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| Country (sports) |  United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Born | (1979-11-15) November 15, 1979 (age 45) Fresno, California, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (190 cm) |
| Turned pro | 2000 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$1,259,269 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 31-68 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 69 (July 20, 2009) |
| Current ranking | No. 95 (June 13, 2011) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2007, 2009) |
| French Open | 2R (2009) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2006) |
| US Open | 2R (2008, 2009) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 31-40 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Last updated on: December 30, 2010. | |
Robert Bradley Kendrick (born November 15, 1979 in Fresno, California) is an American tennis player. He turned professional in 1999. His career high single ranking is World No. 69, achieved on July 20, 2009. On 22nd May 2011 he was suspended for a year after testing positive at the French Open for the drug methylheksanamine, which has been banned in sport since 2010.
Early life
Robert Kendrick was born to Tom and Doris Kendrick and began playing tennis at the age of 5. Kendrick's family is of relatively modest means. Tom is a real estate appraiser and Doris is a housewife. Kendrick has three older siblings: Kerry, Tommy, and Scott. He graduated from Bullard High School in 1997. In 1996, he led his team to an undefeated section championship.
College and junior tennis career
Kendrick has been called a "serve and volley" player by some. Kendrick's main strengths are his serve and his forehand.
Throughout high school, he competed in junior tennis and enjoyed some intermittent success. In 1996, he was the runner-up in singles at the 1996 USTA Boys’ 18s National Indoor Championships. Then in 1997, he reached the final in doubles of the Easter Bowl and reached the singles final and took the doubles title at the USTA International Grass Court Championships. In 1998, he attended the University of Washington earning All-American in singles and doubles as a sophomore with a record of 31–9 and got as high as No. 3 in the collegiate rankings that year. He then transferred to Pepperdine University for his junior year and again attained All-American with an 18–10 record. He managed to reach the round of 16 at the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship where he lost to Jeff Morrison.
2006
In 2006, Kendrick entered the top 100 for the first time in his career, ending the year at World No. 87. Consequently, 2006 is generally considered to be Kendrick's breakthrough year to date.
2006 ATP Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
Kendrick got to the second round, playing fellow countrymen in both of his matches. He defeated Kevin Kim 6–4, 7–5 in the first round, but lost to the eighth seed Vincent Spadea 6–4, 6–1 in his second round match.
2006 Wimbledon Championships
Kendrick went into the gentlemen's singles tournament ranked World No. 237. His first match was on the second day of the Championships, June 27. It was on Court 9, and he beat Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei 7–6(5), 6–3, 6–0.
The fourth day of the Championships (June 29) was one of the highlights of Kendrick's career. In the second round, he lost to the second seed, Rafael Nadal on Centre Court. The Spaniard had to come back for only the second time in his career from two sets down to beat Kendrick 6–7(4), 3–6, 7–6(2), 7–5, 6–4. Kendrick's performance surprised many. Kendrick employed a serve and volley style of play that appeared to frustrate Nadal for almost three sets. Some consider Kendrick to be unfortunate not to have won because at 5–4 (30–15) up in the third set with Nadal serving, a close line call went against him which would have meant 40–15 and two match points. Although Kendrick appeared dismayed by the call, a television replay showed that the call was correct and should have gone against Kendrick. As it was, Nadal went on to win the set in a tiebreak and then the match. Kendrick's serving impressed many, as he served twenty-eight aces, compared to Nadal's seven. After the match, a commentator for BBC Sport exclaimed that it was "the match of the tournament so far". Kendrick was the only player in the tournament to take sets from Nadal on the Spaniard's route to the final, where he lost to top-seeded Swiss Roger Federer.
2006 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
Shortly after his experience at Wimbledon, Kendrick was back in action in his home country, to take part in the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tenis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island. He made it to the quarterfinals on July 14 but was beaten by British player Andy Murray 6–0, 6–0.
He made amends for the defeat by winning the doubles title on July 16 with his Austrian playing partner Jürgen Melzer. In the final, the duo beat South African Jeff Coetzee and American Justin Gimelstob.
