Cecil Mamiit

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Cecil Mamiit
Cecil Mamiit.jpg
Mamiit in 2008
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Born (1976-06-27) June 27, 1976 (age 48)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Turned pro1996
Retired2012
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,084,438
Singles
Career record59–108
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 72 (11 October 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1999, 2001)
French Open 2R (2001, 2002)
Wimbledon 1R (1999, 2001, 2002)
US Open 2R (1999)
Doubles
Career record16–37
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 102 (30 October 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (2006)
US Open 1R (1996, 1999, 2000)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open 1R (1999)
Last updated on: 30 April 2022.

Cecil Valdeavilla Mamiit (born June 27, 1976) is a former tennis player from the United States who went on to represent the Philippines. He began his professional career in 1996 and reached his highest individual ranking in the ATP Tour on October 11, 1999 as World No. 72.

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Career

In 1996, he won the NCAA singles championship as an USC freshman, a feat that had not been achieved since John McEnroe attended Stanford University in 1978.

Mamiit won the silver medal in the men's tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, after losing the final to fellow American Paul Goldstein. At the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar, he won bronze in the singles event after losing in the semifinals to Lee Hyung Taik of South Korea. In the doubles event, he also won bronze, along with fellow Filipino-American tennis player Eric Taino, losing to the first-seeded and former World no. 1 doubles players Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes of India. He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2008. [1]

His best tournament result came at the 1999 San Jose tournament. As a qualifier he defeated Danish Kenneth Carlsen, Americans Andre Agassi (although Agassi was up 6–0, 6–6 before he defaulted), [2] Australian Mark Woodforde, and another American Michael Chang before losing in the final to another Aussie Mark Philippoussis 6–3, 6–2.

Mamiit represented the Philippines Davis Cup team, where he was undefeated until 2008.

From January 2011, through the clay court season, he was the hitting partner for Russian Maria Sharapova, where she won the 2012 French Open to complete her Career Grand Slam. [3]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Feb 1999 San Jose, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Philippoussis 3–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (9–8)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–8)
ITF Futures (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–6)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0-1Sep 1997 Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Richardson 7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Win1-1Jun 1998USA F4, Tallahassee FuturesClay Flag of Brazil.svg Egberto Caldas6–4, 6–2
Win2-1Jun 1998USA F5, Lafayette FuturesHard Flag of Chile.svg Nicolás Massú 0–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win3-1Jul 1998 Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Japan.svg Takao Suzuki 6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win4-1Nov 1998 Las Vegas, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Venezuela.svg Maurice Ruah 7–5, 6–3
Loss4-2Nov 1998 Rancho Mirage, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Norway.svg Christian Ruud 7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win5-2Nov 1998 Burbank, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg David Nainkin 7–6, 7–5
Win6-2Dec 1999 Burbank, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Alex O'Brien 7–5, 6–3
Loss6-3Jul 2000 Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Flag of Japan.svg Takao Suzuki 4–6, 3–6
Loss6-4Nov 2000 Rancho Mirage, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg James Blake 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Loss6-5Apr 2002 Calabases, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Michael Chang 3–6, 5–7
Loss6-6May 2002 Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Alex Kim 6–7(9–11), 2–6
Win7-6Jun 2004 Tallahassee, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Sweden.svg Bjorn Rehnquist 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Loss7-7Jan 2005 Waikoloa, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Paul Goldstein 2–6, 2–6
Win8-7Jun 2005 Yuba City, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Paul Goldstein 6–4, 6–4
Loss8-8May 2006 Forrest Hills, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kendrick 2–6, 2–6
Win9-8Sep 2006 New Orleans, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Amer Delic 6–3, 7–6(7–1)

Doubles: 18 (10–8)

