is an avid fan of soccer club Real Madrid. On 8 July 2010, it was reported that he has become a shareholder of RCD Mallorca, his local club by birth, in an attempt to assist the club from debt. Rafa reportedly owns 10 percent and was offered the role of vice president, but he rejected that offer. His uncle Miguel Ángel Nadal, became assistant coach under Michael Laudrup. Nadal remains a passionate Real Madrid supporter; ''ESPN.com'' writer Graham Hunter wrote, "He's as ''Merengue'' as [Real Madrid icons] Raúl, Iker Casillas and Alfredo Di Stéfano." Shortly after acquiring his interest in Mallorca, he called out UEFA for apparent hypocrisy in ejecting the club from the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League for excessive debts, saying through a club spokesperson, "Well, if those are the criteria upon which UEFA is operating, then European competition will only comprise two or three clubs because all the rest are in debt, too."He is a fervent supporter of the Spanish national team, one of only six people not affiliated with the team or the national federation allowed into the team's locker room immediately following Spain's victory in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final.
Philanthropy
Rafael Nadal took part in Thailand's 'A Million Trees For The King' project, planting a tree in honour of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on a visit to Hua Hin during his Thailand Open 2010. "For me it's an honour to part of this project," said Nadal. "It's a very good project. I want to congratulate the Thai people and congratulate the King for this unbelievable day. I wish all the best for this idea. It's very, very nice."
Fundación Rafa Nadal
The creation of the Fundación Rafa Nadal took place in November 2007, and its official presentation was in February 2008, at the Manacor Tennis Club in Mallorca, Spain. The foundation will focus on social work and development aid particularly on childhood and youth. On deciding why to start a foundation, Nadal said "This can be the beginning of my future, when I retire and have more time, [...] I am doing very well and I owe society, [...] A month-and-a-half ago I was in Chennai, in India. The truth is we live great here....I can contribute something with my image..." Nadal was inspired by the Red Cross benefit match against malaria with Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, recalling, "We raised an amount of money that we would never have imagined. I have to thank Iker, my project partner, who went all out for it, [...] That is why the time has come to set up my own foundation and determine the destination of the money." Ana Maria Parera, Rafa's mom, chairs the organization and father Sebastian is vice-chairman. Coach and uncle Toni Nadal and his agent, former tennis player Carlos Costa, are also involved. Roger Federer has been giving Nadal advice on getting involved in philanthropy. Despite the fact that poverty in India struck him particularly hard, Nadal wants to start by helping "people close by, in the Balearic Islands, in Spain, and then, if possible, abroad."On 16 October 2010, Nadal traveled to India for the first time to assist in the transformation of one of the poorest and most needy areas of India, Andhra Pradesh. He has an academy in the south of the country, in the state of Andhra Pradesh. His foundation has also worked in the Anantapur Educational Center project, in collaboration with the Vicente Ferrer Foundation.
Personal life
Nadal owns an Aston Martin DBS. He lived with his parents and younger sister Maria Isabel in a five-story apartment building in their hometown of Manacor, Mallorca. In June 2009, Spanish newspaper ''La Vanguardia'', and then ''The New York Times'', reported that his parents, Ana Maria and Sebastian, had separated. This news came after weeks of speculation in Internet posts and message boards over Nadal's personal issues as the cause of his setback. He has revealed himself to be Agnostic. When a young boy, he would run home from school to watch Goku in his favorite Japanese anime, Dragon Ball. ''CNN'' released an article about Nadal's childhood inspiration, and called him "the Dragon Ball of tennis" due to his unorthodox style "from another planet."Nadal's autobiography, ''Rafa'', written with assistance from John Carlin, was published in August 2011.
