Samuel Groth is a professional Australian tennis

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. His highest ATP singles ranking is 220, which he reached on 16 November 2009. His career high in doubles was at 213 set at 12 July 2010.

Tennis career

Groth and Andrew Kennaugh of Great Britain lost in the finals of the 2005 Wimbledon

2005 Wimbledon Championships

The 2005 Wimbledon Championships was the 119 edition. It was held at the All England Club between 20 June and 3 July.Roger Federer successfully defended the men's singles crown defeating Andy Roddick in straight sets. Whilst Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport played the longest women's final in...

 boys' doubles championship to Jesse Levine

Jesse Levine

Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008....

 and Michael Shabaz

Michael Shabaz

Michael Shabaz is an American tennis player who won the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship with Jesse Levine, and currently a NCAA tennis player for the University of Virginia Cavaliers.-Early life:...

, 6–4, 6–1.

Groth beat Mark Philippoussis

Mark Philippoussis

Mark Anthony Philippoussis is an Australian tennis player. He turned professional in 1994. His father is Greek, while his mother is of Italian ancestry....

 in a 2007 match; Philippoussis has focused on the seniors tour since then. Groth qualified for the ATP event in Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

 where he defeated Britain's Jamie Baker

Jamie Baker (tennis)

Jamie Baker is a British professional male tennis player. He trains at Nottingham Tennis Centre and in Loughborough.-Junior:...

 7–6 (7), 6–3 in the first round. He played well, but lost his second round match to seeded Gilles Simon

Gilles Simon

Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour...

 7–6 (1), 4–6, 4–6.

He holds the record for the 2009 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...

 for the fastest serve by a male individual (230 km/h). He lost in the qualification to Wimbledon 2009 to Jesse Levine

Jesse Levine

Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008....

, 6–4, 6–7 (3), 7–5.http://www.usatennisflorida.usta.com/Florida/Global/News/News/2009_06/Levine_Wimbledon.aspx

In 2011, he lost to fellow Australian John Millman 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the first round of the first ever Caloundra International.

Personal

Groth was married to Jarmila Groth (Née Gajdosova)

Jarmila Gajdošová

Jarmila Gajdošová , known as Jarmila Groth from 2009 to 2011, is an Australian tennis player...

. but they divorced in April 2011 with his ex wife reverting back to her maiden name for competition.

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (0)

Challengers (0)

Futures (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	5 April 2009	Mobile, Alabama Mobile, Alabama Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...	Hard	Jesse Witten Jesse Witten Jesse Witten is an American professional tennis player. He is a graduate of Lely High School and the University of Kentucky, where he majored in Kinesiology.- College career :...	6-2, 3-0 ret
2.	3 October 2010	Antalya Antalya Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :...	Hard	Radu Albot Radu Albot Radu Albot is a professional tennis player from Moldova.Albot claimed six singles and six doubles Futures titles in his career. He is a permanent member of the Moldova Davis Cup team.-Singles :-Doubles :-External links:***...	6-3, 6-1
3.	10 October 2010	Antalya Antalya Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :...	Hard	Artem Smirnov Artem Smirnov (tennis) Artem Smirnov is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On September 14, 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 321, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 159 was reached on August 23, 2010. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team.-Challenger...	6-4, 6-2
4.	5 December 2010	Bendigo	Plexicushion	Benjamin Mitchell Benjamin Mitchell (tennis) Benjamin "Ben" Mitchell is an Australian junior tennis player. As of 24 October 2011, he currently has a professional ATP Ranking of World No. 256. Mitchell mainly competes on the junior tour where he has enjoyed varying success....	7-6(7), 6-4

External links