Sam Querrey
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Querrey at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships
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| Full name | Sam Austin Querrey |
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| Country (sports) |
 United States |
| Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America |
| Born |
October 7, 1987 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Turned pro | 2006 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $7,008,757 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 277–227 (54.96% in Grand Slams, ATP Tour and Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 8 |
| Highest ranking | No. 17 (January 31, 2011) |
| Current ranking | No. 31 (7 November, 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2017) |
| French Open | 3R (2013) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2016) |
| US Open | 4R (2008, 2010) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 123–130 |
| Career titles | 5 |
| Highest ranking | No. 23 (17 May 2010) |
| Current ranking | No. 42 (June 27, 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2010, 2017) |
| French Open | 3R (2008) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2009, 2015) |
| US Open | SF (2015) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| US Open | F (2015) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | SF (2008, 2012) |
| Last updated on: June 27, 2016. | |
Sam Austin Querrey (born October 7, 1987) is an American professional tennis player from San Francisco, California, who lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. His career-high singles ranking is world no. 17, achieved in January 2011. Known for his powerful serve, Querrey holds the record for consecutive service aces: 10. He is also a capable doubles player, with five doubles titles and a career-high doubles ranking of world no. 23. He regularly partners with fellow American John Isner.
In singles, Querrey has won eight titles. His best performance in a Grand Slam event was at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the quarterfinal. In the third round of the tournament, Querrey defeated world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in four sets, ending a run of 30 consecutive Grand Slam wins. At the time, Djokovic held all four Grand Slam singles titles, and was the two-time defending champion at Wimbledon. Other career highlights for Querrey include reaching the semifinals of the 2015 US Open in men's doubles with Steve Johnson and the final of the mixed doubles event in the same tournament, partnering with Bethanie Mattek-Sands. He has also twice reached the semifinals of the Davis Cup with the United States team, in 2008 and 2012.
Querrey was born in San Francisco and attended Thousand Oaks High School, graduating in 2006. Querrey turned down a scholarship offer from the University of Southern California (USC) to turn pro. His father Mike Querrey recommended that his son try making it in tennis, as he often regretted his own decision to go to the University of Arizona rather than play baseball for the Detroit Tigers, who had drafted him. Querrey said that going pro was "one of the toughest decisions of my life. […] I'd play a match and want to go pro. I'd lose and want to go to college."
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