Phillip Simmonds (born May 18, 1986) is a professional

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player from the United States.

Junior career

Simmonds had a promising junior career, spending time as the number ranked doubles player on the ITF rankings. He was a member of the United States team that finished runners-up in the 2002 Junior Davis Cup and in the same year won the doubles at the

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, with Scott Oudsema.ITF Junior Profile
/ref> Simmonds and Oudsema would go on to claim the

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boys' doubles title, the first American male pairing to win the competition.USTA: Circuit Player of the Week
/ref> They defeated the Romanian pairing of

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and

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in the final. In 2003, he also reached the boys' doubles semi-finals at the

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and Wimbledon, partnering Brian Baker.

Professional career

Simmonds was given a wildcard into the 2006 US Open main draw, but couldn't get past 25th seed

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in the opening round.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> He competed in the men's doubles at the US Open three times, in 2004, 2006, and 2007, but fell in the first round each time. He has won three

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titles in his career. In 2006 he won the singles title at the León Challenger tournament and he has also won two doubles titles, at

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in 2007 and

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the following year. As of the end of 2012, he has won nine ITF Futures titles, three in singles and six in doubles.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (4–2)

Doubles: 13 (8–5)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simmonds, Phillip 1986 births Living people American male tennis players African-American male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Tennis people from New York (state) People from Selden, New York Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American people