Ryan Sweeting

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Ryan Sweeting

|image = Sweeting 2009 US Open 01.jpg

|caption = Sweeting at the 2009 US Open

|country = {{USA}}

|residence = Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|07|14}}

|birth_place = Nassau, Bahamas

|height = {{convert|1.96|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|turnedpro = 2007

|retired = 2015

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

|careerprizemoney = $1,024,486

|singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=35|lost=57|integer=no}}

|singlestitles = 1

|highestsinglesranking = No. 64 (12 September 2011)

|AustralianOpenresult = 2R (2011, 2012)

|FrenchOpenresult = 1R (2010, 2011)

|Wimbledonresult = 2R (2011, 2012)

|USOpenresult = 2R (2006)

|doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=7|lost=26|integer=no}}

|doublestitles = 0

|highestdoublesranking = No. 139 (4 February 2008)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2012)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2011)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (2010)

|USOpenDoublesresult = 2R (2009)

|USOpenMixedresult = 1R (2007)

|updated = 16 November 2021

}}

Ryan Sweeting (born July 14, 1987){{ATP|id=SG87}} is an American former professional tennis player.

Personal life

Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas. He has been living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and registered as an American to the ATP.

In September 2013, Sweeting became engaged to actress Kaley Cuoco after three months of dating.{{cite news |work = Us Weekly | url =http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kaley-cuoco-engaged-to-ryan-sweeting-after-three-months-of-dating-2013269#ixzz2g1LiGUO3 | title =Kaley Cuoco Engaged to Ryan Sweeting After Three Months of Dating! | date= September 26, 2013 | first= Justin | last= Ravitz | access-date= January 13, 2014}} They married on December 31, 2013, in Santa Susana, California.{{cite web|title='Big Bang Theory' star Kaley Cuoco gets married|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/big-bang-theory-star-kaley-cuoco-gets-married-1.6709575|publisher=Associated Press via Newsday|access-date=January 4, 2014}} Cuoco announced in September 2015 that she was filing for divorce.{{cite news|title=Kaley Cuoco and Ryan Sweeting to Divorce After 21 Months of Marriage|url=http://www.people.com/article/kaley-cuoco-ryan-sweeting-divorce|magazine=People |date=September 25, 2015}} The divorce was finalized in May 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.etonline.com/news/188370_kaley_cuoco_divorce_from_ryan_sweeting_is_finalized/|title=Kaley Cuoco Finalizes Divorce From Ryan Sweeting, Actress to Pay $165,000 in Spousal Support|last=Ungerman|first=Alex|work=Entertainment Tonight|date=May 9, 2016|access-date=May 10, 2016}}

Tennis career

=Juniors=

Sweeting represented The Bahamas in his junior years. He attended Guizar Tennis Academy and was coached by renowned Mexican tennis coach, Nicolas Guizar. 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. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.tennisnews.com/exclusive.php?pID=21631|title=Bob Larson's Tennis News – Donald Young and John Isner head list of US Open wild cards}}

=2007–2008=

File:Ryan Sweeting 2007.JPG

Sweeting turned professional in 2007. Sweeting captured four ProCircuit doubles titles in 2007. He won the Rimouski Challenger in Canada in November 2008 for his first ProCircuit singles title. He finished 2008 ranked no. 216 in the ATP world rankings.

=2009=

Sweeting captured the Dallas Challenger singles title in February 2009, without dropping a set. In April, at the US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas, Sweeting and doubles partner Jesse Levine lost to Americans Bob and Mike Bryan, ranked no. 1 in the world, in the doubles final.

=2011=

At the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Sweeting won his only ATP World Tour singles title by beating Kei Nishikori of Japan in the final in straight sets.{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/sports/article/Sweeting-defeats-Nishikori-claims-Clay-Court-1583021.php|title=Sweeting defeats Nishikori, claims Clay Court title|date=April 11, 2011 }}

ATP career finals

=Singles: 1 (1 title)=

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|2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles

|Houston, United States

|250 Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kei Nishikori

|6–4, 7–6^(7–3)

=Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)=

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|2009 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles

|Houston, United States

|250 Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jesse Levine

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan
{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bryan

|1–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

=Singles: 6 (4–2)=

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|{{dts|May 2006}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F9, Vero Beach

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|DOM}} Victor Estrella Burgos

|6–3, 6–0

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|2–0

|{{dts|Nov 2008}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Rimouski, Canada

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Kristian Pless

|6–4, 7–6^(7–3)

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|3–0

|{{dts|Feb 2009}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Dallas, United States

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brendan Evans

|6–4, 6–3

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|4–0

|{{dts|Feb 2010}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Dallas, United States

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Carsten Ball

|6–4, 6–2

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|4–1

|{{dts|May 2010}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Savannah, United States

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kei Nishikori

|4–6, 0–6

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|4–2

|{{dts|Oct 2010}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Calabasas, United States

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Marinko Matosevic

|6–2, 4–6, 3–6

=Doubles: 8 (4–4)=

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|{{dts|Jan 2007}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F2, North Miami Beach

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tim Smyczek

|{{flagicon|USA}} James Cerretani
{{flagicon|MEX}} Antonio Ruiz-Rosales

|6–3, 6–2

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|1–1

|{{dts|Jan 2007}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F3, Boca Raton

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tim Smyczek

|{{flagicon|USA}} Joel Kielbowicz
{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Stotland

|7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 0–1 ret.

