Timothy Allen Salazar Smyczek ( ; ; born December 30, 1987) is an American former professional tennis player. He made three quarterfinals on the main tour as well as the semi-finals of Newport in 2018. Additionally he won seven Challenger titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 68 in April 2015. Smyczek recorded wins over several notable players in his career including Kei Nishikori, John Isner, Ivo Karlović, Sam Querrey, Robby Ginepri, Gilles Müller, and Benjamin Becker.

Personal life Smyczek is good friends with Mardy Fish. He is also a Catholic and a cooperator of Opus Dei. On November 21, 2015, Smyczek married Ana Pier.

Tennis career Juniors As a junior, Smyczek reached as high as No. 14 in the world combined rankings in January 2005.

Pro tour Smyczek reached the quarterfinals of the SAP Open in 2011, beating Kei Nishikori en route, but lost to Gaël Monfils. He qualified again in 2012, but lost to Mardy Fish in the first round.

In April 2012, he won his first Challenger title, defeating Frank Dancevic in the Tallahassee final, Dancevic retiring after losing the first set 5–7.

For the 2013 Australian Open, Smyczek earned entry as the last entry in the field and lucky loser, the highest-ranked player (ATP ranking of no. 128) who lost in the finals of qualifying. After beating Ivo Karlović in the first round, he lost to world no. 4 David Ferrer in the second round in four sets.

Tim lost the first round of the 2013 French Open qualifying. He fared better at Wimbledon; he made it to the third round of qualifying for the first time, losing to Matt Reid in four sets. Tim reached the doubles final of the 2013 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships with Rhyne Williams as his partner. In the final the American duo fell to Nicolas Mahut and his partner and fellow Frenchmen Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Tim made it to the third round of the Citi Open. He qualified for the Rogers Cup and made it to the second round.

At the 2015 Australian Open, Smyczek entered the main draw as a qualifier, and lost in a four-hour match that ended 7–5 in the fifth set against World No. 3 Rafael Nadal in the second round. In the final game of the match, he graciously allowed Nadal to repeat a crucial first serve when Nadal’s serve landed out, possibly due to a disturbance by a member of the crowd. Smyczek (not the chair umpire) initiated the decision for Nadal to repeat the first serve. Smyczek’s sportsmanship resulted in praise from Nadal and the crowd after the match. He would go on to achieve his career high rank of 68 in April.

In 2016 Smyczek made the quarterfinals in Houston and Delray Beach.

In 2018 Smyczek attained his best main tour result by reaching the semi-finals of Newport.

In 2019 Smyczek announced his plans to retire after the U.S. Open but was not granted a wild card. His last match was at the Citi Open.

ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand 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)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–L DateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Jul 2013Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States250 SeriesGrass Rhyne Williams Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin 7–6(7–4), 2–6, [5–10]

Challenger tournament finals Singles (7–6) OutcomeW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up0–1June 29, 2009Winnetka, USHard Alex Kuznetsov4–6, 6–7(1–7)Runner-up0–2March 22, 2010Rimouski, CanadaHard Rik de Voest0–6, 5–7Runner-up0–3July 3, 2010Winnetka, USHard Brian Dabul1–6, 6–1, 1–6Winner1–3April 2, 2012Tallahassee, USHard Frank Dancevic7–5 RETWinner2–3November 17, 2012Champaign, USHard(i) Jack Sock2–6, 7–6(7–1), 7–5Runner-up2–4September 30, 2013Sacramento, USHard Donald Young5–7, 3–6Winner3–4November 10, 2013Knoxville, USHard Peter Polansky6–4, 6–2Runner-up3–5September 28, 2014Napa, USHard Sam Querrey3–6, 1–6Winner4–5February 7, 2015Dallas, USHard(i) Rajeev Ram6–2, 4–1 RETRunner-up4–6March 22, 2015Irving, USHard Aljaž Bedene6–7(3–7), 6–3, 3–6 Winner5–6October 4, 2015Tiburon, USHard Denis Kudla1–6, 6–1, 7–6(9–7)Winner6–6November 5, 2017Charlottesville, USHard Tennys Sandgren6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–2Winner7–6November 19, 2017Champaign, USHard Bjorn Fratangelo6–2, 6–4

Doubles (0–1) OutcomeW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up0–1April 28, 2013Savannah, USClay Michael Russell Teymuraz Gabashvili Denys Molchanov2–6, 5–7

Singles performance timeline

Tournament20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAQ2Q32R1R2R2RQ32RQ30 / 44–544%French OpenAAAAA1RQ1Q1Q31RQ1Q2Q1Q10 / 20–20%WimbledonAAAAQ1AQ2Q3Q31RQ2Q2AQ20 / 10–10%US OpenAAQ1Q21RQ12R3R2R1RQ21R1RA0 / 74–736%Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–11–13–21–21–41–10–11–20–00 / 158–1535%ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAA1R2R1R1R2R2R1RQ12RA0 / 84–833%Miami OpenAAAAAQ2Q11RQ12R3R1RQ1A0 / 43–443%Canadian OpenAAAAQ2AAQ12RQ11R1RQ1A0 / 31–333%Cincinnati MastersAAAAQ2Q1AQ2Q2Q1Q1Q1Q2A0 / 00–0–Shanghai MastersAAAAAAAAAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0–Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–11–10–10–22–22–22–30–21–10–00 / 158–1535%Career statisticsTournaments0010466111213107123Career total: 85Overall win–loss0–00–00–10–01–43–63–68–117–125–138–101–76–121–30 / 8543–8534%Year-end ranking58171434928017127312889115109140130164355

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