# Ryan Sweeting

Ryan Sweeting (born July 14, 1987) is an American former professional tennis player.

## Personal life

Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas. He has been living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and registered as an American to the ATP.
In September 2013, Sweeting became engaged to actress Kaley Cuoco after three months of dating. They married on December 31, 2013, in Santa Susana, California. Cuoco announced in September 2015 that she was filing for divorce. The divorce was finalized in May 2016.

## Tennis career
### Juniors

Sweeting represented The Bahamas in his junior years. He attended Guizar Tennis Academy and was coached by renowned Mexican tennis coach, Nicolas Guizar. In 2005, he won the US Open Boys' Singles title, beating Jérémy Chardy in the final.
As a junior, Sweeting compiled a singles win–loss record of 94–51 (89–46 in doubles), reaching as high as no. 2 in the junior world rankings in September 2005.

### 2006

In 2006, he attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for the Florida Gators men's tennis team in NCAA competition. He made his professional US Open debut in 2006, where he defeated Argentine Guillermo Coria in the first round (Coria retired while down 3–2) before losing to Belgian Olivier Rochus in five sets. Sweeting served as a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cup team in the 2006 World Group semifinal against Russia in Moscow.

### 2007–2008

Sweeting turned professional in 2007. Sweeting captured four ProCircuit doubles titles in 2007. He won the Rimouski Challenger in Canada in November 2008 for his first ProCircuit singles title. He finished 2008 ranked no. 216 in the ATP world rankings.

### 2009

Sweeting captured the Dallas Challenger singles title in February 2009, without dropping a set. In April, at the US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas, Sweeting and doubles partner Jesse Levine lost to Americans Bob and Mike Bryan, ranked no. 1 in the world, in the doubles final.

### 2011

At the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Sweeting won his only ATP World Tour singles title by beating Kei Nishikori of Japan in the final in straight sets.

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 1 (1 title)

* 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 (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (1–0)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2011 | Houston, United States | 250 Series | Clay | Kei Nishikori | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |

### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* 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)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–1)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2009 | Houston, United States | 250 Series | Clay | Jesse Levine | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 1–6, 2–6 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 6 (4–2)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–2)
* ITF Futures (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–1)
* Clay (1–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | May 2006 | USA F9, Vero Beach | Futures | Clay | Victor Estrella Burgos | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 2008 | Rimouski, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Kristian Pless | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 3–0 | Feb 2009 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Brendan Evans | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–0 | Feb 2010 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Carsten Ball | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–1 | May 2010 | Savannah, United States | Challenger | Clay | Kei Nishikori | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Oct 2010 | Calabasas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Marinko Matosevic | 6–2, 4–6, 3–6 |

### Doubles: 8 (4–4)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–3)
* ITF Futures (1–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–3)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 2007 | USA F2, North Miami Beach | Futures | Hard | Tim Smyczek | James Cerretani Antonio Ruiz-Rosales | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jan 2007 | USA F3, Boca Raton | Futures | Hard | Tim Smyczek | Joel Kielbowicz Ryan Stotland | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 4–6, 0–1 ret. |
| Win | 2–1 | Jul 2007 | Lexington, United States | Challenger | Hard | Brendan Evans | Phillip Simmonds Ross Hutchins | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–1 | Aug 2007 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard | Scott Oudsema | Richard Bloomfield Im Kyu-Tae | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–5 |
| Win | 4–1 | Sep 2007 | Lubbock, United States | Challenger | Hard | Alex Kuznetsov | Rik De Voest Bobby Reynolds | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Apr 2008 | Tallahassee, United States | Challenger | Hard | Robert Kendrick | Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds | walkover |
| Loss | 4–3 | May 2009 | Zagreb, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Brendan Evans | Peter Luczak Alessandro Motti | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Jul 2009 | Winnetka, United States | Challenger | Hard | Brett Joelson | Carsten Ball Travis Rettenmaier | 1–6, 2–6 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | Q1 | Q3 | Q3 | 2R | 2R | Q3 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| US Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 13 | 5–13 | 28% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | Q2 | 3R | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% |
| Miami | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 6 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 9 | 5–9 | 36% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| French Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| US Open | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 7 | 2–7 |

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Singles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 2005 | US Open | Hard | Jérémy Chardy | 6–4, 6–4 |