Ricardas Berankis

Started playing tennis aged two...Nickname is “Rycka” in his homeland…Speaks Lithuanian, Russian and English…Father, Genadijus, is a taxi driver; and mother, Jelena, works in a post office...one sister, Lina, a former tennis player...Hobbies include spear fishing, playing pool, watching movies and listening to music...Former junior World No. 1 in 2007, when he captured US Open junior title and the Orange Bowl...Trains at IMG Bollettieri Academy in Florida…Coached by Remigijus Balzekas since he was nine years old.

Berankis DEUCE Feature (May 2011)

2011 -- The top Lithuanian was sidelined 4 months with a right pelvis stress fracture before coming back to finish season strong on Challenger circuit…Played through March and returned in late July...Went 8-10 in ATP level play during year with best result QF in San Jose and personal-best 3R at Australian Open (l. to Ferrer)...Played in 8 Challengers from September-on, compiling 19-8 record with a final and 4 SF and a QF…Earned a career-high $177,984...

2010 -- The youngest player (20) in year-end Top 100 is highest-ranked player from Lithuania in history of South African Airways ATP Rankings (since 1973)…Breakthrough season included a 24-12 Challenger match record with two titles, his maiden ATP World Tour QF and two Grand Slam main draw wins…In first month of season, qualified at Sao Paulo Challenger and reached QF followed by SF at Salinas Challenger…In February, he qualified in San Jose and became first Lithuanian native to reach an ATP QF with wins over Ginepri and Phau before losing to No. 11 Verdasco…In March, played in Davis Cup tie vs. Great Britain and led his country to a win with a pair of singles victories…In June, won Nottingham Challenger on grass (d. Soeda) and then qualified at Wimbledon, defeating Ball in four sets before falling in next round to No. 30 Lopez in four sets…In August, was runner-up at Vancouver Challenger (l. to Sela) and then qualified at US Open, defeating Sweeting before losing 7-5 in fifth set to No. 15 Melzer… Closed season with QF at Bratislava and title at Helsinki Challengers (d. Przysiezny, who retired with back injury)…Afterwards, climbed from No. 119 to No. 85…Earned a career-high $138,251...

2009 -- Played mostly Futures, reaching final in Germany #2 in January and then qualified in 4 U.S. Challengers -- Baton Rouge, Tallahassee, Savannah and Sarasota, within a five-week span from April 6-May 11...

2008 -- Qualified in 1st ATP tournament in Warsaw (l. to Odesnik)…Also qualified in 3 Challengers in Puerto Rico, Germany and Poland, reaching 2R in each of them...

2007 -- Captured his 1st Futures title in Portugal…Ranked as World No. 1 junior after winning US Open and Orange Bowl titles...