Sam Querrey

في 11 يونيو 2006، أصبح كويري أول لاعب يفوز ببطولة تحدي في أول ظهور له كمحترف. فاز في بطولتي يوبا سيتي ووينتكا للتحدي . وفي بطولة إنديان ويلز للماسترز، فاز في مباراته الأولى على بوبي رينولدز ، قبل أن يخسر أمام جيمس بليك بثلاث مجموعات. كما هزم الأمريكي فينس سباديا في بطولة كانتري وايد كلاسيك في لوس أنجلوس. وفي بطولة أمريكا المفتوحة 2006 ، حصل كويري على بطاقة دعوة وفاز على فيليب كولشرايبر بمجموعتين متتاليتين، قبل أن يخسر أمام غاستون غاوديو في الدور الثاني. ^{[ 13 ]}

في بطولة أستراليا المفتوحة عام 2007 ، تأهل إلى الدور الثالث. فاز على خوسيه أكاسوسو ، المصنف 27، في الدور الأول. وفي الدور الثاني، تغلب على الفرنسي فلورنت سيرا بثلاث مجموعات متتالية، لكنه خسر في الدور الثالث أمام تومي روبريدو، المصنف السابع، بأربع مجموعات.

في بطولة إنديانابوليس للتنس عام 2007 ، حقق عشر ضربات إرسال ساحقة متتالية عندما هزم جيمس بليك في ربع النهائي. ويُعتقد أن هذا رقم قياسي في العصر المفتوح. ^{[ 14 ]}

At the 2007 Western & Southern Open, he defeated thirteenth seed Mikhail Youzhny and advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Argentina's Juan Mónaco, who had defeated Rafael Nadal in the previous round. He lost to No. 9 seed James Blake, but made his top 50 debut at No. 47 afterwards. At this time, Querrey was the third-ranked American behind Andy Roddick and Blake.

In August 2007 at the US Open, Austrian Stefan Koubek defeated Querrey in the first round.

In January 2008 at the Australian Open, Querrey defeated Belgian Olivier Rochus in the first round. In the second round, he then beat Russian Dmitry Tursunov. He lost in the third round to the eventual champion, Serbian Novak Djokovic.

In March, Querrey won his first ATP level tournament at the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas. In the final, Querrey defeated qualifier Kevin Anderson of South Africa in three sets. The next month, at the Monte-Carlo Masters, Querrey reached the quarterfinals, defeating former French Open champion Carlos Moyá, Andreas Seppi, and No. 7 seeded Richard Gasquet.

Querrey played tennis for the US at the Beijing Summer Olympics in 2008. He advanced to the fourth round of the US Open by defeating 14th seed Ivo Karlović of Croatia, where he was defeated in four sets by world No. 1 Rafael Nadal.

Querrey was tapped to play for the US in the Davis Cup semifinals against Spain as a replacement for James Blake, who had withdrawn citing exhaustion. In Querrey's first-ever Davis Cup match, he lost to world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in four sets.

Querrey participated in the 2009 Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand in January, where he was the sixth seed. Querrey made it to the final, where he was defeated in straight sets by top-seed Juan Martín del Potro. In the 2009 Australian Open, Querrey lost in his opening round to Philipp Kohlschreiber. In the SAP Open in San Jose, Querrey beat Cypriot wildcard Marcos Baghdatis in the opening match. Querrey then beat Denis Gremelmayr, in 52 minutes.

In the 2009 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, No. 3 seeded Querrey advanced to the final against compatriot and first-time finalist and lucky loser Rajeev Ram, who had entered the main draw when top seed Mardy Fish had to take Andy Roddick's place in the Davis Cup quarterfinals. Querrey lost the match. Querrey was seeded No. 3 for the 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships, where he made his second final in as many tournaments. However, Querrey fell to unseeded American Robby Ginepri.

Querrey defeated No. 1 seeded Tommy Haas to advance to the final of the LA Tennis Open. He defeated qualifier Carsten Ball in the final for his only title of the year.^[15] Querrey next played at the ATP Tour 500 event in Washington, where he lost to top seed Andy Roddick, in the round of 16. He also played at the Cincinnati Masters losing in the third round to Lleyton Hewitt. By reaching the quarterfinals in New Haven, he won the 2009 US Open Series, qualifying for the accompanying bonus following the 2009 US Open. Querrey reached the final in New Haven, before losing to Fernando Verdasco. In the 2009 US Open, Querrey lost in the third round to Robin Söderling in four sets.