Legend
ATP Challenger (8–8)
ITF Futures (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–7)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0-1May 1997 Dresden, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Venezuela.svg Jimy Szymanski Flag of the United States.svg Mark Merklein
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Salzenstein
6–7, 1–6
Win1-1Mar 1998Philippines F1, Manila FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Eric Taino Flag of France.svg Maxime Boye
Flag of France.svg Thierry Guardiola
4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win2-1Jun 1998USA F4, Tallahassee FuturesClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kyle Spencer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jocelyn Robichaud
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Russell
3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss2-2Dec 1999 Burbank, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Scott Humphries Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan
6–7, 7–5, 1–6
Loss2-3Jan 2000 Waikoloa, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg James Blake Flag of the United States.svg Jim Grabb
Flag of the United States.svg Richey Reneberg
2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss2-4Nov 2004 Nashville, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Thailand.svg Danai Udomchoke Flag of the United States.svg Jason Marshall
Flag of the United States.svg Travis Parrott
3–6, 4–6
Win3-4Mar 2005 Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Eric Taino Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam Qureshi
Flag of Ukraine.svg Orest Tereshchuk
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win4-4Aug 2005 Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Brian Vahaly Flag of France.svg Julien Benneteau
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut
6–4, 6–4
Win5-4Jan 2006 Waikoloa, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann Flag of the United States.svg Scott Lipsky
Flag of the United States.svg David Martin
6–3, 6–4
Win6-4Mar 2006 Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Hyung-Taik Flag of Sweden.svg Jacob Adaktusson
Flag of Israel.svg Dudi Sela
6–4, 6–2
Win7-4May 2006 Forest Hills, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Chris Drake Flag of the United States.svg Eric Butorac
Flag of the United States.svg Mirko Pehar
6–4, 6–1
Loss7-5Jun 2006 Busan, South KoreaChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kendrick Flag of the United States.svg Scott Lipsky
Flag of the United States.svg Todd Widom
3–6, 7–6(7–2), [7–10]
Win8-5Jul 2006 Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Eric Taino Flag of the United States.svg Scoville Jenkins
Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram
6–2, 6–4
Win9-5Sep 2006 New Orleans, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Sam Warburg Flag of the United States.svg Chris Drake
Flag of the United States.svg David Martin
7–6(7–3), 6–0
Win10-5Oct 2006 Calabasas, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kendrick Flag of Israel.svg Harel Levy
Flag of the United States.svg Sam Warburg
5–7, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss10-6Apr 2007 Valencia, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the Philippines.svg Eric Taino Flag of Israel.svg Harel Levy
Flag of the United States.svg Sam Warburg
2–6, 4–6
Loss10-7Jul 2007 Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg John-Paul Fruttero Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Reynolds
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [7–10]
Loss10-8Oct 2007 Calabasas, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kendrick Flag of the United States.svg John Isner
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Wilson
6–7(10–12), 6–4, [8–10]

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA Q2 A 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R Q1 Q1 A0 / 62–625%
French Open AAA Q2 Q1 1R Q1 2R 2R 1R Q1 Q1 Q2 A0 / 42–433%
Wimbledon AAA Q1 A 1R A 1R 1R Q2 Q2 A Q1 A0 / 30–30%
US Open Q1 Q2 1R 1R Q1 2R 1R Q1 Q1 Q1 Q2 Q2 Q1 A0 / 41–420%
Win–loss0–00–00–10–10–02–40–22–31–30–20–10–00–00–00 / 175–1723%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AA 1R Q1 A Q2 Q1 1R Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 A Q1 0 / 20–20%
Miami AAA Q2 A 2R Q1 2R Q2 Q2 AAAA0 / 22–250%
Canada AAA 1R 1R A 1R 1R Q2 AAAAA0 / 40–40%
Cincinnati AAAA Q2 1R 1R 1R Q1 AAAAA0 / 30–30%
Win–loss0–00–00–10–10–11–20–21–40–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 112–1115%

Doubles

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
French Open AAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon AAAAAAAA Q2 AA 1R 0 / 10–10%
US Open Q1 1R AA 1R 1R AAAAAA0 / 30–30%
Win–loss0–00–10–00–00–10–10–00–00–00–00–00–10 / 40–40%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AAAA 1R AAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Miami AAAA Q2 A 1R AAAAA0 / 10–10%
Canada AAAAA 1R AAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–10–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 30–30%

References

  1. "OJAI RECORD OF EVENTS INDEX" (PDF). Ojaitourney.org. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  2. "Tennis: Obscene Agassi defaulted". The Independent. February 12, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  3. [ permanent dead link ]