Sam Groth

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Samuel Groth (born 19 October 1987) is an Australian politician and a former professional tennis player. Sitting as a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Groth represents the Liberal Party in the seat of Nepean. He is currently the deputy leader of the Victorian Liberal Party.

His highest ATP singles ranking was World No. 53, which he reached in August 2015. His career high in doubles was World No. 24, reached in February 2015. Groth's best singles result was a semi-final appearance at the 2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. He hit the fastest serve on record at 263 km/h (163.4 mph) in 2012 at the ATP Challenger in Busan. Prior to his political career, he worked for the Nine Network's tennis broadcasts and as a host on Postcards.

Tennis career

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Groth in 2010

Juniors

Groth and Andrew Kennaugh of Great Britain lost in the finals of the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship to Jesse Levine and Michael Shabaz 6–4, 6–1.

2007–2013: Fastest serve on record

Groth beat Mark Philippoussis in a 2007 match; Philippoussis subsequently focused on the seniors tour. Groth qualified for the ATP event in Nottingham where he defeated Britain's Jamie Baker 7–6, 6–3 in the first round. He lost his second round match to seeded Gilles Simon 7–6^(7–1), 4–6, 4–6.

At the 2009 Australian Open he set a record for the fastest serve by a male player (232 km/h). He lost in the qualification to Wimbledon 2009 to Jesse Levine 4–6, 7–6, 5–7.

In 2012, in an ATP Challenger in Busan, Groth hit the fastest serve on record with a ace, but lost the match to Uładzimir Ihnatsik, 4–6, 3–6.

In November 2013, he reached the final of the Champaign Challenger, eventually losing in 3 sets to Tennys Sandgren 6–3, 3–6, 6–7. However, by reaching the final there, and the semi-final of Toyota Challenger the following week, his ranking improved to a career high of #173.

2014

In 2014, Groth was awarded a wild card into the main draw at the Brisbane International, where he made the quarter-finals. This is his first ATP World Tour quarter final appearance.

On 8 January, Groth was awarded a wild card into the 2014 Australian Open, but lost in round one to 28th seed, Vasek Pospisil in straight sets.

In March, Groth qualified for Indian Wells Masters, but lost in round 1 to Mikhail Kukushkin, 4–7 in the third set tie-break.

On 17 March, Groth entered and won the Rimouski Challenger in Canada. This was his first Challenger tour title. Two weeks later, he made the final of the León Challenger, but lost to #1 seed, Rajeev Ram. This gave him a new career high ranking of 136.

At the 2014 French Open, Groth made it to the last round of qualifying, but lost to Simone Bolelli 4–6, 2–6. This was his best French Open result to date. He partnered Andrey Golubev in the Men's doubles, where they made it to the semi-final. This increased his doubles ranking to a career high of #41. In June, Groth made the final of the 2014 Aegon Nottingham Challenge but lost to compatriot Nick Kyrgios 6–7^(3–7), 6–7^(7–9). Groth made his Wimbledon debut after winning his way through qualifying, but lost in round 1 to Alexandr Dolgopolov in three sets. In July. Groth entered the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, where he reached his maiden ATP semi-final, defeating defending champion Nicolas Mahut in the quarter-finals. This achievement saw him break into the top 100 rankings for the first time.

In August, Groth won his first Grand Slam match, defeating Albert Ramos Viñolas 6–3, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3 in the 2014 US Open. In the second round, he was defeated by Roger Federer in straight sets 4–6, 4–6, 4–6.

2015

Groth started the 2015 season at the 2015 Brisbane International, where he was awarded a wild card into the main draw. He defeated defending champion Lleyton Hewitt in round one, and then Łukasz Kubot in the second round before losing to eventual finalist Milos Raonic in the quarter-finals 6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–7^(2–7). At the Australian Open, Groth defeated Filip Krajinović in round one, Thanasi Kokkinakis in round two before losing to Bernard Tomic in round 3. This was his best grand slam performance to date. In February, Groth headed to North America and lost in round 2 of Memphis to eventual runner-up Kevin Anderson. Groth lost in round 1 of Delray, Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami. He then played the 2015 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships and defeated Víctor Estrella Burgos in the first round. He then played top seed Feliciano López in the second round but lost in straight sets.