Querrey's year was ended prematurely by a potentially career-threatening accident in which a glass table he was sitting on collapsed, impaling his arm and requiring emergency surgery; the location of injury just missed causing nerve damage, which could have ended his tennis career.^[16] Querrey finished the year ranked a career-high No. 25, and as the No. 2 American behind Andy Roddick.

Although seeded at the Australian Open, Querrey lost in the first round to 2003 Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler. Querrey then reached the semifinals of the SAP Open, where he lost to Andy Roddick in singles.{ However, Querrey teamed with Mardy Fish to win the doubles title.

Querrey's next tournament was the 2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, where he was seeded eighth. He defeated defending champion Roddick in the quarterfinals. He then defeated Ernests Gulbis in the semifinals, and defeated fellow American John Isner, for the championship.^[17] Querrey also teamed with Isner in the doubles, where they won the championship; Querrey became the first player to win the singles and doubles at Memphis simultaneously since 1981. At the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, he lost in the first round against Fernando González in three sets.^[18]

Querrey and Isner were selected to play singles for the United States Davis Cup Team against Serbia on indoor clay in March 2010. After losing to Novak Djokovic in four sets, Querrey managed to beat Viktor Troicki in straight sets in the unnecessary fifth match.

At the BNP Paribas Open, Querrey was seeded 17th and, after receiving a bye in the first round, then beat Jérémy Chardy in straight sets. In the third round, he was beaten by doubles partner John Isner in straight sets. At the Sony Ericsson Open, seeded 21st this time, after receiving a bye in the first round, he lost to Jérémy Chardy in three sets.

In April, he played at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. After receiving a bye in the first round, he beat Blaž Kavčič in straight sets in the second round, and in the quarterfinal, beat Nicolás Massú in three sets. In the semifinals, he beat Wayne Odesnik to reach his eighth final on the ATP World Tour. He lost to Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela in the final.

He reached the doubles final with John Isner at the 2010 Rome Masters, but lost to Davis Cup teammates Bob and Mike Bryan.

Querrey played in the 2010 Serbia Open and progressed to the final, where he faced Davis Cup teammate John Isner. Querrey defeated Isner, for his second title of the year, and his first ATP title on clay.

At the 2010 French Open, Querrey was seeded 18th, but lost in the first round to fellow American Robby Ginepri in four sets. He withdrew from the doubles event, where he and Isner were the 12th seeds.

في نادي كوينز بلندن، تغلب كويري على مواطنه الأمريكي ماردي فيش بثلاث مجموعات متتالية في نهائي بطولة إيغون . ^{[ 19 ]} وبهذا الفوز، أصبح أول أمريكي يفوز بالبطولة منذ آندي روديك . ومنح هذا الفوز كويري لقبه الثالث في الموسم، ليصبح اللاعب الوحيد إلى جانب رافائيل نادال الذي يحقق ثلاثة ألقاب على الأقل، كما أصبح كويري أول لاعب في عام 2010 يفوز بألقاب على ثلاثة أنواع مختلفة من الملاعب. وكان هذا أول لقب لكويري في جولة رابطة محترفي التنس على الملاعب العشبية.

على الرغم من تصنيفه في المركز 21 عالميًا آنذاك، تم تصنيف كويري في المركز 18 في بطولة ويمبلدون ، نظرًا لنتيجته في بطولة كوينز كلوب. شارك في منافسات الزوجي مع إيسنر، حيث كانا المصنفين الثاني عشر، لكنهما اتفقا على الانسحاب بعد أن خاض إيسنر أطول مباراة تنس في التاريخ . ^{[ 20 ]} في منافسات الفردي، تغلب كويري على كزافييه ماليس، الذي وصل إلى نصف نهائي ويمبلدون عام 2002 ، في خمس مجموعات ليبلغ الدور الرابع من البطولة للمرة الأولى، حيث خسر أمام آندي موراي .

دافع كويري عن لقبه في بطولة فارمرز كلاسيك في لوس أنجلوس، ففاز بشوط فاصل في المجموعة الثالثة في ربع النهائي على راينر شوتلر ، وصيف بطولة أستراليا المفتوحة 2003 ، ثم تغلب على يانكو تيبساريفيتش في نصف النهائي، ليبلغ نهائيه الخامس هذا العام. في النهائي، واجه كويري المصنف الرابع عالميًا ووصيف بطولة أستراليا المفتوحة 2010، آندي موراي . تغلب كويري على موراي في النهائي. كان هذا أول دفاع ناجح له عن لقبه، ليصبح أول لاعب منذ أندريه أغاسي يفوز بلقبين متتاليين في هذه البطولة. ^{[ 21 ]}

