Carsten Thomas Ball[1] (born 20 June 1987) is an American-Australian retired professional tennis player. Although born and based in the United States, Carsten has represented Australia on tour.

Carsten Ball
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceNewport Beach, California, United States
Born (1987-06-20) 20 June 1987 (age 37)
Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Turned pro2005
Retired2016
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$671,061
Singles
Career record11–15
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 108 (26 July 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2009, 2010, 2011)
French Open2R (2010)
Wimbledon1R (2010)
US Open2R (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record30–27
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 54 (26 October 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2008, 2009, 2011)
French Open1R (2010)
Wimbledon3R (2010, 2011)
US OpenQF (2009)
Last updated on: 6 February 2016.

Tennis career

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Carsten Ball was born in Newport Beach, California. His father, Syd Ball, was also a tour tennis player. As a junior tennis player he reached a career high of number 9 in the world. He continues to be based in Newport Beach, with his father as his coach.

Ball has five Futures titles to his credit. His best singles results previously consisted of three runner up appearances in American Challengers in 2008 and 2009. In August 2009, Ball reached the final of the LA Tennis Open. He lost to sixth-seeded Sam Querrey. Later in August he qualified for the US Open, where he reached the second round, losing to Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

Ball enjoyed considerable success as a doubles player, often partnering with fellow Australian Chris Guccione. Ball and Guccione won back-to-back doubles titles in the 2011 Sacramento Challenger and Tiburon ATP Challenger Tour events, both $100,000 tournaments. He is now serving as the coach of American tennis player Tennys Sandgren.

ATP career finals

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Singles: 1 (0–1)

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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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2009 Los Angeles, US Hard   Sam Querrey 4–6, 6–3, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

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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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2010 Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. Grass   Chris Guccione   Santiago González
  Travis Rettenmaier
6–3, 6–4

Performance timelines

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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.

Singles

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Current as far as the 2012 US Open (tennis).

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 1R 1R 1R Q3 0–3
French Open A A 2R Q1 A 1–1
Wimbledon A A 1R Q1 A 0–1
US Open 1R 2R 2R Q2 A 2–3
Win–loss 0–1 1–2 2–4 0–1 0–0 3–8

Doubles

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Current as far as the 2012 US Open (tennis).

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R 3R 2R 10–7
French Open A A A A 1R A 1R 0–2
Wimbledon A A A A 3R 3R A 4–2
US Open A A A QF 1R A A 3–2
Win–loss 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–2 3–4 4–2 1–2 17–13

References

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  1. ^ "Free Family Tree, Genealogy, Family History, and DNA Testing".
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