Groth then played at the Santaizi Challenger as the 2nd seed. He cruised through to the final where he defeated Konstantin Kravchuk to win the title. His next tournament was the Busan Open where he was again the 2nd seed. He defeated compatriot Alex Bolt in the first round but then lost to Franko Škugor. At the 2015 French Open, Groth led 21st seed Pablo Cuevas by a set in round 1, before losing in 4 sets.

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Groth with Sergiy Stakhovsky at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.

Groth started his grass court season at the Manchester Challenger where he reached the final and defeated compatriot Luke Saville to win the title. He then competed at the ATP 2015 Mercedes Cup where he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky in the first round. He then scored his first top 20 win by defeating world number 12 Feliciano López to reach the quarter-final. At Wimbledon, Groth defeated 31st seed Jack Sock in round 1, compatriot James Duckworth in round 2 and set up a round 3 match against Roger Federer. In this 3rd round match, he made the second fastest serve ever at the Wimbledon tournament (147 mph), and was the only player to take a set off of Federer until the final, losing to the 7-time champion 4–6, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 2–6. Groth then represented Australia at the 2015 Davis Cup Quarterfinals. Australia was down 2–0 to Kazakhstan when Groth played the doubles rubber with Lleyton Hewitt. The pair won in straight sets to take the tie to 2–1. Groth then replaced Nick Kyrgios to play Mikhail Kukushkin where he defeated him in 4 sets to level the tie at 2–2. Hewitt then won the 5th rubber to ensure Australia a place in the Davis Cup semi-finals. Groth next contested the Bogotá Open as the 6th seed where he defeated Guido Pella before losing to former world number 8 Radek Štěpánek in straight sets. He then played in Atlanta and defeated Frances Tiafoe in the first round. He then lost to eventual finalist and fifth seed Marcos Baghdatis in 3 sets. Groth then competed at the 2015 Citi Open and reached his first ATP500 Quarterfinal after defeating Thomaz Bellucci, 9th seeded Viktor Troicki and 7th seeded Feliciano López before losing to eventual champion Kei Nishikori. This was also the first time Groth defeated back to back top 20 players. Groth next played at the 2015 Winston-Salem Open and defeated Jared Donaldson before losing to eventual semi-finalist Steve Johnson. Groth then played at the 2015 US Open, defeating former world number 13 Alexandr Dolgopolov in round 1, but then losing to 26th seed Tommy Robredo in round 2. Groth also played the Men's doubles with Lleyton Hewitt, losing in the 2nd round.

2016: Loss of form

Groth commenced the 2016 season with a wild card into Brisbane International. He lost to Chung Hyeon in round one. He also lost in round one at the Sydney International to Federico Delbonis. At the Australian Open, Groth defeated Adrian Mannarino before losing to number 2 seed Andy Murray in the second round. Groth partnered Lleyton Hewitt in the men's double at the Australian Open. They made the third round. Groth then had a first round to Frances Tiafoe loss at a Dallas Challenger. Groth had another first round loss to Illya Marchenko at the Memphis Open. Groth lost in the first round to Noah Rubin in the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships. Groth also lost in the first round in Acapulco to Dmitry Tursunov. Groth played for Australia in Davis Cup World Group losing his singles match to John Isner in straight sets. He had a first round loss at the first Masters 1000 of the year at Indian Wells to Leonardo Mayer. Groth then defeated Víctor Estrella Burgos at the Miami but he lost to Dominic Thiem in the second round. Groth played a number of Challenger tournaments across Asia with little success. At the 2016 French Open, Groth lost in round 1 to 9-time champion Rafael Nadal. At 2016 Wimbledon, Groth lost in round 1 to Kei Nishikori. Groth had a last minute call-up to represent Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but lost in the first round to Belgium's David Goffin. Groth played across North America with limited success on the singles ATP World Tour, but won his second doubles title in Newport before returning to the Challenger Circuit, winning his 4th single title in Las Vegas. Groth ended 2016 with a ranking of 185.

