Vince Spadea

Vincent Spadea (born July 19, 1974) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

He reached a career high tenth position in the ATP Champions Race in April 2003, as well as a career-high 18th ATP ranking in February 2005. He has career prize money earnings of over $5,000,000. Spadea has ATP career singles wins over Roger Federer (1–2 record), Pete Sampras (1–4), Andre Agassi (2–4), Rafael Nadal (1–1), Andy Roddick (1–2), Pat Rafter, Richard Krajicek, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Jim Courier, Michael Chang, Marat Safin, and Gustavo Kuerten. He is one of five players to defeat Federer 6–0 in a set at a main tour tournament, which he did at 1999 Monte Carlo. Spadea represented the United States at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. Vince was also named twice to the US Davis Cup Team in 2000 (captain John McEnroe) and 2004 (captain Patrick McEnroe).

Spadea has one career ATP singles title and three ATP doubles titles. He also has eleven USTA Challenger Pro singles titles.

Personal life

Spadea was born in Chicago in 1974. His mother is originally from Colombia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Spadea was Steve Carell's body double as Bobby Riggs in the 2017 film Battle of the Sexes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Tennis career

At the 1999 Australian Open, Spadea achieved his best performance in a major by reaching the quarterfinals. In the fourth round at that tournament, he defeated the 1995 Australian Open champion, Andre Agassi. Spadea then lost to Tommy Haas in the quarterfinals.

On September 13, 1999, Spadea achieved a top 20 ranking for the first time. However, from October 1999 to June 2000, Spadea suffered a record losing run of 21 losses in a row.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His losing streak led the Associated Press to dub him "the Charlie Brown of tennis" .<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He ended the streak in the first round of 2000 Wimbledon with an opening round 6–3, 6–7, 6–3, 6–7, 9–7 win over 14th seed Greg Rusedski, in a five-set marathon, which lasted for nearly four hours. Spadea's world ranking fell as low as 237 on October 23, 2000.

Working hard on the Challenger Tour after his fall down the rankings, he successfully recovered and eventually won his only career ATP Tour singles title in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he defeated James Blake and Andy Roddick along the way in 2004. He continued his journey back up the world rankings and was back in the top 20 by late 2004, although US Davis Cup captain, Patrick McEnroe, declined to pick Spadea as his second singles player for the 2004 Davis Cup final against Spain, opting instead for the lower ranked Mardy Fish. Spadea achieved his career-high world ranking of 18 in February 2005.

In 2003, Spadea reached the semifinals of a Masters event in Indian Wells for the first time in his career, losing to world No. 1, Lleyton Hewitt. He went on to the Monte Carlo Masters a month later and reached his second semifinals in a Masters series. This helped him reach a career high position of No. 10 in the ATP Champions Race in April.

In 2006, Spadea published his autobiographical book, Break Point: The Secret Diary of a Pro Tennis Player.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Spadea criticized a number of tennis players including James Blake and Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe. He called out McEnroe for picking Mardy Fish ahead of him for the 2004 Davis Cup final where the Americans lost to Spain. Spadea criticized Blake for questionable character during a match where Blake allegedly "trash-talked" him. The book reached the top of the ranks in sports and tennis books during its debut month.Template:Citation needed

Spadea reached the third round at the 2008 Australian Open. In the first round, he came back from two sets down to defeat former world No. 8, Radek Štěpánek. He closed the season by winning two Challenger titles, in Waco and Calabasas.

Vince had an injury-stricken season in 2009, plagued by an overuse tendonitis arm issue, as well as a lower extremity staph infection. He won only a handful of ATP-level singles matches before the start of the clay-court season, but reached the semifinals of the Carson Challenger.

The New York Times summarized his career by calling him "the epitome of a tennis journeyman" and then noted that "he has played in 15 US Opens and has never reached the quarterfinals."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

ATP career finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP International Series Gold (0–1) ATP International Series (1–3)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–4) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1998 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Singles|Template:Dts]]	St. Pölten, Austria	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Ríos	2–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	[[1999 RCA Championships – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Indianapolis, United States	International Series Gold	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nicolás Lapentti	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	[[2004 Franklin Templeton Classic – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Scottsdale, United States	International Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Kiefer	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Loss	1–3	[[2004 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Delray Beach, United States	International Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Mello	6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss	1–4	[[2005 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Newport, United States	International Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Greg Rusedski	6–7(3–7), 6–2, 4–6

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series Gold (0–0) ATP World Series (3–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (2–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (3–2) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1995 Internazionali di Carisbo – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek	Template:Flagicon Byron Black Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark	5–7, 3–6
Win	1–1	[[1995 ATP Buenos Aires – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Buenos Aires, Argentina	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Christo van Rensburg	Template:Flagicon Jiří Novák Template:Flagicon David Rikl	6–3, 6–3
Win	2–1	[[1997 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Orlando, United States	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mark Merklein	Template:Flagicon Alex O'Brien Template:Flagicon Jeff Salzenstein	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	3–1	[[1997 President's Cup – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Vincenzo Santopadre	Template:Flagicon Hicham Arazi Template:Flagicon Eyal Ran	6–4, 6–7, 6–0
Loss	3–2	[[1998 International Tennis Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Coral Springs, United States	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mark Merklein	Template:Flagicon Grant Stafford Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett	5–7, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (8–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (8–6) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (8–5) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Caratti	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Cincinnati, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb	6–7, 7–6, 7–5
Win	3–0	Template:Dts	Ponte Vedra, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–0	Template:Dts	Aruba, Aruba	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Grant Stafford	6–3, 7–5
Loss	4–1	Template:Dts	Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jan Hernych	5–7, 5–7
Win	5–1	Template:Dts	Houston, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon James Blake	6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–2
Loss	5–2	Template:Dts	Burbank, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kevin Kim	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5–3	Template:Dts	Tyler, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Noam Okun	5–7, 2–6
Win	6–3	Template:Dts	North Miami Beach, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ota Fukárek	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	6–4	Template:Dts	Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Flávio Saretta	3–6, 5–7
Loss	6–5	Template:Dts	Waikoloa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lu Yen-hsun	2–6, 0–6
Loss	6–6	Template:Dts	Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kevin Kim	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	7–6	Template:Dts	Waco, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Joseph Sirianni	6–0, 6–1
Win	8–6	Template:Dts	Calabasas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sam Warburg	7–6(7–5), 6–4

