Talk:Andy Roddick

message: I'm not trying to be derogatory, but can Roddick still considered an offensive baseliner? Whenever I see him play he just hits it to his opponent. As an example, look at the statistics for his recent match with Berrer, where he won, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4:
*Winners: Roddick - 34; Becker - 34
*Winners minus aces: Roddick - 24; Becker - 28
He also defeated Dlouhy in straight sets, with his winners (minus aces) at 15, with Dlouhy's at 26. Yohan euan o4 (talk) 16:32, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll remove it. Alan16 (talk) 02:25, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: After noticing a small WP:edit war over this with no supporting sources being cited, I dug up some sources and made this edit. Perhaps the sources I came up with are outdated, but those are the sources I found. Wikipedia is not about editors coming to an unsupported consensus judgement on an article talk page and then asserting that unsupported consensus opinion in the article—see WP:V. I don't follow tennis, and perhaps Roddick's forehand is "one of the loopiest, not to mention slowest, in the top 100". If so, that info should be in the article—and it should be supported by a cited reliable source. Wtmitchell  (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:10, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Offensive baseliner

message: On the side at the top it is only for best result and year......thats why i deleted F (2006).
Skislope15 18:14, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Slam Records

message: The trivia section is getting far too long. Add the info to the other sections instead, as the trivia section is only supposed to be about 10 lines long --|K.Z|Z.K|  Do not vandalize... 23:32, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia Section

message: We need more info on him hiring a new coach, Jimmy Connors, as it marks a significant change in his playing style and career. So fa Jimmy Connors has only been mentioned twice.. --|K.Z|Z.K|  Do not vandalize... 00:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: New Coach

message: Isn't it strange that almost all his wins have been at home (USA). Seems like he can't handle to play outside the US very well. Maybe is this worth a mentioning in the article?
: No, I don't thikn so. Kolindigo 16:38, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It definately isn't. Skislope15 20:18, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Strange

message: This sounds like an ad, not contributing to the article:
He is currently using the Babolat Pure Drive Roddick Plus Racquets. It is stiffer and heavier than the Pure Drive Plus, and this one packs plenty of pop along with its solid and spin friendly response. It also has new shaft dampening technology makes for a comfortable hit.
Anyone agree?
:Hello Elsebet. I agree, it does sound like an ad. You can edit it yourself (Be bold!) to take out the promotional aspects of it. Or, I'll just do it. :) --Noelle De Guzman (talk) 05:44, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's only an ad, if Roddick never said that about the racket. Can we find a citation.Skislope15 20:18, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ad?

message: We need a better picture.
He looks too young, nothing like he does now.— Preceding unsigned comment added by  (talk • contribs) 
:Done! zellin 04:21, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
Hope this qualifies as a better picture! Its slightly newer atleast. Aabha R 15:21, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: We need a new picture; all of the old ones (the ones that were free for use) were deleted because they were orphaned, and all the pics that had been added lately are copyrighted and have been removed. Noelle De Guzman (talk) 04:49, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pictures

message: Can anyone write up a short segment on the products Andy endorses? He shills for Hit-A-Way Tennis, Lexus, and AmEx.
219.90.86.161 09:28, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Andy's Sponsorships? 

message: RoddickOnline is offline for an unspecified length of time. Should the link to it be removed since it's effectively a dead link? Noelle De Guzman 11:17, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup, it does seem to be a dead link..go ahead and remove it. -Aabha (talk) 13:04, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Noelle De Guzman 13:05, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead Links 

