Andy Roddick

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Andy Roddick

Country	United States
Residence	Austin, Texas
Date of birth	August 30, 1982 (1982-08-30) (age 25)
Place of birth	Omaha, Nebraska
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	88.6 kg (195 lb/13.95 st)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$14,023,852
Singles
Career record:	434 - 135
Career titles:	25
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (November 3, 2003)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (2003, 2005, 2007)
French Open	3R (2001)
Wimbledon	F (2004, 2005)
US Open	W (2003)
Doubles
Career record:	47-35
Career titles:	3
Highest ranking:	No. 87 (August 18, 2003)
Infobox last updated on: May 12, 2008.

Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is the top-ranked American player and sixth-ranked player in the world as of November 12, 2007. He finished sixth in the 2006, 2007 ATP Race. He became a Grand Slam singles champion when he won the title at the 2003 U.S. Open. He has reached three other Grand Slam finals (Wimbledon twice and the U.S. Open), losing to Roger Federer each time. Roddick is known for his powerful serves, and holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, clocked at 155 mph (249.4 km/h). He has broken his own speed record three times.^[1]

Roddick was on the victorious United States Davis Cup team when it won the 2007 Davis Cup. Roddick defeated Dmitry Tursunov of the Russian Davis Cup team, the defending champions, in the finals.

[edit] Early life and family

Andy Roddick was born in Omaha, Nebraska^[2] to Jerry and Blanche Roddick. Roddick's father was a businessman, and his mother was a schoolteacher. She now directs the Andy Roddick Foundation. Roddick has two older brothers, Lawrence and John, who were both promising tennis players at a young age.

Roddick lived in Austin, Texas until he was 11, then moved to Boca Raton, Florida, where he lived until graduating from high school in 2000. He later moved back to Austin.

Roddick began dating singer Mandy Moore in 2002; Roddick ended the relationship in March 2004.^[3]

[edit] Career

[edit] 2000 through 2005

In 2001 at Wimbledon he showed his potential by taking a set from eventual winner Goran Ivanisevic.

Roddick's breakthrough year was in 2003, in which he defeated Younes El Aynaoui in the quarterfinals of 2003 Australian Open. Roddick and the Moroccan battled for five hours, with the fifth set being one for the record books. The 21-19 set in favor of Roddick was the longest fifth set in a Grand Slam tournament during the open era, at 2 hours 23 minutes. (This was beaten in 2007 during a Wimbledon men's doubles second round match, when Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa beat Paul Hanley of Australia and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe in a 3 hour 5 minute 28-26 fifth set.) Both players maintained exceptional unforced errors-to-winners ratios and high quality of play even at the closing stages of the match. Despite a lackluster French Open, Roddick enjoyed success in in the United Kingdom by winning Queen's Club and reaching the Wimbledon semifinals where he lost to eventual champion Roger Federer in straight sets.

Roddick's hardcourt record in 2003 included his first Masters Series titles – coming at Canada and Cincinnati – and his first Grand Slam title. At the U.S. Open, Roddick rallied from two sets down and a match point against him in the semifinals to beat David Nalbandian. He then defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final 6–3, 7–6, 6–3. 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 was unexpectedly knocked out of the 2004 U.S. Open in a five set quarterfinal against another big server, Joachim Johansson. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Roddick lost to Chilean Fernando González, the eventual bronze medal winner, in the third round. 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. By 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's No. 2, the U.S.'s No. 1, and the player with the most aces (1017).

Roddick displayed his strong character when he saved fellow tennis player Sjeng Schalken and other guests from a Hotel fire back in 2004. He demonstrated even more bravery, also saving close friends Ben Campezi and Dean Monroe from the fire.^[4]

Roddick's first 2005 tournament victory was the SAP Open in San Jose, California, where he was 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 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 2005, Roddick had match point against Spanish big-hitter Fernando Verdasco. Verdasco was serving, 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. Many in the American media echoed sentiments such as Roddick had chosen "sportsmanship over a win." However, by Roddick's own admission, the umpire would certainly have come down from his chair since Verdasco was about to challenge the call anyway, and would have been able to see the clear ball mark indicating that the serve was in. Roddick said that he was just saving the umpire a trip.

