Carsten Ball

Carsten Thomas Ball^[1] (born 20 June 1987) is an American-Australian retired professional tennis player. Although born and based in the United States, Carsten has represented Australia on tour.

Carsten Ball

Carsten Ball at the 2012 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Newport Beach, California, United States
Born	(1987-06-20) 20 June 1987 (age 38) Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2005
Retired	2016
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$671,061
Singles
Career record	11–15
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 108 (26 July 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2009, 2010, 2011)
French Open	2R (2010)
Wimbledon	1R (2010)
US Open	2R (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	30–27
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 54 (26 October 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2008, 2009, 2011)
French Open	1R (2010)
Wimbledon	3R (2010, 2011)
US Open	QF (2009)
Last updated on: 6 February 2016.

Tennis career

Carsten Ball was born in Newport Beach, California. His father, Syd Ball, was also a tour tennis player. As a junior tennis player he reached a career high of number 9 in the world. He continues to be based in Newport Beach, with his father as his coach.

Ball has five Futures titles to his credit. His best singles results previously consisted of three runner up appearances in American Challengers in 2008 and 2009. In August 2009, Ball reached the final of the LA Tennis Open. He lost to sixth-seeded Sam Querrey. Later in August he qualified for the US Open, where he reached the second round, losing to Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

Ball enjoyed considerable success as a doubles player, often partnering with fellow Australian Chris Guccione. Ball and Guccione won back-to-back doubles titles in the 2011 Sacramento Challenger and Tiburon ATP Challenger Tour events, both $100,000 tournaments. He is now serving as the coach of American tennis player Tennys Sandgren.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2009	Los Angeles, US	Hard	Sam Querrey	4–6, 6–3, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2010	Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.	Grass	Chris Guccione	Santiago González Travis Rettenmaier	6–3, 6–4

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Current as far as the 2012 US Open (tennis).

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	1R	1R	1R	Q3	0–3
French Open	A	A	2R	Q1	A	1–1
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	Q1	A	0–1
US Open	1R	2R	2R	Q2	A	2–3
Win–loss	0–1	1–2	2–4	0–1	0–0	3–8

Doubles

Current as far as the 2012 US Open (tennis).

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	2R	2R	3R	3R	2R	3R	2R	10–7
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	0–2
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	A	4–2
US Open	A	A	A	QF	1R	A	A	3–2
Win–loss	1–1	1–1	2–1	5–2	3–4	4–2	1–2	17–13