Andy Roddick is an athlete.
The 2012 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park , of Queens , New York City , United States . Andrew Stephen `` Andy '' Roddick ( born August 30 , 1982 ) is an American former professional tennis player . This was his eighth season in World Team Tennis and the fifth team he has played for . The Grand Slam tournaments , also called majors , are the four most-important annual tennis events . World Team Tennis is a mixed-gender professional tennis league played with a team format in the United States , which was founded in 1973 .