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Spadea turned professional in 1993. Going into the 2006 season, he has won one singles and three doubles titles and over $4,105,000 in prize money. He is credited with overcoming the longest losing streak in pro tennis history (21 matches). Working hard on the Challenger Circuit after his fall, he successfully recovered and eventually won his first career ATP Tour tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona in 2004 . His career-high ranking is World No. 18, achieved in February 2005. In 2006 Spadea will publish an autobiographical book, ''Break Point: The Secret Diary Of A Pro Tennis Player''. 1994 Youngest American(20) to finish the year in top 100 1995 For 2nd consecutive year, finished as youngest American in top 100 Reached 4th RD at US Open, and earned his first top 10 victory over No.7 Kafelnikov in 3rd RD Won first ATP title in doubles in Buenos Aires(w/van Rensburg 1996 Reached the QF at eight tournaments, including AMS Miami(l. to Sampras 1997 Reached SF in Toulouse and Bogota Won duel doubles titles in Orlando(w/Merklein) and Tashkent(w/Santopadre) 1998 Got to first ATP tour singles final in St.Poelten(l. to Rios) Went to doubles final in Coral Springs(w/Merklein) 1999 Finished in top 20 for first time Posted personal best eight victories over top 10 opponents Defeated No.6 Agassi in 4th RD at Australian Open en-route to career best Grand Slam result in QF(l. to Haas) Advanced to second career final in Indianapolis (l. to Lapentti) after defeating No.1 Sampras in QF when he retired with a hip injury 2000 Went 0-17 in first six months of season before ending 21-match losing streak against Rusedski in first RD at Wimbledon in five-set victory (l. to Portas in 2nd RD) Reached SF at Costa Rica Challenger 2001 Played mainly on Challenger circuit, going 34-15 in singles Captured title at Houston Challenger (d. J. Blake) and reached finals in Tulsa (l. to Hernych), Burbank (l. to K. Kim) and Tyler (l. to Okun) 2002 Finished in Top 100 for first time in three years… Also reached first ATP SF since ‘99 Lyon… Won North Miami Beach Challenger (d. Fukarek At Roland Garros reached 3rd RD 2003 Finished in Top 30 for first time since ‘99 Reached QF in San Jose and SF in Memphis and AMS Indian Wells Opened clay court circuit with SF at AMS Monte-Carlo (l. to Ferrero) In second half of year, reached QF in Los Angeles, Costa do Sauipe and St. Petersburg while advancing to SF in Moscow 2004 Compiled his best pro season by finishing a year-end best No. 19 Captured his first career ATP title in Scottsdale (d. Kiefer) Won a personal-high 40 matches In March, posted wins over Blake, No. 3 Roddick and Kiefer in last three rounds to earn first ATP title in his 223rd career tournament Later in month, advanced to SF at Masters Series Miami (d. Safin in 2nd, l. to Roddick) Best result on clay was QF at AMS Rome On grass, turned in career-best 4th RD at Wimbledon and followed with QF in Newport In September, reached final in Delray Beach (l. to Mello) In Europe, reached SF in Lyon and 3rd RD at ATP Masters Series stops in Madrid and Paris Named to U.S. Davis Cup squad for final against Spain Put together a 24-14 record on hard, 6-3 on grass, 5-8 on clay and 5-4 on carpet Earned career high $704,105 2005 Reached an ATP final for second year in a row Finished in top 100 for 10th time in career In February, was 8-4 with SF at hometown event in Delray Beach (l. to Malisse), QF at San Jose (l. to Saulnier) and SF in defense of his Scottsdale title (l. to Ancic) Reached 3rd RD at ATP Masters Series Miami (l. to Ljubicic) Reached fifth career ATP final at Newport (l. to Rusedski) Late in the season, reached QF at Lyon with wins over Ljubicic and Llodra (l. to Santoro)... In doubles, reached SF in Newport (w/G. Lapentti) Joined with Jan Hernych to reach US Open 3rd RD doubles Went 14-7 on hard, 4-2 on grass, and 2-5 on clay 2006 Singles Semifinalist: San Jose, Delray Beach Doubles Semifinalist: Delray Beach(w/Garcia-Lopez) EXTERNAL LINK |
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