At the 2005 French Open, Roddick lost to the unseeded Argentine Jose Acasuso in the second round, and at Wimbledon 2005, Roddick lost to Roger Federer in the final for the second consecutive year. At the 2005 U.S. Open, Roddick was defeated by World No. 70 Gilles Müller in the first round. Roddick's last U.S. Open first round loss had been in 2000. At the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon in 2005, Roddick defeated Gaël Monfils to wrap up a tournament without losing a set or getting his serve broken. Even though he reached the Wimbledon final and Australian Open semifinals, TENNIS Magazine and others criticized Roddick's poor game in 2005.

[edit] 2007

Roddick defeated Roger Federer to defend his AAMI Kooyong Classic title in Melbourne before the Australian Open. 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 Ančić in a five set fourth round match. Roddick won his quarterfinal match against fellow American Mardy Fish 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 but was defeated by Federer 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 in the semifinals, making his head-to-head record against Federer 1-13.

In first round Davis Cup action, Roddick helped the U.S. defeat the Czech Republic, winning both of his singles matches against Ivo Minar and Tomas 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, Roddick reached the semifinals of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, where he lost to Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–3.

Roddick then played the Sony Ericcson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, where he retired from his quarterfinal match against 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(5), 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 this injury.

His next tournament was at the Internazionali d'Italia in Rome. After a first round bye, he won his first match against Gaston 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 prepare physically for the French Open. Roddick was seeded third at the French Open tournament, but he was eliminated in the first round by Russian Igor Andreev in four sets.

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), 7–6(2).

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 sets to Richard Gasquet of France 4–6, 4–6, 7–6(2), 7–6(3), 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(1). 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(4). He then lost in the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup in Montreal to Novak Đoković and in the third round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio to David Ferrer of Spain.

At the U.S. Open, Roddick defeated Gimelstob in the first round 7–6(6), 6–3, 6–3. He won his next three matches easily, 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 with 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(4), 7–6(3), 6–3 and clinching it with a 6–2, 7–6(3), 6–4 victory over Jonas Bjorkman. This is the ninth time in nine tries that Roddick has clinched a tie for the American team.

Roddick's next tournament was supposed to be the Madrid Masters, but he pulled out, citing a knee injury. At his next tournament two weeks later in Lyon, France, Roddick lost in the first round to Fabrice Santoro of France 7–6(5), 2–6, 6–4. Roddick then withdrew from the Paris Masters, incurring a U.S.$20,000 fine for not fulfilling his media obligations at the tournament.^[5]

At the season ending Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, Roddick defeated Davydenko, the World No. 4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 in his first round-robin match and then defeated Fernando Gonzalez 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 Roger Federer 6–4, 6–2 for the 15th time in 16 career matches. In the semifinals, Roddick lost 6–1, 6–3 to 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 (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 United States 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.

[edit] 2008

Roddick started 2008 strongly, defeating Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 6–3, 6–0 and Russian Marat Safin 6–3, 6–3 to reach AAMI Kooyong Classic final for four consecutive seasons. In the final, he defeated Marcos Baghdatis 7–5, 6–3 to win the tournament for three consecutive years.

Roddick was seeded sixth in the 2008 Australian Open. In the first round, he defeated Lukas Dlouhy from Czech Republic 6–3, 6–4, 7–5. In the second round, he then defeated German Michael Berrer 6–2, 6–2, 6–4. Roddick lost to the number 29 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the third round in 5 sets: 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 6–8. Despite losing, Roddick served a career high of 42 aces.

