Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson is the sort of player I instinctively pull for. An Orange, California native forged in the USC program, he turned a towering 188 cm frame and a heavy serve into a peak ranking of world No. 21, and for one week in 2016 he was the top-ranked American man. He was a dominant force in college tennis before that, a properly battle-tested competitor of the same generation many fans watched closely. His was not a flashy superstar arc but a craftsman's grind to the top of his own country, and that kind of patient, earned climb is exactly what I love to see in this sport.

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Name (English)

Steve Johnson

Name (Japanese)

スティーブ・ジョンソン

Reading

すてぃーぶ・じょんそん

Born

December 24, 1989 (age 36)

Origin

Orange, California, United States

Height

188 cm

Occupation

tennis player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

High school

Orange High School

University

University of Southern California

• Official sitehttps://www.steviejohnsontennis.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/SJohnson_89
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Johnson%20(tennis)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%20(%E3%83%86%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53569

Tags

• California
• tennis player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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