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	1R (2010, 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 Bahamian-born former professional tennis player.

Personal life

Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas. Lately, he has been living and training 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. During the year, he received United States citizenship.^[6] 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.^[7]

2007–2008

Ryan Sweeting 2007 US Open

Sweeting turned professional in 2007. Sweeting captured four ProCircuit doubles titles in 2007. He also served as a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team in the 2007 first round at the Czech Republic. He won the Rimouski Challenger in Canada in November 2008 for his first ProCircuit singles title, beating Kristian Pless in the finals. He finished 2008 ranked 216 in the ATP World Rankings.

2009

In January 2009, Sweeting reached the semifinals in the Nouméa Challenger, losing to Florian Mayer. He captured the Dallas Challenger singles title in February 2009, without dropping a set all tournament and beating #1 seed Kevin Kim, #6 seed Rajeev Ram, and #5 seed Brendan Evans en route to the title. In April, at the US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas, Sweeting, ranked 405th in doubles in the world, and American doubles partner Jesse Levine, ranked 289th in doubles in the world, made it into the draw via wild card, and in the first round defeated 3rd-seeded world doubles #40 Lucas Arnold Ker and world doubles #61 Martin Damm 6–2, 6–4. In the quarterfinals, they beat world doubles #66 Jaroslav Levinský and world doubles #82 Pavel Vízner 7–6, 6–4, and in the semifinals, they defeated 2nd-seeded world doubles #30 Ashley Fisher and world doubles #29 Jordan Kerr 3–6, 6–3, [10–4]. They lost to Americans Bob and Mike Bryan, ranked #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.

2015

Retirement from professional tennis.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (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	Kei Nishikori	6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 1 (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	Jesse Levine	Bob Bryan 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	Víctor Estrella	6–3, 6–0
2.	November 3, 2008	Rimouski	Carpet	Kristian Pless	6–4, 7–6
3.	February 2, 2009	Dallas	Hard	Brendan Evans	6–4, 6–3
4.	February 6, 2010	Dallas	Hard	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	Tim Smyczek	James Cerretani Antonio Ruiz-Rosales	6–3, 6–2
2.	July 23, 2007	Lexington	Hard	Brendan Evans	Ross Hutchins Philip Simmonds	6–4, 6–4
3.	August 6, 2007	Binghamton	Hard	Scott Oudsema	Richard Bloomfield Im Kyu-Tae	7–6(7–5), 7–5
4.	September 17, 2007	Lubbock	Hard	Alex Kuznetsov	Rik de Voest 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	Tim Smyczek	Joel Kielbowicz Ryan Stotland	6–7(5–7), 6–4 ret
2.	April 14, 2008	Tallahassee	Hard	Robert Kendrick	Bobby Reynolds Rajeev Ram	W/O

Singles performance timeline

This table is current through 2013 Wimbledon.

Doubles performance timeline

This table is current through 2012 Wimbledon.

See also

• Florida Gators
• List of Florida Gators tennis players

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ryan Sweeting.

• ITF Junior profile for Ryan Sweeting