Roddick won his 24th career title and his 3rd title at the SAP Open in San Jose, California. He defeated Czech Republic Radek Stepanek 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 Rafael Nadal of Spain 7–6(5), 6–2, his first victory over Nadal since the second round of the 2004 US Open. This 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(5), 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 Lopez 6–7(8), 6–4, 6–2, to win his 25th career title.

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.^[6] Roddick will continue to be coached by his brother, John Roddick. Roddick then fell to former Number 2-ranked German Tommy Haas at the Indian Wells Masters in the 2nd round, 6–4, 6–4.

Recently Roddick announced that he will not play in the 2008 Summer Olympics, in order to concentrate on the 2008 US Open.

At the 2008 Miami Masters, Roddick advanced to the semifinals after defeating 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 semi-finals to Davydenko 6-7(5), 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 inflamation of the rotator cuff. He next plans to play the Artois Championship, his annual Wimbledon preparation.

[edit] Davis Cup

With his 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 win over Paul-Henri Mathieu on April 13, for the deciding victory in the best-of-five 2008 quarterfinal Davis Cup match with France, Roddick improved to 10-0 in clinching situations for the United States. But as he said after the match,

"I think everyone makes a big deal about the 10-0 thing. I have to be up two to one in order to clinch, so I've been put in good positions a lot of times."

His second singles victory in three days for his country, he was held to 17 aces, down from 30 against Michael Llodra a few days before.

Roddick improved to 29-9 for the United States in Davis Cup matches, trailing only John McEnroe (41) and Andre Agassi (30). His win against the 12th-ranked Mathieu was part of a strong month in which he beat the tour's top three players -- Roger Federer, Nadal and Novak Đoković.^[7]

[edit] Nicknames and on-court behavior

Roddick is often called "the other A-Rod" referring to his first initial and the first three letters of his last name just like to A-Rod,^[8] a reference to baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez already having that nickname. Roddick is also known for his sense of humor, and is often overheard on television trading jokes with the crowd during matches. Roddick also enjoys occasionally mimicking other tennis stars for crowds during exhibition matches (such as World TeamTennis), including John McEnroe, Maria Sharapova, and Andre Agassi.

[edit] Equipment

Roddick uses the Pure Drive Roddick Team Plus Racquet with Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour string (yellow color), a signature racquet designed for him by racquet sponsor Babolat, which is slightly heavier and stiffer than the standard Pure Drive Series. Roddick also uses Babolat Propulse tennis shoes which are Roddick's signature gear. ^[9] In matches, Roddick wears shirts, shorts and caps manufactured for him by Lacoste. He formerly used to wear Reebok. He strings with a custom hybrid,(Pro HurricaneTour+VS) , Roddick's tension varies but mostly strings his racquets around 64 or 65lbs roughly.

[edit] Endorsements

• Rolex
• Lexus - Andy Roddick has signed a deal on 17 June 2005 with the top-selling luxury automotive brand in the U.S. In addition to the shirt sleeve logo, Roddick drives a Lexus for personal use and appeared in Lexus ad campaigns. The sponsorship also includes opportunities for Lexus to support the Andy Roddick Foundation.
• SAP AG - Leading business software provider SAP AG announced its three-year sponsorship agreement with Andy Roddick on 19 November 2006.
• American Express
• Lacoste

[edit] Awards and records

In 2004, Roddick produced 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. Earlier that year, Roddick had the fastest serve in U.S. Open history: 244 km/h (152 mph) against American Scoville Jenkins.^[10] Roddick also won the 2004 ESPY Award for Best Male Tennis Player.

In 2005, Roddick 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 this award.