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| Name | Novak DjokovicНовак ЂоковићNovak Đoković |
|---|---|
| Nickname | ''Nole''''The Djoker'' |
| Country | (2003–2006) (2006–present) |
| Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| Birth date | May 22, 1987 |
| Birth place | Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia) |
| Height | |
| Weight | |
| Turnedpro | 2003 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney | $35,182,760 4th All-time leader in earnings |
| Singlesrecord | 401–111 (78.32%) |
| Singlestitles | 29 |
| Highestsinglesranking | No. 1 (4 July 2011) |
| Currentsinglesranking | No. 1 (16 January 2012) |
| Australianopenresult | W (2008, 2011, 2012) |
| Frenchopenresult | SF (2007, 2008, 2011) |
| Wimbledonresult | W (2011) |
| Usopenresult | W (2011) |
| Othertournaments | Yes |
| Masterscupresult | W (2008) |
| Olympicsresult | 20px Bronze Medal (2008) |
| Doublesrecord | 31–43 (41.89%) |
| Doublestitles | 1 |
| Grandslamsdoublesresults | yes |
| Australianopendoublesresult | 1R (2006, 2007, 2012) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult | 1R (2006) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult | 2R (2006) |
| Usopendoublesresult | 1R (2006) |
| Highestdoublesranking | No. 114 (30 November 2009) |
| Currentdoublesranking | No. 238 (16 January 2012) |
| Updated | 13:38, 27 January 2012 (UTC) }} |
Early and personal life
Djokovic was born 22 May 1987, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to father Srđan (Срђан) and mother Dijana (Дијана). His two younger brothers, Marko and Đorđe (Ђорђе), are also tennis players with professional aspirations. Residing in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Djokovic has been coached since 2006 by a former Slovak tennis player, Marián Vajda. Similar to fellow pro Roger Federer, Djokovic is a self-described fan of languages, speaking four himself: his native Serbian, English, German, and Italian. Since the end of 2005, Djokovic has been dating Jelena Ristić.He started playing tennis at the age of four. In the summer 1993, the six-year-old was spotted by Yugoslav tennis legend Jelena Genčić at Mount Kopaonik where Djokovic's parents ran a fast-food parlour. Upon seeing the dedicated and talented youngster in action, she stated: "This is the greatest talent I have seen since Monica Seles." Genčić worked with young Djokovic over the following six years before realizing that, due to his rapid development, going abroad in search of increased level of competition was the best option for his future. To that end, she contacted Nikola Pilić, and in September 1999, the 12-year-old moved to the Pilić tennis academy in Oberschleißheim, Germany, spending four years there. At age 14, he began his international career, winning European championships in singles, doubles, and team competition.
Djokovic is known for his often humorous off-court impersonations of his fellow players, many of whom are his friends. This became evident to the tennis world after his 2007 US Open quarterfinal win over Carlos Moyà, where he entertained the audience with impersonations of Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova. He also did an impression of John McEnroe after his final preliminary game at the 2009 US Open, before playing a brief game with McEnroe, much to the delight of the audience. It is because of this jovial personality that he earned the nickname "Djoker", a portmanteau of his surname and the word ''joker''. Novak Djokovic is a member of the "Champions for Peace" club, a group of famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization.
Djokovic is a Serbian Orthodox Christian. On 28 April 2011, Patriarch Irinej of Serbia awarded Djokovic the Order of St. Sava I class, the highest decoration of the Serbian Orthodox Church, because he demonstrated love for the church, and because he provided assistance to the Serbian people, churches and monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church of Kosovo and Metohija.
He is a keen fan of Serbian football club Red Star Belgrade, Italian Serie A side A.C. Milan and Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. Djokovic is good friends with fellow Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanović, whom he has known since the two were children growing up in Serbia.
Tennis career
Early career
As a member of the FR Yugoslavia national team, he reached the finals of the 2001 Junior Davis Cup for players under 14, in which he lost his match in singles.At the beginning of his professional career, Djokovic mainly played in Futures and Challenger tournaments, winning three of each type from 2003 to 2005. His first tour-level tournament was Umag in 2004, where he lost to Filippo Volandri in the round of 32. He made his first Grand Slam tournament appearance by qualifying for the 2005 Australian Open, where he was defeated by Marat Safin in the first round.
2006
Djokovic briefly considered plans to move from Serbia to play for Britain. He reached the top 40 world ranking due to a quarterfinal appearance at the French Open, and reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon.Three weeks after Wimbledon, he won his maiden ATP title at the Dutch Open in Amersfoort without losing a set, defeating Nicolás Massú in the final. Djokovic won his second career title at the Open de Moselle in Metz, and moved into the top 20 for the first time in his career.
2007
Djokovic began the year by defeating Australian Chris Guccione in the final of the ATP Adelaide, before losing in the fourth round of the Australian Open to eventual champion Roger Federer in straight sets. His performances at the Masters Series events in Indian Wells, California and Key Biscayne, Florida, where he was the runner-up and champion respectively, pushed him into the world's top 10. Djokovic lost the Indian Wells final to Rafael Nadal, but defeated Nadal in Key Biscayne in the quarterfinals before defeating Guillermo Cañas for the title in the finals.Right after his first master series title, he went back home to contribute to his country's attempt to get into the World Group of the Davis Cup competition. Serbia faced off the Republic of Georgia, and Djokovic won a point by defeating Georgia's George Chanturia. This was a tournament where he prepared for the later clay court season. Djokovic played in the Masters Series Monte Carlo Open, where he was defeated by David Ferrer in the third round, and in the Estoril Open, where he defeated Richard Gasquet in the final. Djokovic then reached the quarterfinals of both the Internazionali d'Italia in Rome and the Masters Series Hamburg, but lost to Nadal and Carlos Moyà respectively. At the French Open, Djokovic reached his first Major semifinal, losing to eventual champion Nadal.
