Ryan Sweeting
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Residence | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
Born | Nassau, Bahamas |
July 14, 1987
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Turned pro | 2007 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,024,486 |
Singles | |
Career record | 35–57 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 64 (September 12, 2011) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2011, 2012) |
French Open | 1R (2010, 2011) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2011, 2012) |
US Open | 2R (2006) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 7–26 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 139 (February 4, 2008) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2012) |
French Open | 1R (2011) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2010) |
US Open | 2R (2009) |
Last updated on: July 14, 2015. |
Ryan Sweeting (born July 14, 1987)[1] is a Bahamian-born professional tennis player.
Contents
Personal life
Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas. Lately he has been living and training in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[1]
In September 2013, Sweeting became engaged to actress Kaley Cuoco after three months of dating.[2] They married on December 31, 2013, in Santa Susana, California.[3] Cuoco announced in September 2015 that she was filing for divorce.[4]
Tennis career
Juniors
In 2005, he won the US Open Boys' Singles title, beating Jérémy Chardy in the final.
As a junior, Sweeting compiled a singles win/loss record of 94–51 (89–46 in doubles), reaching as high as no. 2 in the junior world rankings in September 2005.
Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | |||||||
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Junior Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | 3R | |||||||
French Open | A | 1R | |||||||
Wimbledon | A | 2R | |||||||
US Open | Q1 | W |
2006
In 2006, he attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for the Florida Gators men's tennis team in NCAA competition. During the year, he received United States citizenship.[5] He made his professional US Open debut in 2006, where he defeated Argentine Guillermo Coria in the first round (Coria retired while down 3–2) before losing to Belgian Olivier Rochus in five sets. Sweeting served as a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team in the 2006 World Group Semifinal against Russia in Moscow.[6]
2007–2008
Sweeting turned professional in 2007. Sweeting captured four ProCircuit doubles titles in 2007. He also served as a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team in the 2007 first round at the Czech Republic.[1] He won the Rimouski Challenger in Canada in November 2008 for his first ProCircuit singles title, beating Kristian Pless in the finals. He finished 2008 ranked 216 in the ATP World Rankings.
2009
In January 2009, Sweeting reached the semifinals in the Nouméa Challenger, losing to Florian Mayer. He captured the Dallas Challenger singles title in February 2009, without dropping a set all tournament and beating #1 seed Kevin Kim, #6 seed Rajeev Ram, and #5 seed Brendan Evans en route to the title. In April, at the US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas, Sweeting, ranked 405th in doubles in the world, and American doubles partner Jesse Levine, ranked 289th in doubles in the world, made it into the draw via wild card, and in the first round defeated 3rd-seeded world doubles #40 Lucas Arnold Ker and world doubles #61 Martin Damm 6–2, 6–4. In the quarterfinals, they beat world doubles #66 Jaroslav Levinský and world doubles #82 Pavel Vízner 7–6, 6–4, and in the semifinals, they defeated 2nd-seeded world doubles #30 Ashley Fisher and world doubles #29 Jordan Kerr 3–6, 6–3, [10–4]. They lost to Americans Bob and Mike Bryan, ranked #1 in the world, in the doubles final 6–1, 6–2.
2011
At the US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Sweeting won his only ATP World Tour singles title by beating Kei Nishikori of Japan.
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1–0)
Legend (Singles) |
Grand Slam (0/0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0/0) |
ATP Masters Series (0/0) |
ATP International Series Gold (0/0) |
ATP Tour (1/0) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
Winner | 1. | April 10, 2011 | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Houston, United States | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Legend (Singles) |
Grand Slam (0/0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0/0) |
ATP Masters Series (0/0) |
ATP International Series Gold (0/0) |
ATP Tour (0/1) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | April 6, 2009 | ATP Houston, Houston, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–2 |
Challenges & Futures career finals
Singles Wins (4)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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1. | May 1, 2006 | U.S.A. F9 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–0 |
2. | November 3, 2008 | Rimouski | Carpet | ![]() |
6–4, 7–6 |
3. | February 2, 2009 | Dallas | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
4. | February 6, 2010 | Dallas | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles Wins (4)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
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1. | January 15, 2007 | U.S.A. F2 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
2. | July 23, 2007 | Lexington | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
3. | August 6, 2007 | Binghamton | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 7–5 |
4. | September 17, 2007 | Lubbock | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles Runner-Up (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
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1. | January 22, 2007 | U.S.A. F3 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 6–4 ret |
2. | April 14, 2008 | Tallahassee | Hard | ![]() |
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W/O |
Singles Performance Timeline
This table is current through 2013 Wimbledon.
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | SR | W–L | W % | |||
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Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | Q1 | Q3 | Q3 | 2R | 2R | Q3 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50 | |||
French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0 | |||
Wimbledon | A | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40 | |||
US Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17 | |||
Win–Loss | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 11 | 4–11 | 27 | |||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | Q2 | 3R | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57 | |||
Miami Masters | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 6 | 1–6 | 17 | |||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 9 | 5–9 | 36 | |||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |||||
Year End Ranking | 373 | 254 | 213 | 154 | 116 | 72 | 142 | 664 | $920,427 |
Doubles Performance Timeline
This table is current through 2012 Wimbledon.
Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | SR | W–L | |||||||
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Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||||||||
French Open | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||||||||
US Open | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | ||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 7 | 2–7 |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ryan Sweeting at the Association of Tennis Professionals
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External links
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- Living people
- American male tennis players
- Bahamian emigrants to the United States
- Bahamian male tennis players
- Florida Gators men's tennis players
- People from Nassau, Bahamas
- Sportspeople from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Tennis people from Florida
- US Open (tennis) champions
- US Open (tennis) junior champions