Wayne Odesnik

Wayne Odesnik

Wayne Odesnik at Wimbledon 2014

Nation:

United States

Birthday:

November 21, 1985

Size:

180 cm

Weight:

77 kg

1st professional season:

2004

Resignation:

2015

Playing hand:

Left

Trainer:

Guillermo Cañas

Prize money:

$ 1,155,255

singles

Career record:

41:58

Highest ranking:

77 (April 13, 2009)

Current placement:

267

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	2R (2010)
French Open	3R (2008)
Wimbledon	1R (2008, 2009, 2012, 2013)
US Open	2R (2007, 2008)

Double

Career record:

4: 3

Highest ranking:

393 (May 12, 2008)

Current placement:

824

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	1R (2009)

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Wayne Odesnik (born November 21, 1985 in Johannesburg , South Africa ) is a retired American tennis player .

life and career

Until 2003: Career and first years as a professional

Wayne Odesnik was born in South Africa, but moved to the United States with his parents when he was three and grew up there. He started playing tennis at the age of seven. Between 2000 and 2002 he competed in international junior tournaments and was able to win two titles in smaller tournaments. At the same time he took part in several professional tournaments. In May 2002 he reached the semifinals of a future tournament and thus won his first world ranking points . He won his first title in April 2003 in Jamaica, where he prevailed in the final against the later top 20 player Juan Mónaco . Another future title followed in the further course of the year and entry into the top 500 in the world rankings.

2004–2007: Grand Slam debut and first Challenger title

In April 2004 Wayne Odesnik got a wildcard for the ATP tournament in Houston , but he was eliminated in the first round against James Blake . He also received a wildcard for the US Open , but lost to David Sánchez on his Grand Slam debut . At the end of 2004 he reached three future finals, but he lost all of them.

The series of defeats in the final continued in 2005 until Odesnik was finally able to win a title again in November 2005 after losing six finals in a row. Just a week later he won another title, defeating Sam Querrey again, a later top 20 player.

Two more future titles followed in 2006, and Odesnik now also made it past the second round of a Challenger tournament for the first time : first he reached a semi-finals in Atlanta in May 2006, and a month later he won his first title in Milan against Arnaud Di Pasquale . He then entered the top 200 in the world rankings for the first time. At the US Open , for which he got a wildcard like two years earlier, he was eliminated in the first round against Raemon Sluiter .

In the first half of 2007 Wayne Odesnik was still successful on the Challenger Tour: In addition to two semi-finals and several quarter-finals, he reached a final in Karlsruhe in June 2007 , which he lost to Mischa Zverev . A month later he was able to record his first victory at the ATP level in Washington : As a qualifier, he defeated Adrián García in the first round and then the top 100 player and later US Open winner Juan Martín del Potro . In the second round, however, he narrowly failed at the eventual finalist John Isner . Only a week later, Odesnik was successful again at the Masters tournament in Montreal : As a qualifier, he beat world number 11 Ivan Ljubičić in three sets in the first round , before being eliminated by Frank Dancevic in the second round . At the following US Open , Wayne Odesnik reached the second round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time with a five-set win over Danai Udomchoke , but had no chance there against the later quarter-finalist Juan Ignacio Chela , who was in 20th position . In October 2007 Odesnik won his second Challenger title in Sacramento by beating Lu Yen-hsun in the final , and achieved his best year-end position in the world rankings to date with 126th place.

2008–2009: Entry into the Top 100 and first ATP final

The year 2008 began for Wayne Odesnik with the first qualification for the Australian Open , followed by a first round defeat against Feliciano López . After he had reached the second round at the ATP tournaments in San José and Indian Wells , Odesnik was able to reach an ATP semifinals for the first time in Houston in April 2008. He defeated, among others, the top 100 players Dudi Sela and Sergio Roitman , before losing to the eventual tournament winner Marcel Granollers . At the French Open , for which he received a wildcard, Wayne Odesnik made it into the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in May 2008: After a narrow three-set win over Guillermo Cañas, who was in 209 position (who will later become his coach should) followed a four-set win over Lee Hyung-taik . In the third round, however, was against the later semi-finalist Novak Đoković, who was in third place . Thanks to this success, Odesnik entered the top 100 of the world rankings for a few weeks for the first time. As a result, he was directly qualified for Wimbledon , but lost there in the first round against Jarkko Nieminen , who was in 24th position . As the year progressed, Odesnik reached the second round of the US Open and the ATP tournaments in Los Angeles and Tokyo , as in the previous year , but at Challenger level he never made it past the semi-finals and therefore fell to 119th place in the world rankings at the end of the year .

