Robby Ginepri

2005: Best season: US Open semifinal, top 15

Ginepri was the first player to be beaten by Novak Djokovic in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 2005 French Open.^[6][7]

In August, he reached the semifinals of an ATP Masters Series tournament for the first time in his career, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He beat 2005 French Open runner-up Mariano Puerta in the first round, David Ferrer in the second round, 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moyá in the third round, and two-time Grand Slam singles titlist Marat Safin in the quarterfinals. He then lost to world no. 1 Roger Federer in the semifinals.^[8]

His summer hardcourt record was 14–3 when he arrived two weeks later at the 2005 US Open as an unseeded player. After defeating Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the first round, and Andy Roddick's conqueror, Gilles Müller, in the second round, both in straight sets, Ginepri then put together three consecutive five-set wins, defeating Tommy Haas in the third round, Richard Gasquet in the fourth round, and Guillermo Coria in the quarterfinals.^[9] He then lost to Andre Agassi in the semifinals in five sets.^[10][11] Ginepri thus became the first player in the Open Era to play four consecutive five-set matches at the US Open.^[12]

In November at the Madrid Masters, Ginepri made it to another ATP Masters Series semifinal, before losing to eventual champion Rafael Nadal. He also won the inaugural Superset Tennis tournament, a groundbreaking one-set, one-day tournament, earning him prize money of $250,000. He reached world No. 15 in the ATP rankings on 26 December 2005, the highest ranking of his career.^[2]

2006–2007

Ginepri's results in 2006 did not match his successes in 2005. He lost in the second round of the Australian Open and the first round of both the French Open and Wimbledon. At the US Open, he lost in the third round to German Tommy Haas in a fifth-set tiebreaker. He finished the year 2006 ranked world No. 51 with a 24–26 record.

Ginepri lost in the third round of both the 2007 Australian Open and the US Open and the first round of both the French Open and Wimbledon. He finished the year 2007 ranked outside the top 100 for the first time since 2002, at world No. 134.^[2]

2008–2009: Olympics debut

At the tournament in Delray Beach, Florida, Ginepri lost in the semifinals to James Blake. In his next tournament, the SAP Open in San Jose, California, Ginepri was able to defeat Blake in the quarterfinals, but lost in the semifinals to Radek Štěpánek. At the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ginepri reached the semifinals for his third consecutive tournament.^[2] Ginepri defeated Xavier Malisse in the first round, world No. 17 Marcos Baghdatis in the second round, and Ernests Gulbis in the quarterfinals, before falling to Kevin Anderson.

Ginepri then played the Tennis Masters Series Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, losing in the second round to Carlos Moyá. At the Hypo Group Tennis International in Pörtschach, Austria, Ginepri lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Mónaco. He then made it to the fourth round of the 2008 French Open, before losing to 24th-seeded Fernando González.^[13]

On grass, Ginepri lost in the second round of The Artois Championships in London to Andy Roddick and the first round of Wimbledon to Gonzalez.^[14] On June 23, 2008, Ginepri's ranking was world No. 59, a rise of 112 places since January 28, 2008. In August 2008, Ginepri made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.^[2]

In July 2009, Ginepri made his debut in the World Team Tennis league, playing for the new Washington Kastles team. ^{[citation needed]} At the 2009 US Open, Ginepri advanced to the second round, before losing to Nicolás Almagro in five sets.

2010–2011

Ginepri lost in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open. He beat Sam Querrey in four sets in the first round of the 2010 French Open and Potito Starace in the second round. He beat No. 16 Juan Carlos Ferrero in five sets, advancing to play in the fourth round, where he lost against Novak Djokovic in four sets. He was the only unseeded player left in the competition, along with qualifier Teymuraz Gabashvili, and the last American in the men's field.^[15][16] He lost to Robin Söderling in straight sets in the first round of Wimbledon.^[5][14]

In October, Ginepri was involved in a biking accident causing him to have surgery on his arm. He didn't return to the pro tour until July 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Ginepri participated in the 2011 Atlanta Tennis Championships as a wildcard. His first match was against fellow wildcard Tommy Haas. He received a wildcard to the US Open, where he defeated Brazilian João Souza in the first round in a four-set match. He then lost to John Isner in the second round.

2013–2014

In the early part of 2013, Ginepri won a Futures event and made the final of a Challenger tournament. Ginepri made it to the quarterfinals of the 2013 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston before losing to Juan Mónaco. He failed to qualify for the 2013 French Open and did not participate in Wimbledon.

In 2014, having competed in futures tournaments throughout the start of the season, Ginepri participated in his first Challenger at the 2014 Sarasota Open, retiring after one match in the first round of qualifying. After winning the USTA wildcard entry for the 2014 French Open, he lost to Rafael Nadal in the first round, in straight sets.^[17]

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2000	US Open	Hard	Andy Roddick	1–6, 3–6

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2000	US Open	Hard	Tres Davis	Lee Childs James Nelson	2–6, 4–6

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Singles: 3 (3 titles)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2003	Newport, United States	International Series	Grass	Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Win	2–0	Jul 2005	Indianapolis, United States	International Series	Hard	Taylor Dent	4–6, 6–0, 3–0 ret.
Win	3–0	Jul 2009	Indianapolis, United States	250 Series	Hard	Sam Querrey	6–2, 6–4

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2003	Indianapolis, United States	International Series	Hard	Diego Ayala	Mario Ančić Andy Ram	6–2, 6–7(3–7), 5–7

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Singles: 12 (7–5)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2001	USA F15, Sunnyvale	Futures	Hard	Alex Kim	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Dec 2001	Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ivo Karlovic	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	2–1	May 2002	Rocky Mount, United States	Challenger	Clay	Alex Kim	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–1	Oct 2002	Burbank, United States	Challenger	Hard	Bjorn Rehnquist	7–6(8–6), 6–1
Win	4–1	Nov 2002	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Eric Taino	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win	5–1	Jan 2003	Waikoloa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Neville Godwin	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5–2	Apr 2010	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brian Dabul	6–4, 0–4 ret.
Loss	5–3	Aug 2011	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	James Ward	5–7, 4–6
Loss	5–4	Jan 2012	Honolulu, United States	Challenger	Hard	Go Soeda	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	6–4	Jan 2013	USA F2, Sunrise	Futures	Clay	Benjamin Balleret	6–4, 6–2
Loss	6–5	Feb 2013	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Rhyne Williams	5–7, 3–6
Win	7–5	May 2014	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Clay	Frank Dancevic	6–3, 6–4

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Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2001	USA F15, Sunnyvale	Futures	Hard	Ryan Sachire	Jeff Laski Nick Rainey	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)

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