Wayne Odesnik

Infobox Tennis player
playername = Wayne Odesnik


nickname =
country = USA
residence = Weston, Florida, USA
datebirth = birth date and age|1985|11|21
placebirth = Johannesburg, South Africa
height = height|m=1.80
weight = convert|77|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro = 2004
retired = Active
plays = Left-handed; two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney = US$300,004
singlesrecord = 9–15
singlestitles = 0
highestsinglesranking = No. 87 (June 23 2008)
AustralianOpenresult = 1r (2008)
FrenchOpenresult = 3r (2008)
Wimbledonresult = 1r (2008)
USOpenresult = 2r (2007, 2008)
doublesrecord = 2–1
doublestitles = 0
highestdoublesranking = No. 394 (April 21 2008)
updated = May 28, 2008

Wayne Odesnik (born November 21, 1985 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a professional tennis player from the United States. Odesnik plays left-handed, with a two-handed backhand. As of June 23, 2008, Odesnik was ranked 87 in singles rankings, which was also his career high. He was ranked 394 in doubles rankings, which was his career high in doubles.

In Challenger and Future events, Odesnik has won 7 singles titles combining these two ITF Men's Circuit events, but no doubles titles. Odesnik currently resides in Weston, Florida, in the United States, and has earned $171,003 in 2004, and won his first Futures title in 2003.

Career

Junior career

In 2000 Odesnik lost in the finals in singles at the Easter Bowl.

In 2001 he won the singles title at the El Paso Youth Tennis Centre ITF Tournament, was a semifinalist in both singles and doubles (with Chirico) at the USTA Junior International Hard Court Championships, finished in third place in singles and doubles (with Chirico) at the boys’ 16 USTA Super National Hard Court Championships, and was a boys’ 16 singles semifinalist at the USTA Super National Clay Court Championships. He also won the Curacao Junior Open, and won the doubles title (with Chirico) and at the USTA Super National Spring Championships – The Easter Bowl. [http://www.usta.com/juniors/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=40326&itype=945&icategoryid=167]

Professional career; 2001-04

Odesnik first played professionally in 2001, only playing one match. He didn't win anything in 2002, but Odesnik did go on to win two futures events in Jamaica in 2003, winning the first over Jacob Adaktusson in the final and the next over Juan Mónaco in the final. He, however, only won one doubles match in Futures play that year as well as in 2002; as for he did not play a Challenger or major event. He finished his 2003 season ranked 446 for singles.

2004 saw Odesnik make three Futures finals late in the season, losing at first to Horia Tecău, then making the second final and again losing to Tecău, then lost in his third final to Brendan Evans. He also participated in the 2004 U.S. Open, gaining a wildcard entry [ [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/vault/draws.asp?TournamentID=560&TournamentYear=2004 ATPtennis.com - Event Draw ] ] into the main draw. He won the first set in his match against David Sánchez, eventually losing the next set in a 9–7 tiebreak in Sánchez's favor, then being defeated 6–2, 6–3, finally with a scoreline of 4–6, 7–6 (7), 6–2, 6–3 in Sánchez's favor. Odesnik reached one Futures doubles final partnered aside with Zack Fleishman, but went on to lose in the final to Tecău (this time in doubles) and Alex Kuznetsov.

2005-06

Odesnik reached one Futures doubles final with Josh Goffi, but lost to Scott Lipsky and David Martin. In 2005 singles play, Odesnik won two finals out of five in Futures play, ending the year with a 10-match winning streak. He won two straight titles in tournaments entered, in Honolulu and Waikoloa, Hawaii, making up his only titles that year. [http://www.usta.com/news/fullstory.sps?inewsid=319332] He beat Lipsky in the first final, and then beat Sam Querrey a week later. He wound up ranked 265 for singles 1,091 for doubles at the year's end. He also participated in an ATP Masters Series event, at the Indian Wells Masters, losing in the first round to Fernando Verdasco.

