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Wayne Odesnik (born November 21, 1985) is a South African-born American retired professional left-handed tennis player, with a two-handed backhand. His highest singles ranking was No. 77 in 2009.
Among his biggest upsets were a 2007 win over Ivan Ljubičić, and a 2009 win against Igor Kunitsyn.
Odesnik won his first Futures title in 2003, and won a combined 14 singles titles in Challenger and Future ITF Men's Circuit events. He resides in Weston, Florida, in the United States.
In March 2010, Odesnik pleaded guilty to importing human growth hormone into Australia, and was banned for two years by the International Tennis Federation, later reduced to one year on account of his "substantial assistance" with the Federation's anti-doping program. In March 2015 he was handed a 15-year ban after a second doping violation after testing positive for anabolic agents and peptides.
2004 saw Odesnik make three Futures finals late in the season, losing at first to Horia Tecău, then making the second final and again losing to Tecău, then losing in his third final to Brendan Evans. He also participated in the 2004 U.S. Open, after receiving a wildcard entry PDF version: "Broder's Skunkware Draw:MS", September 11, 2004. into the main draw. He lost to David Sánchez. Odesnik reached one Futures doubles final partnering with Zack Fleishman, but lost in the final to Tecău (this time in doubles) and Alex Kuznetsov.
At the August 2007 Rogers Masters, Odesnik had an amazing run. In qualifying he defeated Jan Hernych. He went on to the main draw of the ATP Masters Series Canada, and upset Ivan Ljubičić in three sets, before going down to Frank Dancevic.
At the 2007 U.S. Open, Odesnik beat Danai Udomchoke of Thailand 7–5 in the fifth set to reach the second round. He then lost there to eventual quarterfinalist Juan Ignacio Chela. In October in Sacramento, California, he beat Yen-Hsun Lu in the finals. Later that month in Busan, Korea, he again defeated Lu, before losing in the quarterfinals.
In December, Alex Kuznetsov, Jesse Levine, and Odesnik were invited by the USTA to play off in a round-robin for the wild-card berth in the Australian Open. Levine won the wild card, defeating Odesnik.
Odesnik was 4–3 for the year in ATP play, and 26–17 on the Challenger circuit. He ended 2007 ranked #126 for singles, and #553 for doubles.
In early 2008 Odesnik was coached by Félix Mantilla Botella.
At the French Open in May, he beat Cañas 7–6, 7–6, 7–6 in a very tight three-hour and 46-minute match that got him to round 2 of the grand slam. "I was just trying not to put Cañas on a pedestal in my mind", said Odesnik. He then beat Hyung-Taik Lee in the next round.
At Wimbledon he arrived on court against 24th-seed Jarkko Nieminen with heavy strapping on his thigh, and succumbed to injury after losing the opening set 6–3. Odesnik underwent rehab on an injured Muscle in his left hip; a small tear in his groin that he had suffered in a tournament in Poland.
In August he beat Bobby Reynolds in Los Angeles, Sébastien Grosjean in New Haven, and at the US Open Fabio Fognini. In November Odesnik beat Diego Junqueira in Ecuador. He ended 2008 ranked #119 for singles, and #558 for doubles.
In April at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas at River Oaks Country Club, Odesnik defeated third-seeded Jürgen Melzer of Austria (winning 94% of his second-serve points), beat fellow American John Isner in a 2:37 quarterfinal marathon, and defeated Björn Phau in the semifinals to reach his first ATP World Tour final, in which he lost to Lleyton Hewitt. Following the tournament, he received his then-career-best world ranking of #77.
As of April 11, in 14 ATP World Tour clay-court matches he had the best winning percentage among Americans on clay; 0.714.
At the 2009 French Open Odesnik lost in three hours and 43 minutes on the main Court Philippe Chatrier to the hometown favorite Gilles Simon.
At Wimbledon Odesnik lost his first round match to 30th-ranked Jürgen Melzer. The match generated some media attention as a consequence of the patterns of pre-match betting on the result, with the online betting exchange Betfair reporting that unusually large sums for a low-profile match were wagered on the straight sets scoreline. Officials at Betfair did not suspect anything untoward, noting that an announcement had been made on TV shortly before the match that Odesnik was injured.
At the 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships in July, Odesnik beat fourth-seeded Igor Kunitsyn. Various versions reproduced in whole or in part in: ; Republished as:
On May 19, 2010, Odesnik was banned—initially for two years—by the International Tennis Federation, later reduced to one year on account of his "substantial assistance" with the Federation's anti-doping program, after pleading guilty to importing HGH into Australia. The suspension was dated to December 29, 2009. As part of the ban, his results since December 29 were erased, and he was required to forfeit his ranking points and prize money. Odesnik was ranked No. 114 and had earned more than $90,000 in prize money in 2010. In January 2013, it was revealed that Odesnik's name appeared in handwritten records of Biogenesis of America, a former Miami sports clinic linked to a performance-enhancing drug scandal in Major League Baseball. In records for 2009, 2010, and 2011, under the heading of 'Tennis' in five client lists, Odesnik's name appeared numerous times; the records indicated that he was billed $500 per month by the clinic. Odesnik denied any connection to the clinic.
Odesnik undertook sessions with a sports psychologist in 2008. In 2009 he worked with fitness trainer Mikhail Zanko, and coached by Grant Doyle.
2008
In February, at the San Jose International Series, Odesnik defeated Donald Young. In April at the International Series in Houston, Texas, he beat Dudi Sela, and Sergio Roitman. At the World Team Championship in Germany in May he beat Ivo Minář, and in doubles he and partner James Blake beat Lucas Arnold and Sebastián Prieto, and Czechs Tomáš Berdych and Pavel Vízner.
