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SWISS INDOORS BASEL 2011

Roddick Surpasses $20m In Career Earnings

Basel, Switzerland

by ATP Staff

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03.11.2011

Roddick© Getty ImagesAndy Roddick's second-round win in Basel saw him top $20m in career prize money.

Former World No. 1 Andy Roddick became this week, at the Swiss Indoors Basel, the 10th tennis player to surpass $20m in career prize money. In a list that includes the likes of Pete Sampras, Boris Becker, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, Roddick is only the fourth active player to reach the milestone. Federer topped the pile with career earnings of $64,107,721 at the beginning of this week.

The 29-year-old Roddick has amassed 30 tour-level titles during his illustrious 11-year career, including one Grand Slam championship at the 2003 US Open (d. Ferrero). The American also qualified for the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for the past eight years, and is still in with an outside chance of reaching the elite eight-man tournament in London again this season.

“I’ve never really thought about it in terms of money,” said Roddick. “Although I guess it’s a nice thing to have, I don’t think that’s what any of us set as a goal. The numbers we place next to our career goals normally, at least for me, they don’t have dollar signs. It’s either tournament titles or matches won, or something along those lines. If you reach enough of those, then you start dealing with the financial numbers.”

Roddick will resume his campaign in Basel on Friday, when he looks to overturn a 2-20 record against long-time foe Federer in the quarter-finals.

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