لعب كويري بعد ذلك في واشنطن، حيث خسر في الدور الأول أمام يانكو تيبساريفيتش . وخلال فترة وجوده في واشنطن، أقام مع بوب ومايك برايان دورة تدريبية في التنس للأطفال، حيث التقوا بشكل غير متوقع بالرئيس باراك أوباما . ^{[ 22 ]}

After early losses in the Canada Masters and the Cincinnati Masters, Querrey entered the 2010 US Open ranked No. 22 and seeded No. 20. He defeated Bradley Klahn in four sets, then defeated Marcel Granollers and 14th seed Nicolás Almagro in straight sets to reach the fourth round, tying his previous best result in any Grand Slam. In the fourth round, he lost to 25th seed Stanislas Wawrinka.

Querrey struggled with injury during this year. He reached the quarterfinals of two tournaments, both ATP 500 series. The first in Memphis in February, where he lost to Mardy Fish, and the second in Valencia, where he was beaten in straight sets by Juan Martín del Potro.

He was eliminated in the second round of the 2011 French Open by Ivan Ljubičić, and did not play at Wimbledon or the US Open, due to an elbow injury that required surgery.^[23]

Ar the Australian Open, Querrey made it to the second round, where he was defeated by Bernard Tomic in four sets.^[24]

Querrey reached the semifinals of the Aegon Championships, losing to Marin Čilić.^[25] Querrey progressed to the third round of Wimbledon, only to once again lose to Čilić. This was the second-longest match played in Wimbledon history, clocking in at 5 hours and 31 minutes, second only to the Isner-Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships (11 hours and 5 minutes over 3 days).^[26]

At the Farmers Classic, Querrey defeated Ričardas Berankis for his third Los Angeles title in four years.^[27] Querrey then went on to making the third round at the US Open, losing to Tomáš Berdych. At the BNP Paribas Masters, Querrey defeated Novak Djokovic in the second round.

Early in the year, Querrey made the semi-finals in Auckland and San Jose. He exited in the fourth round of Indian Wells and Miami, losing to Novak Djokovic and Tomáš Berdych, respectively.

In Davis Cup competition in Boise, he won his first rubber against Viktor Troicki, but lost the deciding rubber against Djokovic, despite the fact that Djokovic suffered an ankle injury early in the match.

Querrey was eliminated in the first round in Madrid, Rome, and Wimbledon. He did not have a good summer on the North American hard-court swing and consequently slipped out of the top 20, ceding his place as top American player to his friend John Isner.

The year was not very successful, since Querrey failed to make a single final for the first time since 2011.

Querrey also struggled early in 2014, being eliminated in the first round in Brisbane and Sydney. However, he made it to the third round of the Australian Open, defeating Santiago Giraldo and Ernests Gulbis, before succumbing to Fabio Fognini. He lost both of his ties in the Davis Cup against Great Britain in San Diego in January and was eliminated in the first round in Memphis and Delray Beach. He made it into the second round in Indian Wells and Miami, losing to Andreas Seppi and Nicolás Almagro, respectively. He had his best showing of the year thus far in Houston, where he made the semifinals of the clay-court event. However, there he again lost to Almagro.

Querrey failed to qualify in Rome and Nice, continuing his frustrating year. He also lost his first match in the second round in Nice to Albert Montañés. At the French Open, Sam defeated Filippo Volandri in the first round, but went down to Dmitry Tursunov in the second in straight sets. His form picked up at the Queen's Club grass tournament, where he defeated Jérémy Chardy and Denis Kudla in the first two rounds. He lost in the third round to eventual semifinalist Stanislas Wawrinka. Sam made it to the semifinals of the Aegon International in Eastbourne, England, but fell to eventual champion Feliciano López.

Querrey reached his first singles final for three years at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, where he was beaten by compatriot Jack Sock. Querrey then reached the final of the Nottingham Open, where he lost to Uzbek Denis Istomin. Both Sock and Istomin were first-time ATP tour singles winners.

بعد فشله في تجاوز الدور الثاني في أي بطولة منذ يوليو، بدأ كويري عام 2016 بداية قوية، حيث وصل إلى نصف نهائي بطولة ممفيس ، وخسر أمام البطل النهائي كي نيشيكوري . وفي الأسبوع التالي، وصل كويري إلى نهائي بطولة ديلراي بيتش ، حيث تغلب على الأمريكي راجيف رام ليفوز بأول لقب له في بطولات رابطة محترفي التنس منذ عام 2012، ويعود إلى قائمة أفضل 50 لاعباً في التصنيف العالمي.

