Scott Oudsema (born July 1, 1986) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.ITF Pro Circuit Profile
Career Oudsema partnered Phillip Simmonds to win the doubles at the 2002 Orange Bowl.ITF Junior Profile He also competed with Simmonds at the 2003 Australian Open and the pair won the boys' doubles title. In 2004, Oudsema won a further three junior Grand Slam tournaments, the Australian Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open, all with Brendan Evans. In the only Grand Slam the pair didn't win, the French Open, they were semi-finalists. Also in 2004, before a large home-town crowd, Oudsema lost in the USTA Boys 18 singles finals to Scoville Jenkins.
On the men's tour, Oudsema competed in the doubles at the US Open four times, but only once made the second round, in 2005 with Alex Kuznetsov.ATP World Tour Profile His only singles win at ATP Tour level came in the 2006 Countrywide Classic, where he defeated Benjamin Becker in the opening round, before losing to Andy Roddick.Associated Press, "Hurt Roddick holds on to beat Oudsema", July 28, 2006 He won three ATP Challenger tournaments during his career, one in singles and two in doubles.
In the summer of 2009, Oudsema along with coach Murphy Jensen, Olga Puchkova, Leander Paes, Rennae Stubbs, and Nadia Petrova, led the Washington Kastles, to its first World Team Tennis title. He was the 2009 WTT Finals MVP. He retired in 2009.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 4 (4 titles) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2003Australian OpenHard Phillip Simmonds Florin Mergea Horia Tecău6–4, 6–4Win2004Australian OpenHard Brendan Evans David Galic David Jeflea6–1, 6–1Win2004WimbledonGrass Brendan Evans Robin Haase Viktor Troicki6–4, 6–4Win2004US OpenHard Brendan Evans Sebastian Rieschick Andreas Beck4–6, 6–1, 6–2
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 5 (1–4) LegendATP Challenger (1–0)ITF Futures (0–4)Finals by surfaceHard (1–4)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1USA F27, WacoFuturesHard Benjamin Becker6–7(4–7), 1–6Loss0–2USA F7, Little RockFuturesHard Wayne Odesnik2–6, 2–6Win1–2Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Lukáš Lacko7–6(7–5), 6–2Loss1–3France F13, MulhouseFuturesHard Daniel King-Turner6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss1–4Great Britain F2, SheffieldFuturesHard Lukáš Lacko6–7(5–7), 7–5, 3–6
Doubles: 12 (6–6) LegendATP Challenger (2–3)ITF Futures (4–3)Finals by surfaceHard (6–6)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0USA F26, IrvileFuturesHard Brendan Evans Scott Lipsky David Martin7–6(9–7), 3–6, 6–4Win2–0USA F31, WaikoloaFuturesHard Brendan Evans Scoville Jenkins Phillip Simmonds6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–4Loss2–1Lubbock, United StatesChallengerHard Jan-Michael Gambill Hugo Armando Glenn Weiner7–5, 2–6, 6–7(7–9)Win3–1USA F2, KissimmeeFuturesHard Alex Kuznetsov Brian Wilson Jeremy Wurtzman6–3, 6–2Loss3–2USA F7, Little RockFuturesHard Brendan Evans Michael Quintero Aguilar Wesley Whitehouse4–6, 2–6Win4–2USA F12, RocklinFuturesHard Kevin Anderson Jorge Aguilar Daniel Garza6–3, 7–5Win5–2Waikoloa, United StatesChallengerHard Brendan Evans Scott Lipsky David Martin4–6, 6–3, [12–10]Win6–2Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Ryan Sweeting Richard Bloomfield Im Kyu-Tae7–6(7–5), 7–5Loss6–3Yuba City, United StatesChallengerHard Jan-Michael Gambill Nicholas Monroe Michael Yani4–6, 4–6Loss6–4USA F13, SacramentoFuturesHard Gregory Ouellette Daniel King-Turner G.D. Jones2–6, 6–4, [5–10]Loss6–5Great Britain F3, TiptonFuturesHard Phillip Simmonds Dan Evans Henri Kontinen7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [4–10]Loss6–6Baton Rouge, United StatesChallengerHard Harsh Mankad Bobby Reynolds Rajeev Ram3–6, 7–6(8–6), [3–10]
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament20042005200620072008SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ2Q10 / 00–0French OpenAAAAA0 / 00–0WimbledonAAAQ2A0 / 00–0US OpenQ1AQ1Q1A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAQ1A0 / 00–0CincinnatiAAAAQ20 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
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