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Wayne Odesnik (born November 21, 1985) is a South African-born American retired professional left-handed
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player, with a two-handed
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. His highest singles ranking was No. 77 in 2009. Among his biggest upsets were a 2007 win over
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, and a 2009 win against
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. Odesnik won his first
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title in 2003, and won a combined 14 singles titles in Challenger and Future
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events. He resides in
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, in the United States. In March 2010, Odesnik pleaded guilty to importing
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into
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, and was banned for two years by the
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, 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.


Early and personal life

Odesnik and his family emigrated from South Africa to the United States when he was age 3, and he became an
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.
/ref> His father, Harold, is a jeweler who owns a store in Aventura, just north of Miami, Florida, and his mother, Janice, is a former South African competitive gymnast who is now a computer coordinator. His grandmother, Sylvia, was a professional ice skater. Odesnik currently resides in Florida.


Tennis career

Odesnik was introduced to tennis at age 7 by his grandmother, and his first tennis club was the Jewish Community Center in
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, Florida.


Junior career (2000–01)

In 2000 Odesnik lost in the finals in singles at the Easter Bowl. In 2001 he won the singles title at the El Paso Youth Tennis Centre ITF Tournament, was a semifinalist in both singles and doubles (with Jarrett Chirico) at the
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Junior International Hard Court Championships, finished in third place in singles and doubles (with Chirico) at the boys’ 16 USTA Super National Hard Court Championships, and was a boys’ 16 singles semifinalist at the USTA Super National Clay Court Championships. He also won the
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Junior Open, and won the doubles title (with Chirico) and at the USTA Super National Spring Championships – The Easter Bowl.


Professional career; 2001–04

Odesnik first competed professionally in 2001, playing only one match. He didn't win anything in 2002, but did go on to win two futures events in
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in 2003, winning the first over
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in the final, and the next against
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in the final. 2004 saw Odesnik make three Futures finals late in the season, losing at first to
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, 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 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.


2005

Odesnik reached one Futures doubles final with Josh Goffi, but lost to
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and
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. In 2005 singles play, Odesnik won two finals out of five in Futures play, ending the year with a 10-match winning streak. He won two straight titles in tournaments entered, in
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and Waikoloa, Hawaii. He beat Lipsky in the first final, and then beat
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a week later on his 20th birthday. He also participated in an
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event, at the
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, losing in the first round to
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. He wound up 2005 with a 10-match winning streak and ranked 265 for singles, 1,091 for doubles.


2006

In 2006 Odesnik won three singles titles on the Futures circuit. He lost in straight sets to Raemon Sluiter at the 2005 U.S. Open. He beat Scott Oudsema, in his first title of the Futures year in
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, as he did not drop a set in any of his matches, then
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in
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to win a title the following week, and then won the
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Challenger title over bronze Olympic medalist
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in three sets in the final. On April 4, 2006, he was named USTA Circuit Player of the Week. He ended 2006 ranked 194 for singles, and 780 for doubles.


2007

In Challenger events, he reached the finals of
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, where he lost to
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. He went on to make the third round of a major-level event, beating
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. He then lost to
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in three tiebreak sets. At the August 2007 Rogers Masters, Odesnik had an amazing run. In qualifying he defeated
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. He went on to the main draw of the ATP Masters Series Canada, and upset
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in three sets, before going down to
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. At the 2007 U.S. Open, Odesnik beat
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of
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7–5 in the fifth set to reach the second round. He then lost there to eventual quarterfinalist
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. In October in
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, he beat
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in the finals. Later that month in Busan, Korea, he again defeated Lu, before losing in the quarterfinals. In December, Alex Kuznetsov,
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, and Odesnik were invited by the
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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.


2008

In February, at the San Jose International Series, Odesnik defeated Donald Young. In April at the International Series in Houston, Texas, he beat
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, and
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. At the World Team Championship in Germany in May he beat Ivo Minář, and in doubles he and partner James Blake beat
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and Sebastián Prieto, and Czechs
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and
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. In early 2008 Odesnik was coached by
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. 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 añason 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
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with heavy strapping on his thigh, and succumbed to injury after losing the opening set 6–3. Odesnik underwent rehab on an injured
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in his left hip; a small tear in his
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that he had suffered in a tournament in Poland. In August he beat
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in Los Angeles,
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in New Haven, and at the US Open
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. In November Odesnik beat
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in Ecuador. He ended 2008 ranked #119 for singles, and #558 for doubles.


2009

In February, Odesnik won the
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USTA Challenger in Carson, California, beating
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in the semifinals. Seeded fourth, Odesnik dropped only one set in five tournament matches—to fifth-seeded
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in the quarterfinals, in a match that took over three hours. In April at the
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in
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at
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, Odesnik defeated third-seeded
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of Austria (winning 94% of his second-serve points), beat fellow American
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in a 2:37 quarterfinal maratho
Mens Clay Court Championship
and defeated
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in the semifinals to reach his first ATP World Tour final, in which he lost to
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. 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
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to the hometown favorite
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. 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
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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
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in July, Odesnik beat fourth-seeded
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.


2010

On March 26, 2010, after having reached a world ranking of 98 in professional tennis, Odesnik pleaded guilty to importing
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(HGH) to Australia, prior to the
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, a warm-up event for the Australian Open. He was fined US$7,000, and faced a multi-year banishment from professional tennis. 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. On May 19, 2010, Odesnik was banned—initially for two years—by the
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, 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
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, 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.


2011

Unranked, Odesnik received a main draw wild card for
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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
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.


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.


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. Odesnik undertook sessions with a sports psychologist in 2008. In 2009 he worked with fitness trainer Mikhail Zanko, and coached by Grant Doyle.


ATP career finals


Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals


Singles: 29 (15–14)


Doubles: 2 (0–2)


Performance timeline


Singles


See also

* List of select Jewish tennis players


References


External links

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Odesnik World ranking history
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