Sam Querrey

Infobox Tennis player
playername= Sam Querrey


country= flagicon|USA United States
residence= Thousand Oaks, CA U.S.
datebirth= birth date and age|1987|10|7
placebirth= San Francisco, CA U.S.
height= height|m=1.98
weight= convert|91|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro= 2006
plays= Right-handed; two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $881,904
singlesrecord= 47–49
singlestitles= 1
highestsinglesranking= No. 38 (May 12, 2008)
AustralianOpenresult= 3rd (2007, 2008)
FrenchOpenresult= 1st (2007, 2008)
Wimbledonresult= 1st (2007, 2008)
USOpenresult= 4th (2008)
doublesrecord= 11–27
doublestitles= 0
highestdoublesranking= No. 109 (November 19, 2007)
updated = August 30, 2008

Sam Querrey (born October 7, 1987 in San Francisco, California, United States) is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California. As of June 23, 2008, he is the fourth-highest ranked American and forty-second ranked player in the world. Querrey stands at 6'6" and weighs 200 pounds. His height allows him to play with a huge serve and forehand. Querrey holds the record for most consecutive services aces served since the ATP began keeping records of those statistics, with eight in a row.

Early Expectations

Many tennis experts have touted Querrey as America's next great talent, including Davis Cup Captain Patrick McEnroe. Querrey turned down a scholarship offer from USC to turn pro.cite web | title=reviewjournal.com | work=Rising Star Querrey Breath of Fresh Air | url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2007/Feb-26-Mon-2007/sports/12815693.html | accessdate=April 30 | accessyear=2007] He cracked the top 100 World Singles rankings following his third round performance at the Australian Open. He is sometimes referred to as "The New Todd Martin."

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 recordcite web | title=The New York Sun | work=Querrey Gives a Sample Of What May Be in Store | url=http://www.nysun.com/article/59384 | accessdate=July 31 | accessyear=2007] .

At the 2007 Western and Southern Masters he defeated thirteenth seed Mikhail Youzhny and advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Argentina's Juan Monaco, 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

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 Bejing Summer Olympics in 2008. He advanced to the fourth round of the US Open by defeating 14th seed Ivo Karlovic 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 semifinals 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.

Other Information

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.cite web | title=tenniswire.org | work=Sam Querrey Picks Up O3 Hybrid Tour in Time for Miami | url=http://www.tenniswire.org/archives/2007/mar/pr_753.html | accessdate=May 1 | accessyear=2007]

Querrey is also known for his unique fan base known as The Samurai. The group derives from Querrey's Thousand Oaks origin, and have been seen at many tournaments.

Querrey's tennis doubles partner is 6'9", 23 year old John Isner of the United States.

ingles titles (4)

References

External links

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* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Querrey&weeks=12 Querrey Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Querrey Querrey World Ranking History]
* [http://www.usta.com/news/fullstory.sps?iType=921&inewsid=337881 USTA "Circuit Player of the Week" article and profile]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2767828&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab7pos2 ESPN article]