The 21st century
United States · born San Francisco, 1987 · right-handed · Queen's champion 2010 and Wimbledon semi-finalist 2017
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10
ATP singles titles, one on grass at Queen's in 2010
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Wimbledon 2017, his only major semi-final
2
Wimbledon wins over a reigning world No. 1 and defending champion: Djokovic 2016, Murray 2017
5
Grass-court tour finals: won Queen's, lost Newport, Nottingham, Eastbourne and Mallorca
11
Career-high ranking, February 2018
Sam Querrey was born in San Francisco in 1987 and grew up in Southern California, where he turned down a scholarship to the University of Southern California to turn professional in 2006. At 6ft 6in he was built around his serve and forehand. He won his first ATP title at Las Vegas in 2008 and in 2010 won titles on clay, hard courts and grass, among them Queen's.
He won ten singles titles and five in doubles, reached a career high of No. 11 in February 2018 and recorded 23 wins over top-ten opponents. His best results came at Wimbledon: quarter-finals in 2016 and 2019 and the semi-finals in 2017, the first by an American man at a major since 2009. He beat Rafael Nadal in the Acapulco final in 2017 and played in three Davis Cup semi-finals for the United States.
He retired after the 2022 US Open, playing his last match in doubles with Steve Johnson.
| Queen's 2010 | Seeded seventh, beat Mardy Fish 7-6, 7-5 in the first all-American final at Queen's since Todd Martin beat Pete Sampras in 1994 |
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| Wimbledon 2016 | Beat the world No. 1 Novak Djokovic 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 in the third round over two rain-hit days, ending Djokovic's run of 30 consecutive Grand Slam match wins; lost in the quarter-finals to Milos Raonic |
| Wimbledon 2017 | Seeded 24th, beat the world No. 1 and defending champion Andy Murray 3-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1, 6-1 in the quarter-finals, then lost the semi-final to Marin Čilić in four sets |
| Wimbledon marathons | 2012 third round: lost to Čilić 7-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 17-15 in five hours 31 minutes, then the second-longest match in Wimbledon history. 2014: lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 14-12 in the fifth set |
| Grass finals lost | Newport 2009 to Rajeev Ram; Nottingham 2015 to Denis Istomin; Eastbourne 2019 to Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4; Mallorca 2021 to Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-2 |
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| 2010 | Men's singles | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"It's incredible, especially to do it here at Wimbledon."
The person behind the player.
Queen's Club, June 2010
His opponent in the 2010 final, Mardy Fish, was a close friend who lived near him in Santa Monica, practised with him and shared his coach, David Nainkin. Fish had three break points early and served for the second set at 6-5, but Querrey broke back and won in straight sets.
Source: The Star (Malaysia), June 2010Bangkok, September 2009
In Bangkok in 2009 he fell through a glass table and cut a muscle in his arm, which needed surgery. He came back to have, in his words, "one of my best years" in 2010.
Source: ATP TourWimbledon, July 2016
Djokovic held all four major titles. Querrey led by two sets on the Friday night, and the match resumed on Saturday after rain stopped play four times. He had lost 10 of his previous 14 five-set matches and had never beaten a world No. 1 at a major. "I'm so ecstatic and happy," he said.
Source: ESPNWimbledon, July 2012
His third-round defeat by Marin Čilić in 2012, 17-15 in the fifth set, lasted five hours and 31 minutes. The Compendium lists it among the longest gentlemen's singles matches played at Wimbledon, behind only Isner and Mahut at the time.
Source: Wimbledon Compendium 2025New York, 2007 and 2022
He remembered meeting Roger Federer in 2007: "Hey Sam, Roger, welcome to the Tour." At his retirement in 2022 his friend Steve Johnson said: "In my eyes, Sam's got one of the best serves, maybe in the history of tennis."
Source: ATP TourFree membership: player news, the grass court Atlas, the rankings and the grass season calendar.
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