message: I commented the following out of the main article because it has issues with regard to sourcing and being WP:NPOV.
"ESPN 2 commentator Mary Carillo called Roddick "a one dimensional player" MSNBC columnist Bud Collins in an article published in January 2006 during the Australian Open questioned Roddick's abilities. Collins viewpoint is Roddick's game is very predictable, his backhand is a major weakness, he is slow not very athletic, his return of serve is poor, his volleys are not very good, he has no court sense."
:*This needs a link to Collins's article, as well as a source for when Carillo called Roddick "a one dimensional player." 
"American tennis critics realize that Roddick eschews playing Federer, Hewitt, Safin, and Nadal in Europe."
:*Who? These critics need to be named and the links to their articles given.
"Roddick prefers to gain his points by winning minor American tier II or tier III events where he is the top seed."
:*This statement needs a source.
"However, Roddick's strategy may help his ranking but hurts his career because he is not competing against the top competition. The belief of tennis experts is that Roddick has not gotten better only worst."
:*This seems to be the personal opinion of the contributor rather than something that tennis experts have said. This needs sources.
"However, Roddick is not just losing to Federer he has had embarassing losses in the last several months. The belief of Collins is that Roddick's ranking is inflated meaning that Roddick may be ranked no.3 according to the January 30th 2006 ATP rankings but it is undeserved."
:*The words "embarassing" [sic] and "undeserved" are value judgments and seem to violate WP:NPOV. I am willing to help include the aforementioned bits of information as long as the sources are given and we refrain from giving our own personal opinions on the matter. Thanks. Noelle De Guzman 04:13, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "However, in February 10th at the Davis Cup Roddick choked this match against world no. 82 Andre Pavel of Romania. Pavel fought back from two sets down and match point in the third set tiebreaker to beat Roddick. Roddick became ill and vomited in a bucket during changeovers. Roddick claims he wasn't nervous or embarassed caused the vomiting. Bud Collins interview with Roddick also was considered hostile because Collins openly criticized Roddick for changing coaches. Roddick was angered by Collins harsh Jan 22nd 2006 article on MSNBC.COM."
Noelle De Guzman 02:12, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Roddick's performance 

message: Yikes! That quotes section needs total overhaul, and probably some judicious deleting editing.--Esprit15d 20:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the quotes, since they're obviously biased and this page isn't about Federer. Someone could submit other quotes by Roddick covering different subjects instead of one player. Nycalien 07:29, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Quotes

message: It seems like the "Attitude" section needs some editing; it contains numerous grammatical and spelling errors among other problems.
: I think this section doesn't have a NPOV, it sounds biased against him and is based only one one single recent match, which is not enough to support such a broad view about his attitude.  Endlesssnowfall 07:47, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Attitude

message: Flute138: I have no idea what you meant by the following:  "(sorry Tennis expert, but I was under the impression that the change the IP address made was part of the current standard (you agreed that the changes made were fine.) So rv, in hopes of clarification)"  Maybe I have a faulty memory, but where did I agree that the IP address's changes were fine?  It's not that I think the changes are NOT fine (sorry for the double negative), but they are not consistent with the other timelines in other pages. Tennis expert 01:34, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry if I was unclear, but a while back (when the whole argument was brought up, and you came up with the new colors), I showed you (on the Venus Williams page) the change with the surface record background colors, which I assumed you agreed with, and would be used in future timelines. I believe the Federer and Sampras ones have been changed in that manner...there's obviously been a misunderstanding, so, no worries! --Flute138 01:39, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

text: Apparently, on the Sampras change, the timeline I edited was deleted, and you replaced it with your previous timeline...so here's the link to the one I edited (the first "current standard" timeline on the Sampras page) []
--Flute138 01:48, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Performance timeline format

message: The trivia section claims roddick hit a serve so hard during the french open that it was buried in the court.  However the only citation is a powerade commercial.  The commercial is fake.  It makes no reference to the french open and if it did in fact happen there would have been several news articles stating this superhuman feat.  I'm going to edit out this "fact".
Just because you say something is 'fake' doesn't make it so. Please cite sources...we hear Cliff Drysdale in the background131.96.70.164 01:23, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You need to provide a reference for this in order to insert it into the article.  Please read WP:ATT for more information. Ichibani 01:54, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Then, seeing as there is a slight conflict of interest, you should post the reference here, on the talk page. Ichibani 05:58, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia section has false fact

message: Why does A-Rod redirect here and not to Alex Rodriguez who had the nickname first?
Great guy, tedious tennis imho 82.69.28.55 22:28, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: A-Rod?

