William Blumberg

William Blumberg (born 26 January 1998) is an American tennis player who played college tennis at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1] He has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 130 achieved on 25 April 2022. He reached a career-high of World No. 438 in singles on 18 February 2019.

William Blumberg
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceGreenwich, Connecticut, United States
Born (1998-01-26) 26 January 1998
New York City, New York, United States
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2021
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeNorth Carolina
CoachTripp Phillips
Prize money$60,323
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 438 (7 January 2019)
Current rankingNo. 794 (25 April 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ1 (2017)
Doubles
Career record6–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 130 (25 April 2022)
Current rankingNo. 130 (25 April 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open1R (2017)
Last updated on: 25 April 2022.

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 also has two brothers. Blumberg attended Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut. As a senior at Greenwich, he went undefeated and did not lose a set all season.[3]

During his junior career, he played at each of the four grand slam junior tournaments.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] He was also named the Most Outstanding Player at the 2017 NCAA tournament.[7] 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.[8][9]

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.[10]

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

2021: Maiden ATP doubles title, Challenger tour success, Top 200 debut in doubles

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.[11] In the final they defeated Austin Krajicek and Vasek Pospisil.[12][13] With this run he entered the top 300 at World No. 284 on 19 July 2021, rising more than 1000 spots in the doubles rankings. He made his debut in the top 200 on 1 November 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: Second ATP semifinal and top 130 in doubles

In January, he won his fourth Challenger final in Cleveland with Schnur.

At the ATP Houston he reached the semifinals as a wildcard pair also with Schnur where they lost to the Sabanov brothers.[14]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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 (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 Hall of Fame Open, United States 250 Series Grass Jack Sock Austin Krajicek
Vasek Pospisil		 6–2, 7–6(7–3)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 2015 French Open Clay Tommy Paul Álvaro López San Martín
Jaume Munar		 4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 5 (4–1)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–0)
ITF Futures Tour (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2014 USA F2, Sunrise Futures Clay Frances Tiafoe Jason Jung
Evan King		 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [6–10]
Win 1–1 Sep 2021 Cary, USA Challenger Hard Max Schnur Stefan Kozlov
Peter Polansky		 6–4, 1–6, [10–4]
Win 2–1 Oct 2021 Las Vegas, USA Challenger Hard Max Schnur Jason Jung
Evan King		 7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Win 3–1 Nov 2021 Charlottesville, USA Challenger Hard (i) Max Schnur Treat Huey
Frederik Nielsen		 3–6, 6–1, [14–12]
Win 4–1 Jan 2022 Cleveland, USA Challenger Hard (i) Max Schnur Robert Galloway
Jackson Withrow		 6–3, 7–6(7–4)

References
  1. "William Blumberg - 2016-17 Men's Tennis Roster - UNC Tar Heels Athletics". goheels.com.
  2. "The Greatest Jewish Tennis Players of All Time". Facebook.com. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. Fierro, David (June 29, 2016). "Greenwich Blumberg named Hearst Connecticut Media Boys Tennis MVP". greenwichtime.com. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  4. "ITF junior profile". itftenis.com. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  5. Jarden, Sam. "First-year Will Blumberg leads UNC men's tennis to season-opening sweeps". dailytarheel.com. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  6. "Schneider, Blumberg Honored With ITA National Awards". goheels.com. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  7. "UVa's Kwiatkowski in NCAA finals of men's tennis". dailyprogress.com. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  8. "Blumberg Makes History as Tar Heels Advance in NCAA Singles & Doubles".
  9. "William Blumberg - Men's Tennis".
  10. "Spencer Papa Earns Spot in U.S. Open Doubles Draw".
  11. "Tennis Hall Finals set: Anderson to face Brooksby Sunday in Newport".
  12. "Blumberg-Sock win Hall of Fame Open doubles championship".
  13. "Blumberg/Sock Claim Newport Title | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  14. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/sabanov-houston-2022-doubles-friday


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