2017

Groth commenced the 2017 with a wild card into the 2017 Brisbane International, where he defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert before losing to Dominic Thiem in round 2. Groth reached the quarter-final of the 2017 Canberra Challenger, losing to eventual champion Dudi Sela. Groth lost in round 1 of the 2017 Australian Open to Steve Darcis, but paired with Chris Guccione to reach the quarter-final of the doubles, losing to eventual champions Henri Kontinen and John Peers. In February, Groth was selected to play in round 1 the 2017 Davis Cup against Czech Republic, he paired with John Peers to win the doubles taking Australia to an unbeatable 3–0. Groth went to North America but lost in qualifying for Indian Wells Masters and Drummondville Challenger singles but won the doubles at Drummondville. In June, Groth made the semi-final of Ilkley Trophy.

2018: Retirement

2018 Australian Open turned out to be Groth's last tournament before retirement. He lost in singles qualifying to Taylor Fritz. He paired with former world no. 1 compatriot Lleyton Hewitt in doubles and reached the quarterfinals. He paired with compatriot Samantha Stosur in mixed doubles.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–2)

Titles by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (2–2) Indoor (0–1)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	[[2014 Claro Open Colombia – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Colombia Open, Colombia	250 Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione	Template:Flagicon Nicolás Barrientos Template:Flagicon Juan Sebastián Cabal	7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), [11–9]
Loss	1–1	[[2014 Citi Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Washington Open, United States	500 Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	Template:Flagicon Jean-Julien Rojer Template:Flagicon Horia Tecău	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–2	[[2014 ATP Shenzhen Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Shenzhen Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione	Template:Flagicon Jean-Julien Rojer Template:Flagicon Horia Tecău	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	1–3	[[2014 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Kremlin Cup, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione	Template:Flagicon František Čermák Template:Flagicon Jiří Veselý	6–7(2–7), 5–7
Win	2–3	[[2016 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States	250 Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Marray Template:Flagicon Adil Shamasdin	6–4, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 22 (11–11)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–6) ITF Futures (7–5)

Finals by surface Hard (7–8) Clay (1–1) Grass (2–2) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Australia F12, Mildura	Futures	Grass	Template:Flagicon Alun Jones	6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Australia F7, Gloucester	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Miles Armstrong	7–6(8–6), 1–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Template:Dts	USA F7, Mobile	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jesse Witten	6–2, 3–0 ret.
Loss	1–3	Template:Dts	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lukáš Lacko	6–4, 5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win	2–3	Template:Dts	Turkey F9, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Radu Albot	6–3, 6–1
Win	3–3	Template:Dts	Turkey F10, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Artem Smirnov	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–4	Template:Dts	Australia F12, Traralgon	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Amir Weintraub	2–6, 4–6
Win	4–4	Template:Dts	Australia F13, Bendigo	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Benjamin Mitchell	7–6(9–7), 6–4
Loss	4–5	Template:Dts	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Danai Udomchoke	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win	5–5	Template:Dts	Australia F3, Ipswich	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jason Kubler	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win	6–5	Template:Dts	Korea F1, Daegu	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Frederik Nielsen	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–1
Loss	6–6	Template:Dts	Korea F2, Changwon	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michał Przysiężny	6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	6–7	Template:Dts	Australia F6, Alice Springs	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Matthew Barton	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win	7–7	Template:Dts	Australia F2, Mildura	Futures	Grass	Template:Flagicon Matthew Barton	6–1, 6–4
Loss	7–8	Template:Dts	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tennys Sandgren	6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	8–8	Template:Dts	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ante Pavić	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss	8–9	Template:Dts	Leon, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rajeev Ram	2–6, 2–6
Loss	8–10	Template:Dts	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Nick Kyrgios	6–7(3–7), 6–7(7–9)
Loss	8–11	Template:Dts	Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Adrian Mannarino	6–3, 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win	9–11	Template:Dts	Taipei, Taiwan	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Konstantin Kravchuk	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	10–11	Template:Dts	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Luke Saville	7–5, 6–1
Win	11–11	Template:Dts	Las Vegas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Santiago Giraldo	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–5

Doubles: 40 (30–10)

Legend ATP Challenger (19–5) ITF Futures (11–5)

