Carsten Ball

Carsten Thomas Ball[1] (born 20 June 1987) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. Although born and based in the United States, Carsten has represented Australia on tour.

Carsten Ball
Carsten Ball at the 2012 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceNewport Beach, California, USA
Born (1987-06-20) 20 June 1987
Newport Beach, California, USA
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Turned pro2005
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$671,061
Singles
Career record11–15 (Grand Slam, ATP World Tour, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 108 (26 July 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2009, 2010, 2011)
French Open2R (2010)
Wimbledon1R (2010)
US Open2R (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record30–27 (Grand Slam, ATP World Tour, and Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 54 (26 October 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2008, 2009, 2011)
French Open1R (2010)
Wimbledon3R (2010, 2011)
US OpenQF (2009)
Last updated on: 6 February 2016.

Tennis career

Carsten Ball was born in Newport Beach, California. His father Syd Ball was also a tour tennis player. As a junior tennis player he reached a career high of number 9 in the world. He continues to be based in Newport Beach, with his father as his coach.

Ball has five Futures titles to his credit. His best singles results previously consisted of three runner up appearances in American Challengers in 2008 and 2009. In August 2009, Ball reached the final of the LA Tennis Open. He lost to sixth-seeded Sam Querrey. Later in August he qualified for the US Open, where he reached the second round, losing to Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

Ball enjoyed considerable success as a doubles player, often partnering with fellow Australian Chris Guccione. Ball and Guccione won back-to-back doubles titles in the 2011 Sacramento Challenger and Tiburon ATP Challenger Tour events, both $100,000 tournaments. He is now serving as the coach of American tennis player, Tennys Sandgren

Equipment

Ball used a Babolat AeroPro Drive GT Racquet strung with Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour. He was also sponsored by Fila.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)
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)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 2 August 2009 LA Tennis Open, Los Angeles, United States Hard Sam Querrey 4–6, 6–3, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)
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)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 11 July 2010 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States Grass Chris Guccione Santiago González
Travis Rettenmaier		 6–3, 6–4

Singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current as far as the 2012 US Open (tennis).

Tournament20082009201020112012W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open LQ 1R 1R 1R LQ 0–3
French Open A A 2R LQ A 1–1
Wimbledon A A 1R LQ A 0–1
US Open 1R 2R 2R LQ A 2–3
Win–Loss 0–1 1–2 2–4 0–1 0–0 3–8

Doubles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current as far as the 2012 US Open (tennis).

Tournament2006200720082009201020112012W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R 3R 2R 10–7
French Open 1R 1R 0–2
Wimbledon 3R 3R 4–2
US Open QF 1R 3–2
Win–Loss 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–2 3–4 4–2 1–2 17–13

References
  1. http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461?c=search&first=Carsten&last=Ball
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