During Wimbledon, Djokovic won a five-hour quarterfinal against Marcos Baghdatis. In his semifinal match against Rafael Nadal, he was forced to retire with elbow problems in the 3rd set after winning the first and losing the 2nd set.
Djokovic went on to win the Masters Series Rogers Cup in Montreal. He defeated world no. 3 Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals, world no. 2 Rafael Nadal in the semifinals, and world no. 1 Federer in the final. This was the first time a player had defeated the top three ranked players in one tournament since Boris Becker in 1994. Djokovic was also only the second player, after Tomáš Berdych, to have defeated both Federer and Nadal since they became the top two players in the world. After this tournament, Björn Borg stated that Djokovic "is definitely a contender to win a Grand Slam (tournament)." However, the following week at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio, Djokovic lost in the second round to Moyà in straight sets. Djokovic nevertheless reached the final of the US Open. Djokovic had five set points in the first set and two in the second set, but lost them all before losing the final to top-seeded Federer in straight sets. During the 2007 tournament, Djokovic emerged as a fan favorite with his on-court impressions of other players including Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, and Maria Sharapova.
Djokovic won his fifth title of the year at the BA-CA TennisTrophy in Vienna, defeating Stanislas Wawrinka in the final. His next tournament was the Mutua Madrileña Masters in Madrid, where he lost to David Nalbandian in the semifinals. Djokovic, assured of finishing the year as world no. 3, qualified for the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup, but did not advance beyond the round robin matches.
He received a golden badge award for the best athlete in Serbia, and the Olympic Committee of Serbia declared him the best athlete.
2008
Djokovic started the year by playing the Hopman Cup with fellow Serbian world no. 3 Jelena Janković. While he won all his round-robin matches, the team lost 1–2 in the final to the second-seeded American team consisting of Serena Williams and Mardy Fish.At the Australian Open, Djokovic reached his second consecutive Major final without dropping a set, including a victory over two-time defending champion Roger Federer in the semifinals. By reaching the semifinals, Djokovic became the youngest player to have reached the semifinals in all four Majors. In the final, Djokovic defeated unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets to earn Serbia's first Grand Slam singles title. This marked the first time since the 2005 Australian Open that a Grand Slam singles title was not won by Federer or Nadal.
Djokovic's next tournament was the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, where he lost in the semifinals to Andy Roddick.
At the Masters Series Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, Djokovic won his ninth career singles title, defeating American Mardy Fish in the three-set final.
Djokovic won his tenth career singles title and fourth Master Series singles crown at the Internazionali d'Italia in Rome. The following week at the Hamburg Masters, Djokovic lost to Nadal in the semifinals. At the French Open, Djokovic was the third-seeded player behind Federer and Nadal. Djokovic lost to Nadal in the semifinals in straight sets.
On grass, Djokovic once again played Nadal, this time in the Artois Championships final in Queen's Club, London, losing in two sets. At Wimbledon, Djokovic was the third seeded player; however, he lost in the second round to Marat Safin. This ended a streak of five consecutive Majors where he had reached at least the semifinals.
Djokovic then failed to defend his 2007 singles title at the Masters Series Rogers Cup in Toronto. He was eliminated in the quarterfinals by eighth-seeded Andy Murray. The following week at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio, Djokovic advanced to the final, beating Nadal. In the final, he again lost to Murray in straight sets.
His next tournament was the Beijing Olympics, his first Olympics. He and Nenad Zimonjić, seeded second in men's doubles, were eliminated in the first round by the Czech pairing of Martin Damm and Pavel Vízner. Seeded third in singles, Djokovic lost in the semifinals to Nadal. Djokovic then defeated James Blake, the loser of the other semifinal, in the bronze medal match.
After the Olympics, Djokovic entered the US Open as the third seed. He defeated Roddick in the quarterfinals. To a smattering of boos in a post-match interview, Djokovic criticized Roddick for accusing him of making excessive use of the trainer during matches. His run at the US Open ended in the semifinals when he lost to Federer in four sets, in a rematch of the 2007 US Open final.
Djokovic played four tournaments after the US Open. In a rematch of the 2008 Australian Open final, he lost in the final of the Thailand Open to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets. In November, Djokovic was the second seed at the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai. In his first round-robin match, he defeated Argentine Juan Martín del Potro in straight sets. He then beat Nikolay Davydenko in three sets, before losing his final round robin match against Tsonga. Djokovic qualified for the semifinals, where he defeated Gilles Simon. In the final, Djokovic defeated Davydenko again to win his first Tennis Masters Cup title.
