although US Davis Cup captain, Patrick McEnroe, declined to pick Spadea as his second singles player for the 2004 Davis Cup final against Spain, opting instead for the lower ranked Mardy Fish. Spadea achieved his career-high world ranking of 18 in February 2005. In 2003, Spadea reached the semi-finals of a Masters event for the first time in his career, losing to world No. 1, Lleyton Hewitt. He went on to the Monte Carlo Masters a month later and reached his 2nd semi-finals in a Masters series. This helped him reach a career high position of No. 10 in the ATP Champions Race in April. In 2006, Spadea published his autobiographical book, Break Point: The Secret Diary of a Pro Tennis Player. Spadea criticized a number of tennis players including James Blake and Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe. He called out McEnroe for picking Mardy Fish ahead of him for the 2004 Davis Cup final where the Americans lost to Spain. Spadea criticized Blake for questionable character during a match where Blake allegedly "trash-talked" him. The book reached the top of the ranks in sports and tennis books during its debut month. Spadea reached the third round at the 2008 Australian Open. In the first round, he came back from two sets down to defeat former world No. 8, Radek Štěpánek. He closed the season by winning two Challenger titles, in Waco and Calabasas. Vince had an injury-stricken season in 2009, plagued by an overuse tendonitis arm issue, as well as a lower extremity staph infection. He won only a handful of ATP-level singles matches before the start of the clay-court season, but reached the semifinals of the Carson Challenger. The New York Times summarized his career by calling him "the epitome of a tennis journeyman" and then noted that "he has played in 15 US Opens and has never reached the quarterfinals." ATP career finals Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups) Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 14 (8–6) Performance timelines Singles Doubles 1This event was held in Stockholm through 1994, Essen in 1995, and Stuttgart from 1996 through 2001. Top 10 wins References External links Official website Spadea's book wins ACE Magazine Book of the Year for 2006 1974 births Living people American male tennis players American people of Italian descent Olympic tennis players of the United States Sportspeople from Boca