Phillip Simmonds Explained
| Phillip Simmonds |
| Residence: | Virginia, United States |
| Birth Date: | 18 May 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Selden, New York |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Careerprizemoney: | $191,421 |
| Singlesrecord: | 0–3 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 219 (2 October 2006) |
| Australianopenresult: | Q1 (2006) |
| Frenchopenresult: | Q1 (2007) |
| Wimbledonresult: | Q1 (2006, 2007) |
| Usopenresult: | 1R (2006) |
| Doublesrecord: | 1–6 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 200 (11 June 2007) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 1R (2004, 2006, 2007) |
| Usopenmixedresult: | 1R (2004) |
| Updated: | 11 September 2021 |
Phillip Simmonds (born May 18, 1986) is a professional tennis player from the United States.[1]
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.[2] Simmonds and Oudsema would go on to claim the 2003 Australian Open boys' doubles title, the first American male pairing to win the competition.[3] They defeated the Romanian pairing of Florin Mergea and Horia Tecău in the final.[2] In 2003, he also reached the boys' doubles semi-finals at the French Open and Wimbledon, partnering Brian Baker.[2]
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.[4] 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.[4]
He has won three Challenger titles in his career.[4] 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.[4] As of the end of 2012, he has won nine ITF Futures titles, three in singles and six in doubles.[4]
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 6 (4–2)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (1–1) | | ITF Futures (3–1) | |
| | Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (3–1) | | Clay (1–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
| |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | | Sacramento, United States | Challenger | Hard | Rik de Voest | 6–1, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | | USA F3, Boca Raton | Futures | Hard |  Iván Miranda | 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
| Win | 2–1 | | León, Mexico | Challenger | Hard |  Dick Norman | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–2 | | USA F30, Pensacola | Futures | Clay | Dennis Bloemke | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | | USA F3, Weston | Futures | Clay |  Jack Sock | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–2 | | USA F15, Chico | Futures | Hard | Michael McClune | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 | |
Doubles: 13 (8–5)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (2–1) | | ITF Futures (6–4) | |
| | Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (6–4) | | Clay (2–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
| |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|
| Win | 1–0 | | USA F11, Orange Park | Futures | Clay | Brian Baker | Marcos Ondruska
Brendan Evans | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | | USA F31, Waikoloa | Futures | Hard | Scoville Jenkins | Brendan Evans
Scott Oudsema | 7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Challenger | Hard | Alex Kuznetsov |  Thierry Ascione
Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–2 | | Lexington, United States | Challenger | Hard |  Ross Hutchins | Brendan Evans
Ryan Sweeting | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | | USA F4, Brownsville | Futures | Hard |  Pavel Chekhov |  Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya
 Daniel Yoo | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–2 | | USA F5, Harlingen | Futures | Hard | Nicholas Monroe | Brian Battistone
Dann Battistone | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 5–2 | | Baton Rouge, United States | Challenger | Hard | Tim Smyczek | Ryan Harrison
Michael Venus | 2–6, 6–1, [10–4] |
| Loss | 5–3 | | Great Britain F3, Tipton | Futures | Hard | Scott Oudsema | Dan Evans
 Henri Kontinen | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [4–10] |
| Loss | 5–4 | | Netherlands F4, Enschede | Futures | Clay | Colt Gaston | Boy Westerhof
Antal van der Duim | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 6–4 | | France F17, Nevers | Futures | Hard | Colt Gaston |  Vladimir Obradović
 Andreas Siljeström | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
| Loss | 6–5 | | Canada F4, Toronto | Futures | Hard | Brendan Evans | Brett Joelson
Ashwin Kumar | 6–3, 3–6, [7–10] |
| Win | 7–5 | | USA F12, Orange Park | Futures | Clay | Fritz Wolmarans | Benjamin Rogers
 John-Patrick Smith | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [12–10] |
| Win | 8–5 | | USA F14, Sacramento | Futures | Hard | Vahid Mirzadeh | Nicolas Meister
 Pedro Zerbini | 6–4, 3–6, [11–9] | |
Performance timeline
Singles
Notes and References
- http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100013272 ITF Pro Circuit Profile
- http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100013272 ITF Junior Profile
- http://www.usta.com/Active/News/Pro-Tennis/USTA-Pro-Circuit/300034_Phillip_Simmonds_Circuit_Player_of_the_Week/ USTA: Circuit Player of the Week
- http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Si/P/Phillip-Simmonds.aspx ATP World Tour Profile