After a first round defeat at the Australian Open , Wayne Odesnik won his third Challenger title in Carson in February 2009 by beating Scoville Jenkins in the final . In Houston , where he had already reached the semifinals last year, he was then in his first ATP final in April 2009 after victories over the top 100 players Jürgen Melzer and Björn Phau , but lost to the former in two sets World number one Lleyton Hewitt . In the world rankings, Odesnik then achieved his best ranking to date with 77th place. After he was eliminated at the French Open in the first round against Gilles Simon, who was in 7th position , he initially fell out of the top 100 again, but was able to make his way through a round of 16 at the ATP tournament in Washington and a Challenger final in Tulsa improve again in September 2009, so that he ended a year in the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time.

2010: Doping found and banned

2010 began for Wayne Odesnik in Brisbane , Australia , where he reached the quarter-finals. When entering Australia, the Australian customs found ampoules with the growth hormone hGH in Odesnik's luggage , which is considered a doping agent. He was fined the equivalent of 7,000 euros by an Australian court, but initially continued to play normally. At the Australian Open he reached the second round for the first time, where he was eliminated by Philipp Kohlschreiber . At his favorite tournament in Houston , Odesnik reached the semi-finals for the third time in April 2010, which he just lost to Sam Querrey . This was his last tournament for the time being, as he was then banned by the ITF for two years. In addition, all of the prize money earned in 2010 was withdrawn from him. In December 2010 the ITF announced that Odesnik's suspension had been cut in half to one year and that he would therefore be eligible to play again from 2011. The official reason given was that he had provided considerable support in implementing the professional code of conduct. According to speculation, he had testified against Daniel Köllerer , who was later banned for life for match- fixing .

Since 2011: comeback, criticism and renewed suspension

Since he had lost all world ranking points because of the suspension, Wayne Odesnik had to play future tournaments again in early 2011. In February 2011 he won the first title after his comeback as a qualifier, the next title followed in March 2011, which made him rise to number 528 in the world rankings in just two months. This was enough to take part in the qualification for Challenger tournaments, which Odesnik used immediately: In April 2011 he reached the final of the Challenger tournament in Tallahassee as a qualifier , defeating the top 100 player Michael Russell . A month later he reached a final in Savannah again as a qualifier, which he won against Donald Young , against whom he had just lost in Tallahassee. In July 2011 in Lexington followed by a final victory over James Ward, the next title, which he returned to the top 200 in the world rankings. In August 2011 Wayne Odesnik played in Washington for the first time since his suspension at the ATP level: As a lucky loser, he moved into the main field, but lost there clearly against the eventual tournament winner Radek Štěpánek . A week later he reached in Binghamton for the third time this season a Challenger final, which he lost to Paul Capdeville . In the further course of the season he reached three Challenger quarter-finals and ended the year in 129th place in the world rankings.

The year 2012 began for Wayne Odesnik with the sixth Challenger title of his career, which he won in Bucaramanga by beating Adrian Ungur in the final . In February 2012 he reached the main draw at the ATP tournament in Buenos Aires as a lucky loser , but lost to David Nalbandian there . At Wimbledon , after slipping into the main draw as a lucky loser, he failed in the opening round to Björn Phau in just five sets . During the Grand Slam tournament, several players such as Serhij Stachowskyj and Andy Murray criticized Odesnik as a "spy" for the ITF . The background was the shortened doping ban Odesnik and his involvement in Daniel Köllerer's lifelong ban . Odesnik himself, however, denied these allegations.

In March 2015 he was banned for 15 years due to positive doping tests from December 2014 and January 2015. Its results between January and March 2015 have been canceled. He ended his career on the same day.

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam
ATP World Tour Finals
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500
ATP World Tour 250
ATP Challenger Tour (7)

singles

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	June 25, 2006	Italy Milan	sand	France Arnaud Di Pasquale	5: 7, 6: 2, 7: 6 ⁵
2.	October 14, 2007	United States Sacramento	Hard court	Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun	6: 2, 6: 3
3.	February 1, 2009	United States Carson	Hard court	United States Scoville Jenkins	6: 4, 6: 4
4th	May 8, 2011	United States Savannah	sand	United States Donald Young	6: 4, 6: 4
5.	July 24, 2011	United States Lexington	Hard court	United Kingdom James Ward	7: 5, 6: 4
6th	January 29, 2012	Colombia Bucaramanga	sand	Romania Adrian Ungur	6: 1, 7: 6 ⁴
7th	2nd February 2014	Panama Chitré	Hard court	Chinese Taipei Wang Yeu-tzuoo	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4