Sam Querrey

Sam Querrey

Country	United States
Residence	Thousand Oaks, CA, United States
Date of birth	October 7, 1987 (1987-10-07) (age 22)
Place of birth	San Francisco, CA, United States
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	91 kg (200 lb; 14.3 st)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$1,634,672
Singles
Career record	92–81
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 22 (August 31, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 25 (November 16, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (2007, 2008)
French Open	1R (2007, 2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2009)
US Open	4R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	18–44
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 109 (November 19, 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2008, 2009)
French Open	3R (2008)
Wimbledon	1R (2008)
US Open	QF (2007)
Last updated on: August 31, 2009.

Sam Austin Querrey^[1] (born October 7, 1987 in San Francisco, California, United States) is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Santa Monica, California. As of September 2009, he is the third-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #22, achieved on August 31, 2009. His height allows him to play with a strong serve and forehand. Querrey holds the record for most consecutive service aces since the ATP began keeping records of those statistics, with ten.

Querrey enjoys support from a group of fans known as The Samurai. The group hails back to Querrey's hometown of Thousand Oaks, and is seen at many tournaments.

"The Samurais are all my best friends from high school, and it started at the LA Open a few years ago. They paint their chests and go crazy and wear fun outfits and bring instruments into the stadium. They're the ultimate fan support group."^[2]

His tennis doubles partner is often 6'9" (2.06 meters) John Isner of the United States.

Early Expectations

Many tennis experts have touted Querrey as America's next great talent, including Davis Cup Captain Patrick McEnroe.^{[citation needed]}

Querrey turned down a scholarship offer from USC to turn pro.^[3] His father Mike Querrey recommended his son try making it in tennis,^[4] regretting his personal decision to go to the University of Arizona instead of playing for the Detroit Tigers. Querrey said it was "one of the toughest decisions of my life."^[2]

I'd play a match and want to go pro. I'd lose and want to go to college.^[2]

He cracked the top 100 World Singles rankings following his third round performance at the Australian Open.

Career

2006

On June 11, 2006, Querrey became the first player to win a challenger event in his pro debut. He claimed tournament victories in the Yuba City and Winnetka challengers. He won his first round match at the Indian Wells Masters tournament over Bobby Reynolds, before falling to James Blake in three sets. He defeated American Vince Spadea at the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles. At the US Open, Querrey defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets before falling to Gastón Gaudio.

2007

At the 2007 Australian Open he advanced to the third round. He defeated José Acasuso, the 27th seed, in the first round. In the second round, he defeated Frenchman Florent Serra in straight sets, but in the third round lost to 7th seed Tommy Robredo in four sets.

At the 2007 Indianapolis Tennis Championships he hit 10 consecutive aces when he defeated James Blake in a quarterfinal. This is believed to be an Open Era record.^[5]

At the 2007 Western and Southern Masters he defeated thirteenth seed Mikhail Youzhny and advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Argentina's Juan Mónaco, who had defeated Rafael Nadal the previous round. He lost to #9 seed James Blake, but made his top 50 debut at #47 afterwards. At this time, Querrey was the 3rd ranked American behind Andy Roddick and James Blake.

In August 2007 at the U.S. Open Austrian Stefan Koubek defeated Querrey in the first round 7–6(1) 6–1 6–1. Querrey started the 2008 season with a loss to Joseph Sirianni, a 33 year old with no career wins on the ATP Tour.

2008

Sam Querrey playing against Andy Murray at the 2008 Cincinnati Masters

In January 2008 at the Australian Open Querrey defeated Belgian Olivier Rochus in the first round 6–3 6–2 7–5. In the second round he then beat Russian Dmitry Tursunov 7–6 (5) 4–6 6–4 6–2. He lost in the third round to the eventual champion, Serbian Novak Djokovic, 6–3 6–1 6–3.

In March 2008 Querrey won his first ATP level tournament at the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas. In the final Querrey defeated qualifier Kevin Anderson of South Africa in three tight sets, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. The next month, at the Monte Carlo Masters, Querrey reached the quarter-finals, defeating former French Open champion Carlos Moyà, Andreas Seppi, and number seven seeded Richard Gasquet.

Querrey played tennis for the USA at the Beijing Summer Olympics in 2008. He advanced to the fourth round of the US Open by defeating 14th seed Ivo Karlović of Croatia, where he was defeated in 4 sets by world no.1 Rafael Nadal, 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-3.

Querrey was tapped to play for the US in the Davis Cup semi-finals against Spain as a replacement for James Blake, who had withdrawn citing exhaustion. In Querrey's first ever Davis Cup match, he lost to Rafael Nadal in four sets, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.