2009
Djokovic started the year at the Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia, where he was upset by Ernests Gulbis in the first round. At the Medibank International in Sydney, he lost to Jarkko Nieminen in the semifinals.As defending champion at the Australian Open, Djokovic retired from his quarterfinal match with former world no. 1 Andy Roddick.
After losing in the semifinals of the Open 13 tournament in Marseille to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Djokovic won the singles title at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, defeating David Ferrer to claim his twelfth career title. The following week, Djokovic was the defending champion at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, but lost to Roddick in the quarterfinals. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, another ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, Djokovic beat Federer in the semifinals, before losing to Andy Murray in the final. Djokovic reached the final of the next ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on clay, losing to Rafael Nadal in the final. At the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, another ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, Djokovic was the defending champion, but again lost in the final.
Djokovic was the top seed at his hometown tournament, the Serbia Open in Belgrade. He defeated first-time finalist Łukasz Kubot to win his second title of the year. As third seed at the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, Djokovic advanced to the semifinals without dropping a set. There, he faced Nadal and lost despite holding three match points. The match, at 4 hours and 3 minutes, was the longest three-set singles match on the ATP World Tour in the Open Era. At the French Open, he lost in the third round to German Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Djokovic began his grass court season at the Gerry Weber Open where, after the withdrawal of Federer, he competed as the top seed. He advanced to the final, where he lost to German Tommy Haas. Djokovic also lost to Haas in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.
During the US Open Series, Djokovic made the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, before losing to Andy Roddick. At the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Djokovic defeated world no. 3 Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. He lost in the final to world no. 1 Roger Federer.
At the 2009 US Open, Djokovic made the semifinals, having dropped only two sets, defeating Ivan Ljubičić, 15th seed Radek Štěpánek and 10th seed Fernando Verdasco. He then lost to Roger Federer.
At the China Open in Beijing, he defeated Victor Hănescu, Viktor Troicki, Fernando Verdasco, and Robin Söderling en route to the final, where he defeated Marin Čilić in straight sets to win his third title of the year. At the inaugural Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, Djokovic lost in the semifinals to Nikolay Davydenko.
At the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel, Djokovic defeated Jan Hernych to make it to the quarterfinals. He then recovered from a deficit to defeat Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarterfinals. He won the semifinals against Radek Štěpánek. In the final, he defeated home favourite and three-time defending champion Roger Federer to win his fourth title of the year.
At the last Masters 1000 event of the year at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, Djokovic won his first Masters 1000 title of the year. He defeated Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. In the final, Djokovic prevailed over Gaël Monfils.
Coming into the year-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London as the defending champion, Djokovic defeated Nikolay Davydenko in his first round-robin match. In his second match, he lost to Robin Söderling. Despite victory over Rafael Nadal in his third round-robin match, Djokovic failed to make the semifinals.
Djokovic ended the year as the world no. 3 for the third consecutive year. Djokovic played 97 matches throughout the year, the most of any player on the ATP World Tour, with a 78–19 win-loss record. In addition to leading the ATP World Tour in match wins, he reached a career best 10 finals, winning 5 titles.
2010
Djokovic started his year by playing in the Kooyong Classic, an exhibition event. In his first match, he defeated Tommy Haas, but lost to Fernando Verdasco in his second.At the Australian Open, Djokovic was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets. Despite the loss, Djokovic attained a career-high ranking of world no. 2.
He reached the semifinals of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, losing to Mikhail Youzhny. At the Dubai Tennis Championships in the U.A.E., Djokovic reached the final, defeating Mikhail Youzhny to win his first title of the year.
He then took part in Serbia's Davis Cup tie against the USA on clay in Belgrade. He helped Serbia reach their first quarterfinal in the Davis Cup 3–2 victory, defeating Sam Querrey and John Isner.
At the Indian Wells Masters, he lost in the fourth round to Ivan Ljubičić. At the Miami Masters, he lost in his opening match to Olivier Rochus. Djokovic then announced that he had ceased working with Todd Martin as his coach.
In his first clay-court tournament of the year at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, top-seeded Djokovic reached the semifinals with wins over Stanislas Wawrinka and David Nalbandian. There, he lost to Fernando Verdasco. Djokovic again lost to Verdasco at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, this time in the quarterfinals.
As the defending champion at his hometown event, the Serbia Open in Belgrade, he withdrew in the quarterfinals while trailing Filip Krajinović.
Djokovic entered the 2010 French Open seeded third. He defeated Evgeny Korolev, Kei Nishikori, Victor Hănescu, and Robby Ginepri en route to the quarterfinals, where he lost to Jürgen Melzer in five sets.
Djokovic entered the 2010 Wimbledon Championships as third seed, defeating Olivier Rochus, Taylor Dent, Albert Montañés, Lleyton Hewitt, and Yen-Hsun Lu en route to the semifinals, which he lost to Tomáš Berdych in straight sets.
