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Michael Russell

Country	United States
Residence	Houston, TX, USA
Date of birth	May 1, 1978 (1978-05-01) (age 31)
Place of birth	Detroit, MI, USA
Height	5 ft 8 in (172 cm)
Weight	160 lb (72 kg)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$991,315
Singles
Career record	30-71
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 60 (August 13, 2007)
Current ranking	No. 90 (January 18, 2010)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd round (2008)
French Open	4th round (2001)
Wimbledon	1st round (2000, 2002)
US Open	1st round (1998, 2000, 2001, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	7-17
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 222 (November 12, 2001)

Michael Russell is an American tennis player, best known for holding match point in the 4th round of the 2001 French Open against eventual champion Gustavo Kuerten.^[1] In the 2007 Australian Open, he held a two sets to love lead over former U.S. Open and Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt before succumbing in five sets.^[2] In the 2007 Indian Wells Masters event, he made it to the final 16 players in a 96-player field, after upsetting 11th seed - and 12th-ranked - Tomas Berdych in round 2. He reached his career highest ranking of 60 in August 2007 after reaching 2nd round of Montreal TMS. Both his mother and father are tennis coaches.

Playing style

Russell is a defensive counter-puncher, known for his footspeed and consistency. John McEnroe described him as a particularly dogged competitor, saying that "no one's going to try harder on a tennis court than Michael Russell".^[3]

ATP Titles (17)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	May 17, 1999	Vero Beach	Clay	Irakli Labadze	7-6 6-3
2.	May 31, 1999	Weston	Clay	Hugo Armando	6–3 6-2
3.	January 31 , 2000	Amarillo	Hard Indoors	Stefano Pescosolido	7–5 6–2
4.	May 31, 1999	Mobile	Hard	Martin Verkerk	4-6 6-1 6-4
5.	June 21, 2004	Montreal	Hard	Domenic Marafiote	6-3 6-3
6.	June 28, 2004	Buffalo	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	6-3 6-0
7.	July 5, 2004	Pittsburgh	Clay	Kean Feeder	6-1 6-0
8.	July 12, 2004	Granby	Hard	Davide Sanguinetti	6–3 6–2
9	October 17 , 2005	Arlington	Hard	Benedikt Dorsch	6–1 6-3
10.	November 28, 2005	Orlando, Florida	Hard	Todd Widom	6–4 6–2
11	February 20 , 2006	Brownsville, Texas	Hard	Brendan Evans	6–2 6-1
12.	August 14, 2006	Bronx	Hard	Paul Capdeville	6–0 6–2
13.	November 27, 2006	Maui	Hard	Sam Warburg	6–1 6–0
14.	January 1 , 2007	Noumea	Hard	David Guez	6–0 6–1
15.	January 22 , 2007	Waikoloa	Hard	Jamie Baker	6–1 7–5
16.	February 12, 2007	Joplin	Hard Indoors	Frederic Niemeyer	6–4 6–1
17.	May 3, 2009	Carson	Clay	Michael Yani	6-1, 6-1
18.	November 21, 2009	Champaign	Indoor Hard	Taylor Dent	7-5 6-4

References

External links

• Michael Russell at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Russell Recent Match Results
• Russell World Ranking History

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten American male singles tennis players as of January 11, 2010 1. Andy Roddick (7 ▬) 2. Sam Querrey (25 ▬) 3. John Isner (33 ▲1) 4. James Blake (44 ▬) 5. Mardy Fish (55 ▬) 6. Michael Russell (79 ▲4) 7. Taylor Dent (83 ▼7) 8. Rajeev Ram (85 ▼6) 9. Wayne Odesnik (91 ▲14) 10. Robby Ginepri (96 ▲4)