Jack Sock

 ( 1992 Births ) 

In 2011, he reached the final of the USA F3 tournament. The Decline of Weston Civilization Part I – The Final Weekend of the USA F3 Futures, Challenger Tennis. February 2, 2011. Accessed September 9, 2011. 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. 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 , in the second round; however, he lost in straight sets. Roddick vs. Sock: Breaking It Down New York Times. September 3, 2011. Accessed September 9, 2011. 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. Melanie Oudin-Jack Sock reach final ESPN. August 9, 2011. Accessed September 9, 2011. 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. ATP – Coaching updates on Donald Young and Jack Sock TennisworldUSA. September 28, 2011. Accessed September 29, 2011 His most successful tournament was the Sacramento Challenger, in which he reached the quarterfinals of the singles tournament and, partnering with Nicholas Monroe, the final of the doubles tournament. 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. He upset the seventh seed, Alex Bogomolov, Jr. He made it to the quarterfinals, where he lost to John Isner. At the US Open, Sock defeated the 22nd seed, Florian Mayer, in the first round when Mayer retired. He then went on to defeat world No. 85 Flavio Cipolla of Italy in straight sets, setting up his first ever Grand Slam third round match against 11th seed Nicolás Almagro, but was defeated in four sets. In the final two months of the 2012 season, Sock reached his first two Challenger Tour finals, winning at Tiburon in October and finishing as runner-up in the November Champaign-Urbana Challenger. These finals helped him rise to the top 150 for the first time.

At Wimbledon, Sock at the last moment teamed up with Canadian Vasek Pospisil, and they won the men's doubles title in a five-set final against the top seeds, Bob and Mike Bryan.

Sock beat Bernard Tomic and world No. 6 Kei Nishikori to reach the third round of the 2014 Shanghai Rolex Masters.

In December, he underwent hip surgery, sidelining him for the start of the 2015 season.

His second tournament was the 2015 Miami Open, in which he won his first two matches, including beating 21st seed Fabio Fognini, before losing to Dominic Thiem in the third round. He made the doubles final, again partnering with Pospisil, but lost in a third-set tiebreaker to the Bryan brothers.

Sock continued his successful start to the year by winning his first ATP tournament, the 2015 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. En route to the title, he knocked off second seed Roberto Bautista Agut, fifth seed Santiago Giraldo, third seed Kevin Anderson, and eighth seed Sam Querrey in the final. He then competed in the 2015 Mutua Madrid Open in Spain, advancing to the second round by beating wildcard Pablo Andújar in straight sets, before losing to 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

At the French Open, Sock upset 10th seeded Grigor Dimitrov in the first round in straight sets. He continued his run by beating Pablo Carreño Busta in four sets and teenager Borna Ćorić in straight sets. At age 22, he became the youngest American to reach the round of 16 at the French Open since Pete Sampras in 1993. In the fourth round, he lost in four sets to defending champion Rafael Nadal.

Sock collapsed at the US Open, and was forced to retire against Ruben Bemelmans despite being ahead in the match.

On November 2, Sock reached the top 25 for the first time in his career. For the second straight year, he and Pospisil finished 9th in the ATP Doubles Race to London rankings, just barely failing to qualify for the year-end championship tournament.

At the Auckland Open, Sock reached his third career ATP final by beating a top-10 player David Ferrer for the second time in his career, despite losing the first set and battling flu-like symptoms. He ended up retiring in the final due to that illness. Sock began the clay-court season by reaching his second consecutive final in Houston, but was unable to defend his title after struggling with an injury in the last set of the final.

Sock played in all three tennis competitions at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Despite losing in the first round in singles, he earned a bronze medal in doubles with Steve Johnson and a gold medal in mixed doubles with Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

At the Shanghai Masters, Sock defeated Milos Raonic for the first time in their last nine matches to reach his first career Masters quarterfinal. With this run, he became the top-ranked American for the first time in his career.

In February, Sock returned home to the United States where he helped the Davis Cup team sweep their 1st-round rubber against Switzerland. At the end of the month, he played at the Delray Beach Open and won his second title in two months after Milos Raonic withdrew from the final with a hamstring injury. This title took Sock to a career high of 18 in the ATP rankings. Sock continued his impressive streak of deep runs in Masters events by reaching his first career Masters semi-final at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Along the way, he upset No. 13 Grigor Dimitrov and No. 5 Kei Nishikori, the latter of which was his first career victory over a Top 5 opponent.

After a relatively quiet middle of the season, Sock finished the year strong by winning the biggest tournament of his career at the Paris Masters, defeating Filip Krajinović in the final. He became the first American to win a Masters event since Andy Roddick won the Miami Masters in 2010, and the first to win the Paris Masters since Andre Agassi in 1999. This result was particularly impressive because Sock was a game away from going out in his first match, when he was down 5–1 to Kyle Edmund in the third set. With the win, Sock also made his debut in the Top 10, finished the year as the top-ranked American, and qualified for the 2017 ATP Finals. He was the first American to qualify for the year-end championships in singles since Mardy Fish in 2011.

