Mardy Simpson Fish (conceived December 9, 1981) is a previous American expert tennis player. He was a hardcourt authority. He is one of a few American tennis players who rose to unmistakable quality in the mid-2000s. 

Fish won six competitions on the primary ATP Tour and arrived at the last of four Masters Series occasions: Cincinnati in 2003 and 2010, Indian Wells in 2008, and Montreal in 2011.

His best outcomes at Grand Slam competitions are arriving at the quarterfinals of the 2007 Australian Open, the 2008 US Open, and the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Fish arrived at the last in the men's singles, losing to Nicolás Massú. 

In April 2011, Fish overwhelmed comrade Andy Roddick to turn into the American No. 1 in the ATP rankings, arriving at a vocation high singles positioning of world No. 7 in August 2011. He at that point played in the year-end competition for the main time in his vocation. 

He resigned after the 2015 US Open. Since January 2019 Fish is the skipper of the Davis Cup group, supplanting Jim Courier. 

Early life 

Fish is the child of tennis showing proficient and a housewife, Tom and Sally Fish. He was conceived in Edina, Minnesota. In 1984 a Minneapolis TV station ran a profile of Fish, at two years old, hitting tennis balls from the standard over the net. In 1986, Fish's family moved to Vero Beach, Florida.

He went to Vero Beach High School for tenth grade, at that point moved to Boca Prep in Boca Raton, Florida, for his lesser and senior long stretches of secondary school. He, Andy Roddick, and Jesse Levine all went to Boca Prep International School. During 1999, he lived with Roddick's family, and the two played on a similar tennis and b-ball group. 

World Team Tennis 

Fish has played nine seasons with World TeamTennis beginning in 2004 when he appeared in the alliance with the Hartford FoxForce, trailed by two seasons with the Houston Wranglers in 2005 and 2006, two seasons with the Sacramento Capitals in 2012 and 2013, a season with the Washington Kastles in 2016, and most as of late, three years with the New York Empire in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

It was reported that he will join the New York Empire during the 2020 WTT season set to start July 12 at The Greenbrier. 

Equipment and playing style 

Fish embraced the Wilson BLX Six. One 95 18 by 20 racquet with a half and half of Wilson Natural Gut and Luxilon ALU Power strings. His hold of the decision was Wilson Pro Overgrip. He wears TravisMathew attire. 

His greatest weapons were his solid serve and dependable strike, and he frequently won focuses at the net with skilled volleying. His most dependable shot was his two-gave strike, which he could straighten out successfully to end focuses. His forehand was increasingly conflicting, however, it improved close to the furthest limit of his profession. 

In 2010, he dropped more than 30 pounds, from 203 to 170. This empowered Fish to turn out to be a lot fitter, quicker, and keep up longer conventions. 

Individual life 

Fish's dad, Tom, is a tennis educator. 

Fish wedded Stacey Gardner, a California lawyer and "Portfolio Model" on NBC's Deal or No Deal, in a Jewish wedding service in September 2008 (Gardner is Jewish). Fish's companion and individual tennis player James Blake filled in as groomsman. He is additionally old buddies with Andy Roddick and Bob and Mike Bryan. 

Fish went to Vero Beach High School with down-home music star Jake Owen and stays old buddies. The two have more than once done cause occasions together in Vero Beach to fund-raise for their preferred foundations. 

Fish is a fan of the Minnesota Vikings. 

Fish has a gathering of fans called "The Fishheads" who travel with him and cheer him on during matches: 

The setting was focus court at Arthur Ashe Stadium yesterday, and the group filled just a large portion of the seats as Mardy Fish took the court for the second match of the day. However, as Fish efficiently cleared his path through a straight-set triumph, an odd, and to some degree humorous, sight developed in the, in any case, calm setting. 

Roosted high in the modest seats, generally, were a rowdy band of shirtless fans, everyone with a letter that by and large explained, Go Fish. Their heads were enhanced with elastic fish heads and there were balances appended to their hands that they rushed out excitedly for each point scored by Fish. 

Fish is viewed as extraordinary compared to other big-name golf players. He is every year among the top choices at the American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe. He won the Diamond Resorts Invitational in Orlando in both 2016 and 2018.