Tennys Sandgren

Tennys Sandgren

Sandgren at Wimbledon in 2019
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Gallatin, Tennessee, US
Born	(1991-07-22) July 22, 1991 (age 30) Gallatin, Tennessee, USA
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Tennessee
Prize money	US$ 3,252,717
Singles
Career record	46–70 (39.7% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 41 (14 January 2019)
Current ranking	No. 82 (26 July 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (2018, 2020)
French Open	2R (2020)
Wimbledon	4R (2019)
US Open	3R (2019)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record	16–27 (37.2%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 115 (6 January 2014)
Current ranking	No. 208 (26 July 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2020, 2021)
French Open	2R (2021)
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
US Open	QF (2018)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	SF – 4th (2021)
Last updated on: 29 July 2021.

Tennys Sandgren II (/ˈtɛnɪs ˈsændɡrən/ TEN-iss SAND-grən;^[1][2] born July 22, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 41 on 14 January 2019. He broke into the Top 100 of the ATP rankings toward the end of 2017 after competing mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Born and raised in Gallatin, Tennessee, he played two years of college tennis at the University of Tennessee before launching his professional career.

Early life[]

Sandgren's parents, South African Lia Lourens and American David Sandgren, met at a tennis club in Johannesburg. They married and moved to Tennessee in 1988 with Sandgren's older brother, Davey.

Sandgren, who was named Tennys after his Swedish great-grandfather, was home-schooled and is coached by his mother.

Junior career[]

As a junior, Sandgren compiled a singles win/loss record of 70–38 (and 53–35 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 9 in the combined ITF junior world rankings in April 2009.^[3]

Junior Slam results:

Australian Open: –
French Open: 3R (2009)
Wimbledon: 2R (2009)
US Open: 2R (2009)

College career[]

Sandgren was a January midseason addition to the Tennessee Volunteers' 2010 tennis roster, joining older brother, Davey, who was a senior All-American on the team.^[4] Coached by Sam Winterbotham and Chris Woodruff, the younger Sandgren immediately strengthened the middle of the Vols' singles lineup, going 10–0 in Southeastern Conference play at the No. 4 position to help the team win the SEC regular-season and tournament titles.^[5] The team reached the NCAA team finals that year.

As a sophomore, Sandgren reached the semifinals of the NCAA Singles Championships, losing to teammate, roommate and doubles partner Rhyne Williams in three sets. He finished the season with a 37–6 record and his 10–1 record in conference helped the Vols to an SEC regular-season title. He finished his career with a 60–12 singles record (83.33 percent), the third-best career winning percentage in Tennessee history.^[6]

He was also a member of the USTA Summer Collegiate Team after his freshman and sophomore seasons.

Professional career[]

2011–2016: Early years, Futures success and first Challenger title[]

Sandgren in action during the 2013 Challenger of Dallas

Sandgren turned professional in 2011, playing mostly at the ITF Futures level through 2012. In 2013, his ATP ranking remained inside the top 300 for nearly the entire year, allowing him to play on the Challenger Tour for much of the season. In his final tournament of the year, Sandgren won his first final at Challenger level in Champaign to crack the Top 200 for the first time.

In 2014, Sandgren missed half of the year after undergoing hip surgery near the beginning of the season.^[7] Upon returning to the court, it took him nearly a year to get back to the Top 250 and the Challenger level. Sandgren returned to the Top 200 in November 2016, when he reached his second career Challenger final in Columbus, almost three years after he first achieved these two milestones.

2017: Challenger Tour breakthrough, top 100[]

In 2017, Sandgren reached five Challenger finals, winning two of them in Tempe and Savannah. He qualified for his first tournament on the ATP World Tour, the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston.^[8] Sandgren's success earned him a wildcard berth into the main draw of the French Open. In his Grand Slam debut, Sandgren lost in the first round to Mikhail Kukushkin.^[9] A semifinals appearance in Prostejov helped him to break into the Top 100. He recorded his first two ATP World Tour wins at the Washington Open in early August, including a victory over No. 20 Nick Kyrgios. At the U.S. Open, Sandgren lost in the first round to No. 7 Marin Cilic.