In the final tournament of the year, Sock rebounded from an opening match loss to Roger Federer to finish second in the Boris Becker group. In the round robin, he won matches against World No. 5 Marin Čilić and then World No. 3 Alexander Zverev, the latter of which was the first Top 3 opponent he ever defeated. Although Sock would lose to eventual champion Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinals, the two wins solidified his year-end ranking in the top 10 at No. 8 in the world.

Sock's poor start to the season continued at the 2018 Delray Beach Open, where as the top seed and defending champion he lost in the second round to Reilly Opelka ranked number 228. However, he did win the doubles title, partnering with Jackson Withrow.

Sock's singles struggles continued into Indian Wells and Miami. In singles at the 2018 BNP Paribas Open, Sock recorded a 6–2, 7–5 win over Thomas Fabbiano in the round of 64, but then fell 6–7, 6–4, 4–6 to Feliciano López. However, Sock won the doubles title with his partner, John Isner, after recording impressive victories over Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram, Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić, and Bob and Mike Bryan. In singles at the 2018 Miami Open, Sock recorded a 6–3, 7–6 win over Yuki Bhambri the round of 64, but then fell 7–5, 6–7, 3–6 to rising star, Borna Ćorić. Sock and his partner, Nicholas Monroe, failed to record a win in doubles with a 1–6, 6–7 loss to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău in the round 32.

Sock's struggles in singles continued at the French Open and Wimbledon where he recorded first round losses at both events including a loss from two sets up against the Italian Matteo Berrettini at the latter event. Both losses were marked by profane outbursts and constant complaining from Sock. For this, Sock was fined $5,000. At Wimbledon, a spectator even shouted at Sock, "Put a sock in it, Jack!" Sock's success in doubles continued as he won Wimbledon along with his doubles partner, Mike Bryan. Tennis World USA: For Bryan and Sock winning Wimbledon doubles brings history and confidence

During the American Summer, Jack Sock once again lost in the first round at both the Roger's Cup and 2018 Western & Southern Open. This was followed by a second-round exit to Nikoloz Basilashvili at the US Open singles. Continuing his partnership with Mike Bryan, he achieved his first US Open Men's doubles trophy, defeating Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo in straight sets.

As with last year, Sock was invited to the 2018 Laver Cup as part of Team World. He was defeated by Kyle Edmund by 6–4, 5–7, 10–6 in the afternoon session of the first day. His partnership with Kevin Anderson was more successful, winning 6–7(5), 6–3, 10–6 against Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. The second evening doubles session saw him partner up with Nick Kyrgios, scoring a straight-sets victory over Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin. The final doubles match of the Laver Cup saw him and countryman John Isner triumph over Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev over two sets and a tight super-tiebreak. Sock's efforts propelled Team World to a first-ever lead over Team Europe by 8–7, though Team Europe claimed the Cup at (13-8) after winning its next two singles matches.

The fall Asian swing started poorly for Sock. He was defeated in his first match of the China Open by Nikoloz Basilashvili. Competing in doubles with countryman Nicholas Monroe, he lost in straight sets to Denys Molchanov and Igor Zelenay in the first round. At the Shanghai Masters, Sock was seeded 12th in singles but lost to Peter Gojowczyk in the first round. Sock and Mike Bryan were the top seeds in doubles, but lost in the first round to Horacio Zeballos and Julio Peralta.

Sock's best singles results in 2018 came at his title defense at the Paris Masters. Seeded sixteenth, he defeated Richard Gasquet and Malek Jaziri in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals. There, he was defeated by sixth seed Dominic Thiem. This loss saw him fall 82 ranking places in a single week, to No. 105.

Being the only team to win two Grand Slams during the year, Sock and Mike Bryan qualified on 14 October 2018 as the 5th seeds in doubles for the 2018 ATP Finals, where they defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut to win the title.

After various setbacks in his return to the tour, Sock made his return to competitive tennis in July at the Atlanta Open, where he lost to Miomir Kecmanović 6–7(9), 6–7(5). He partnered with Jackson Withrow in the doubles draw, reaching the semifinal before falling to the pairing of Dominic Inglot and Austin Krajicek. He continued his efforts at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, losing as a wild card in the first round of qualifying to Mikhail Kukushkin.

He received a wild card from the USTA into the men's singles main draw at the 2019 U.S. Open, extending his streak of participating in the draw to a decade, but lost in the first round. In doubles, partnering with Jackson Withrow, he reached the quarterfinals defeating the Bryan Brothers en route but lost to 15th seed Jamie Murray/Neal Skupski.

