American tennis player
Ryan Sweeting (born July 14, 1987)[1] is an American former professional tennis player.
Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas . He has been living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and registered as an American to the ATP.[1]
In September 2013, Sweeting became engaged to actress Kaley Cuoco after three months of dating.[2] They married on December 31, 2013, in Santa Susana, California .[3] Cuoco announced in September 2015 that she was filing for divorce.[4] The divorce was finalized in May 2016.[5]
Sweeting represented The Bahamas in his junior years. He attended Guizar Tennis Academy and was coached by renowned Mexican tennis coach, Nicolas Guizar. In 2005, he won the US Open Boys' Singles title , beating Jérémy Chardy in the final.
As a junior, Sweeting compiled a singles win–loss record of 94–51 (89–46 in doubles), reaching as high as no. 2 in the junior world rankings in September 2005.
In 2006, he attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for the Florida Gators men's tennis team in NCAA competition. He made his professional US Open debut in 2006, where he defeated Argentine Guillermo Coria in the first round (Coria retired while down 3–2) before losing to Belgian Olivier Rochus in five sets. Sweeting served as a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team in the 2006 World Group semifinal against Russia in Moscow.[6]
Ryan Sweeting 2007 US Open Sweeting turned professional in 2007. Sweeting captured four ProCircuit doubles titles in 2007. He won the Rimouski Challenger in Canada in November 2008 for his first ProCircuit singles title. He finished 2008 ranked no. 216 in the ATP world rankings.
Sweeting captured the Dallas Challenger singles title in February 2009, without dropping a set. In April, at the US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas , Sweeting and doubles partner Jesse Levine lost to Americans Bob and Mike Bryan , ranked no. 1 in the world, in the doubles final.
At the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Sweeting won his only ATP World Tour singles title by beating Kei Nishikori of Japan in the final in straight sets.[7]
Singles: 1 (1 title)[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting Outdoors (1–0) Indoors (0–0)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (3–2) ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 May 2006 USA F9, Vero Beach Futures Clay Victor Estrella Burgos 6–3, 6–0 Win 2–0 Nov 2008 Rimouski , Canada Challenger Hard Kristian Pless 6–4, 7–6(7–3) Win 3–0 Feb 2009 Dallas , United States Challenger Hard Brendan Evans 6–4, 6–3 Win 4–0 Feb 2010 Dallas , United States Challenger Hard Carsten Ball 6–4, 6–2 Loss 4–1 May 2010 Savannah , United States Challenger Clay Kei Nishikori 4–6, 0–6 Loss 4–2 Oct 2010 Calabasas , United States Challenger Hard Marinko Matosevic 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Legend ATP Challenger (3–3) ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface Hard (4–3) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 Jan 2007 USA F2, North Miami Beach Futures Hard Tim Smyczek James Cerretani Antonio Ruiz-Rosales 6–3, 6–2 Loss 1–1 Jan 2007 USA F3, Boca Raton Futures Hard Tim Smyczek Joel Kielbowicz Ryan Stotland 7–6(7–5) , 4–6, 0–1 ret. Win 2–1 Jul 2007 Lexington , United States Challenger Hard Brendan Evans Phillip Simmonds Ross Hutchins 6–4, 6–4 Win 3–1 Aug 2007 Binghamton , United States Challenger Hard Scott Oudsema Richard Bloomfield Im Kyu-Tae 7–6(7–5) , 7–5 Win 4–1 Sep 2007 Lubbock , United States Challenger Hard Alex Kuznetsov Rik De Voest Bobby Reynolds 6–3, 6–2 Loss 4–2 Apr 2008 Tallahassee , United States Challenger Hard Robert Kendrick Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds walkover Loss 4–3 May 2009 Zagreb , Croatia Challenger Clay Brendan Evans Peter Luczak Alessandro Motti 4–6, 4–6 Loss 4–4 Jul 2009 Winnetka , United States Challenger Hard Brett Joelson Carsten Ball Travis Rettenmaier 1–6, 2–6
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.
Junior Grand Slam finals [ edit ] Singles: 1 (1 title)[ edit ] ^ a b Ryan Sweeting at the Association of Tennis Professionals ^ Ravitz, Justin (September 26, 2013). "Kaley Cuoco Engaged to Ryan Sweeting After Three Months of Dating!" . Us Weekly . Retrieved January 13, 2014 . ^ " 'Big Bang Theory' star Kaley Cuoco gets married" . Associated Press via Newsday . Retrieved January 4, 2014 . ^ "Kaley Cuoco and Ryan Sweeting to Divorce After 21 Months of Marriage" . People . September 25, 2015. ^ Ungerman, Alex (May 9, 2016). "Kaley Cuoco Finalizes Divorce From Ryan Sweeting, Actress to Pay $165,000 in Spousal Support" . Entertainment Tonight . Retrieved May 10, 2016 . ^ "Bob Larson's Tennis News – Donald Young and John Isner head list of US Open wild cards" . ^ "Sweeting defeats Nishikori, claims Clay Court title" . April 11, 2011.