Djokovic then competed at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, where he lost to Roger Federer in the semifinals. Djokovic also competed in doubles with Rafael Nadal in a one-time, high-profile partnership. That hadn't happened since 1976, when Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe as world no.1 and no.2 paired together as a doubles team. They lost in the first round to Canadians Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil. Djokovic lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati to Andy Roddick. As the third seed at the US Open, Djokovic came very close to losing in his opening round against Viktor Troicki in extreme heat. He then defeated Philipp Petzschner, James Blake and Mardy Fish, and number 17 seed Gaël Monfils, all in straight sets to reach the US Open semifinals for the fourth consecutive year. In the semifinals, Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in five sets. It was Djokovic's first victory over Federer at the US Open in four attempts, and his first victory over Federer in a Major since the 2008 Australian Open. Djokovic lost to Nadal in the final, a match that saw Nadal complete his career Grand Slam.
After helping Serbia defeat the Czech Republic 3–2 to make it to the Davis Cup final, Djokovic competed at the China Open as the top seed and defending champion. He won the title for the second successive year, after defeating Maoxin Gong, Mardy Fish (walkover), Gilles Simon, and John Isner en route to the final. Djokovic then defeated David Ferrer in the final.
At the Shanghai Masters, Djokovic made a semifinal appearance, losing to Roger Federer.
Djokovic played his final tournament of the year at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. Djokovic was placed in Group A along with Rafael Nadal, Tomáš Berdych, and Andy Roddick. Djokovic won his first round-robin match against Berdych. He next lost to Nadal. He defeated Roddick in his final round-robin match and advanced to the semifinals. He lost to Roger Federer in two sets.
Djokovic went on to win his two singles rubbers in Serbia's Davis Cup finals victory over France. This started a long unbeaten run that went on into 2011. Djokovic finished the year ranked world no. 3, his fourth successive finish at this position.
He was awarded the title "Serbian Sportsman of the year" by the Olympic Committee of Serbia and "Serbian Athlete of the year" by DSL Sport.
2011
Djokovic won ten tournaments in 2011, including Grand Slam tournament victories at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Djokovic also captured a record-breaking five ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles, and set a new record for the most prize money won in a single season on the ATP World Tour (12.0 million dollars). His level dropped at season's end beginning with a back injury and ended with a poor showing at the ATP World Tour Finals. Djokovic finished the season with a 70–6 record and No. 1 in the world. Pete Sampras declared Djokovic's season as the best he has ever seen in his lifetime, calling it "one of the best achievements in all of sports." Boris Becker called Djokovic's season "one of the very best years in tennis of all time," adding that it "may not be the best statistically, but he’s beaten Federer, he’s beaten Nadal, he’s beaten everybody that came around to challenge him in the biggest tournaments in the world." Rafael Nadal, who lost to Djokovic in six finals on three different surfaces, described Djokovic's performances as "probably the highest level of tennis that I ever saw." Djokovic was named 2011 ITF World Champion.
2012
Djokovic began his season winning at the 2012 Australian Open. He won his first rounds against Paolo Lorenzi, Santiago Giraldo, Nicolas Mahut and Lleyton Hewitt. In the Quarter finals he defeated David Ferrer in three sets. In the semi final, Djokovic beat Andy Murray in five sets after 4 hours and 50 minutes. In the final, Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal in five sets. At 5 hours and 53 minutes, the match was the longest final in Open Era Grand Slam history.
Davis Cup
In 2006, Djokovic got the decisive win on 9 April, against Great Britain by defeating Greg Rusedski in four sets in the fourth match, giving his team an unsurmountable 3–1 lead in their best-of-five series, thus keeping Serbia and Montenegro in the Group One Euro/African Zone of Davis Cup. Following this match-up, a lot of media buzz appeared about Djokovic's camp negotiating with the Lawn Tennis Association about changing his international loyalty by joining British tennis ranks. Nineteen-year-old Djokovic, who was no.63 on the ATP list at the time, mostly dismissed the story at first by saying that the talks were not serious, describing them as "the British being very kind to us after the Davis Cup". However, more than three years later, in October 2009, Djokovic confirmed that the talks between his family and the LTA throughout April and May 2006, were indeed serious:}}
By winning all three of his matches, Djokovic played a key role in the 2007 play-off win over Australia, promoting the Serbia Davis Cup team to World Group in 2008. In Serbia's tie against Russia in early 2008, in Moscow, Djokovic was sidelined due to influenza and was forced to miss his first singles match. He returned to win his doubles match, teaming with Nenad Zimonjić, before being forced to retire during his singles match with Nikolay Davydenko. Djokovic also had a big role in promoting Serbia to the 2009 World Group. On 6–8 March 2010, he played the key role in bringing Serbia to World Group quarterfinals for the first time in its independent history, winning both singles matches in the home tie against United States (against Sam Querrey and John Isner). Later, Serbia progressed to the Davis Cup final, following the victories over Croatia (4–1) and Czech Republic (3–2). Serbia came from 1–2 down to defeat France in the final tie 3–2 in Belgrade to win the nation's first Davis Cup Championship. In the final, Djokovic scored two singles points for Serbia, defeating Gilles Simon and Gaël Monfils. He was the backbone of the Serbian squad, going 7–0 in singles rubbers to lead the nation to the title, although the honour of winning the deciding rubber in the final went to compatriot Viktor Troicki.