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|2–1

|{{dts|Jul 2007}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Lexington, United States

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brendan Evans

|{{flagicon|USA}} Phillip Simmonds
{{flagicon|GBR}} Ross Hutchins

|6–4, 6–4

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|3–1

|{{dts|Aug 2007}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Binghamton, United States

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Scott Oudsema

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Richard Bloomfield
{{flagicon|KOR}} Im Kyu-Tae

|7–6^(7–5), 7–5

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|4–1

|{{dts|Sep 2007}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Lubbock, United States

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Alex Kuznetsov

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Rik De Voest
{{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Reynolds

|6–3, 6–2

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|4–2

|{{dts|Apr 2008}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Tallahassee, United States

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Kendrick

|{{flagicon|USA}} Rajeev Ram
{{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Reynolds

|walkover

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|4–3

|{{dts|May 2009}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Zagreb, Croatia

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brendan Evans

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Luczak
{{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Motti

|4–6, 4–6

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|4–4

|{{dts|Jul 2009}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Winnetka, United States

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brett Joelson

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Carsten Ball
{{flagicon|USA}} Travis Rettenmaier

|1–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

=Singles=

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W–L	Win%
class=wikitable style=text-align:center
colspan=25 style=text-align:left\|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left\|Australian Open \|A \|A \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q1 \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q3 \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q3 \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q3 !0 / 2 !2–2 !{{tennis win percentage\|won=2\|lost=2\|integer=yes}}
align=left\|French Open \|A \|A \|A \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q2 \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|A !0 / 2 !0–2 !{{tennis win percentage\|won=0\|lost=2\|integer=yes}}
align=left\|Wimbledon \|A \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q2 \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q2 \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q1 \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|A !0 / 3 !2–3 !{{tennis win percentage\|won=2\|lost=3\|integer=yes}}
align=left\|US Open \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|A !0 / 6 !1–6 !{{tennis win percentage\|won=1\|lost=6\|integer=yes}}
style=text-align:left\|Win–loss !1–1 !0–1 !0–1 !0–1 !0–3 !2–4 !2–2 !0–0 !0 / 13 !5–13 !{{tennis win percentage\|won=5\|lost=13\|integer=yes}}
colspan=25 style=text-align:left\|ATP Tour Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=left\|Indian Wells \|A \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q1 \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q2 \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q2 \|bgcolor=afeeee\|3R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|A !0 / 3 !4–3 !{{tennis win percentage\|won=4\|lost=3\|integer=yes}}
bgcolor=efefef align=left\|Miami \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q1 !0 / 6 !1–6 !{{tennis win percentage\|won=1\|lost=6\|integer=yes}}
bgcolor=efefef align=left\|Rome \|A \|A \|A \|A \|A \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q1 \|A \|A !0 / 0 !0–0 !{{tennis win percentage\|won=0\|lost=0\|integer=yes}}
bgcolor=efefef align=left\|Cincinnati \|A \|A \|A \|A \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q1 \|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q1 \|A \|A !0 / 0 !0–0 !{{tennis win percentage\|won=0\|lost=0\|integer=yes}}
style=text-align:left\|Win–loss !0–0 !0–1 !1–1 !1–2 !0–1 !2–2 !1–2 !0–0 !0 / 9 !5–9 !{{tennis win percentage\|won=5\|lost=9\|integer=yes}}

=Doubles=

class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97% !Tournament!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!{{Tooltip\|SR\|Strike rate}}!!{{Tooltip\|W–L\|Win–loss}}
colspan=15 align=left\|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left\|Australian Open \|A \|A \|A \|A \|bgcolor=#afeeee\|1R \|0 / 1 \|0–1
align=left\|French Open \|A \|A \|A \|bgcolor=#afeeee\|1R \|A \|0 / 1 \|0–1
align=left\|Wimbledon \|A \|A \|bgcolor=#afeeee\|2R \|A \|A \|0 / 1 \|1–1
align=left\|US Open \|bgcolor=#afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=#afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=#afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=#afeeee\|1R \|A \|0 / 4 \|1–4
style=text-align:left\|Win–loss !0–1 !1–1 !1–2 !0–2 !0–1 !0 / 7 !2–7

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

colspan=15 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments

align=left|Australian Open

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|0 / 1

|0–1

align=left|French Open

|bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

|0 / 1

|0–1

align=left|Wimbledon