message: June/July 2007 had Andy on the cover.  Not sure if this is worthy of the article.  also, i think they photoshopped his biceps/arms to make them look bigger on the cover of the mag. --DMW 02:41, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  men's fitness cover 

message: - maybe, i'm parsing, but doesn't using the word "free points" (when describing roddick's many aces and unreturnables) imply that the points aren't earned.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.178.208.77 (talk) 17:34, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "free points" 

message: Is there any way we can reduce the vandalism here? So far I've seen 3 things that have been messed up in the last few days (year of birth, opponent at the 2006 australian open wasn't serena williams, and he didn't hire his math teacher).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.40.33.245 (talk) 02:48, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  vandalism 

message: I noticed and corrected some of the vandalism mentioned by the previous poster. Of course it is a problem, but as far as I can see, the only way to combat this is for trustworthy users to make corrections immediately. (Hopefully, there are enough of us to catch vandalism/errors quickly.)
I also agree with a previous poster that phrasing such as the term "free points" in the particular context used can be interpreted negatively. It does seem to put a particular spin on it that implies that big-servers are somehow not really "skilled" tennis players but can compete because of these "free" points. I haven't thought of suitable rewording yet, but perhaps someone will.
Addendum: Perhaps instead of "which he uses to earn free points with aces/unreturnable serves or put himself into position to hit a forehand winner" it could read something like "which often result in aces/unreturnable serves or put himself into position to hit a forehand winner"   Bresenham 13:58, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias and Vandalism 

message: I removed the part saying that actress/talk-show host Rosie O'Donnell was enaged to Roddick. Given that she came out of the closet as a lesbian, I felt it was appropriate to remove this.
:I like that rationale.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.152.162.222 (talk) 04:11, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Personal Life

message: Currently reads: "He is a hardcourt specialist who also plays well on grass." According to the article, he has won 5 titles on clay, 4 on grass, made the finals of Wimbledon (on grass) twice, and the fourth round of the French Open (on clay) this year. Can we drop the "hard court specialist" nonsense??? I've never even heard that term, and in any case it's not accurate. If you want a quick summary of his skills, how about moving this up and making it the second sentence: "Roddick is known for his powerful serves and forehands, and holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, clocked at 155 mph (249.5 km/h)." 76.19.65.163 (talk) 04:19, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second sentence of the article 

message: ... has a typo 'teh' -> 'the'  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.1.213.55 (talk) 20:20, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  16/08/09 "montreal update"... 

message: This section only has two sentences and not to mention uncited claims. The fact that he made ONE comment in 2008 to an umpire doesn't mean he engages in frequent outbursts. In addition I'm not so sure his nickname needs an ENTIRE section, is it possible we could merge it into the introduction? Vedant (talk) 02:42, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicknames and Court behaviour section 

message: I think the article is way too long and needs to be improved. Stating all his opponents during every single game; too many details. That is trivia which belongs on fan sites and not on Wikipedia if you ask me... Reidlos (talk) 10:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Review and edit

message: I know there's a reference to the articles in the See Also section, but shouldn't it be noted somewhere in the article that Roddick plays in the WTT for the Philadelphia Freedom? Triggafinga (talk) 14:41, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WTT]] [[Philadelphia Freedom]] 

message: Roddick cannot be the only American player ranked in the ATP top 10, and currently ranked 11 by the ATP.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.231.234.228 (talk) 19:43, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction in the first section 

message: Don't know how to do this to semi-protected pages, but here is a citation for the second "citation needed" under "Nicknames and on-court behavior."   http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2004134011_tennis19.html
CLawnsby (talk) 23:08, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Done -Atmoz (talk) 14:05, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from CLawnsby, 21 February 2011 

message: It's not appropriate to have the main photo of a tennis player to be from a "workout session," shirtless. He's not a swimmer, he's a tennis player.69.15.219.71 (talk) 00:58, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, not a good main picture, surely there is a better one. 208.38.59.162 (talk) 21:11, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Main Photo

message: how musch is speed?
afghanistan 223.225.190.103 (talk) 22:54, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  service 

message: Online adverts indicate that Roddick has recently signed a deal with Betway 31.185.147.196 (talk) 09:37, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Endorsements