2018: Australian Open quarterfinal, maiden ATP final and top 50 debut[]

Sandgren at the 2018 French Open

Sandgren began the 2018 season with a first-round loss to Gilles Simon in Pune. He followed with a loss to Casper Ruud in the second qualifying round at the Auckland Open. Sandgren received entry into the main draw of the tournament as a lucky loser following the withdrawal of Kyle Edmund. In the first round of the main draw, he lost in three sets to Hyeon Chung, winner of the inaugural Next Generation ATP Finals in Milan, Italy, two months prior. Making his Australian Open main draw debut, Sandgren won his opening match against French player Jeremy Chardy. In the second round, he defeated 2014 champion and ninth seed Stan Wawrinka, marking his first victory against a Top 10 ranked player.^[10] Following a victory over Maximilian Marterer in the third round, Sandgren defeated world No. 5 Dominic Thiem in Sandgren’s first five-set match.^[11] He lost to Chung in the quarterfinals in straight sets.^[12]

As the No. 1 seed, Sandgren was defeated 1–6, 2–6 in the first round of qualification for the Argentina Open by world No. 188 Facundo Bagnis. He lost in the second round of the Rio Open, the first round of the Brasil Open, the second round in Indian Wells and the first round in Miami.

At the beginning of the clay season, Sandgren reached his first final on the ATP World Tour at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, but lost to Steve Johnson.^[13] He entered the top 50 reaching a career-high of World No. 47 on 16 April 2018.

Sandgren lost in the first round of the Monte Carlo Open to Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets. He suffered another first-round loss in Barcelona to Malek Jaziri, also in straight sets. Following a first-round loss against Frances Tiafoe at the Estoril Open, Sandgren suffered his fourth consecutive first round loss, losing in straight sets to Denis Shapovalov at the Madrid Open. After having reached the quarterfinals at the Geneva Open, Sandgren was knocked out in the first round of the French Open by world No. 177 Hubert Hurkacz. He lost in the first round of the doubles tournament in straight sets.

In the first round of Wimbledon, Sandgren was knocked out by eventual champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets, winning only six games.

In the first round of the U.S. Open, Sandgren beat Viktor Troicki in straight sets before losing to Djokovic in four sets in the second round.

2019: First ATP title[]

In January, Sandgren won his maiden ATP Tour title at the Auckland Open.^[14] He achieved his career high in the singles rankings at World No. 41 on 14 January 2019. However, after the title, Sandgren suffered a 9-match tour-level losing streak, which he finally snapped at Wimbledon, where he reached the fourth round before losing to Sam Querrey. He then reached the quarterfinals at Newport and the third round at the U.S. Open. At the end of the season, a fractured toe kept him inactive, and his ranking sank back out of the top 50.

2020: Second Australian Open quarterfinal, top 50 year-end ranking[]

Sandgren again made it to the quarterfinals of the 2020 Australian Open, where he lost in five tight sets against Roger Federer, after holding (and losing) seven match points.^[15]

2021: Loss of form, out of top 50, Olympics debut[]

Having tested positive for COVID-19 in November 2020, Sandgren returned the same result in January 2021, but was deemed to be "non-infectious" and was allowed entry into Australia to compete in the Australian Open where he lost in the first round.^[16]

Sandgren qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He lost in the first round in singles but reached the semifinals in doubles partnering Austin Krajicek where they lost to eventual champions Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic.^[17] The pair lost subsequently in the bronze medal match to the New Zealand pair of Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus.^[18]

Performance timelines[]

Singles[]

Current through the 2021 Winston-Salem Open.

Doubles[]

Olympic medal matches[]

Doubles: 1 (4th place)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
4th Place	2020	Summer Olympics, Japan	Hard	Austin Krajicek	Marcus Daniell Michael Venus	6–7(3–7), 2–6

ATP career finals[]

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2018	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United States	250 Series	Clay	Steve Johnson	6–7(2–7), 6–2, 4–6
Win	1–1	Jan 2019	Auckland Open, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	Cameron Norrie	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2019	Winston-Salem Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Nicholas Monroe	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	7–6(8–6), 1–6, [3–10]

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals[]

