Todd Widom (born April 24, 1983, in Coral Springs, Florida) is a retired American professional tennis player.
Biography Widom grew up in Coral Springs, Florida. He is the son of Eloise Widom and has one brother, Gary. He is married to Beth Eisenberg also of Coral Springs. He coaches professional, college, and junior tennis players at his academy called TW Tennis, located in Coral Springs. He is an avid sports fan and in his spare time enjoys golf and fishing.
Career Widom attended and played at the University of Miami from 2001 to 2003. During this time, he was recognized as "Most Outstanding Player" at the Big East tournament and was named to the USA Tennis Collegiate Team.
In doubles, he and the American Scott Lipsky won an ATP Challenger tournament in Busan, Korea, in May 2006. Widom reached a career high singles ranking of 200 in July 2006 and a doubles ranking of 162 in April 2009.
Within the span of three years, Widom was diagnoses with eye cancer, two knee injuries, and elbow inflammation in his elbow, but recovered and continues to play and travel across the world regularly.
Playing mainly challenger tournaments, Widom achieved his career breakthrough when he won three matches in 2009 to qualify for the SAP Open in San Jose, and went on to beat 44th ranked Robby Ginepri, former 21st ranked Taylor Dent, and lost in three sets to the 21st ranked Radek Štěpánek. The following month, Widom went back to California and qualified for the ATP Masters 1000 at Indian Wells. He started by beating Iván Navarro in straight sets and eventually lost to 12th ranked David Ferrer.
This turn of events prompted ESPN to report that "a red-headed, blue-eyed journeyman from Coral Springs, Florida, made the largest leap of any player on the ultimate tennis ladder. After a series of outrageous misfortunes, Todd Widom did something extraordinary: He reached the quarterfinals of the SAP Open in San Jose."
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 8 (3–5) LegendATP Challenger (0–2)ITF Futures (3–3)Finals by surfaceHard (3–5)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0USA F21, JoplinFuturesHard Jay Gooding6–4, 7–6(7–4)Win2–0USA F31, HonoluluFuturesHard Lamine Ouahab3–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss2–1USA F32, WaikoloaFuturesHard Paul Logtens7–6(7–2), 3–6, 4–6Loss2–2USA F1, TampaFuturesHard Brian Baker3–6, 4–6Loss2–3Canada F5, OntarioFuturesHard Takahiro Terachi4–6, 6–2, 4–6Win3–3USA F8, MobileFuturesHard Wayne Odesnik4–6, 6–4, 6–2Loss3–4Orlando, United StatesChallengerHard Michael Russell4–6, 2–6Loss3–5Caloundra, AustraliaChallengerHard Joseph Sirianni6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)
Doubles: 12 (3–9) LegendATP Challenger (3–4)ITF Futures (0–5)Finals by surfaceHard (3–6)Clay (0–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1USA F19, PeoriaFuturesClay Scott Lipsky Eduardo Bohrer Márcio Carlsson6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7) Loss0–2USA F31, HonoluluFuturesHard Scott Lipsky Trace Fielding Keith From5–7, 7–6(9–7), 1–6Loss0–3USA F32, WaikoloaFuturesHard Scott Lipsky Trace Fielding Keith FromwalkoverLoss0–4Canada F5, OntarioFuturesHard David Martin Matt Klinger Daniel WendlerwalkoverLoss0–5USA F29, ArlingtonFuturesHard Scott Lipsky Ti Chen Go Soeda5–7, 2–6Win1–5Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Alex Bogomolov Jr. Lars Burgsmüller Denis Gremelmayr3–6, 6–2, [10–6]Win2–5Busan, South KoreaChallengerHard Scott Lipsky Cecil Mamiit Robert Kendrick6–3, 6–7(2–7), [10–7]Loss2–6Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Rajeev Ram Prakash Amritraj Rohan Bopanna6–3, 2–6, [6–10]Loss2–7Tunica Resorts, United StatesChallengerClay Ryler Deheart Vladimir Obradović Izak van der Merwe6–7(5–7), 4–6Loss2–8Bradenton, United StatesChallengerClay Ryler Deheart Carsten Ball Lester Cook6–4, 3–6, [6–10]Win3–8Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Michael Yani Ti Chen José Statham6–2, 6–2Loss3–9Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Michael Yani Noam Okun Amir Weintraub2–6, 1–6
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament]20032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ3AAAQ10 / 00–0French OpenAAAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0WimbledonAAAQ1AQ1Q1A0 / 00–0US OpenQ1Q1AQ2AQ2Q1A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAQ1AA2RA0 / 11–1Cincinnati MastersAAAAAQ2AA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–01–10–00 / 11–1
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