Kevin Anderson (tennis)
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Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis
player.
He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open
in Las Vegas. He achieved a career-high ranking of #29 in October 2011.
On 6 February 2011, he defeated Somdev Devvarman 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 in his hometown of Johannesburg to capture the South African Tennis Open title for his first ATP-level event title.
Anderson has represented South Africa in both Davis Cup
play and in the 2008 Summer Olympics
in Beijing.
. He was a three-time All-American in singles and two-time All-American in doubles. During his sophomore year (2005–06), he won the national doubles championship with his partner, Ryan Rowe.
The following season (2006–07), he led the Illini
team to a national runner-up finish before again reaching the national championship match in doubles with Ryan Rowe and reaching the semi-finals in singles.
During the summer of 2007, Anderson decided to forgo his senior season at Illinois to pursue his professional tennis career full-time http://www.tennisnews.com/exclusive.php?pID=21762.
winning 4 main draw matches in the 4 week tournament to earn a world ranking of #1178 from his only tournament of the year. He also finished the year with a doubles ranking of #902.
to #769. He followed that up the next two weeks in South Africa, reaching the final in F1
and the semi-final in F2 to finish the year ranked #665 in singles from just 3 tournaments.
in Champaign, qualifying and beating #192 Jan-Michael Gambill
in the first round. He finished the year ranked #766.
reaching the finals of USA F13 and F21. He returned to Champaign again in November, beating #107
Kevin Kim
to reach his first Challenger quarterfinal. He finished the year ranked #517.
In doubles, he won a pair of USA Futures back to back in June and finished the year ranked #530.
, before losing in the main draw to #41 Arnaud Clément
.
Anderson's most interesting result in 2007 was in September in the Challenger in New Orleans.
He needed to qualify to make the main draw in both singles and doubles,
and won all 13 matches that week to take the singles and doubles titles,
beating 4 top-200 singles players and the top 3 seeded doubles teams.
His Challenger success in New Orleans helped him to career-high rankings at the end of 2007 of #221 in singles and #398 in doubles.
in 5 sets, but his efforts got his ranking to a career high of #190.
At the Tennis Channel Open
in Las Vegas, as a qualifier, he managed to defeat sixth seed Michaël Llodra
in straight sets, 6–2, 7–6. In the second round he beat giant John Isner
7–6, 7–5. He beat Evgeny Korolev
in his first ever ATP quarter-final 6–2, 6–0. In the semi-finals he won in straight sets against Robby Ginepri
to reach his first ever ATP tour final. In the final, he fell to Sam Querrey
in 3 sets.
In the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida
, he beat Novak Djokovic
7–6, 3–6, 6–4 for his first ever win against a top 10 player.
At Wimbledon, Anderson and partner Robert Lindstedt
of Sweden reached the quarter-finals before losing to the eventual tournament champions, Daniel Nestor
and Nenad Zimonjić
.
Anderson also represented South Africa in the Beijing Olympics, defeating Komlavi Loglo
before losing to Nicolas Kiefer
4–6, 7–6, 4–6 in the singles tournament and losing (with partner Jeff Coetzee
) to Nicolás Almagro
and David Ferrer
of Spain 6–3, 3–6, 4–6.
At the AEGON Championships (Queen's Club, London), Anderson won three matches to qualify and then defeated #57 Fabio Fognini 6–3, 7–6 in the first round of the main draw before losing to #46 Sam Querrey in the second round.
, he was narrowly defeated by No. 7 seed Nikolay Davydenko
after winning the first two sets, 6–3, 7–6, 6–7, 5–7, 7–9.
Anderson advanced to the semifinals of the 2010 Atlanta Tennis Championships
in July, upsetting 5th seeded Janko Tipsarević
in the first round.
He qualified and reached the third round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto, beating Leonardo Mayer
and Sam Querrey
before losing to #1 ranked Rafael Nadal
.
