With Jenson Brooksby losing tonight, it assures that an American man will not have won a grand slam title in 18 years. Andy Roddick’s US Open title turns 18 years old tomorrow.
"Anyone who's in our house kind of knows what I did": Most of Roddick's trophies thrown away with one used as a drinks platter
ATPFriday, 25 August 2023 at 22:30
Andy Roddick recently revealed in an interview that he discarded most of his trophies, but he kept the one from the US Open.
The former world No. 1 is one of the most significant American tennis players in history, having reached the pinnacle of the ranking alongside Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Jim Courier, Pete Sampras, and Andre Agassi.
Roddick achieved the world No. 1 ranking in 2003, a year in which he won two Masters Series titles in Canada and Cincinnati, in addition to his lone Grand Slam at the US Open, where he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final.
He held the ATP ranking's top position for 13 weeks and was the last world No. 1 before the Big-4 era, as Roger Federer claimed the top spot from him in February 2004 and held it for 237 weeks (over 4 years).
Throughout his career, Roddick accumulated 32 singles titles, six of which were won in 2003. He mentioned in a recent interview with GQ that he no longer has most of the trophies he won:
“I thought, ‘I don't really need these. Anyone who's in our house kind of knows what I did,’” Roddick said.
He added, “No one's benefited more from one win."
Roddick remains the last American male tennis player to have won the US Open, and this edition marks the 20th anniversary of his achievement. The hopes of the American public for a local male player to reclaim the title will rest on their two main candidates, world No. 9 Taylor Fritz and world No. 10 Frances Tiafoe.
Fritz, being the higher-ranked of the two, has reached the third round of the US Open in 2018 and 2019 as his best result. On the other hand, Tiafoe has come closer to the title, as he reached the semifinals in 2022, defeating Rafael Nadal along the way, but eventually falling to the eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz.
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