[edit] Playing style

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Roddick's style is that of an offensive baseliner. Roddick uses powerful forehands and powerful first serve (Usually around 220~240km/h), which he uses to earn free points with aces or put himself into position to hit a forehand winner.^[11] His first serve is known to some as the "Roddick Serve", since he abbreviates the serve by removing part of the motion.^[12] He usually targets the two corners to win aces. For his second serve, Roddick 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 and position himself for a winning shot. Despite all this, Roddick is sometimes criticized for his lack of variety. Roddick will also occasionally use the serve and volley tactic on both first and second services to surprise his opponent, although he generally prefers to remain near the baseline after a serve.

One of Roddick's most effective combinations is the serve out wide on the deuce court followed by an inside out forehand winner. Although this tactic is expected by most opponents, they often struggle so much with returning serve that they are unable to recover fast enough to chase down his following shot. Roddick prefers to play shorter points, as he is not known to be one of the fastest individuals on the men's tour, though under Jimmy Connors' coaching he focused extensively on court coverage and now can reach many shots that previously he would have had trouble with.

Though Roddick's return game has been labeled his greatest weakness, this aspect of his game has improved somewhat in recent months. Under the tutelage of former coach Jimmy Connors, Roddick has attempted to transform his two-handed backhand and volley, arguably his worst two shots, into more reliable shots.

[edit] Appearances

On April 5, 2002, Roddick guest-starred on the television show Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as himself, and in the episode, Sabrina summoned him so he could give her tennis lessons.^[13][14]

Roddick hosted Saturday Night Live on November 8, 2003, becoming the second tennis player, (the first being Chris Evert) and the first male tennis player to host (while Chris Evert is the first and only female tennis player to host SNL).^{[citation needed]}

Roddick is in a This is Sports Center ad with Stuart Scott where he confronts the Sports Center anchor about him 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 2007 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 Rafael Nadal wanted his arms back.

Roddick also appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on June 8, 2007. The two had humorous conversations about life beyond the court, other players and on court fashions. At one point during the interview, Ross sat on Roddick's lap to try and make him feel uncomfortable.

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals (4)

[edit] Win (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2003	U.S. Open (1st)	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–3, 7–6, 6–3

[edit] Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2004	Wimbledon (1st)	Roger Federer	4–6, 7–5, 7–6, 6–4
2005	Wimbledon (2nd)	Roger Federer	6–2, 7–6, 6–4
2006	U.S. Open	Roger Federer	6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1

[edit] ATP Masters Series singles finals (7)

[edit] Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2003	Montréal	David Nalbandian	6–1, 6–3
2003	Cincinnati (1st)	Mardy Fish	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
2004	Miami	Guillermo Coria	6–7, 6–3, 6–1, retired
2006	Cincinnati (2nd)	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–3, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2002	Toronto (1st)	Guillermo Canas	6–4, 7–5
2004	Toronto (2nd)	Roger Federer	7–5, 6–3
2005	Cincinnati	Roger Federer	6–3, 7–5

[edit] Career finals (43)

[edit] Singles wins (25)

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (4) ATP Tour (20)