He then won his first Grand Slam match at the US Open over Somdev Devvarman
in straight sets, and backed it up with a five set win over th 26th seed Thomaz Bellucci
.
before losing to Andy Roddick
in three sets, 2–6, 6–4, 2–6. He then went on to lose in the 1st round of the Australian Open to Blaž Kavčič
.
On 6 February 2011, at the SA Open, (Anderson's home event), he went on to claim his maiden ATP Tour title, by beating Indian Somdev Devvarman
4–6, 6–3, 6–2 elevating him 19 positions in the ATP rankings to a career high of #40.
On 4 April 2011, he reached a career high of World No. 33 after making the quarterfinals of the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open
. At the Atlanta Tennis Championships
, Anderson reached the quarter finals as the 2nd seed, defeating Michael Russell before losing in straight sets to Gilles Muller
. Next at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic
, Anderson defeated Chris Guccione
in the second round before being defeated by Victor Troicki 3–6, 3–6 in the third round.
At the 2011 Rogers Cup
, he defeated Andujar in straight sets before shocking an out-of-sorts Andy Murray in the second round, easily winning 6–3, 6–1. He was defeated in the third round by Stanislas Wawrinka
4–6, 6–4, 4–6 in a tight contest.
, Peter Luczak
, Rajeev Ram
, and Ryler DeHeart
.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player.
He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open
2008 Tennis Channel Open
The 2008 Tennis Channel Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Tennis Channel Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour...
in Las Vegas. He achieved a career-high ranking of #29 in October 2011.
On 6 February 2011, he defeated Somdev Devvarman 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 in his hometown of Johannesburg to capture the South African Tennis Open title for his first ATP-level event title.
Anderson has represented South Africa in both Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
play and in the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in Beijing.
Collegiate career
Anderson played three seasons of college tennis in the United States at the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
. He was a three-time All-American in singles and two-time All-American in doubles. During his sophomore year (2005–06), he won the national doubles championship with his partner, Ryan Rowe.
The following season (2006–07), he led the Illini
Illinois Fighting Illini men's tennis
The Illinois Fighting Illini men's tennis team is a NCAA Division I college tennis team competing in the Big Ten Conference. The team plays its home matches at the in Champaign, Illinois.-History:...
team to a national runner-up finish before again reaching the national championship match in doubles with Ryan Rowe and reaching the semi-finals in singles.
During the summer of 2007, Anderson decided to forgo his senior season at Illinois to pursue his professional tennis career full-time http://www.tennisnews.com/exclusive.php?pID=21762.
2003
At age 17, Anderson entered his first professional tournament, a Satellite in South Africa,winning 4 main draw matches in the 4 week tournament to earn a world ranking of #1178 from his only tournament of the year. He also finished the year with a doubles ranking of #902.
2004
In November, Anderson entered his 3rd pro tournament and won the Botswana F1 to push his rankingto #769. He followed that up the next two weeks in South Africa, reaching the final in F1
and the semi-final in F2 to finish the year ranked #665 in singles from just 3 tournaments.
2005
At age 19, Anderson continued to play at the Futures level, exclusively in the United States, reaching the semi-final of USA F21 in August. In November, he played his first Challengerin Champaign, qualifying and beating #192 Jan-Michael Gambill
Jan-Michael Gambill
Jan-Michael Charles Gambill is an American tennis player who made his professional debut in 1996. His highest singles ranking to date is World No. 14, which he first reached on June 18, 2001...
in the first round. He finished the year ranked #766.
2006
Anderson played his first pro tournaments of the year in June, again in the United States,reaching the finals of USA F13 and F21. He returned to Champaign again in November, beating #107
Kevin Kim
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to reach his first Challenger quarterfinal. He finished the year ranked #517.
In doubles, he won a pair of USA Futures back to back in June and finished the year ranked #530.
2007
Anderson again waited until June to play his first tournaments. He repeated as a finalist in USA F12 and then won USA F13 before qualifying 2 weeks later in the Winnetka Challenger and reaching the final to push his ranking to #310. He recorded his first win over a top-100 opponent in the qualifying for the ATP tournament in New Haven, beating #88 Chris GuccioneChris Guccione
Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian....