Singles: 26 (14–12)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2011	USA F20, Godfrey	Futures	Hard	Rudolf Siwy	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–0	Aug 2011	USA F21, Decatur	Futures	Hard	Bassam Beidas	6–3, 6–1
Win	3–0	Mar 2012	USA F7, Calabasas	Futures	Hard	Daniel Kosakowski	6–3, 7–5
Win	4–0	Apr 2012	USA F10, Little Rock	Futures	Hard	John Peers	6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	4–1	May 2012	USA F12, Orange Park	Futures	Clay	Gerald Melzer	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win	5–1	May 2012	USA F13, Tampa	Futures	Clay	Bjorn Fratangelo	6–1, 6–3
Win	6–1	Sep 2012	Canada F9, Markham	Futures	Hard (i)	Peter Polansky	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–2	Jul 2013	Canada F4, Saskatoon	Futures	Hard	Austin Krajicek	5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win	7–2	Nov 2013	Champaign, US	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sam Groth	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win	8–2	Mar 2015	Canada F1, Gatineau	Futures	Hard (i)	Philip Bester	6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Loss	8–3	Mar 2015	Canada F2, Sherbrooke	Futures	Hard (i)	Edward Corrie	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	8–4	May 2015	USA F16, Tampa	Futures	Clay	Thales Turini	2–6, 5–7
Loss	8–5	Jun 2015	USA F16A, Winston-Salem	Futures	Clay	Matija Pecotić	2–6, 3–6
Win	9–5	Jun 2015	USA F16B, Charlottesville	Futures	Hard	Ernesto Escobedo	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–6	Sep 2015	Canada F9, Toronto	Futures	Clay	Frank Dancevic	5–7, 3–6
Loss	9–7	Apr 2016	USA F12, Memphis	Futures	Hard	Denis Shapovalov	6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win	10–7	Jun 2016	USA F17, Charlottesville	Futures	Hard	Dennis Nevolo	6–3, 6–3
Win	11–7	Jul 2016	USA F24, Godfrey	Futures	Hard	Facundo Mena	6–0, 6–4
Win	12–7	Jul 2016	USA F25, Edwardsville	Futures	Hard	Marc Polmans	7–6(7–4), 1–6, 6–3
Loss	12–8	Nov 2016	Columbus, US	Challenger	Hard (i)	Stefan Kozlov	1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win	13–8	Feb 2017	Tempe, US	Challenger	Hard	Nikola Milojević	4–6, 6–0, 6–3
Loss	13–9	Apr 2017	Sarasota, US	Challenger	Clay	Frances Tiafoe	3–6, 4–6
Win	14–9	May 2017	Savannah, US	Challenger	Clay	João Pedro Sorgi	6–4, 6–3
Loss	14–10	Oct 2017	Tiburon, US	Challenger	Hard	Cameron Norrie	2–6, 3–6
Loss	14–11	Nov 2017	Charlottesville, US	Challenger	Hard (i)	Tim Smyczek	7–6(7–5), 2–6, 2–6
Loss	14–12	Apr 2019	Sarasota, US	Challenger	Clay	Tommy Paul	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 25 (16–9)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2010	USA F17, Pittsburgh	Futures	Clay	Rhyne Williams	Greg Ouellette Vasek Pospisil	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win	2–0	Sep 2011	Canada F6, Toronto	Futures	Hard	Rhyne Williams	Chase Buchanan Peter Kobelt	6–1, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Sep 2011	Canada F7, Markham	Futures	Hard (i)	Rhyne Williams	Milan Pokrajac Peter Polansky	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	3–1	Feb 2012	USA F5, Brownsville	Futures	Hard	Rhyne Williams	Ruben Gonzales Chris Kwon	7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win	4–1	Mar 2012	USA F6, Harlingen	Futures	Hard	Rhyne Williams	Thomas Fabbiano Wu Di	6–7(6–8), 7–5, [10–6]
Win	5–1	Apr 2012	USA F10, Little Rock	Futures	Hard	Greg Ouellette	Marvin Barker Edward Corrie	4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–8]
Loss	5–2	Jul 2012	Lexington, US	Challenger	Hard	Rhyne Williams	Austin Krajicek John Peers	1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	5–3	Sep 2012	Canada F8, Toronto	Futures	Hard	Chase Buchanan	Márton Fucsovics Ante Pavić	2–6, 4–6
Win	6–3	Sep 2011	Canada F9, Markham	Futures	Hard (i)	Chase Buchanan	Carsten Ball Peter Polansky	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	7–3	Oct 2012	Sacramento, US	Challenger	Hard	Rhyne Williams	Devin Britton Austin Krajicek	4–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Loss	7–4	Jan 2013	Maui, US	Challenger	Hard	Rhyne Williams	Lee Hsin-han Peng Hsien-yin	7–6(7–1), 2–6, [5–10]
Loss	7–5	Feb 2013	Dallas, US	Challenger	Hard (i)	Rhyne Williams	Alex Kuznetsov Mischa Zverev	4–6, 7–6(7–4), [5–10]
Win	8–5	May 2013	Tallahassee, US	Challenger	Clay	Austin Krajicek	Greg Jones Peter Polansky	1–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	9–5	Jul 2013	Canada F4, Saskatoon	Futures	Hard	Austin Krajicek	Roman Borvanov Milan Pokrajac	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	10–5	Sep 2013	İzmir, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Austin Krajicek	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss	10–6	Nov 2013	Champaign, US	Challenger	Hard (i)	Austin Krajicek	Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst	6–7(5–7), 6–0, [7–10]
Win	11–6	Jan 2014	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Austin Krajicek	Ante Pavić Blaž Rola	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	12–6	Jan 2015	Nouméa, New Caledonia (2)	Challenger	Hard	Austin Krajicek	Jarmere Jenkins Bradley Klahn	7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Loss	12–7	Jun 2015	USA F16A, Winston-Salem	Futures	Hard	Rhyne Williams	Julio Peralta Matt Seeberger	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	13–7	Sep 2015	Canada F9, Toronto	Futures	Clay	Chase Buchanan	Sami Reinwein Justin S. Shane	6–1, 6–3
Win	14–7	Nov 2015	Charlottesville, US	Challenger	Hard (i)	Chase Buchanan	Peter Polansky Adil Shamasdin	3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win	15–7	Apr 2016	USA F13, Little Rock	Futures	Hard	Ryan Lipman	Nick Chappell Dane Webb	6–3, 6–2
Win	16–7	Nov 2016	Champaign, US	Challenger	Hard (i)	Austin Krajicek	Luke Bambridge Liam Broady	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)
Loss	16–8	Jan 2017	Maui, US	Challenger	Hard	Bradley Klahn	Austin Krajicek Jackson Withrow	4–6, 3–6
Loss	16–9	Nov 2018	Knoxville, US	Challenger	Hard (i)	Hunter Reese	Toshihide Matsui Frederik Nielsen	6–7(6–8), 5–7

