Robby Ginepri

He then made it to the fourth round of the French Open, before losing to 24th-seeded Fernando González.

On grass, Ginepri lost in the second round of The Artois Championships in London to Andy Roddick and the first round of Wimbledon to Gonzalez.

Robert Louis Ginepri (born October 7, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player.

He graduated as a member of the class of 2001.

He won three ATP singles titles in his career and achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 15 in December 2005.

Ginepri's best Grand Slam result was the semifinals of the 2005 US Open, where he lost to Andre Agassi.

Robby Ginepri is of Luxembourgish ancestry.

He attended Joseph Wheeler High School, located in Marietta, Georgia.

Ginepri was the first player to be beaten by Novak Djokovic in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 2005 French Open.

In August, he reached the semifinals of an ATP Masters Series tournament for the first time in his career, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He beat 2005 French Open runner-up Mariano Puerta in the first round, David Ferrer in the second round, 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moyá in the third round, and two-time Grand Slam singles titlist Marat Safin in the quarterfinals.

He then lost to world no. 1 Roger Federer in the semifinals.

His summer hardcourt record was 14–3 when he arrived two weeks later at the US Open as an unseeded player.

After defeating Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the first round, and Andy Roddick's conqueror, Gilles Müller, in the second round, both in straight sets, Ginepri then put together three consecutive five-set wins, defeating Tommy Haas in the third round, Richard Gasquet in the fourth round, and Guillermo Coria in the quarterfinals.

He then lost to Andre Agassi in the semifinals in five sets.

Ginepri thus became the first player in the open era to play four consecutive five-set matches at the US Open.

In November at the Madrid Masters, Ginepri made it to another ATP Masters Series semifinal, before losing to eventual champion Rafael Nadal.

He also won the inaugural Superset Tennis tournament, a groundbreaking one-set, one-day tournament, earning him prize money of $250,000.

He finished 2005 at world no. 15 in the ATP rankings, the highest ranking of his career.

Ginepri's results in 2006 did not match his successes in 2005.

He lost in the second round of the Australian Open and the first round of both the French Open and Wimbledon.

At the US Open, he lost in the third round to German Tommy Haas in a fifth-set tiebreaker.

He finished the year ranked world no. 51 with a 24–26 record.

Ginepri lost in the third round of both the Australian Open and the US Open and the first round of both the French Open and Wimbledon.

He finished the year ranked world no. 134.

At the tournament in Delray Beach, Florida, Ginepri lost in the semifinals to James Blake.

In his next tournament, the SAP Open in San Jose, California, Ginepri was able to defeat Blake in the quarterfinals, but lost in the semifinals to Radek Štěpánek.

At the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ginepri reached the semifinals for his third consecutive tournament.

Ginepri defeated Xavier Malisse in the first round, world no. 17 Marcos Baghdatis in the second round, and Ernests Gulbis in the quarterfinals, before falling to Kevin Anderson.

Ginepri then played the Tennis Masters Series Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, losing in the second round to Carlos Moyá.

At the Hypo Group Tennis International in Pörtschach, Austria, Ginepri lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Mónaco.

On June 23, 2008, Ginepri's ranking was world no. 59, a rise of 112 places since January 28, 2008.

Ginepri then made his Olympic debut tennis at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, losing in the first round.

In July, Ginepri made his debut in the World Team Tennis league, playing for the new Washington Kastles team.

At the 2009 US Open, Ginepri advanced to the second round, before losing to Nicolás Almagro in five sets.

Ginepri lost in the first round of the Australian Open.

He beat Sam Querrey in four sets in the first round of the French Open and Potito Starace in the second round.

He beat no. 16 Juan Carlos Ferrero in five sets, advancing to play in the fourth round, where he lost against Novak Djokovic in four sets.

He was the only unseeded player left in the competition, along with qualifier Gabashvili, and the last American in the men's field.

He lost to Robin Söderling in straight sets in the first round of Wimbledon.