Finals by surface Hard (21–8) Clay (2–1) Grass (5–1) Carpet (2–0)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Australia F11, Barmera	Futures	Grass	Template:Flagicon Joseph Sirianni	Template:Flagicon Callum Beale Template:Flagicon Joel Kerley	6–2, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss	1–1	Template:Dts	Great Britain F10, Frinton-on-Sea	Futures	Grass	Template:Flagicon Andrew Coelho	Template:Flagicon Andrew Kennaugh Template:Flagicon Tom Rushby	5–7, 7–6(7–3), 4–6
Loss	1–2	Template:Dts	France F12, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Paul Baccanello	Template:Flagicon Thomas Oger Template:Flagicon Nicolas Tourte	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Template:Dts	Great Britain F6, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Andrew Coelho	Template:Flagicon Jamie Baker Template:Flagicon Aisam Qureshi	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	2–3	Template:Dts	Algeria F3, Algiers	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Edward Seator	Template:Flagicon Matus Horecny Template:Flagicon Martin Hromec	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win	3–3	Template:Dts	Spain F21, Puerto Cruz	Futures	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Andrew Coelho	Template:Flagicon Agustin Boje-Ordonez Template:Flagicon Pablo Martin-Adalia	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	4–3	Template:Dts	France F12, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Andrew Coelho	Template:Flagicon Daniel King-Turner Template:Flagicon Pierrick Ysern	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	5–3	Template:Dts	Australia F7, Gloucester	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Joseph Sirianni	Template:Flagicon Kaden Hensel Template:Flagicon Adam Hubble	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–3	Template:Dts	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Joseph Sirianni	Template:Flagicon Nima Roshan Template:Flagicon José Statham	6–3, 1–6, [10–4]
Win	7–3	Template:Dts	Australia F1, Mildura	Futures	Grass	Template:Flagicon Nathan Healey	Template:Flagicon Andrew Coelho Template:Flagicon Brydan Klein	6–3, 6–4
Win	8–3	Template:Dts	Australia F3, Perth	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Adam Feeney	Template:Flagicon Matthew Ebden Template:Flagicon Miles Armstrong	5–7, 6–4, [10–7]
Win	9–3	Template:Dts	New Delhi, India	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Colin Ebelthite	Template:Flagicon Mohammad Ghareeb Template:Flagicon Illya Marchenko	2–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Win	10–3	Template:Dts	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Josh Goodall	Template:Flagicon Rogério Dutra Silva Template:Flagicon Júlio Silva	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	11–3	Template:Dts	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Matthew Ebden	Template:Flagicon James Lemke Template:Flagicon Dane Propoggia	6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–4), [10–8]
Win	12–3	Template:Dts	Australia F1, Mildura	Futures	Grass	Template:Flagicon Matthew Ebden	Template:Flagicon Adam Hubble Template:Flagicon Sadik Kadir	6–3, 4–6, [10–4]
Win	13–3	Template:Dts	Australia F2, Berri	Futures	Grass	Template:Flagicon Matthew Ebden	Template:Flagicon Huang Liang-chi Template:Flagicon Lee Hsin-han	6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Loss	13–4	Template:Dts	Australia F12, Traralgon	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sebastian Rieschick	Template:Flagicon Colin Ebelthite Template:Flagicon Adam Feeney	3–6, 6–4, [13–15]
Win	14–4	Template:Dts	Caloundra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Matthew Ebden	Template:Flagicon Pavol Červenák Template:Flagicon Ivo Klec	6–3, 3–6, [10–1]
Loss	14–5	Template:Dts	Pingguo, China	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Colin Ebelthite	Template:Flagicon John Paul Fruttero Template:Flagicon Raven Klaasen	2–6, 4–6
Win	15–5	Template:Dts	Korea F1, Daegu	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Adam Hubble	Template:Flagicon Hong Chung Template:Flagicon Suk-Young Jeong	6–1, 6–4
Loss	15–6	Template:Dts	Wuhan, China	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Adam Feeney	Template:Flagicon Sonchat Ratiwatana Template:Flagicon Sanchai Ratiwatana	4–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss	15–7	Template:Dts	Australia F6, Alice Springs	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michael Venus	Template:Flagicon Adam Feeney Template:Flagicon Nick Lindahl	6–4, 2–6, [8–10]
Win	16–7	Template:Dts	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Toshihide Matsui	Template:Flagicon Artem Sitak Template:Flagicon José Statham	7–6(8–6), 1–6, [10–4]
