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Carsten Ball

{{short description|Australian tennis player}}

{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Carsten Ball

|image= Carsten Ball, Nice 2012.JPG

|caption= Carsten Ball at the 2012 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur

|country = {{AUS}}

|residence = Newport Beach, California, United States

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|06|20}}

|birth_place = Newport Beach, California, U.S.

|height = {{height|m=1.98|precision=0}}

|turnedpro = 2005

|retired = 2016

|plays = Left-handed (two-handed backhand)

|careerprizemoney = $671,061

|singlesrecord = 11–15

|singlestitles = 0

|highestsinglesranking = No. 108 (26 July 2010)

|currentsinglesranking =

|AustralianOpenresult = 1R (2009, 2010, 2011)

|FrenchOpenresult = 2R (2010)

|Wimbledonresult = 1R (2010)

|USOpenresult = 2R (2009, 2010)

|doublesrecord = 30–27

|doublestitles = 1

|highestdoublesranking = No. 54 (26 October 2009)

|currentdoublesranking =

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 3R (2008, 2009, 2011)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2010)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (2010, 2011)

|USOpenDoublesresult = QF (2009)

|updated = 6 February 2016

}}

Carsten Thomas Ball{{Cite web|url=http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461?c=search&first=Carsten&last=Ball|title = Free Family Tree, Genealogy, Family History, and DNA Testing}} (born 20 June 1987) is an American-Australian retired professional tennis player. Although born and based in the United States, Carsten has represented Australia on tour.

Tennis career

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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.

ATP career finals

=Singles: 1 (0–1)=

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! Legend

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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)

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| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)

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| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)

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| ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)

ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

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!style="width:40px"|Result

!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W–L

!style="width:60px"|Date

!style="width:140px"|Tournament

!style="width:55px"|Surface

!style="width:160px"|Opponent

!style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|Aug 2009

|Los Angeles, US

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Sam Querrey

|4–6, 6–3, 1–6

=Doubles: 1 (1–0)=

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! Legend

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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)

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| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)

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| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)

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| ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)

ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

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!style="width:40px"|Result

!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W–L

!style="width:60px"|Date

!style="width:140px"|Tournament

!style="width:55px"|Surface

!style="width:160px"|Partner

!style="width:160px"|Opponents

!style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–0

|Jul 2010

|Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.

|Grass

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Guccione

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Santiago González
{{flagicon|USA}} Travis Rettenmaier

|6–3, 6–4

Performance timelines

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= Singles =

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

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!Tournament!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!{{Tooltip|W–L|Win–loss}}

colspan=18 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|Q3

|0–3

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|Q1

|A

|1–1

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|Q1

|A

|0–1

align=left|US Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|Q2

|A

|2–3

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–1

!1–2

!2–4

!0–1

!0–0

!3–8

=Doubles=

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

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!Tournament!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!W–L

colspan=18 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|10–7

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0–2

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|A

|4–2

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|3–2

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!1–1

!1–1

!2–1

!5–2

!3–4

!4–2

!1–2

!17–13

References

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External links

  • {{ATP}}
  • {{ITF}}
  • {{Tennis Australia}}
  • {{ESPN Tennis}}

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Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

Category:American people of Australian descent

Category:Australian male tennis players

Category:Australian people of American descent

Category:Tennis players from Newport Beach, California

Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen