Carsten Thomas Ball (born 20 June 1987) is an American-Australian retired professional tennis player. Although born and based in the United States, Ball represented Australia on tour.
Tennis career 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 was 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, as a qualifier, 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. After his retirement as a player, he became a coach including working with Tennys Sandgren.
ATP career finals Singles: 1 (0–1) 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) ResultW–L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Aug 2009Los Angeles, USHard Sam Querrey4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Doubles: 1 (1–0) 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) ResultW–L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Jul 2010Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.Grass Chris Guccione Santiago González Travis Rettenmaier6–3, 6–4
Performance timelines
Singles Current as far as the 2012 US Open (tennis). Tournament20082009201020112012Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ21R1R1RQ30–3French OpenAA2RQ1A1–1WimbledonAA1RQ1A0–1US Open1R2R2RQ2A2–3Win–loss0–11–22–40–10–03–8
Doubles Current as far as the 2012 US Open (tennis). Tournament2006200720082009201020112012W–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open2R2R3R3R2R3R2R10–7French OpenAAAA1RA1R0–2WimbledonAAAA3R3RA4–2US OpenAAAQF1RAA3–2Win–loss1–11–12–15–23–44–21–217–13
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