في بطولة ويمبلدون ، واجه كويري نوفاك ديوكوفيتش في الدور الثالث بينما كان الأخير يحمل ألقاب البطولات الأربع الكبرى. ورغم ترشيحه بنسبة 30 إلى 1، ^{[ 28 ]} فاجأ كويري المصنف الأول عالميًا بفوزه عليه في أربع مجموعات، منهيًا بذلك سلسلة ديوكوفيتش في بلوغ ربع النهائي على الأقل في جميع بطولات الجراند سلام منذ بطولة فرنسا المفتوحة عام 2009 ، وسلسلة انتصاراته المتتالية في 30 مباراة في بطولات الجراند سلام. ^{[ 29 ]} وكان هذا أيضًا أول فوز لكويري على لاعب مصنف أول عالميًا. ثم واصل مسيرته الناجحة بفوزه على نيكولاس ماهوت ليصبح أول أمريكي يصل إلى ربع نهائي إحدى بطولات الجراند سلام منذ أن فعلها جون إيسنر وأندي روديك في بطولة أمريكا المفتوحة عام 2011. وفي ربع النهائي، خسر أمام الكندي ميلوس راونيتش في أربع مجموعات. ^{[ 9 ]} على الرغم من هذه الهزيمة، إلا أن بطولة 2016 مثلت أفضل أداء لكويري على الإطلاق في إحدى البطولات الأربع الكبرى.

ثم شارك كويري في بطولة أمريكا المفتوحة 2016، لكنه خسر أمام الصربي يانكو تيبساريفيتش في الدور الأول. كما لعب الزوجي مع مواطنه الأمريكي ستيف جونسون، لكنه خسر أمام الإيطاليين فابيو فونيني وأندرياس سيبي في الدور الأول.

استهلّ كويري عام 2017 في بريسبان، حيث خسر في دور الـ32 أمام دييغو شوارتزمان . ثم فاز في أول مباراتين له في أول بطولة كبرى في الموسم (بطولة أستراليا المفتوحة) قبل أن يخسر بمجموعتين متتاليتين أمام المصنف الأول آندي موراي . وبعد عودته إلى الولايات المتحدة، ساهم في فوز الولايات المتحدة على سويسرا في الدور الأول من كأس ديفيز بفوزه في مباراته الفردية ضد أدريان بوسيل .

February saw Querrey compete in Memphis where he fell in his opening match to eventual champion Ryan Harrison. He then competed at Delray Beach where he fell in the quarterfinals to Juan Martín del Potro in straight sets. At the ATP Acapulco tournament he beat David Goffin, Dominic Thiem, and Nick Kyrgios, before defeating world No. 6 Rafael Nadal for his first career victory over the former world No. 1 player and his ninth career ATP singles title. At Wimbledon, Querrey defeated Murray in five sets to earn a spot in his first semi-final at Wimbledon. Querrey lost to Marin Čilić in the semifinals in 4 sets.^[30] Furthering his success in Mexico, he won the 2017 Los Cabos Open in August, defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis in the final.

At the 2017 US Open he became the first male American to reach the quarterfinals since Andy Roddick and John Isner both did so in 2011, at which he was defeated by Kevin Anderson.

To conclude his 2017 campaign, Querrey was named as an alternate in singles for the 2017 ATP Finals but did play.^[31]

Querrey made the quarterfinals of the 2018 Indian Wells Masters and the finals of the 2018 New York Open and the 2019 Eastbourne International.

After an extended period of having struggles with form, not being able to pass the first round in a couple of Grand Slams since the 2020 Australian Open, Querrey found his form just before the start of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, where he (unseeded) reached his 20th final, in the first edition of the Mallorca Championships with a 70-minute win against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.^[32] He lost in the final to Daniil Medvedev.^[33]

At the 2021 US Open he reached the quarterfinals^[34] and semifinals in doubles partnering Steve Johnson as a wildcard pair. They were defeated in the semifinal by the eventual champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury. As a result, he reached No. 83 in doubles on September 13, 2021. He finished the year ranked outside the top 100 at No. 108.

At the 2022 Queen's Club Championships, Querrey reached the second round as a qualifier. As a result, he moved back into the top 100 on June 20, 2022. Following a first round exit at 2022 Wimbledon Championships and at the 2022 Hall of Fame Open in Newport, he dropped out of the top 250 in the rankings. He received a wildcard for the 2022 US Open.^[35]

On August 30, 2022, Querrey announced his retirement, playing his final matches in singles at the US Open, where he lost in the first round to Ilya Ivashka, and in doubles with good friend Steve Johnson, where they lost in the first round to Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski.^[36]