Igor Valerievich Andreev ( ;
born 14 July, 1983) is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow
.
Tennis career
Andreev is a 1.81m court specialist.
His best Grand Slam performance was reaching the
quarterfinals of the 2007 Roland Garros
.
2003
Andreev
made his ATP
debut in September 2003 at Bucharest
, Romania as a qualifier and defeated top seed
Nikolay Davydenko 7–5, 6–7 (1),
6–0 in the first round, before losing in the next round to José Acasuso.
At the Moscow ATP tournament later the same month, Andreev defeated
the top seed
Sjeng Schalken in
straight sets, 6–3, 6–1, and made his first ATP quarterfinal
appearance, eventually losing to
Paul-Henri Mathieu 6–2, 3–6, 5–7.
He entered
the St.
Petersburg
tournament
in October 2003 as a wildcard, and defeated the number 4 seed
Max Mirnyi 6–4, 7–6 (1), before losing to
Sargis Sargsian in the second
round.
2004
Andreev finished in the top 50 of the
ATP
rankings for the first time in his career.
During the same year
he also reached two ATP finals, Gstaad
, Switzerland
in July (losing to Roger Federer), and
Bucharest, Romania in September (losing to José Acasuso).He
won a personal best 28 matches in the year, and also made his
Davis Cup debut.
Andreev
made his Grand Slam debut at the
2004 Australian
Open
, where he lost in the first round to France's
Olivier Patience, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6
(4), 6–1, 6–2. At the French Open he made the round of 16, losing to eventual
champion Gastón Gaudio 6–4, 7–5,
6–3. At Wimbledon
that year, he reached the second round, losing to
Fernando González, and lost
in the first round at the US Open
to Fernando
Verdasco, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 7–5.
At the
Athens Olympics in August 2004,
Andreev made the third round, and lost only to the eventual gold
medallist, Chilean
Nicolás Massú.
He won his first ATP doubles title in Moscow in October 2004 with
Nikolay Davydenko, after defeating
Mahesh Bhupathi and
Jonas Björkman 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the
final.
2005
Andreev's
first ATP singles title came in April 2005 in Valencia
, Spain, which he won by beating Spaniard David Ferrer 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 in the final, after
having taken out world number 4 Rafael
Nadal in the quarterfinals earlier. After this point,
Nadal began his record-breaking 81 match win streak on clay, which
lasted for more than two years.
Andreev made the third round at both the
French Open and Wimbledon, and reached the quarterfinal at New Haven
, Connecticut
, United States. He then reached the final of
the event at Bucharest, losing to
Florent
Serra 6–3, 6–4.
Andreev continued his consistent performance
of the year by winning the Palermo
event in September 2005, beating Filippo Volandri of Italy 0–6, 6–1, 6–3 in
the final, and the Kremlin Cup at Moscow
in October, defeating Nicolas Kiefer
5–7, 7–6, 6–2 in the final.
2006
Andreev had some ups and downs in the first half of the season;
despite seven first-round losses, highlights included reaching the
finals at Sydney and the quarterfinals at Indian Wells, losing both
matches to
James Blake. A knee injury
forced Andreev to sit out the second half of the clay court season,
including Roland Garross.
2007
Andreev
returned in 2007, and made an immediate impact with an impressive
showing at the French
Open. Unseeded, he beat former World no.1
Andy Roddick 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 in the
first round (which was widely expected as Roddick has a poor record
on clay) and in-form
Marcos
Baghdatis in the fourth round, to make his first Grand Slam
quarter-final, which he lost in straight sets to
Novak Đoković 6–3, 6–3, 6–3.
However, he was disappointingly a first-round casualty at Wimbledon
that year.
2008
He made
it to the third round of Australian Open losing to Richard
Gasquet in four sets. His other notable performances
include reaching the quarterfinals of Buenos Aires, Dubai, and
Miami. At Miami he was defeated by
Tomáš Berdych, 6–4, 6–4.
After
Miami, he reached the quarterfinal of another Masters Series event in Monte
Carlo
. He defeated in-form clay-courter
Nicolás Almagro on his way to the
quarters, where he was defeated by number four seed
Nikolay Davydenko.
Seeded 27th and Roland Garros, Andreev lost in the second round to
Robby Ginepri 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
At Wimbledon, he once again lost in the second round, this time to
David Ferrer 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
At the
US
Open
he lost in the fourth round to Federer 6-7 (5), 7-6
(5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
2009
Heavily
favored Russia was hosted by Israel in a Davis Cup
quarterfinal tie in July 2009, on indoor hard courts at the
Nokia Arena in Tel
Aviv
. Russia had won the Davis Cup in both 2002
and 2006, and was the top-ranked country in Davis Cup standings.
Asked if hew was nervous, Andreev replied with a smile: "Nervous?
Why should I be nervous? Everything is fine.
Harel Levy, world # 210, then beat Andreev, world
# 24, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in the opening match.
Dudi Sela (# 33) followed by beating Youzhny, and
the next day Israelis
Andy Ram and
Jonathan Erlich beat Safin and doubles
specialist Kunitsyn. With the tie clinched for Israel, the reverse
singles rubbers were "
dead", and instead
of best-of-five matches, best-of-three sets were played, with the
outcomes of little to no importance. Israel wrapped up a 4-1
victory over Russia, winning one match but losing one, as
Dudi Sela retired with a wrist injury while down
3-4 in the first set against Andreev.Today he is playing with the
formal world number one "Marat Safin" in 8 round in
St.Petersburg.
Playing style & equipment
Andreev is an offensive baseliner. He possesses one of the most
powerful forehands on tour. Andreev is sponsored by
Under Armour for clothes and
Babolat for racquets and shoes.
Personal life
He supports
FC Moscow and
FC Dinamo Moscow and is an avid supporter
of the Russian National Team, of which he as a great friendship
with team manager,
Gus Hiddink. He is
currently in a relationship with
Russian
Tennis player
Maria Kirilenko.
Career finals
Singles: 9 (3-6)
- Wins (3)
| Legend (pre/post 2009) |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0) |
| Year-End Championships (0) |
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) |
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0) |
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3) |
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score in the final |
| 1. |
April 4, 2005 |
Valencia, Spain |
Clay |
David Ferrer |
6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
| 2. |
September 26, 2005 |
Palermo, Italy |
Clay |
Filippo Volandri |
0–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 3. |
October 10, 2005 |
Moscow, Russia |
Carpet (i) |
Nicolas Kiefer |
5–7, 7–6, 6–2 |
- Runner-ups (6)
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score in the final |
| 1. |
12 July 2004 |
Gstaad, Switzerland |
Clay |
Roger Federer |
6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
| 2. |
19 September 2004 |
Bucharest,
Romania |
Clay |
José Acasuso |
6–3, 6–0 |
| 3. |
18 September 2005 |
Bucharest,
Romania |
Clay |
Florent Serra |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 4. |
16 January 2006 |
Sydney, Australia |
Hard |
James Blake |
6–2, 3–6, 7–6(3) |
| 5. |
13 July 2008 |
Gstaad, Switzerland |
Clay |
Victor Hănescu |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 6. |
20 July 2008 |
Umag,
Croatia |
Clay |
Fernando Verdasco |
3–6, 6–4, 7–6(4) |
Doubles: 2 (1-1)
- Wins (1)
| Legend (pre/post 2009) |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0) |
| Year-End Championships (0) |
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0) |
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0) |
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1) |
- Runner-ups (1)
Performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this
table is updated only once a tournament or the player's
participation in the tournament has concluded. This table
is current through the Paris
Masters which ended on November 2, 2008.
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