Biography of Sam Querrey

Synopsis

Sam Querrey is a 29-year-old unassuming professional tennis star known for his dominant service game. In 2011, he was ranked 17th among tennis players worldwide and reached the fourth round of the US Open twice in 2008 and 2010. Sam Querrey had set the record for most consecutive aces when he had 10 hits. followed. in a 2007 match against James Blake.

Early age and education

Sam Querrey was born on October 7, 1987 in California, United States. He graduated from Thousand Oaks High School in 2006. The same year, he was also offered a scholarship to the University of Southern California, but he turned it down to embark on his professional tennis career.

Sam was born to his father, a former baseball player, Mike Querrey, and his mother, Chris Querrey. His mother, Chris, introduced him to tennis when she got him interested in playing and pursuing a career in tennis. When he was just four years old, Sam had a tennis racket in hand and began training to become one of the best players on the court.

Mike played baseball at the University of Arizona and was once drafted by the Detroit Tigers. He also has a sister, Ellen Querrey, and is not the only athletic player in the family, as his sister played college volleyball.

Ellen played volleyball for Thousand Oaks High School as an outside hitter before taking her talents to the University of Arizona. As for Sam’s ethnicity and nationality, he is a white American.

Career

On June 11, 2006, Sam Querrey made his professional debut and became the first player to win the Challenger event. He later won the Winnetka and Yuba City challenges. At the Indian Wells Masters tournament, he won his first round match against Bobby Reynolds, before losing to James Blake in three sets.

Sam later advanced to the third round at the 2007 Australian Open and defeated José Acasuso in the third round. However, he was unable to defend his opponent and lost his fourth set to Tommy Robredo. In August 2007, he also defeated Austrian Stefan Koubek in the first round of the US Open.

After that, Sam beat Belgian Olivier Rochus in the first round, in January 2008 at the Australian Open. In March 2008, at the Tennis Channel Open, he won his first Association of Tennis Professionals-level tournament in Las Vegas. He beat a South African qualifier, Kevin Anderson, in three sets in the tournament final.

After playing several matches and being equipped with tennis techniques, he made his debut at the Beijing Olympics in the year 2008 and was defeated by world no. 1 Rafael Nadal in four sets. The following year, he also made his appearance at the 2009 Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand and was the sixth seed.

He reached the final and lost the game BEFORE Juan Martín del Potro in straight sets. Sam finished the second ATP title ranked as the highest No. 25 of his career, and as the American No. 2 behind Andy Roddick.

After defeating 2003 Australian Open finalist Rainer Schuttler, Sam reached the semifinals of the SAP Open, losing to Andy Roddick in singles. He won the 2010 Morgan Keegan Regions Championship by defeating fellow American John Isner for the championship.

At the time, Sam also became the first player to win the singles and doubles in Memphis simultaneously since 1981.

In April 2010, Querrey also competed in the US Men’s Clay Court Championship, losing in the final to Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela. At the time, he was also listed as the No. 21 tennis player in the world and was also seeded No. 18 at Wimbledon, for his club result of Queen.

Later, Sam ran a tennis clinic for the kids with Bob and Mike Bryan in Washington, where they also had the chance to meet the former president. Barack Obama . In 2011, Sam reached the quarterfinals of two ATP 500 series tournaments. However, he missed both tournaments due to his injury.

The following year, Sam defeated Novak Djokovic in the second round of the BNP Paribas Masters. After a year, he too won the rubber against Viktor Troicki for the first time in the Davis Cup competition in Boise. He made a breakthrough in his career by beating No. 1 ranked player Novak Djokovic in Grand Slam in the year 2016.

It was also Sam’s first win over a number one player on the list. He later continued his successful career and became the first American player to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam by beating Nicolas Mahut. By defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis in the final, he also won the 2017 Los Cabos Open in August 2017.

Personal life

American tennis player Sam Querrey, 29, is not married, he has even been dating model Abby Dixon for a couple of years. In the year 2015, he was on the reality show “Millionaire Matchmaker”, where he was looking for the perfect love. He also said during the show:

“And I want to find someone who is excited to spend the rest of their life with me, get married and start a family.”

However, the reality show ended without him finding love. But he later found the perfect match for him, the model Abby Dixon. The couple has been dating since 2015. Sam’s girlfriend Abby’s Instagram account is flooded with pictures of them together.

Abby Dixon is a successful American model and is represented by various agencies.

Net worth

The successful American tennis player Sam Querrey has earned a large amount of net worth from his prolific tennis player. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Querrey’s net worth is estimated to be around $12 million in the year 2017.

Querrey’s career as a professional tennis player is the main source of income. Since she turned pro fresh out of high school in 2006, Sam has earned about $9,235,858 in prize money.