Ryan Sweeting
Ryan Sweeting (born July 14, 1987)[1] is a former professional tennis player.
Country (sports) | |
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Residence | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
Born | Nassau, Bahamas | July 14, 1987
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Turned pro | 2007 |
Retired | 2015 |
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 | 2R (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. |
Personal life
Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas. He has been living 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] The divorce was finalized in May 2016.[5]
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.
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. 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 won the Rimouski Challenger in Canada in November 2008 for his first ProCircuit singles title. He finished 2008 ranked no. 216 in the ATP world rankings.
2009
Sweeting captured the Dallas Challenger singles title in February 2009, without dropping a set. In April, at the US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas, Sweeting and doubles partner Jesse Levine lost to Americans Bob and Mike Bryan, ranked no. 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 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | January 15, 2007 | U.S.A. F2 | Hard | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
2. | July 23, 2007 | Lexington | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
3. | August 6, 2007 | Binghamton | Hard | 7–6(7–5), 7–5 | ||
4. | September 17, 2007 | Lubbock | Hard | 6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles runner-up (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | January 22, 2007 | U.S.A. F3 | Hard | 6–7(5–7), 6–4 ret | ||
2. | April 14, 2008 | Tallahassee | Hard | 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 | 2R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | ||||
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 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 11 | 5–11 | 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 |
References
- Ryan Sweeting at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Ravitz, Justin (September 26, 2013). "Kaley Cuoco Engaged to Ryan Sweeting After Three Months of Dating!". Us Weekly. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
- "'Big Bang Theory' star Kaley Cuoco gets married". Associated Press via Newsday. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
- "Kaley Cuoco and Ryan Sweeting to Divorce After 21 Months of Marriage". People. September 25, 2015.
- Ungerman, Alex (May 9, 2016). "Kaley Cuoco Finalizes Divorce From Ryan Sweeting, Actress to Pay $165,000 in Spousal Support". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- "Bob Larson's Tennis News - Donald Young and John Isner head list of US Open wild cards".
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ryan Sweeting. |
- ITF Junior profile for Ryan Sweeting