Scott Oudsema (born July 1, 1986) is a former professional

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player from the

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Career

Oudsema partnered

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to win the doubles at the 2002

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.ITF Junior Profile
/ref> He also competed with Simmonds at the

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and the pair won the boys' doubles title. In 2004, Oudsema won a further three junior

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tournaments, the Australian Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open, all with

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. In the only Grand Slam the pair didn't win, the French Open, they were semi-finalists. Also in 2004, before a large home-town crowd, Oudsema lost in the USTA Boys 18 singles finals to

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. On the men's tour, Oudsema competed in the doubles at the US Open four times, but only once made the second round, in 2005 with

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.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> His only singles win at

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level came in the 2006 Countrywide Classic, where he defeated

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in the opening round, before losing to

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. He won three ATP Challenger tournaments during his career, one in singles and two in doubles. In the summer of 2009, Oudsema along with coach

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, Olga Puchkova,

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, and

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, led the

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, to its first

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title. He was the 2009 WTT Finals MVP. He retired in 2009.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (1–4)

Doubles: 12 (6–6)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oudsema, Scott 1986 births Living people American male tennis players Tennis people from Michigan Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Wimbledon junior champions US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles