Phillip Simmonds (born May 18, 1986) is a professional tennis player from the United States.ITF Pro Circuit Profile
Junior career Simmonds had a promising junior career, spending time as the number ranked doubles player on the ITF rankings. He was a member of the United States team that finished runners-up in the 2002 Junior Davis Cup and in the same year won the doubles at the Orange Bowl, with Scott Oudsema.ITF Junior Profile Simmonds and Oudsema would go on to claim the 2003 Australian Open boys' doubles title, the first American male pairing to win the competition.USTA: Circuit Player of the Week They defeated the Romanian pairing of Florin Mergea and Horia Tecău in the final. In 2003, he also reached the boys' doubles semi-finals at the French Open and Wimbledon, partnering Brian Baker.
Professional career Simmonds was given a wildcard into the 2006 US Open main draw, but couldn't get past 25th seed Richard Gasquet in the opening round.ATP World Tour Profile He competed in the men's doubles at the US Open three times, in 2004, 2006, and 2007, but fell in the first round each time.
He has won three Challenger titles in his career. In 2006 he won the singles title at the León Challenger tournament and he has also won two doubles titles, at Nouméa in 2007 and Baton Rouge the following year. As of the end of 2012, he has won nine ITF Futures titles, three in singles and six in doubles.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearChampionshipsSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreWin2003Australian OpenHard Scott Oudsema Florin Mergea Horia Tecău6–4, 6–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 6 (4–2) LegendATP Challenger (1–1)ITF Futures (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Sacramento, United StatesChallengerHard Rik de Voest6–1, 3–6, 4–6Win1–1USA F3, Boca RatonFuturesHard Iván Miranda5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)Win2–1León, MexicoChallengerHard Dick Norman3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2Loss2–2USA F30, PensacolaFuturesClay Dennis Bloemke1–6, 3–6Win3–2USA F3, WestonFuturesClay Jack Sock6–2, 6–2Win4–2USA F15, ChicoFuturesHard Michael McClune4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Doubles: 13 (8–5) LegendATP Challenger (2–1)ITF Futures (6–4)Finals by surfaceHard (6–4)Clay (2–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0USA F11, Orange ParkFuturesClay Brian Baker Marcos Ondruska Brendan Evans4–6, 7–5, 6–4Loss1–1USA F31, WaikoloaFuturesHard Scoville Jenkins Brendan Evans Scott Oudsema7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), 4–6Win2–1Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Alex Kuznetsov Thierry Ascione Édouard Roger-Vasselin7–6(7–5), 6–3Loss2–2Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Ross Hutchins Brendan Evans Ryan Sweeting4–6, 4–6Win3–2USA F4, BrownsvilleFuturesHard Pavel Chekhov Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya Daniel Yoo6–3, 6–2Win4–2USA F5, HarlingenFuturesHard Nicholas Monroe Brian Battistone Dann Battistone6–3, 6–1Win5–2Baton Rouge, United StatesChallengerHard Tim Smyczek Ryan Harrison Michael Venus2–6, 6–1, [10–4]Loss5–3Great Britain F3, TiptonFuturesHard Scott Oudsema Dan Evans Henri Kontinen7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [4–10]Loss5–4Netherlands F4, EnschedeFuturesClay Colt Gaston Boy Westerhof Antal van der Duim5–7, 2–6Win6–4France F17, NeversFuturesHard Colt Gaston Vladimir Obradović Andreas Siljeström6–4, 7–6(7–3)Loss6–5Canada F4, TorontoFuturesHard Brendan Evans Brett Joelson Ashwin Kumar6–3, 3–6, [7–10]Win7–5USA F12, Orange ParkFuturesClay Fritz Wolmarans Benjamin Rogers John-Patrick Smith6–3, 6–7(5–7), [12–10]Win8–5USA F14, SacramentoFuturesHard Vahid Mirzadeh Nicolas Meister Pedro Zerbini6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament20042005200620072008200920102011SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ1AAAA0 / 00–0 French OpenAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0 WimbledonAAQ1Q1AAAA0 / 00–0US OpenQ1A1RQ1AAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 10–1ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAQ1AAAAQ10 / 00–0MiamiQ1AAQ1AAAA0 / 00–0CincinnatiQ1AAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
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