Sam Querrey acknowledges the crowd after defeating Kevin Anderson of South Africa during the Citi Open at William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on August 3, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Sam Querrey of the USA returns a shot to Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine during the quarterfinals of the Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest University on August 23, 2012 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Sam Querrey holds the trophy after defeating Ricardas Berankis of Lithuana during the finals of the Farmers Classic Presented By Mercedes-Benz at LA Tennis Center at the University of California, Los Angeles on July 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Querrey won 6-0, 6-2.
Sam Querrey hits a return at the net against Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands during day three of the Farmers Classic Presented By Mercedes-Benz at LA Tennis Center at the University of California, Los Angeles on July 25, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Querrey won 6-2, 6-2.
Sam Querrey and John Isner of the USA in action against Jurgen Melzer of Austria and Philipp Petzschner of Germany in their first round doubles match during day four of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2012 at the Foro Italico Tennis Centre on May 15, 2012 in Rome, Italy.
Sam Querrey of the United States signs autographs after defeating Nicolas Almagro of Spain during his men's singles match on day seven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
Sam Querrey celebrates with the trophy following his victory over Andy Murray of Great Britain during the final of the Farmers Classic at the Los Angeles Tennis Center - UCLA on August 1, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
Sam Querrey of USA serves during his match against Andy Murray of Great Britain on Day Seven of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 28, 2010 in London, England.
Sam Querrey began playing tennis at the age of four-years-old when he was introduced to the game by his parents Mike and Chris Querrey. Originally from Thousand Oaks, California, Sam was a top junior player in the U.S. winning back-to-back junior hard court titles at the USTA Spring Championships and Easter Bowl in April 2005. Sam also reached the quarterfinals at the Junior US Open in 2004 and the Roland Garros in 2005 before deciding to turn pro in 2006.
From 2005-2007, Sam was a practice partner for the US Davis Cup Team before making his debut on the team in 2008 when the US faced Spain in the semifinals playing in Madrid, Spain. 2008 also proved to be his breakout year on the ATP World Tour, when he came out strong in January with a third round showing at the 2008 Australian Open. Following this, Sam also made the semifinals at Delray Beach before he earned his first ATP World Tour Singles Title at the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas.
During the summer clay court season, Sam surprised many by beating Richard Gasquet in the Monte Carlo Masters event to earn a spot in the quarterfinals, but his proudest week of the year came at the US Open where he played some of his best tennis. He won three tough matches advancing to the Round of 16, and then played a stellar match on Labor Day against Rafael Nadal losing in four sets.
After his breakout year in 2008, Sam followed things up in 2009 by advancing to the final in Auckland before the Australian Open in January. Later in the season, he reached the final of three consecutive events including the Campbells International Hall of Fame in Rhode Island, the Indianapolis Tennis Championships in Indiana and the LA Tennis Open in California where he captured his second career singles title in front of his home crowd. He then improved to being ranked #26 on the ATP World Singles Rankings, which made him the fourth highest ranked American behind Andy Roddick, James Blake and Mardy Fish in 2008, and also the youngest ranked player in the top 50 in that particular year.
After a freaky accident in Bangkok, where Sam fell through a glass table and cut his lower arm muscle, in late 2009, he bounced back in 2010 with winning his third career title at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis.
He defeated good friend John Isner in the finals, and the two then proceeded to win the doubles title. Sam was also selected to represent the US in Davis Cup action for the second time in his young career.
2005: Singles Champion at The Easter Bowl; Singles Champion at the USTA International Spring Championships
2006: Singles Champion at Lubbock Challenger; Singles Champion at Winnetka Challenger; Singles Champion Yuba City Challenger
2008: Singles Champion at ATP Event in Las Vegas
2009: Olympus United States Open Series Winner; Champion, Los Angeles Tennis Open, California
2010: Champion of SAP Open Doubles Event with Mardy Fish (1st ATP doubles title) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `description` = VALUES(`description`); Singles and Doubles Champion at Regions Morgan Keegan in Memphis; Champion of Serbia Open in Belgrade; Champion, AEGON Championships in Queen's; Champion, Farmers Classic in Los Angeles
2011: Winner of the Rome Masters event in doubles (w/Isner)
