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| | Name : | Andrew Stephen Roddic
| | Gender : | Male
| | Nicknamed : | "A-Rod"
| | Profession : | Tennis Player
| | Place of birth : | Omaha,Nebraska(USA)
| | Residence : | Austin, USA
| | Born : | 30th August 1982
| | Birthplace : | Omaha, Nebraska
| | Height : | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
| | Weight : | 86 kg (190 lb)
| | Turned Pro : | 2000
| | Best Known As : | The A-Rod of tennis
| | Plays : | Right-handed, with a two-handed backhand.
| | Highest ranking : | No. 1 (November 11, 2003)
| | Basic Style : | Power baseliner with improving all-court skills.
| | Greatest Strengths : | The most powerful first serve in tennis, backed up by a huge kick second serve and a powerful forehand. Quick, agile, hardy, and confident.
| | Room for Improvement : | No major weaknesses. Two-handed backhand has become solid, but can gain power. One-handed slice backhand becoming an important asset. Return of serve can gain consistency and precision.
| | Quote : | "I don't think that I am God's gift to the world just because I can hit a little yellow fuzzy thing across a net a couple of times. I don't buy into that whole thing. That's not me." | | |
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Andrew Stephen Roddick was born on August 30, 1982, in Omaha, Nebraska to Blanche and Jerry Roddick. Blanche was a schoolteacher and Jerry was a businessman who struck it rich accumulating Jiffy Lube franchises. Rambunctious even as a newborn, Andy earned the nickname “Tiger” from the nurse who helped deliver him. To his mother’s amazement, Andy was lifting his head after just two hours.Older brothers Lawrence and John showed early promise in tennis, and their parents did what they could to foster their ambitions. Naturally, Andy wanted to do whatever his siblings were doing, and mimicked their strokes whenever he found an extra racket lying around. By his fourth birthday, he was banging the ball against the garage door, playing imaginary matches against Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker.
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