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ANDY RODDICK'S COMPLICATED AMERICAN JOURNEY
It was an education he would never forget. Andy Roddick that weekend in the spring of 2000 was 17 years old, the hitting partner for a Davis Cup team that featured a remarkable array of personalities. Front and center were the stars, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras. The captain was John McEnroe. Up in the broadcast booth, calling the action, was Patrick McEnroe.
On the Thursday before the matches started, Roddick stood at the net, withstanding repeated salvos from Agassi. Roddick volleyed, Agassi struck the ball harder and harder. As his torso occasionally buckled, Roddick held his ground. Agassi smiled. Captain McEnroe looked on.
The author Henry James once noted that to be an American is a complicated fate. Certainly this held true for Roddick. He had emerged near the midnight stages of Agassi and Sampras, two titans who collectively would win 22 Grand Slam titles. What did the fates hold for Roddick?
RAPID American tennis player Roddick in 2012 August 30, 1982 • Omaha, Nebraska Tennis player AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission. Tennis player Andy Roddick had just turned twenty-one when he won the men's U.S. Open tennis title in September of 2003. The Florida athlete's rugged good looks and down-to-earth personality have helped make him one of the sport's newest celebrities, but it is his athleticism and powerful serve that have propelled him to the highest world rankings in men's tennis. Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim asserted that Roddick has a new style, far from "the unimaginative, topspin-heavy baseline tennis that, lamentably, has characterized the U.S. juniors over the past 15 years.... Roddick plays Smash Mouth tennis. Armed with a bludgeon for a forehand and with a serve that regularly eclipses 125 [miles per hour], he just, as he puts it, 'whales away out there.'" Roddick was born on August 30, 1982, in Omaha, Nebraska, and
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Andy Roddick
Full name Andrew Stephen Roddick Country (sports) United States Residence Austin, Texas, U.S. Born (1982-08-30) August 30, 1982 (age 42)
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. Spouse Children 2 Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] Turned pro 2000 Retired Singles: 2012
Doubles: 2015Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach Tarik Benhabiles (1999–2003)
Brad Gilbert (2003–2004)
Dean Goldfine (2004–2006)
Jimmy Connors (2006–2008)
John Roddick
Larry Stefanki (2008–2012)Prize money US$20,640,030 Int. Tennis HoF 2017 (member page) Career record 612–213 (74.2%) Career titles 32 Highest ranking No. 1 (November 3, 2003) Australian Open SF (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009) French Open 4R (2009) Wimbledon F (2004, 2005, 2009) US Open W (2003) Tour Finals SF (2003, 2004, 2007) Olympic Games 3R (2004) Career record 68–51 (57.1%) Career titles 4 Highest •
Andy Roddick Biography
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