Jack Sock

Jack Sock (born September 24, 1992) is an American pickleball player and former professional tennis player.

There, he defeated fellow American Denis Kudla in three sets, to become the first American winner of the junior championships since Andy Roddick in 2000.

He played his first ITF junior tournament in October 2008, at age 16, at the Pan American Championships.

At the 2009 US Open, his third junior tournament, he reached the semifinals of the junior doubles with Matthew Kandath, and the third round of the junior singles.

Sock played relatively infrequently on the junior circuit, however, entering just two further tournaments: the Dunlop Orange Bowl in 2009 and the junior singles at the 2010 U.S. Open.

At this tournament, he received a wildcard entry, but proceeded to the final.

Sock began playing in Futures tournaments in 2009, winning his first senior tournament on that circuit in November 2009.

As a junior, Sock reached No. 22 in the world combined rankings in October 2010.

He won the Boy's Junior National Tennis Championship in 2010 and 2011, earning a wildcard in both years for the main draw of the US Open.

He entered his first qualifying draw for an ATP tournament at the 2010 Miami Masters.

His first main-draw match as a professional came at the 2010 US Open, where he lost to Marco Chiudinelli.

Sock finished the 2010 season ranked 878th in the world.

As 2010 US Junior champion, he received a wildcard into the 2011 US Open, winning his first ATP match against Marc Gicquel in four sets.

He advanced to play Andy Roddick, a fellow Nebraskan, in the second round; however, he lost in straight sets.

Sock's real breakthrough came in the mixed doubles, however, where he advanced to the final alongside Melanie Oudin, defeating the defending champions Bob Bryan and Liezel Huber in the second round.

In the final, Sock and Oudin defeated Gisela Dulko and Eduardo Schwank in three sets to win their first Grand Slam title, both individually and together.

After winning his first Grand Slam title, Sock returned to competing on the Challenger Tour.

His most successful tournament was the Sacramento Challenger, in which he reached the quarterfinals of the singles tournament and, partnering Nicholas Monroe, the final of the doubles tournament.

Sock won four major doubles tennis titles: one in mixed doubles at the 2011 US Open partnering Melanie Oudin, and three men's doubles titles at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships partnering Vasek Pospisil, and the 2018 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 US Open partnering Mike Bryan.

In 2011, he reached the final of the USA F3 tournament.

He also began to play in a few tournaments at Challenger level, with his biggest success being a quarterfinal at the Dallas Challenger.

He competed in the main draw of the 2011 Miami Masters.

Sock finished 2011 ranked No. 381 in singles and No. 370 in the doubles.

In 2012, Sock won the Futures tournament at Plantation, as well as losing in the doubles final.

Stepping back up to the Challenger level, he competed at the Honolulu Challenger, making the quarterfinals of the singles tournament and, alongside Nick Monroe, once again made the final of the doubles tournament.

Sock played in the 2012 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, and lost in the second round to Izak van der Merwe.

Sock's next tournament was the 2012 BB&T Atlanta Open.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Sock won both a gold medal in mixed doubles partnering Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and a bronze medal in men's doubles partnering Steve Johnson.

He won four career singles titles and 17 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and had career-high tennis rankings of world No. 8 in singles (on 20 November 2017) and world No. 2 in doubles (on 10 September 2018).

In tennis singles, Sock is a former junior US Open champion, victor at the 2017 Paris Masters, and semifinalist at the 2017 ATP Finals.

Sock moved from Nebraska to Kansas at the age of 12 with his mother and older brother Eric to train at the Mike Wolf Tennis Academy, while his father stayed in Lincoln to continue working as a financial advisor.

He graduated from Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, Kansas, and finished his KSHSAA 6A high school tennis career with an 80–0 record and four consecutive state championships in singles.

In high school, he also played doubles with his brother Eric, and they won the team state championship together in Jack's sophomore year.

Jack went on to win two more team state championships after Eric graduated and began playing college tennis at the University of Nebraska.

Jack and Eric also played doubles once at the ATP Tour level as a wild card entry in the 2017 BB&T Atlanta Open.

Sock also won the 2018 ATP Finals doubles title partnering Bryan.

Sock appeared at the Match for Africa 5 alongside Roger Federer, Bill Gates and Savannah Guthrie on March 5, 2018 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.

The friendly, best-of-three sets, charity exhibition match raised $2.5 million to benefit children's education in Africa, with net proceeds going to the Roger Federer Foundation.

Federer won the singles match 7–6, 6–4 and the doubles match 6–3.

Sock married Laura Little, Miss North Carolina 2019, on December 12, 2020.