In the semi finals of the 2011 Davis Cup Djokovic played a crucial rubber match for Serbia against Juan Martin Del Potro playing for Argentina, which he lost 6–7, 0–3 having to retire due to a back injury sustained during the US Open tournament, which secured Argentina's place in the final defeating Serbia 3–2. This marked Djokovic's third loss of his 2011 season, and his second retirement.
Rivalries
Djokovic–Nadal rivalry
Djokovic and Nadal have met 30 times (the sixth-most head-to-head meetings in the Open Era) with Nadal having a 16–14 advantage. Nadal leads on grass 2–1 and clay 9–2, but Djokovic leads on hard courts 11–5. This rivalry is listed as the third greatest rivalry in the last decade by ATPworldtour.com and is considered by many to be the emerging rivalry. Djokovic is the only player to have at least ten match wins against Nadal and the only person to defeat Nadal seven times consecutively. The two share the record for the longest Australian Open and Grand Slam final match ever played (5 hours and 53 minutes) which was the 2012 Australian Open final, as well as the record for the longest match played in a best of three sets (4 hours and 3 minutes) which was the 2009 Mutua Madrid Open semi-final. In the 2011 Wimbledon final, Djokovic won in four sets, which was his first victory over Nadal in a Major. By doing so, he became the only person other than Federer to defeat Nadal in a Grand Slam tournament final. This rivalry is part of the "Trivalry" (a term coined by American sportscaster Mary Carillo), which includes the rivalries among the top three in tennis (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic). Djokovic also defeated Nadal in the 2011 US Open Final to capture his third major title of the year and fourth overall. By beating Nadal, Djokovic became the second player to defeat Nadal in more than one Grand Slam final (the other being Federer), and the only player to beat Nadal in a Slam final on a surface other than grass. In 2012, Djokovic defeated Nadal in the Australian Open final which made Nadal the first player to lose in three consecutive Grand Slam finals.
Djokovic-Federer rivalry
Djokovic and Federer have met 24 times, with Federer leading 14–10. Federer leads on all surfaces, although they have never met on grass. Djokovic is the only player other than Nadal who has defeated Federer in consecutive grand slam tournament matches. Federer ended Djokovic's 41-match winning start to the 2011 season at the 2011 French Open semi-finals which many consider to be a classic match. Djokovic played Federer in his first Major final at the 2007 US Open and lost in three sets. Djokovic has the second-most wins against Federer (after Nadal). The two have met five years in a row at the US Open with their last two meetings (in 2010 and 2011) being five-set matches in which Djokovic saved match points before going on to win.
Djokovic-Murray rivalry
Djokovic and Murray have met 11 times with Djokovic leading 7–4. Djokovic leads 2–0 on clay, and also 5–4 on hard courts. The two went to training camp together, and Murray won the first match they ever played as teenagers. The pair have met four times in finals, with Murray leading 3–1, however, their most important final was the 2011 Australian Open final, in which Djokovic won in straight sets. The other three finals were all ATP Masters 1000 finals, Murray won them all in straight sets, with the most recent being in Cincinnati 2011.
Playing style and equipment
Djokovic is an all-court player with emphasis on aggressive baseline play. His groundstrokes from both wings are consistent, deep, and penetrating. His backhand is widely regarded as the best in today's game. His best weapon is his backhand down the line, with great pace and precision. He is also known as one of the greatest movers on the court with superior agility, court coverage and defensive ability. After great technical difficulties during the 2009 season, his serve is one of his major weapons again, winning him many free points; his first serve is typically hit flat, while he prefers to slice and kick his second serves wide. Occasionally, Djokovic employs a well-disguised backhand underspin drop shot and sliced backhand. His drop shots still tend to be a drawback when hit under pressure and without proper preparation.Djokovic commented on the modern style of play, including his own, in interview with Jim Courier after his semifinal win against Andy Murray in the 2012 Australian Open tournament:
Entering the pro circuit, Djokovic used Wilson rackets, continuing so until the end of 2008. At that time, he switched to Head rackets, using a custom paint job of the Head YouTek Speed Pro racquet. Starting with 2011 Australian Open, he began using Head's YouTek IG Speed MP 18/20. Djokovic uses a hybrid of Head Natural Gut in the mains and Luxilon Alu Power in the crosses.
