Ryan Sweeting

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Ryan Sweeting (born July 14, 1987)[1] is an American former professional tennis player.

Personal life

Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas. He has been living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and registered as an American to the ATP.[1]

In September 2013, Sweeting became engaged to actress Kaley Cuoco after three months of dating.[2] They married on December 31, 2013, in Santa Susana, California.[3] Cuoco announced in September 2015 that she was filing for divorce.[4] The divorce was finalized in May 2016.[5]

Tennis career

Juniors

Sweeting represented The Bahamas in his junior years. He attended Guizar Tennis Academy and was coached by renowned Mexican tennis coach, Nicolas Guizar. In 2005, he won the US Open Boys' Singles title, beating Jérémy Chardy in the final.

As a junior, Sweeting compiled a singles win–loss record of 94–51 (89–46 in doubles), reaching as high as no. 2 in the junior world rankings in September 2005.

2006

In 2006, he attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for the Florida Gators men's tennis team in NCAA competition. He made his professional US Open debut in 2006, where he defeated Argentine Guillermo Coria in the first round (Coria retired while down 3–2) before losing to Belgian Olivier Rochus in five sets. Sweeting served as a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team in the 2006 World Group semifinal against Russia in Moscow.[6]

2007–2008

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Ryan Sweeting 2007 US Open

Sweeting turned professional in 2007. Sweeting captured four ProCircuit doubles titles in 2007. He won the Rimouski Challenger in Canada in November 2008 for his first ProCircuit singles title. He finished 2008 ranked no. 216 in the ATP world rankings.

2009

Sweeting captured the Dallas Challenger singles title in February 2009, without dropping a set. In April, at the US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas, Sweeting and doubles partner Jesse Levine lost to Americans Bob and Mike Bryan, ranked no. 1 in the world, in the doubles final.

2011

At the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Sweeting won his only ATP World Tour singles title by beating Kei Nishikori of Japan in the final in straight sets.[7]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 [[2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles|Template:Dts]] Houston, United States 250 Series Clay Template:Flagicon Kei Nishikori 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 [[2009 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Houston, United States 250 Series Clay Template:Flagicon Jesse Levine Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan
Template:Flagicon Mike Bryan
1–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (4–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)


Result W–L Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Template:Dts USA F9, Vero Beach Futures Clay Template:Flagicon Victor Estrella Burgos 6–3, 6–0
Win 2–0 Template:Dts Rimouski, Canada Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Kristian Pless 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 3–0 Template:Dts Dallas, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Brendan Evans 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–0 Template:Dts Dallas, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Carsten Ball 6–4, 6–2
Loss 4–1 Template:Dts Savannah, United States Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Kei Nishikori 4–6, 0–6
Loss 4–2 Template:Dts Calabasas, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Marinko Matosevic 6–2, 4–6, 3–6


Doubles: 8 (4–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Template:Dts USA F2, North Miami Beach Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Tim Smyczek Template:Flagicon James Cerretani
Template:Flagicon Antonio Ruiz-Rosales
6–3, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Template:Dts USA F3, Boca Raton Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Tim Smyczek Template:Flagicon Joel Kielbowicz
Template:Flagicon Ryan Stotland
7–6(7–5), 4–6, 0–1 ret.
Win 2–1 Template:Dts Lexington, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Brendan Evans Template:Flagicon Phillip Simmonds
Template:Flagicon Ross Hutchins
6–4, 6–4
Win 3–1 Template:Dts Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Scott Oudsema Template:Flagicon Richard Bloomfield
Template:Flagicon Im Kyu-Tae
7–6(7–5), 7–5
Win 4–1 Template:Dts Lubbock, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Alex Kuznetsov Template:Flagicon Rik De Voest
Template:Flagicon Bobby Reynolds
6–3, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Template:Dts Tallahassee, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Robert Kendrick Template:Flagicon Rajeev Ram
Template:Flagicon Bobby Reynolds
walkover
Loss 4–3 Template:Dts Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Brendan Evans Template:Flagicon Peter Luczak
Template:Flagicon Alessandro Motti
4–6, 4–6
Loss 4–4 Template:Dts Winnetka, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Brett Joelson Template:Flagicon Carsten Ball
Template:Flagicon Travis Rettenmaier
1–6, 2–6


Performance timelines

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Singles

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
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French Open A A A Q2 1R 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon A Q2 Q2 Q1 1R 2R 2R A 0 / 3 2–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 6 1–6 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–4 2–2 0–0 0 / 13 5–13 Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A Q1 Q2 2R Q2 3R 2R A 0 / 3 4–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 0 / 6 1–6 Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome A A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati A A A A Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 0 / 9 5–9 Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

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Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1
US Open 1R 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 4 1–4
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 0 / 7 2–7

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2005 US Open Hard Template:Flagicon Jérémy Chardy 6–4, 6–4

See also

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References

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External links

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