Greg Rusedski
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Greg Rusedski is a British tennis player. He was born in Montreal in Quebec on 6 September 1973 and turned professional in 1991.
He has been with his wife, Lucy Rusedski, for 13 years and they married in 1999.
Rusedski decided to adopt British citizenship in 1995. His best tournament results were reaching the final of the US Open in 1997 where he lost to Pat Rafter and winning the Grand Slam Cup in 1999. He held the record for the fastest recorded serve at 149 mph (239.7 km/h) although this has since been beaten by Andy Roddick.
Despite Rusedski's on-court successes and being England's number two tennis player (Tim Henman was number one), he was never regarded as a popular player. Rusedski had derogatory comments after a loss to Henman in the 2002 season. In the US Open of that year, after being dispatched by Sampras in the Fourth round 5-set match, Rusedski made unsportsmanlike comments calling Sampras "a half-step slow" and predicted that Sampras would lose his quarter-final to young German star Tommy Haas. Sampras however went on to win the tournament. In the 2003 Wimbledon during the second round, Rusedski swore at the umpire after not being allowed to replay a point after fan interference, losing his temper and losing the match to Andy Roddick 7-6 7-6 7-5.
Greg Rusedski has been plagued by injuries in recent seasons. He tested positive for nandrolone in January 2004 but was cleared of the charges in a hearing on 10 March, 2004.
In 1997 Greg won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.
Rusedski was defeated in the second round of Wimbledon 2005 by Joachim Johansson of Sweden 6-7 (10-12) 6-3 4-6 6-7 (7-5).
External link
- BBC Sport - Greg Rusedski profile (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/3499717.stm)pl:Greg Rusedski