Wayne Odesnik
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| Country (sports) |
 United States
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|---|---|
| Residence | Weston, Florida, USA |
| Born |
November 21, 1985 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Turned pro | 2004 |
| Retired | 2015 (banned) |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,097,781 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 41–56 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 77 (April 13, 2009) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2010) |
| French Open | 3R (2008) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2008, 2009, 2012, 2013) |
| US Open | 2R (2007, 2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 4–3 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 393 (May 12, 2008) |
| Last updated on: July 24, 2014. | |
Wayne Odesnik (born November 21, 1985) is a retired professional left-handed American tennis player, with a two-handed backhand.
Among his biggest upsets were a 2007 win over Ivan Ljubičić, and a 2009 win against Igor Kunitsyn.
Odesnik won his first Futures title in 2003, and has won a combined 14 singles titles in Challenger and Future ITF Men's Circuit events. He resides in Weston, Florida, in the United States.
In March 2010, Odesnik pleaded guilty to importing human growth hormone into Australia and was banned for two years by the International Tennis Federation. The ban was later reduced to one year on account of his "substantial assistance" with the Federation's anti-doping program. In January 2013, it was revealed that Odesnik's name appears in the handwritten records of Biogenesis of America, the former Miami sports clinic linked to a performance-enhancing drug scandal in Major League Baseball. In the records for 2009, 2010 and 2011, and under the heading of 'Tennis' in five client lists, Odesnik's name appears numerous times; the records indicate that he was billed $500 per month by the clinic. Odesnik has denied any connection to the clinic.
On March 18, 2015 Odesnik was handed a 15-year ban after a second doping violation.
Odesnik and his family emigrated from South Africa to the United States when he was age 3, and he became an American citizen. His father, Harold, is a jeweler who owns a store in Aventura, just north of Miami, Florida, and his mother, Janice, is a former South African competitive gymnast who is now a computer coordinator. His grandmother, Sylvia, was a professional ice skater.
Odesnik was introduced to tennis at age 7 by his grandmother, and his first tennis club was the Jewish Community Center in North Miami Beach, Florida.
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