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Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the ninth-ranked player in the world, and top-ranked in the U.S as of January 19, 2009. He became a Grand Slam singles champion when he won the title at the 2003 U.S. Open. Roddick has reached three other Grand Slam finals (Wimbledon twice and the U.S. Open), losing to Roger Federer each time. He and Federer are the only players to have finished the season in the ATP top 10 each of the past seven years. Roddick is known for his powerful serves and forehands, and holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, clocked at 155 mph (249.4 km/h). Roddick was on the victorious United States Davis Cup team when it won the 2007 Davis Cup. Roddick defeated Dmitry Tursunov of the Russian Davis Cup team, the defending champions, in the finals.

Andy Roddick was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Jim and Blanche Roddick. Roddick`s father was a businessman, and his mother was a school teacher. She now directs the Andy Roddick Foundation. Roddick has two older brothers, Lawrence and John, who were both promising tennis players at a young age. Roddick lived in Austin, Texas until he was 11, then moved to Boca Raton, Florida, where he lived until graduating from Boca Prep in 2000. During that time period, he would sometimes train with Venus and Serena Williams; he recalls that Serena beat him in a practice match although the two dispute the score, with Serena saying that she won 6-1 and Roddick saying that it was 6-4. He later moved back to Austin. Roddick began dating singer Mandy Moore in 2002; Roddick ended the relationship in March 2004. On March 31, 2008, Roddick announced on his website that he and American fashion model Brooklyn Decker are engaged and will be getting married in the spring of 2009.

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