Andy Roddick reveals he has thrown away most of the trophies he won in his tennis career – and uses his 2006 US Open runner-up platter to serve drinks

The last American man to win a grand slam, Andy Roddick, lives a much less glamorous life than his contemporaries.

With the US Open already underway – albeit with qualifiers – ahead of Monday’s first round, Roddick’s name comes to the fore again, as with any slam.

His 2003 title at Flushing Meadows was the last by an American in the men’s competition and barring a gap the size of Novak Djokovic or Carlos Alcaraz in the draw, Roddick looks likely to remain the living memory of huge success.

In an extensive interview with GQ, Roddick revealed that his tennis achievements are a thing of the past. However, its use persists here in the present.

According to Sean Manning, who visited Roddick in his remote Cashiers, NC. his second plate from the 2006 US Open serves as a drinks tray for him and the guests.

Most of the former No. 1’s trophies are gone – and it looks like Roddick doesn’t mind at all.

“I thought, ‘I don’t really need these. Everyone who’s in our house knows about what I’ve been doing.’

While Roddick’s 2003 US Open winner’s trophy sits in a corner of his office in the family’s main house in Charlotte.

Roddick’s humility is evident not only in the position of his trophies, but also in his words.

“No one has benefited more from one win,” Roddick told GQ. ‘Ever. If an American man had won the following year, you wouldn’t be here.”

America’s best hope of breaking the 20-year drought comes in the form of number 9 seed, Taylor Fritz, and number 10, Frances Tiafoe.