Win	17–7	Template:Dts	West Lakes, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Matt Reid	Template:Flagicon James Duckworth Template:Flagicon Greg Jones	6–2, 6–4
Win	18–7	Template:Dts	Australia F2, Mildura	Futures	Grass	Template:Flagicon John-Patrick Smith	Template:Flagicon Colin Ebelthite Template:Flagicon Ruan Roelofse	6–3, 6–4
Win	19–7	Template:Dts	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon John-Patrick Smith	Template:Flagicon Philipp Marx Template:Flagicon Florin Mergea	7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7)
Loss	19–8	Template:Dts	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon John-Patrick Smith	Template:Flagicon Marin Draganja Template:Flagicon Mate Pavić	7–5, 2–6, [11–13]
Loss	19–9	Template:Dts	Anning, China	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon John-Patrick Smith	Template:Flagicon Victor Baluda Template:Flagicon Dino Marcan	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [7–10]
Win	20–9	Template:Dts	Kunming, China	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon John-Patrick Smith	Template:Flagicon Yasutaka Uchiyama Template:Flagicon Go Soeda	6–4, 6–1
Win	21–9	Template:Dts	Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon John-Patrick Smith	Template:Flagicon Carsten Ball Template:Flagicon Peter Polansky	6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–7]
Win	22–9	Template:Dts	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione	Template:Flagicon Ryan Harrison Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles	6–4, 6–2
Win	23–9	Template:Dts	Leon, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione	Template:Flagicon Marcus Daniell Template:Flagicon Artem Sitak	6–3, 6–4
Win	24–9	Template:Dts	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione	Template:Flagicon Dominik Meffert Template:Flagicon Tim Pütz	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win	25–9	Template:Dts	Taipei, Taiwan	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione	Template:Flagicon Austin Krajicek Template:Flagicon John-Patrick Smith	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Win	26–9	Template:Dts	Gimcheon, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione	Template:Flagicon Austin Krajicek Template:Flagicon John-Patrick Smith	6–7(5–7), 5–7, [10–4]
Loss	26–10	Template:Dts	Leon, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	Template:Flagicon Santiago González Template:Flagicon Mate Pavić	4–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win	27–10	Template:Dts	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	Template:Flagicon Sonchat Ratiwatana Template:Flagicon Sanchai Ratiwatana	4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win	28–10	Template:Dts	Stockton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Baker	Template:Flagicon Matt Reid Template:Flagicon John-Patrick Smith	6–2, 4–6, [10–2]
Win	29–10	Template:Dts	Charlottesville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Baker	Template:Flagicon Brydan Klein Template:Flagicon Ruan Roelofse	6–3, 6–3
Win	30–10	Template:Dts	Drummondville, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Adil Shamasdin	Template:Flagicon Matt Reid Template:Flagicon John-Patrick Smith	6–2, 2–6, [10–8]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2005	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Andrew Kennaugh	Template:Flagicon Jesse Levine Template:Flagicon Michael Shabaz	4–6, 1–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q2	1R	Q1	Q1	A	Q1	1R	3R	2R	1R	Q1	0 / 5	3–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q3	1R	1R	Q1	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q2	1R	3R	1R	Q1	A	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	2R	2R	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 2	2–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	5–4	1–3	0–1	0–0	0 / 12	7–12	Template:Tennis win percentage
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH		A	Not Held			A	Not Held			1R	NH		0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	PO	SF	1R	SF	A	0 / 2	2–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	1R	1R	1R	Q1	A	0 / 3	0–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Shanghai Masters	Not Held			A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 6	1–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Career statistics
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	10–13	19–22	4–16	2–5	0–0	0 / 62	38–62	Template:Tennis win percentage
Year-end ranking	681	341	265	270	293	575	211	183	81	60	181	248	–	Prize Money $1,950,436

