Andy Roddick is considered to be a self-confident professional tennis player. A variety of youthful titles, fans and charisma, backed up by popularity on media resources, made him a star when he was still a teenager. Besides the fact that Andy is an excellent athlete, he also starred in many Hollywood films.
Children's years and youth
Andrew Stefan Roddick is the full name of the tennis player and actor, was born in August 1982 in Nebraska. My father was engaged in investments, and his mother taught at school. In addition to Andy, parents have two more older sons.
As a child, a future athlete, watching his brother play tennis, already knew exactly who he wanted to become. At the age of ten, Andy Roddick moves with his family to live in Florida, where he enters the Reebok junior tennis program. Until his sixteen years, the young man was small in stature and not particularly distinguished by a strong pitch, so no one had any hopes for him.
But once an incident happened to him, which later changed his whole life. Andy Roddick, once again, losing the sparring, got very angry and hit the ball with all his strength. That is how the tennis player found his serve, which later became known as the most powerful in the world.
Sports career
Andy Roddick began playing in professional tournaments back in 1999, when he was seventeen years old. But he won his first serious victory only two years later. Prior to this, he won youth tournaments and opened championships in the USA and Australia, and only after that he moved to an adult tour.
The young athlete managed to win his first match at the ATP tournament in Miami. Then followed the quarter-finals, but in both cases he lost to Andre Agassi. But Andy was not upset and after that won the title from the Challenger series. Thus ending the season, the youngest American tennis player and securing a place in the 200 of the best athletes in the world. In 2002, he was already able to get into the top ten ranking.
In 2003, Andy had a decisive moment in his sports career. Roddick won one season in five tournaments and managed to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open and Wimbledon. In addition, he won the "Grand Slam" at the USA Open, and then made his debut at the final APR championship, reaching the semifinals. Thus, at 21, he already won the title of the first racket of the world. Andy kept this title for thirteen weeks. He was even called the main hope of all of America.
From 2001 to 2012, twelve consecutive years until the end of his sports career, Roddick won at least one title every year in the largest tournaments in the world.
Achievements
Andy is the holder of the world record for the speed of flying the ball when serving, which so far no one has managed to beat. Roddick is also considered the record holder for the number of games he won in the Grand Slam final tournament.
In August 2009, the young athlete became the fourth active tennis player who managed to overcome the mark of five hundred matches won at world championships. In addition to him, only three other athletes were able to pass this line.
In addition, he completed 9078 winning innings in 781 matches, thereby securing himself the third place in the history of tennis in the number of such successful hits in his career.
Movie roles
Actor Andy Roddick has played in more than twenty films of various genres, where he portrays himself. He took part in such series: “Wimbledon”, “60 minutes”, “Live with Rijes and Katie Lee”, “Night show with Jay Leo”, “Evening show with David Lattirman”, “Late night with Cayan Brian” , True Hollywood Story, Sports Age, Night Show with Cage Kilborn, Weak Link, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Podstav, Show with Ellen DeGeneres, Late Night with Seth Myers ”,“ Night Show with Jimmy Fallon ”,“ Open Tennis Championship ”and“ Open Access ”.
In addition, Andy Roddick has supporting roles in feature films. Films with his participation are popular among sports fans and the female half of the audience.
His best roles
In 2002, the next season of the popular youth series was released. Its name, undoubtedly, has been heard by many since childhood, is "Sabrina the little witch." Andy Roddick plays there in his sixteenth episode of a player whom the main character, having resorted to her spells, removed from the Wimbdon tournament. Sabrina made him her personal instructor so that he would help her learn how to play tennis.
In 2011, the athlete starred in the stunning comedy "Pretend to be my wife." Andy Roddick played in this picture a tennis player flying on board an airplane along with the main characters of this film. In this movie, one of the roles is played by his current wife Brooklyn Dekker.
What else did the tennis “legend” try
In addition to his acting and sports career, Andy Roddick tried on the role of a model. He led the ad campaign, becoming the face of the Lacoste men's fragrance Challenge. His photos at that time simply flooded the covers of magazines and the Internet. Many claimed that his wife, a professional model and talented actress Brooklyn Decker, taught him to pose so skillfully. Prior to this, this product was called Challenge actor Hayden Christensen, the former face of Lacoste for several years.
Personal life Andy
Before getting married, the athlete managed to have a romantic relationship with the American actress and singer Mandy Moore. Their union lasted two years, and then broke up, as the girl could not withstand the constant travels of her fiance.
Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Dekker met by chance. Their acquaintance in absentia began with the fact that once a young man caught the eye of a famous magazine and his eyes fell on the photo of the girl on the cover. Her beauty so impressed the popular athlete that he, without hesitation for a second, called his agent with a request to arrange a date with the model. No one knows for sure how long it took young people to come to an agreement, but in the end, the meeting took place. Andy on a first date led Brooklyn to the movies.
In 2008, a year after they met, Roddick made an offer to his bride in an old-fashioned manner. He knelt and invited her to become his wife, after which in April a happy couple announced their engagement. The wedding took place a year later in Texas, in the house of a tennis player, where only close friends and relatives of the newlyweds were present.
Interesting facts about the star
Andy Roddick was the 2004 sex symbol for People magazine. In the same period, a successful young man made a fortune of seven million dollars by playing tennis.
In 2006, he released the Andy Roddick men's eau de toilette, a fragrance for which he developed independently.
The legend of American sports loves public life, which is why he agrees to participate in various TV shows and TV shows. Andy Roddick, like all Hollywood stars, is involved in charity work and even created his own fund, which is managed by his mother. The athlete has no bad habits, and his hobbies are music, various films and scuba diving.
Today, Andy considers himself a very happy person who has everything: his beloved family and career.