23 Facts About Vince Spadea

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Vincent Spadea was born on July 19,1974 and is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

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Vince Spadea reached a career high tenth position in the ATP Champions Race in April 2003, as well as a career-high 18th ATP ranking in February 2005.

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Vince Spadea has career prize money earnings of over $5,000,000.

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Vince Spadea represented the United States at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.

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Vince Spadea was named twice to the US Davis Cup Team in 2000 and 2004.

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Vince Spadea has one career ATP singles title and three ATP doubles titles.

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At the 1999 Australian Open, Vince Spadea achieved his best performance in a major by reaching the quarterfinals.

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On September 13,1999, Vince Spadea achieved a top 20 ranking for the first time.

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From October 1999 to June 2000, Vince Spadea suffered a record losing run of 21 losses in a row.

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Vince Spadea's losing streak led the Associated Press to dub him "the Charlie Brown of tennis".

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Vince Spadea's world ranking fell as low as 237 on October 23,2000.

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Vince Spadea continued his journey back up the world rankings and was back in the top 20 by late 2004, although US Davis Cup captain, Patrick McEnroe, declined to pick Spadea as his second singles player for the 2004 Davis Cup final against Spain, opting instead for the lower ranked Mardy Fish.

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Vince Spadea achieved his career-high world ranking of 18 in February 2005.

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In 2003, Vince Spadea reached the semifinals of a Masters event in Indian Wells for the first time in his career, losing to world No 1, Lleyton Hewitt.

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Vince Spadea went on to the Monte Carlo Masters a month later and reached his second semifinals in a Masters series.

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In 2006, Vince Spadea published his autobiographical book, Break Point: The Secret Diary of a Pro Tennis Player.

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Vince Spadea criticized a number of tennis players including James Blake and Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe.

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Vince Spadea called out McEnroe for picking Mardy Fish ahead of him for the 2004 Davis Cup final where the Americans lost to Spain.

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Vince Spadea criticized Blake for questionable character during a match where Blake allegedly "trash-talked" him.

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Vince Spadea reached the third round at the 2008 Australian Open.

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Vince Spadea closed the season by winning two Challenger titles, in Waco and Calabasas.

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Vince Spadea had an injury-stricken season in 2009, plagued by an overuse tendonitis arm issue, as well as a lower extremity staph infection.

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Vince Spadea won only a handful of ATP-level singles matches before the start of the clay-court season, but reached the semifinals of the Carson Challenger.