, before losing in the main draw to #41 Arnaud Clément
Arnaud Clément
Arnaud Clément is a professional tennis player from France. His best achievement is reaching the final of the 2001 Australian Open.-Career:Clément was born in Aix-en-Provence, and currently lives in Geneva, Switzerland...
.
Anderson's most interesting result in 2007 was in September in the Challenger in New Orleans.
He needed to qualify to make the main draw in both singles and doubles,
and won all 13 matches that week to take the singles and doubles titles,
beating 4 top-200 singles players and the top 3 seeded doubles teams.
His Challenger success in New Orleans helped him to career-high rankings at the end of 2007 of #221 in singles and #398 in doubles.
2008
Anderson began 2008 with a bit of success, reaching the quarters of the Challenger in New Caledonia before qualifying in his first Grand Slam attempt in Australia. He lost in the main draw first round to #84 Alejandro FallaAlejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla Ramirez is a professional male tennis player from Colombia. He turned pro in 2000, plays left-handed, weighs 169 lb and measures 6'1" . At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in...
in 5 sets, but his efforts got his ranking to a career high of #190.
At the Tennis Channel Open
Tennis Channel Open
The Tennis Channel Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP International Series which was held for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada from February 27 to March 5, 2006. In the men's singles final, James Blake defeated Lleyton Hewitt 7–5, 2–6, 6–3...
in Las Vegas, as a qualifier, he managed to defeat sixth seed Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra is a French professional tennis player. He is a prolific doubles player with three Grand Slam championships, and has also had success in singles.-Life and career:...
in straight sets, 6–2, 7–6. In the second round he beat giant John Isner
John Isner
John Robert Isner is an American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high rank of no. 18 on July 5, 2010, and has been as high as the second-ranked American tennis player behind Andy Roddick...
7–6, 7–5. He beat Evgeny Korolev
Evgeny Korolev
Evgeny Korolev is a Kazakhstani tennis player and the cousin of former Russian player Anna Kournikova. He began playing tennis at age four with his father, and picked up his first ATP points at age 15 in three German challenger events...
in his first ever ATP quarter-final 6–2, 6–0. In the semi-finals he won in straight sets against Robby Ginepri
Robby Ginepri
Robert Louis Ginepri is an American professional tennis player.-Early life:Robby Ginepri is of Luxembourgish ancestry....
to reach his first ever ATP tour final. In the final, he fell to Sam Querrey
Sam Querrey
Sam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong...
in 3 sets.
In the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida
Key Biscayne, Florida
Key Biscayne is a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States on the island of Key Biscayne. The population was 10,507 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 10,324....
, he beat Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
7–6, 3–6, 6–4 for his first ever win against a top 10 player.
At Wimbledon, Anderson and partner Robert Lindstedt
Robert Lindstedt
Robert Lindstedt is a Swedish professional tennis player, who turned pro in 1998, and is a doubles specialist...
of Sweden reached the quarter-finals before losing to the eventual tournament champions, Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
and Nenad Zimonjić
Nenad Zimonjic
Nenad Zimonjić is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No.1, after Slobodan Živojinović.-Career:...
.
Anderson also represented South Africa in the Beijing Olympics, defeating Komlavi Loglo
Komlavi Loglo
Komlavi Loglo is a professional Togolese tennis player. He was born in Badou, Togo.-Career:Loglo has spent his career on the Futures circuit, although he has played a handful of Challenger tournaments...
before losing to Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer , is a former German professional tennis player. His mother, Nicole, is French. He won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
4–6, 7–6, 4–6 in the singles tournament and losing (with partner Jeff Coetzee
Jeff Coetzee
Jeff Coetzee is a South African professional tennis player and competes regularly on the ATP tour, as a doubles specialist....