After his 2011 victory in Montreal, tennis coach Nick Bollettieri stated that Djokovic is the most "complete" player of all time. He has the backhand, forehand, serve, second serve, movement, mentality, and can play equally well on any surface. In assessing his 2011 season, Jimmy Connors said that Djokovic gives his opponents problems by playing "a little bit old-school, taking the ball earlier, catching the ball on the rise, (and) driving the ball flat." Connors adds that a lot of the topspin that Djokovic's opponents drive at him comes right into his zone, thus his ability to turn defense into offense well.
Coaching and personal team
From fall 2005 until June 2006, Djokovic was coached by Riccardo Piatti who divided his time between the 18-year-old and Ivan Ljubičić. Player and coach reportedly parted ways over the latter's refusal to work full time with Djokovic.Since June 2006, Djokovic has been coached by Slovakian former professional tennis player Marián Vajda. They met for the first time during that year's French Open, after which Vajda got hired to be the 19-year-old's coach. On occasion Djokovic employed additional coaches on part-time basis: in 2007, during the spring hardcourt season, he worked with Australian doubles ace Mark Woodforde with specific emphasis on volleys and net play while from August 2009 until April 2010 American Todd Martin joined the coaching team, a period marked by his ill-fated attempt to change Djokovic's serve motion.
In July 2010, before the Davis Cup clash away at Croatia, Djokovic made another addition to his team – nutritionist Igor Četojević who additionally focuses on Chinese medicine and does acupuncture. He discovered the tennis player suffers from Celiac Disease and cannot eat gluten, purging it from his diet. It appeared to have worked as Djokovic began feeling stronger, quicker, and much more fit. After Djokovic's Wimbledon win in July 2011, Četojević left the team.
Sponsorships and business ventures
Djokovic endorses Serbian telecommunications company Telekom Srbija and German nutritional supplement brand FitLine.Since turning professional in 2003, Djokovic wore Adidas clothing and footwear. At the end of 2009, Djokovic signed a 10-year deal with the Italian clothing company Sergio Tacchini after Adidas refused to extend his clothing contract (choosing instead to sign Andy Murray). Since Sergio Tacchini doesn't make shoes, he continued with Adidas as his choice of footwear. From 2011, Djokovic began to wear custom Red and Blue Adidas Barricade 6.0's shoes, referring to the colours of the Serbian national flag.
Djokovic did television commercial spots and print ads for supermarket chain Idea, the Serbian arm of Croatian supermarket retailer Konzum.
In August 2011, Djokovic became the brand ambassador of Swiss watch manufacturer Audemars Piguet. Less than a month later, Djokovic signed a sponsorship deal with German car company Mercedes-Benz.
The business end of Djokovic's career was initially handled by Israeli managers Amit Naor and Allon Khakshouri. In June 2008, he signed with CAA Sports.
Investments
In 2005, as Djokovic moved up the tennis rankings, his family founded a legal entity in Serbia named Family Sport. Registered as a limited liability company, its initial focus was the restaurant business. The company's day-to-day operations are mostly handled by Novak's father Srdjan and uncle Goran expanded its activities into real estate, sports/entertainment event organization, and sports apparel distribution.The company opened theme cafés named Novak Café, as well as Novak Café & Restaurant in the Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd.
In February 2008, the company reached an agreement with local authorities in the city of Kragujevac about jointly entering into a real estate development deal that was to include 4 hectares of city-owned land at Veliki Park being developed into a tennis center with 14 courts. But by 2010 the company pulled out of these plans.
In March 2008, Family Sport won a municipal authority-organized tender in Novi Beograd by submitting an €11 million bid for the 3.8 hectares of land located in Ivan Ribar neighbourhood; with the ambitious plan to build a big tennis center there. As of fall 2011, construction is yet to commence.
In 2009, the company managed to buy an ATP tournament known as the Dutch Open and bring it to Serbia where it became – Serbia Open. With the help of Belgrade city authorities, the tournament's inaugural edition was held during May 2009 at the city-owned 'Milan Gale Muškatirović' courts, located at an attractive spot in Dorćol neighbourhood.
On Monday, 4 July 2011, one day after Djokovic won Wimbledon, Family Sport organized the homecoming reception in front of the National Assembly building with more than 80,000 people gathering to greet him.
