Carsten Ball
Carsten Thomas Ball[1] (born 20 June 1987) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. Although born and based in the United States, Carsten has represented Australia on tour.
 Carsten Ball at the 2012 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur | |
| Country (sports) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
|---|---|
| Residence | Newport Beach, California, USA |
| Born | 20 June 1987 Newport Beach, California, USA |
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Turned pro | 2005 |
| 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
Equipment
Ball used a Babolat AeroPro Drive GT Racquet strung with Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour. He was also sponsored by Fila.
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, US | Grass | Chris Guccione |
 Santiago González Travis Rettenmaier |
6–3, 6–4 |
Singles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Current as far as the 2012 US Open (tennis).
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | W–L | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | LQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ | 0–3 | |||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | 2R | LQ | A | 1–1 | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | LQ | A | 0–1 | |||||||||||
| US Open | 1R | 2R | 2R | LQ | A | 2–3 | |||||||||||
| Win–Loss | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–8 | |||||||||||
Doubles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
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 | 1R | 1R | 0–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R | 3R | 4–2 | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | QF | 1R | 3–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Win–Loss | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 17–13 | |||||||||
