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Ryan Sweeting
	Sweeting at the 2009 US Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Born	July 14, 1987 (age 37); Nassau, Bahamas
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2007
Retired	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,024,486
Singles
Career record	35–57
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 64 (12 September 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2011, 2012)
French Open	1R (2010, 2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2011, 2012)
US Open	2R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	7–26
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 139 (4 February 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2012)
French Open	1R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2010)
US Open	2R (2009)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	1R (2007)
	Last updated on: 16 November 2021.

Ryan Sweeting (born July 14, 1987)^[1] is an American former professional tennis player.

Personal life

Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas. He has been living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and registered as an American to the ATP.^[1]

In September 2013, Sweeting became engaged to actress Kaley Cuoco after three months of dating.^[2] They married on December 31, 2013, in Santa Susana, California.^[3] Cuoco announced in September 2015 that she was filing for divorce.^[4] The divorce was finalized in May 2016.^[5]

Tennis career

Juniors

Sweeting represented The Bahamas in his junior years. He attended Guizar Tennis Academy and was coached by renowned Mexican tennis coach, Nicolas Guizar. In 2005, he won the US Open Boys' Singles title, beating Jérémy Chardy in the final.

As a junior, Sweeting compiled a singles win–loss record of 94–51 (89–46 in doubles), reaching as high as no. 2 in the junior world rankings in September 2005.

2006

In 2006, he attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for the Florida Gators men's tennis team in NCAA competition. He made his professional US Open debut in 2006, where he defeated Argentine Guillermo Coria in the first round (Coria retired while down 3–2) before losing to Belgian Olivier Rochus in five sets. Sweeting served as a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team in the 2006 World Group semifinal against Russia in Moscow.^[6]

2007–2008

Sweeting turned professional in 2007. Sweeting captured four ProCircuit doubles titles in 2007. He won the Rimouski Challenger in Canada in November 2008 for his first ProCircuit singles title. He finished 2008 ranked no. 216 in the ATP world rankings.

2009

Sweeting captured the Dallas Challenger singles title in February 2009, without dropping a set. In April, at the US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas, Sweeting and doubles partner Jesse Levine lost to Americans Bob and Mike Bryan, ranked no. 1 in the world, in the doubles final.

2011

At the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Sweeting won his only ATP World Tour singles title by beating Kei Nishikori of Japan in the final in straight sets.^[7]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

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 (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2011	Houston, United States	250 Series	Clay	Kei Nishikori	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2009	Houston, United States	250 Series	Clay	Jesse Levine	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (4–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2006	USA F9, Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Victor Estrella Burgos	6–3, 6–0
Win	2–0	Nov 2008	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Kristian Pless	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	3–0	Feb 2009	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brendan Evans	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–0	Feb 2010	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Carsten Ball	6–4, 6–2
Loss	4–1	May 2010	Savannah, United States	Challenger	Clay	Kei Nishikori	4–6, 0–6
Loss	4–2	Oct 2010	Calabasas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Marinko Matosevic	6–2, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2007	USA F2, North Miami Beach	Futures	Hard	Tim Smyczek	James Cerretani Antonio Ruiz-Rosales	6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Jan 2007	USA F3, Boca Raton	Futures	Hard	Tim Smyczek	Joel Kielbowicz Ryan Stotland	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 0–1 ret.
Win	2–1	Jul 2007	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brendan Evans	Phillip Simmonds Ross Hutchins	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–1	Aug 2007	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Scott Oudsema	Richard Bloomfield Im Kyu-Tae	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
Win	4–1	Sep 2007	Lubbock, United States	Challenger	Hard	Alex Kuznetsov	Rik De Voest Bobby Reynolds	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Apr 2008	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Hard	Robert Kendrick	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	walkover
Loss	4–3	May 2009	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Brendan Evans	Peter Luczak Alessandro Motti	4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–4	Jul 2009	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brett Joelson	Carsten Ball Travis Rettenmaier	1–6, 2–6

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

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q1	Q3	Q3	2R	2R	Q3	0 / 2	2–2	50%
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	A	Q2	Q2	Q1	1R	2R	2R	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
US Open	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 6	1–6	14%
Win–loss	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–3	2–4	2–2	0–0	0 / 13	5–13	28%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	Q1	Q2	2R	Q2	3R	2R	A	0 / 3	4–3	57%
Miami	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	0 / 6	1–6	14%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	0 / 9	5–9	36%

Doubles

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
US Open	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 4	1–4
Win–loss	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	0 / 7	2–7