William Blumberg

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William Blumberg
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Blumberg at the 2023 Cary Challenger II
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg United States
Residence Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Born (1998-01-26) January 26, 1998 (age 26)
New York City, United States
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2021
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
College North Carolina
Coach Stephen Huss
Prize money$247,073
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 438 (January 7, 2019)
Current rankingNo. 1491 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open Q1 (2017)
Doubles
Career record30–20 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 74 (September 12, 2022)
Current rankingNo. 85 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (2023)
Wimbledon 2R (2022, 2023)
US Open 1R (2017, 2022, 2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open SF (2022)
Last updated on: 16 March 2024.

William Blumberg (born January 26, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. A former college player at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, [1] Blumberg has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 74 achieved on September 12, 2022. He reached a career-high of World No. 438 in singles on February 18, 2019.

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Early life, Junior and College career

William's parents are Amy and David Blumberg. Blumberg identifies as Catholic, like his mother, while his father is Jewish. The family often has Jewish food during holidays. [2]

Blumberg has two brothers. He attended Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut. As a senior at Greenwich, he went undefeated and did not lose a set all season. [3] In 2016, he won the Class LL state inviational title, dropping only 3 games across the whole tournament. [4]

During his junior career, he played at each of the four grand slam junior tournaments. [5] He reached the final in the boys' doubles at the 2015 French Open partnering fellow American Tommy Paul.

Blumberg was the nation's top recruit for the class of 2016. [6] After going 26–2 during his first season at North Carolina, Blumberg was named ACC Freshman of the Year, first-team all-ACC, and ITA Men's Tennis Rookie of the Year. [7] He was also named the Most Outstanding Player at the 2017 NCAA tournament. [8] In May 2021, he became the first 10-time All-America in ITA history, winning the honor in both singles and doubles in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. [9] [10]

Professional career

2017–2019: Grand Slam doubles debut, Top 500 debut in singles

Blumberg made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2017 US Open after receiving a wildcard for the doubles main draw with compatriot Spencer Papa. [11]

He reached a career-high of World No. 438 in singles on February 18, 2019.

2021: Turned Pro, Maiden ATP title, Challenger tour success, Top 200

He partnered as a wildcard pair with Jack Sock at the 2021 Hall of Fame Open in Newport, where he won his first ATP match. The unseeded pair reached the finals by defeating fellow Americans Tennys Sandgren and Denis Kudla, third seeds John-Patrick Smith and Harri Heliövaara, and second seeds Jonathan Erlich and Santiago González. [12] In the final they defeated Austin Krajicek and Vasek Pospisil. [13] [14] With this run he entered the top 300 at World No. 284 on July 19, 2021, rising more than 1000 spots in the doubles rankings.

He made his debut in the top 200 on November 1, 2021, after winning his first and second Challengers in Cary in September and Las Vegas in October with Max Schnur. He followed that with a third Challenger win in Charlottesville in November also with Schnur.

2022: Major debut & win, Two titles, Top 100, US Open Mixed doubles semifinal

In January, Blumberg won his fourth Challenger title in Cleveland with Schnur.

At the 2022 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, he reached the semifinals as a wildcard pair with Schnur where they lost to Ivan and Matej Sabanov. [15]

At the 2022 Wimbledon Championships he made his debut at this Major partnering Casper Ruud. [16] [17] They defeated Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela and Nicolás Barrientos in the first round in a five set match with a super tiebreak, his first win at a Major. They lost in the second round to Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliövaara. [18]

At the 2022 Hall of Fame Open, he made his ATP main draw singles debut as a qualifier, losing in the first round to Benjamin Bonzi. [19] At the same tournament as the defending champion in doubles, he reached the final partnering Steve Johnson. [20] He would successfully defend his title with Johnson, defeating top seeds Raven Klaasen and Marcelo Melo in the final. [21]

He reached the top 100 at World No. 85 on August 8, 2022, following his third title at the 2022 Los Cabos Open partnering Miomir Kecmanović, again defeating Klaasen and Melo in the final. [22]

At the US Open he reached the mixed doubles semifinals with Caty McNally on his debut at this event for the first time at a Grand Slam defeating en route defending champions Desirae Krawczyk and Neal Skupski in the second round.

He finished the season ranked No. 100 in doubles on 21 November 2022.

