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8/8/10 8:08 PM | Johan Lindahl
Americans will be missing from the elite zone for the first time in the history of the ATP rankings after Andy Roddick crashed out early at the Washington event this week.
The one-time No. 1 player's third-round loss to Frenchman Gilles Simon will send the 27-year-old out of the Top ten, marking the end of nearly four decades of an American presence.
When the list began in 1973, Americans dominated the sport in the era of Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe. But the tumble of No. 9 Roddick relegates the once-strong US to a tennis footnote.
Roddick made what he had hoped was a breakthrough by winning the Miami hardcourt title last April, but since then has had little to show on court. The last local to win the US Open (2003), Roddick lost in the Wimbledon fourth round after three times losing finals on the grass to Roger Federer.
Roddick was considering a health check-up during the run-up to the Toronto Masters. "I haven't been feeling quite right. I haven't been feeling well for some weeks. I feel pretty lethargic and not quite as excitable as I normally am.
"Something doesn't feel quite right. Maybe it could be a vitamin deficiency. We will have to take a look at that."
The next highest Americans are John Isner on 19th and No. 20 Sam Querrey, with a total of six in the Top 100.
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