Todd Widom

Todd Widom (born April 24, 1983, Coral Springs, Florida) is a retired American professional tennis player.

Biography

Widom grew up in Coral Springs, Florida. He is the son of Eloise Widom and has one brother, Gary. He is married to Beth Eisenberg also of Coral Springs. He coaches professional, college, and junior tennis players at his academy called TW Tennis, located in Coral Springs. He is an avid sports fan and in his spare time enjoys golf and fishing.

Career

Widom attended and played at the University of Miami from 2001 to 2003. During this time, he was recognized as "Most Outstanding Player" at the Big East tournament and was named to the USA Tennis Collegiate Team.

In doubles, he and the American Scott Lipsky won an ATP Challenger tournament in Busan, Korea, in May 2006. Widom reached a career high singles ranking of 200 in July 2006 and a doubles ranking of 162 in April 2009.

Within the span of three years, Widom was diagnoses with eye cancer, two knee injuries, and elbow inflammation in his elbow, but recovered and continues to play and travel across the world regularly.

Playing mainly challenger tournaments, Widom achieved his career breakthrough when he won three matches in 2009 to qualify for the SAP Open in San Jose, and went on to beat 44th ranked Robby Ginepri, former 21st ranked Taylor Dent, and lost in three sets to the 21st ranked Radek Štěpánek. The following month, Widom went back to California and qualified for the ATP Masters 1000 at Indian Wells. He started by beating Iván Navarro in straight sets and eventually lost to 12th ranked David Ferrer.

This turn of events prompted ESPN to report that "a red-headed, blue-eyed journeyman from Coral Springs, Florida, made the largest leap of any player on the ultimate tennis ladder. After a series of outrageous misfortunes, Todd Widom did something extraordinary: He reached the quarterfinals of the SAP Open in San Jose."

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (3–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–2) ITF Futures (3–3)

Finals by surface Hard (3–5) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	USA F21, Joplin	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jay Gooding	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	USA F31, Honolulu	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lamine Ouahab	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Template:Dts	USA F32, Waikoloa	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Paul Logtens	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Template:Dts	USA F1, Tampa	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Baker	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Template:Dts	Canada F5, Ontario	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Takahiro Terachi	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win	3–3	Template:Dts	USA F8, Mobile	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Wayne Odesnik	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–4	Template:Dts	Orlando, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michael Russell	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–5	Template:Dts	Caloundra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Joseph Sirianni	6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 12 (3–9)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–4) ITF Futures (0–5)

Finals by surface Hard (3–6) Clay (0–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	USA F19, Peoria	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Scott Lipsky	Template:Flagicon Eduardo Bohrer Template:Flagicon Márcio Carlsson	6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	USA F31, Honolulu	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Scott Lipsky	Template:Flagicon Trace Fielding Template:Flagicon Keith From	5–7, 7–6(9–7), 1–6
Loss	0–3	Template:Dts	USA F32, Waikoloa	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Scott Lipsky	Template:Flagicon Trace Fielding Template:Flagicon Keith From	walkover
Loss	0–4	Template:Dts	Canada F5, Ontario	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon David Martin	Template:Flagicon Matt Klinger Template:Flagicon Daniel Wendler	walkover
Loss	0–5	Template:Dts	USA F29, Arlington	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Scott Lipsky	Template:Flagicon Ti Chen Template:Flagicon Go Soeda	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–5	Template:Dts	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Alex Bogomolov Jr.	Template:Flagicon Lars Burgsmüller Template:Flagicon Denis Gremelmayr	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	2–5	Template:Dts	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Scott Lipsky	Template:Flagicon Cecil Mamiit Template:Flagicon Robert Kendrick	6–3, 6–7(2–7), [10–7]
Loss	2–6	Template:Dts	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rajeev Ram	Template:Flagicon Prakash Amritraj Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna	6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	2–7	Template:Dts	Tunica Resorts, United States	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ryler Deheart	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Obradović Template:Flagicon Izak van der Merwe	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss	2–8	Template:Dts	Bradenton, United States	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ryler Deheart	Template:Flagicon Carsten Ball Template:Flagicon Lester Cook	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	3–8	Template:Dts	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michael Yani	Template:Flagicon Ti Chen Template:Flagicon José Statham	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–9	Template:Dts	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michael Yani	Template:Flagicon Noam Okun Template:Flagicon Amir Weintraub	2–6, 1–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament]	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q3	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	Q1	Q1	A	Q2	A	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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