2009
In February, Odesnik won the Home Depot Center USTA Challenger in Carson, California, beating Vincent Spadea in the semifinals. Seeded fourth, Odesnik dropped only one set in five tournament matches—to fifth-seeded Jesse Levine in the quarterfinals, in a match that took over three hours.
2010
On March 26, 2010, after having reached a world ranking of 98 in professional tennis, Odesnik pleaded guilty to importing human growth hormone (HGH) to Australia, prior to the Brisbane International, a warm-up event for the Australian Open. He was fined US$7,000, and faced a multi-year banishment from professional tennis.
Reproduced from: On April 19, Odesnik agreed to a voluntary suspension from the tour while awaiting a hearing by an independent tribunal, which was expected to take place around June 2010. In the meantime, Odesnik was free to return to the tour at any time.
2011
Unranked, Odesnik received a main draw wild card for ITF Futures event U.S.A. F1, and reached the quarter-finals. The following week, again as a wild card, he retired from his second round qualifying match. As the season wore on, Odesnik picked up a pair of singles titles at Challenger events: The Savannah Challenger, where he defeated Donald Young in the final, and the Fifth Third Bank Championships, where he beat James Ward.
2012
Odesnik started the year as the sixth seed at the Seguros Bolívar Open, a Challenger event, where he won the singles title by defeating Adrian Ungur in the final. He did not drop a set during the tournament.
2015
On March 18, 2015, Odesnik was handed a 15-year ban after a second doping violation after testing positive for anabolic agents and peptides.
Style of play
Odesnik had a modest serve, an excellent forehand, an improving backhand, and good quickness. He also varied his first and second serves, hid the placement of his forehand, and played the angles on the court.
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (0–0) Loss 0–1 Houston, United States 250 Series Clay Lleyton Hewitt 2–6, 5–7
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 29 (15–14)
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ATP Challenger (7–8) ITF Futures (8–6)
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Hard (11–10) Clay (4–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0) Win 1–0 Jamaica F3, Montego Bay Futures Hard Juan Monaco 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–0 Win 2–0 Jamaica F7, Montego Bay Futures Hard Jacob Adaktusson 7–6(7–3), 6–2 Loss 2–1 USA F27, Laguna Niguel Futures Hard Horia Tecau 3–6, 2–6 Loss 2–2 USA F31, Waikoloa Futures Hard Horia Tecau 4–6, 4–6 Loss 2–3 USA F32, Honolulu Futures Hard Brendan Evans 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7) Loss 2–4 USA F8, Mobile Futures Hard Todd Widom 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 Loss 2–5 USA F13, Auburn Futures Hard Ryan Newport 2–6, 3–6 Loss 2–6 USA F23, Costa Mesa Futures Hard Sam Warburg 5–7, 4–6 Win 3–6 USA F28, Waikoloa Futures Hard Scott Lipsky 6–1, 6–1 Win 4–6 USA F29, Honolulu Futures Hard Sam Querrey 6–4, 6–3 Win 5–6 USA F7, Little Rock Futures Hard Scott Oudsema 6–2, 6–2 Win 6–6 USA F8, Mobile Futures Hard Harsh Mankad 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 Win 7–6 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay Arnaud Di Pasquale 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–5) Loss 7–7 Baden Open, Germany Challenger Clay Mischa Zverev 6–2, 4–6, 3–6 Win 8–7 Sacramento, United States Challenger Hard Yen-Hsun Lu 6–2, 6–3 Win 9–7 Carson, United States Challenger Hard Scoville Jenkins 6–4, 6–4 Loss 9–8 Tulsa, United States Challenger Hard Taylor Dent 6–7(9–11), 6–7(4–7) Win 10–8 USA F4, Palm Coast Futures Clay Nicola Ghedin 6–2, 6–1 Win 11–8 USA F7, McAllen Futures Hard Gastao Elias 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–1 Loss 11–9 Tallahassee, United States Challenger Hard Donald Young 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 Win 12–9 Savannah, United States Challenger Clay Donald Young 6–4, 6–4 Win 13–9 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard James Ward 7–5, 6–4 Loss 13–10 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Paul Capdeville 6–7(4–7), 3–6 Win 14–10 Bucaramanga, Colombia Challenger Clay Adrian Ungur 6–1, 7–6(7–4) Loss 14–11 Bucaramanga, Colombia Challenger Clay Federico Delbonis 6–7(4–7). 3–6 Loss 14–12 Sarasota, United States Challenger Clay Alex Kuznetsov 0–6. 2–6 Loss 14–13 Furth, Germany Challenger Clay Joao Sousa 6–3, 3–6. 4–6 Win 15–13 Chitre, Panama Challenger Hard Jimmy Wang 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 Loss 15–14 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Sergiy Stakhovsky 4–6, 6–7(9–11)
Doubles: 2 (0–2)
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Hard (0–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0) Loss 0–1 USA F32, Honolulu Futures Hard Zack Fleishman Alex Kuznetsov
Horia Tecauwalkover Loss 0–2 USA F5, Harlingen Futures Hard Josh Goffi Scott Lipsky
David Martin4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Performance timeline
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Categories: 1985 Births, Living People, South African Emigrants To The United States, American People Of South African-jewish Descent, 21st-century American Jews, American Male Tennis Players, Jewish American Tennis Players, Sportspeople From Weston, Florida, Tennis Players From Johannesburg, Tennis Players From Broward County, Florida, Tennis Players From Miami-dade County, Florida, Jews From Florida, American Sportspeople In Doping Cases, Doping Cases In Tennis
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