Sam Querrey

Plays: Right handed / Two-handed backhand
Highest ATP Singles Ranking: 38 (May 12, 2008)

Career Highlights

This laid-back Southern Californian is having a breakthrough year in just his second full season as a pro. Querrey broke into the Top 50 in 2007 and his ranking continues to rise after winning his first ATP singles title in March in Las Vegas.

Career Highlights

• Captured his first ATP singles title in March 2007 in Las Vegas. Ranked No. 66 at the time; defeated three players ranked inside the Top 50 en route to the final.
• Notched his first career win over a Top 10 player in July 2007 vs. No. 10 James Blake (see below). Defeated No. 9 Richard Gasquet on red clay at the ATP Masters Series event in Monte Carlo in April.
• In the same year he graduated high school, jumped more than 600 ranking positions and finished season as the fourth-youngest player in the year-end Top 150 (2006).
• Finished 2007 in the Top 75 (No. 63) - his first full season as a pro.
• Hit a record 10 consecutive aces in a row at the 2007 Indianapolis Tennis Championships in July 2007 vs. fellow American James Blake. Fired a career-high 36 aces against Blake en route to his first win over a Top 10 player.

Junior Highlights

• Won back-to-back junior titles at the USTA International Spring Championships and the Easter Bowl in 2005.
• Reached quarterfinals at US Open Junior Championships in 2004 and at the Roland Garros juniors in 2005.
• Runner-up to Donald Young at the 2005 USTA Boys' 18s National Championships.
• Swept the singles and doubles titles at the 2004 USTA Boys' 16s National Championships and 2002 USTA Boys' 14 National Championships.

Awards and Accomplishments

• Practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team (2005-07).

Personal

• Introduced to tennis at age four by mother, Chris, a housewife.
• Father, Mike, is a mortgage banker and was drafted by the Detroit Tigers but chose to play college baseball at the University of Arizona instead. Has a younger sister, Ellen, who is an outstanding volleyball player at Thousand Oaks High School.
• Offered a full scholarship to play tennis at the University of Southern California before deciding to turn pro in June 2006.
• Off the court, enjoys playing basketball, table tennis and golf.
• When asked what makes him a unique and special person, "I'm young, I'm a great tennis player, I'm funny and I drive a 1974 van (a "pimped-out" Volkswagen Vanagon)."
• Has said taking the SAT's was harder than playing James Blake.