Mardy Fish

Mardy Fish

Country	United States
Residence	Tampa, FL
Date of birth	December 9 1981 (1981-12-09) (age 26)
Place of birth	Edina, MN
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	81 kg (180 lb)
Turned Pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	US$2,050,360
Singles
Career record:	127-102
Career titles:	2
Highest ranking:	No. 17 (March 22, 2004)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (2007)
French Open	1st (2003, '05)
Wimbledon	3rd (2003, '06)
U.S. Open	2nd (2002, '03, '04, '06, '07)
Doubles
Career record:	49-58
Career titles:	3
Highest ranking:	No. 65 (August 19, 2002)
Infobox last updated on: April 1, 2007.

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.

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, where the two young promising players raced their cars to school. Fish returned to Vero Beach in 2000; he spends part of the year training at Saddlebrook Academy in Tampa, Florida. In November of 2007, Mardy became engaged to Stacey Gardner, a California attorney and a "Briefcase 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

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.

Fish (right) with his partner Amer Delic during their first-round mens doubles match at the 2007 Australian Open

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Singles titles (6)

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.

References

• ATP Tour profile for Mardy Fish Retrieved Sep. 1, 2006.

External links

• Mardy Fish | The Official Website
• Fish Recent Match Results
• Fish World Ranking History