Doubles

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	2R	1R	3R	3R	QF	QF	0 / 10	12–10
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	1R	1R	3R	A	0 / 4	6–4
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	3R	A	0 / 5	5–5
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	3R	1R	A	0 / 4	4–4
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	5–4	3–4	6–4	7–4	3–1	0 / 23	27–23
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH		A	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	NH		0 / 0	0–0
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	PO	SF	1R	SF	A	0 / 2	3–3
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0 / 2	3–3
Career statistics
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 4	0 / 0	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	2 / 5
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	4–3	24–13	8–20	15–9	13–8	3–1	69–59
Year-end ranking	438	296	287	400	223	204	308	79	31	131	49	80		54%

Political career

Electoral performance (Pre-selection)

Year(s)	Electorate	Candidates		Votes
2022Template:Efn	Nepean	Template:Australian party style|	Sam Groth	74
		Template:Australian party style|	David Burgess	33
		Template:Australian party style|	Elizabeth Miller	4

On 22 February 2022, Groth, a member of the Liberal Party since 2021, won pre-selection for the Liberal Party in the marginal Labor-held electorate of Nepean, Groth had told Sky News Australia he was frustrated with the COVID-related lockdowns in Victoria. Groth won the three-candidate contest with seventy-four votes (67%), compared with runner-up David Burgess' thirty-three, and former Bentleigh MP Elizabeth Miller with four. He had the backing of former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett, Federal Treasurer at the time, Josh Frydenberg, state MP for Brighton James Newbury and former Nepean MP Martin Dixon.

2022 Victorian election

Electoral term

Years	Electorate	Term
2022–2026	Nepean	Template:Australian party style|	60th

Contesting a formerly safe Liberal seat, and one of the most marginal Labor-held seats at the previous election (2018), Groth stood a good chance of regaining the seat for the party. Speaking before the election, Groth stated of his possibility to win the seat: "It's been extremely positive. I'm confident, if we are to have any chance tonight of the Liberal Party and the Coalition getting into government in this state, Nepean is the one that has to turn."

Groth claimed the victory of Nepean the night of the election. After the election, Groth was appointed as Shadow Minister for Youth and Shadow Minister for Tourism, Sport and Events in the Pesutto shadow ministry.

In 2023, Groth voted to expel Moira Deeming from the Parliamentary Liberal Party.

Deputy Leader of the Victorian Liberal Party

Groth resigned from the Pesutto Shadow cabinet on 13 December 2024, following Pesutto's loss in a defamation case brought by Moira Deeming. This move was criticised by moderate members of the party, with one senior Liberal saying “it spoke volumes about Mr Groth that he had decided to tell the media before his colleagues”, while another described him as a “wanker”.

On 27 December 2024, Groth was elected unopposed as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party under new leader Brad Battin as part of a broader spill and change among parliamentary leadership.

Expenses scandal

Groth was criticised in May 2025 after it was revealed that he borrowed his Liberal Party colleague Georgie Crozier’s chauffeur to drive him home from a fundraising event at the 2024 Australian Open tennis to his home in Rye. Groth was criticised for being ‘smashed’ at the tennis and for telling Crozier that he needed the taxpayer-funded vehicle and driver for work purposes. In May 2025, Crozier said that Groth “needs to explain his actions.”

At the same time it was revealed that Groth had billed taxpayers over $1400 for flights and accommodation to visit the South Australian Parliament while it wasn’t sitting and then attend the LIV golf event in Adelaide with his wife. His expenses showed that he also billed taxpayers for hotels rooms at Melbourne’s Grand Prix, despite Groth living in Greater Melbourne.

Personal life

Groth was born in Narrandera, New South Wales, and grew up in the Riverina area of southern New South Wales. Groth is an avid supporter of the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League. He was also a member of Vermont Football Club reserve squad during a hiatus from tennis in 2011.

In January 2019 Groth received the OLY post-nominal title at the Brisbane International tournament.

Between 2009 and 2011, Groth was married to Slovakian-Australian tennis player Jarmila Wolfe.

Groth married long-time partner Brittany Boys in 2018. Boys, a Melburnian, was an amateur women's tennis player and competed at the university level for the University of Richmond in the United States. Groth and Boys have two children, twin boys born in April 2021. Groth lives with his family in Blairgowrie, Victoria.

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