Steve Johnson (tennis player)

Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson at the US Open in 2016
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	December 24, 1989
Size:	188 cm
Weight:	86 kg
1st professional season:	2012
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Peter Smith Marc Lucero
Prize money:	$ 6,004,582
singles
Career record:	163: 161
Career title:	4th
Highest ranking:	21 (July 25, 2016)
Current placement:	75
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	73:87
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	39 (May 23, 2016)
Current placement:	457
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Last update of the infobox: January 20, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Steve Johnson (born December 24, 1989 in Orange , California ) is an American tennis player .

Personal

Steve Johnson was born in Orange, where he grew up. His father, Steve Sr., was a tennis coach, and his mother, Michelle, was a professor of mathematics. In May 2017, his father died suddenly at the age of 58. Johnson, who studies at the University of Southern California (USC), also has a sister, Alison.

Career

Johnson, who was active and successful at college level for the USC Trojans , has so far celebrated six tournament successes on the Challenger Tour , four of them in singles and two in doubles. He made his debut on the ATP World Tour in 2010 when he qualified for the peloton for the first time in Los Angeles . In the first round he was defeated by Somdev Devvarman . In Grand Slam tournaments , he was initially only in the main field at the US Open due to wild cards . In 2012 he had the first surprise in the singles when he made it through to the third round. He defeated it Rajeev Ram and Ernests Gulbis before it failed to Richard Gasquet . In doubles , he surprisingly survived the opening round with Jack Sock . With 1: 6, 7: 6 ⁴ , 6: 2 the two defeated the leading doubles in the world rankings at the time, Daniel Nestor and Max Mirny . In the second round, Johnson and Sock lost to their opponents in straight sets. In the tennis world rankings he steadily rose and reached a final on the World Tour in the 2015 season for the first time. In Vienna he was defeated by David Ferrer in three sentences. At the US Open 2015 he reached the semifinals with Sam Querrey .

In 2015 he played for the United States Davis Cup team for the first time .

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam ATP World Tour Finals ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour 500 ATP World Tour 250 (5) ATP Challenger Tour (9)

ATP title by topping Hard Court (0) Sand (3) Grass (2)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 25, 2016	Nottingham	race	Pablo Cuevas	7: 6 5 , 7: 5
2.	April 16, 2017	Houston (1)	sand	Thomaz Bellucci	6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 6 5
3.	April 15, 2018	Houston (2)	sand	Tennys Sandgren	7: 6 2 , 2: 6, 6: 4
4th	July 22, 2018	Newport	race	Ramkumar Ramanathan	7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 2

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 12, 2012	Aptos (1)	Hard court	Robert Farah	6: 3, 6: 3
2.	June 15, 2013	Nottingham	race	Ruben Bemelmans	7: 5, 7: 5
3.	February 8, 2014	Dallas	Hard court (i)	Malek Jaziri	6: 4, 6: 4
4th	April 6, 2014	Le Gosier	Hard court	Kenny de Schepper	6: 1, 6: 7 5 , 7: 6 2
5.	11th August 2019	Aptos (2)	Hard court	Dominik Koepfer	6: 4, 7: 6 4
6th	January 18, 2020	Bendigo	Hard court	Stefano Travaglia	7: 6 2 , 7: 6 3
7th	March 8, 2020	Indian Wells	Hard court	Jack Sock	6: 4, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 25, 2015	Vienna	Hard court (i)	David Ferrer	6: 4, 4: 6, 5: 7
2.	August 25, 2018	Winston-Salem	Hard court	Daniil Medvedev	4: 6, 4: 6

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 21, 2016	Geneva	sand	Sam Querrey	Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram	6: 4, 6: 1

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	4th September 2011	Knoxville	Hard court	Austin Krajicek	Adam Hubble Frederik Nielsen	3: 6, 6: 4, [13:11]
2.	3rd November 2013	Charlottesville	Hard court (i)	Tim Smyczek	Jarmere Jenkins Donald Young	6: 4, 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 27, 2014	Atlanta	Hard court	Sam Querrey	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	3: 6, 7: 5, [5:10]
2.	February 14, 2016	Memphis (1)	Hard court (i)	Sam Querrey	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Santiago González	4: 6, 4: 6
3.	19th February 2017	Memphis (2)	Hard court (i)	Ryan Harrison	Brian Baker Nikola Mektic	3: 6, 4: 6
4th	February 16, 2020	New York City	Hard court (i)	Reilly Opelka	Dominic Inglot Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6: 7 5 , 6: 7 6

Web links

Commons : Steve Johnson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Steve Johnson (English)
• ITF profile for Steve Johnson (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Steve Johnson (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tennis Podcast: Steve Johnson's tears flow after victory just weeks after sudden death of his father. June 1, 2017, accessed June 14, 2017 .