) to Nicolás Almagro
Nicolás Almagro
Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle is a professional Spanish tennis player, ranked 10 on the ATP World Tour.-2005:...
and David Ferrer
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
of Spain 6–3, 3–6, 4–6.
2009
After a slow start to the year, he won the San Remo, Italy Challenger in May, beating Blaž Kavčič in the final 2–6, 6–2, 7–5.At the AEGON Championships (Queen's Club, London), Anderson won three matches to qualify and then defeated #57 Fabio Fognini 6–3, 7–6 in the first round of the main draw before losing to #46 Sam Querrey in the second round.
2010
At Wimbledon2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
The Men's Singles event at the 2010 saw Rafael Nadal, the World No. 1 and 2nd seed, defeat 12th seed Tomáš Berdych 6–3 7–5 6–4 in the final to win his 2nd Wimbledon title, and his 8th Grand Slam title overall....
, he was narrowly defeated by No. 7 seed Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
after winning the first two sets, 6–3, 7–6, 6–7, 5–7, 7–9.
Anderson advanced to the semifinals of the 2010 Atlanta Tennis Championships
2010 Atlanta Tennis Championships
The 2010 Atlanta Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 23rd edition of the event known that year as the Atlanta Tennis Championships and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
in July, upsetting 5th seeded Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarevic
Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10....
in the first round.
He qualified and reached the third round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto, beating Leonardo Mayer
Leonardo Mayer
Leonardo Martin Mayer is an Argentine professional tennis player.Mayer achieved a singles career high of world no. 51 on June 7, 2010. His career high in doubles was world no. 94 on March 1, 2010.http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/player.asp?player=100049039 He is coached by Emiliano Redondi...
and Sam Querrey
Sam Querrey
Sam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong...
before losing to #1 ranked Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
.
He then won his first Grand Slam match at the US Open over Somdev Devvarman
Somdev Devvarman
Somdev Devvarman , is a professional Indian tennis player. Three of Devvarman's college conquests, John Isner, Kevin Anderson, and Jesse Levine have successful pro careers. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning...
in straight sets, and backed it up with a five set win over th 26th seed Thomaz Bellucci
Thomaz Bellucci
Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci , a professional tennis player, is the top ranked Brazilian tennis player. He achieved a career high ranking of #21 on July 26, 2010....
.
2011
Kevin Anderson began the 2011 season by advancing to the semifinals of the Brisbane International Tournament2011 Brisbane International
The 2011 Brisbane International was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson, Brisbane. It was held from 2 to 9 January...
before losing to Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
in three sets, 2–6, 6–4, 2–6. He then went on to lose in the 1st round of the Australian Open to Blaž Kavčič
Blaž Kavčič
Blaž Kavčič is a Slovenian professional tennis player, turned professional in 2005. He considers clay his favourite surface...
.
On 6 February 2011, at the SA Open, (Anderson's home event), he went on to claim his maiden ATP Tour title, by beating Indian Somdev Devvarman
Somdev Devvarman
Somdev Devvarman , is a professional Indian tennis player. Three of Devvarman's college conquests, John Isner, Kevin Anderson, and Jesse Levine have successful pro careers. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning...
4–6, 6–3, 6–2 elevating him 19 positions in the ATP rankings to a career high of #40.
On 4 April 2011, he reached a career high of World No. 33 after making the quarterfinals of the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open
2011 Sony Ericsson Open
The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open , a men's and women's tennis tournament, was held from March 21 to April 3, 2011. It was the 27th edition of the Miami Masters event and played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami...
. At the Atlanta Tennis Championships
Atlanta Tennis Championships
The Atlanta Tennis Championships is an annual men's tennis tournament that is now played at the Atlanta Athletic Club in the Atlanta suburb of Johns Creek, Georgia as part of the ATP Tour....
, Anderson reached the quarter finals as the 2nd seed, defeating Michael Russell before losing in straight sets to Gilles Muller
Gilles Müller
Gilles Müller is a Luxembourgish professional tennis player. He was a US Open junior champion and is the most successful male tennis player in the history of his country...
