MARDY FISH

'Mardy Fish' (born December 9, 1981 in Edina, Minnesota) is an American professional tennis player. He is one of several young American tennis players who rose to prominence at the beginning of the 21st century. He is currently ranked #31 in the ATP Race after beating several top ranked players in the 2007 Australian Open.

Contents

Early life

Tennis career

2006

Reclimbing the Ranks: ATP and Challenger Circuit

US Men's Claycourt Championships

Wimbledon

2007

Singles titles (6)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

References

External links

Early life

Fish is the son of a tennis teaching professional and a housewife, Tom and Sally Fish. Mardy earned his first taste of fame in 1984 when, at the age of two, a Minneapolis, Minnesota TV station ran a profile of the young athlete hitting tennis balls from the baseline over the net. In 1985, Fish's family moved to Vero Beach, Florida, where Mardy attended Vero Beach High School for three years. Fish then moved to Boca Prep in Boca Raton, Florida for his senior year of high school. During that year, he lived with the family of Andy Roddick. Fish returned to Vero Beach in 2000; he spends part of the year training at Saddlebrook Academy in Tampa, Florida.
He is currently dating Stacey, a model on NBC's "Deal Or No Deal"

Tennis career

Fish turned professional in 2000 at the age of 18. He spent his first few years as a pro playing in the Challenger and Futures circuits, the minor leagues of tennis. He earned his first title on the ATP Tour, tennis' premier professional circuit, in 2002 playing doubles in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas, with Andy Roddick.
Fish's career improved significantly in 2003, when he won his first ATP singles title and finished the year ranked 20th in the world. His singles victory came near the end of the season, where he defeated Swedish player Robin Soderling to win the Stockholm Open in Stockholm, Sweden. In addition, he defeated 5th-seeded and former World Number One Carlos Moya at the 2003 Australian Open in the second round, 3-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
Fish played well in 2004, reaching the finals at the SAP Open in San Jose, California and in the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.
In August, Fish obtained a silver medal for the United States when he lost to Chilean Nicolás Massú in the men's singles final at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
In 2005, Fish injured his left wrist. It eventually required two surgeries, and as a result he only played 17 matches in the year.

2006

Reclimbing the Ranks: ATP and Challenger Circuit

City	Tournament Circuit	Final Placing
Atlanta	Challenger	Quarterfinalist
Bermuda	Challenger	Quarterfinalist
Houston	ATP	Winner
Memphis	ATP	Winner (Doubles)
Surbiton	Challenger	Winner
Tallahassee	Challenger	Winner
Tunica	Challenger	Finalist

US Men's Claycourt Championships

Fish was awarded a wildcard in April into the US Men's Claycourt Championships. He won the tournament, defeating eighth seed Juan Monaco, Rainer Schüttler, Vince Spadea, Tommy Haas, and Jürgen Melzer in the final 3-6 6-4 6-3.

Wimbledon

At the 2006 Championships at Wimbledon, Fish signaled his return to professional status as he reached the third round, defeating fellow American Robby Ginepri, and Dutch player Melle Van Gemerden. The night prior to his third round match, he suffered from food poisioning. He could only play one set before retiring against Georgian Irakli Labadze.

2007

Fish started off 2007 quite well in the Australian Open by making a run through the first four rounds, and playing his old roommate and doubles partner, Andy Roddick, in the quarterfinals. Fish made waves on Day 1 of the tournament by knocking off Ivan Ljubičić, the fourth seed, and had an easy win in the third round when his opponent Wayne Arthurs retired in the opening set. Fish had few problems in his first four matches, but lost in straight sets to Roddick in the quarterfinals. However, he moved by 17 places up the ATP ranking, due to the quarterfinal.
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Singles titles (6)

'Legend (Singles)'

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (2)

Challengers (4)

'No.'	'Date'	'Tournament'	'Surface'	'Opponent in the final'	'Score'
1.	August 12, 2002	Bronx	Hard	Denis Golovanov	1-6, 6-1, 7-5
2.	October 21, 2002	San Antonio	Hard	Jack Brasington	6-3, 7-5
3.	October 20, 2003	Stockholm	Hard Indoors	Robin Soderling	7-5, 3-6, 7-6
4.	April 3, 2006	Tallahassee	Hard	Zack Fleishman	7-5, 7-6
5.	April 10, 2006	Houston	Clay	Jurgen Melzer	3-6, 6-4, 6-3
6.	June 5, 2006	Surbiton	Grass	Wesley Moodie	6-2, 7-6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the U.S. Open, which is currently in progress.

Tournament	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
Australian Open	QF	-	2R	1R	3R	2R	-	-
French Open	-	-	1R	-	1R	-	-	-
Wimbledon	1R	3R	-	2R	3R	-	1R	-
US Open	2R	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R

References

★ Retrieved Sep. 1, 2006.

External links

★ Mardy Fish | The Official Website

★ Fish Recent Match Results

★ Fish World Ranking History