# Phillip Simmonds

Phillip Simmonds (born May 18, 1986) is a professional tennis player from the United States.

## Junior career

Simmonds had a promising junior career, spending time as the number ranked doubles player on the ITF rankings. He was a member of the United States team that finished runners-up in the 2002 Junior Davis Cup and in the same year won the doubles at the Orange Bowl, with Scott Oudsema. Simmonds and Oudsema would go on to claim the 2003 Australian Open boys' doubles title, the first American male pairing to win the competition. They defeated the Romanian pairing of Florin Mergea and Horia Tecău in the final. In 2003, he also reached the boys' doubles semi-finals at the French Open and Wimbledon, partnering Brian Baker.

## Professional career

Simmonds was given a wildcard into the 2006 US Open main draw, but couldn't get past 25th seed Richard Gasquet in the opening round. He competed in the men's doubles at the US Open three times, in 2004, 2006, and 2007, but fell in the first round each time.
He has won three Challenger titles in his career. In 2006 he won the singles title at the León Challenger tournament and he has also won two doubles titles, at Nouméa in 2007 and Baton Rouge the following year. As of the end of 2012, he has won nine ITF Futures titles, three in singles and six in doubles.

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

| Result | Year | Championships | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 2003 | Australian Open | Hard | Scott Oudsema | Florin Mergea Horia Tecău | 6–4, 6–4 |

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

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (1–1)
* ITF Futures (3–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–1)
* Clay (1–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2005 | Sacramento, United States | Challenger | Hard | Rik de Voest | 6–1, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jan 2006 | USA F3, Boca Raton | Futures | Hard | Iván Miranda | 5–7, 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 2–1 | Apr 2006 | León, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Dick Norman | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Nov 2010 | USA F30, Pensacola | Futures | Clay | Dennis Bloemke | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jan 2011 | USA F3, Weston | Futures | Clay | Jack Sock | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–2 | Jun 2012 | USA F15, Chico | Futures | Hard | Michael McClune | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 13 (8–5)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (2–1)
* ITF Futures (6–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (6–4)
* Clay (2–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | May 2003 | USA F11, Orange Park | Futures | Clay | Brian Baker | Marcos Ondruska Brendan Evans | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2004 | USA F31, Waikoloa | Futures | Hard | Scoville Jenkins | Brendan Evans Scott Oudsema | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jan 2007 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Challenger | Hard | Alex Kuznetsov | Thierry Ascione Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2007 | Lexington, United States | Challenger | Hard | Ross Hutchins | Brendan Evans Ryan Sweeting | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Feb 2008 | USA F4, Brownsville | Futures | Hard | Pavel Chekhov | Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya Daniel Yoo | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–2 | Mar 2008 | USA F5, Harlingen | Futures | Hard | Nicholas Monroe | Brian Battistone Dann Battistone | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 5–2 | Apr 2008 | Baton Rouge, United States | Challenger | Hard | Tim Smyczek | Ryan Harrison Michael Venus | 2–6, 6–1, [10–4] |
| Loss | 5–3 | Mar 2009 | Great Britain F3, Tipton | Futures | Hard | Scott Oudsema | Dan Evans Henri Kontinen | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, [4–10] |
| Loss | 5–4 | Aug 2009 | Netherlands F4, Enschede | Futures | Clay | Colt Gaston | Boy Westerhof Antal van der Duim | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 6–4 | Oct 2009 | France F17, Nevers | Futures | Hard | Colt Gaston | Vladimir Obradović Andreas Siljeström | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Loss | 6–5 | Sep 2010 | Canada F4, Toronto | Futures | Hard | Brendan Evans | Brett Joelson Ashwin Kumar | 6–3, 3–6, [7–10] |
| Win | 7–5 | May 2012 | USA F12, Orange Park | Futures | Clay | Fritz Wolmarans | Benjamin Rogers John-Patrick Smith | 6–3, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [12–10] |
| Win | 8–5 | Jun 2012 | USA F14, Sacramento | Futures | Hard | Vahid Mirzadeh | Nicolas Meister Pedro Zerbini | 6–4, 3–6, [11–9] |

## Performance timeline

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

### Singles

| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | Q1 | A | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |