Andy Roddick

Full name is Andrew Stephen Roddick...Nicknamed "A-Rod"...One of the most celebrated athletes in United States, being featured in non-sports publications ranging from Rolling Stone to Vogue...Sexiest Athlete in People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" issue in December 2003...Hosted the comedy program Saturday Night Live on November 8, 2003, becoming second tennis player (Chris Evert) and only 12th athlete in three decades to do so...

Father, Jerry, is an investor, and mother, Blanche, is director of the Andy Roddick Foundation, which has raised over $8.25 million for nearly 10 charities since 2001...His foundation is supported by Elton John, Lionel Richie, Cindy Crawford and Donna Summer among other celebrities...The new Andy Roddick Youth tennis program in San Antonio, Texas assists 150 disadvantaged children participating plus providing four elementary scholarships to private schools in addition to three university scholarships...Won 2004 ATP Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award...Brother John was All-American tennis player at University of Georgia (1996-98), and now operates a tennis academy in San Antonio...

Oldest brother Lawrence, a chiropractor in San Antonio, was an accomplished spring board diver and a member of U.S. Senior National Team...A University of Nebraska football fan...Moved to Austin, Texas at age 4 1/2, then moved to Boca Raton at age 10...Returned to Austin in November 2003... Played varsity basketball in high school alongside Davis Cup teammate Mardy Fish, who trained and lived with Roddick in 1999...Hobbies include listening to music (favorites include Dave Matthews Band and John Mayer) and watching movies (favorite is Shawshank Redemption)...

Named to People Magazine's 50 Hottest Bachelors issue in June 2004...Also mentioned in that magazine's 2006 & "Sexiest Man Alive" issue...Has a 29-11 career Davis Cup record in singles in 22 ties since 2001...Ranks third all-time in singles wins in U.S. Davis Cup history behind McEnroe (41) and Agassi (30)...In May 2006, named on President George W. Bush's President's Council of Sports and Fitness... Featured on cover of "Men's Fitness" in summer of 2007...Travels with former ATP trainer Doug Spreen...Coached by Larry Stefanki.

2000 – Youngest player (18 yrs., 3 mos.) in year-end Top 200...As No. 1 junior, won Australian Open (d. Ancic) and US Open (d. Ginepri) without dropping a set...First American to win Australian juniors since Butch Buchholz in 1959...First American No. 1 junior since Brian Dunn in ‘92...Won first ATP match at AMS Miami (d. Vicente, l. to Agassi)...Underwent arthroscopic right knee surgery on Apr. 11...Reached first QF in Washington (l. to Agassi)... Won his first Challenger in Austin...

2001 – Youngest player in ATP Top 20...First American teen to win at least three titles in same season since Sampras won four in ‘90...Made Davis Cup debut in 1st RD in Switzerland... Went undefeated (3-0) during year in helping U.S. back to World Group...At AMS Miami, run to QF included wins over former No. 1s Rios and Sampras (l. to Hewitt)...

Made clay debut in Atlanta and dropped one set en route to first title (d. Malisse)...First American teen to win an ATP title since Chang (Feb. 1992)...Also won Houston title without dropping a set (d. Lee)...First American to capture back-to-back clay titles since Courier in ‘92...Reached 3rd RD in Roland Garros debut...In 2nd RD, overcame cramps to beat Chang 7-5 in final set with a tournament record 37 aces...In 3rd RD vs. Hewitt, retired at 2-2 in 3rd set with a strained left hamstring...Won first hard court title in Washington (d. Schalken)...Reached US Open QF (l. to eventual titlist Hewitt)...Won first ATP doubles title in Delray Beach (w/Gambill)...

2002 – Youngest American to finish in year-end Top 10 since Chang in ‘92...Won Memphis and Houston titles...Finalist in Delray Beach...Compiled 4-0 record in Davis Cup play...Won Houston doubles title (w/Fish), becoming lone double winner on ATP circuit during season...Reached first AMS final in Toronto (l. to Ca±as)...Duplicated QF run at US Open (l. to eventual winner Sampras)...

2003 – Youngest American (21 yrs., 3 mos.) and second overall (behind Hewitt, 20 yrs., 8 mos. in 2001) to finish No. 1 in history of ATP Rankings (since 1973)...Made biggest jump in history to No. 1 from previous year, improving from No. 10... Sixth American to finish No. 1 (Sampras-6 times, Connors-5, McEnroe-4, Courier-1, Agassi-1)...Won six titles on three different surfaces in eight finals...Won an ATP-best five matches after saving match point (went on to win title three times)...

