When was andy roddick number one

The year was Bounced out of Roland Garros in the first round by 67th-ranked Sargis Sargisian, the year-old Roddick took a sharp and sober look at his game, hired Brad Gilbert as his new coach, and commenced a dazzling run. Ranked seventh in early June, Roddick clicked instantly with Gilbert, winning their first tournament together, the Wimbledon tune-up event played at Queens Club. Along the way, Roddick earned his first win over Andre Agassi. He defeated Stefan Edberg in a five-set final.

But most remember his epic five-set battle with Ivan Lendl in the fourth round. After winning that war, the young American advanced all the way to the championship match. In Chang also reached the finals of the Australian Open and the U. Open losing to Boris Becker and Pete Sampras, respectively. Chang had tremendous foot speed and remained tireless on court. Johnston began playing tennis at a very young age—picking up a racket when he was just nine years old in He played tennis for the love of the game and turned down the chance offered to him to turn pro.

Often Johnston's slight frame and his frail health deceived opponents because Johnston possessed a wicked forehand, which was long considered the best of all time until Pancho Segura introduced the two-handed forehand into the game. Tilden and Johnston battled it out in six U. Open Championships against each other with Tilden winning five of them. Together they also secured seven consecutive U. Davis Cup Championships which remains a record today. In addition to winning two U. Open Championships in and , Johnston also won the Wimbledon trophy in Open in and He was the runner up in to Ted Schroeder and in to Jack Kramer.

He won his U. Open Championships while serving as a Sergeant in the U. Army Air Force. He reached the semifinals at Wimbledon in What distinguished Frank Parker from other U. He is one of the few men in the history of the game who managed to win both the French Open and the U.

Open during his career. Prior to this big occasion, however, in the s and s, Bobby Riggs was ranked World No. He won the Wimbledon title in by defeating Elwood Cooke of the United States in five sets—having supposedly bet on himself to capture all three titles at Wimbledon that year.

He did! Riggs was the runner-up in to Don McNeil. While he played, he won two major championships—the U. With his partner Bob Lutz, Smith won the U. Open doubles title four times in , , , and The pair teamed to win the Australian Open in Once he retired, Smith entered the coaching realm where he has exerted a great deal of influence in American tennis. Tony Trabert played most of his tennis in the s.

He achieved the No. Larsen in In he defeated another Swede Sven Davidson , , , At the U. Championships Trabert managed to win over Aussie Ken Rosewall in straight sets , , Previously in , Trabert also won the U. In total, Trabert won five Grand Slam singles titles and five Grand Slam doubles titles from Jack Kramer won the U. Championships in and , defeating fellow American Tom Brown in and another countryman, Frank Parker in When the final page is written, Kramer probably did more for modern tennis than anyone living or dead.

In the early days, once a player turned professional he could no longer compete at the slams. Very often the best players were absent from those important and historic events. At 6'2," Kramer was one of the forefathers of the style of play that many modern players adopted—the serve and volley. Former U. Open champion Andy Roddick began playing professional tennis in at age He won his only grand slam championship in , defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the finals of the U.

He ascended to the No. New User posted their first comment. Log in. Tennis Andy Roddick. Net Worth. Strengths and weaknesses Roddick's biggest and most obvious strength was his serve.

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Andy Roddick was born in Nebraska, United States in He had his breakthrough season in at the age of 19, when he claimed his first three titles on the ATP Tour, reached a Grand Slam quarter-final for the first time at the US Open lost to Lleyton Hewitt , , , , and finished the season as world No His biggest weapon was undoubtedly his massive serve.

That year he set a record at Roland-Garros during his five-set win against Michael Chang, serving 37 aces.