Singles

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q1	3R	2R	A	3R	QF	1R	A	Q2	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	1R	A	0 / 12	12–12	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	1R	Q1	3R	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 13	9–13	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	Q2	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	A	2R	1R	4R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	0 / 14	7–14	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	Q1	1R	2R	4R	3R	1R	1R	4R	1R	Q3	2R	1R	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	Q1	A	0 / 15	14–15	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	1–1	5–4	3–4	0–3	4–4	9–4	1–4	0–0	4–3	2–4	5–4	2–4	2–4	1–4	2–4	1–2	0–0	0 / 54	42–54	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	Q2	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	SF	3R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	Q1	0 / 12	8–12	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	2R	2R	3R	QF	3R	3R	4R	2R	Q1	Q2	2R	SF	3R	2R	2R	1R	Q2	A	0 / 14	24–14	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	A	A	SF	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	7–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	Q1	1R	1R	1R	Q1	A	A	NMS		0 / 5	0–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	1R	1R	QF	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 6	5–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	3R	A	Q2	2R	3R	2R	1R	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 7	9–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	Q1	A	2R	2R	3R	QF	1R	1R	Q2	Q2	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 11	8–11	Template:Tennis win percentage
Madrid1	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	Q2	3R	3R	1R	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 5	3–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	A	Q1	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 7	3–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–5	5–2	5–4	10–6	9–8	0–6	0–0	1–2	13–9	12–9	1–8	3–4	2–4	0–2	0–1	0–0	0 / 72	67–72	Template:Tennis win percentage
Year-end ranking	0	303	75	81	54	88	42	20	213	125	67	29	20	75	73	77	76	295	1517	Prize Money: $5,004,860

Doubles

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	A	1R	0 / 6	2–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	A	A	0 / 4	4–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	2R	A	A	0 / 11	3–11	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–3	3–3	3–3	2–3	0–0	0–1	0 / 24	11–24	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	1R	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 4	0–4	Template:Tennis win percentage

¹This event was held in Stockholm through 1994, Essen in 1995, and Stuttgart from 1996 through 2001.

Top 10 wins

Season	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Total
Wins	0	0	1	1	1	4	8	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	21

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Template:Tooltip
1995
1.	Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7	US Open, New York	Hard	3R	6–2, 6–4, 6–4	80
1996
2.	Template:Flagicon Thomas Enqvist	9	Miami, United States	Hard	2R	6–3, 7–5	90
1997
3.	Template:Flagicon Thomas Enqvist	7	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	2R	6–7(1–7), 6–3, 6–3	95
1998
4.	Template:Flagicon Pat Rafter	4	Miami, United States	Hard	2R	6–3, 7–5	64
5.	Template:Flagicon Petr Korda	3	Toronto, Canada	Hard	2R	5–7, 6–1, 6–4	44
6.	Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi	9	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	2R	6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–2)	44
7.	Template:Flagicon Richard Krajicek	8	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	3R	6–2, 6–3	44
1999
8.	Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi	6	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	4R	6–1, 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–3	44
9.	Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3	Miami, United States	Hard	2R	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), 6–2	41
10.	Template:Flagicon Karol Kučera	9	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	2R	6–4, 6–3	33
11.	Template:Flagicon Mark Philippoussis	9	Rome, Italy	Clay	1R	7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–1	27
12.	Template:Flagicon Richard Krajicek	5	French Open, Paris	Clay	2R	6–1, 6–2, 6–4	35
13.	Template:Flagicon Gustavo Kuerten	5	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	2R	6–2, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)	29
14.	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras	1	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	QF	6–4, 3–6, ret.	34
15.	Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov	2	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	QF	6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)	22
2002
16.	Template:Flagicon Albert Costa	7	Toronto, Canada	Hard	1R	6–3, 6–1	74
2004
17.	Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick	3	Scottsdale, United States	Hard	SF	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4	29
18.	Template:Flagicon Paradorn Srichaphan	10	Miami, United States	Hard	4R	5–7, 6–3, 6–2	36
19.	Template:Flagicon Rainer Schüttler	5	Rome, Italy	Clay	1R	6–2, 2–6, 7–5	34
20.	Template:Flagicon Rainer Schüttler	8	Wimbledon, London	Grass	3R	6–4, 6–2, 6–3	30
2007
21.	Template:Flagicon Tommy Haas	9	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	QF	6–3, 2–6, 6–4	63

External links

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• Spadea's book wins ACE Magazine Book of the Year for 2006