Compiled a 25-11 record with one title through May, then 47-8 with five titles under Brad Gilbert, including a 27-1 mark during summer hard court circuit...Had 19-match winning streak which included AMS titles in Montreal (d. Federer in SF, Nalbandian in F) and Cincinnati (d. Fish-saved 2 M.P.)...At US Open, rallied from two-set deficit (and one M.P.) in SF vs. Nalbandian before beating Ferrero in final...Also titled in St. P÷lten, Queen’s, Indianapolis...Finalist in Memphis and Houston...Won Grand Slam record 21-19 in fifth set in Australian Open QF over El Aynaoui...Earned a career-high $3,227,342...

2004 – Won four titles and led U.S. to first Davis Cup final since ‘97 by going 6-2 in singles...Also reached four other finals, including his first title match at Wimbledon (l. to Federer)...Played most singles matches (92) and co-leader (w/Federer) on ATP circuit with a career-high 74 match wins...Recorded world’s fastest serve at 155 mph in Davis Cup SF (vs. Voltchkov) on Sept. 24...Won titles in San Jose and AMS Miami, and defended Queen’s and Indianapolis...Runner-up at AMS Toronto (l. to Federer )...Led ATP circuit in aces (1,017)...

2005 – Won titles in San Jose, Houston, Queen’s, Washington (d. Blake) and 20th of his career in Lyon...Runner-up at Wimbledon and AMS Cincinnati (l. to Federer)...In Davis Cup, led U.S. back into ‘06 World Group by posting wins over Belgium’s Rochus brothers, including five setter against Olivier (4 hrs., 32 mins.)...It was longest U.S. Cup match since tie-breaks were introduced in ‘89...During an eight-match stretch going back to fifth set of Davis Cup win vs. O. Rochus on Sept. 25, held a personal-best 98 consecutive service games before getting broken in first game of QF vs. Ferrer in Paris...Injured his back in that match and lost in SF...Qualified for Tennis Masters Cup and withdrew due to his back injury...

2006 – The No. 2 American won at AMS Cincinnati (d. Ferrero) and reached fourth career Grand Slam final at US Open (l. to Federer)...Compiled 18-2 record during summer circuit after teaming up with former No. 1 Jimmy Connors, including runner-up in Indianapolis (l. to Blake in third set tie-break)...Dropped out of Top 10 on July 10 for first time since Oct. 28, 2002, for four weeks before returning after Cincinnati title...At Tennis Masters Cup, was 1-2 in round-robin action, though held 3 M.P. in second set tie-break vs. Federer...In Davis Cup SF in Moscow, dropped opening rubber to Safin and lost a 17-15 five-setter (4 hrs., 48 min.) vs. Tursunov, which clinched Russia’s victory...Ranked among Top 10 in all six Ricoh ATP MatchFacts serving categories...

2007-- Finished in Top 10 for sixth straight season, won an ATP title for seventh consecutive year and led U.S. to its first Davis Cup title since 1995...Went 6-0 in Cup play as U.S. defeated Russia 4-1 in final...Became first American to go undefeated and lead his country to Cup title since Pete Sampras (6-0) in '95...Qualified for Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai and reached SF (l. to Ferrer)...In June, captured crown on grass at Queen’s in London (d. Mahut, saved one match point) for fourth time in five years...Followed by reaching QF at Wimbledon (l. to Gasquet in five sets)...Compiled a 15-4 record during summer hard court circuit with SF in Indianapolis (l. to Dancevic), title in Washington (d. Isner), QF at AMS Montreal (l. to Djokovic), 3rd RD at AMS Cincinnati (l. to Ferrer) and QF at US Open (l. to Federer)...

In first three months, compiled a 21-5 record, reaching QF or better in all five tournaments...Advanced to SF at Australian Open for third time (l. to Federer) and in San Jose (l. to eventual champion Murray) and runner-up in Memphis (l. to Haas)...In March, reached SF at AMS Indian Wells with wins over Gasquet and Ljubicic (l. to Nadal) and followed with QF at AMS Miami where he retired (vs. Murray) with a strained left hamstring...Returned in Davis Cup QF tie and defeated Spain’s Verdasco in straight sets...On clay, won 1st RD Cup tie in Czech Republic, defeating Minar and Berdych in four sets, and reached 3rd RD at AMS Rome (l. to Chela), QF at P÷rtschach (l. to Monfils) and 1st RD at Roland Garros (l. to Andreev)...

Led ATP circuit with personal-best 35-12 record in tie-breaks, including an Open Era record 18 straight won from February (Memphis) through early July (Wimbledon) when Gasquet won both tie-breaks in QF...Ranked among Top 10 in five of six Ricoh ATP MatchFacts serving categories, No. 2 in first serve points won (80%), service games won (91%) and second serve points won (57%), No. 3 in aces (749) and No. 10 in break points saved (65%)...Went 5-7 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 38-11 on hard, 9-1 on grass, 5-3 on clay and 2-1 on carpet.