2009

Querrey participated in the 2009 Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand in January, where he was the sixth seed. Querrey made it all the way to the final, where he was defeated in straight sets by top-seed Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 6-4. A day prior to the final, Querrey had a notable semi-final performance in which he beat the second-seed David Ferrer. Querrey was 5-2 down in the third set but managed to push Ferrer into a third-set tiebreak which he eventually won with a final score of 3-6, 6-3, 7-6.

In the 2009 Australian Open, Querrey lost in his opening round to Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6, 6-3, 6-2.

In the SAP Open in San Jose, Querrey prevailed against Cypriot wild card Marcos Baghdatis 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(5) in a challenging opener. Baghdatis jumped out to a 4-0 advantage in the third-set tie-break but failed to hold onto the lead as Querrey levelled the score at 4-all and proceeded to close out the match by winning the final three points. Querrey then rolled past Denis Gremelmayr 6-3, 6-2 in 52 minutes.

In the 2009 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, #3 seed Querrey advanced to the final against compatriot and first-time finalist and lucky loser Rajeev Ram, who had entered the main draw when top seed Mardy Fish had to take Andy Roddick's place in the Davis Cup quarter-finals and lost 6-7, 7-5, 6-3.

Querrey was seeded #3 for the 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships where in made his second final in as many tournaments. However, Querrey fell to unseeded American Robby Ginepri 2-6, 4-6.

With "The Samurai" behind him at home, Querrey defeated No. 1 seeded Tommy Haas to advance to the final of the LA Tennis Open on Sunday, August 2. He defeated qualifier Carsten Ball in the final for his first title of the year.^[6]

Querrey next played at the ATP Tour 500 event in Washington, where he lost to top seed Andy Roddick 7-6(4), 6-4 in the round of 16. He avenged that loss at the Cincinnati Masters in two tie-breaks.

By reaching the quarter-finals of New Haven, he won the 2009 US Open Series and will receive a bonus at the 2009 US Open.

Equipment

Querrey plays with the Prince O3 Hybrid Tour, switching from the Diablo prior to the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. He wears the Adidas Competition Group as his attire and the adidas Barricade V for his shoes.^[7]

Charitable Work

Querrey plays tournaments raising money for charity like the Boys and Girls Club, speaks to school groups like Healthy and Active Lifestyle (HAL) in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and has expressed interest in someday creating his own non-profit organization.^[2]

Personal life

Querrey is single. He jokes if he could date anyone in Hollywood, it would be Adriana Lima, Megan Fox, or Taylor Swift.^[2]

Support come from the "Samurai Club", his own fan club, which started by his high school buddies, Dan Farrugia, Wes Burrows and Shane Poppen. They attend his matches shirtless with the letters "S-A-M-M-Y" on their chests.^[8]

Singles titles (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	March 9, 2008	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Hard	Kevin Anderson	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2.	August 2, 2009	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Hard	Carsten Ball	6–4, 3–6, 6–1

Runner-ups (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	17 January 2009	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Juan Martin del Potro	4–6, 4–6
2.	12 July 2009	Newport, Rhode Island, United States	Grass	Rajeev Ram	7–6(3), 5–7, 3–6
3.	26 July 2009	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Hard	Robby Ginepri	2–6, 4–6
4.	29 August 2009	New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.	Hard	Fernando Verdasco	4–6, 6–7(6)

Grand Slam performance timeline

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sam Querrey

• Official Website
• Sam Querrey at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• USTA "Circuit Player of the Week" article and profile
• ESPN article
• Sam Querrey Yahoo! Sports

v • d • e Association of Tennis Professionals Top ten Male singles tennis players from the Americas as of November 9, 2009 1. Juan Martín del Potro (5 ▬) 2. Andy Roddick (7 ▬) 3. Fernando González (11 ▬) 4. Sam Querrey (24 ▬) 5. Juan Mónaco (30▬) 6. John Isner (35 ▲5) 7. Thomaz Bellucci (38 ▼1) 8. James Blake (41 ▬) 9. Horacio Zeballos (42 ▬1) 10. Pablo Cuevas (48 ▲2)

v • d • e Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten American male singles tennis players as of October 26, 2009 1. Andy Roddick (7 ▬) 2. James Blake (23 ▲1) 3. Sam Querrey (26 ▬) 4. John Isner (39 ▲3) 5. Mardy Fish (57 ▼1) 6. Robert Kendrick (80 ▲6) 7. Wayne Odesnik (90 ▲7) 8. Michael Russell (85 ▲15) 9. Kevin Kim (87 ▲3) 10. Robby Ginepri (88 ▲4)