Titles by Surface Hard (15) Clay (5) Grass (4) Carpet (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	23 April 2001	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Xavier Malisse	6–2, 6–4
2.	30 April 2001	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Hyung-Taik Lee	7–5, 6–3
3.	13 August 2001	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Sjeng Schalken	6–2, 6–3
4.	18 February 2002	Memphis, U.S.	Hard	James Blake	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
5.	22 April 2002	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Pete Sampras	7–6(9), 6–3
6.	19 May 2003	St. Pölten, Austria	Clay	Nikolay Davydenko	6–3, 6–2
7.	9 June 2003	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Sébastien Grosjean	6–3, 6–3
8.	21 July 2003	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Paradorn Srichaphan	7–6(2), 6–4
9.	4 August 2003	Montreal, Canada	Hard	David Nalbandian	6–1, 6–3
10.	11 August 2003	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Mardy Fish	4–6, 7–6(3), 7–6(4)
11.	25 August 2003	U.S. Open, New York City	Hard	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–3, 7–6(2), 6–3
12.	9 February 2004	San José, U.S.	Hard	Mardy Fish	7–6(13), 6–4
13.	22 March 2004	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Guillermo Coria	6–7(2), 6–3, 6–1, retired
14.	7 June 2004	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Sébastien Grosjean	7–6(4), 6–4
15.	19 July 2004	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Nicolas Kiefer	6–2, 6–3
16.	7 February 2005	San José, U.S.	Hard	Cyril Saulnier	6–0, 6–4
17.	24 April 2005	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Sébastien Grosjean	6–2, 6–2
18.	6 June 2005	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Ivo Karlović	7–6(7), 7–6(4)
19.	7 August 2005	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	James Blake	7–5, 6–3
20.	30 October 2005	Lyon, France	Carpet	Gaël Monfils	6–3, 6–2
21.	20 August 2006	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–3, 6–4
22.	17 June 2007	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Nicolas Mahut	4–6, 7–6(7), 7–6(2)
23.	5 August 2007	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	John Isner	6–4, 7–6(4)
24.	24 February 2008	San José, California, U.S.	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	6–4, 7–5
25.	8 March 2008	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Feliciano Lopez	6–7(8), 6–4, 6–2

[edit] Singles runner-ups (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	11 March 2002	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Davide Sanguinetti	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
2.	5 August 2002	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Guillermo Cañas	4–6, 5–7
3.	24 February 2003	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Taylor Dent	1–6, 4–6
4.	28 April 2003	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Andre Agassi	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
5.	19 April 2004	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Tommy Haas	3–6, 4–6
6.	4 July 2004	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Roger Federer	6–4, 5–7, 6–7(3), 4–6
7.	2 August 2004	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Roger Federer	5–7, 3–6
8.	4 October 2004	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	4–6, 0–6
9.	4 July 2005	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Roger Federer	2–6, 6–7(2), 4–6
10.	22 August 2005	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Roger Federer	3–6, 5–7
11.	24 July 2006	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	James Blake	6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5)
12.	11 September 2006	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Roger Federer	2–6, 6–4, 5–7, 1–6
13.	25 February 2007	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Tommy Haas	3–6, 2–6

[edit] Doubles wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	12 March 2001	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Jan-Michael Gambill	Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield	6–3, 6–4
2.	29 April 2002	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Mardy Fish	Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver	6–4, 6–4
3.	24 July 2006	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	6–4, 6–4

[edit] Doubles runner-ups (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	30 July 2001	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Jan-Michael Gambill	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 6–7(6)
2.	12 January 2004	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Stefan Koubek	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	2–6, 4–6

[edit] Challengers and futures finals (4)

[edit] Singles wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	2 October 2000	Austin, Texas	Hard	Michael Russell	6–4, 6–4
2.	6 November 2000	Burbank, California	Hard	Kevin Kim	6–1, 6–2
3.	22 January 2001	Waikoloa, Hawaii	Hard	James Blake	1–6, 6–3, 6–1

[edit] Singles runner-ups (1)

• 2000: Knoxville Challenger (lost to Cristiano Caratti)

[edit] 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. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through the 2008 M.K. Championships, which ended on March 2, 2008.

