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 . The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ( previously known as the ATP Championship Series , Single-Week , ATP Super 9 , Tennis Masters Series , and ATP Masters Series ) is the third highest tier of men 's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam tournaments and ATP World Tour Finals . Andrew Stephen `` Andy '' Roddick ( born August 30 , 1982 ) is an American former professional tennis player . Roddick was ranked in the top 10 for nine consecutive years between 2002 and 2010 , at year 's end , and won five Masters Series in that period . The Grand Slam tournaments , also called majors , are the four most-important annual tennis events .