Grand Slam tournaments
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
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Grand Slam tournament finals
Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)
{|class="sortable wikitable" |- !width=80|Outcome !width=50|Year !width=200|Championship !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |- style="background:#ccf;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2007||US Open||Hard|| Roger Federer||6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7), 4–6 |- style="background:#ffc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2008||Australian Open||Hard|| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga||4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(7–2) |- style="background:#ccf;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2010||US Open (2)||Hard|| Rafael Nadal||4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 2–6 |- style="background:#ffc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2011||Australian Open (2)||Hard|| Andy Murray||6–4, 6–2, 6–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner||2011 || Wimbledon || Grass || Rafael Nadal || 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3 |- style="background:#ccf;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2011||US Open ||Hard|| Rafael Nadal||6–2, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–1 |- style="background:#ffc;" |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2012||Australian Open (3)||Hard|| Rafael Nadal||5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 |}
Career statistics
From the 2010 Davis Cup finals to the 2011 French Open, Djokovic had a 43-match win streak, placing him behind Guillermo Vilas (46 matches in 1977) and Ivan Lendl (44 matches in 1981/1982).
He won 41 straight matches from the start of 2011 until the French Open semi-finals, second only to John McEnroe's record (he started 42–0 in 1984).
Novak Djokovic is one of only four players (besides David Nalbandian, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal) to beat Roger Federer three times in one calendar year, and one of only two players (Juan Martin Del Potro being the other) to beat both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in a Grand Slam in consecutive matches. He is the only player who can claim to have beaten both Federer and Nadal in the same tournament on 4 different occasions (Montreal 2007, Indian Wells 2011, US Open 2011,). He is also the youngest player in the Open Era to defeat the top three players in succession and he achieved this when he defeated world number three Andy Roddick, world number two Nadal, and World number one Federer in the 2007 Rogers Cup. He is one of only two players to have defeated Federer at the semifinal stage or later on more than one occasion in Grand Slam tournaments, and also at consecutive tournaments (the other being Nadal).
His five Masters titles in 2011 are a season record.
Awards and honours
Order of Saint Sava
On 28 April 2011, in Belgrade, Patriarch Irinej of Serbia awarded Djokovic the Order of St. Sava I class, the highest decoration of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The order was given to him because he demonstrated love for the church, and because he provided assistance to the Serbian people, churches and monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and Metohija.
List of awards
Records
In popular culture
In 2009, and 2010, Djokovic won Oscar Of Popularity for the most popular male athlete in Serbia.He was a special guest in the first semi-final of Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade. He threw a big tennis ball into the crowd, announcing the start of voting. Together with presenter of the show Željko Joksimović, Djokovic sang a song about Belgrade.
Djokovic is also featured in the music video for the song "Hello" by Martin Solveig and Dragonette. The video, filmed at Stade Roland Garros, shows Solveig facing off against Bob Sinclar, another DJ, in a tennis match. When the referee calls a crucial ball "Out", Djokovic enters the arena and convinces the referee otherwise.
In 2010, Serbian blues-rock band Zona B recorded the song "The Joker", dedicating it to Djokovic.
On 25 June 2011, its seventieth Congress in Chicago, all the members unanimously awarded Djokovic the Order of Serbian National Defense in America I class, the highest decoration of the SND. The order was given to him because of his merits in the international sport scene and his contributions to the reputation of Serbs and Serbia around the world.
Owing to his extroverted personality, fluency in several languages, and willingness to go along with comedic concepts, Djokovic became a fixture on entertainment-based TV talk shows around the globe immediately upon achieving a measure of prominence via results on the tennis court. After winning the Australian Open, his first major, in early 2008, Djokovic appeared on American late-night programme ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''. Throughout spring 2009, during ATP Master Series tournaments in Madrid and Rome, respectively, the Serb was a guest on Pablo Motos' show ''El Hormiguero'' followed by an appearance on the ''Fiorello Show'' hosted by Italian comedian Rosario Fiorello. Djokovic's television appearances particularly intensified during his amazing run of form throughout 2011: after winning Wimbledon and reaching number one spot on the ATP list, he again appeared on Leno's ''Tonight Show'' as well as on Conan O'Brien's show on TBS. Djokovic's dramatic win at the US Open was followed by another television blitz including spots on ''Live with Regis and Kelly'', CBS' ''The Early Show'', NBC's ''Today'' as well as a walk-on appearance on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon''. In mid-November 2011, he made a triumphant return to Rai 1's ''Fiorello Show''. In late November during the ATP World Tour Finals in London he was a guest on Sir David Frost's interview programme ''Frost Over the World'' on Al Jazeera English.
He was voted the 19th most influential man on AskMen.com's Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2011. On invitation from film producer Avi Lerner, Djokovic became part of the high-budget Hollywood movie production ''The Expendables 2'' in a cameo playing himself, which he shot on 29 November 2011 in a Sofia warehouse.
See also
References
Further reading
External links
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