Andrei Pavel

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Andrei Pavel
Country Flag of Romania Romania
Residence Borgholzhausen, Germany
Date of birth January 27, 1974 (1974-01-27) (age 34)
Place of birth Flag of Romania Constanţa, Romania
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 87 kg (190 lb/13.7 st)
Turned pro 1990
Plays Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money $5,016,045
Singles
Career record: 277–253
Career titles: 3
Highest ranking: No. 13 (October 25, 2004)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 4th (1999, 2004)
French Open QF (2002)
Wimbledon 3rd (2000, 2002)
US Open 4th (2000, 2004)
Doubles
Career record: 130–124
Career titles: 6
Highest ranking: No. 18 (April 30, 2007)

Infobox last updated on: 18 December 2007.

Andrei Pavel (born January 27, 1974 in Constanţa) is a Romanian tennis player, who turned professional in 1990. He began playing tennis at age eight, and moved to Germany at age sixteen.

Pavel has won three singles titles, including the ATP Masters Series tournament in Montreal/Toronto in 2001. He has also won seven doubles titles, the latest title being the Open Seat Barcelona, in 2007.

Pavel played what John McEnroe considers to be the best first round match at a Grand Slam he's ever seen at the U.S Open in August of 2006, where he lost to Andre Agassi in four tough sets; 6–7(4), 7–6(10), 7–6(6), 6-2; taking three and half hours. Had Pavel won, it would have been Agassi's last match in a professional tournament.

His best single result over the course of his career took place in 2001, when he captured the Masters Series title in Montreal. For his efforts during that week alone, Pavel earned US$400,000.

Pavel at the 2006 Australian Open.
Pavel at the 2006 Australian Open.

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[edit] Singles titles (7)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (1)
ATP Tour (2)
Challengers (4)


No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. July 1, 1996 Flag of France Montauban Clay Flag of France Stephane Huet 6–3 6–4
2. April 13, 1998 Flag of Japan Tokyo Hard Flag of Zimbabwe Byron Black 6–3 6–4
3. June 28, 1999 Flag of Italy Venice Clay Flag of the Czech Republic Slava Dosedel 6–2 6–0
4. May 22, 2000 Flag of Austria St. Pölten Clay Flag of Australia Andrew Ilie 7–5 3–6 6–2
5. July 30, 2001 Flag of Canada Montreal Hard Flag of Australia Patrick Rafter 7–6 2–6 6–3
6. November 15, 2004 Flag of Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk Hard (I) Flag of Slovakia Karol Kučera walkover
7. November 29, 2004 Flag of Mauritius Mauritius Hard Flag of South Korea Hyung-Taik Lee 6–3 6–1

[edit] Finalist (6)

[edit] ATP Doubles Titles (6)

Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
21 September 1998 Bucharest, Romania Clay Gabriel Trifu George Cosac
Dinu Pescariu		 7–6(2), 7–6(4)
31 July 2005 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Leos Friedl Christophe Rochus
Olivier Rochus		 6–2, 6–7(5), 6–0
15 January 2006 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Rogier Wassen Simon Aspelin
Todd Perry		 6–3, 5–7, (10–4)
7 May 2006 Munich, Germany Clay Alexander Waske Alexander Peya
Bjorn Phau		 6–4, 6–2
16 July 2006 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Jiří Novák Marco Chiudinelli
Jean-Claude Scherrer		 6–3, 6–1
29 April 2007 Barcelona, Spain Clay Alexander Waske Rafael Nadal
Bartolome Salva		 6–3, 7–6(1)

[edit] Doubles runners-up (4)

Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
14 February 1999 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet Menno Oosting Jeff Tarango
Daniel Vacek		 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
10 January 2005 Doha, Qatar Hard Mikhail Youzhny Albert Costa
Rafael Nadal		 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
18 September 2005 Bucharest, Romania Clay Victor Hanescu Jose Acasuso
Sebastian Prieto		 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
25 February 2007 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard Alexander Waske Martin Damm
Leander Paes		 6–3, 6–7(5), (10–7)

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