2008 –The top American finished in Top 10 for a seventh consecutive season...Captured three ATP titles in four finals while posting wins over Top 3 players for first time in a season... He and Federer have won at least one ATP title for eight straight years (longest active streak)...Only lost twice in an opening round match and reached QF or better in 13 of 19 tournaments...Opened with 3rd RD at Australian Open, firing a career-high 42 aces in his fivesets loss (8-6 in fifth) to Kohlschreiber...Won third San Jose title (d. Stepanek) and two weeks later captured 25th career crown in Dubai, defeating No. 2 Nadal and No. 3 Djokovic in QF and SF before beating Lopez in final...Held serve all 55 games during week...

Reached SF in Miami where he broke an 11-match losing streak to No. 1 Federer in QF (l. to eventual champ Davydenko)...Played in only clay tournament in Rome where he retired in SF vs. Wawrinka after three games due to a right shoulder injury...Withdrew from Roland Garros, ending a streak of 28 consecutive Grand Slams played... Advanced to SF at Queen’s (l. to Nadal) and made his earliest exit at Wimbledon, losing to Tipsarevic in 2nd RD...After August, went 16-6, reaching final in Los Angeles (l. to del Potro), QF in Washington (l. to Troicki) and US Open (l. to Djokovic) before losing both Davis Cup SF matches in Madrid to No. 5 Ferrer and No. 1 Nadal...In Asian swing, won title in Beijing (d. Sela) and reached SF in Tokyo (l. to Berdych)...

In final three weeks, had 3rd RD at AMS Madrid (l. to Monfils) and QF in Lyon (l. to Soderling) and AMS Paris (d. No. 10 Simon, l. to Tsonga)...Qualified for sixth straight Tennis Masters Cup, but withdrew after one match due to a right ankle injury suffered in practice...Led Ricoh ATP MatchFacts in service games won (91%) and break points saved (69%); No. 2 in aces (886) and first serve points won (79%)...Compiled records of 40-11 on hard and 4-3 on clay...Was 26-19 in tie-breaks, 10-2 against left-handers and 4-6 against Top 10 opponents.

2009

The Austin, Texas resident opened the season by reaching the final in Doha (d. Monfils in SF, l. to Murray) and advancing to his fourth SF at the Australian Open (d. No. 3 Djokovic, l. to Federer)...Moved from No. 9 to No. 6 afterwards…Continued success in February with SF in San Jose (l. to Stepanek) and title in Memphis (d. Hewitt in SF, Stepanek in F)...Improved his title streak to nine consecutive years (since 2001) with his 27th career title, third-most (w/Hewitt) among active players (behind Federer-59, Nadal-36)…He led the U.S. to a 4-1 first round Davis Cup victory over the Federer-less Switzerland squad with straight-set wins over Marco Chiudinelli and Stanislas Wawrinka…He faced only one break point in six sets of action en route to becoming the second-winningest player in U.S. Davis Cup history with 31 match wins (trailing only John McEnroe-41)…

Has a 21-2 career record at home in Davis Cup play… In March, advanced to the SF for the third time at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells where he defeated No. 12 David Ferrer in the fourth round and No. 3 and defending champion Novak Djokovic in the QF before falling to No. 1 and eventual winner Rafael Nadal…The top American then reached the QF at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami with a win over No. 10 ranked Gael Monfils in the fourth round before falling in three sets to No. 2 Federer…Made his season clay court debut in Madrid and beat former No. 2 Tommy Haas in his opening round (saving two match points before losing to eventual champion Federer in three sets in the QF…Then advanced to the fourth round at Roland Garros, his best result in eight appearances, losing to Frenchman Gael Monfils in straight sets…Reached SFs at Queen's where he retired at 4-4 in first set against Blake due to right ankle injury (suffered in third game)...Held serve all 37 games throughout tournament...

Married Brooklyn Decker on April 17 in his hometown of Austin...Reached his third final at Wimbledon, beating Hewitt in five sets in the QFs and Andy Murray in four sets in the SFs…In the final against Roger Federer he did not drop serve until the final game of the match – holding 37 straight service games - with the Swiss winning 16-14 in the fifth set…The American had held four set points in the second set tie-break, which would have given him a two-set lead in the pair’s 21st meeting….Roddick also lost to Federer in the 2004-05 Wimbledon finals…He was contesting his first Grand Slam final since the 2006 US Open, when he also fell victim to Federer...

The American was sidelined for five weeks following Wimbledon with a hip injury and made his return to the circuit as a three-time former champion at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C…Became fourth active player to register 500 tour-level match wins with third-round victory over Sam Querrey and went on to finish runner-up to Juan Martin del Potro in the final...Also lost out to del Potro the following week, falling to the Argentine 7-5 in the third set of their semi-final clash at the Rogers Cup in Montreal.