2023–2024: French Open debut, Sixth final

He made his debut at the 2023 French Open partnering Miomir Kecmanović. At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he partnered again with Casper Ruud and reached the second round before withdrawing.

Blumberg reached his fifth final partnering with Rinky Hijikata at the 2024 Dallas Open defeating the wildcard pair of Ben Shelton and Emilio Nava before falling to the pair of Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson. He partnered again with Casper Ruud at the 2024 Los Cabos Open where they reached the semifinals. Blumberg partnered with John Peers at the 2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston where they defeated the wildcard pair of Shelton and Andrés Andrade en route to his sixth final. For the second consecutive Texas-based tournament, Blumberg and his partner lost the finals to the pair of Purcell and Thompson.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (2–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (3–2)
Indoor (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Jul 2021 Hall of Fame Open, United States250 SeriesGrass Flag of the United States.svg Jack Sock Flag of the United States.svg Austin Krajicek
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vasek Pospisil 		6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Win2–0 Jul 2022 Hall of Fame Open, United States (2)250 SeriesGrass Flag of the United States.svg Steve Johnson Flag of South Africa.svg Raven Klaasen
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Melo 		6–4, 7–5
Win3–0 Aug 2022 Los Cabos Open, Mexico250 SeriesHard Flag of Serbia.svg Miomir Kecmanović Flag of South Africa.svg Raven Klaasen
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Melo		6–0, 6–1
Loss3–1 Jul 2023 Hall of Fame Open, United States250 SeriesGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Purcell Flag of the United States.svg Nathaniel Lammons
Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Withrow 		3–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Loss3–2 Feb 2024 Dallas Open, United States250 SeriesHard (i) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rinky Hijikata Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Purcell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Thompson 		4–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss3–3 Apr 2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United States250 SeriesClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Peers Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Purcell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Thompson		5–7, 1–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Runner-up 2015 French Open Clay Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Paul Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro López San Martín
Flag of Spain.svg Jaume Munar 		4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 12 (6–6)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (6–5)
ITF Futures Tour (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jan 2014USA F2, Sunrise FuturesClay Flag of the United States.svg Frances Tiafoe Flag of the United States.svg Jason Jung
Flag of the United States.svg Evan King 		7–6(7–4), 4–6, [6–10]
Win1–1 Sep 2021 Cary, USAChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Max Schnur Flag of the United States.svg Stefan Kozlov
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Peter Polansky 		6–4, 1–6, [10–4]
Win2–1 Oct 2021 Las Vegas, USAChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Max Schnur Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Jason Jung
Flag of the United States.svg Evan King		7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Win3–1 Nov 2021 Charlottesville, USAChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Max Schnur Flag of the Philippines.svg Treat Huey
Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Nielsen 		3–6, 6–1, [14–12]
Win4–1 Jan 2022 Cleveland, USAChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Max Schnur Flag of the United States.svg Robert Galloway
Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Withrow 		6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss4–2 Apr 2023 Tallahassee, USAChallengerClay Flag of Venezuela.svg Luis David Martínez Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Agustín Gómez
Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Kicker 		6–7(2–7), 6–4, [11–13]
Win5–2 Apr 2023 Savannah, USAChallengerClay Flag of Venezuela.svg Luis David Martínez Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Agustín Gómez
Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Kicker		6–1, 6–4
Win6–2 Jun 2023 Modena, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Venezuela.svg Luis David Martínez Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Jebavý
Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladyslav Manafov 		6–4, 6–4
Loss6–3 Sep 2023 Cary, USAChallengerHard Flag of Venezuela.svg Luis David Martínez Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Harris
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rinky Hijikata 		4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss6–4 Oct 2023 Tiburon, USAChallengerHard Flag of Venezuela.svg Luis David Martínez Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Johnson
Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri 		2–6, 3–6
Loss6–5 Jan 2024 Cleveland, USAChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Alex Lawson Flag of the United States.svg George Goldhoff
Flag of Japan.svg James Trotter 		7–6(7–0), 3–6, [8–10]
Loss6–6 Apr 2024 Tallahassee, USAChallengerClay Flag of Venezuela.svg Luis David Martínez Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Freund
Flag of Denmark.svg Johannes Ingildsen 		5–7, 6–7(4–7)

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