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career WR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	2R	SF	QF	SF	4R	SF	3R	0 / 7	25-7
French Open	A	3R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 7	4–7
Wimbledon	A	3R	3R	SF	F	F	3R	QF		0 / 7	27-7
U.S. Open	1R	QF	QF	W	QF	1R	F	QF		1 / 8	29-7
Grand Slam WR	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	1 / 29	N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0–1	8–3	7–4	17-3	15-4	12-4	11-4	13-4	2–1	N/A	85-28
Year-End Championship
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	SF	SF	A	RR	SF		0 / 4	8–7
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	QF	QF	SF	4R	SF	2R	0 / 5	16-6
Miami Masters	2R	QF	2R	3R	W	2R	QF	QF	SF	1 / 9	22-8
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2
Rome Masters	A	A	SF	2R	1R	3R	QF	3R	SF	0 / 7	14-7
Hamburg Masters	A	A	3R	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3
Canada Masters	A	QF	F	W	F	1R	A	QF		1 / 5	21-5
Cincinnati Masters	1R	1R	QF	W	SF	F	W	3R		2 / 8	25-6
Madrid Masters (Stuttgart)	A	3R	2R	3R	A	2R	3R	A		0 / 5	3–5
Paris Masters	A	2R	QF	SF	3R	SF	A	A		0 / 5	9–5
Career statistics
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career
Tournaments played	5	19	19	23	20	16	20	20	5	N/A	135
Titles	0	3	2	6	4	5	1	2	2	N/A	25
Hardcourt Win-Loss	4–5	23-10	34-11	44-10	57-11	30-9	36-10	38-10	25-4	N/A	279-79
Clay Win-Loss	0–0	12-1	14-7	12-6	5–5	10-3	5–6	5–3	0–0	N/A	63-31
Grass Win-Loss	0–0	5–3	4–2	10-1	11-1	11-1	7–2	9–1	0–0	N/A	57-11
Carpet Win-Loss	0–0	2–2	4–2	6–2	1–1	8–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	N/A	23-12
Overall Win-Loss	4–5	42-16	56-22	72-19	74-18	59-14	49-20	53-16	25-4	N/A	429-134
Win %	44%	72%	72%	79%	80%	81%	71%	77%		N/A	76%
Year End Ranking	160	16	10	1	2	3	6	6		N/A	N/A

• A = did not participate in the tournament.
• WR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

[edit] ATP Tour career earnings

Year	Majors	ATP titles	Total titles	Earnings ($)	Money list rank
2001	0	3	3	746,504	23
2002	0	2	2	1,060,878	16
2003	1	5	6	3,227,342	2
2004	0	4	4	2,604,590	3
2005	0	5	5	1,798,635	4
2006	0	1	1	2,214,890	3
2007	0	2	2	1,532,070	6
2008
Career	1	22	23	13,292,476	15

* As of 14 January 2008.

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• Beth Donelson; Tom Donelson (2004). Coming Of Age: Andy Roddick's Breakthrough Year. New York: iUniverse. ISBN 0-595-30785-X. 

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Fansite
• ATP Tour profile for Andy Roddick
• ITF profile for Andy Roddick
• Roddick Recent Match Results
• Roddick World Ranking History
• Davis Cup profile for Andy Roddick
• Andy Roddick Foundation
• Andy's U.S. Olympic Team bio ... with links to photo gallery
• In losing a match, Roddick became a true sportsman, a May 2005 article written by Frank Deford
• Roddick reverses form on the lawns
• Andy Roddick at the Internet Movie Database
• Tennis Academy - Roddick Total Tennis Academy

Sporting positions
Preceded by Juan Carlos Ferrero	World No. 1 November 3, 2003 - February 1, 2004	Succeeded by Roger Federer
Awards
Preceded by Olivier Rochus	ATP Newcomer of the Year 2001	Succeeded by Paul-Henri Mathieu
Preceded by Lleyton Hewitt	ATP Player of the Year 2003	Succeeded by Roger Federer
Preceded by Lleyton Hewitt	ITF World Champion 2003	Succeeded by Roger Federer
Preceded by Andre Agassi	ESPY Best Male Tennis Player 2004	Succeeded by Roger Federer

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1. ▬ Roger Federer 6. ▬ Andy Roddick 2. ▬ Rafael Nadal 7. ▲ James Blake 3. ▬ Novak Djokovic 8. ▼ David Nalbandian 4. ▬ Nikolay Davydenko 9. ▲ Stanislas Wawrinka 5. ▬ David Ferrer 10. ▼ Richard Gasquet

Persondata
NAME	Roddick, Andrew Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	August 30, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Austin, Texas, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH