Todd Widom (born April 24, 1983, Coral Springs, Florida) is a retired American professional tennis player.

Todd Widom
Country (sports) United States
Born (1983-04-24) 24 April 1983 (age 41)
Coral Springs, Florida, U.S.
PlaysRight-handed
CollegeUniversity of Miami
Prize money$239,052
Singles
Career record5–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 200 (7 August 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2006)
French OpenQ1 (2009)
WimbledonQ1 (2006, 2008, 2009)
US OpenQ2 (2006, 2008)
Doubles
Career record2–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 162 (4 May 2009)
Last updated on: 8 June 2021.

Biography

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Widom grew up in Coral Springs, Florida. He is the son of Eloise Widom and has one brother, Gary. He is married to Beth Eisenberg also of Coral Springs. He coaches professional, college, and junior tennis players at his academy called TW Tennis, located in Coral Springs.[1] He is an avid sports fan and in his spare time enjoys golf and fishing.

Career

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Widom attended and played at the University of Miami from 2001 to 2003. During this time, he was recognized as "Most Outstanding Player" at the Big East tournament and was named to the USA Tennis Collegiate Team.

In doubles, he and the American Scott Lipsky won an ATP Challenger tournament in Busan, Korea, in May 2006.[2] Widom reached a career high singles ranking of 200 in July 2006 and a doubles ranking of 162 in April 2009.

Within the span of three years, Widom was diagnoses with eye cancer, two knee injuries, and elbow inflammation in his elbow, but recovered and continues to play and travel across the world regularly.

Playing mainly challenger tournaments, Widom achieved his career breakthrough when he won three matches in 2009 to qualify for the SAP Open in San Jose, and went on to beat 44th ranked Robby Ginepri, former 21st ranked Taylor Dent, and lost in three sets to the 21st ranked Radek Štěpánek. The following month, Widom went back to California and qualified for the ATP Masters 1000 at Indian Wells. He started by beating Iván Navarro in straight sets and eventually lost to 12th ranked David Ferrer.

This turn of events prompted ESPN to report that "a red-headed, blue-eyed journeyman from Coral Springs, Florida, made the largest leap of any player on the ultimate tennis ladder. After a series of outrageous misfortunes, Todd Widom did something extraordinary: He reached the quarterfinals of the SAP Open in San Jose."[3]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 8 (3–5)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2003 USA F21, Joplin Futures Hard   Jay Gooding 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–0 Nov 2003 USA F31, Honolulu Futures Hard   Lamine Ouahab 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Nov 2003 USA F32, Waikoloa Futures Hard   Paul Logtens 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Jan 2004 USA F1, Tampa Futures Hard   Brian Baker 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Jul 2004 Canada F5, Ontario Futures Hard   Takahiro Terachi 4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win 3–3 Apr 2005 USA F8, Mobile Futures Hard   Wayne Odesnik 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 3–4 Dec 2005 Orlando, United States Challenger Hard   Michael Russell 4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–5 Nov 2007 Caloundra, Australia Challenger Hard   Joseph Sirianni 6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 12 (3–9)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (3–4)
ITF Futures (0–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2003 USA F19, Peoria Futures Clay   Scott Lipsky   Eduardo Bohrer
  Márcio Carlsson
6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 0–2 Nov 2003 USA F31, Honolulu Futures Hard   Scott Lipsky   Trace Fielding
  Keith From
5–7, 7–6(9–7), 1–6
Loss 0–3 Nov 2003 USA F32, Waikoloa Futures Hard   Scott Lipsky   Trace Fielding
  Keith From
walkover
Loss 0–4 Jul 2004 Canada F5, Ontario Futures Hard   David Martin   Matt Klinger
  Daniel Wendler
walkover
Loss 0–5 Oct 2004 USA F29, Arlington Futures Hard   Scott Lipsky   Ti Chen
  Go Soeda
5–7, 2–6
Win 1–5 Jan 2006 Nouméa, New Caledonia Challenger Hard   Alex Bogomolov Jr.   Lars Burgsmüller
  Denis Gremelmayr
3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win 2–5 Jul 2006 Busan, South Korea Challenger Hard   Scott Lipsky   Cecil Mamiit
  Robert Kendrick
6–3, 6–7(2–7), [10–7]
Loss 2–6 Jul 2006 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard   Rajeev Ram   Prakash Amritraj
  Rohan Bopanna
6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 2–7 May 2008 Tunica Resorts, United States Challenger Clay   Ryler Deheart   Vladimir Obradović
  Izak van der Merwe
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 2–8 May 2008 Bradenton, United States Challenger Clay   Ryler Deheart   Carsten Ball
  Lester Cook
6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Win 3–8 Jul 2008 Winnetka, United States Challenger Hard   Michael Yani   Ti Chen
  José Statham
6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–9 Jul 2008 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard   Michael Yani   Noam Okun
  Amir Weintraub
2–6, 1–6

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament] 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q3 A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A Q1 A Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q1 Q1 A Q2 A Q2 Q1 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  – 
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A Q1 A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0 / 1 1–1 50%

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis Lessons, Tennis Training and Tennis Coaching in Coral Springs and Parkland". Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  2. ^ "Tennis Players – Scott Lipsky". ATP World Tour. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  3. ^ "Widom delighted after years of despair". ESPN. February 20, 2009. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
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