Ryan Sweeting

Ryan Sweeting
Country (sports)  United States
Residence Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Born (1987-07-14) July 14, 1987
Nassau, Bahamas
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro 2007
Retired 2015
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,024,486
Singles
Career record 35–57 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 64 (September 12, 2011)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2011, 2012)
French Open 2R (2011)
Wimbledon 2R (2011, 2012)
US Open 2R (2006)
Doubles
Career record 7–26 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 139 (February 4, 2008)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2012)
French Open 1R (2011)
Wimbledon 2R (2010)
US Open 2R (2009)
Last updated on: July 14, 2015.

Ryan Sweeting (born July 14, 1987)[1] is a former professional tennis player. After nine years of successful competition, he sustained a bad back injury in 2014, which led to surgery and the 30-year-old athlete's subsequent retirement from tennis. Left with chronic pain, he developed an addiction to painkillers as well as alcohol.

Personal life

Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas. He has been living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[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

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

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 6–1, 6–2.

2011

At the US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Sweeting won his only ATP World Tour singles title by beating Kei Nishikori of Japan.


ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0/0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0/0)
ATP Masters Series (0/0)
ATP International Series Gold (0/0)
ATP Tour (1/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. April 10, 2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Houston, United States Clay Japan Kei Nishikori 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0/0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0/0)
ATP Masters Series (0/0)
ATP International Series Gold (0/0)
ATP Tour (0/1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Runner-up 1. April 6, 2009 ATP Houston, Houston, United States Clay United States Jesse Levine United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan		 6–1, 6–2

Challenges & futures career finals

Singles wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. May 1, 2006 U.S.A. F9 Clay Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella 6–3, 6–0
2. November 3, 2008 Rimouski Carpet Denmark Kristian Pless 6–4, 7–6
3. February 2, 2009 Dallas Hard United States Brendan Evans 6–4, 6–3
4. February 6, 2010 Dallas Hard Australia Carsten Ball 6–4, 6–2

Doubles wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
1. January 15, 2007 U.S.A. F2 Hard United States Tim Smyczek United States James Cerretani
Mexico Antonio Ruiz-Rosales		 6–3, 6–2
2. July 23, 2007 Lexington Hard United States Brendan Evans United Kingdom Ross Hutchins
United States Philip Simmonds		 6–4, 6–4
3. August 6, 2007 Binghamton Hard United States Scott Oudsema United Kingdom Richard Bloomfield
South Korea Im Kyu-Tae		 7–6(7–5), 7–5
4. September 17, 2007 Lubbock Hard United States Alex Kuznetsov South Africa Rik de Voest
United States Bobby Reynolds		 6–3, 6–2

Doubles runner-up (2)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
1. January 22, 2007 U.S.A. F3 Hard United States Tim Smyczek United States Joel Kielbowicz
United States Virgin Islands Ryan Stotland		 6–7(5–7), 6–4 ret
2. April 14, 2008 Tallahassee Hard United States Robert Kendrick United States Bobby Reynolds
United States Rajeev Ram		 W/O

Singles performance timeline

This table is current through 2013 Wimbledon.

Tournament20062007200820092010201120122013SRW–LW %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 Q3 Q3 2R 2R Q3 0 / 2 2–2 50
French Open A A A Q2 1R 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0
Wimbledon A Q2 Q2 Q1 1R 2R 2R A 0 / 3 2–3 40
US Open 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 5 1–5 16.67
Win–Loss 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–3 1–1 0–0 0 / 11 4–11 26.67
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A Q1 Q2 2R Q2 3R 2R A 0 / 3 4–3 57.14
Miami Masters A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 0 / 6 1–6 16.67
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 0 / 9 5–9 35.71
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Year End Ranking 373 254 213 154 116 72 142 664 $920,427

Doubles performance timeline

This table is current through 2012 Wimbledon.

Tournament20082009201020112012SRW–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1
French Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon 2R 0 / 1 1–1
US Open 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 4 1–4
Win–Loss 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 0 / 7 2–7

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ryan Sweeting at the Association of Tennis Professionals
  2. ↑ Ravitz, Justin (September 26, 2013). "Kaley Cuoco Engaged to Ryan Sweeting After Three Months of Dating!". Us Weekly. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  3. ↑ "'Big Bang Theory' star Kaley Cuoco gets married". Associated Press via Newsday. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  4. ↑ "Kaley Cuoco and Ryan Sweeting to Divorce After 21 Months of Marriage". People. 2015-09-25.
  5. ↑ Ungerman, Alex (May 9, 2016). "Kaley Cuoco Finalizes Divorce From Ryan Sweeting, Actress to Pay $165,000 in Spousal Support". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Bob Larson's Tennis News - Donald Young and John Isner head list of US Open wild cards".
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