. Next at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship...
, Anderson defeated Chris Guccione
Chris Guccione
Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian....
in the second round before being defeated by Victor Troicki 3–6, 3–6 in the third round.
At the 2011 Rogers Cup
2011 Rogers Cup
The 2011 Canada Masters was a tennis tournament to be played on outdoor hard courts in Canada. It was the 122nd edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2011 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2011 WTA Tour...
, he defeated Andujar in straight sets before shocking an out-of-sorts Andy Murray in the second round, easily winning 6–3, 6–1. He was defeated in the third round by Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...
4–6, 6–4, 4–6 in a tight contest.
Clothing
Kevin is sponsored by the new high performance tennis line Athletic DNA along with Robert KendrickRobert Kendrick
Robert Bradley Kendrick is an American tennis player. He turned professional in 1999. His career high single ranking is world no. 69, achieved on July 20, 2009. He was suspended for a year after testing positive at the 2011 French Open for the drug methylhexanamine, which has been banned in sport...
, Peter Luczak
Peter Luczak
Peter Luczak is a professional tennis player for Australia. His career-high ATP Entry ranking was No. 64 on 12 October 2009.At the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, Luczak won the gold in the doubles....
, Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...
, and Ryler DeHeart
Ryler DeHeart
Ryler DeHeart is an American professional tennis player. He reached his singles career high ranking of 174 on May 3, 2010. He is coached by Brad Dancer.-Professional career:...
.
Singles: 2 (1–1)
| Legend (pre/post 2009) |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
| ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) |
| ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 9 March 2008 |  Las Vegas2008 Tennis Channel Open The 2008 Tennis Channel Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Tennis Channel Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour... , United States |
Hard | Sam Querrey Sam Querrey Sam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong... |
6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 6 February 2011 |  Johannesburg2011 SA Tennis Open The 2011 SA Tennis Open was a tennis tournament to be played on hard courts indoors. It was the 20th edition of the SA Tennis Open and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour... , South Africa |
Hard |  Somdev DevvarmanSomdev Devvarman Somdev Devvarman , is a professional Indian tennis player. Three of Devvarman's college conquests, John Isner, Kevin Anderson, and Jesse Levine have successful pro careers. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning... |
4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Singles Performance Timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | W–L | |||
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| Grand Slam Tournaments Grand Slam (tennis) The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and... |
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| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
1R | 1R | 1R 2010 Australian Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but retired due to a right knee injury trailing 3–6, 6–7, 0–3 in the quarterfinals against Andy Murray.Roger Federer met Andy Murray in the final of this event... |
1R 2011 Australian Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Novak Djokovic, who went on to win the tournament by defeating Andy Murray 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 in the final. It was Djokovic's 2nd title at the Australian Open, with this title bearing many resemblances to his title in 2008. Djokovic... |
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| French Open | A | LQ 2009 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying -Seeds:# Fabio Fognini # Leonardo Mayer # Marcos Daniel # Victor Crivoi # Guillermo Cañas # n.a.# Frank Dancevic ... |
1R 2010 French Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Robin Söderling, which allowed him to make a second-successive final here. This was the first time since the 2004 French Open that Federer did not reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament.Rafael Nadal won his fifth... |
2R 2011 French Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal, the defending champion and, after this tournament, six-time winner of this event defended his title by beating long-time rival Roger Federer for his sixth French Open title, tying him with Björn Borg for most all-time in the open era. Notably, the Spaniard played his first ever... |
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| Wimbledon | 1R | Q1 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying -Seeds:# Sergiy Stakhovsky # Simon Greul # Flavio Cipolla # Roko Karanušić # Rui Machado # Thiago Alves ... |
1R 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles The Men's Singles event at the 2010 saw Rafael Nadal, the World No. 1 and 2nd seed, defeat 12th seed Tomáš Berdych 6–3 7–5 6–4 in the final to win his 2nd Wimbledon title, and his 8th Grand Slam title overall.... |
2R 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost to Novak Djokovic in the final.Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title. Upon reaching the final, he gained the World No.1 ranking as a result. This marks the first time that neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal is ranked No... |
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| US Open | A | Q1 | 3R 2010 US Open – Men's Singles Juan Martín del Potro was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, after undergoing a wrist operation in May and only starting to practice again in August... |
