Sam Querrey
Sam Austin Querrey ( born October 7, 1987 in San Francisco, California) is an American tennis player.
- 2.2.1 Siege
- 2.2.2 finals
Career
He played his first professional season in 2006, where he won three Challenger tournaments in Yuba City, Winnetka and Lubbock.
In 2007, he moved at the Australian Open, a third round, he defeated Tommy Robredo in four sets. In addition, Querrey reached the semifinals, where he 's record of ten aces aufstellte in its victory over James Blake in a row at the ATP tournament in Indianapolis. He also came at the Masters tournament in Cincinnati to the quarterfinals.
2008 Querrey managed at the Australian Open again in the third round and reached at the ATP tournament in Delray Beach the semifinals. In March at the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas against South African Kevin Anderson he managed his first ATP tournament success. In July 2009 he reached the final in Indianapolis, where he defeated his compatriot Robby Ginepri. The subsequent tournament in Los Angeles, he won against Australian Carsten Ball 6-4, 3:6 and 6:1. After this success Querrey advanced to 26th place in the ATP world rankings before, his best ever placing.
In February 2010, he won his third title in Memphis on the ATP World Tour. He defeated in the final of his compatriot John Isner in three sets with 6:73, 7:65 and 6:3. Also in double he won the tournament surprisingly with his single final opponent John Isner. The season ran for Querrey continued its success in April, he reached the finals in Houston, where he was denied by the Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela; In May he won his first clay court tournament in Belgrade; in the final, he defeated it - as in Memphis - his compatriot John Isner 3:6, 7:64, 6:4. The third title of the season won Querrey then in June at the tournament at London's Queen's Club, this was also his first title on grass. Again, he was able to prevail in a purely American Finals, this time against Mardy Fish, whom he defeated with 7:63 and 7:5. At Wimbledon, Querrey reached the second round, where he joined the British Andy Murray was beaten in three sets itself. But a month later he could return the favor and defeat the Brits set to one in the finals of the tournament in Los Angeles; this title defense from the previous year was Querreys fourth title of the season. At the U.S. Open, he was eliminated in the second round last Americans, the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka defeated him in a very tight and hard-fought five- set match. Then he could not find his form, winning by season's end only one of six matches. Nevertheless, 2010 was Querreys most successful year of his career, he finished the season at position 18 to a record high, with four won titles was Querrey after Rafael Nadal ( seven items) and Roger Federer ( five items) is the third most successful players on the ATP Tour.
The evil trend from the end of the season also sat at the beginning of the 2011 season continued: in Sydney, Melbourne and San Jose each start he suffered defeats against players who are much worse places in the world rankings. In Memphis, he reached the quarter-finals while, but lost as defending vital points. This series of first-and second-round defeats sat down - with the exception of the tournament in Indian Wells, where Querrey reached the knockout stages - until the clay court season continued. In doubles, the season was satisfactory: in Houston Querrey reached with John Isner the final, but where they failed at the Bryan brothers. At the Masters tournament in Rome could win the title, the two even, but the final against Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick could not be discharged due to a shoulder injury Roddick. Already at the show in London's Queen's Club, where he retired as the defending champion in the second round against James Ward, he noticed problems in the arms and underwent elbow surgery. This surgery forced him to cancel all tournament in the summer; until mid-September Querrey started to play tennis, but only on Challenger level - he reached in two tournaments this category the finals, but failed both times to Ivo Karlović. This long break also made itself felt in the ranking: while he still lingered in the Top 30 in June, he was in October at position 120 in November, he played in Valencia for the first time on the ATP level and reached the quarterfinals there even after he previously the top 10 player Jo- Wilfried Tsonga defeated. He could finish the season with 93 place still within the Top 100 through the points thus obtained.
In the 2012 season Querrey gradually found back to his form. At the beginning of the season Querrey reached rarely beyond the second round, but was able to celebrate its first successes again when spring and early summer: in Houston, he won on the side of James Blake, the tournament; at London's Queen's Club, he reached the semi-finals in a long time an ATP tournament. Following a third- round loss to Marin Cilic at Wimbledon his form improved noticeably during the American hard court season. In Los Angeles he could again celebrate a first tournament victory in two years, his third in Los Angeles; in Washington, D.C. he reached the semi-finals at the Masters tournament in Toronto the next round. Thanks to this success, Querrey could penetrate back into the Top 30 after more than a year. After the U.S. Open, where he failed in the third round, he witnessed at the Masters tournament in Paris the greatest success of the season: he hit surprisingly the world number two Novak Djokovic and penetrated as far as the quarter-finals, where he was denied by the local hero Michaël Llodra. The season he finished at No. 22, so that after two years in the top 30