2006 saw Odesnik win three singles titles on the Futures circuit. He lost in straight sets to Raemon Sluiter at the 2005 U.S. Open. He beat Scott Oudsema 6–2, 6–2, in his first title of the Futures year in Little Rock, Arkansas, then Harsh Mankad in Mobile Alabama, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, to win a title the following week, and then won the Milan Challenger title over bronze Olympic metalist Arnaud di Pasquale in three sets in the final. [http://www.usta.com/news/fullstory.sps?inewsid=319332]

2007

In Challenger events, he has reached the finals of Karlsruhe, where he lost to Mischa Zverev. He went on to make the third round of a major-level event, beating # 59 Juan Martín del Potro en route, 3–6, 7–6 (10,) 6–3. He then lost to John Isner in three tiebreak sets, 7–6 (4), 6–7 (3), 6–7 (2).

At the August 2007 Rogers Masters, Odesnik had an amazing run. In qualifying, ranked 182, he defeated Jan Hernych [http://www.rogerscupmen.com/2/en/draws/QS1.pdf] . He went on to the main draw of the ATP Masters Series Canada, and upset world # 11 Ivan Ljubičić in three sets, 6–3, 4–6, 7–6 (5), before going down to # 91 Frank Dancevic. [http://www.rogerscupmen.com/2/fr/draws/MDS5.pdf]

At the 2007 U.S. Open, Odesnik beat Danai Udomchoke of Thailand 7–5 in the fifth set to reach the second round. He then lost in the second round to eventual quarterfinalist Juan Ignacio Chela.

In October in Sacramento, California, he beat Yen-Hsun Lu, ranked # 99 at the time, in the finals, 6–2, 6–3. Later that month in Busan, Korea, he again defeated Lu, now ranked # 87, 7–6(5), 2–6, 6–1, before losing in the quarterfinals.

The USTA asked Odesnik and two other young American men to play off in a round-robin format December 18th-20th for a wild-card berth in the Australian Open that the organization received in a reciprocal agreement with Tennis Australia. The other players selected based on age (22 and under) and ranking (top 200) to compete in Boca Raton, Florida, were Jesse Levine and Alex Kuznetsov. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/notebook?page=notebook/tennis1211 "Isner on outside looking in at Australian Open ... for now," ESPN, 12/11/07, accessed 12/13/07] ] Levine won the wild card, defeating Odesnik 6–4, 6–0. [ [http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/tennis/sfl-tebnis122007,0,2187104,print.story "Boca's Levine earns Aussie wild card with win over Odesnik," South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 12/20/07, accessed 12/20/07] ]

2008

In February, at the San Jose International Series, Odesnik defeated Donald Young, ranked # 100 in the world, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4. [http://www.mercurynews.com/scoreboard/ci_8302332]

In April at the International Series in Houston, Texas, he beat world # 60 Dudi Sela of Israel 6-3, 7-5, and world # 76 Sergio Roitman of Argentina 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1.

At the World Team Championship in Germany in May he beat world # 64 Ivo Minar, 6-2, 6-1.

At Roland Garros at the French Open in May, he beat world # 31 Guillermo Cañas 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3), 7-6( 8) in a very tight match that got him to round 2 of the grand slam. [http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/articles/2008-05-26/200805261211825309687.html] He then beat world # 52 Hyung-Taik Lee 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the next round.

At Wimbledon he arrived on court against 24th seed Jarkko Nieminen with heavy strapping on his thigh, and succumbed to injury after losing the opening set 6-3. [http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m16s243&SecId=243&AId=60874&ATypeId=1] Odesnik will undergo two to three weeks of rehab on an injured abductor muscle in his left hip; a small tear in his groin. He injured his left leg in a tournament in Poland. [http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_tennisblog/2008/06/odesnik-medical.html]

In the summer of 2008 Odesnik was being coached by Félix Mantilla. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jun/29/wimbledon.tennis6]

Personal

Odesnik is Jewish, and along with Jesse Levine, Dudi Sela, and Shahar Pe'er is one of a number of young Jewish tennis players who are highly ranked. [ [http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?pgID=4744 Israeli star trains at Maccabi courts (January 10, 2008) ] ]

References

External links

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* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Odesn&weeks=12 Odesnik Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Odesn Odesnik World Ranking History]