2007
In 2007, Kendrick played in all four Grand Slam tournaments. In January at the Australian Open he drew Rafael Nadal in the first round. However, Nadal dispatched Kendrick 7–6(6), 6–3, 6–2, taking advantage of his opponent's six double faults and low percentage of second serve points won (38%). Kendrick subsequently lost in the first round of several tournaments before reaching the third round at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, where he was defeated in straight sets by Andy Murray. At the French Open, Kendrick again fell in the first round, losing in four sets to World No. 134 Juan Pablo Brzezicki of Argentina – again thanks to six double faults and a low percentage of second serve points won (this time, 46%).
At the Queen's Club Championships in June, he reached the second round and won a set against future Grand Slam tournament champion Novak Djokovic. At Wimbledon, however, he was not able to reach the second round as he had the previous year, losing a five-setter to Tommy Robredo. He went 1–3 in the US Open Series before falling to Igor Andreev of Russia in the first round of the US Open itself 7–6(4), 6–3, 6–4. Again, his second serve was a weakness: He won just 42% of second serve points and double faulted five times.
While 2007 was largely a lackluster year for Kendrick on the main ATP circuit, he did win three Challenger events: Dallas, Calabasas, and Knoxville. In Calabasas, Kendrick had to defeat two up-and-coming fellow Americans, John Isner and Donald Young, in the semifinals and finals, respectively.
2008
Kendrick kicked off 2008 by playing in the Australian Open, where he lost in the first round to fellow American Amer Delic, then-ranked #136 6–4, 7–5, 6–2. Although Kendrick won 76% of points where he got his first serve in, he only won 36% of points where he did not. He was broken five times. Later in that year he joined up with the apparel company Athletic DNA.
2009
Kendrick began the year with a loss in the first round of the 2009 Australian Open to Robin Söderling, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6, 5–7. He made it to the second round of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships before losing to Evgeny Korolev, 6–3, 6–6, 5–7, then losing to David Nalbandian in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open, 4–6, 4–6. He beat Söderling in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open, then lost in the third round to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 5–7, 4–6.
Kendrick did not make it out of the first rounds of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships or the Estoril Open. At the 2009 French Open, he beat Daniel Brands 6–7 (7–9), 7–5, 7–6 (13–11), 4–6, 6–3 to advance to the second round for the first time in his career, where he lost 5–7, 0–6, 1–6 to Gilles Simon, who had also defeated him at the Estoril Open.
In the first round of the The Championships, Wimbledon he was beaten by British No.1 and number 3 seed Andy Murray, 5–7, 7–6 (7–3), 3–6, 4–6.
Singles titles
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| Challengers (10) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in final | Score in final |
| 1. | September 23, 2002 |  Tulsa
|
Hard |  Daniel Melo
|
6–3, 6–3 |
| 2. | October 4, 2004 | Austin
|
Hard |  Wesley Whitehouse
|
7–5, 6–7, 6–2 |
| 3. | May 15, 2006 | Forest Hills
|
Clay |  Cecil Mamiit
|
6–2, 6–2 |
| 4. | November 20, 2006 |  Puebla
|
Hard |  Leonardo Mayer
|
7–5, 6–4 |
| 5. | February 5, 2007 | Dallas
|
Hard (i) |  Benedikt Dorsch
|
6–3, 6–4 |
| 6. | October 15, 2007 | Calabasas
|
Hard | Donald Young
|
3–6, 7–6, 6–4 |
| 7. | November 19, 2007 | Knoxville
|
Hard (i) | Kevin Kim
|
3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 8. | October 27, 2008 | Louisville
|
Hard (i) | Donald Young
|
6–1, 6–1 |
| 9. | November 1, 2008 | Nashville
|
Hard (i) |  Somdev Devvarman
|
6–3, 7–5 |
| 10. | November 7, 2010 | Charlottesville
|
Hard (i) | Michael Shabaz
|
6–2, 6–3 |
External links
- Robert Kendrick at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Kendrick Recent Match Results
- Kendrick World Ranking History
- Circuit Player of the Week: Robert Kendrick
References
- "Tennis: Serve and volley springs into action".
- "Murray v Kendrick as it happened". BBC News. June 23, 2009. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
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