Sock dropped out of the singles ATP rankings on November 4 and finished the year without a ranking.

At the Indian Wells Challenger, Sock reached his first singles final of any kind in close to three years. He lost to Steve Johnson in straight sets. As a result, his ranking improved from No. 768 to No. 384.

Sock was forced out of tennis for five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic suspending competition in March. When competition resumed in August, he returned at the US Open using a protected ranking, where he defeated Pablo Cuevas in the first round in five sets. He lost in the next round to 32nd seed Adrian Mannarino in straight sets. His ranking would improve to No. 303 due to the result. One month later at the French Open, he entered the qualifying draw as a protected ranking where he defeated Mikael Torpegaard, Facundo Bagnis and Andrey Kuznetsov to qualify for the main draw. There, he defeated Reilly Opelka in the first round in straight sets but lost in the next round to 3rd seed Dominic Thiem in straight sets. His ranking would improve to No. 249 because of the result.

Despite not even being ranked at the beginning of the year, Sock finished the year with a ranking of World No. 253.

Having been given a wildcard into his first ATP tournament of the year at the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Sock made his first ATP tour level quarterfinal since the 2018 Paris Masters. He beat Alex Bolt and third seed Yoshihito Nishioka before being defeated by eighth seed and eventual champion Kevin Anderson in three sets. At the same tournament he partnered as a wildcard pair with William Blumberg. The unseeded pair reached the finals by defeating fellow Americans Tennys Sandgren and Denis Kudla, third seeds John-Patrick Smith and Harri Heliövaara, and second seeds Jonathan Erlich and Santiago González. In the final they defeated Austin Krajicek and Vasek Pospisil. He also received a wildcard into the Citi Open where once again defeated Yoshihito Nishioka in the first round to play world No. 3 Rafael Nadal in the second round. The match went to three sets and the third set was decided in a tiebreak but he fell short.

Sock received a wildcard into the US Open singles main draw. He defeated Yoshihito Nishioka in the first round in four sets and followed his victory up with a five-set victory over 31st seed Alexander Bublik in the second round, marking the first time he made the third round of a grand slam since the 2017 Australian Open. In the third round, he played 4th seed Alexander Zverev and won the first set but lost the next two sets and retired early in the fourth set due to an upper right leg injury.

He reached the ATP Challenger final at the 2022 Ilkley Trophy where he lost to qualifier Zizou Bergs. He qualified for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships in singles after a three year absence and reached the third round. At the same tournament he reached the doubles quarterfinals with Denis Kudla and the mixed doubles semifinals with Coco Gauff. He returned to the top 100 in singles and to the top 50 in doubles at world No. 48 on 11 July 2022.

At the US Open, Sock retired in the fourth set of his first round match against Diego Schwartzman due to back injury.

In August 2023, it was announced that Sock had signed on to play full-time on the PPA Tour.

As of 7 June 2024, Sock is ranked world No. 9 (and is fifth in the race) in singles.

One particular instance of this sportsmanship came at the 2016 Hopman Cup. During the match against Lleyton Hewitt, Hewitt was serving to stay in the first set when his first serve at 30–0 was called out by the chair umpire. Prior to Hewitt hitting his second serve, Sock said: "That was in if you want to challenge it." The review showed the serve to be in, giving Hewitt the point.

Later in the year, Sock awarded a point to Richard Gasquet at the Paris Masters on an ace that was called out, saving Gasquet the need to use a challenge. The review confirmed that the serve did land in the box on the line.

Andy Roddick has remarked that he and young Sock have similar playing styles, saying, "Sock kind of has the half take up with the serve. He's got the flailing elbow on the forehand and the backhand." Sock feels that he and Spaniard Rafael Nadal actually have a more similar playing style, stating in an interview in 2012 that "Nadal prefers the forehand to the backhand and hits with incredible spin. I also like to hit with more spin than pace and prefer my forehand."

Sock has a very strong service game, being able to hit serves at speeds of up to 227 km/h (141 mph). He is fast around the court, and is particularly good at running around his backhand to hit powerful inside-in or inside-out forehands. His great court speed allows him to retrieve many shots and use his forehand, his main weapon from the baseline, more frequently. Sock aggressively slides his left foot on the ground when running to his forehand, which wore a hole in his sock and shoe, and drew blood, at the 2015 BNP Paribas Open.

Some commentators have remarked that his technique on the forehand, while quite effective, actually hinders his ability to hit returns well. If Sock has a successful singles career, it will be in spite of, not because of, his technique, according to retired American tennis champion and now commentator Jim Courier. At the net, Sock is very effective thanks to extremely fast reflexes, making him very high-rated also as doubles player.