Top 10 wins[]

• He has a 4–10 (28.6%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	TS Rank
2018
1.	Stan Wawrinka	8	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	2R	6–2, 6–1, 6–4	97
2.	Dominic Thiem	5	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	4R	6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(7–9), 6–3	97
2019
3.	Fabio Fognini	10	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	3R	6–3, 7–6(14–12), 6–3	94
2020
4.	Matteo Berrettini	8	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	2R	7–6(9–7), 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 7–5	100

Record against top 10 players[]

Sandgren's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10 (former #1 in bold). Only ATP Tour main-draw matches are considered.

* As of 24 July 2021

World TeamTennis[]

Sandgren has played two seasons with World TeamTennis starting in 2015 when he debuted in the league with the California Dream and then again in 2018 with the Washington Kastles. It was announced that he will join the Orlando Storm during the 2020 season set to begin July 12.^[19]

Sandgren posted a 9–6 singles record throughout the season, posting a winning percentage (games won-lost) of 53%, the second-highest in the league. He also paired up with Ken Skupski in men's doubles as well as Jessica Pegula in mixed doubles to help the Storm earn a No. 3 seed in the WTT Playoffs. The Storm would ultimately fall to the Chicago Smash in the semifinals.

References[]

External links[]

• Tennys Sandgren at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Tennys Sandgren at the International Tennis Federation
• Tennys Sandgren on Facebook
• Tennys Sandgren on Twitter