3R 2011 US Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but was defeated in the final by Novak Djokovic with a score of 6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1. Djokovic claimed his first US Open title, his third Grand Slam of the year, and his fourth Grand Slam overall.-Seeds:... |
4–2 | ||||
| Win–Loss | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2-4 | 4–4 | 6–11 | ||||
| ATP Masters Series ATP Masters Series The ATP Masters Series was a series of nine tennis tournaments that formed part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America... |
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| Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells Masters The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California.... |
A | 1R | 2R 2010 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles The Men's singles tournament of this event started in the week of March 8. It was the year's first of nine tournaments in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series.Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but he lost to Ivan Ljubičić in the semifinals.... |
1R 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 37th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011... |
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| Miami Masters Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... |
3R | A | 2R 2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Singles Andy Murray was the defending champion, but lost to Mardy Fish in the second round.Andy Roddick beat Tomáš Berdych 7-5, 6-4 to win his first Masters 1000 event since 2006... |
QF 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Singles Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost to Pablo Cuevas in the second round.Novak Djokovic won the title, defeating Rafael Nadal 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 in the final for the second week in a row after also beating him in the Indian Wells final the previous week... |
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| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | 1R 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles Rafael Nadal was the six-time defending champion and defended his title by beating compatriot David Ferrer 6–4, 7–5. This was Nadal's 7th consecutive title in Monte-Carlo, which is the all-time record both for consecutive titles at any tournament and the most titles at this tournament.-Seeds:The... |
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| Rome Masters Rome Masters The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's... |
A | A | A | 1R 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, however he lost to Novak Djokovic in the final. Djokovic defeated him 6–4, 6–4 to win his 39th consecutive match and his 7th title of 2011... |
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| Madrid Masters Madrid Masters There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters... |
A | A | 1R 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but Rafael Nadal defeated him 4–6, 6–7, in the final.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Roger Federer # Rafael Nadal # Andy Murray... |
2R 2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the defending champion but lost to world No. 2 Novak Djokovic 7–5, 6–4 in the final. It was the second win for Djokovic on a ATP Master 1000 Tournament played on clay courts, the 6th title of the year and 24th of his career... |
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| Canada Masters Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... |
A | A | 3R | 3R 2011 Rogers Cup – Men's Singles Andy Murray was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Kevin Anderson in the second round.World No.1 Novak Djokovic won his 10th Masters 1000 title of his career and his 9th title of the year, beating Mardy Fish in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–4... |
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| Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between... |
1R | A | A | 2R 2011 Western & Southern Open – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinals.Andy Murray won the tournament beating No.1 seed Novak Djokovic in the final, 6–4, 3–0 ret. It was the 7th ATP Masters 1000 title of Murray's career, and his first in 2011... |
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| Shanghai Masters Shanghai Masters (tennis) The Shanghai Masters is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It is held annually in October at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's... |
NMS | A | 1R | 1R 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles Andy Murray was the defending champion and successfully defended his title by beating David Ferrer 7–5, 6–4 in the final.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Rafael Nadal # Andy Murray ... |
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| Paris Masters Paris Masters The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour... |
A | A | A | 2R 2011 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles Robin Söderling was the defending champion, but could not participate due to mononucleosis.Roger Federer won the title, defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–1, 7–6 in the final.-Seeds:All seeds received a bye into the second round.... |
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| Win–Loss | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–5 | 9–9 | 15-17 | ||||
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| Titles–Finals | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | ||||
| Year-End Ranking | 104 | 161 | 61 | 32 | |||||