Carsten Ball
 Carsten Ball at the 2012 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur | |
| Country (sports) |
 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 (Grand Slam, ATP World Tour, and Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 108 (26 July 2010) |
| Current ranking | No. 1,341 (1 February 2016) |
| 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 (Grand Slam, ATP World Tour, and Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 54 (26 October 2009) |
| Current ranking | No. 122 (1 February 2016) |
| 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. | |
Carsten Thomas Ball[1] (born 20 June 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player. Although born and based in the United States, Carsten has represented Australia on tour.
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 currently 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 has 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.
Equipment
Ball currently uses a Babolat AeroPro Drive GT Racquet strung with Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour. He is 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) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2 August 2009 | LA Tennis Open, Los Angeles, United States | 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) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 11 July 2010 | Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States | 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 | |||||||||