Phillip Simmonds (born May 18, 1986) is a professional tennis player from the United States.[1]

Phillip Simmonds
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceVirginia, United States
Born (1986-05-18) May 18, 1986 (age 38)
Selden, New York
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$191,421
Singles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 219 (2 October 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2006)
French OpenQ1 (2007)
WimbledonQ1 (2006, 2007)
US Open1R (2006)
Doubles
Career record1–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 200 (11 June 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open1R (2004, 2006, 2007)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open1R (2004)
Last updated on: 11 September 2021.

Junior career

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Simmonds had a promising junior career, spending time as the number ranked doubles player on the ITF rankings. He was a member of the United States team that finished runners-up in the 2002 Junior Davis Cup and in the same year won the doubles at the Orange Bowl, with Scott Oudsema.[2] Simmonds and Oudsema would go on to claim the 2003 Australian Open boys' doubles title, the first American male pairing to win the competition.[3] They defeated the Romanian pairing of Florin Mergea and Horia Tecău in the final.[2] In 2003, he also reached the boys' doubles semi-finals at the French Open and Wimbledon, partnering Brian Baker.[2]

Professional career

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Simmonds was given a wildcard into the 2006 US Open main draw, but couldn't get past 25th seed Richard Gasquet in the opening round.[4] He competed in the men's doubles at the US Open three times, in 2004, 2006, and 2007, but fell in the first round each time.[4]

He has won three Challenger titles in his career.[4] In 2006 he won the singles title at the León Challenger tournament and he has also won two doubles titles, at Nouméa in 2007 and Baton Rouge the following year.[4] As of the end of 2012, he has won nine ITF Futures titles, three in singles and six in doubles.[4]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Championships Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 2003 Australian Open Hard   Scott Oudsema   Florin Mergea
  Horia Tecău
6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 6 (4–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2005 Sacramento, United States Challenger Hard   Rik de Voest 6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jan 2006 USA F3, Boca Raton Futures Hard   Iván Miranda 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 2–1 Apr 2006 León, Mexico Challenger Hard   Dick Norman 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss 2–2 Nov 2010 USA F30, Pensacola Futures Clay   Dennis Bloemke 1–6, 3–6
Win 3–2 Jan 2011 USA F3, Weston Futures Clay   Jack Sock 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–2 Jun 2012 USA F15, Chico Futures Hard   Michael McClune 4–6, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 13 (8–5)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (6–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2003 USA F11, Orange Park Futures Clay   Brian Baker   Marcos Ondruska
  Brendan Evans
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Nov 2004 USA F31, Waikoloa Futures Hard   Scoville Jenkins   Brendan Evans
  Scott Oudsema
7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win 2–1 Jan 2007 Nouméa, New Caledonia Challenger Hard   Alex Kuznetsov   Thierry Ascione
  Édouard Roger-Vasselin
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 2–2 Jul 2007 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard   Ross Hutchins   Brendan Evans
  Ryan Sweeting
4–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Feb 2008 USA F4, Brownsville Futures Hard   Pavel Chekhov   Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya
  Daniel Yoo
6–3, 6–2
Win 4–2 Mar 2008 USA F5, Harlingen Futures Hard   Nicholas Monroe   Brian Battistone
  Dann Battistone
6–3, 6–1
Win 5–2 Apr 2008 Baton Rouge, United States Challenger Hard   Tim Smyczek   Ryan Harrison
  Michael Venus
2–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss 5–3 Mar 2009 Great Britain F3, Tipton Futures Hard   Scott Oudsema   Dan Evans
  Henri Kontinen
7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [4–10]
Loss 5–4 Aug 2009 Netherlands F4, Enschede Futures Clay   Colt Gaston   Boy Westerhof
  Antal van der Duim
5–7, 2–6
Win 6–4 Oct 2009 France F17, Nevers Futures Hard   Colt Gaston   Vladimir Obradović
  Andreas Siljeström
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 6–5 Sep 2010 Canada F4, Toronto Futures Hard   Brendan Evans   Brett Joelson
  Ashwin Kumar
6–3, 3–6, [7–10]
Win 7–5 May 2012 USA F12, Orange Park Futures Clay   Fritz Wolmarans   Benjamin Rogers
  John-Patrick Smith
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [12–10]
Win 8–5 Jun 2012 USA F14, Sacramento Futures Hard   Vahid Mirzadeh   Nicolas Meister
  Pedro Zerbini
6–4, 3–6, [11–9]

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A Q1 Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q1 A 1R Q1 A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A Q1 A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Q1 A A Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Q1 A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

References

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