On Sunday, Jack Sock edged out Sam Querrey in an All-American final at the US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston. It took two, tight tiebreakers for Sock to win his maiden title winning, 7-6(9), 7-6(3). In the first set, Querrey took the lead on a break but gave it back as Sock capitalized on his only break chance in the first set. In the ensuing tiebreaker, Sock saved three set points in the long tiebreaker to give him the lead. After trading breaks in the second set, another tiebreaker was on its way. This time for Sock, the tiebreaker was not as enduring as he eased through it to win his first title. With the win, Sock is now ranked 34th in the world and USA's number two behind John Isner. 

He began to make noise in 2013 by making the third round of the US Open at the age of 19 losing to Janko Tipsarevic in the process. Last year, Sock saw more success on the doubles court than on the singles court. For what it's worth, this success, which is continuing still to this day, has helped Sock gain more confidence on the singles court. A last minute decision to team up with Vasek Pospisil at Wimbledon was the start of all his doubles success. The team now popularly known as "Pospisock" would go on to win the Wimbledon title over the greatest doubles team in the history of tennis, the Bryan Brothers. A title in Atlanta and finals appearances at Cincinnati and Stockholm nearly earned their team a spot in the ATP World Tour Finals, however they just fell short, allowing Sock to undergo hip surgery.

Due to hip surgery and being with his sickly brother, Jack Sock would miss the first two months of the ATP World Tour season. He would come back at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells and made a run to the round of 16 before losing to Roger Federer in straight sets. At the Miami Open, he won two matches making it to the round of 32 getting defeated by fellow rising star, Dominic Thiem. The success here was apparent as he was also succeeding on the doubles court. The team of "Pospisock" would go on to win the title at Indian Wells and were finalists in Miami. 

Jack Sock hails from Nebraska, the same state where former American superstar Andy Roddick was from. Sock fit the prototypical American tennis player when he was first heard of in the juniors. He had the big serve and forehand combination, but his backhand and movement could use a bit of working on. Those critiques are what we've heard of from former American prodigies before such as Donald Young and Ryan Harrison, and they also fit the mold of the John Isner and Sam Querrey. The aspect of his game that Sock has that none of those four players that were mentioned before have is topspin heavy groundstrokes. Sock's groundstrokes reach record-breaking RPMs on the ball, which puts him up there with Rafael Nadal in the category on players with topspin heavy groundstrokes which will make him dangerous on clay, which he claims is his favorite surface.

If Sock were to work on anything about his game, Andy Roddick said it be his health and remaining in shape. This is what Andy Roddick had to say, "For Jack, being healthy is the big thing," Roddick told the Journal Star while competing in a PowerShares Series tournament. "He got in better shape last year, and that was key for him taking a big step. He certainly has the game to do it with a big serve, and big forehand." If Sock can get into better shape and stay healthy for years to come, America may be finally seeing the birth of the next tennis superstar that they've been waiting for since the departure of Andy Roddick.