Carsten Ball

Carsten Ball
Country  Australia
Residence Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Born 20 June 1987 (1987-06-20) (age 24)
Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Turned pro 2005
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$235,280
Singles
Career record 10–11 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 108 (26 July 2010)
Current ranking No. 368 (17 October 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 1st (2009, 2010, 2011)
French Open 2nd (2010)
Wimbledon 1st (2010)
US Open 2nd (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record 24–17 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 54 (26 October 2009)
Last updated on: August 2, 2010.

Carsten Thomas Ball[1] (born 20 June 1987) is a professional Australian tennis player. Although born and based in the U.S., Carsten has continued to compete as an Australian player.

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Tennis career

Carsten Ball was born in Newport Beach, California, U.S. His father Syd Ball was also a tour tennis player. As a junior tennis player he reached a career high of number 9 in the world. He continues to be based in Newport Beach, with his father as his coach.

Ball currently has five Futures titles to his credit. His best singles results previously consisted of three runner up appearances in American Challengers in 2008 and 2009. In August 2009, Ball reached the final of the LA Tennis Open. He lost to sixth-seeded Sam Querrey. Later in August he qualified for the US Open, where he reached the second round, losing to Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

Ball has enjoyed considerable success as a doubles player, often partnering with fellow Australian Chris Guccione. Ball and Guccione won back-to-back doubles titles in the 2011 Sacramento Challenger and Tiburon ATP Challenger Tour events, both $100,000 tournaments.

Equipment

Ball currently uses a Babolat AeroPro Drive GT Racquet strung with Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour. He is sponsored by Fila.

Singles finals

Wins (6)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0)
ATP Challenger Tour (1)
ITF Futures (5)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 23 July 2007 Godfrey Hard Sheeva Parbhu 7–6(5), 7–6(1)
2. 11 September 2007 Claremont Hard Robert Yim 6–2, 6–3
3. 23 June 2008 Shingle Springs Hard Ryler DeHeart 4–6, 7–6(3), 6–2
4. 16 March 2009 Hamilton Hard Tatsuma Ito 7–6(1), 6–2
5. 15 June 2009 Sacramento Hard Carlos Salamanca 7–5, 6–1
6. 25 July 2010 Lexington Hard Jesse Levine 6–4, 7–6(1)

Runner-ups (8)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. October 15, 2007 Louisiana Hard Michael McClune 7–6, 4–6, 3–6
2. October 22, 2007 Hawaii Hard Izak van der Merwe 2–6, 6–7(4)
3. March 10, 2008 Albufeira Hard Rui Machado 2–6, 2–6
4. May 5, 2008 Tunica Resorts Clay Iván Miranda 4–6, 4–6
5. May 11, 2009 Sarasota Hard James Ward 6–7(4), 6–4, 3–6
6. June 1, 2009 Yuba City Hard Ryler DeHeart 2–6, 6–3, 5–7
7. 2 August 2009 Los Angeles Hard Sam Querrey 4–6, 6–3, 1–6
8. 6 February 2010 Dallas Hard Ryan Sweeting 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1-0)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Championship Series (0/0)
ATP Tour (1/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. July 11, 2010 Newport, USA Hard Chris Guccione Santiago González / Travis Rettenmaier 6–3, 6–4

References

  1. ^ http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461?c=search&first=Carsten&last=Ball

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Australian male singles tennis players, as of November 14, 2011
1. Bernard Tomic (41 ) · 2. Matthew Ebden (86 4) · 3. Lleyton Hewitt (188 2) · 4. Greg Jones (199 4) 5. Marinko Matosevic (208 4) ·
6. Benjamin Mitchell (250 1) 7. Peter Luczak (255 2) · 8. James Duckworth (266 ) · 9. Chris Guccione (282 4) · 10. James Lemke (284 10) ·