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He is currently engaged to model Brooklyn Decker. Roddick has also reached three other Grand Slam finals (twice in Wimbledon, once more in Flushing Meadows) but lost to Roger Federer each time. He captured his first and only Grand Slam title to date when he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets at the US Open in 2003.

He plays his points short and holds the ATP World Record for fastest serve, clocked at a ridiculous 155 mph. Roddick is the prototype Power Era player.

He has been an exceptional hard court player throughout his career, and is commonly regarded as one of the elite defenders in the game. Hewitt also won the 2000 US Open doubles final, with Belarussian Max Mirnyi as a partner. He defeated Pete Sampras in the US Open to win his first Grand Slam title, then went on to win at Wimbledon the next year. At 20 years and 268 days old, Hewitt became the world's best. Lleyton Hewitt, the fiery Australian kid who could, reached the world No. He was elected into the Australian Open Hall of Fame on Australia Day in 2008. He also won 10 doubles titles, winning the Australian Open title with doubles legend Jonas Bjorkman in 1999. Rafter was also twice a runner-up at Wimbledon, one of those times falling to Pete Sampras. Although he played a short career, the Aussie won back-to-back US Open titles in 19. Rafter may very well be the last true serve-and-volley Grand Slam champion.